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Prep football, volleyball players scream, rejoice at 'one more chance to play' this fall
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 09/22/2020, 11:45am CDT
The MSHSL vote Monday to triggered excitement and relief, especially for senior athletes who were put on the sidelines.
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Prep football, volleyball players scream, rejoice at 'one more chance to play' this fall
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 09/22/2020, 11:45am CDT
The MSHSL vote Monday to triggered excitement and relief, especially for senior athletes who were put on the sidelines.
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Minnesota prep football, volleyball approved for fall seasons
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 09/22/2020, 11:30am CDT
The Minnesota State High School League, in a meeting with more than 400 people listening in, reversed its Aug. 4 decision to postpone both sports to spring because of COVID-19 concerns.
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Minnesota club-high school volleyball balance knocked askew by prep season delay
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 08/14/2020, 3:45pm CDT
Moving the sport to spring collides with the state’s significant club programs, which draw top players honing skills and seeking to earn college offers.
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2019 Star Tribune All-Metro volleyball team
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 11/04/2019, 4:30pm CST
Also see this year's second and third teams, listed below.
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Kennedi Orr of Eagan is the Star Tribune's Metro Player of the Year
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 11/04/2019, 3:15pm CST
The Wildcats junior setter, who has committed to play at Nebraska, also digs and passes with uncanny accuracy and becomes a feared hitter when she moves to the front row.
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Prep football, volleyball players scream, rejoice at 'one more chance to play' this fall
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 09/22/2020, 11:45am CDT
The MSHSL vote Monday to triggered excitement and relief, especially for senior athletes who were put on the sidelines.
Read More

Minnesota prep football, volleyball approved for fall seasons
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 09/22/2020, 11:30am CDT
The Minnesota State High School League, in a meeting with more than 400 people listening in, reversed its Aug. 4 decision to postpone both sports to spring because of COVID-19 concerns.
Read More

Minnesota club-high school volleyball balance knocked askew by prep season delay
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 08/14/2020, 3:45pm CDT
Moving the sport to spring collides with the state’s significant club programs, which draw top players honing skills and seeking to earn college offers.
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Minnesota high school football, volleyball head to March, other fall sports to start on time
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 08/05/2020, 10:00am CDT
Other fall sports -- including soccer, cross-country, girls' tennis and girls' swimming -- will start on time but with limitations on seasons and competition.
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Star Tribune All-Metro Sports Awards roll out June 15-19
By Star Tribune 06/15/2020, 3:30pm CDT
Without a banquet this month, the show goes on with daily reveals of 10 top honors for performances in the 2019-20 season.
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Minnesota high school league sets summer plans despite hazy fall outlook
By David La Vaque and Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune staff writers 06/03/2020, 9:15am CDT
ADs, coaches, athletes, parents have questions; answers few.
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Former Armstrong volleyball coach Dennis Erickson dead at 83
By Star Tribune staff report 06/02/2020, 7:45pm CDT
He led his program to five consecutive Class 2A championships in the 1980s.
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Minnesota high school athlete eligibility rules get fresh scrutiny
By David La Vaque, Star Tribune 06/02/2020, 7:30pm CDT
The Minnesota State High School League is exploring revisions of two contentious league bylaws that help determine student-athlete eligibility.
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2019-2020 MN High School Hubs Photo of the Year winner
By SportsEngine 05/15/2020, 2:00pm CDT
See which picture was voted the best from our coverage this past year.
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Football

Prep football, volleyball players scream, rejoice at 'one more chance to play' this fall
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 09/22/2020, 11:45am CDT
The MSHSL vote Monday to triggered excitement and relief, especially for senior athletes who were put on the sidelines.
Read More

Minnesota prep football, volleyball approved for fall seasons
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 09/22/2020, 11:30am CDT
The Minnesota State High School League, in a meeting with more than 400 people listening in, reversed its Aug. 4 decision to postpone both sports to spring because of COVID-19 concerns.
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Loss of little things creates big football void in Blooming Prairie
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 09/05/2020, 8:15pm CDT
Blooming Prairie, a proud football town, won't get to feed and fawn over its 1A champs this fall.
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Tennis

Girls’ tennis preview: Top-ranked Karin Young delighted to be playing again
By Star Tribune 09/09/2020, 6:45pm CDT
A look at some of the top players and teams in this shortened 2020 season played amid a pandemic.
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Racquet taps and no handshakes: New Edina girls’ tennis coach is ready for not normal
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 08/17/2020, 4:45pm CDT
Jaime Gaard Chapman, who played for newly retired Hornets legend Steve Paulsen, plans to balance COVID awareness with the program’s tradition of excellence.
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As Minnesota prep fall sports resume Monday, the hope is to finish them, too
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 08/16/2020, 9:00pm CDT
Summer training served as a valuable dry run for enacting COVID protocols as girls' and boys' soccer and cross-country join girls' tennis and swimming for the first day of high school practice.
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Soccer

Mahtomedi girls duel Metro East Conference rival Hill-Murray (7 p.m.)
By Mike Randleman, SportsEngine 09/24/2020, 10:30am CDT
Vote in the poll and post comments on the matchup.
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Breck boys journey to Blake for league rivalry showdown (5 p.m.)
By Mark Hvidsten, SportsEngine 09/24/2020, 10:00am CDT
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St. Paul Central boys triumph over St. Paul Como Park to remain unbeaten
By Josh Dungan, SportsEngine 09/22/2020, 6:00pm CDT
Thomas Bump scored a pair of second-half goals to lift the Minutemen to victory.
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Swimming & Diving

Prior Lake's Lauren Moeller leads Metro Athletes of the Week for Sept. 7-12
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 09/14/2020, 12:30pm CDT
Also recognized: Maddie Fritel (Spectrum soccer); Abbey Nechanicky (Wayzata cross-country) and Payten Schieffer (New Prague swimming).
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Metro area’s top swimmers and divers have less time to show what they’ve got
By Star Tribune 09/09/2020, 7:00pm CDT
Ten at the top of their sport and some top teams to watch in 2020, a season shortened by the pandemic and ending without a state meet.
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As Minnesota prep fall sports resume Monday, the hope is to finish them, too
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 08/16/2020, 9:00pm CDT
Summer training served as a valuable dry run for enacting COVID protocols as girls' and boys' soccer and cross-country join girls' tennis and swimming for the first day of high school practice.
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Cross Country

Prior Lake's Lauren Moeller leads Metro Athletes of the Week for Sept. 7-12
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 09/14/2020, 12:30pm CDT
Also recognized: Maddie Fritel (Spectrum soccer); Abbey Nechanicky (Wayzata cross-country) and Payten Schieffer (New Prague swimming).
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Metro area’s runners to watch have less time to show what they’ve got
By Star Tribune 09/09/2020, 6:30pm CDT
Top girls and boys in this shortened 2020 season without a true state meet ahead.
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Stillwater coach gives runners the long view: ‘This season is still going to be great’
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 08/17/2020, 8:30pm CDT
A summer illness to a boys’ cross-country runner rippled through the team’s planning, even though it proved not be COVID-19.
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