Ron Haggstrom

Minneapolis

High School Sports Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune

Star Tribune high school sports staff; Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame committee member; Rock Chalk Jayhawk.

Articles

Pine Island captures Class 2A baseball state

1 week ago | startribune.com | Ron Haggstrom

By Ron Haggstrom Talan Bond worked three innings in relief pitching of Alexander Knox for the save as Pine Island secured its first baseball state championship with a 2-1 win over Glencoe-Silver Lake on Saturday at Target Field. Pine Island got on the scoreboard first when senior Lucas Sems tripled and scored an error on the first baseman following a strikeout on a bounced third strike in the opening inning. Glencoe-Silver Lake evened the score on a wild pitch.
Red Lake County wins Class 1A baseball state title

1 week ago | startribune.com | Ron Haggstrom

The top four hitters in Red Lake County's lineup - Will Gieseke, Gunnar Halverson, Ben Gullingsrud and Kegan Schmitz - combined for nine hits, 10 RBI and 11 runs scored, leading the Rebels to their first ever state championship with a high-scoring 15-7 victory over New Ulm Cathedral in the Class 1A baseball state championship Saturday at Target Field. Red Lake County came out swinging.
Live updates from state championships Target Field

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Ron Haggstrom
Live reports from semifinals

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Ron Haggstrom

By Ron Haggstrom The Minnesota high school baseball state tournament began Wednesday at three stadiums across Minnesota, albeit with a rain delay in St. Paul, but all 16 first-round games were completed eventually. The schedule for Thursday's semifinal games are below. The links will direct you to live scoring for each game:Class A at Joe Faber (St. Cloud) Class 2A at Dick Putz Field (St. Cloud)
Ava Hanneman of Orono, Sam Udovich of Cretin-Derham Hall are 3A golf champs

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Ron Haggstrom

Orono senior Ava Hanneman hit a solid approach shot on the long par-3, hole No. 7, getting within about 3 feet of the hole. That shot kick-started her momentum for the final round. By the time she reached No. 17, she had a four-stroke lead. "Honestly, I was just trying to be patient with myself and let some things come to me," Hanneman said.
Here's a Minnesota Top 25 baseball ranking for state qualifiers only

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Ron Haggstrom

By Ron Haggstrom Thirty-two teams begin Wednesday their quest to raise a state championship trophy Saturday at Target Field. Only four will reach that goal, becoming a state champion. Totino-Grace in Class 3A has the lone chance to repeat as champ. Here is the Star Tribune's Minnesota Top 25 ranking of the best teams playing in this week's state tournaments. Schools are Class 4A unless noted.
High school golf state tournaments begin

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Ron Haggstrom

The golf state tournaments, three classes at three sites, will produce champions Wednesday. The Minnesota Star Tribune Forest Lake senior Bella Leonhart is looking to cap her career in grand fashion. Leonhart shot a 1-under-par 71 Tuesday and leads a jammed leaderboard after the first round of the Class 3A girls golf state tournament at Bunker Hills Golf Club in Coon Rapids.
Predicting every step of the high school baseball state championships

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Ron Haggstrom

By Ron Haggstrom Longtime Star Tribune sportswriter Ron Haggstrom forecasts which teams will advance to the semifinals and championship games of the high school baseball state championships and picks a winner in all four classes. In the semifinals: Farmington has the most pitching depth of the four remaining teams. However, Cretin-Derham Hall has too much talent to fall in this one.
Andrew Gette, Mounds View pitcher, is the All-Minnesota Player of the Year in baseball

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Ron Haggstrom

Mounds View coach Nik Anderson saw Andrew Gette throw for the first time when he was a freshman. Anderson knew right away he had something special coming down the Mustangs' pipeline. "I was thinking this kid has a feel for the baseball that you can't teach," Anderson said.
Here's the 2025 Star Tribune All-Minnesota baseball team

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Ron Haggstrom