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Panthers, Irish see football seasons come to an end
Eden Prairie defeats North in 1-vs.-2 matchup Eden Prairie’s 21-3 victory over Lakeville North in the Class 6A football quarterfinals featured a lot of its trademark ball control, and what the Eagles’ defense did to the opponent was equally impressive. Lakeville North, which went in averaging almost 34 points a game, was kept out of the end zone for the only time all year and saw its 9-2 season end...
Wildcats play two marathons at state volleyball
Eagan takes sixth place in Class 4A Eagan finished a 23-10 volleyball season by finishing sixth in the state Class 4A tournament last week at Xcel Energy Center. The school made it to the state tourney for the 17th time, but the first time under head coach McKenna Melville, who took over this season after an All-America career at the University of Central Florida. Melville played for Eagan teams that...
Notebook: Blazing Cats going for 3rd straight adapted soccer title
Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville is going for a third consecutive state adapted soccer CI Division championship this week, and it looks like it’ll take quite an effort to stop the Blazing Cats. They go in undefeated (8-0) and as the No. 1 seed from the South Conference. The Blazing Cats’ first state tournament game is against South Suburban (4-4) at 8 p.m. Friday at Stillwater High School. Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville is 27-0 over the last...
Local athletes sign during first wave of college commitments
National Letter of Intent period opened Nov. 8 Division I and Division II college sports programs across the country dipped into the south metro talent pool last week, signing nearly 70 high school senior student-athletes from the Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune coverage area to National Letters of Intent. That group includes state wrestling champion Cole Han-Lindemyer of Farmington, who will attend Stanford University; Lakeville North basketball standout Jack...
State cross country: Farmington girls 6th in Class 3A
Fenske, Vukovics, LaMotte place in top 20 Farmington has been in the state Class 3A girls cross country meet each of the three years since the event has been expanded to three classes, and last week the Tigers placed sixth at the University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course. The Tigers, who went into the Nov. 4 state meet ranked 10th in Class 3A, were led by senior Mariah Fenske,...
Wildcats take their act on the road, win section championship
Eagan plays in state volleyball tourney starting Wednesday Winning a section volleyball championship is difficult enough, but having to do it as a visiting team complicated matters for Eagan. But not to the point where the Wildcats couldn’t cope with it. They survived a chaotic finish at East Ridge High School and defeated the Raptors 25-22, 25-22, 16-25, 21-25, 16-14 to win the Class 4A, Section 3 championship Nov. 2...
Lakeville swimmers visit the medal stand at conference JV meet
It’s one of the favorite meets of all season for athletes, coaches, and parents alike. The South Suburban Conference junior varsity girls swimming and diving championships Oct. 28 featured packed stands as team members, some in costume, cheered teammates in the final JV meet of the season. Lakeville athletes made a lot of trips to the medal stand. North’s Kirsten Dunbar was the first Lakeville swimmer to win an individual event. Dunbar claimed first in the 200-yard individual medley, touching the wall in 2 minutes,...
Cross country: Wildcat, Lightning girls advance in Section 3
Burnsville sophomore LaMotte wins individual championship An overnight rain made for a sloppy track at the Class 3A, Section 3 cross country meet. In other words, nothing girls team champion Eagan or runner-up Eastview hadn’t seen before. The conditions also were familiar to Burnsville sophomore Carley LaMotte, the Section 3 individual champion. Five of the...
Rosemount sends boys team to state cross country
Two runners each from Eagan, Burnsville advance The race for the top two team spots in the Class 3A, Section 3 boys cross country meet was all but decided halfway through the race, when the leaders were wearing Bloomington Jefferson or Rosemount colors. Runners from those two schools took the top seven places at the Oct. 26 section meet at Valleywood Golf Course, with the Jaguars and Irish cementing places...
SSC teams win both Section 1 cross country titles
Lakeville North’s Altergott is boys medalist Three teams and 25 runners from the South Suburban Conference advanced to the state cross country meet through the Class 3A, Section 1 races. Lakeville North and Lakeville South were first and second – finishing just one point apart – in the boys 5,000-meter race Oct. 26 at Brooktree Golf Course in Owatonna. North senior Chase Altergott led the defending section champion Panthers by...
