Braelyn Merritt and Zach Ourada were voted by teammates as the Most Valuable Girls and Boys, respectively, of the Canby/Minneota cross country teams at an awards banquet last week in Canby.
Minnesota senior tight end Sawyer Desmet was selected to the 2023 Minnesota Football Coaches Association High School All-Star Game.
Ryan Meagher and Max Rost scored three touchdowns apiece, and Ryan Dalager threw three touchdown passes as Minneota steamrolled Braham 55-0 in the quarterfinals of the Class A State Football Tourna
Canby/Minneota finished seventh from a field of 16 teams in the Class A Girls' Cross Country Meet on Saturday at the University of Minnesota's Les Bolstad Golf Course.
It was a Shootout at the R/A Corral and when the dust settled, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton had dethroned Minneota 15-25, 25-23, 25-16, 22-25, 17-15 in the Section 3A championship Saturday night at SMSU i
They stood toe to toe like two heavyweight prizefighters.
After the Canby/Minneota girls cross country team qualified for the Class A state meet for the second straight year, coach Allyson Pesek was unable to contain her pride.
Minneota opened title defense of Section 3A with an impressive 25-11, 25-7, 25-15 sweep of Dawson-Boyd in the 3A-North volleyball quarterfinals on Friday night in Minneota.
Ryan Dalager threw three touchdown passes for the second straight week and Max Rost scored three times as Minneota upended Canby 39-6 in the Section 5A semifinals in light snow flurries Saturday at