There will be no Grandma's Marathon in Duluth in June for the first time in the history of the 43-year-old annual event.
One of the things that I am constantly reminding (and reassuring) my newer students is: "Tennis is not rocket science, it's about striking a ball and clearing a net."
Tam Meuwissen has been known as "Five Feet of Fury" throughout her athletic career. An appropriate nickname for the Chanhassen native who played three sports in high school, three sports in college, and now skates down ice, and is a member of the USA Women's National Bandy Team.
Spring sports are on hold once again due the evolving coronavirus pandemic.
Do you like Easter egg hunts? Lucky at finding four-leaf clovers? Think you can locate a needle in haystack?
The winter sports season was cut short for many collegiate athletes due to COVID-19 concerns, but many alumni from Lake Minnetonka area high schools still had outstanding seasons. While not a complete list of area alumni competing in collegiate athletics this winter, here are some notable pe…
Four years ago, Kevin Froemming was the superintendent of the Crow River Golf Course and was having a problem with the effectiveness of how the holes on the green were being cut.
The Eden Prairie Figure Skating Club (EPFSC) invites the community to join as it goes on a magical adventure with Mary Poppins and her friends: Bert, Jane, Michael and Mr. Banks. This family-friendly ice show performance has been artfully adapted into a series of fantastical numbers that cel…
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, in accordance with guidance from state health officials, is postponing, adjusting and canceling a variety of public events, including open houses, safety education training, naturalist programs and other meetings.
It's usually an April snowstorm, lingering cold weather and too much rain that shortens an already short spring sports season.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources plans to respond immediately to the capture of 51 invasive carp on the Mississippi River, it announced this month.
The Minnesota Golf Association has suspended its educational seminar schedule for March and April due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Championships in girls and boys basketball won't be awarded in the Minnesota State High School League in 2020.
Shakopee and Eden Prairie will not play for a section championship tonight.
The Minnesota State High School League, relying on information from the Minnesota Department of Health, will limit the number of people at tournaments beginning Friday, March 13, 2020.
Krew Barber walked onto the course at Hazeltine National Golf Course in Chaska in 2016. No more than 5 1/2 feet, 100 pounds. He wanted to be a caddie.
The Lake Minnetonka area will not be represented at the state basketball tournaments during the next two weeks after all teams were eliminated in their respective section tournaments last week.
When you shoot 57% from the field, get 27 points apiece from your top two scorers, and limit your turnovers against historically the toughest defensive team in the state, but still lose the basketball game, you simply have to tip your hat to your opponent.
All eyes are on St. Paul for the 76th annual Minnesota State High School League Boys Hockey Tournament March 4-7. Top seeds are Andover in Class AA and Warroad in Class A.
Listen to this week's episode of Sports 4 Dummies with sports editors Dan Huss, Tom Schardin, Eric Kraushar and Todd Abeln:
Every sport has its fundamentals. Football: establish your running game. Baseball: you must have pitching for all nine innings. And tennis? It's really quite simple: get the ball over the net.
There is no question that Minnesota has become a hotbed of basketball talent and that talent will be on display over the next two weeks as section tournaments begin across the metro area. Here is a look at who, where and when your Lake Minnetonka area high school will take the court with the…
The combined Metro Southwest Girls High School Bowling Team (Shakopee, Chaska, New Prague and Minnetonka) have advanced to the Girl's High School Bowling State Tournament after finishing second in the Metro South Conference.
The combined Metro Southwest Girl’s High School Bowling Team (Shakopee, Chaska, New Prague and Minnetonka) have advanced to the Girl’s High School Bowling State Tournament after finishing second in the Metro South Conference.
Lake Conference teams claimed four of the top five spots in the team standings at the Class AA boys swimming and diving state meet on Saturday, Feb. 29, continuing a recent trend of dominance by west metro teams. While the Edina Hornets took home the state championship trophy, teams from Min…
Ten years ago, If you would have told Eric Swensen that he would be watching one of his sons win a state wrestling championship in St. Paul, Minnesota, he might have looked at you with a puzzled face. Actually, the part about the state championship he probably would’ve believed, but St. Paul…
Listen to this week's episode of Sports 4 Dummies with sports editors Dan Huss, Tom Schardin, Eric Kraushar and Todd Abeln:
Year in and year out, Minnetonka can be found near the top of the boys and girls swimming and diving state team standings.
Reaching the final six at the Minnesota State Wrestling Tournament usually means navigating a close win or two. Coming out on top of a 50-50 match.
Wrestlers from around the state of Minnesota head to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul for the 2020 State Wrestling Tournament Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 27-29.
Swimmers from around the state of Minnesota head to Jean Freeman Aquatic Center at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis for the 2020 State Boys Swimming and Diving Tournament Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 27-29.
Minnetonka knew it was going to be in a tight contest with Prior Lake in the Section 2-4A quarterfinals Feb. 26.
Spring may be right around the corner, but there is still some championship skiing to do.
Hazeltine National is in need of volunteers for the 2020 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship event July 20-25. It is the ninth time the Chaska golf course has been host to a USGA championship.
When Joe McPherson decided to take over head coaching duties of the Orono High School wrestling team in 2011, the Spartans had four varsity wrestlers — 10 short of being able to put a full lineup on the mat in a dual match.
Edina, Andover, if you were looking at any set of Minnesota Class AA girls hockey rankings this season, one of these two teams were ranked No. 1, the other No. 2.
The 2019 Class 3A State Wrestling Tournament was a "get your feet wet" kind of experience for underclassmen Quinn Sell, Gabe Schumacher and Peter Barrett of Minnetonka.
Listen to this week's episode of Sports 4 Dummies with sports editors Dan Huss, Tom Schardin, Eric Kraushar and Todd Abeln:
As girls basketball section tournaments get underway in the metro area this week, the No. 1 question on many observers’ minds is “can anybody beat Hopkins and their superstar Paige Bueckers?”
Chaska/Chanhassen won five races in the Section 2AA Boys Swimming Meet Feb. 21. Eden Prairie won another three events. Minnetonka claimed three as well.
Reese Norbie hoped one day to reach level nine, something she pushed hard for as a club gymnast with Classic Gymnastics for eight years.
If there's such thing as a good loss, the Section 2AA semifinal defeat to Eden Prairie in 2019 was just that to Chaska head boys hockey coach Dave Snuggerud.
Sam Wallace of Bloomington Jefferson broke his own pool record, winning the Section 2AA diving title at Pioneer Ridge Middle School in Chaska on Feb. 20.
Two area teams, Minnetonka and Burnsville, are among the eight teams in the 2020 Class AA Girls Hockey Tournament Feb. 20-22 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
Three goals allowed on seven shots, a pair of two-goal advantages for Chaska were no more after one period with Holy Family Catholic in the Section 2AA quarterfinals Feb. 20.
Minnetonka was in control, until they weren't.
Chaska/Chanhassen returns 32 of its 35 swims from the Section 2AA preliminaries to Friday's finals at 6 p.m. at Pioneer Ridge Middle School in Chaska.
Colorful kites will take over the sky above Lake Mille Lacs the weekend of Feb. 28 for the 2020 Mille Lacs Kite Crossing.
With nine matches completed and only five remaining in the Section 5AA wrestling championship match, Totino-Grace looked to be in complete control with a 33-12 lead over the Orono Spartans.
The 2019-20 boys hockey regular season is in the books, and now comes what many high school sports fans in the state of Minnesota consider the most exciting couple of weeks of the year. Section tournaments will play out over the next two weeks to set up the State Tournament, which will take …
