Lindsay Whalen (Hutchinson, University of Minnesota, Minnesota Lynx), Tayler Hill (Minneapolis South, Ohio State University, Washington Mystics), Nia Coffey (Hopkins, Northwestern University, Las Vegas Aces), and Rachel Banham (Lakeville North, University of Minnesota, Connecticut Sun) have all made their marks thus far in the WNBA’s 20th season.
Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald
Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald is a contributing columnist at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
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One of the last of three-sport scholar athletes
Matthew Kipper excelled in football, basketball and track and field while graduating with a 3.5 G.P.A., receiving numerous scholarship offers, and being named the Jefferson High School Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
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St. Paul city track meet was full of highlights
The St. Paul City Conference boys’ and girls’ track meet held last week at St. Paul Harding High School last week had plenty of highlights.
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‘Fab Five’ athletes of the week
This week’s “Fab Five” athletes are members of the Minneapolis North’s 2016 Class A state championship boys’ basketball team.
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North Dakota State ‘Fab Five’
This week’s “Fab Five” features five former metro area basketball players who teamed up to give the North Dakota State College of Science men’s basketball team a successful season.
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The ‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s Fab Five photos feature two former girls’ basketball players who were named to the All-MIAC team last month (Danica Cambrice and Tamira McLemore), a former prep football standout who played his final season last fall (Malik Rucker), a former prep girls’ basketball player and state champion as a player who coached a high […]
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The ‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s five photos feature two senior girls’ basketball players making their college choices (Raena Suggs and K’Lynn Lewis), a senior boys’ basketball player winning a prestigious award (O’Dell Wilson IV), a three-time conference player of the year in girls’ basketball (Morgan Hill), and a girls’ basketball coach who has successfully led her alma-mater (Tanysha […]
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‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Fab Five” photos feature five boys’ basketball players — Daniel Oturu (Cretin-Derham Hall), Tre Jones (Apple Valley), Tyrell Terry (DeLaSalle), Wendell Matthews (Columbia Heights) and Lu’Cye Patterson (Brooklyn Center) — who played well in the boys’ basketball tournament a couple of weeks ago. Cretin-Derham Hall won the Class AAAA title; Apple Valley was runner-up; Columbia Heights place second in AAA competition; DeLaSalle emerged as […]
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‘Significant Six’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Significant Six” features six players — Jaylen Suggs, JaVonni Bickham, Terry Lockett, Lorenzo Smith, Chet Holmgren and Prince Aligbe — helped Minnehaha Academy capture their second straight Class AA state boys basketball title last week with a 73-60 victory over Caledonia. Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald welcomes reader responses to mcdeezy05@gmail.com.
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‘Significant Six’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Significant Six” features six players – Aja Wheeler, Kierra Wheeler, Jada Buford, Ja’Hyia Gaston, Ty’Neecia Longs and Andrea Tribble – who helped Robbinsdale Cooper capture their first-ever Class AAA state girls’ basketball title last week with a 49-37 victory over Northfield. They were led by Kiara Buford, a two-time state champion as a […]
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‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Fab Five” photos feature five former metro area boys’ basketball players who played well this season in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), one of the top Division III leagues in the country. They include a former Mr. Basketball finalist who played in the MIAC tournament title game (Riley Dearring), a former all-conference […]
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‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Fab Five” photos feature five boys’ basketball players – Tayler Johnson, Tre Holloman, O’Dell Wilson IV, Nasir El-Amin (Minneapolis North), and DeWayne Givens (St. Paul Johnson) – who turned in brilliant performances in the Twin Cities boys’ basketball championship last Saturday. North defeated Johnson 84-58 to capture their third consecutive TC title. Dr. […]
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‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Fab Five” photos feature five girls’ basketball players – Maykayla Van Nett, Raiyne Adams, Kaylynn Ashberry (St. Paul Como Park), and Morgan Hill and Jade Hill (Minneapolis South) – who turned in brilliant performances in the Twin Cities girls’ basketball championship last Saturday. Como Park defeated South 80-74 to capture their fourth straight […]
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‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Fab Five” photos feature a girls’ basketball player who signs a National Letter of Intent (Haley Moore), a boys’ basketball player who recently reached the 1,000 point mark (Cire Mayfield), the leading scorer for her basketball team (Monique Wooten), a former prep star leading his college team (Harry Sonie), and a valued contributor […]
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‘Fab Five’ Prep Stars of the Week
This week’s “Fab Five” photos feature a former athletic director’s jersey retirement by the college he played basketball for (Al Frost Jr.), a former prep girls’ basketball player having her jersey retired (Andrayah Adams), two future University of Minnesota basketball players going head-to-head in a high school matchup (Daniel Oturu and Gabe Kalscheur), and a […]
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‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Fab Five” photos feature a senior forward leading one of the state’s top teams to victory (O’Dell Wilson IV), a guard getting his team off to a great start on route to victory (Lavonte Parker), another big man leading his team to a nonconference win (Anthony Rayson), and two former girls’ prep basketball […]
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Minnesota salutes seven of its own with Super Bowl ties
In honor of the Super Bowl being played at U.S. Bank Stadium, I am saluting seven Minnesota natives with ties to the big game, including a receiver who won two rings (Stacy Robinson), a tight end who captured one as a member of the winning team’s practice squad (Marcus Freeman), a lineman who persevered to experience championship greatness (Ryan Harris), a […]
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‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Fab Five” five photos feature a former girls’ basketball standout leading her college team (Cayla McMorris); a shooting guard leading the way for his Class 2A top-10 team (Tayler Johnson); two players reaching the 1,000-point career mark (Lu’Cye Patterson and Courtney Brown Jr.); and a senior guard who was selected to play in […]
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This week’s ‘Fab Five’ prep stars
This week’s “Fab Five” photos feature a former boys’ basketball standout (Bryndan Matthews) leading his college team in scoring; a girls’ basketball player (Ysareia Chevre) turning heads with her outstanding play; a point guard (Antwan Kimmons) having an outstanding game in a loss; another point guard (Bryce Phillips) leading his team to an important victory; […]
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Highlights from this week’s ‘Fab Five’ prep stars
This week’s “Fab Five” photos feature a former boys’ basketball standout point guard leading his college team (McKinley Wright IV); two former prep girls’ basketball superstars competing against each other at the collegiate level (Kenisha Bell and Janay Morton); a sophomore averaging double figures for her high school team (Dlayla Chakolis); a junior among the […]