TINA KAMPA:  COLLEGE OF ST. BENEDICT WAS RIGHT ENVIRONMENT FOR TWO-SPORT ATHLETE

March 12, 2024 “I was an active child.  Anything that involved being outside and moving around me happy,” says volleyball and basketball College of St. Benedict’s (CSB) Hall of Fame athlete Tina Kampa of her childhood.  The oldest of four children of Ralph “Butch” and Bernice (Schleper) Kampa in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Tina points outContinue reading “TINA KAMPA:  COLLEGE OF ST. BENEDICT WAS RIGHT ENVIRONMENT FOR TWO-SPORT ATHLETE”

MARGARET CHUTICH:  IN TENNIS OR SERVING AS A JUDICIAL OFFICER, PRACTICE MAKES YOU BETTER

December 4, 2023 Minnesota State Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chutich (pronounced Chū∙tich) speaks positively about her childhood, career, and life.  “I am grateful for opportunities at Anoka High School—they were forward-thinking.  I was on the cusp as girls’ sports were blooming,” she says of the start of her athletic career in the 1970s.  Born inContinue reading “MARGARET CHUTICH:  IN TENNIS OR SERVING AS A JUDICIAL OFFICER, PRACTICE MAKES YOU BETTER”

2023 STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET: WAYZATA TEAMS TRIUMPH; 8TH GRADE BOY 6TH IN CLASS A

November 4, 2023 The Minnesota state cross country meet returned to the Les Bolstad Golf Course at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul after being hosted by St. Olaf College in Northfield for three decades. A sports enthusiast is always rewarded by watching the effort and sportsmanship exhibited by the boys and girls qualifyingContinue reading “2023 STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET: WAYZATA TEAMS TRIUMPH; 8TH GRADE BOY 6TH IN CLASS A”