2017-2018 Junior high teams
2017-2018 Laker 7th Grade
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2017-2018 8th Grade
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Junior High coaches
Jason Weber-8th Grade Coach
Jason Weber is entering his 3rd year teaching at Minnewaska Area High School. He has been working with the junior high levels for the past year in football, basketball and baseball. He volunteered for varsity football during the 15-16 school year.
Jason is a graduate of Montevideo high school in 1997 where he lettered in four sports with 10 varsity letters. From there he went on to the University of Minnesota Morris, graduating with a degree in social science in 2001. He was a four year letter winner and NSIC all-conference center for the university in 1998.
Jason previously worked at Morris area high school from 2001-2004 working with both the b-squad and the 9th grade football programs there, along with coaching JV basketball. He previously worked and coached at Marshall High School from 2004-2015 as a special education teacher and coached football for 11 years serving as the defensive coordinator from 2010-2015, coached for 8 total years in basketball at the 8th and 9th grade level, while the varsity team earned 3 state berths in 2011, 2013 and 2014, along with 5 years combined with either JV baseball or varsity track where he coached the throwers. He has a son, Jayson who is 15 years old and is entering his sophomore year at Morris. He and his wife Kahla, who works at Eagle bank in Starbuck, just celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary and reside in Lowry.
Jason Weber is entering his 3rd year teaching at Minnewaska Area High School. He has been working with the junior high levels for the past year in football, basketball and baseball. He volunteered for varsity football during the 15-16 school year.
Jason is a graduate of Montevideo high school in 1997 where he lettered in four sports with 10 varsity letters. From there he went on to the University of Minnesota Morris, graduating with a degree in social science in 2001. He was a four year letter winner and NSIC all-conference center for the university in 1998.
Jason previously worked at Morris area high school from 2001-2004 working with both the b-squad and the 9th grade football programs there, along with coaching JV basketball. He previously worked and coached at Marshall High School from 2004-2015 as a special education teacher and coached football for 11 years serving as the defensive coordinator from 2010-2015, coached for 8 total years in basketball at the 8th and 9th grade level, while the varsity team earned 3 state berths in 2011, 2013 and 2014, along with 5 years combined with either JV baseball or varsity track where he coached the throwers. He has a son, Jayson who is 15 years old and is entering his sophomore year at Morris. He and his wife Kahla, who works at Eagle bank in Starbuck, just celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary and reside in Lowry.
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Brian Gruber-7th Grade Coach
After graduating from Belgrade High School in 1986, Brian attended Willmar Community College where he played baseball for two years. Brad Skoglund is the longtime baseball coach at Paynesville and he encouraged Gruber to become a teacher and coach. Brian accepted the advice and continued his education at Southwest State University. He played baseball there for two seasons and stayed on as an assistant coach for two more years. He has many years of experience in coaching baseball ranging from youth leagues to a three-year stint as the head coach at Presentation College in Aberdeen, SD. The Grubers established the Boys of Summer Baseball Academy in 2013. He taught at Comfrey for one year before arriving in the Minnewaska district as an elementary teacher. Brian has coached junior high football and basketball for a number of years and he is often the first coach at the junior high school level for the young Lakers. |