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New chapters begin across the metro at 2023 signing day
Several athletes across the west metro confirmed their collegiate futures last week on National Signing Day, including athletes from Breck, Brooklyn Center, Champlin Park, Maranatha Christian Academy, Park Center, Robbinsdale Armstrong and Robbinsdale Cooper. Breck Two-time Class A individual singles state champion Isabelle Einess confirmed her future playing collegiate tennis at Seton Hall, members of the NCAA DI Big East Conference. ...
AC Wings girls hockey starts season strong on the road
Robbinsdale Armstrong/Cooper Wings girls hockey started its 2023/24 season with a blockbuster 6-2 win on Nov. 11 over Bloomington Jefferson on the road. The Wings scored in every period, including three goals in the first. It all started with a goal from Claire Riestenberg in the first three minutes, assisted by Stellie LeMieux. Ella Picka added a second goal soon after, with an assist by Taylor Fruetel. Jefferson answered back...
OPC hockey kicks off 2023 with tie at Blake
Osseo Park Center girls hockey earned a promising start to its 2023/24 campaign last week, tying Blake 2-2 on the road on Nov. 11 in an eventful comeback. Blake scored the first goal in the first period on a power play by Talia Malone and led the game for almost its entirety, despite being outshot by OPC 27-12 through the first two periods. The Bears’ lead looked even more secure...
Breck girls hockey completes two-win journey up north
Breck girls hockey began its 2023/24 season with two games up north, getting a victory against the Duluth Northern Stars co-op team on Nov. 10 and a win against Moose Lake Area High School on Nov. 11. Duluth Breck girls hockey began their successful adventures in the northland with a 5-2 win over the Duluth Northern Stars co-op team at the Essentia Duluth Heritage Center. ...
Golden Valley abuzz with bee and goat ordinances
Goats and bees, considered farm animals, have not been allowed within the city limits of Golden Valley. At the Nov. 8 Golden Valley City Council meeting, members looked at two new ordinances that would change that. Goats could be housed temporarily to control weeds. Bees could be kept for honey. After listening to presentations and hearing the voices of residents, the council decided to approve temporary goats. Beekeeping is still prohibited at this time. Goats ...
State volleyball perfection for tall and talented Trojans
Fans were wondering after Wayzata beat New Prague for the state Class AAAA volleyball title Nov. 11 if the Trojans might be the most dominant team ever to play the game in Minnesota. Statistics are on Wayzata’s side in that discussion. Not only did the Trojans go 33-0 this year, they also won their last 45 sets of the season, including nine in their state tournament sweep last week at Xcel Energy Center. ...
DFL's Morrison announces campaign for Phillip's seat in Congress
State Sen. Kelly Morrison (DFL-Deephaven) has announced that she intends to run for Congress in Minnesota’s Third Congressional District. The seat is currently being held by U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, who announced his intention last month to seek the Democratic endorsement against incumbent President Joe Biden in next year’s presidential election. Phillip’s House of Representatives seat is up for election in 2024. ...
Best Wishes Floral is gone, sort of
Spouses Frank Bohlander and Mark Hall and have spent the last 17 years going to work every day at 689 Winnetka Ave N, Golden Valley. Their business, Best Wishes Floral, has served people custom bouquets for funerals, weddings, holidays or just because. While they have a few more orders to fill, it’s time for a day off. Bohlander and Hall have been committed to each other for 33 years and...
Hennepin County to close garbage incinerator
The garbage from all over the metro has found its way to the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center in Minneapolis for years. About a thousand tons of trash each day arrive at the doors. Hazardous items are pulled. Waste is burned, creating heat that makes water into steam. Leftover ash is reduced in volume by 90%. Metal, about 16,000 tons a year, is recovered. Some of the steam turns a turbine...
An evening with a 100-year-old WWII veteran (and friends) at the Crystal VFW
It’s a light week for Don Halverson if he only makes it out to the Charles Knaeble VFW Post #494 three times – oftentimes it’s four, sometimes five. No matter the season, the 100-year-old World War II veteran drives himself from his Brooklyn Center home, which he has lived in since 1959, ten minutes down Brooklyn Boulevard to the Crystal VFW for a hot meal and to trade stories with his fellow military men. ...
CD3 legislators make pointed welcome to Biden amid Phillips’ campaign announcement
Seven state legislators are making clear their lack of support for presidential hopeful Dean Phillips. The legislators, who represent various areas of Phillips’ congressional district in the Minnesota Legislature, published a joint statement Oct. 31 expressly supporting the reelection of president Joe Biden. The statement came one day before Biden paid a visit to a farm outside of Northfield to tout his administration’s investments into rural America. “In advance of...
