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‘Tonka Strong’ is the theme for Skippers’ football team
It seems like every high school team in America goes into each new season with a motto or a battle cry. With that said, the theme for the Minnetonka football team isn’t hard to spot. Everywhere in the community and surrounding small segments of the town such as Deephaven, Greenwood and Excelsior, you can see the two word battle cry on signs. They simply read: “Tonka Strong.” The team needed...
Football: Wayzata shocks EP 27-21
Wayzata High football coach Lambert Brown has always been an innovator. The year he won state, he did so by putting the ball in the hands of Christian Vasser 35 to 40 times a game. This year’s plan is much different. Brown is alternating two quarterbacks - senior Oscar Shoap and junior Matthew Berkland - and both of them are capable passers, as they showed by combining for 302 yards...
Edina football jumps to 4-1 following homecoming win
Mason West, Edina’s 6-6, 210-pound junior quarterback, painted another masterpiece Sept. 27 in Edina’s 28-21 football homecoming win over Prior Lake at Kuhlman Field. West’s third touchdown pass of the game early in the fourth quarter gave the Hornets their final margin. After that, the Edina defense held the Lakers scoreless. An incomplete Prior Lake pass near midfield turned the ball over to the Hornets. After junior running back Chase...
Week 5 football sees Richfield, Kennedy win on the roads
Week 5 in the high school football season saw road wins for Richfield and Kennedy. Richfield (2-2) spoiled Homecoming at St. Paul Johnson shutting out the Governor’s 32-0 behind three defensive safeties on Saturday afternoon. Kennedy (3-2) picked up a 41-26 win at Minneapolis Southwest on Friday. Holy Angels fell to No. 2 Totino-Grace 28-12...
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