Ron Haggstrom
Prep Sports Reporter
SportsHe joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2000. Ron also served as editor of Minnesota Basketball News for nearly 15 years. Prior to joining the Minnesota Star Tribune, Ron worked at the Mesabi Daily News in Virginia, Minnesota, for nearly 17 years from 1983-99.
Latest from Ron Haggstrom
One of nation's best, Hutchinson swim coach announces retirement
For leading the school to three state championships and helping several individual swimmers win medals, Rory Fairbanks was honored as the National Swim Coach of the Year in 2022.
April 22, 2025
Longtime Minnesota high school basketball coach steps away
Joe Madson guided Mankato East to back-to-back Class 3A state tournament runner-up finishes the past two years.
April 21, 2025
![In the boys' 3A quarterfinal between New Prague and Mankato East, ME coach Joe Madson got fired up .]Richard Tsong-Taatarii/rtsong-taatarii@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/X75MNGZ32XW4RYQVMGQMWNT4DY.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Prep Athletes of the Week: Lakeville North sophomore finds sprinter speed at its source — within her
Kiah Blalark has top-three times in the state in the 100 and 200, and her coach says her self-motivation is the reason.
April 21, 2025
High school baseball: A rough week for the best teams rearranges the Minnesota Top 25
Mounds View rose to No. 1 from the sixth spot with its fifth victory in a row, and Farmington made a similar move to No. 2.
April 21, 2025
These are the high school baseball and softball fields worth visiting in Minnesota
Staff writers Ron Haggstrom and Jim Paulsen list which ballparks and fields are worth the drive.
April 17, 2025
Prep Athletes of the Week: Lakeville South baseball player is pitching, hitting and hoping
Carson Walker pitched a two-hitter and piled up hits for the Cougars in the 3-0 start that he dreams will end with a state tournament appearance.
April 14, 2025
High school baseball: A Class 3A team joins the 4A crowd atop the Minnesota Top 25
Totino-Grace won four games and stands No. 4 behind big-class powers Wayzata, Minnetonka and Cretin-Derham Hall.
April 14, 2025
High school girls basketball coach Brian Cosgriff to retire
Cosgriff guided Minnetonka to the Class 4A state championship in 2024, but previously coached the Hopkins program — and Paige Bueckers — over 21 seasons.
April 9, 2025
These are the high school baseball and softball fields worth visiting in Minnesota
Staff writers Ron Haggstrom and Jim Paulsen list which ballparks and fields are worth the drive.
April 17, 2025
Prep Athletes of the Week: Lakeville South baseball player is pitching, hitting and hoping
Carson Walker pitched a two-hitter and piled up hits for the Cougars in the 3-0 start that he dreams will end with a state tournament appearance.
April 14, 2025
High school baseball: A Class 3A team joins the 4A crowd atop the Minnesota Top 25
Totino-Grace won four games and stands No. 4 behind big-class powers Wayzata, Minnetonka and Cretin-Derham Hall.
April 14, 2025
High school girls basketball coach Brian Cosgriff to retire
Cosgriff guided Minnetonka to the Class 4A state championship in 2024, but previously coached the Hopkins program — and Paige Bueckers — over 21 seasons.
April 9, 2025