Jason Iacovino (34) Born in Ely, Minn., raised in Blooming Prairie...I've had a passion for broadcasting and journalism all my life, particularly for sports broadcasting. Joined KRFO / Kat Kountry in 2000...play-by-play for football, basketball, baseball, and hockey (If I can sit near a heater)...earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication in June 2001...earned a juris doctorate from the University of St. Thomas School of Law in May 2006...favorite teams are the Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Miami Hurricanes football, Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms, NRHEG Panthers, and Owatonna Huskies...favorite players are Kirby Puckett, Adrian Peterson, Spencer Ohm, Carlie Wagner, and Lew Ford...I enjoy writing, reading, and talking about sports. Married to my wife, Shannon, and have two children, Lauren (4) and Fletcher (2).
Jason Iacovino
Jason’s Blog: Owatonna High School, Triton Schedule
*Note: This is Part Three in a three-part series on how the new district scheduling will affect area football teams for next fall. Part One focused on Blooming Prairie; Part Two analyzed New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva and Medford...
Jason’s Blog: NRHEG and Medford in 2AA
*Note: This is the second in a three-part series on scheduling changes for our local football teams beginning next fall. Part 1 featured Blooming Prairie. Part 3 will focus on Owatonna and Triton.
If the ultimate goal of district scheduling was to help teams play more of their section opponents in the regular season, then it failed New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva and Medford...
Jason’s Blog: Blooming Prairie Football Exits Section 1A
*Note: This is the first in a three-part series analyzing area football changes for next fall. Part 2 will focus on New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva and Medford. Part 3 will focus on Owatonna and Triton.
In the midst of our long, busy winter sports season that has now come to end for all area teams except the Owatonna Adaptive Floor Hockey squad, which is competing at state this week, we h
Jason’s Blog: A 64-team Highway?
If there's someone who knows more about Minnesota high school boys basketball than Ryan James, I'd like to meet them.
James, an Austin, Minn., native, writes for an online publication called Northstar Hoops, and is as plugged in as anyone when it comes to college basketball recruiting in the upper Midwest...
Jason’s Blog: The New Gophers
The bandwagon has plenty of room and if you're not on it yet, consider this a formal invitation.
The Minnesota Gophers women's basketball team improved to 21-6 (10-5 Big Ten) on Tuesday with an impressive 93-80 win over No. 11 Iowa at Williams Arena...
Jason’s Blog: New Big 9 for OHS
Posted By: Jason Iacovino
For Owatonna coach Josh Williams, the roster is new, the conference is new, and the schedule is new.
One side effect of last year's OHS State football championship was the basketball team started behind the 8-ball...
Jason’s Blog: Fireworks on Fri?
What: State A Quarterfinal, Blooming Prairie (11-0) vs. Minneapolis North (11-0)
Where: Richfield High School—Richfield, Minn.
When: Friday 7 PM
Radio: Kat Kountry 105, www.katkountry105.com, & RadioPup app at 6:30 PM
Posted By: Jason Iacovino
The forecast calls for a chance of rain, but when the Awesome Blossoms and Polars kick things off on Friday night at the State Tournament in Richfiel
Jason’s Blog: BP’s tough task…
What: Sec. 1A final–No. 2 BP (10-0) vs. No. 1 Rushford-Peterson (9-1)
Where: Rochester Regional Sports Stadium–Rochester, Minn.
When: Saturday 5:30 p.m. (5:00 pregame)
Radio: Kat Kountry 105, www.katkountry105.com, & RadioPup app
Posted By: Jason Iacovino
Blooming Prairie senior quarterback John Rumpza has passed for nearly 3,000 yards and 40 touchdowns this season. No, t...
Jason’s Blog: Round 2 preview…
Posted By: Jason Iacovino
Tuesday's section football quarterfinals provided more drama and intrigue than it does most years. In nothern Minnesota, there was a 6-overtime game (Duluth Marshall beat Greenway / Nashwauk-Keewatin, 64-62). In southeastern Minnesota, there was 9-man game that featured 149 points (Mabel-Canton beat Lyle-Pacelli, 98-51)...
Area football playoffs set…
Posted By: Jason Iacovino
The Section pairings for our area football playoffs are set and although it's a bit crazy how we got there for some of our local teams, the bottom line is all five teams will have quarterfinal games next Tuesday night and three of those will be rematches from regular season meetings...