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Eagan wins a place in state tennis tournament
Wildcat boys break nine-year drought You could have casually observed what it meant to Eagan to qualify for the state boys tennis tournament. Or you could have just listened. “We’re going to state, baby!” was a Wildcats player’s high-decibel exclamation after Eagan’s 4-3 victory over East Ridge in the Section 3AA team championship match Monday afternoon. ...
Irish boys team wins going away at True Team finals
Rosemount 3rd, Farmington 7th in girls meet After Rosemount finished competing at the state Class 3A boys True Team track and field meet, the Irish had plenty of energy left for some chanting, jumping around and two victory laps. It was clear that True Team success has not become old hat at Rosemount, where the boys team won its second consecutive Class 3A True Team championship and fourth title overall. ...
South teams reach state True Team finals
Boys sprint to victory in 4x100 relay Lakeville South teams have a long history with the state True Team track and field meet, and the Cougars weren’t about to let it end this year. South was eighth in the boys team competition and ninth in the girls meet at the Class 3A True Team finals May 20 at Stillwater High School. The girls program has reached the finals the last...
Eagan girls 6th in state True Team finals
Wildcats take 1st, 2nd in two relays Making their first appearance in the state True Team track and field finals since 2018, the Eagan girls came close to matching or bettering the best finish in school history. The Wildcats took sixth place at the Class 3A finals May 20 at Stillwater High School, scoring 888 points. Minnetonka led three teams above 1,100 and won the championship. Two-time defending champion Rosemount...
The ‘Long’ road to retirement: Police chief came to Lakeville to shape the agency
As difficult as it was in 2014 for Jeff Long to leave his position as police chief in his hometown of Edina, he took the Lakeville chief post so he could shape a department in a rapidly growing city.
Leah Hack hired as Pinewood Elementary's next principal
Leah Hack has been hired as the next principal of Pinewood Community Elementary School in Eagan. Hack has been the principal at Diamond Path Elementary School of International Studies in Apple Valley for the last four years and has worked at Diamond Path since 2011. She will finish this school year at Diamond Path and take over at Pinewood starting July 1. Hack will replace Crisfor Town, who is retiring at the end of this school year after a 34-year career in District 196, including the last 21 years as principal at Pinewood.
Graduate Q&A: Sarah McDevitt, Apple Valley High School
Family: My parents are John and Kim McDevitt and I am an only child. City of residence: I live in Burnsville and attend Apple Valley High School. After graduation I will be studying mathematics and potentially physics at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Why did you...
Postseason starting for high school softball, baseball
Defending state champion Rosemount girls open with 15-0 victory Defending state Class 4A softball champion Rosemount opened its 2022 playoff run with a 15-0 victory over Apple Valley on Tuesday in the first round of the Section 3 playoffs. In other first-round games, No. 2-seeded East Ridge defeated Burnsville 3-0, sixth-seeded Hastings topped third-seeded Burnsville 11-8 and Park of Cottage Grove beat Eagan 5-4. ...
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