Shakopee will be the only South Suburban Conference school competing for a state team wrestling championship next week.
Lakeville North High School student Regan Smith, who turns 17 next week, has risen to the top of the world swimming rankings in two events.
Stillwater, the team that thwarted Lakeville North’s attempt for back-to-back state Class AA gymnastics championships, will go into Saturday’s Panther Invitational at Lakeville North as the favorite.
Lakeville native Ryan Poehling is tearing it up at the IIHF World Junior Championships.
Players who starred at South Suburban Conference high schools have helped lead their college football teams deep into the postseason, and now are up for major individual awards.
Rosemount’s boys and Farmington’s girls will defend their team championships in the South Suburban Conference cross country meet Friday afternoon at Eagan High School.
Sydney Dwyer is making a quick transition from the field to the dugout.
To be clear, the Eagle Invitational doesn’t decide the state large-school volleyball champion. But it almost always identifies teams that will make a run at it.
Several teams that appeared in the state Class AA cross country preseason rankings will test themselves at the 17th annual Irish Invitational on Friday at Rosemount High School.
The Hamline University women’s hockey team has a home game Dec. 11, after which head coach Natalie Darwitz will have to run – because she will be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame the next day.
The sound of whistles across Minnesota on Monday will signal the beginning of high school fall sports practices.
The road to the state American Legion baseball tournament takes local teams through two Sub-State tourneys this week in Burnsville and Eagan.
Noah Rasinski is the latest local golfer to make his way to the University of Minnesota after starting out at another college.
J.T. Brown, who led Rosemount High School to a section championship game in 2008 and helped Minnesota-Duluth win an NCAA championship in 2011, is one of the latest Minnesota natives to get a chance to pull on a Minnesota Wild jersey.
Lakeville North earned dual South Suburban Conference golf championships, with the Panthers winning the final league tournaments of the season this week.
Winter is slowly loosening its grip on Minnesota, which means it shouldn’t be long before high school sports finally can get rolling. But teams won’t have the luxury of easing into the season.
With bad weather causing backups in baseball and softball schedules, the Minnesota State High School League on Wednesday approved rule changes governing doubleheaders and umpire assignments.
Lakeville South High School hockey alumni will be opponents in the NCAA Frozen Four this week at Xcel Energy Center.
Wednesday was the first day of the winter signing period for high school athletes who will continue their careers in college.
Lakeville North rallied from a six-point halftime deficit to defeat Farmington 55-53 on Tuesday night in a game each team likely needed to win to retain realistic hope of winning the South Suburban Conference girls basketball championship.
Two teams that have not been accustomed to battling for first place in South Suburban Conference boys hockey will do so Saturday.
Both defending state champions and the top three teams in the state Class AA rankings are scheduled to compete at the Lakeville North Invitational gymnastics meet Saturday.
An NCAA rule change gives high school football players an earlier window in which to sign National Letters of Intent, and several linemen from the South Suburban Conference are expected to take advantage this week.
Local athletes again will compete in the state adapted soccer tournament Friday and Saturday at Stillwater High School.
Two former South Suburban Conference hockey standouts found themselves on the ice in an NHL game Tuesday night – and in their home state, no less.
For some, the beginning of October means Minnesota is inching that much closer to winter. For others, notably high school fall sports athletes, it’s the best time of the year because it means the playoffs are approaching.
A big sports weekend is coming up at Apple Valley and Rosemount high schools.
South Suburban Conference teams occupied five of the top eight spots in this week’s state Class 3A volleyball rankings, which shouldn’t be a surprise after last weekend’s tournament results.
It didn’t necessarily happen the way he hoped, but Mitch Leidner is in the NFL.
Practices for high school fall sports began Monday, and soon local teams will be playing for real.
Buck Hill Ski Racing Team program director Erich Sailer, whose proteges include Lindsey Vonn, Kristina Koznick, Tasha Nelson, Paula Moltzan and Michael Ankeny, will be honored during a dinner Aug. 25 at the Buck Hill Event Center in Burnsville.
Lakeville’s Regan Smith didn’t come back from the world swimming championships with a medal, but did return with a junior world record.
Five teams representing local youth soccer clubs reached championship games in the USA Cup Weekend tournament Sunday at the National Sports Center in Blaine.
Sam Carlson didn’t need long to settle the question of pros versus college, signing last week with the Seattle Mariners, the team that picked him in the second round of the Major League Baseball Draft.
Apple Valley High School stayed in-house to fill the head wrestling coach position, promoting longtime assistant coach Josh Barlage.
Carrie Berran, basketball president of the Eagan Athletic Association, is one of eight semifinalists for the inaugural Junior NBA Coach of the Year award.
Burnsville High School could have a football alumnus make it to the NFL for the second consecutive year.
It lasts seven rounds and takes three days to complete. It’s the NFL Draft, and several players with local connections will watch with interest.
Team USA has had a strong start at the Under-18 world hockey tournament, with help from a couple of Lakeville natives.
The spring National Letter of Intent signing period started Wednesday. Here are some of the local high school athletes who were expected to finalize plans for their college futures:
Eastview High School’s volleyball and lacrosse teams have new coaches, both of whom are familiar with the territory.
Coaches changing addresses in the off-season is a fact of college football life, and in the coming weeks it could affect a couple of people with local ties.
Lakeville North is No. 1 in the first high school Class AA gymnastics rankings released this week by the state coaches association. The Panthers are one of three South Suburban Conference teams in the top 10.
Lakeville North running back Wade Sullivan, who rushed for 1,900 yards and 31 touchdowns in 2016, received the Mr. Football award at a banquet Sunday in St. Louis Park.
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