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Rough inning sinks Cougars in state baseball tourney
East Ridge defeats South 9-1 East Ridge turned four hits into nine runs, which told Lakeville South fans all they probably cared to know about the Cougars’ day at the state high school baseball tournament Tuesday. Little went right for the Cougars in the Class 4A semifinal game at CHS Field, from usually reliable pitchers not being able to find the strike zone to typically productive hitters struggling with runners...
State track: Eagan boys relay finishes at No. 1
Wildcat girls team 7th in Class 3A meet “You want the truth?” Peter McGivern asked. The question was about the Eagan boys 4x200-meter relay’s confidence going into the state Class 3A track and field finals. McGivern’s version of the truth was the confidence level was not where it needed to be. At the state preliminaries,...
State track: Bills takes down a record on his final high school throw
Weightmen, hurdlers lead Irish to Class 3A team championship Q: When did Hayden Bills know the final discus throw of his high school career would be a record-setter? A: Before the disc hit the ground. “I started celebrating while it was still in the air. I knew it was a good one,” Bills said shortly...
Lakeville track: North boys win three events at state finals
Panthers earn team trophy for third place Lakeville North saw a path to earning a team trophy in the boys state Class 3A track and field meet – if everything worked out perfectly. The Panthers got just about everything they could have expected from the eight athletes that competed last week at St. Michael-Albertville High School. With three victories and a second place in the Class 3A finals June 10,...
Irish draw top seed in Class 4A baseball
Rosemount, Lakeville South play quarterfinal games Tuesday Rosemount received the No. 1 seed in the state Class 4A baseball tournament and will play Sartell-St. Stephen in the quarterfinal round at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at CHS Field. The Irish (17-6) won all four of their games in the Section 3 tournament to earn the school’s first state baseball appearance since 2008. Rosemount clinched the section championship with a 6-2 victory over...
Tigers finish sixth in Class 4A softball
Farmington’s state tournament victory comes against SSC nemesis Shakopee Farmington won one of three games in its first trip to the state softball tournament since 2019. The Tigers’ next project is trying to make sure it won’t take four years for them to go back again. The 2024 Farmington team will be largely the same as the 2023 Farmington team, which loses just two seniors (infielder Hailey Hansen and catcher...
Irish achieve their perfect ending
Softball team caps rare undefeated season with victory in Class 4A championship game Rosemount’s softball theme was “Outwork. Outplay. Outlast.” The Irish had it printed on everything from T-shirts to handkerchiefs. “Outhit” wasn’t part of the motto because, evidently, it went without saying. The Irish’s fourth state title and second in three years might have been their most dominant, thanks in large part to their bats. Few softball teams in...
Three Lakeville teams win section championships Tuesday
South girls lacrosse remains undefeated going into state It was Championship Tuesday in Lakeville as two teams from Lakeville South and one from Lakeville North won section championships. Defending state girls lacrosse champion Lakeville South remained undefeated and earned its way back to the state tournament by trouncing Farmington 20-3 in the Section 1 final. Lakeville North ended a one-year absence from the state boys lacrosse tourney with its 11-9...
Rosemount, Eastview reach section baseball final
Thompson hangs tough in Irish victory over Eagan Jack Thompson has done all he can – on the mound, at least. If he pitches for Rosemount High School again, it will be at the state tournament next week. Now all the Irish have to do is get there. On Monday, Thompson pitched seven shutout innings...
Section 1 track: Lakeville South girls win big
North’s Casey, Stachewicz earn top seeds at state Lakeville South’s girls won convincingly at the Class 3A, Section 3 track and field meet, earning the seventh section championship in program history. The Cougars have state qualifiers in 10 events, including a couple of section champions – Avery Sandmann in the triple jump and Whitley Ronn in the shot put. Their 4x100 relay of Alexa Drew, Taylor Glinski, Eva Welsch and...
