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Awards continue for BEC-TV student-led productions
Jakob Miskell earns AV All-Star honor from Midwest Regional Emmys Foundation Bloomington Education Channel, BEC-TV, continues to bring home awards for its student-led sports programming. BEC-TV, led by longtime advisor Tom Ringdal, brought home a pair of Crystal Pillar Awards from the 13th annual Upper Midwest Emmy Foundation’s Student Production Awards for its weekly football coaches show, Inside Jefferson Football and another award in the High School Live Sporting Event/Game...
Legion baseball dodges showers during what typically is a loaded schedule
After dodging showers to get in part of the Junior Legion Red Haddox Wood Bat Classic the previous weekend, the senior legion teams didn’t have the same success as the annual Bloomington tournament set for June 21-23, which was called due to the recent rainfall. Richfield Reds hosted both Bloomington Senior Legion squads on Sunday. The Reds swept Bloomington Post 550 Senior 1 by a score of 2-0 and then defeated Bloomington Senior 2 with a score of 12-5, improving to 4-1. ...
Clay target teams take on the field in Alexandria
Largest youth shooting sports meet in the nation draws teams from Richfield and Bloomington Clay target teams marked the end of the state high school league 2023-24 year with its annual meet on June 21 at the Minnesota Gun Club in Prior Lake. Leading up to the state meet, the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League wrapped up its nine-day state tournament June 10-18 in Alexandria. Teams are categorized...
Torger Ohe wins state by three strokes
Looking at Torger Ohe’s record and career statistics, it is plain to see why he won the gold medal in the State Class AAA Boys Golf Tournament earlier this month at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids. Ohe set up for a championship junior season with the Edina High golf team by winning the Minnesota Golf Association’s Junior Player of the Year award for 2023. With good weather in April, the high school season got off to a good start, and Ohe maintained a stroke average...
Sports Shorts for the Week of June 20
Firemen's Softball Tournament The 66th annual Firemen’s Softball Tournament is set to return July 18-21 to Valley View Playfields. Tourney weekend begins the evening of July 18 with the annual Bloomington Fire versus Bloomington Police all-star softball game at 6 p.m. at Red Haddox Field. A Firemen’s Tournament All-Star game will follow at 7:30 p.m. Various concession offerings will be provided by non-profit organizations from across Bloomington including Kennedy High School and Jefferson High School. ...
Wayzata baseball finishes 26-1, third in state
One of the best seasons in Wayzata High baseball history ended on a winning note June 14 at CHS Stadium in St. Paul. After losing to Mounds View 5-4 in the state Class AAA semifinals earlier in the day, Wayzata wrapped up the 2024 season with a 3-0 victory over Forest Lake Friday, June 14, at CHS Field. Pitching dominated in the Forest Lake game with Trojans Gaard Swenson and...
Edina's Torger Ohe leads Lake golfers by winning state title
After winning Minnesota Golf Association Junior Player of the Year honors in 2023, Torger Ohe of Edina was primed for a virtuoso performance in the State Class AAA Tournament June 11-12 at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids. Ohe, in his junior year of high school, played like a pro to take the title by three strokes over state runner-up Cooper Daikawa of Centennial. They were the only two players in the AAA ranks to put together back-to-back rounds in the 60s. Ohe’s scores were 67-68-135....
Lake girls golfers place high at state
Lake Conference rivals Wayzata and Minnetonka placed second and third, respectively, in state Class AAA girls golf last week at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids. Wayzata went into the second day of the tourney, June 12, with a good chance to be the champion. The Trojans had a team score of 306 the first day, just one shot behind Maple Grove. Minnetonka was 20 strokes behind Wayzata and 21 behind Maple Grove, so the Skippers became more of a longshot. ...
State golf: Stars’ eighth-grader finishes second in rain-shortened state meet
Jefferson’s Nolan Hultgren posts rounds of 79, 76 in first Class AAA state meet appearance Holy Angels golf fans had plenty of reasons to cheer on their favorite golfers as Stars eighth grader Elizabeth Fong tied for second place in the weather-delay-shortened Class AA state meet June 12. The Ridge of Sand Creek in Jordan hosted the AA state meet which was reduced from the typical two-round 36-hole format to...
Feller, Schiller, Ishaug show up at state track for Jefferson
All three own program records in their respective events Bloomington Jefferson had a trio of boys compete at the Class AAA state track and field meet June 6-8 at St. Michael-Alberville High School. Senior David Schiller placed sixth in the discus with a throw of 160 feet, 3 inches. He surpassed 160 feet for the third time this season and first time since launching his winning throw of 161-4 at...
