state tournament

Owatonna enters Friday's state gymnastics meet as the No. 2 ranked team in the state. Coach Tom Smith is confident the team can bring home some hardware.

Brackets for the team competition at the state wrestling tournament were announced Wednesday. OHS got the fourth seed and will face fifth seed Hastings on Thursday, March 2.

For the 12th time in school history, the Owatonna wrestlers qualified for the state tournament Saturday. It's their first team appearance at state since 2013.

The ultimate experience for a prep athlete is to qualify for the state tournament. Five Owatonna High School teams lived those dreams in 2016.

On Thursday, the Minnesota State High School League board of directors approved a pitch count for baseball and the addition of consolation games to state basketball.

Rochester Lourdes capped a run of success for southern Minnesota teams at the first Prep Bowl to be held at US Bank Stadium. Three won championships. Two finished second.

The first day of the first Prep Bowl to be held at US Bank Stadium featured a pair of tight games and a blowout or two. Section 1 teams fared well.

Five southeastern Minnesota teams play in the Prep Bowl football championship this weekend at US Bank Stadium. Seven titles will be contested over two days.

The media facilities were not where I expected them to be at the new Vikings stadium. But it was still a great view of the action for Owatonna's state semifinal game Friday.

The first order of business for Owatonna football coach Jeff Williams is to recognize the seniors who led the Huskies to an appearance in the state semifinals.