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The winners: All-Minnesota Sports Awards athletes, coaches, teams of the year
By Ron Haggstrom, Jim Paulsen, Cassidy Hettesheimer and Nick Williams, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 8:00pm CDT
Awarded by the Minnesota Star Tribune, the honors recognize outstanding accomplishments from the 2024-2025 high school sports season.
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The winners: All-Minnesota Sports Awards athletes, coaches, teams of the year
By Ron Haggstrom, Jim Paulsen, Cassidy Hettesheimer and Nick Williams, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 8:00pm CDT
Awarded by the Minnesota Star Tribune, the honors recognize outstanding accomplishments from the 2024-2025 high school sports season.
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2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Difference-Maker winners: Krista Flemming and Jenny Kilkelly
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 7:30pm CDT
Without the dedication and drive of Shakopee volleyball supporters Krista Flemming and Jenny Kilkelly, the MSHSL’s sanctioning of boys volleyball may never have happened.
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2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Courage in Competition winner: Park of Cottage Grove’s Hollen Thompson
By Jake Epstein, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 7:00pm CDT
Born without the lower half of her left arm, Hollen Thompson developed into one of Minnesota’s best lacrosse players.
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2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Student First winner: Edina High’s Jiarui Xue
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 6:00pm CDT
Jiarui Xue, who will swim for Princeton in college, achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.971 and is a four-time member of the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team.
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Star Tribune Athletes of the Week

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Ryan Meagher becomes Minneota’s all-time rusher and scorer, and is one of our Athletes of the Week
By Ron Haggstrom, The Minnesota Star Tribune 11/25/2024, 5:30pm CST
This week's list includes girls basketball players Ava Litecky of Totino-Grace and Aubrey Cochran-Starr of Fridley, Walker Andersen of New Prague boys hockey, Taylor Thompson of Forest Lake girls hockey, Parker Wangen of Stewartville football and Ben Dahlin of Jackson County Central football.
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Monticello's Adalynn Biegler set two state records at the Class 1A girls swimming meet and is one of our Athletes of the Week
By Ron Haggstrom, The Minnesota Star Tribune 11/19/2024, 12:15pm CST
This week's list includes adapted soccer athletes Yonis Noor of Minneapolis South and Griedin Corley of Dakota United, along with Orono swimmer Graycin Andreen, Baily Rupp of Bemidji girls hockey and football players Mason Gorghuber of Alexandria and Isaiah Wright of Fertile-Beltrami.
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Football

Three Minnesotans from Class of 2026 commit to South Dakota State for football
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/14/2025, 11:30pm CDT
Meanwhile, Kade Bush, a junior tight end from Chanhassen, commits to Arkansas Razorbacks.
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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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Holy Family, Coon Rapids hire new football coaches; Ryan Stockhaus resigns from head position at Osseo
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/07/2025, 9:00pm CDT
Connor Wilkie is the new coach at Holy Family, replacing Dan O’Brien, who led the program to an 8-3 record last season.
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Soccer

Edina’s Harvard-bound Lou Ruffien looks to cement spot on French women’s national soccer team
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 07/16/2025, 4:15pm CDT
The state champion midfielder played for France in the U-17 European Championships this summer and will compete in Paris FC’s academy this year.
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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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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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Volleyball

MN Volleyball Hub photo of the year revealed
By SportsEngine Staff 12/06/2022, 8:45am CST
See which photo won as your pick for the 2022 photo of the year, and see other finalists from the season.
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And the winner is...MN Volleyball Hub top performer revealed
By Kassondra Burtis, SportsEngine 10/25/2022, 11:15am CDT
See who fans voted as the top performer from Oct. 17-22.
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And the winner is...MN Volleyball Hub top performer revealed
By Kassondra Burtis, SportsEngine 10/17/2022, 10:00am CDT
See who fans voted as the top performer from Oct. 10-15.
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Swimming

Top swimmers in 2026 class to swim for Gophers, others pick Notre Dame, Virginia
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 07/01/2025, 12:15pm CDT
Top two girls swimmers Faith Lamah and Libbi McCarthy will compete for Minnesota while top boys Micah Davis and Nathan Carr are headed to Virginia.
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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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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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Tennis

All-Minnesota Boys Tennis Player of the Year: Soren Swenson of Mounds View
By Heather Rule, for The Minnesota Star Tribune 06/17/2025, 7:45am CDT
Mounds View sophomore Soren Swenson won the Class 2A singles title and dropped just one match – in the team state tournament – all season.
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Mounds View’s Soren Swenson wins Class 2A boys tennis singles title; St. Paul Academy sweeps in 1A
By Jake Epstein and Heather Rule, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/06/2025, 4:15pm CDT
Soren Swenson wore the same headband his brother Bjorn wore as a state champion. SPA freshman Winston Arvidson won the title that barely eluded him as an eighth-grader.
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Wayzata, St. Paul Academy add to streaks at boys tennis state tournament
By Heather Rule and Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/04/2025, 11:00pm CDT
Wayzata won its third Class 2A title in a row, and St. Paul Academy took its fourth consecutive Class 1A championship.
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