Armstrong Falcons win section title in battle of the Robbinsdales
Robbinsdale Armstrong football beat Robbinsdale Cooper 49-14 last week to clinch the Section 5AAAAA title and qualify for the 2023 Class AAAAA football tournament, concluding one exciting season while prolonging another. The section final provided another chapter in the long-standing rivalry between the two schools. The Hawks have dominated the matchup in the last decade, winning six games against the Falcons between 2015 and 2021. Armstrong, however, dominated 2022. Armstrong beat Cooper 63-7 in the regular season and 42-7 in a section championship game rematch. ...
Maranatha volleyball ends sections and season at Legacy
Maranatha Christian Academy volleyball concluded an eventful 2023 season last week, losing 3-0 to Legacy Christian Academy in the quarterfinals of the Section 5AA tournament on Oct, 31. For Legacy Christian, who entered the tournament as the fourth seed, the Oct. 31 game marked its first game in the section tournament after receiving a bye through the first three rounds. Legacy ended the regular season as undefeated Minneapolis Classic Conference...
Champlin Park volleyball falls to undefeated Wayzata in section final
Champlin Park volleyball concluded its action-packed 2023 season last week, losing 3-0 to Wayzata in the Section 5AAAA final, hosted at Osseo Senior High on Nov. 1. The game marked the third-straight year the two teams have met in the final. Despite Champlin Park’s dominant regular season performances, it was undefeated 28-0 Wayzata who entered the Section 5AAAA tournament as the No. 1 seed. The Trojans went on to blank both Park Center and Hopkins on their way to the final, entering the court on...
Robbinsdale Robins win conference title and qualify for state
The Robbinsdale Robins adapted soccer P.I. team continued its history of achievement last week, winning the regular season conference championship and earning the No. 1 seed in the adapted soccer state tournament to be held on Nov. 17 and 18. The conference championship win came at the start of the week on Oct. 30 as the Robins faced defending state champions Dakota United Hawks. Jose Leon Estrada gave Robbinsdale an...
Park Center’s Chavis announces decision to play at Washington
Park Center senior combo guard Casmir Chavis announced the next chapter in his eye-grabbing basketball career last week, announcing his decision to play college basketball at the University of Washington on Nov. 3 in an event hosted at Park Center High School. Cash is a national-ranked guard who helped lead Park Center to back-to-back Class AAAA state championship games in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, winning the title in 2022. He has averaged 15.8 points per game, 4.4 rebounds per game, and 6.4 assists per...
Talent from area schools take on state cross country meets
Athletes from Robbinsdale Armstrong, Breck, and Champlin Park all took part in the state cross country meet held last week, with the Falcons and Rebels competing in Class AAA and Breck competing in Class AA. Armstrong Armstrong cross country runners Caitlyn Osanai and Avery Cup, both seniors, were looking to build on their impressive respective seasons with strong finishes in the girls state meet. Osanai, notably, was coming off conference...
Armstrong/Cooper Alpine skiing team prepares for winter season
The arrival of snow in Minnesota provides a reminder that the winter sports season is very much on the horizon. That means it’s teams across the state to pull on their boots and strap into their skis in preparation for the 2023 MSHSL Alpine skiing season. For the Armstrong/Cooper Alpine ski team, it’s a chance to build on last year’s success. Head Coach Jennifer Krey spoke to the Sun Post on the team’s success last season and how they inform the coming winter. Notably, all-conference...
Park Center cheer wins regional championship and qualifies for nationals
The Park Center competition cheer team continued their competitive dominance last week, winning the UCA Ten Thousand Lakes Regional championship and qualifying for nationals. The UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship will be held from Feb. 9 to 12, 2024 at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Park Center’s road to first place saw them finish with a final score of 94.4, just ahead of second place Minnetonka, who scored 92. White Bear Lake took third with 89.5. ...
Don Berry qualifies for 2024 Senior PGA Championship
Minnesota Golf Hall of Famer Don Berry added another notch in his history career last week, qualifying for the 2024 Senior PGA Championship. Berry, a PGA professional out of Edinburgh U.S.A. Golf Course in Brooklyn Park, finished tied for seventh at this past weekend’s Senior PGA Professional Championship in Port Lucie, Florida. Berry ended the weekend’s championship with 72, 70, 68, and 75 strokes in the respective four rounds to...
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