The 2024-25 Minnesota high school boys hockey season is underway, and High School on SI will have all-classification rankings every week. Midseason Minnesota hi

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 history of Minnesota’s boys hockey state tournament published in 2020 and updated in 2024.

Watch the two of the best high school girls basketball teams in the Metro West Conference meet at 7 p.m. on startribune.com.

Two local teams remain ranked in the most recent Minnesota high school boys top 10 basketball polls. Sauk Rapids-Rice dropped to No. 10 in Class 4A after a loss to now-No. 9 Moorhead on Jan. 11, but Albany remains No.

Though Sartell’s win wasn’t enough to make it into the most recent Let’s Play Hockey Minnesota high school boys hockey rankings Tuesday, two teams local to Central Minnesota remain ranked in Class 1A. Section assignment is also listed and the teams’ records and previous rankings are denoted in parentheses.

Two Moorhead women who work with immigrants, refugees and Moorhead’s diverse communities are among seven Minnesotans to receive the Virginia McKnight Binger Heart of Community Honor for 2024. They are Eman Yassin,

Moorhead City Council. Sean Brandenburger was named to succeed director Holly Heitkamp as head of the Department of Parks and Recretaion at Monday’s meeting of the Moorhead City

The top five stood strong, the second five got shuffled, and that’s where it ends as the regular season winds down and the rankings with it.

• 1. Benilde-St. Margaret’s (13-1); 2. Orono (12-3); 3. Mankato East (14-1); 4. Alexandria (12-3); 5. DeLaSalle (14-2); 6. Totino-Grace (12-4); 7. Byron (14-2); 8. Richfield (12-4); 9. Stewartville (14-3); 10. Marshall (14-4).

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

Good teams know how to win close games. This is true for Benilde-St. Margaret’s, the lone unbeaten team in Class 3A. On Tuesday, senior forward Jalen Wilson made a shot at the buzzer, giving the Red Knights a 62-60 win at Waconia.

Moorhead. Minnesota Sen. Rob Kupec speaks during "The Pulse of the 2025 Minnesota Legislative Session," a forum coordinated by the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday ...