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There have been father-son coaching combinations in Minnesota in many sports. The Rostbergs of Hutchinson are something special.

For the second time in the nine-year history of the Minnesota State High School League’s Clay Target State Tournament, it was crowded at the top of the leaderboard.

Wayzata seized control early and no other team could catch the Trojans during the team portion of the Minnesota State High School League’s Clay Target State Tournament on Friday, June 24, 2022 at Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake.

Clay Target, the final event of the Minnesota State High School League’s calendar of events for the 2021-22 school year, is Friday, June 24 at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake. The state tournament, held since 2015, features the top 40 qualifying teams, and this season, will showcase the top 93 individual participants that qualified.

For a dozen years now, I have gone through a summer exercise that is really fun. Once the school year ends I sift through all the John's Journal stories that were posted between the start of fall practices and the end of spring tournaments, and select my personal favorite Top 10.

2022 Lacrosse All-Tournament Teams Sponsored by Wells Fargo

Benilde-St. Margaret's defeated Prior Lake 10-9 in overtime to successfully defend its 2021 boys lacrosse crown. This was the fourth time in five years that the Red Knights and Lakers met in the championship game.

Top-seeded Chanhassen rallied to tie the title game at 7-7 in the second half, but that wasn’t enough to top No. 2 Lakeville South. The Cougars, buoyed by two late goals from sophomore Sivanna O’Brien, scored three times in the final eight minutes and defeated the Storm 10-7.

2022 Baseball All-Tournament Teams sponsored by Wells Fargo

Stillwater captured the third baseball state championship in program history with an 8-1 victory over Farmington in the Class AAAA title game on Friday, June 17, 2022 at Target Field.

Benilde-St. Margaret's staged a dramatic walk-off 4-3 victory over Mankato West in the eighth inning to secure the school's first baseball championship.

Fairmont erupted for seven runs in the sixth inning to record a 7-0 victory over Roseau in the Class AA baseball championship game.