Kevin Bertels
High school sports team leader
High school sportsBertels is a native Kansan and now a determined Minnesotan, living in Oak Grove, where he raised three sons with his wife. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a journalism degree. Kevin dabbles in fishing, canoe camping, golfing and gambling, and he was way too involved in youth sports until his youngest son went to college.
Latest from Kevin Bertels
High Schools
Maple Grove will move to Lake Conference in fall 2025
The school will leave the Northwest Suburban and join the conference that is home to four of the seven biggest schools in Minnesota.
September 10, 2024
High Schools
Suburban school with success in its past will drop boys hockey
Bloomington Kennedy, citing low participation at the youth level, announced it will merge with Bloomington Jefferson in 2025-26.
August 30, 2024
Olympics
Meet the Minnesotans competing for Team USA at the Paris Paralympics
Thirteen athletes with ties to Minnesota are scheduled to compete, and a dozen of them have been to the Games before.
August 28, 2024
High Schools
St. Anthony and Breck zero in on an early start to football season
The two teams will play the state’s lone Zero Week game Friday in a high-profile venue, TCO Performance Center.
August 23, 2024
High Schools
St. Paul Academy, soccer champion times two, begins push for more
The start of fall practice pulls together the Spartans squads that swept the Class 1A titles in 2023.
August 12, 2024
High Schools
Metro Team of the Year in synchronized swimming builds on history
Stillwater won the state championship for the fourth year in a row and improved on a record that shows the Ponies in the top two for all 49 years a champ has been crowned.
June 26, 2024
High Schools
A day of perfection produces the Clay Target Shooter of the Year
Lance Klersy of Monticello went 100-for-100 at the state championships, his second perfect score, two years after his first. “My last box, I could barely put my shells in my gun, I was shaking so much,” he said.
June 26, 2024
High Schools
Meet the 2024 Difference Maker, who aspires to inspire inner-city athletes
Mark "Dolo" Harris is a familiar face and voice at Henry, his alma mater, working to improve opportunities in north Minneapolis.
June 26, 2024
High Schools
St. Paul Academy, soccer champion times two, begins push for more
The start of fall practice pulls together the Spartans squads that swept the Class 1A titles in 2023.
August 12, 2024
High Schools
Metro Team of the Year in synchronized swimming builds on history
Stillwater won the state championship for the fourth year in a row and improved on a record that shows the Ponies in the top two for all 49 years a champ has been crowned.
June 26, 2024
High Schools
A day of perfection produces the Clay Target Shooter of the Year
Lance Klersy of Monticello went 100-for-100 at the state championships, his second perfect score, two years after his first. “My last box, I could barely put my shells in my gun, I was shaking so much,” he said.
June 26, 2024
High Schools
Meet the 2024 Difference Maker, who aspires to inspire inner-city athletes
Mark "Dolo" Harris is a familiar face and voice at Henry, his alma mater, working to improve opportunities in north Minneapolis.
June 26, 2024