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Every year the Minnesota State Hockey tournament shows you why Minnesota is “The State of Hockey”. On a THURSDAY AFTERNOON the entire Xcell Energy Center is sold out with hockey fans from all over the state coming to cheer on their hometown or just watch great high school hockey. It stays that way until the […]
One and done. That’s the saying this time of year when it comes to high school football. Wisconsin has already been a week into their post season run, but Minnesota starts this week. In this corner of the state it’s a big deal with almost every year having teams play in the State Tournament. Whether […]
There’s a lot of things happening on a football field when a play is running. With 22 players generally on the field there are many spots your eyes could see action even away from where the ball is going. Add in the refs and there are another 4 or 5 people on the field affecting […]
The beautiful thing about softball and baseball is that there is no time limit to the overall game. A game could, in theory go on forever if no one manages to outscore the other team in the innings provided or added. We’ve all seen games that take a long time to conclude but they don’t […]
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The old days of getting a simple offer to escort someone to prom have seemed to go by the wayside. Now there has to be signs, and balloons, music, flowers, circus performers, bears, fog machines, and MTV’s Dan Cortese. Dan Cortese It almost feels like if you don’t get something of this nature that the […]
You don’t have to be a fan of hockey to appreciate the power of “the flow” at the Minnesota High School State Hockey Tournament. For a few years now these videos have gained more popularity each year. The video breaks down and names the hockey hair of the players as they are introduced on TV […]
Over the years we have heard stories of kids that played sports that weren’t actually kids. Their parents gave false birth information or a college athlete just started going to high school to keep playing the sport they love. In some instances we see a kid that seems to be overdeveloped for their age and […]
Bonfires at homecoming football games have been a long time tradition. Usually there is a rally associated with it to start the game. It was made up of spare materials from constructing the homecoming floats and a collection of cardboard and wood from local sources. When I was kid the team used to run out […]
We’ve all heard stories about kids being bullied or left out in schools. Whether it’s physical or simply verbal it seems like it has been on the rise in recent years. In Colorado a young man named Brody had moved to a new school due to being bullied at his last one and was looking […]
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