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Vote for the 2020-2021 MN High School Hub Photo of the Year
By SportsEngine staff 06/23/2021, 5:00pm CDT
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Vote for the 2020-2021 MN High School Hub Photo of the Year
By SportsEngine staff 06/23/2021, 5:00pm CDT
Choose your favorite image from our season of coverage.
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Rosemount slugger's big swing brings softball state title to the Irish
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/16/2021, 9:15pm CDT
Rosemount’s Paige Zender hit a grand slam to key the Irish's 5-1 victory against Forest Lake to win the Class 4A championship.
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Tired but tough, Randolph comes through to win first state championship
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/16/2021, 7:30pm CDT
Becker won the Class 3A title while Le Sueur-Henderson took honors in Class 2A.
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Vote for the 2020-2021 MN High School Hub Photo of the Year
By SportsEngine staff 06/23/2021, 5:00pm CDT
Choose your favorite image from our season of coverage.
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Rosemount slugger's big swing brings softball state title to the Irish
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/16/2021, 9:15pm CDT
Rosemount’s Paige Zender hit a grand slam to key the Irish's 5-1 victory against Forest Lake to win the Class 4A championship.
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Tired but tough, Randolph comes through to win first state championship
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/16/2021, 7:30pm CDT
Becker won the Class 3A title while Le Sueur-Henderson took honors in Class 2A.
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Tuesday's state softball roundup
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/15/2021, 11:45pm CDT
In Class 4A, Forest Lake’s big bats put the Rangers in the Class 4A title game.
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Meet the Star Tribune 2021 All-Metro Softball Team
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/14/2021, 5:00pm CDT
See who made the second and third teams as well.
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Stillwater's Allison Benning is the Star Tribune's Metro Player of the Year
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/14/2021, 4:00pm CDT
With a fastball clocked at 69 mph, the Ponies' ace dominates hitters with a speed few peers can attain while also relying on a well-developed pitching IQ.
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2021 MN Softball Hub Photo of the Year selected
By SportsEngine staff 06/13/2021, 12:00pm CDT
See which image was chosen the best from our season of coverage.
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Centennial completes comeback against Maple Grove and advances to state
By Mark Hvidsten, SportsEngine 06/10/2021, 3:45pm CDT
The Cougars were down by two runs in the seventh inning but rallied to top the Crimson in eight.
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Stillwater advances to third consecutive state tournament
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/10/2021, 3:30pm CDT
The Ponies, top-ranked in Class 4A, jumped to an early lead against Woodbury en route to an 8-5 victory.
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Baseball

Farmington staves off Park of Cottage Grove rally to win 4A championship
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/18/2021, 10:15pm CDT
The Wolfpack rallied with four runs in the seventh inning but the Tigers prevailed for a 12-10 victory.
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Electric and then some: Mahtomedi routs Grand Rapids for 3A title
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 06/18/2021, 8:00pm CDT
A 15-hit Zephyrs’ barrage, coupled with 16 walks or hit batters, fueled a 20-3 victory for their second state championship in three seasons.
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Glencoe-Silver Lake rolls to shutout, 2A championship
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/18/2021, 5:00pm CDT
A five-run fourth inning by the Panthers broke open a close game and pitcher Drew Hedtke held Belle Plaine to just one hit en route to a 10-0 victory.
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Lacrosse

No doubt, no tears: This time, it's Benilde-St. Margaret's over nemesis Prior Lake
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 06/19/2021, 5:00pm CDT
The Red Knights, who lost to the Lakers in the last two boys' title games, impressed with a 16-6 victory for the program's first championship in 10 years.
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Prior Lake repeats as girls' lacrosse champions
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 06/18/2021, 3:45pm CDT
The top-seeded Lakers trailed early against No. 2 Lakeville South but first-half hat tricks from Payton Bloedow and Mackenzie Salentre keyed a 15-7 victory.
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Girls' lacrosse: Defending champ Prior Lake set to play Lakeville South for the title
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 06/17/2021, 6:45pm CDT
The Lakers dispatched Benilde-St. Margarets with a strong start while the Cougars escaped with a 10-9 victory over Rosemount.
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Track

Rosemount wins 2A boys’, girls’ team track and field state titles
By CHRISTINA LONG, Star Tribune 06/19/2021, 8:45pm CDT
A roundup of top performances in events at both meets held at St. Michael-Albertville.
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Class 1A wheelchair winner challenged himself in 800
By CHRISTINA LONG, Star Tribune 06/18/2021, 10:00pm CDT
Lewiston-Altura’s Peyton Gunnarson won four wheelchair events in all, while records were set in numerous events of the boys' and girls' state meets.
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Five champions crowned in 3,200 races as track and field state meet begins
By CHRISTINA LONG, Star Tribune 06/17/2021, 11:15pm CDT
Jade Rypkena of Nevis won the Class 1A girls' race with a closing kick to win by eight-hundredths of a second.
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Golf

Like her sister, Simley's Reese McCauley wins 3A golf title as freshman
By CHRISTINA LONG, Star Tribune 06/16/2021, 11:00pm CDT
A recap of individual and team winners in all three classes of the girls' and boys' state tournaments.
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State golf roundup: McCauley, Salonek tied for first in girls' Class 3A after Round 1
By CHRISTINA LONG, Star Tribune 06/15/2021, 9:30pm CDT
Simley’s Reese McCauley and Roseville’s Olivia Salonek each shot 2-under 70s
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Simley teenager Isabella McCauley set to make Minnesota golf history
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 05/10/2021, 4:00pm CDT
At age 17, McCauley will become the youngest state girls’ golfer to play in the U.S. Women’s Open next month in San Francisco.
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Tennis

Mounds View's Bjorn Swenson pulls out special headgear, defends 2A singles title; Breck sweeps in 1A
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/11/2021, 6:30pm CDT
Swenson repeated as champion after winning two years ago as a freshman. Breck's Clayton Haberman won the Class 1A singles title and teammates Ishan Nadkarni and Zach Piehl took the doubles crown.
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Favorites mostly hold serve in state tournament singles, doubles prelims
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/10/2021, 6:15pm CDT
Semifinals and finals are set for Friday in Class 2A at Prior Lake and Class 1A at St. Cloud Tech.
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Edina wins 2A team title in boys' tennis, Breck claims 1A championship
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/09/2021, 2:30pm CDT
The matches were played outside amid the unusual heat wave gripping Minnesota.
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