Section 3 track: Bills’ record chase continues
Eagan girls relays get chance to defend state championships This week’s state Class 3A track and field meet gives Rosemount senior Hayden Bills another chance to go after one of the few throwing records he doesn’t already own. He’s the top seed in the boys shot put and discus, with the shot put scheduled as part of the Class 3A preliminaries at 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Michael-Albertville High School....
Lightning’s Rohlwing medals at Section 3 golf tourney
Eastview boys, East Ridge girls win team championships Joey Rohlwing blitzed Bunker Hills Golf Course for two days on his way to an 11-stroke victory at the Class 3A, Section 3 boys tournament. In the process, Rohlwing helped Eastview’s team return to state. With rounds of 67 and 68, Rohlwing finished with a 9-under-par 135 total in the 36-hole section tournament that ended Monday. He led by six strokes after...
Good things come in threes for Blazing Cats
Adapted softball team wins 3rd consecutive CI Division title By winning the CI Division at the state adapted softball tournament, Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville completed not just one trifecta, but two. Trifecta No. 1: The Blazing Cats have won the state championship the last three times the tournament has been played – 2019, 2022 and 2033. There were no softball tournaments in 2020 and 2021 because of COVID-19. ...
Hawks complete perfect season with PI Division championship
Dakota United defeats Robbinsdale in softball title game Considering that Dakota United or Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound Westonka had won 14 of the previous 15 state PI Division softball championships, it was no surprise that the two adapted sports superpowers faced each other in the 2023 title game. “In history, (the Robins) are like a dynasty,” Dakota United pitcher Cayden Needham said. “So it’s always nice to beat them, but it’s also nice...
Undefeated Irish roll into state tournament
Rosemount is top seed in Class 4A softball The best way to deal with being ranked No. 1 is to not spend a lot of time thinking about it. That’s easier said than done, but it was something Rosemount infielder Isabelle Nosan said was crucial to the Irish softball team’s success. Rosemount won the 2021 state Class 4A championship, then “we were No. 1 all last season, and I think...
Tigers claw their way to state softball tourney
Farmington wins 5 times in Section 1 while facing elimination Something about win-or-go-home situations brought out the best in the Farmington softball team. The Tigers, seeded first in Class 4A, Section 1, were in danger of an early exit after losing to Lakeville North in the second round of the double-elimination tournament. Instead of folding, they won no fewer than five elimination games to win the section, including a 15-0...
Lakeville South girls will return to state golf tourney
Cougars win Section 1 by 22 strokes; Ordal takes 2nd individually Lakeville South built a big lead after the first round of the Class 3A, Section 1 girls golf tournament that proved to be more than enough for the Cougars to earn a trip to state for the second consecutive year – and the second time in school history. Northfield had the best team score in the final round of...
Tigers’ Schwamb is Section 1 golf co-medalist
Rouleau, Raiche, Ryan also advance to state tourney Farmington senior Kyler Schwamb tied for first place at the Class 3A, Section 1 boys golf tournament, and he and teammate Zach Rouleau will represent the Tigers at the state tournament. Lakeville North senior Evan Raiche and Lakeville South senior Cullen Ryan also advanced to state through the Section 1 tournament May 30-31 at The Jewel in Lake City. Rochester Mayo won...
Rosemount softball not planning to be done just yet
Irish seniors pleased with legacy as they seek to add to it A diamond in the southwest corner of the Rosemount High School campus, tucked between a parking lot and a residential neighborhood, is where some of the state’s best softball players over the last few years have called home. Several of them played on that field for the last time May 25. Not surprisingly, it was another one-sided victory...
Rosemount teams repeat at SSC track finals
Lakeville North’s Casey wins a fast 800 Rosemount teams finished what they started at the South Suburban Conference track and field championships, winning on the second day after taking the lead on the first. Both Irish squads repeated as conference champions. The outcome of the boys competition May 23-24 at Burnsville High School was never in doubt as Rosemount finished more than 80 points ahead of second-place Prior Lake. ...
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