Taylor Reiss, a junior outside hitter from Southwest Minnesota State University, and a graduate of Minneota High School, was named the DII Honda Athlete of the Year nominee for volleyball.
Minneota certainly is in the mix as a top Section 3A team with their 7-0 record and recent win over Westbrook-Walnut Grove (4-3).
Viking players Thomas Hennen and Logan Sussner were named to the Candy Cane All-tournament team.
When Ivanhoe basketball players first joined Minneota, they had a tradition of playing in the “Candy Cane” holiday tournament with teams like Westbrook-Walnut Grove and Heron Lake-Okabena.
Talk about rusty. You could almost see the rust falling off a layer at a time.
Assistant Coach Dale Kockelman said, “Right now we’re not a very good team.”
Minneota sweep a pair of wrestling matches Thursday, beating Fulda-Murray County Central 76-0 and Redwood Valley, 49-19 at Fulda.
An exciting, nip-and-tuck game game to the end came out in Minneota's favor when they defeated Westbrook-Walnut Grove, 88-84 to win the annual Holiday Candy Cane Tournament at Okabena.
Photographer Brian Jeremiason used a “Fish Eye” lens to get this different perspective of the Minneota vs. Lakeview boys’ basketball game.
The score found Minneota trailing, 49-45 — then Morgan Kockelman calmly threw up a three-pointer and it suddenly was a one-point game.
Four easy wins didn’t tell Coach Dave Busselman enough.