Wildcats’ rushing game dominant in playoff opener
Eagan now gets a shot at No. 1-ranked Eden Prairie It’s been a while since an Eagan varsity football team won its final home game of the season – a fact coach Nick Johnson didn’t hesitate to point out to his team after it defeated White Bear Lake 45-27 in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs Oct. 27. Before that victory, Eagan hadn’t won a playoff game at...
Football playoffs: Lakeville squads avoid upsets
South demolishes Roseville; North overtakes Coon Rapids Lakeville’s teams are on to the second round of the state Class 6A football playoffs. Lakeville South, the No. 1 seed from Section 3, was not expected to have trouble winning its first-round game and didn’t, romping past Roseville 56-0 on Oct. 27. Coon Rapids, a seventh seed, took a first-quarter lead before the Panthers scored three second-half touchdowns and won 28-12. ...
Football playoffs: Rosemount offense awakens
Irish trample Blaine, 51-7 Whatever was ailing Rosemount’s offense was cured for at least one week as the Irish crushed Blaine 51-7 in the first round of the Class 6A football playoffs. Rosemount jumped to a 21-0 lead by early in the second quarter of the Oct. 27 game, then closed the first half by scoring four touchdowns in 2 minutes, 38 seconds, including three in the final minute. Senior...
Eagan player is runner-up at Class AA singles tournament
Li earns state tennis medal for 2nd consecutive year The resumes of the finalists suggested a competitive, entertaining match for the state Class AA girls tennis singles championship. Cassandra Li of Eagan and Claire Loftus of Rochester Mayo were first and second in the Minnesota high school rankings. They’re also first and second in the U.S. Tennis Northern Section 16-and-under rankings. Both are ranked in the top 100 nationally in...
Kelly, Bowlby have short but successful partnership
Lakeville North duo 2nd in Class AA doubles tourney In most high school sports, lineup decisions typically are left to the head coach and there’s no room for negotiation. One exception is tennis, where there are separate tournaments for teams and individuals. The coach sets the lineup for team matches, but when it comes to individual competition, the athletes have a say in the matter. ...
Lakeville swim teams close dual meet season with victories
Section meets are next week Lakeville’s girls swimming and diving teams won on the final night of the South Suburban Conference dual meet season. North hosted the Eastview Lightning on Oct. 24, with the Panthers coasting to a win 97-89. North took six of the nine individual races. Payton Hultgren won the 50-yard freestyle in...
Football playoffs: South gets a No. 1 seed
Farmington takes three-game winning streak into postseason Lakeville South clinched a No. 1 seed in the Class 6A football playoffs with a 48-19 victory at Champlin Park in the Cougars’ final regular-season game Oct. 19. South (7-1) needed to win to get the top seed in Section 3 after Lakeville North (7-1) defeated Burnsville 56-7. South’s 24-21 victory over North on Sept. 15 likely was the tiebreaker when Section 3...
Panthers look primed for playoff football
North routs Burnsville 56-7, closing regular season It’s been obvious for weeks that Lakeville North was on track for a high seed in the Class 6A football playoffs and could be a championship contender once the postseason started. That has required Panthers team leaders such as defensive lineman Antonio Menard to maintain a delicate balance – they can dream of a playoff run, but they had business to attend to...
Eagan wins regular-season finale against Eastview, secures home playoff game
Lightning will open football postseason at No. 7-ranked Minnetonka Eagan had one last chance to get things squared away and secure a first-round home game for the Class 6A football playoffs that begin Friday. The Wildcats succeeded on both counts. They defeated Eastview 45-20 in both teams’ final regular-season game Oct. 18, ending a four-game...
Wildcats, Panthers fall in state soccer quarterfinals
Andover girls outlast Eagan in shootout Soccer teams generally don’t want to go to penalty kicks to decide a playoff game. But to the Eagan girls, who fell behind by a goal in the second half of their state Class 3A quarterfinal against Andover, the shootout sounded like a pretty good deal. “Our goal was to at least take it to overtime,” Wildcats coach Qassim Ilmi said. “We were super-proud....
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