State track yields success with new records, champions crowned
Fisher blasts off to state long Jump title, Moore helps lower Richfield records Richfield and Holy Angels track programs were well represented during the Class AA state track meet on Saturday at St. Michael-Albertville. Stars senior Ashley Fisher added another state title to her impressive resume claiming the long jump title on Friday going a Class AA state meet record 18 feet, 5 1/2 feet. With consecutive 100-meter dash state...
Campbell wraps up remarkable tennis run at state
Jefferson junior compiles a 13-1 singles record Junior Bode Campbell was looking to hoist the fourth state singles tennis champion to come from Bloomington Jefferson after qualifying with a perfect run to the Section 6AA title. Campbell (13-1) opened the Class AA state singles tournament with a straight sets win over Eagan’s Carter Michaels 6-3, 6-1 before falling to No. 2 seed Sam Rathmanner of Mahtomedi in a three-set heartbreaker...
Murder charges filed in case of dead Bloomington woman, unborn child
A 23-year-old Lakeville man has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection to the May 23 death of his sister, Bethany Ann Israel, 30, of Bloomington, and her unborn child, according to a release from Dakota County Attorney Kathy Keena. Jack Joseph Ball was taken into custody when he was found hiding in the backyard of a residence northwest of County Road 42 and Chippendale Avenue in Rosemount after a family member discovered a large amount of blood at a residence in...
Lake Conference Sports Notes
Williams to Duke Tobias Williams of Minnetonka, one of Minnesota’s elite track and field athletes, will join the track team at Duke University this fall. Williams won the 100-meter dash title in the 2023 State Class AAA Meet and will try to repeat this year. He recently set a personal record at the Lake Conference Meet with a 23-foot, 6-inch long jump for first place. ...
Eden Prairie tops Tonka in section softball finals
Lake Conference fastpitch softball was dominant in the Section 2AAAA Tournament at Miller Park with Eden Prairie taking first place and Minnetonka finishing second. The Eagles earned a trip to state at Caswell Park in North Mankato this week and will be among the favorites with a 16-6 overall record. Eden Prairie breezed through section play with a 4-0 record. After defeating Prior Lake 3-1 and Waconia 14-1, the Eagles...
Ahead of graduation, Academy of Holy Angels seniors look back
The Academy of Holy Angels Class of 2024 will have its commencement ceremony this weekend. The ceremony is 4 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at 6600 Nicollet Ave., Richfield. The ceremony is planned for the school’s front lawn, as is the longstanding tradition for the Catholic high school. In the event of rain, the ceremony will take place in the gymnasium. Several Holy Angels students were asked to share memories and...
Bloomington Kennedy class of 2024 graduates tonight
The Bloomington Kennedy High School class of 2024 will host its commencement ceremony tonight, May 30, in Minneapolis. Several Kennedy students were asked to share memories and experiences from their high school years. The participating students are Bryce Bannister, Kelsey Cruz Rojas, Sadia Mohamud and Rafael Pretel Ramos. What was your favorite high school experience/memory? ...
Grocery discount relied on more than cutting coupons
A 50-year-old Bloomington woman’s attempt to heavily discount her grocery bill proved unsuccessful and resulted in her arrest on suspicion of theft. Bloomington police officers were dispatched to Cub, 10520 France Ave., at approximately 10:45 a.m. May 20, following a report from store employees that the woman was scanning groceries in the self-checkout lanes of the store, but walked out without making a payment. An employee noticed a payment hadn’t been made and reported it to the store’s loss prevention officer, who confronted the woman...
Bloomington tech companies invest in their future
Two Bloomington tech companies are making major investments in their South Loop headquarters. Sick, a German sensor technology manufacturer, marked its $64 million expansion May 22 outside its existing North American headquarters. The ceremony followed the May 13 announcement that Polar Semiconductor, a vehicle, appliance and industrial product semiconductor manufacturer, is investing $525 million in an expansion of its South Loop headquarters. The Sick expansion will provide an additional 139,000...
Bloomington Jefferson graduates reflect on high school years
The Bloomington Jefferson High School class of 2024 hosted its commencement ceremony on May 29 in Minneapolis. Several Jefferson students were asked to share memories and experiences from their high school years. The participating students are Carson Bridigum, Amanda Crusan, Carolyn Heisel, Maya Holzman, Manuel Ledesma and Alexander Malecha. What was your favorite high school experience/memory? ...
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