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The Minnesota State High School League presented the Officials Distinguished Service Awards during the Boys Basketball State Tournament on Saturday, March 23, 2024.

Wade Grinde has spent the past 29 years as Spring Grove’s head coach and over that time he guided the Lions to a stellar 566-197 record and two Class 1A state tournament berths.

Robbie Whitney, who coached the boys basketball team at New Life Academy to state tournaments in 2022 and 2023, has been named head coach at St. Francis, where he graduated in 2016.

For more than five decades, Bob Karn has coached baseball at St. Cloud. He graduated from the school in 1959, joined the faculty in 1969 and became head baseball coach in 1971, when he was 29 years old.

Whalen is one of four athletes in the 12-member Hall of Fame Class of 2024 who will be inducted on Sunday, April 14 at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront Hotel.  

The Minnesota State High School League's Board of Directors met on April 4, 2024.

Here is a synopsis of the League's Board of Directors Meeting that was held Thursday, April 4, 2024.

They don’t talk about it. They don’t want to brag and they also don’t want to jinx it. But here’s the real deal: The girls track team from Monticello High School has won the last two Class 2A state championships and could make it three in a row this spring.

Jim Galvin, long-time coach, teacher and community member, has been honored by White Bear Lake Area Schools for his decades of service to the school community. The White Bear Lake Area School Board voted at its March 4, 2024 meeting to name the fully renovated White Bear Lake Area High School gymnasium “Galvin Court.”

Bryce Tesdahl is a grandson of the late Bob McDonald, the Chisholm icon who won more boys basketball games that any coach in Minnesota.

Weinke is one of four athletes in the 12-member Hall of Fame Class of 2024 that will be inducted on Sunday, April 14 at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront Hotel.  

Manthei will be recognized for her feats and trailblazing efforts as part of the League’s Hall of Fame Class of 2024. She is one of four athletes in the 12-member class that will be inducted on Sunday, April 14 at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront Hotel.