Joe Christensen
Strib Varsity Enterprise Reporter
High School SportsThe National Sports Media Association named Christensen as the 2003 Maryland Sportswriter of the Year and 2014 Minnesota Sportswriter of the Year.
Latest from Joe Christensen
The players believed. Now the hockey team is experiencing a turnaround
Three years ago, the Bloomington Jefferson boys hockey team won just three games. This season, the Jaguars are off to a 5-0-1 start.
December 12, 2025
Wayzata’s girls cross-country team wins Nike Cross Nationals team title
Led by Maddie Gullickson, the Trojans won a national title in Portland, Ore.
December 7, 2025
High School League officials see no notable shift in amount of athletes changing schools
The number of high schoolers seeking varsity eligibility after transferring schools in 2025 was similar to 2024, the MSHSL reported.
December 5, 2025
MSHSL: January hearing next step in trans athlete legal battle
An appeal was filed to reverse a federal judge’s order to not temporarily block state's policy while lawsuit continues over allowing transgender athletes in girls sports.
December 4, 2025
The State of Hockey’s capital has only one boys high school team. What's happening in St. Paul?
Shifting demographics changed legendary power Johnson, like other city programs. Now a co-op based at Highland Park carries the banner for the whole city.
December 1, 2025
Strib Varsity Athletes of the Week: Seven produce the credentials
Griffen Dean, Keira Friedrich, Maizee Storey, Izzy Keaveny, Keymoni Bent, Evie Holmes and Elleora Utecht are the latest honorees.
November 11, 2025
Meet Minnetonka's Sean Fries, Strib Varsity's Boys Cross-Country Runner of the Year
He set five records in a senior season that included claiming the Class 3A state title.
November 11, 2025
Meet Wayzata's Maddie Gullickson, Strib Varsity's Girls Cross-Country Runner of the Year
A senior, she won her first individual cross-country state championship Nov. 1, taking the Class 3A title. She will race for N.C. State, a top college program.
November 11, 2025
'This is gonna happen again': Hockey community debates rules mandating coaches to wear helmets
After hitting his head on the ice during practice in January, goalie coach Jason Jensen spent the past nine months recovering, enduring seven surgeries and participating in therapy to regulate his emotions.
November 10, 2025
Its QB is back, and now Moorhead is proving its Class 6A mettle
The Spuds languished while Jett Feeney recovered from a shoulder injury, but now, with David Mack and Taye Reich, he has led them to the football state quarterfinals.
November 5, 2025
Bloomington Ice Garden renovation brings new life to historic arena
The place where Herb Brooks began a miracle — the building Jefferson and Kennedy high school hockey teams call home — is showing off a new look.
November 3, 2025
Wayzata runner, team win state titles; Minneapolis Southwest takes 2A, New London-Spicer 1A
Maddie Gullickson and her Trojans teammates swept Class 3A, St. Peter’s Keira Friedrich won the 2A race and St. John’s Prep’s Margaret Duffy took 1A.
November 2, 2025
