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Football, basketball camps among functions leading to COVID-19 outbreak in Winona County

August 7, 2020 Rick Solem

A couple football and basketball camps, among other things, has health services in Winona County concerned about COVID-19 virus spread. Outbreak in Winona and Lewiston, Minn., through contract tracing was brought up Friday by Winona County Health and Human Services, which also confirmed three new COVID-19 cases to the now 257 total. The department is […]

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High School football, volleyball seasons in Minnesota moving to spring, state adds 4th season

August 4, 2020 Grant Bilse

Some Minnesota high school fall sports are moving seasons, while sports season lengths will be shortened. The news from the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) comes a week after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced individual districts would have freedom to set their own agendas. The MSHSL announced it would be moving football and volleyball […]

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Holmen’s Kowalski feels Wisconsin high school football on the brink this season

July 29, 2020 Grant Bilse

Holmen High School’s football team has finished first or second in the Mississippi Valley Conference in four of the past five years. There might not be a team that wants to play high school football more than the Vikings but Holmen coach Travis Kowalski doesn’t see it happening this fall. COVID-19 ended high school state […]

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WIAA Board pushes back date of Wisconsin fall sports, sets spring option

July 23, 2020 Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The body that oversees Wisconsin high school sports recommended Thursday that schools offer fall sports but delay start dates by several weeks as the coronavirus surges across the state. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Association Board of Control voted 8-3 to approve pushing back the start date for girls golf, tennis and swimming […]

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Iowa OK’s return of high school baseball and softball

June 1, 2020 Associated Press

Iowa will try to become the blueprint for how teams navigate the effects of COVID-19 this fall. Guidelines this season will include temperature checks before practices and games, no use of the dugout during practice, and sanitizing shared equipment after every use. Iowa is the only state in the country to hold high school sports […]

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LeBron James to honor Class of 2020 with all-star event

April 30, 2020 Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James is putting together an all-star event to honor and celebrate the high school class of 2020, which has had its graduation season upended by the coronavirus pandemic. The LeBron James Family Foundation, XQ Institute and The Entertainment Industry Foundation on Wednesday announced that the one-hour special, “Graduate Together: America […]

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HS spring sports in Wisconsin cancelled, Minnesota decision expected Friday

April 21, 2020 Rick Solem

As expected, spring high school sports in Wisconsin have been cancelled. The WIAA Board of Control made that determination late Tuesday morning, holding off on a decision as long as it could in hopes things would turn around. Officially all spring competitions and tournaments are cancelled for baseball, softball, boys golf, girls soccer, boys […]

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While HS basketball got all the attention losing season finale, spring athletes might get nothing

April 21, 2020 Rick Solem

The fate of Wisconsin high school spring sports in 2020 will likely be decided today. The WIAA held out as long as it could to delay a possible decision but the date has come for the board of control meeting. With Gov. Tony Evers extending the stay-at-home order through May 26, there aren’t a lot […]

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Caledonia’s King leaves SDSU for Winona State

April 2, 2020 Rick Solem

Winona State University got a big transfer and it was no April Fools’ joke. Former Caledonia High School standout Owen King announced he was transferring from South Dakota State to the WSU men’s basketball team. The 6-foot-3 guard had entered the transfer portal a few weeks ago, unhappy with how his sophomore season went with […]

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Central’s Johnny Davis named AP Player of Year

March 27, 2020 Rick Solem

There was no ability for him to lead his team to a state title. Johnny Davis did help get Central High School’s boys basketball team to a win within qualifying for the state tournament, but, like everything else, the season was cancelled due to precautions with the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be no replacing what […]