Around the state, the mood was upbeat. That was partly due to outstanding weather; cool temperatures and clear skies. But there’s also something special about the dawn of a new day, the dawn of a new season, the dawn of a new adventure.
Four Minnesota student leaders from three League Member Schools attended the NFHS National Student Leadership Conference on July 22-25 in Indianapolis.
Sanyu Mwassa and Mariam Elias-Danjuma, 2024 graduates of White Bear Lake Area High School, recently became the first Black women to win in the duo category of the National Speech & Debate Tournament.
Effective with the 2025 season, high school baseball players using non-wood bats will have greater flexibility in using substances to enhance their grip on the bat.
Diver Alayna Kennedy, a senior at Austin High School, will compete with the AAU Junior National Team in Rome, Italy on July 24-26. She qualified in the one-meter, three-meter and five-meter platform events.
Five years after winning a state championship, the members of the 2019 Henning High School boys basketball team continue to inspire. On the fifth anniversary of that state title, I revisited the team and learned that they continue to be a very special group.
To see Mason Archibald competing in track and field is a testament to the human spirit, as well as the spirit of a competitive, friendly young man from northern Minnesota.
