High School Sports and Activities

Four speakers from three rural Northern Minnesota school districts took first at the state Speech meet last weekend, and 14 more finished in the top eight.

The region will be well represented in the Class A meet, with 69 entries; Northern Minnesota has five entries in the 2A meet.

Known as Worlds, the robotics competition in Houston will have 600 teams, including those from Pequot Lakes, Northeast Range/Ely and Warroad.

High school senior Gabby Fineday broke Cass Lake-Bena's basketball scoring record with 3,013 career points.

During the Brainerd High School band's visit to New Orleans in early March, students worked with the Hot 8 Brass Band, among other musical experiences.

Plus: the winter sports season has come to an end, with Northland boys basketball teams having a strong finish at the weekend's state tournament.

Three of the top four Class A teams were from Northern Minnesota in the 2025 boys basketball state tournament.

Plus: Attorney General Keith Ellison announced new discussions about the future of academic medicine in the state between Essentia Health, Fairview Health and the University of Minnesota; and the Bemidji High School mock trial team will be honored in a Thursday ceremony with Beltrami County judges.

Bemidji High School's mock trial team placed seventh of 16 schools at the state tournament in St. Paul. Beltrami judges will honor them with a reception on March 20, 2025.

Cherry, Red Lake County, Nevis and Pequot Lakes will compete in the Minnesota State High School League tournament, the last of the winter sports season.