Meet The Junior Rolling Timberwolves
The Junior Rolling Timberwolves are a high school basketball team that happens to play in wheelchairs. The stories of how they got there are varied, but where they are unified is in their love of basketball.
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The Junior Rolling Timberwolves are a high school basketball team that happens to play in wheelchairs. The stories of how they got there are varied, but where they are unified is in their love of basketball.
Meet Michael Sheridan. He is 22-years-old, and he helps out at Eastview High School in Apple Valley. Sheridan has Hurler syndrome, which is an enzyme issue -- but it has hardly slowed him down.
For a very long time, many young basketball players have had a dream: Be like Mike. For a Minnesota senior, that dream will soon come true...in a way.
It's the Minnesota special. Spring sports start indoors, and you make do. Washburn High School has begun their training in the school gym.
Verne Simmons is there for the kids every day at St. Paul's Johnson High School, even when he is dealing with personal tragedy.
This year's high school sports seasons brought plenty of drama and exciting finishes. Here is a look back at some of the top teams and champions from the winter season in high school sports.
Shakopee senior Taylor Koenen is the Minnesota Associated Press Player of the Year for high school girls basketball.
Top-ranked Goodhue defeated Maranatha Christian Academy 89-64 in the Class 1A girls' final Saturday at Williams Arena. Maddy Miller, Taylor Larson and Sydney Lodermeier all had double-doubles to lead Goodhue to its first state championship. Miller led all scorers with 28 points.
Reaching the state tournament is a goal that teams chase all season long. Mountain Iron-Buhl had been chasing it a lot longer. "It's been a commitment by the community and the parents and the kids," coach Luke Winans said.
The Becker girls basketball team lost their state semi-final game Thursday, but one of their players is getting national attention. Video of eighth-grade guard Mackenzie Kramer showing off some nifty moves in Becker's first game at state went viral.
Minneapolis North secured its first state boys basketball title since 2003 with a 68-45 victory over Goodhue in the Class A championship game on Saturday at Target Center in Minneapolis. It is the Polars' sixth state title.
On Saturday, Lakeville North and Hopkins meet in a rematch of a state championship game two years ago that was a thriller.
If they win this year it will be even more monumental, because it will also be Dave Thorson's 500th win as a head coach.
They say a sports team is like a family. On the Anoka-Hennepin adapted floor hockey team, it pretty much literally is – with four siblings from the France family on the floor at the same time.
There have been several buzzer-beaters in Minnesota games this year, including a few that made national headlines. Here are six of the best among high school, college and yes, even the Timberwolves.
