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 […]
STMA Senior in Running for Star Tribune’s Miss Basketball 2017
RaeAnnah (Rae) Johnson has been a central figure on St. Michael-Albertville High School’s girl’s basketball team since she was in eighth grade. Now a senior, Johnson has made the first cut in the Star Tribune’s 2017 Miss Basketball award, which is given to Minnesota’s top senior player in April each year. Johnson just broke […]
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 […]
Seven Candidates to Vie for Three Open STMA School Board Seats
Seven candidates are running for three open seats in the November 8 St. Michael-Albertville School Board elections. Two incumbents, Drew Scherber and Carol Steffens, are vying to return to their seats. Doug Birk occupied the third seat up in this election until a few weeks ago, when he resigned from the school board to take […]
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 […]
STMA Hockey Repeats as Champs, Faces Roseau in Section Playoffs
The St. Michael-Albertville Knights dominated Rogers High from start to finish last week in a game that determined the Mississippi 8 Conference Championship, winning 4-1. But the ever-growing chip on the Knights’ collective shoulder has to be this: STMA needs to win a Section Tournament game at the AA level. “This is a program that’s […]
School Board Backs off Mandated Testing in STMA Schools
In a meeting that overflowed with vehement opinions on both sides of the issue, the St. Michael-Albertville school board opted not to approve a proposed addition to Policy 618: Assessment of Student Achievement, which would have mandated locally-selected standardized tests such as DIBELS and NWEA-MAP testing, leaving parents without the ability to opt their child […]
Gallery: Tribute to a State Champion
Photographer Jeff Veire, uncle of twins Austin and Jacob, the one-two punch that combined for big play after big play in the St. Michael-Albertville Knights’ 28-21 victory over St. Thomas Academy Saturday night, captured a host of images from the State 5A football championship. Here are just a handful of our favorites.
St. Michael-Albertville Claims First Ever Football Crown
A “roller coaster” season that had heart-stopping victories and actually started with a loss ended, finally, with a championship for head coach Jared Essler and the St. Michael-Albertville football team. Quarterback Jacob Veire overcame a St. Thomas Academy defense by orchestrating two third quarter drives (the second ending on the first play of the fourth […]
St. Michael-Albertville Gets Sweet Revenge on Scarlets
After losing in the snow a year ago, the Knights won a thriller to earn a trip to the Prep Bowl.
In a season where the Knights have used the motto, “Win the Day,” it actually came down to winning just one play. St. Michael-Albertville has waited 16 long years to say it. Knights football is headed back to the Prep Bowl. STMA traveled to Prior Lake and outmuscled, out-hustled and, eventually, outlasted the Mankato West […]