Former Worthington Trojan Boys Basketball standout Jalen Voss, currently a sophomore at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell (SD), is adding more postseason accolades to his resume as the Worthington native has now been named an All-American by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
Jalen Voss was selected as a Division II Honorable Mention All-American Selection. Voss, who was also named to the All-Great Plains Athletic Conference's First Team, led the Tigers in nearly every statistical category this season. He led the team in scoring at 14.2 points per...
Mississippi State sophomore and former Worthington Trojan Girls Basketball player Martha Alwal earned the title of the state of Mississippi’s top female college basketball player Monday when she was chosen the winner of the C Spire Gillom Trophy at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.
Alwal became the second Bulldog to win the award, joining Alexis Rack who won the trophy following the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
Quoting Alwal: "I'm really excited. I worked really hard, so I'm excited I won the award. It's big for the program. This award is bigger than me. It goes out to my...
The Minnesota State High School League has announced the Competitive Section Assignments for the next two years through the 2014-20-15 school year.
The biggest change for Worthington is that both boys and girls basketball has moved back up to Section 2AAA. Teams in their section for basketball include Marshall, Willmar, New Ulm, Mankato West, Mankato East, Hutchinson and Dassel-Cokato.
Football remains in Section 3AAA but some new teams are in their section. Teams include St. James, Sibley East, St....
Former Worthington Trojan Girls Basketball standout Martha Alwal, now a sophomore at Mississippi State, has earned a couple of postseason honors from the Southeastern Conference.
This season, Alwal has been named to the All-SEC Second Team and the All-SEC Defensive Team. Alwal paced the Southeastern Conference in the regular season with 16 double-doubles, a mark that tied LaToya Thomas (2001-02) for second-most in school history. Ten of her double-doubles came in SEC play, where she averaged 12.6 points and 10.0 boards.
She also topped the conference with 18 double-figure...
The Minnesota College Athletic Conference has released their 2012-2013 Fall Academic Award Winners. Athletes are given MCAC academic recognition if they have a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0 or better at the end of the semester in which the majority of the sport season occurs and they have enrolled in and completed a minimum of 12 credits during that semester.
A number of area wrestlers were in action at the Minnesota State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in the Twin Cities.
Class AA Wrestlers
Worthington had 2 wrestlers in action at the state tournament: At 120 pounds, Worthington’s Anthony Luft brought home a state championship: Luft began his state tournament with a 14-2 major decision victory over Dylan Wolff of...
The Minnesota College Athletic Conference has released their 2012-2013 All-Division and All-State Basketball teams.
The Minnesota West Lady Jays had four players earn All-Division honors this season. Minnesota West freshman Tiffany Gehl was named to the All-Southern Division First team. Lady Jay sophomore Brittany Hulstein along with freshman Lindsey Drooger were named to the all-divison second team and sophomore Katey Granstra earned all-division honorable mention this season. Tiffany Gehl was also choosen on the MCAC All-State First Team while Hulstein and...
Former Worthington Trojan Boys Basketball standout Jalen Voss has been named to the All-Great Plains Athletic Conference's First Team in his sophomore season.
Last season as a freshman, Voss was named the Great Plains Athletic Conference co-Freshman-of-the-Year and earned honorable mention accolades in 2011-12. He followed that up with All-GPAC First Team honors in his sophomore campaign, it was announced Wednesday by the league.
Voss – the only sophomore on the first team – is one of three Tigers honored by the league this season. Seniors Mike Lee and Aireus Stephenson both...
Minnesota West freshman Tiffany Gehl has now been named the National Junior College Athletic Associations's Division III National Player of the Week
Gehl, who was named the Minnesota College Athletic Conference Southern Division Player of the Week earlier this week, was honored for two big games in Lady Jays victories that helped propel Minnesota West to the #1 seed in the upcoming Region 13A Tournament this Saturday and Sunday at Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Coon Rapids.
Both the Minnesota West Lady Jays and Bluejays basketball teams have made the playoffs and will be in action this weekend.
The Minnesota West Lady Jays wrapped up the regular season with an 86-60 win over Riverland on Sunday. The win put Minnesota West at 19-6 overall and 10-2 in Southern Division play in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference. That put them in a tie with Anoka-Ramsey for the best record of the teams that qualified for the Region 13A tournament. The two teams split their two regular season matchups, so a tiebreaker was needed to determine...
