Raiders On The Record

Brady Zak is a senior at Hastings High School and is a 2022 Raider Graduate. During his time at Hastings High School, he has participated in basketball and tennis. Since his freshman year in high school, he has also helped as a manager for the football and basketball teams. For the last two seasons, Brady has played #1 singles on the tennis team. 

Jake Harris- Rapid Fire Questions

Jake Harris is a senior at Hastings High School. During his time at Hastings, he participated in hockey and golf. In hockey, Jake is a three year varsity letter winner, was captain during his senior year, and scored over 100 points. In golf, he is a multiple time varsity letter winner. Jake plans to attend MSU-Mankato and major in law enforcement.

Connor Stoffel- Rapid Fire Questions

Connor Stoffel is a senior at Hastings High School and a 2022 Raider graduate. He has participated in hockey and baseball. He is a 3 year letter winner and a captain in both sports. During his time at Hastings, both sports have had tremendous success which Conner credits to our coaching staff and culture at Hastings.

Johnny Bezdicek- Rapid Fire Questions 

Johnny Bezdicek is a junior at Hastings High School and will be a 2023 raider graduate. During his time at Hastings, he has participated in football and track and field. In football, he is a two year letter winner, playing wide receiver both seasons. In track and field, Johnny is a two year letter winner running numerous relays and the 100m and 200m runs. Recently, Johnny set the school record for...

Trent Vedders- Rapid Fire Questions 

Trent Vedders is a 2007 Raider graduate. During his time at Hastings High School, he was a three sport athlete participating in football, basketball, and baseball. Trent was a captain for each sport he played, demonstrating the leadership qualities he displayed on a daily basis. Trent was also All-State in baseball during his senior year and led the team to the state tournament in 2007, placing 6t...

Rapid Fire questions for TJ Pottinger 

TJ Pottinger is a 2018 Raider graduate. During his time at Hastings High School, he participated in Football, Wrestling, and Lacrosse. In football, he was a 3 year varsity letter winner and a one time captain. In wrestling, TJ was a 6 time varsity letter winner, multiple time All-Conference recipient, and All-State his senior year taking 3rd place. In lacrosse, he was a 4 year varsity letter winne...

Dan Campbell is a 1996 Raider graduate. During high school, he competed in Cross Country and Nordic Skiing. In Cross Country, he was a 4 year varsity letter winner, 3 time all-conference, a section champion, and took 15th at the state tournament during his senior year. In Nordic Skiing, Dan was a 4 year letter winner, 4 time all-conference, 2 times region champ, and took 3rd at the state tournamen...

Trey Rogers is a 2018 Raider graduate. Growing up, Trey moved around a lot and then landed in Hastings in 8th grade. During his high school career, Trey played football and wrestled. In football, he was a 3 year varsity starter playing line backer, full back, and quarter back. He was also a captain and named all-conference during his senior year. In wrestling, Trey was a four year starter and was...

Danielle ‘Welch’ Durow is a 2008 Raider graduate. During her time at Hastings HIgh School she was a three sport athlete competing in soccer, hockey, and golf. In soccer, she was a 4 year varsity letter winner playing goalie, was all-conference, all-state, and a captain during her junior and senior seasons. In hockey, she was a 6 year varsity letter winner, was all-conference, all-state, captain du...

Jeanne Kasel is a 1982 Raider graduate. Her coaching career started at Jan’s School of Dance, followed by gymnastics coaching at Perpetual Motion, and then began coaching gymnastics at Hastings High School in 2007 as the head coach. Jeanne preaches compassion and respect as a coach and uses these skills to positively impact her athletes on a daily basis. Jeanne uses her experiences as a coach and...

Doug Plumb is a 2006 alum of Hastings High School, who was All-State in basketball and graduated as the school's all-time leading scorer.  He played collegiately and professionally, worked for Nike North America, and is currently the head coach of the London Lightning professional basketball team in Ontario, Canada.   Doug is renown for his one-of-a-kind work ethic that has led him...

Aaron Fox is a 1994 Raider graduate. After graduating high school, Aaron played two seasons for the junior hockey team, The Green Bay Gamblers, where they won the junior division during his second season. He then went on to play at MSU-Mankato where is still the all-time leading scorer in the program history. Aaron also helped the team transition the D-1 level. He was also inducted into the M...

Jon Watson is a 2022 Raider graduate. Jon moved to Hastings at the beginning of his 9th grade year and has played baseball and basketball during his time at HHS. Jon went from not making the basketball team during his 7th and 8th grade year, to being voted the captain of the Hastings basketball team. John plans to major in mechanical engineering and has deep advice for parents and coaches, and urg...

Phil Jensen is a 2022 Raider graduate. Throughout his high school career, he has swam in multiple events but has excelled in the 100 meter fly and 100 meter back stroke. Phil has earned many awards during his time at Hastings such as 5 varsity letters, captain during his senior year, two- time state qualifier, and was all-state during his junior year taking 7th in the 100 meter backstroke. Phil is...

Paul Olson is a 2005 graduate of Buffalo High School. After high school, he attended NDSU where he was a student manager for the men’s basketball team. Paul taught at Mahtomedi HS for one year before coming to Hastings. For the past 12 years, Paul has taught a variety of math classes such as Algebra and AP Stats. He has also been an assistant coach for a variety of sports such as varsity football,...

Lindsay Williams is a 2002 Raider graduate. During her high school career, she participated in cross country, Nordic skiing, and track and field. In her 10th grade year, she took 3rd at the Nordic skiing state championship. She followed that up with a state championship her junior year and a 2nd place finish her senior year. During high school, Lindsay also participated in the Junior Nationals and...

Dr. Peter Zak is a 1986 graduate of Rochester Mayo High School. After graduating from college, he spent time coaching and teaching in Mankato, Texas, Bloomington, and then found his way to Hastings. During his time at Hastings, Pete taught at both the middle and high school and coached a wide variety of sports. The sports include 9th grade football, middle school football, head coach for track and...

Dana Strain is a 1988 graduate of Ellsworth High School. After graduating from UW-Eau Claire, he stayed on staff and coached football for 5 years before moving onto UND as a graduate assistant coach for 1 ½ years. After both of those coaching opportunities, Dana coached and taught for 8 years at Ashwaubenon High school before coming to Hastings where he has been a math teacher and head football co...

Sue Frost McVicker is a 1995 Raider graduate. During her time at Hastings High School, Sue played multiple sports and collected numerous awards and accolades. In soccer, she was a three year letter winner, captain of the team, and won awards such as most offensive, MVP, All-Conference, All-Metro, and All-Section. In basketball, Sue was a two-year letter winner, and won  awards for being All-S...

Claire Keller is a sophomore at Hastings High School. Through her life, she has played many sports, but fell in love with tennis and has excelled at the high school level. She is a three time letter winner during her 8th, 9th, and 10th grade years and also won All-Conference recognition during each of these years. Throughout the interview, Claire shares thoughtful answers on why she chooses to pla...