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Aidan Jones, the Star Tribune Metro Boys Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/07/2022, 12:30pm CST
Jones, running for Washburn, became the first male individual champion from a Minneapolis public school since 2006.
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Aidan Jones, the Star Tribune Metro Boys Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/07/2022, 12:30pm CST
Jones, running for Washburn, became the first male individual champion from a Minneapolis public school since 2006.
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Abbey Nechanicky, the Star Tribune Metro Girls Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/07/2022, 9:30am CST
Competing for Wayzata, Nechanicky was an undefeated state champ with an unprecedented set of sub-17-minute races.
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Wayzata runner Abbey Nechanicky tops it off with girls’ Class 3A title
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 11/05/2022, 4:45pm CDT
For the fourth race in a row, Nechanicky finished in less than 17 minutes.
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Star Tribune Athletes of the Week returns for the fall season
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 09/03/2019, 11:45am CDT
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Aidan Jones, the Star Tribune Metro Boys Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/07/2022, 12:30pm CST
Jones, running for Washburn, became the first male individual champion from a Minneapolis public school since 2006.
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Abbey Nechanicky, the Star Tribune Metro Girls Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/07/2022, 9:30am CST
Competing for Wayzata, Nechanicky was an undefeated state champ with an unprecedented set of sub-17-minute races.
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Wayzata runner Abbey Nechanicky tops it off with girls’ Class 3A title
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 11/05/2022, 4:45pm CDT
For the fourth race in a row, Nechanicky finished in less than 17 minutes.
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Runners from Minneapolis schools claim highest ground in Class 3A boys’ final
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 11/05/2022, 4:30pm CDT
Aidan Jones of Washburn and Sam Scott of Southwest represented the city well, finishing 1-2.
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Cross-country state championships: Class 2A, 1A recaps
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 11/05/2022, 3:15pm CDT
Smaller classes produced interesting results.
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Snow presents a challenge at the league meet, and Snow Camp provides the answer
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 10/18/2022, 5:45pm CDT
Lakeville South runners, a champion among them, found a warm solution. Also, check the new state rankings.
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Armstrong’s Noah Breker predicted it and ran it: the fastest prep 5K on Minnesota soil
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 09/14/2022, 3:00pm CDT
He’s No. 1 in the rankings and on the list for races held in the state. Four others went faster on trips to other states.
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Cross-country 2022: Wayzata teams make clear it’s both a team and individual sport
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 09/07/2022, 1:45pm CDT
The Trojans’ Abbey Nechanicky won the St. Olaf Showcase by more than a minute; the boys’ team strives to win as a pack.
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Cross-country runners receive a reminder: Heat and humidity are a difficult combination
By KEVIN BERTELS, Star Tribune 09/02/2022, 12:45pm CDT
Four girls who raced Thursday in Stewartville were treated at a hospital, and weather was monitored carefully at the 1,800-runner St. Olaf Showcase.
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Meet Minnesota’s top 10 Class of 2024 recruits and learn their plans
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 04/21/2023, 7:30am CDT
Esko’s Koi Perich and four others have picked the Gophers. The other five? To be determined.
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Elk River’s Cade Osterman changes plan to Gophers for college football
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 03/27/2023, 11:45am CDT
A quarterback in high school, he’s expected to play wide receiver at the U, just as his dad did.
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St. Thomas Academy hires college assistant Travis Walch to lead team
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 03/09/2023, 3:15pm CST
Walch coached and played at Winona State and also coached at Carleton, Macalester and St. Thomas.
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Soccer

Defense makes St. Paul Academy the Class 1A boys’ champion
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 11/04/2022, 11:15pm CDT
The Spartans didn’t give up a goal in the postseason, ending the season with six shutouts in a row.
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St. Anthony’s quick starts lead to 1A girls’ title
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 11/04/2022, 10:00pm CDT
The Huskies scored in the first two minutes of each half in their victory over St. Paul Academy.
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DeLaSalle ends Hill-Murray’s perfection, takes the Class 2A boys’ championship
By JOE GUNTHER, Star Tribune 11/04/2022, 7:15pm CDT
The Islanders, with a shootout victory, gave the Pioneers their first loss of the season.
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Swimming

Meet the Star Tribune’s 2022-23 Metro Boys Swimmer of the Year: Luke Logue of Eden Prairie
By JOE GUNTHER, Star Tribune 03/27/2023, 4:45pm CDT
A three-peat in one event, a breakthrough in another and parts in two winning relays added up.
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Eden Prairie ends Edina’s run of boys state titles at four
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 03/04/2023, 10:45pm CST
The Eagles swept the three relays; Rosemount diver Lucas Gerten repeated as champ.
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Breck/Blake ties record with seventh consecutive Class 1A title
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 03/04/2023, 3:45pm CST
Rochester in 1953-59 had been the only boys swimming and diving team to win seven in a row.
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Tennis

Start ’em young: St. Paul Academy boys team makes youth an ally
By Star Tribune staff 05/17/2023, 2:15pm CDT
The Spartans, relying on junior captains and playing three middle-schoolers, rank No. 1 in Class 1A.
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Wayzata’s Beduhn avenges marathon loss to Edina’s Fullerton
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 04/25/2023, 9:15pm CDT
Fullerton won the 2022 Class 2A title in a four-hour match against Beduhn.
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Still playing: Standouts who needed four hours to settle on a champ rank 1-2
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 04/19/2023, 7:30am CDT
Matthew Fullerton of Edina and Collin Beduhn of Wayzata are friends and rivals and will be teammates at Wisconsin.
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