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Kassandra Fontaine, a junior at Bagley High School, is the starting (and only) goaltender on the Bagley-Fosston boys hockey team. She has played every minute of every game.

Long road trips are standard for teams in northern Minnesota, especially those from large schools that need to pack a lunch -- and a dinner -- in order to travel to schools of similar size.

A boys hockey game between New Prague and Bloomington Jefferson was designated as a time to talk about mental health and suicide awareness.

Under new coach Todd Dufault, the North Branch Vikings are turning heads. They have a record of 14-5 and are on track to finish with a winning record, which hasn’t happened for a North Branch boys basketball team since 2003-04.

Not wanting his kids and their friends to miss out on activities that are important to them, WCCO TV anchor Jason DeRusha took over as coach of the debate and speech teams at Maple Grove High School.

New London-Spicer girls basketball coach Mike Dreier recorded his 1,000th career victory as the Wildcats defeated Watertown-Mayer 60-36. He is the first girls basketball coach in Minnesota to win 1,000 games.

When New London-Spicer faces Litchfield on Tuesday night, Mike Dreier will have 999 career victories. Should it end with New London-Spicer winning, Dreier will become only the second coach in Minnesota high school basketball history – and the first girls coach -- with 1,000 wins.

Chatfield's Nicholas Fryer put in six years of dedication to speech despite obstacles that may have derailed others, and for that accomplishment he has been named the MSHSL Heart of the Arts Award winner.

Because of St. Michael-Albertville girls soccer coach Megan Johnson’s supreme act of selflessness in donating a kidney to the mother of three of her players, they have been named winners of the MSHSL Spirit of Sport Award.

The first goal in the history of the Mankato adapted floor hockey program was a beauty, as was the celebration, as was the entire first game ever.

Roseau and Warroad are only 22 miles apart, within earshot of the Canadian border, and high school hockey is a binding agent, a cultural touchstone and darn near a religious experience.

Bob McDonald began his coaching career in 1955 at McGregor and became a legend at Chisholm, coaching for 59 years overall and winning a state-best 1,012 games. His grandson Kyle McDonald recorded his first career victory as the coach at Forest Lake on Dec. 17, 2021.