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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...
Raithel is back on the Kennedy sideline
Multiple state champion coach leading Blazing Eagles After two seasons away from the Kennedy girls lacrosse coach Sheryl Raithel is back as the lone coach for the cooperative Kennedy/Burnsville program this spring. As the team, dressed in bright golden yellow uniforms with black Blazing Eagles above the numbers, prepared to face Minneapolis for the second time this season, Raithel described her latest efforts to keep the program she helped take...
Richfield, Kennedy, Holy Angels find success on the basepaths against one another in Tri-Metro action
Matthew Popp picks up two walk-off wins for Spartans in the same week Richfield baseball ended the week with a second dramatic walk-off win this time on Friday by a 7-6 score against Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha Academy after doing the same to Fridley on Tuesday 9-8, one day after losing to neighbor Bloomington Kennedy 5-4. The Spartans (6-5) also came up short against Holy Angels 8-2 on May 8 at...
Stars primed for state True Team success
Holy Angels captured the Section 4AA girls title; Richfield girls place fifth, boys sixth The True Team format awards team points to each finisher instead of only the top eight finishers to test a team’s depth instead of rewarding only the best individuals. The Stars scored 530 points, 39 points ahead of runner-up DeLaSalle (491), Richfield was fifth (388) and Benilde-St. Margaret was sixth (302) among the 10-team field at...
Third Edina clothing swap sees line out the door
When it was time to open the gates at Braemar’s Backyard Rink for the 2024 Edina Community Clothing Swap, a line of 140 attendees already snaked out to the parking lot. The May 9 swap, which allowed anyone to shop secondhand apparel donated to the city of Edina, was a popular spot for all ages and generations who wanted to subtract or add to their wardrobes without spending a dime. By the time the last of the shoppers had filtered in the doors of the...
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. ...
Wayzata clinches share of Lake baseball title with 2-1 win at Minnetonka
Head coach Bobby DeWitt of the Wayzata High baseball team is always looking for new ways to motivate his team, and he might have hit on the highest level of motivation this season. The Trojans are 14-0 late in the season and the message before every game is: “We’re 0-0. Play this game like it’s the state championship game.” That’s what it felt like when the Trojans traveled to Minnetonka...
Tobias Williams sets fast pace for Skipper track and field
Minnetonka senior Tobias Williams is on his way to becoming one of the elite athletes in the history of Lake Conference boys track and field. That’s no one’s opinion, but simply a statement of fact. Skipper teammates would agree that Williams was the key to Minnetonka’s victory over Wayzata in the Section 7AAA True Team Meet May 8 at Hopkins High Stadium. The day began with Williams winning the 100-meter...
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...
New Minnesota state flag unfurls
The sun had not yet risen on the morning of May 11 when the old Minnesota state flag was brought down the flagpole. When the light finally did hit the state capitol in St. Paul, it lit up a brand new one, officially marking it as the official flag of the North Star State. “I wouldn’t have missed this,” Minnesota Historical Society Director and CEO Kent Whitworth said. “I wouldn’t have been anywhere else on the planet but right here on this day.” ...
Fisher adds to her legacy with Athena Award
Two-time state track champ heading to Notre Dame next season Holy Angels senior Ashley Fisher joined a stellar group of student-athletes who were honored with the Athena Award during Friday’s luncheon in Brooklyn Center. The award is presented to one senior from each Minneapolis-chapter school to recognize outstanding achievements in athletics, academics and the community. ...
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...
Myers lands on two top runner lists as Athena Award winner
Senior earned 10 varsity letters at Jefferson Maren Myers already owns two of the top-10 all-time cross country and track and field times at Jefferson in addition to a state Nordic meet appearance. The South Dakota State-bound runner can add Athena Award recipient as she joined the other 2024 Athena Award winners from the Minneapolis chapter area for the annual luncheon on Friday at the Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center. ...
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.
Jaguars tennis off to impressive start
Jefferson is dominant with a 7-1 record in 2024 Jefferson boys tennis closed out April with another dominant performance on April 30 this time handing Chaska a 6-1 defeat in Metro West Conference action. The Jaguars fell to 7-1 after a 4-3 loss to Orono on April 25 to mark a run of three matches in three days. ...
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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