Wrestling has been a HUGE part of Todd Opdahl’s life. He dreamed of winning a state championship. It didn’t happen and his senior year he finished fifth.
You’d never hear it from him, but Sunday at the Annual Wrestling Banquet, it was announced that Viking Coach Joel Skillings has “cracked the top 10” in wrestling wins by a Minnesota coach.
Minneota girls’ basketball fans had some tense moments during the Section 3A finals.
Among them were Marty and Andrea Rost, looking down.
Kelsey (Hennen) Buysse has been there — so has sister Samantha ... and sister Molly ... and brother Kyle.
Congratulations to the Girls Basketball team for their big Section 3A Championship win!
The game was unsettled. Minneota was leading by just two points and a trip to the Section 3A finals hung in the balance.
Logan Sussner was watched tightly by Jarod Goepferich (left) and Kailen French of Lakeview.
But Minneota won, 53-51.
Isaac Hennen split the defense, with Jarod Goepferich on the left and Kaelin French on the right for Lakeview.
Hennen scored 18 points in the Vikings 53-51 last-second win over Lakeview.
Remember the old Kenny Rogers song, "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille?"
Well, here's a new version. "You picked a fine time to score Ly-d-ia!"
Minneota's Lizzy Gillingham drove to the basket. She scored 17 points in her teams 82-74 Section 3A Championship win over Southwest Minnesota State University.