The 50th Annual Winfield Awards will honor 20 St. Paul student-athletes of color on Sunday, May 31, at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront Hotel, with Baseball Hall of Famer and St. Paul Central alum Dave Winfield as keynote speaker.
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Erick Goodlow on Golf, Legacy, and Leaving Corporate After 30 Years at Medtronic
On this episode of Blacklight on Sports, host Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald sits down with Erick Goodlow, co-founder of Fairway Foundation and architectural firm Formula, whose two lives span 25 years of youth golf access and building the only fully Black-owned architecture firm in the Midwest.
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Fab Five Moments
Fab Five Moments covers Ashley Ellis-Milan’s resignation at East Ridge, Hopkins finishing runner-up at state, the Hallman father-son connection, St. Paul Central’s 50th anniversary and Omar McMillan’s John R. Wooden Award.
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Mankato volleyball standout now a winning Ph.D. coach
It’s been nearly a decade since Jennifer Jacobs left her native St. Paul for her first collegiate head volleyball coaching opportunity. “Can you believe I’m in my ninth season?” asked the Augustana (S.D.) University coach after her Vikings played at Concordia-St. Paul on the first Friday evening of October. “I moved there in ’17; ’18 […]
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Benny Roberts on Legacy, Leadership, and Community
The latest Blacklight on Sports podcast spotlights Benny Roberts, Executive Director of the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center. A proud Rondo descendant and St. Paul Central grad, Roberts reflects on his journey from athlete to community leader, preserving history while building pathways to health, wellness, and opportunity.
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John Robinson – Educator. Coach. Community Leader
North High alum and championship-winning coach John Robinson joins Blacklight On Sports to reflect on decades of leadership in Twin Cities schools, sports, and communities.
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Sometimes staying in one place works out
Allan Lankfard Jr., a senior at St. Paul Central, has become one of the top student athletes in the state of Minnesota, leading the boys basketball team to the St. Paul City Conference Championship and the football team to a 3-3 record.
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Prep football is back. Here’s who to watch
The prep football season is here, and eight outstanding student athletes to watch include Allan Lankfard Jr., Emmanuel Karma, Jmarion Sanders, Abu Tarawallie, Elijah Rumph, Ke’Tavion Colton, Randy Kweyete, and Khalif Brown.
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Track stars Leonard Jones and Tyrone Minor make lasting impact in their fields
Leonard Jones and Tryone Minor, two of the top high school track and field athletes of their time, met in the 1989 state track and field meet.
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Twin Cities boys basketball showdown: St. Paul Central vs. Minneapolis Washburn
St. Paul Central and Minneapolis Washburn will play in the Twin Cities boys basketball game on Saturday, both teams with undefeated 12-0 records.
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January 14-20 quite a week for hoops
Former Minneapolis City Conference players Mike Walker and Tim Williams showcased girls and boys hoopers in the 10th Annual Dream Classic.
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Fab Five Photos
This week’s “Fab Five” photos feature two 1,000-point-plus career scorers in girls basketball players.
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Former Gopher returns to help players navigate NIL landscape
Kiera Buford, a St. Paul Central and Minnesota grad, was hired as the U of M director of alumni relations/NIL to help Gopher players navigate the complex world of NIL contracts and collective earnings.
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Linemen lead St. Paul Central past city rival
St. Paul Central erased a 0-13 first quarter deficit to lead the Minutemen to a 43-25 victory over city rival St. Paul Johnson on the Governors’ home turf last Friday.
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St. Paul Central honors one of its own
The St. Paul Central community showed up at the high school’s gymnasium on Saturday, January 21, to honor one of its own.
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Big game with historical connections
The football game between St. Paul Johnson and St. Paul Central last Saturday has special meaning.
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The first picture I ever got published
‘I was there to write a story about the game, and my father was there to take pictures.’
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Hughes uses lessons learned from the sport he loves
This is part one in a two-part interview with Juriad Hughes, a former St. Paul Central boys’ basketball player from 1987-89.
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Chelley sparks Tartan to victory over St. Paul Central
Sophomore running back Deshawn Houston had touchdown runs of one and five yards to go along with a 75-yard interception for another score for Tartan.