After a push by parents and students statewide and a course reversal by the NCAA’s Big Ten Conference, the Minnesota State High School League changed its stance on the volleyball and football season with a special meeting of the Board of Directors on Monday, Sept. 21, and cleared a late, shortened fall season for the […]
Minnesota High School Football, Volleyball Moved to Spring Season
Soccer, tennis will take off in fall.
A lengthy meeting at the Minnesota State High School League headquarters led to a series of decisions that will have huge impact on coaches, student athletes and high school fans around the state. The MSHSL board of directors voted Tuesday, Aug. 4 to move the high school football season to a so-called “third season,” with […]
Nine STMA Knights Submit Letters on National Signing Day
No school? No problem for nine outstanding student-athletes who will represent STMA at the next level.
Compiled by STMA Activities Director Keith Cornell Despite not being physically able to gather for our annual spring signing day, the STMA Coaches Association and Activities Department wanted to recognize those seniors who have committed to continue their academic and athletic careers at the next level. This is a small way we can honor those […]
Minnesota Golf Courses, Fishing Ready to Roll with Gov’s Announcment
Gov. Tim Walz issued an executive order Friday, April 17, hoping to clear the way for residents to "go outdoors."
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed Executive Order 20-38 today (April 17), bringing some good news for those who enjoy the outdoors. The order allows for safe outdoor recreation for specific activities, including golf and boating. The Executive Order, which takes effect at 5 a.m. Saturday, April 18, includes opening access fishing, trapping, boating, hiking, biking, […]
Knights Girls Basketball Heads Back to State with Win Over Maple Grove
A pair of huge runs gave STMA a win over the Crimson in the Section 8-4A Championship.
A pair of losses to the Maple Grove Crimson in the Section 8-4A Championship game had Kent Hamre and his St. Michael-Albertville girls’ basketball team thinking about a little bit of revenge last Thursday in Monticello. Twice the Crimson had celebrated on the Magic’s floor. Twice at the Knights’ expense. STMA had pounded MGHS earlier […]
STMA Wrestling Repeats as Third Place Team in State AAA Meet
The Section 5-3A champions fell in the semifinals, but the Knights rebounded to win their last duel.
It’s always good to walk away from the last match as a winner, STMA coaches told their team. Even if that win wasn’t in the duel you were hoping for. For the second straight season, the Knights wrestling program came up short of its ultimate goal – a spot in the Team Tournament championship, thanks […]
Buffalo Hockey’s Biggest Fan Killed in Crash after Game at STMA
Gary Wagner, 80, was killed in a head-on collision Tuesday, Feb. 18.
The Buffalo hockey community was already a little down, understandably, after its boys’ hockey season had come to an end at the STMA Arena in Albertville on Tuesday, Feb. 18. But it hit rock bottom Wednesday, Feb. 19, as news of a fatal accident spread – one that took the community’s biggest hockey fan. Gary […]
STMA Wrestling Headed to State with Section 5-3A Title
Wrestling fans at St. Michael-Albertville Arena on Friday night new the deal. If the tournament went “chalk,” the top two teams in Section 5 would battle for the right to head to state. The issue – St. Michael-Albertville and Wayzata were both considered state tournament caliber squads. The Trojans had been in the Guillotine’s Top […]
‘Get Busy Living’ – Cancer Awareness Night Raises Thousands at STMA
The annual boys' and girls' basketball games vs. Buffalo featured a huge donation to the Wurst family.
St. Michael-Albertville’s girls’ basketball team kept up their winning ways, while the Buffalo boys’ team used a huge second half to knock off the Knights. But it wasn’t the results on the basketball scoreboard that drew the biggest cheers at STMA High School on Tuesday night. It was the number on the big, cardboard check […]
Legendary Viking, NERF Inventor, was Monticello’s Own
Fred Cox was a local hero, but known for so much more than kicking footballs.
Fred Cox wore more than a few hats in his day. He started his football career as a running back, but then became the most decorated kicker in Minnesota Vikings history. He was an inventor, putting his stamp on one of the most celebrated toys of all time – the NERF football. And he was […]
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