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Column: Wolves, PWHL MN playoff success carries on
What a time to be a Minnesota sports fan. The Minnesota Timberwolves knocked off the defending NBA Champion Denver Nuggets in a wild Game 7 on Sunday night 98-90 on Kevin Garnett’s birthday, 20 years after his team won a Game 7 at Target Center against Sacramento to reach the Western Conference Finals. That same night, the inaugural Walter Cup Finals opened with Boston defeating Minnesota 4-3 in Game 1. The best-of-five series is heading to Xcel Energy Center for Game 3 Friday. If necessary...
Track and field programs mark conference championships
Richfield, Kennedy, Jefferson and Holy Angels each bring home conference championship event titles Championship season is in full swing for Sun Current track and field teams. Holy Angels girls wrapped up a busy week at the Class AA True Team State Championships at Stillwater High School on Saturday after winning the Tri-Metro Conference crown on May 16. ...
Section softball season is here
Holy Angels secures top-seed in Section 3AAA The Bloomington Kennedy softball team heads into the Section 6AAAA tournament with the No. 4 seed after closing out the regular season with two wins in its last three games. The team defeated Hopkins 5-4 on May 14 and Washburn 10-3 on May 15 before wrapping up the week and regular season with an 8-4 loss to Two Rivers May 16. ...
Kennedy, Jefferson track heads to Rosemount for section True Team tests
Tough field sees Irish, Lakers advance to weekend’s State True Team meet in Stillwater Kennedy and Jefferson track and field teams headed to Rosemount High School on May 7 for the Section 3AAA True Team meet. True Team refers to the scoring format where all finishers receive points instead of just the top finalists to showcase a team’s depth across the roster. ...
High fives for Edina girls in softball win at Minnetonka
Between rainy, windy weather and injuries, the Minnetonka High girls fastpitch softball team has not had good luck this spring. But even so, the Skippers are 3-3 in Lake Conference games and hopeful of a better second half of the double-round-robin schedule. There are four senior players in the lineup who have started since their freshman year, but center fielder Izzy Guttenfelder has been out for most of the season...
Edina girls have a good day in True Team track
It was a glorious day for track and field May 7 when teams from 10 schools competed in the Section 6AAA True Team Meet. Coach Lynn Sosnowski of Edina watched her team finish third behind Roseville and Mounds View. With that finish, Sosnowski hoped her team would make it to state True Team as a wild-card entry. But Edina was not awarded that berth Sonsnowski found out last Saturday morning. ...
Tonka girls hurdle their way to section track True Team title
Minnetonka head coach Jane Reimer-Morgan knows that 1000 points in the Section 7AAA True Team Meet are usually enough to give her track team a state berth. May 8, on the Hopkins High Stadium track, 999 points did the trick for the two-time defending state champions. The winner of each section meet is an automatic qualifier for state True Team, which begins at 3 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Stillwater High School. There are eight section team champions in that meet along with four wild-card...
Moore sprints to Athena Award
Richfield’s trackstar, student body president honored Richfield senior Janiya Moore can add the Athena Award to her ongoing list of accomplishments. The Spartans sprinter joined the other Athena Award winners during the annual luncheon on Friday at the Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center. Moore is in the midst of her third standout season on the...
Edina synchronized swimming team hosts fundraiser
The Edina High School synchronized swimming team will host its annual fundraiser, “H2O - Just Add Synchro!” 7 p.m. Monday, May 13 at South View Middle School’s Art Downey Aquatic Center, 4725 South View Lane. Attendees should park in the center lot on the west side and enter door 11. The fundraiser showcase features teams, trios, duets and soloists performing routines to popular music. This unique Edina High School varsity sport – which dates back to 1959 – combines water, dance, rhythm, grace and synchronized movements. Showcase tickets are available at tinyurl.com/yhw7k7h7 or at the door for $10.
Softball programs keep churning out the results
Jags walk-off Waconia, Kennedy extends streak to six games After winning six straight games, the Bloomington Kennedy softball team dropped a pair of games on Saturday against Blaine (11-1 in 5 innings) and Eagan 6-3. Senior shortstop Katie Edmonds went 2-for-4 against Eagan at the top of the lineup stealing two bases and scoring once. The Eagles used hits from five batters including pitcher Noelia Fierro, Sasha Nicholson and Ava...
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