Be sure to follow High School on SI for coverage of girls basketball throughout the rest of the season. Top 25 Minnesota High School Girls Basketball Rankings 1. Providence Academ

BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS By Minnesota Basketball News CLASS 4A • 1. Cretin-Derham Hall (17-0); 2. Wayzata (15-2); 3. Hopkins (16-1); 4. Tartan (16-0); 5.

Minnesota high school boys basketball is in full swing, and High School on SI has the top 25 teams in the state ranked regardless of classification. Vo

Alexandria hosts No. 9 (Class 4A) Sauk Rapids-Rice (13-4) at 7:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, and No. 2 (Class 3A) Orono (11-3) at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8. Sauk Rapids-Rice beat Alexandria, 81-76, on Dec. 7, 2024, in a game where Thompson was out with an injury.

Among Minnesota's top high school low-post players are, clockwise from left, Cretin-Derham Hall's Tommy Ahneman, Faribault's Ryan Kreager, St. Michael Albertville's Jack Thelen and South St. Paul's Mustafa Mohammed.

Andover, Holy Family, Blake, Totino Grace, St. Louis Park, Blaine. Albert Lea, Providence Academy, Rochester Lourdes, Alexandria. Forest Lake, Thief River Falls, Chisago Lakes, New Ulm, Cloquet/Esko/Carlton, East Grand Forks.

The Orono school board held its swearing-in ceremony Jan. 13, welcoming in newcomers Gavin Tempero and Timothy Usset and re-elect Laura Wallander.

Clemson signee Chase Thompson guides the fourth-ranked Cardinals against the top-ranked and undefeated Red Knights in a Class 3A top-five tussle on startribune.com.

It was a good week for a lot of Willmar Cardinal athletes. Four of them have earned Central Lakes Conference Performer of the Week honors. The four are Maddison Molacek, Evan Wallestad, Carlee Brown and Conlan Carlson.

There was a lot of melting going on yesterday (Tuesday) as the area saw some record high temperatures across west central and central Minnesota. Alexandria set a new record

Night - Mostly clear. Winds from WNW to W at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 17 °F (-8.3 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 40 °F (4.4 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 9 mph (6.4 ...

The new 2025 chamber president, Lynn Arnquist, was honored at the banquet with the annual handing down of the gavel by the outgoing president, Brad Lenertz.