Here are five girls’ basketball players and state championship performances I will never forget.
Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald
Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald is a contributing columnist at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
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Hats off to this year’s Arline V. Winfield Award recipient!
Florene Pattain, mother of seven and longtime St. Paul resident, was the recipient of Arline V. Winfield Special Mother Award.
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Lagos, Landgenbrunner Winfield Award winners
Eric Lagos and Eva Langenbrunner were selected as top male and female winners out of 10 finalists at the 43rd Annual Winfield Awards banquet.
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Top athlete challenges High School League rule
The 17-year-old student-athlete Craig McDonald was recently ruled ineligible for his senior year of athletics because he repeated eighth grade.
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2019 Winfield Award finalists announced
Winners have been announced for the annual Winfield Awards Banquet, which will be held on June 2.
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Proud grandfather has been there before
Frank White, a historian, author, curator and former high school basketball official, couldn’t be more proud of his family legacy.
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State tournament photos 2019
A few pictures from the 2019 state boys’ basketball tournament.
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Inductees bring back fond memories
The Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame inductions of Ronnie Henderson (Marshall-U player), Tracy Henderson (Minneapolis Patrick Henry player), and Ed Prohofsky (Marshall-U coach) on March 26 rekindled some fond memories for this columnist. Let’s take a look: Ronnie Henderson During the summer of 1980, Henderson, a 5’7” guard, was scrimmaging with players at […]
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Scott’s accomplishments bring back memories
A flood of memories came to me after Tanysha Scott led her alma mater DeLaSalle to their first Class 3A state tournament girls’ basketball championship since 2013.
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Legacies prevalent at state tournaments
State champions Minnehaha Academy (Class AA), DeLaSalle (Class AA) and Hopkins (Class AAAA) brought home basketball titles from the girls’ and boys’ tournaments respectively while continuing legacies that reach back in time.
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Girls’ state tournament: a quick summary
The 2019 state girls’ basketball tournament will be one to remember with outstanding performances from Hopkins, DeLaSalle, Minnehaha Academy, Stillwater, and Robbinsdale Cooper.
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Bell finishes regular-season career at U of M
Kenisha Bell, a 5’9” guard who starred at Bloomington Kennedy, recently completed an outstanding regular-season career at the University of Minnesota, scoring 23 points on “Senior Day” and leading the Gophers to an 81-63 win over Michigan State University.
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McElroy, Davis led Central to TC victory
The Minutemen came back after the host Polars built a 41-35 halftime lead behind the three-point shooting of Eli Campbell…
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Girls’ basketball at its best
In the past few weeks, girls’ basketball was certainly at its peak.
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Former prep stars contributing to Gophers
This week’s photo focus is on former metro-area prep basketball stars Amir Coffey (Hopkins), Kenisha Bell (Bloomington Kennedy), and Gabe Kalscheur (DeLaSalle)
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I missed two great girls’ basketball games
This past season I missed two of the greatest girls’ basketball games of the season because I either chose to attend other events or simply called it an evening.
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Black History Month recognition prominent at U of M women’s game
Black History Month resonated officially and unofficially throughout the Big 10 Conference women’s basketball matchup between the University of Minnesota and Rutgers.
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Busy week in prep, collegiate basketball
This past week I saw a matchup of two of the state’s top boys’ basketball teams, a contest between two Southside City Conference rivals, and a record-setting freshman point guard at the collegiate level in women’s hoops.
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City Conference games prove competitive
Two boys’ basketball games played respectively in the St. Paul City and Minneapolis City Conferences could be an indication of things to come in terms of competitiveness.
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Rest easy, Ben Coleman
Coleman was a former Minneapolis North basketball standout who went on to star at the University of Minnesota and the University of Maryland before embarking on a seven-year NBA career. He passed away last week at the age of 57.