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Mr. Soccer winner has grand ambitions and ability to match
Eastview’s Ozuzu scored school-record 39 goals in 2022 Asked last week as World Cup pool play took place if he could see himself wearing a national team uniform someday, Asher Ozuzu said he could. Don’t laugh. He already has displayed the ability to accomplish what he sets out to do. Ozuzu, an Eastview senior, wanted...
Blazing Cats run the table again in CI soccer
Team defeats Dakota United in state final for 2nd consecutive year Winning one state championship is tough enough, said Blazing Cats adapted soccer coach Shawn Tatge, who would know. But back-to-back titles? It takes a special group. “Two years in a row is difficult in any sport, in anything you do,” Tatge said after the Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville co-op team defeated Dakota United 7-4 in the state CI Division championship game Nov....
Dakota United overcomes longtime nemesis to win PI Division soccer
Sitzmann scores four goals in championship game Dakota United athletes have plenty of experience competing against Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound Westonka. Not all of the memories were good. The Hawks and Robins are the two most successful programs in the state adapted athletics PI Division. But when they have faced each other in state tournaments – which is often – the Robins seemed to find a way to win the majority of the...
State swimming: Lakeville North 6th in Class AA
Farmington's Schmucker 2nd in diving It couldn’t have ended much better for Lakeville North. The Panthers wrapped up an award-winning season at the state Class AA girls swimming and diving meet Nov. 18 with, according to head coach Dan Schneider, “the highest state meet finish of any girls team I’ve coached.” North earned 112 points toward its sixth place finish out of 46 teams that sent athletes to the state...
Cougars’ reign ends on Maple Grove bomb
Defending Class 6A football champs finish 9-3 A crisply executed 80-yard, eight-minute touchdown drive was exactly the way Lakeville South wanted to start. But not much went the Cougars’ way after that as their attempt for a second consecutive state Class 6A football championship ended. Maple Grove scored twice in the second quarter – the second coming on a 72-yard pass – and went on to a 14-7 victory in...
Swimming: Lakeville North second in Section 1AA meet
Panthers set two records in finals Swimming is a sport of seconds. Athletes put countless hours in the pool training for races that can finish in seconds. For a select few, their training takes them to the penultimate high school event – the state meet. But for most varsity swimmers, the section meet is the end of the season. The emotions that go with that, especially for seniors, are apparent...
Irish football marches on to U.S. Bank Stadium
Victory over Centennial sets up rematch with Eden Prairie Eleven games into the season, Rosemount has the look of a team that can thrive in any conditions. That didn’t happen by accident. Coming off a 5-5 season in 2021 that Irish coaches players called a disappointment, they re-evaluated the program, trying to identify things they needed to improve to regain their place as one of the top teams in Class...
Panther runners get third place and a trophy
South boys finish 10th at state meet Lakeville North didn’t win the state boys cross country championship, but the Panthers did get something they wanted – a chance to have their photo taken with a valuable piece of wood and gold plating. Finishing third at the Class 3A race on Nov. 4 gave North its highest finish at a state boys meet since 2005, when it also placed third. What’s...
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