BWCA Series Awarded Top Prize

Aidan catching a smallmouth bass. (Photo by Aaron Lavinsky)

The Star Tribune outdoors series about a five-day adventure in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has been named the best sports project in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors.

The stories were written by Tony Jones and outdoors editor Robert Timmons, and featured photography by Aaron Lavinsky. It focused on 40-mile canoe trip by Jones and his son in a party of five that included a family friend, Timmons and Lavinsky. You can read them below: