This week my column will highlight five important accomplishments in prep sports for the year 2016. This includes a Minneapolis City Conference school that captured state basketball and football titles; another winning a championship in a St. Paul City Conference school making its first-ever state tournament appearance; a traditional Class 4A power capturing another state … [Read more...]
Two busy weeks in prep hoops
The past two weeks have been quite eventful in prep basketball. There were outstanding performances by three St. Paul City Conference teams; a former St. Paul City Conference great coach led her girls’ basketball team to victory; three metro-area alums played in an important collegiate match-up; and two Minneapolis City Conference rivals played a game that ended in … [Read more...]
Como Park defeats North in OT
Autumn Tucker sent the game into overtime. Makayla Van Nett started it. Elaina Jones took over, and Raiyne Adams ended it, leading the St. Paul Como Park girls’ basketball team to a 69-67 nonconference victory over Minneapolis last week. North took control early behind the outstanding play of Monique Wooten, Alani Pettis and Serena Ballard. With two seconds remaining in … [Read more...]
North High’s AD aims to ‘turn athletics around’ at the school
Dr. Leo Lewis III has made a successful transition from college to high school athletics administration. He moved from the University of Minnesota to North High School last year. “Larry McKenzie [the school’s boys’ basketball coach] came to me and talked about being the athletic director at North,” recalls Lewis, the former U of M associate athletics director, the only Black … [Read more...]