The Nova Classical Academy volleyball team has shown over the course of this season that height isn’t everything in that sport. In fact, it hasn’t stopped the Knights from being 18-4 overall and 5-2 in the Skyline Conference through October…
The Central High School girls’ tennis team had already accomplished a major goal this season when it captured the Saint Paul City Conference championship for the first time since 2013 with a perfect 6-0 record. Then on October 4, the…
Saint Paul Academy found itself in a favorable but unaccustomed spot two-thirds of the way through this fall’s regular girls’ high school soccer season: ranked first in Class A with an 8-1-1 record. Over the past three seasons, the Spartans…
Central High School boys’ soccer coach David Albornoz wasn’t worried that his club had already dropped two games this fall. He knew that facing a tough schedule was what his Minutemen were all about. “If you want to be the…
A year ago, Nova Classical Academy volleyball coach Tom Dobbs was flying blind. The first-year head coach said he had one open gym look at his young charges and then roared into action in the shortened season. “I had a…
Another prep football season kicks off this week amid rising cases of COVID-19, but there’s still reason for optimism. Though teams are set to begin play knowing guidelines could change in the blink of an eye, many believe there can…
The Saint Paul Pioneers semipro football team once again showed how effective it was at grinding out games. The Pioneers outlasted the defending champion Fargo Invaders 15-6 on August 14 in the Northern Elite Football League (NEFL) semifinals at Concordia…
The Saint Paul Pioneers don’t have a big budget, but they do have a lot of guys who enjoy playing the game and have consistently provided a good show for their fans.This year, which is their 20th season, has been…
When Elspeth Kate Ronnander moved to Bemidji as a high school freshman, she confronted a much more competitive athletic culture than the one she had experienced growing up in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of South Minneapolis. Though she made the…
The Minnesota Vixen women’s professional football team is now one win away from claiming its first Division I national championship in the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA). But it won’t be easy.The Vixen defeated Cali War from Los Angeles 33-22 on…
What a difference a year makes. Following the cancellation of the 2020 season due to COVID-19, the Minnesota American Legion Baseball Committee announced a few weeks ago that a record 372 teams from across the state are playing this summer.…
Minnehaha’s Sanjay Redd, left, edges out Luverne’s Ashton Sandbulte to take second in the state 100-meter dash with a time of 10.99 seconds. Photo by Casey Ek Minnehaha Academy took first in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 43.51…