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Chain gangs play an important role at football games — one that isn’t going away anytime soon. And, for the last 25 years, the football crew working the sidelines at Richfield High School and Academy of Holy Angels games has included Mark Brodersen and Paul Wozniczka.

Friends, family members and the Jordan community recently joined members of the 1983 Hubmen football team to celebrate the team’s induction into the Jordan Public Schools Hall of Fame.

Bill Steil was a Cold Spring native and for more than 40 years was a familiar face at ROCORI, Cold Spring and Richmond sporting events.

Dennis Piechowski and Mackenzie Leverty recently reflected on their father-daughter volleyball coaching rivalry. 

Dan Dornfeld, a graduate of St. Louis Park High School and the University of Minnesota, has taken the reigns of one of the greatest cross country races in the nation every year. The 2023 competition was Dornfeld's 37th time starting the Roy Griak Invitational.

Dwight Lundeen Stadium was recently revealed to honor the only coach the Becker football program has had in its 54 years of existence.

Marie Boo, a 2007 graduate of Anoka High School, recently returned from New Zealand where she was a physical therapist for the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team. 

Ismaila Jome recently took some time to reflect on his professional soccer career as well as his time playing for Prairie Seeds Academy. Jones was voted Class A Mr. Soccer in 2012. 

Sam Delaney, a 2023 graduate of Academy of Holy Angels, just completed his first summer show with Circus Juventas. Delaney was one of four aerial silks performers in "Excalibur."

Members of the Goodhue High School choir recently had the opportunity to perform with Foreigner at Treasure Island Resort and Casino. The band has had a relationship with the Goodhue choir program since 2018. 

Jack Beulke, a 2018 graduate of Kenyon-Wanamingo High School, is pursuing his dream of becoming a sideline reporter with an internship with the Minnesota Twins.

JJ Fredericks, a 2023 graduate of Shakopee High School, recently served as the batboy at the annual Minnesota All-Star Baseball game.