From modest and outdoor beginnings, the state playoffs have evolved into a month of games that end with the Prep Bowl at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Minnesota football playoffs turn 50: Take a year-by-year look back
From modest and outdoor beginnings, the state playoffs have evolved into a month of games that end with the Prep Bowl at U.S. Bank Stadium.
October 26, 2022 at 4:05PM
High school reporter Ron Haggstrom has done the research and, from now through the Prep Bowl, is offering up a daily look at the highlights from each year. He started with 2021 and is working back to the first tournament in 1982.
For the reports from the years from 2010 to 2021, go here.
For reports from 2000-09, go here.
We'll be adding more decades as the stories are published.
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