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Highland Park girls first St. Paul public school team to win cross-country state title
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/13/2021, 5:18pm CST
Scots runners weren’t certain they did enough on a warm fall day for racing.
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Highland Park girls first St. Paul public school team to win cross-country state title
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/13/2021, 5:18pm CST
Scots runners weren’t certain they did enough on a warm fall day for racing.
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Nick Gilles of Minnetonka is the Boys' Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/13/2021, 5:15pm CST
A lesson learned in track and field about "running to win" led to a state championship.
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Ali Weimer of St. Michael-Albertville is the Girls' Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/13/2021, 1:45pm CST
A senior, she broke through a barrier and produced the best times of her life and a state title.
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Star Tribune Athletes of the Week

Star Tribune Athletes of the Week returns for the fall season
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 09/03/2019, 11:45am CDT
Click to find out how to nominate an athlete.
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Highland Park girls first St. Paul public school team to win cross-country state title
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/13/2021, 5:18pm CST
Scots runners weren’t certain they did enough on a warm fall day for racing.
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Nick Gilles of Minnetonka is the Boys' Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/13/2021, 5:15pm CST
A lesson learned in track and field about "running to win" led to a state championship.
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Ali Weimer of St. Michael-Albertville is the Girls' Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/13/2021, 1:45pm CST
A senior, she broke through a barrier and produced the best times of her life and a state title.
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'M' marks the spot: Minnetonka's Gilles makes history
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 11/06/2021, 5:15pm CDT
Nick Gilles on Saturday became the first Skippers runner to win the boys' state cross-country meet
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St. Paul Highland Park favored to sweep girls’ and boys’ cross-country team titles in Class 2A
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 11/04/2021, 7:45pm CDT
The Scots lost three top girl runners but have extraordinary depth and one of the individual favorites, Molly Moening.
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Analee Weaver’s new push leads to Star Tribune Metro Girls’ Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/14/2020, 1:30pm CST
The Stillwater senior set a new state record for girls in a 5K high school race and won a showcase of top runners at the end of the season.
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‘Perfect leader’ Ethan Vargas is Star Tribune Metro Boys’ Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/14/2020, 1:15pm CST
Vargas won all six of Stillwater’s meets, defeating highly ranked runners in five of them, and won a year-end meet of top runners from across the state.
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Stillwater runner Ethan Vargas leads Metro Athletes of the Week for Oct. 26-31
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 11/02/2020, 4:00pm CST
Also recognized: Julia Hanson (Prior Lake volleyball), Emmet Johnson (Holy Angels football), Carter Otto (Elk River football), Jake Ratzlaff (Rosemount football), Paige Thibault (Watertown-Mayer volleyball), and Analee Weaver (Stillwater cross-country).
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Minnesota prep 5K record for Analee Weaver, surprising section win for Armstrong boys
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 10/26/2020, 7:30pm CDT
The boys' and girls' seasons will be extended for some teams by a privately run showcase on Oct. 30-31 in Atwater, Minn.
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St. Paul football co-op produces better numbers in the standings and in participation
By Star Tribune 08/15/2022, 8:15pm CDT
The beginning of fall practice for Harding-Humboldt revealed 60 players and enthusiasm to go with that hefty roster.
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Decision nears for Cooper’s Jaxon Howard, who’s had 60 Division I football offers
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 04/20/2022, 11:30am CDT
Willie Howard, his father and coach, indicates the choice will be made by July, after visits to Gophers, LSU, Miami.
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2021 Minnesota High School All-State Team
By Jack Butler, SportsEngine 04/14/2022, 1:45pm CDT
See who made the all-state team for Class 6A-1A and 9-man for the 2021 season.
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Soccer

Five seniors with four years of varsity time lead Rosemount into the girls’ soccer season
By KEVIN BERTELS, Star Tribune 08/15/2022, 6:30pm CDT
A painful loss last year might be motivation enough, but the Irish also are driven by the feeling of time running out for a special group.
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2021 Girls and Boys All-Tournament Team
By Jack Butler, SportsEngine 04/13/2022, 4:00pm CDT
See who finished each Class's tournament on the all-tournament teams.
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Stillwater makes early goal stand up, defeats Centennial 1-0 for the Class 3A girls title
By Patrick Johnson, Special to the Star Tribune 11/06/2021, 12:15am CDT
Ponies win their first state championship since 1998
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Volleyball

All-state teams, honorable mention picks unveiled for 2020 season
By Paul Patane, SportsEngine 12/20/2020, 3:00pm CST
The recipients for each of the three classes were honored as part of a virtual ceremony held Dec. 18.
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Finalists selected for 2020 Ms. Baden Volleyball
By Paul Patane, SportsEngine 12/16/2020, 1:00pm CST
See who have been chosen finalists. The winner will be announced as part of a virtual presentation on YouTube Friday evening.
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Top games: East Ridge hopes to keep good times going in showdown with Stillwater
By Loren Nelson, SportsEngine 11/17/2020, 2:30pm CST
Nov. 19: The Raptors, who enter the week unbeaten, look to finish off the Ponies to cap the regular season.
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Swimming

Visitation advances 17 swimmers, three relay teams to girls’ state meet finals
By JOEL RIPPEL, Star Tribune 11/19/2021, 10:45pm CST
Delano junior Emma Kern set a state meet record in the 100 backstroke.
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Familiar names dot girls' state swimming and diving meet
By JOEL RIPPEL, Star Tribune 11/17/2021, 7:45pm CST
Minnetonka in Class 2A and Visitation in Class 1A are favored but those teams have plenty of company.
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A look at the girls' swimming and diving season
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 09/07/2021, 7:15pm CDT
Minnetonka aims for stability amid tough competition in the Lake.
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Tennis

St. James’ ‘Mr. Tennis’ Les Zellmann earns national top coach honor
By Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune 06/30/2022, 6:15pm CDT
Zellmann has posted 1,121 victories coaching boys’ and girls’ tennis and brought 16 teams to the state tournament.
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Matthew Fullerton, on the strength of a remarkable title, is the Boys’ Tennis Metro Player of the Year
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/29/2022, 12:15pm CDT
The Edina junior won the Class 2A singles championship with an epic 4-hour, 15-minute victory in the final.
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Edina's Matthew Fullerton outlasts Wayzata's Collin Beduhn in marathon 2A final
By JOEL RIPPEL, Star Tribune 06/10/2022, 6:15pm CDT
The match stretched beyond four hours; Mounds Park Academy's Evan Fraser won the Class 1A singles.
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