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Noah Bjerke-Wieser, the La Crescent-Hokah athlete who made headlines last year with a social media post asking fans to respect officials, will receive a Musial Award in a Dec. 24 ceremony in St. Louis broadcast on CBS.

This is John Lieser's 60th season as a high school football official, and when basketball season starts he will mark 63 years officiating that sport.

Chasing Influence tells the story of a transformational high school coach who uses the power of school sports to make the world a better place. Embedded in each chapter are practical takeaways for leaders in every field.

The football coaches at Hutchinson and Becker will not be around forever, but their names will live on in the facilities at their schools.

Football coach Dan O'Brien's move from St. Thomas Academy to Holy Family Catholic had one major dividend: His son Casey could finally join his dad's coaching staff.

Park High School has become a team to watch for reasons beyond the scoreboard. The Wolfpack are believed to be the only football team in the country at any level that’s wearing extra protection in the form of Guardian caps.

How Hall of Fame coach Lonnie Morken got involved in volleyball, and how he remained close to home, is a story that leans on serendipity, fortune and maybe just a bit of good timing.

"Everybody keeps saying we'll never get back to normal, just like our nation will never get back to normal. But hopefully we're going to get as close to normal as we can."

Owatonna has a new football stadium and Hancock is playing every game this season on the road. But playing well is more important than where you're playing.

The biggest offseason volleyball coaching change in years took place at Eagan High School, where longtime head coach Kathy Gillen became an assistant to her daughter, McKenna Melville. And at Chaska, coach Sue Murphy promoted two of her former players to varsity assistants

The first Brave Like Gabe Invitational was held a few months after Gabe died. This year, nearly $2,500 in proceeds from concessions, t-shirt sales and donations from competing teams was given to the Brave Like Gabe Foundation.