Ron Haggstrom

Quarterfinal play begins Wednesday in four classes and plays down to championship games Saturday at Target Field.

Every corner of the state contributed to the list of the best 25 players in the state.

Andrew Gette’s skills were evident when he showed up as a ninth-grader. They were even more so this season, when he went undefeated in the difficult Suburban East Conference.

A tour through the 25 teams that made the list reveals plenty about the state tournaments that begin Wednesday.

Sixteen teams compete for the opportunity to advance to Saturday’s state championships at Target Field.

The Rebels secured their first ever state title with a high-scoring 15-7 victory over New Ulm Cathedral.

Pine Island defeats Glencoe-Silver Lake for Class 2A baseball championship

Edina's Jiarui Xue, who will swim for Princeton in college and is a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American, is the Star Tribune's 2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Student First recipient.

Greenway, a senior, replaces Florida Gators guard and Hopkins graduate Alivia McGill on the squad.

College programs snapping up Minnesota's best swimmers include Notre Dame, Louisville, North Carolina, Virginia and the hometown Gophers.