Sports

Author Sheri Brenden

Local Author Highlights The Role Of Two Minnesota Athletes In The Road To Title IX. Book shares the story of two Minnesota athletes’ fight for equality.

Greg Gibson Wayzata Youth Hocky Association

Greg Gibson has been the board president of the Wayzata Youth Hockey Association (WYHA) for 17 years.

Andy Weigman had a vision.

With summer in full swing, it’s prime time to embrace the sunshine and serene lakes.

Most people look forward to summer as a chance to enjoy nice weather and take it easy. But Minnetrista native Rollie Lacy looked ahead to this summer as a chance to prove himself as a professional baseball player.

You have to wonder if there’s something in the water—Lake Minnetonka’s water, perhaps?—because Minnesota has been home to an especially impressive number of Olympic athletes.

Club soccer in Minnesota is a lot about winning, says Fusion SC technical director Lawrence Tsoi. “Elite soccer in Minnesota is mainly defined by how much you win,” Tsoi says.

Thanks to new knees, the spring in Howard Young’s tennis game has returned. His days of holding court are far from over, even at age 88.

The Minnetonka Millers could be considered Minnesota’s equivalent of the New England Patriots in amateur baseball circles.

While high school teams seem to get a lot of the attention in our area, there’s another basketball organization that’s racking up the buckets.

Saint Paul’s Manila Ice blocks for the Minnesota RollerGirls All Stars team—she competitively charges into other women on roller skates. (The team ranks ninth in the world.) Inspired by the movie Whip It to start skating in 2012, Manila has touted roller derby All Stars status since 2015.

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