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Below is Heather's preps coverage as a freelancer with the Star Tribune over the years spanning multiple sports, profiles on athletes and Q and As.
On the charge back: Hopkins girls' charging back for state basketball title run
Jan. 28, 2015 Senior TT Starks leads the Royals in their bid to get back to state to win another crown. |
Inspired for a chance: Top-seed Minnetonka returns to state with motivation
Feb. 18, 2015 Top-seeded Minnetonka is back at the girls’ hockey tournament and motivated to win it all. |
Key business left to finish
May 24, 2015 The East Ridge boys' lacrosse team wants to rid a bad memory by reaching its first state tournament. |
Record-breaker aims at more
June 28, 2015 State meet hurdles champ Karina Joiner of East Ridge is setting new goals for next year. |
Tourney lifts girls' lacrosse's profile
July 19, 2015 Twenty-two teams took part in the Stillwater event, aimed at more than just crowning champions. |
Rusher makes it look routine: Stillwater running back doesn't let diabetes slow him down
Sept. 20, 2015 Stephen Wagner doesn't let diabetes slow him down. |
Park Center checking off its goals
Oct. 25, 2015 The Pirates will play in their second Class 2A soccer state tournament. |
Three divers, one talented bunch
Nov. 1, 2015 The Woodbury girls' diving team is led by a trio of skilled flippers who love that drenaline rush. |
Crimson uniting to go further: Maple Grove girls' hockey team confident with new coach, mantra
Nov. 8, 2015 With a new coach and a new mantra, the Maple Grove girls’ hockey team is optimistic. |
Trying lots of sports improves her
Nov. 15, 2015 Hanna Crymble's a three-sport athlete at Champlin Park. |
Quick Q&A: Riley Tufte, Blaine hockey
Nov. 22, 2015 Tufte is a senior hockey player from Blaine High School. |
New co-op team changes on fly: Spring Lake Park, Coon Rapids combine girls' hockey forces
Nov. 22, 2015 A drop in numbers led Spring Lake Park and Coon Rapids to join forces in girls' hockey. |
Kids who 'couldn't play' win with grit, speed: Prairie Seeds boys' basketball defying 'couldn't play' label
Dec. 18, 2016 With a coach instilling confidence, Prairie Seeds is eyeing a boys’ basketball title. |
Brown's net results carry Elk River to state
Oct. 22, 2017 The senior finally has some company at the state tourney. |
No big deal: Holy Angels star does all well: Arkansas-bound Destinee Oberg leads Holy Angels like no big deal
Dec. 17, 2017 Destinee Oberg, who committed to Arkansas, leads a youthful squad. |
NDSU rewarded for sticking with Kartes after knee injury
Dec. 21, 2017 The St. Michael-Albertville star signed with the FCS power on Wednesday. |
Senior beat the odds to play game he loves: Mounds View senior kept playing hockey after liver transplant
Jan. 7, 2018 Forward Cole Jacobs had a liver transplant at age 9 but it didn't thwart his love of the game. |
No stutter in Osseo siblings' records assault
June 3, 2018 Two Sealock hurdlers are "absolutely driven." |