News

The final edition of the 2021-22 school year of Connect, the League's monthly online news magazine, is published for your reading enjoyment. Thank you for your readership of Connect during the school year.

The Minnesota State High School League's Adapted Softball State Tournament returns after a two-year hiatus for a two-day run at Chanhassen High School beginning on Friday, June 3, 2022.

Ever since last year’s section meet, Pine Island,s Jarod White has been thinking about 16 feet, 2 inches. The all-time state record in the pole event was 16-1 ¾ … until Tuesday.

Two new state champions emerged when the team portion of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Tennis Tournament concluded at two Minneapolis venues on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

After 42 years at Wabasha-Kellogg, Mike Schumacher will close the books on his softball coaching career when the current season ends.

Kasson-Mantorville junior Reese Tripp stands 6-foot-7 and weighs 325 pounds. Tripp’s big-time football future was not a sure thing until he worked hard and did something drastic: he lost nearly 60 pounds. That’s right, Reese weighed around 380 pounds.

St. Paul Highland Park, St. Paul Central duo capture badminton state championships on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Edina High School.

Tony Nelson thought about graduating from high school early and moving to the University of Minnesota for the 2022 spring semester, getting a head start on his college education and Gophers football career. But home is important and Nelson had more to accomplish as a three-sport, small-town high school athlete in southwest Minnesota.

Dick Gosse, an official in Rochester, has influenced thousands of lives during an officiating career that’s spanned 58 years.

St. Paul Johnson reversed a loss to St. Paul Washington earlier this season with a 4-3 victory in the championship match of the Badminton State Tournament at Eden Prairie High School.

Singles, Doubles and Team Champions were crowned on Friday, May 13 when the Adapted Bowling State Tournament took place at Bowlero in Brooklyn Park.

News was made when the 48-member Representative Assembly, the legislative body of the MSHSL, voted against making boys volleyball a sanctioned sport. The vote was 31-17 … one short of the 32 votes needed for approval.