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Transfers and NIL continue to dominate the college sports landscape
I was invited to be in the audience for the latest Capital Club breakfast, a regular meeting of sports-centered minds, who gathered on April 24 Mendakota Country Club in Mendota Heights. A tremendous panel including University of Minnesota Athletic Director Mark Coyle and men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson were joined by Jeremiah Carter who is an assistant athletic director focusing on Name, Image and Likeness, and Dinkytown Athletes representative Dr. Katie Harms. ...
Edina falls to first-place Wayzata baseball team
Wayzata High’s baseball team came to Edina’s Braemar Park May 3 intent on moving closer to the Lake Conference title. The Trojans achieved that goal with a 6-2 victory, but it was a hard-earned win. The Trojans used a two-run home run in the top of the seventh by Michael Reem to pad its lead to four runs. In the bottom of the seventh, relief pitcher Brady Lash shut the Hornets down. ...
Another rainy day at Hamline Elite track
Four out of the last five Aprils, track athletes and fans have enjoyed everything about the Hamline Elite Meet except the weather. It almost seems the Hamline extravaganza is jinxed. One year it might be raining hard, the next year it might be 36 degrees, and the next year it might be both raining and cold. The meet was tolerable last Friday, but there was intermittent rain and a steady wind. Therefore, meet records from past seasons were not broken. ...
Holy Angels, Kennedy softball off to strong starts
Both teams post crooked offensive numbers while limiting damage in the circle After a 7-0 start to the season, Holy Angels fastpitch softball took its first loss of the season in a 6-5 loss at St. Anthony Village, a fellow state entrant from last spring and fellow Tri-Metro Conference favorite. A pitcher’s duel carried through five innings as AHA’s Autumn Johnson and St. Anthony’s Stella Kiemele did their part as...
Richfield fastpitch posts 56 runs in trio of wins
Spartans coach hopes to see the team take advantage of the opportunities After scoring 22 runs in the opening three games of the season, Richfield’s (6-1) fastpitch wrapped up last week on an absolute tear scoring 56 runs combined over four-inning wins against Robbinsdale Cooper, Minneapolis Washburn and Fridley/Columbia Heights. The Spartans are the lone unbeaten team in the Tri-Metro Conference at 3-0 before facing defending champion St. Anthony on...
Hopkins girls lacrosse team becomes a Lake contender
Hopkins High’s girls lacrosse team is off to one of the best starts in program history with a 3-1 record this spring. The Royals are 1-1 in conference games and show more consistent scoring than they’ve had in the recent past. Early in the conference season, three Lake teams are tied in the loss column with Eden Prairie (2-0), Wayzata (2-0) and Minnetonka (1-0). With a 4-0 overall mark, Minnetonka...
Edina softball girls win with shutouts over Buffalo and Hopkins
It isn’t often that two fastpitch high school softball pitchers hurl back-to-back shutouts, but it did happen for the Edina Hornets last week. Mara Willette, a senior captain, tossed a six-hitter to blank the Buffalo Bison 7-0, then Ella Meyer limited Hopkins to four hits in a 5-0 victory. Meyer had eight strikeouts in her win. Willette had nine strikeouts with only two walks in her complete game. Willette had...
Minnetonka boys keep control on thr track
April 23 turned out to be a beautiful day for track athletes in Minnetonka’s annual Rogness/Lane Relays at Einer Anderson Stadium. Eight schools entered the meet and four scored at least 100 points. Minnetonka won the team title with good performances across the board. The Skippers scored 133.5 points and would have had more if one of their relays had not suffered a disqualification. Prior Lake was second with 111. Shakopee had 106.5 for third and Anoka placed fourth with 102.5. ...
Private Schools Sports Update
BSM tops Park girls The defending state champion Benilde-St. Margaret’s High girls lacrosse team handled St. Louis Park 17-6 in a Metro West match April 25 at St. Louis Park Stadium. Charlize Vang led the Red Knights with a seven-point night on four goals and three assists. Teammate Julia Evens also had seven points with two goals and five assists. Karsyn Elliott contributed a hat trick plus two assists. Maggie...
Early lead helps Kennedy top Richfield 6-4
Lopez, Wueben, Sheehan combine to strike out 10; Spartans defense/pitching combine to limit opposition to two runs in previous two games Kennedy made a four-run first inning stand while Richfield’s comeback fell short as the Eagles emerged with a 6-4 win on a bitterly cold evening at Red Haddox Field in Bloomington on Thursday. The bottom third of Kennedy’s batting order including Kyle Fortner, Jean Jiminez and Isaac Syrjamaki combined...
