From COVID-19 shutdowns across the state to new mandates, this year has been crazy for every high school sports player, coach, and spectator. Governor Walz’s shutdown of sports soon after the conclusion of the fall sports season, winter sports were left entirely up in the air with no direction or plan for the remains of the year. Although this year continued to throw obstacles at student-athletes, their long-term persistence and continuous training proved to all be worth it after the very recent resume.

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Nikolas Liepins

On October 2, 2020, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (joined by Deputy Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education Heather Muller and Minnesota Department of Health Infectious Disease Director Kris Ehresmann) met with high school journalists from around Minnesota for a press conference known as the Governor’s Student Press Summit at the Minnesota Department of Revenue in St. Paul, MN. Photo by Nikolas Liepins.

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