David La Vaque is a high school sports reporter who has been the lead high school hockey writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2010. He is co-author of “Tourney Time,” a book about the h ...

But he leaves a legacy behind as one of the true titans of Minnesota high school hockey. The coach morphed Edina into a statewide power. In 33 years at the helm, Ikola guided the Hornets to 616 ...

The Minnetonka and Edina High School Girls Basketball teams joined forces to raise money to support two of their coaches on Friday night. Minnetonka's Director of Girls Basketball Operations Barry ...

The Minnetonka and Edina Girls Basketball teams are rivals on the court, but now they are joining forces to defeat a common opponent - Multiple Sclerosis.

Benilde-St. Margaret’s girls basketball standout followed a long road back. A star prep goalie in Eveleth, a college All-America, an Olympian and Edina’s trailblazing coach died Monday at age 92.

As a high school goalie, Ikola won three state championships with the fabled Eveleth Golden Bears. After playing college hockey at Michigan, he eventually returned to Minnesota and coached Edina ...

Riley Swenson rounded the bases, the Chaska dugout exploding in excitement, that word “belief” was in the air at Athletic Park for the eighth seeded Hawks versus top-ranked Edina June ...

The teenager assaulted on the basketball court of the Southdale YMCA in Edina last month has been identified by his mother as 16-year-old Edina High School student Elroi King. The Dec. 20 incident ...

Minnesota hockey legend Willard Ikola is seen in an undated photo — wearing his trademark houndstooth hat — while coaching the Edina High School boys hockey team. Ikola died Monday at the age ...

Ikola is best known in more recent years for his record eight state high school hockey champions with the Edina Hornets, a fixture behind the bench in his houndstooth hat. However, his legend ...