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 […]
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 […]
Cinderella Story: St. Michael-Albertville Shines in State Hockey Spotlight
Have head coach Jerr Johnson and the St. Michael-Albertville hockey team come down off of Cloud Nine yet? Not really. Consistent reminders – congratulations and well-wishes from around the hockey community – have poured in, Johnson said. Check out this spotlight on STMA’s Section 8AA win, courtesy of KSTP.
STMA Takes Aim at Wide Open Wrestling Team Tournament
For the first time in its more than decade of competition at the “big school” level, St. Michael-Albertville won’t have Apple Valley standing between it and a State Wrestling Championship team title. That doesn’t mean this Thursday’s tournament of section champions is going to be easy. The Knights are just the No. 3 seed, ranked […]
STMA to Seek a New Athletic/Activities Conference
School leaders agree STMA has outgrown Mississippi 8
For a time, the St. Michael-Albertville school district fit perfectly into the Mississippi 8 conference for athletics and activities. But two decades of nonstop growth in STMA has led to a significant size difference between this district and most other Mississippi 8 schools, and the district’s leaders say it has given STMA an unfair advantage […]
Thurman, TruStone Financial Team to Give STMA a Grand
TruStone Financial Federal Credit Union donated $10,000 to nine high schools in sponsorship of KARE 11’s Prep Sports Hot Highlights. During each week’s on-air segment, KARE 11 Sports Director Randy Shaver nominated three top football plays from area schools. After being put to a popular vote on KARE 11’s Facebook page, TruStone Financial donated $1,000 […]
A Heartbreaking Loss Ends Historic Football Season
St. Michael-Albertville football christened a 'New Era' by more than holding its own in Class 6A. But it's the way the season ended that will never be forgotten.
We’re making headlines today in St. Michael-Albertville. And, while you could say it’s for “all the wrong reasons,” really it’s just for losing a football game in historic fashion. Which is less than, say, a fatal fire or a murder or something like that. So, it could be worse. But I’m not going to be […]
Knights Athletes Ink Letters of Intent for Collegiate Sports
A Tar Heel. A Bison. A Coyote. And oh-so-many more. Nope, it’s not the start of some lame “walked into a bar” joke. It’s the list of future collegiate destinations for St. Michael-Albertville athletes. One of the largest classes to sign fall season Letters of Intent in school history took the stage at the Performing […]
Knights Will Look to Derail Elk River Train in Fifth Straight Section Final Tonight
In the last five years, this has been Jared Essler’s main goal. “Once you get to the Section Championship and beyond, everyone’s good. Everyone’s had a good season. You’ve made it this far, so anything can happen,” Essler told NWCT back in 2014, in the midst of this five-year run. With every advantage Elk River […]