Prep Blog: Week 1, Previewing ‘The Big 4’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s Week 1 in the Minnesota high school football season. For the state’s powerhouses, it’s hopefully just the start of another successful run to the state tournament and maybe...
View Article24 Years, 12 Football-Playing Brothers At Dassel-Cokato
DASSEL-COKATO, Minn. (WCCO) — Football coaches at Dassel-Cokato High School will either be really happy, or really sad when this season is over. For 24 straight years, they have coached one of 12 Aho...
View ArticlePrep Blog: Week 1, Previewing ‘The Big 4’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – We’re in the heart of a heat wave as Minnesota’s high school football teams have been practicing for the better part of two weeks. As many as 21 teams have already played a regular...
View ArticleDassel-Cokato Athlete Suffers Head Injury In Game, Has Part Of Skull Removed
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) – A Dassel-Cokato high school linebacker who collapsed on the field unconscious during a game is responding to doctors and family members following surgery for a serious head...
View ArticleDassel-Cokato Football Player Home After Brain Injury
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Dassel-Cokato high school football player who suffered a serious brain injury is now recovering at home. Surgeons had to remove part of Luke Nelson’s skull earlier this month to...
View Article3 Weeks After Severe Brain Injury, Prep Football Player Still Recovering
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Dassel-Cokato teenager is in stable condition at the hospital but having some complications as he recovers from suffering a brain injury on the field that almost killed him. “It...
View ArticlePrep Blog: Section Semifinals, Previewing ‘The Big 4’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s one of the best times of the year to be a high school football fan in Minnesota. Friday and Saturday marks the semifinal round for sections in all seven classes around...
View ArticlePrep Blog: Week 2, Previewing ‘The Big 4’
It’s Week 2 in high school football across Minnesota, and it’s the first week where a majority of the games are under the lights Friday night. For the teams that started out their fall season with...
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