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Tag: Wrenshall

Sports

Winless basketball team sings the blues away

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 5, 2019, 7:05 AM Feb 5, 2019
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Some kids learn important lessons by what others consider failure. You show up, you work hard. Sometimes it doesn’t work out, so you keep working on it because someday it might. Read more →

Education · Sports

When community pride means losing games

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2016, 11:25 AM Sep 23, 2016
14

The story of Wrenshall’s girls basketball team is not only the story of how a small number of kids showed up in the face of certain losses; it was a metaphor for rural Minnesota and rural America. The story might be nearing an end. Read more →

Education · Sports

Bitter high school rivals may have to become one

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2015, 9:51 AM Feb 4, 2015
1

But most of us never had to face what many high school rivalries in greater Minnesota have to face — becoming one with the hated rival.
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Small towns and the refusal to quit

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2013, 11:15 AM Jul 9, 2013
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The Wrenshall girls basketball team mirrors the experience of so many small towns in Minnesota, where diminishing populations challenge the future of high school sports. Read more →

Sports

A win for Wrenshall

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2011, 12:24 PM Jan 24, 2011

A small Minnesota school has broken a long losing streak.

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Sports

Respect for the game

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 3, 2010, 11:02 AM Feb 3, 2010
15

The girls of Wrenshall High School have a right to be dispirited. Amazingly, they’re not.

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Wrenshall’s lesson plan: perseverance

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 21, 2010, 8:30 PM Jan 21, 2010
8

At a period when times are tough, we can learn a lot from 11 girls in Wrenshall, Minnesota.

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