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Hutchinson swim coach Rory Fairbanks announces retirement
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/22/2025, 11:15am CDT
Fairbanks guided the girls program for 25 years and added the boys program into the mix 10 years later.
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Hutchinson swim coach Rory Fairbanks announces retirement
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/22/2025, 11:15am CDT
Fairbanks guided the girls program for 25 years and added the boys program into the mix 10 years later.
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Minneapolis, St. Paul area senior girls honored for athletic achievements
By Joel Rippel, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/16/2025, 6:00pm CDT
Among this year’s winners are Burnsville volleyball player Mesaiya Bettis and Maple Grove basketball standout Jordan Ode.
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100 more Minnesota high school athletes sign Division I and II scholarships
By Jake Epstein, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/16/2025, 6:00pm CDT
Here’s the list of Minnesota athletes signing their financial aid and athletic scholarship documents in the coming weeks.
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Star Tribune Athletes of the Week

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: St. Thomas Academy’s Luke Mechtel wins plenty at boys swimming state meet and is one of our Prep Athletes of the Week
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/10/2025, 6:30pm CDT
The other athletes recognized this week are Addi Mack, Minnehaha Academy; Tommy Ahneman, Cretin-Derham Hall; Jace Van Eps, East Grand Forks; Mya Tautges, Brainerd; Clara Keaveny, Mayer Lutheran; and Evan Witte, Minnetonka. (Star Tribune staff/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Girls Hockey

Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
In football, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Moorhead will compete in 6A Section 6. For boys hockey, Rogers will join the same section as 12-time state champion Edina.
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Hill-Murray topples Edina in two overtimes for the Class 2A girls hockey title
By David La Vaque, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/23/2025, 1:00pm CST
A goal at 2:04 of the second OT period by Ella Hornung gave Hill-Murray vengeance for last season’s final.
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O Pioneers! Hill-Murray defeats Edina in double overtime to win Class 2A title
By Star Tribune staff 02/22/2025, 8:45pm CST
Follow this state tournament game here, where you'll find up-to-the-minute scoring and in-game player and team stats.
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Boys Hockey

Joe Dziedzic steps down as coach of Minneapolis public school cooperative boys hockey team
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/22/2025, 2:00pm CDT
After 13 years with the boys program, Dziedzic is taking over at Breck.
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Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
In football, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Moorhead will compete in 6A Section 6. For boys hockey, Rogers will join the same section as 12-time state champion Edina.
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Edina’s Freddie Schneider, Benjamin Geiger of Northfield among six Minnesotans selected for USA Hockey under-17 national team
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/10/2025, 10:00pm CDT
Hill-Murray defenseman Carson Scott also will join the under-17 residency program, which competes in the United States Hockey League, the only Tier I junior hockey league in the U.S.
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Girls Basketball

Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
In football, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Moorhead will compete in 6A Section 6. For boys hockey, Rogers will join the same section as 12-time state champion Edina.
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Brian Cosgriff, one of Minnesota’s best girls basketball coaches, to retire
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/09/2025, 9:00pm CDT
Brian Cosgriff guided Minnetonka to the Class 4A state championship in 2024 but previously coached the Hopkins program — and Paige Bueckers — over 21 seasons.
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Jordan Ode of Maple Grove, Minnesota’s top Class of ′25 recruit, is honored as Miss Basketball
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/07/2025, 8:45pm CDT
Jordan Ode, headed to Michigan State for college, led the Maple Grove Crimson to second place in the Class 4A tournament.
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Boys Basketball

Longtime Mounds View boys basketball coach Ziggy Kauls dead at 84
By Joel Rippel, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/22/2025, 10:15am CDT
Kauls coached the Mustangs for 45 years, winning two state championships.
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Joe Madson steps down from coaching boys basketball at Mankato East
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/21/2025, 12:15pm CDT
Madson led the Mankato East basketball program for 24 seasons. He is also the school’s softball coach.
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Orono standout Nolan Groves will play college basketball at Texas Tech
By Marcus Fuller, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/19/2025, 10:00pm CDT
The state’s leading scorer at 34.2 points per game this season backed out of his previous commitment to Yale and had an offer from the Gophers.
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Wrestling

Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
In football, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Moorhead will compete in 6A Section 6. For boys hockey, Rogers will join the same section as 12-time state champion Edina.
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Meet Charli Raymond of Simley, the Star Tribune All-Minnesota Girls Wrestler of the Year
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/27/2025, 12:00pm CDT
A fourth state title this year has Charli Raymond, a sophomore, on pace to become the most successful girls wrestler in state history.
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Meet St. Michael-Albertville’s Landon Robideau, the Star Tribune All-Minnesota Boys Wrestler of the Year
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/27/2025, 11:30am CDT
Robideau set state records for consecutive victories and career takedowns while winning his fourth consecutive state title.
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Skiing

Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
In football, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Moorhead will compete in 6A Section 6. For boys hockey, Rogers will join the same section as 12-time state champion Edina.
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Meet Linnea Ousdigian of Mounds View, the Star Tribune All-Minnesota Girls Nordic Skier of the Year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/26/2025, 11:30am CDT
Ousdigian repeated as state champ and also as the Star Tribune’s award winner.
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Meet Logan Drevlow of Hopkins, the All-Minnesota Boys Nordic Skier of the Year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/26/2025, 11:00am CDT
Logan Drevlow, a sophomore, repeated as state champion in Nordic skiing, this time winning by 50 seconds, and since has added national championships.
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Gymnastics

Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
In football, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Moorhead will compete in 6A Section 6. For boys hockey, Rogers will join the same section as 12-time state champion Edina.
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Meet New Prague’s Ava Bruegger, the Star Tribune All-Minnesota Gymnast of the Year
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/26/2025, 11:15am CDT
Bruegger won the Class 2A all-around championship despite a condition in her left ear that affects balance
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New Prague’s Ava Bruegger in 2A, Monticello’s Lauren Hansen in 1A are all-around gymnastics state champs
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/22/2025, 6:30pm CST
Bruegger defeated freshman teammate Hailey Proshek on a tiebreaker, and the other meet came down to the final two routines.
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