St. Michael-Albertville senior and future Minnesota Golden Gopher wrestler Mitchell McKee earned a spot on the national wrestling radar this week, coming through with a big win in New York City at the annual Beat the Streets wrestling showcase. McKee, who is a three-time champion for the Knights in Class 4A Minnesota wrestling, earned a […]
Two STMA Students Receive State High School League’s Highest Honor
Two St. Michael-Albertville High School seniors took home Minnesota State High School League’s highest honor this past weekend. The Triple A award recognizes students who have excelled in academics, arts and athletics throughout their high school career. Nine hundred students were nominated throughout Minnesota based on the following criteria: maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.0, participating […]
St. Michael-Albertville Wrestling Storms into State Meet
St. Michael-Albertville is on a mission. That’s not breaking news for anyone attuned to February wrestling in Minnesota. Since joining the Class AAA ranks, STMA has made standing atop the team podium its mission each and every year, but has run into a familiar foe each and every time. Apple Valley and the Knights appear […]
Future Teammates Win as Mitch McKee Takes National Title
St. Michael-Albertville High School standout Mitch McKee added another title to his ever-growing resume today, as he topped defending national champion Tyler Lamont of Utah in the 132-pound Greco-Roman style wrestling national championships held at the Fargodome in Fargo, N.D. McKee, a two-time state championship wrestler for the Knights, has had an outstanding season on […]
St. Michael-Albertville Wrestlers Dominant at Conference Tourney
Nine Knights captured their weight class at the Mississippi 8 Individual Tournament.
St. Michael-Albertville continued its domination of the Mississippi 8 Conference last weekend, with nine wrestlers finishing atop their weight class in the Individual Tournament, and three others making the conference finals. The Knights captured the points title in dominant fashion as the only squad to top 200 points total. STMA had 285.5, with St. Francis […]
Mitch McKee Gets Win 200 as STMA Wrestles Down Conference Title
If you blinked, you might have missed the champ edging closer to history.
Everyone knows the heartbreak, the adversity and the character shown by St. Michael-Albertville wrestler Mitch McKee on a daily basis. However, what might get lost is what a complete athlete the junior is on the mats. It took all of 19 seconds for McKee to etch his name among STMA High School’s best, earning his […]
STMA Wrestlers Return to Rochester for The Clash Tourney
After taking second at the huge Christmas Tournament in southern Minnesota, the Knights now take on some of the nation's best.
Fresh off a runner-up performance in Rochester, Minn., for the annual Christmas Tournament, the St. Michael-Albertville wrestling team kicks off action again this morning in southern Minnesota for “The Clash,” one of the country’s premiere mid-season wrestling tournaments. It’s the 13th year for the event, and STMA has been in the mix each time it’s […]
KDWB FM Honors St. Michael’s McKee Family with Christmas Wish
Heading into their first Christmas season without their father and husband, the local FM station offered help through the holidays.
The family of Steve McKee will be facing many firsts after their “hero” and patriarch, Steven, succumbed to the cancer that ravaged his body over the last two years. Radio station KDWB delivered a Christmas wish to the McKee family on Monday, Dec. 22. The gifts included everything from meals to gas cards for the […]
Funeral Services Set for Steven McKee, 51
McKee, who fought a rare form of cancer, died at his home Sunday, Dec. 7. A memorial fund for his boys has been established.
Funeral services are set for the father of two St. Michael-Albertville High School wrestlers, Steven McKee, husband to Nina McKee, all of Hanover. McKee’s fight with cancer and presence at last year’s State AAA wrestling tournament, where he was able to see his son, Mitchell, take first place in the 120-pound weight class, made national […]
St. Michael’s Steve McKee, Father of State Champ Mitch, Dies of Cancer
McKee's fight gained the attention of millions when he and his son shared an embrace last March at the State Tournament.
Last year, at the State AAA Wrestling Tournament in St. Paul, St. Michael-Albertville’s Mitch McKee said he was wrestling for his father en route to a state championship in his weight class at 120 pounds. This year, Steve will be wrestling with Mitch, a junior. Just ask anyone. His other son, Patrick, who also wrestles […]