Stillwater senior wins gold in third IIHF World Championships appearance
Josie St. Martin was Team USA's Swiss army knife — doing it all and winning gold at the U18 World Championships in Zurich.
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Ren Clayton joined WCCO-TV in October 2021. He grew up in Chanhassen, Minnesota, but most recently lived on the beaches of Hawaii!
After graduating from Concordia University, St. Paul, Ren produced a high school sports magazine show in the Twin Cities, then worked as a weekend sports anchor at KOTA-TV in Rapid City, South Dakota, and KHON2 in Honolulu.
Ren has covered it all, from surfing, to rodeo, to hurricanes. He's grateful to be back working in his hometown, covering the teams and people he grew up with.
When he's not working, you can find Ren playing golf in the summer and snowboarding in the winter.
Josie St. Martin was Team USA's Swiss army knife — doing it all and winning gold at the U18 World Championships in Zurich.
Maggie Nichols grew up in Little Canada and graduated from Roseville High School. From a young age, she trained to be one of the United States' top gymnasts at Twin City Twisters.
As the point guard for the Gophers, it's usually Amaya Battle who is the subject of sports photography, but lately she's reversed roles — shooting games with an expert eye.
The Minnetonka Skippers come out to Plymouth to take on the Wayzata Trojans on home ice. WCCO's Ren Clayton tells us how this nail-biter ended.
Crosby's own Tori Oehrlein is on pace to make history.
One of the Gophers football team's big in-state gets on National Signing Day was three-star defensive back Simon Seidl from Hill-Murray High School.
Girls basketball is alive and well in Lakeville but was Providence Academy able to hold on for a win? WCCO's Ren Clayton was courtside with all of the details.
At nine years old, she was impressing her peers at Minnesota ski parks. Now at 17, she still is. She is the youngest rider on a team of the five best the United States has to offer.
Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Wes Phillips was arrested on Friday night for a misdemeanor DWI.
For the first overall pick in this new Professional Women's Hockey League draft, there's an appreciation. Taylor Heise didn't have to face the grind that most women's pro hockey players did.
It wasn't too long ago that Chet Holmgren was going to class at Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, but Tuesday night one of the best basketball players to ever come out of Minnesota hit the Target Center floor as an NBA player for the first time.
Stewartville was the state runner-up in 1977 and 1986. They have not been back to the championship game since then. So this week it'll either be another runner-up or school history.
St. Thomas Academy and Alexandria face-off in a historic matchup at U.S. Bank Stadium.
The Vikings were without a starting quarterback when Kirk Cousins was lost for the year. They found an aerospace engineer to solve the problem.
Anthony transferred from Division III St. Mary's and is now helping lead Division I St. Thomas.