Stars have two golfers among the top five at Bloomington Invite
Kennedy’s Kardell aces 18th at Dwan for big highlight Fueled by a 3-under 65 by Woodbury senior Carter Spalding, the Royals won the Bloomington Invite with a 290, four strokes ahead of runner-up Breck and six strokes ahead of third-place Shakopee. Holy Angels was three shots back in fourth place (299), Jefferson (307) was fifth and Kennedy (348) was eighth. ...
Edina tennis team hosts invitational April 27
Going into the Edina Invitational Saturday, April 27, Hornet head coach Gary Aasen has assembled a very strong field - perhaps even the strongest eight teams in the state. The Blake School will be there as the team that is favored in Section 2AA. Wayzata, the favorite in 5AA, is in the mix for Saturday, as well, along with strong teams from Mahtomedi, Mounds View, Minneapolis Washburn, St. Paul Academy and Elk River. At the time this edition went to press, first-round pairings had not...
Hole-in-ones at Dwan
Dwan Golf Course had a pair of hole-in-one’s so far in April. • Camilo Franco Lodono of Richfield aced the 127-yard, Par 3 11th hole on April 6 using a pitching wedge. • Ryan Kardell of Bloomington picked up a hole-in-one on the 134-yard, Par 3 18th hole on April 17 using a 9-iron. The Kennedy golfer did so during the Bloomington Invite. Submit your Hole-in-one, Double Eagle or golf highlight to Sports Editor Jason Olson (jason.olson@apgecm.com) be sure to include: name, course (hole, yardage, club used), hometown, date/time and anything else of note.
Jefferson boys’ lacrosse keeps form in 4-0 start
Jaguars topple Kennedy/Burnsville 14-0 in annual cross-city contest Regardless of the sport, the Battle of Bloomington always means emotions will be a little higher than normal, the shots a little tougher, checks a little heavier and overall a more physical contest when facing such familiar friends and in some cases family. Wednesday afternoon was just the case as Jefferson boys’ lacrosse traveled to Kennedy for the annual meeting. ...
Spartan Invite brings Kennedy, Jefferson track teams to Richfield
Jefferson swept the boys’ and girls’ track and field team titles at the Richfield Spartan Relays on Thursday. The girls’ garnered 230.33 points with Minneapolis Washburn (158.33) runner-up, Kennedy was third with 82 points and Richfield was fourth with 75.33. On the boys’ side, Jefferson captured the title with 178.5 points, Washburn was second (150), Kennedy was third (132) and Richfield was fourth (103.5). ...
Coaches select All-Lake wrestling team
State Class AAA champion St. Michael-Albertville dominated the coaches’ selections for the All-Lake Conference team with 10 of the 25 members. The Knights coasted to the Lake title with a 6-0 record and sent 11 individuals to the State Class AAA Meet at Xcel Energy Center. Wayzata, second in the conference standings with a 5-1 record and sent seven boys to state. Seniors Luke Koenen, 121 pounds, and Logan Swensen,...
Some ups and downs for Minnetonka and Eden Prairie baseball teams
The Minnetonka and Eden Prairie baseball teams both had some ups and downs last week. Going into this week’s action, Minnetonka stood 2-3 overall and the EP Eagles had a 3-1 mark. Last week began well for Minnetonka with an 8-2 victory over Chanhassen at Minnetonka’s Veterans Field, but then the Skippers lost back-to-back decisions to Waconia 4-3 and Moorhead 9-4. ...
Lake fastpitch softball teams enjoy success
Several Lake Conference girls fastpitch softball teams appear much improved this season, based on early results. Minnetonka got off to a great start last week with a pair of decisive victories. In a conference game, the Skippers blanked Eden Prairie 6-0 with Emily Campion pitching a three-hitter and Kyli Kullberg hitting a home run. The Skippers’ second game of the season was a slugfest as they poured it on Minneapolis...
Junior is back in the dugout for Jaguars softball
Jefferson will look to build on 16-win 2023 season Junior, as Jim is known as around the program, focused on coaching Gustavus Adolphus College in New Ulm in addition to Clutch Hitters softball club and operating the popular batting cages at Dred Scott Playfields. Hanson returns to a team that has a lot of promise coming off a 16-7 run before going 2-2 in the Section 2AAAA tournament, falling to...
Jefferson track aims for lofty heights this spring
State thrower David Schiller returns with solid contributors back in distance, sprints and jumps The boys and girls track and field programs at Jefferson each placed third at the tough Metro West Conference Championships and return with a number of point winners across the lineup. Head coach Jon Leverenz begins his 18th season leading the program with longtime distance coach Brian Melendez guiding the endurance runners. Gordon MacComber begins his...
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