John Pohl: JUNIOR YEAR AT RED WING, SENIOR YEAR AT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WERE STORYBOOK SEASONS

December 6, 2022 Part of a true brotherhood, John Pohl is the oldest of four boys of a Red Wing, Minnesota teacher, hockey coach, and athletic director father, Jim, and lawyer mother, Joanne. Born in 1979, John was joined by brothers, Mark, Mike, and Tommy within the next five years. “We boys did everything together,”

“Mike” Michael McArthur: WESTERN LIFESTYLE, MINISTRY HAVE BEEN GOOD FITS

Born in Aitkin, Minnesota, but raised in Brooklyn Park–when it was still farmland–Mike McArthur was first exposed to the sport of wrestling during a physical education unit in 8th grade. When he defeated the top junior varsity wrestler at his weight, the teacher and wrestling coach, Jim Chester, asked him to join the team. “It

This is the second part of a sports series on autumn sports.

Congratulations to Darrell Thompson (Rochester John Marshall), Krissy Pohl (Brooklyn Park, picture below), and Heather Van Norman for being inducted into the Minnesota State High School League Hall of Fame last Sunday. Officials, athletic and activity coaches, and administrators also joined the elite group. More than 40 players on the current University of Minnesota football

Winter Sports Series, Part 5: Minnesota, the State of Hockey for Women too!

Hearing an announcement that women’s hockey would be an Olympic sport debuting in 1998, 8th grader Jenny Potter (then Schmidgall), a superior swimmer at Edina High School, decided her love for physicality and the sport played on ice would be her route to the Olympics. Still not a Minnesota State High School League sport (the