THE TARGET CENTER WILL HOST THE 2022 NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FINAL FOUR

On Sept. 24, the NCAA announced that the Target Center in Downtown Minneapolis will host the 2022 NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four.

Minnesota has been in the running and has hosted big sporting events in recent years. Other big sporting events that have taken place in Minnesota were the Super Bowl LII and two Frozen Fours.

Upcoming event’s in the area include the NCAA Volleyball Final Four, December 2018 at the Target Center. The men's basketball Final Four in April 2019 at U.S. Bank Stadium, The NCAA Men’s wrestling championships in March of 2020 at U.S. Bank Stadium.

The Men's NCAA basketball tournament regional in March of 2021 will be played at the Target Center, and the NCAA men's gymnastics championships in April 2021, at the University of Minnesota Maturi Pavilion.

KIM ROYSTON NAMED HEAD ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST

Minneapolis Public Schools has hired Kim Royston who was Shakopee High School’s assistant athletic director to be the new athletic director at Southwest High School.

Royston worked in the Shakopee and Robbinsdale Area school districts. He spent the last school year 2017-18 with the Shakopee schools.

Royston replaces Ryan Lamberty, who was placed on administrative leave in the winter of 2018.

Royston was a high school football player at Cretin-Derham Hall, He played two seasons for the University of Minnesota Gophers after transferring from the University of Wisconsin Badgers in 2008.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS’ ATHLETIC DIRECTOR RETIRES

The University of St. Thomas Athletic Director is set to retire. Steve Fritz, who has been the Tommies’ athletics director for 52 years, has decided to retire.

Fritz has coached men’s basketball at The University St. Thomas for 40 seasons, the first nine seasons as an assistant to Tom Feely and the next 31 as the head coach.

I have met and worked with Fritz for years and know him well. Fritz knows college sports well. He is involved in all sports at the head Athletic Director and works well with his coaching staff.

He will be missed at the University of St. Thomas.

Good luck in retirement Fritz.

MINNEAPOLIS NORTH SHOWS OFFENSIVE FIRE POWER EARLY IN THE SEASON

The Minneapolis North Polars football team has a lot of offensive weapons they can choose from.

Minneapolis North is 4-0 halfway in the 2018 season. North’s Zach Yeager leads the team in passing yards with 422 yards. North’s Kehyan Porter leads the team with 389 rushing yards. 

North has scored a total of 190 points while only giving up 34 total points.

ELK RIVER AND BUFFALO HAVE A GAME FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS

On Friday, Sept. 22, Elk River and Buffalo got their offense rolling and it didn’t get turned off.

In a game that went back and forth according to Jim Paulsen of the Star Tribune, Elk River came away with the 80-70 victory over Buffalo.

You can read about the game according to Jim Paulson thoughts on his prep blog for the Star Tribune.