Fall Sports

The Breakdown's best of the best in volleyball

Posted by Mike Isola on 12/13/2011 - 11:39pm

Honoring our 2011 award winners and state champions

By Tim Kolehmainen, Executive Editor

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Prep Cross Country: State Tournament Preview: Two team champions return to defend 2010 titles; Three individual champions return

Posted by Mike Isola on 11/01/2011 - 2:00pm

Two team champions return this Saturday, Nov. 5, when the Minnesota State High School League’s 2011 State Girls’ and Boys’ Cross Country Running Meet is conducted at St. Olaf College in Northfield. The Perham boys and Adrian girls are both in the hunt for their second consecutive titles in Class A.

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College Football: National Signing Day Breakdown for Minnesota Prep Athletes

Posted by Mike Isola on 02/03/2011 - 12:13am

Here is a list of Minnesota high school athletes who have signed letters of intent to play collegiate football. List complied from college/university press releases and websites as of late Wednesday night. For more information, click on the school name to view press release or website.

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MSHSL: Cross Country State Meet Wrap-up and Summaries: Perham captures boys Class A title

Posted by Mike Isola on 11/06/2010 - 9:18pm

The temperatures were a bit on the cool side but the sun was bright during Saturday’s state cross-country championships at St. Olaf College in Northfield. And one factor remained constant from one year earlier: Shakopee’s Maria Hauger.

The sophomore was the only one of three defending champions to repeat, and she did it in dominating style with a 15-second margin over runner-up Jamie Piepenburg of Alexandria. Last year, Piepenburg was third.

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Cross Country: State Tournament Preview: Three team champions return to defend 2009 titles; Three individual champions also return

Posted by Mike Isola on 11/01/2010 - 12:27pm

Three team champions return this Saturday (November 6), when the Minnesota State High School League’s 2010 State Girls’ and Boys’ Cross Country Running Meet is conducted at St. Olaf College in Northfield. The Waseca girls are in the hunt for their second title in Class A, and the Elk River girls are looking to make it two in a row in Class AA. The boys of Plainview-Elgin-Millville are in the hunt for their second consecutive Class A championship.

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Cross Country: Weather forces more section meet postponements (UPDATED)

Posted by Mike Isola on 10/27/2010 - 2:33pm

The Section 7A Cross Country Meet scheduled for Thursday (October 28) has been
postponed until 1 p.m. Friday at the Cloquet Country Club. (Please note change in times)

The current conditions of the course merit the postponement as five inches of snow was reported to be on the ground with numerous trees also blown down.

According to the MSHSL release, if the course is deemed unusable, a new site will be determined sometime tomorrow (Thursday). (THURSDAY UPDATE: The course has been ruled favorable to host the meet, please note the change in the start time above)

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Friday (Tuesday) Night Lights: Prep Football Scoreboard: Section Playoffs: October 26

Posted by Mike Isola on 10/26/2010 - 10:00pm