DeLaSalle Pitcher Defies The Odds With 1 Arm
Ben Albert is averaging a strike-out an inning this year for the DeLaSalle Islanders baseball team.
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Ben Albert is averaging a strike-out an inning this year for the DeLaSalle Islanders baseball team.
We're entering the really busy stretch of the high school spring sports season. That's right, it's early June and it's championship week for several spring sports around the state.
Anyone who follows high school basketball in Minnesota is already well aware of Tyus Jones. The Apple Valley sophomore isn't old enough to drive yet, but he's already becoming one of the state's most heralded basketball players ever.
Many great athletes come from humble beginnings, but for his entire life, Mark Braun has been fighting to overcome obstacles. He was born with spinal bifida, a birth defect that left his legs upside down and crossed.
Minneapolis Washburn has quite a story to tell. The Millers are unbeaten, and they've won all their games without the home field advantage.
The last Minnesota high school player taken in the first round of the major league draft was Joe Mauer in 2001. That streak might be snapped this year if Rochester pitcher Mitch Brown is projected as a late first round pick in next month's draft.
Maple Grove was a state runner up last year in baseball, but the memory of losing that final game is motivating the team this season.
Fourteen-year-old Maddie Gourley is off to quick start on her high school track career.
The action is heating up all across the state is the Minnesota high school spring sports season is in the meat of its schedule for most sports.
The Nike All-Star Basketball Tournament is really something, and it's taking place in Eagan this weekend.
Even in a gymnasium taking ground balls at shortstop, Coon Rapids infielder Logan Shore looks so smooth. He makes it look almost effortless to play the game.
Akolda Manyang made headlines at the state boys tournament because he did not play for Duluth East. This weekend he is trying to catch the attention of college coaches and trying to move his reputation in the right direction in the process.
Forty of the top high school all-star basketball teams are in town this weekend for the most talent-filled tournament this state has ever seen in Eagan.
An alpine skier from Minnehaha Academy forfeited his state championship last week after admitting to Minnesota State High School League officials that he should've been declared ineligible for the meet.
If you didn't get your high school football fix last fall, there's one more chance to get out and see some of the top players in the state.
