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When athletes struggle with food The pressures of sport can trigger eating disorders   “I saw others in my sport who were thinner than me and I wondered why I didn’t look like them,” said Emma, a student athlete. (Emma is not her actual name but she would like to …

MA Nordic skiing community brings in record setting amount of athletes The glimpse of the sun is just rising, it peeks through the pine trees on an early Saturday morning. The skis in the car rattle against the poles as the car pulls up to ski practice. The bitter cold …

Overuse is the biggest cause of injury for young athletes Does being a one-sport athlete make you more prone to getting injured? Brandon Peterson, the strength and conditioning coach at Minnehaha, said the answer isn’t straightforward. “As far as injury prevention goes, it really comes down to, ‘how much  you …

A simple question is surprisingly complicated Do sports include golf? Synchronized swimming? Chess? Or, are these considered games and hobbies? “I have respect for chess,” said junior Lily Ziniewicz. “But, I don’t know if I’d call it a sport.” According to the Oxford dictionary, “A sport is an activity involving …

Two turns and three blocks into my brief morning commute from St. Paul to Minnehaha, shining buildings enter into the view through my windshield.The majority of them are four to five stories tall and feature mixed commercial and residential use. Around the buildings are parks, walkways, and even a skatepark …

Elon Musk’s role in politics This September, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, lunched at a lavish, unnamed golf course in Aspen, Colorado. Musk was attending The Weekend— a private event with a guest list of only the most influential business and political leaders. As he sat under a tent and snacked on hors d’oeuvres, Musk proposed …

The unassuming sport of circus Thousands of people drive down Montreal Avenue in St. Paul every single day, completely unaware that one of the biggest spectacles in the entire Twin Cities lies just a few hundred feet away. Tucked away behind woods and parking lots lies a massive white dome, …

There are many different team sports that are available to play in the world, but currently nothing is trending upwards as much as one sport: Pickleball. For some this may be surprising, but in reality people have seen this coming for a very long time.  Previously considered a sport for …

XC athletes use nordic, winter running to train for the season It’s the first snowfall in November and the cross-country season has come to an end with Minnehaha’s boys and girls varsity teams making it to the state meet, but that doesn’t mean it’s over. These athletes have many plans …

“The midterm is a litmus test. It’s an assessment of how well people like the president,” Eamonn Manion, American History and Economics teacher at MA, said. Last month, while students may have been focused on midterm exams, voters across the United States went to the polls on November 8th for …