Gallery: Star Tribune All-Metro Sports Awards

Members of the Wayzata volleyball team stood tall with emcee Kyndra de St. Aubin when they accepted the All-Metro Girls Team of the Year award.

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Maddie Dahlien, soccer and track and field standout for Edina, landed the All-Metro Female Athlete of the Year trophy.

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Camden Dean, quarterback for state champion Lakeville South, took questions as he and coach Ben Burk accepted the All-Metro Boys' Team of the Year award.

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From left, Eden Prairie's Andy Kaiser, South St. Paul's Abby Rosebur and Maple Grove's Aiden McMahon posed with their All-Metro awards. Kaiser's was the Difference Maker, Rosebur landed the Student First, and McMahon won the Courage in Competition award.

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Watertown-Mayer/Mound Westonka gymnastics coach Steve Hangartner, leader of back-to-back state champions, gave his thanks for the All-Metro Girls' Team Coach of the Year award.

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Lakeville South football coach Ben Burk wore a grin, and why not? His team was the All-Metro Boys' Team of the Year.

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Maple Grove's Aiden McMahon won the Courage in Competition Award. A knee injury kept him out of the Prep Bowl and out of the hockey state tournament, but he was ready when the baseball state tournament came around.

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All-Metro Male Athlete of the Year Matias Maule, a state champion in soccer, table tennis, team tennis and doubles tennis, was recognized.

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James Ware was selected All-Metro Boys' Team Coach of the Year for leading Park Center to a basketball state championship.

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Eden Prairie football teammates and head coach Mike Grant applauded Andy Kaiser, far left, as he was recognized with the All-Metro Difference Maker award.

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Members of her Shakopee girls' basketball team accompanied Kate Cordes on the stage when she was honored for a halfcourt shot that won a section title and was designated All-Metro Play of the Year.

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A group of All-Metro award-winners and Metro Players of the Year gathered on the stage.

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Star Tribune columnist La Velle E. Neal led a Q&A with Minnesota Aurora goalkeeper Sarah Fuller, the All-Metro Sports Awards keynote speaker.

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Emcee Kyndra de St. Aubin handled matters behind the microphone at the Star Tribune All-Metro Sports Awards gala.

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Teammates captured a moment with Shakopee basketball player Kate Cordes, whose halfcourt basket was the All-Metro Play of the Year.

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Larry McKenzie received a round of applause as he attended the All-Metro Sports Awards gala just two days into his retirement. He coached 24 years and won six boys' basketball state titles.

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Recently retired boys' basketball coach Larry McKenzie chatted with James Ware, the Park Center boys' basketball coach and recipient of the All-Metro Boys' Team Coach of the Year award.

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Wayzata's Ava Hendel posed for a 360-degree photo with teammates before the start of the Star Tribune All-Metro Sports Awards gala.

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From left, Eden Prairie football players Andy Kaiser, Jermell Lee Taylor Jr. and Matt McFadden were interviewed by the Star Tribune's Michael Rand for his Daily Delivery podcast.

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Athletes for Dakota United, the All-Metro Team Champion in adapted sports, posed for a photo.

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The Wayzata volleyball team leaned in to a photo taken by Loons mascot PK.

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Soccer players Miles Akhigbe of Wayzata, left, and Adam Tebbs of Southwest Christian settled in for a selfie.

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Hockey, baseball and football player Aiden McMahon and lacrosse player Jamie Stolp, both of Maple Grove, were game-ready and set for a photo.

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The front row at Allianz Field was the photo setting for Buffalo lacrosse All-Metro first-teamer Layne Kology and Maxi Morrell.

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Loons mascot PK played with Jeffory Bohnhoff, whose father works for the Star Tribune advertising department, before the start of the Star Tribune's All-Metro Sports Awards gala.

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Trophies waited near the stage for their winners to arrive before the Star Tribune All-Metro Sports Awards gala.

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