Fairbanks guided the girls program for 25 years and added the boys program into the mix 10 years later.

Here’s the list of Minnesota athletes signing their financial aid and athletic scholarship documents in the coming weeks.

Two-time defending Class 3A champion Mankato East is the state’s best, says staff writer Jim Paulsen.

Enrolled at different high schools but teammates on the Aquajets swim team, the top recruits often talked about going to college together.

This season, the sophomore set the state record in the 50- and 100-yard freestyles with times of 22.38 and 49.20 seconds, respectively, in the Class 1A state meet.

Also, Yonis Noor and Griedin Corley lead their respective teams to adapted soccer state championships.

Minnetonka held off Edina after the teams had a rare tie in the first relay race. Orono ended Visitation’s streak of 10 consecutive championships.

The preliminaries for Class 1A and 2A take place Thursday and Friday, with the finals taking place Saturday at Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center at the University of Minnesota.

Highland Park runner Grace Lewis-Mosher clocks a personal-best 17 minutes, 57 seconds to earn medalist honors and lead the Scots to the St. Paul City Conference championship.

The top four ranked teams in Class 2A and top nine squads in Class 1A competed in the True Team state meet Saturday at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center at the University of Minnesota.