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Making a big splash: Lakeville Lions Club commits $500,000 toward Lakeville splash pad
The Lakeville Lions were looking to make a big splash with a major donation toward a project with a broad impact on the community, and they did it after announcing a pledge of up to $500,000 for the development of a splash pad at Avonlea Community Park on the southwest corner of Cedar Avenue and 185th Street.
Farmington, South teams qualify for state lacrosse
Section championship is first for Tiger boys The state high school lacrosse tournament fields are starting to take shape with Farmington’s boys winning their first-ever section championship Tuesday and Lakeville South’s girls earning another chance to win an elusive state title. Rosemount’s teams also moved a step closer to the state tournament Tuesday, with the boys and girls winning Section 6 semifinal games. ...
Baseball: Tigers’ pitchers shut down South
20-inning scoreless streak puts Farmington back in state tourney Home plate was off-limits to Farmington opponents for most of the Class 4A, Section 1 baseball playoffs. The Tigers allowed no runs in their final 20 innings of the tournament and one run in their last 26. The scoreless streak included back-to-back shutouts of Lakeville South that sent the defending Class 4A champion Tigers to the state tournament. ...
Eastview High honors graduates
Eastview High School honored its class of 2022 during graduation commencement at Eastview’s stadium, Saturday, June 4. Graduate Bashir Mohamed and faculty member Joe Wollersheim offered remarks. The Eastview High School concert choir directed by Kari Douma with piano accompanist…
School of Environmental Studies celebrates graduation
The School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley held its graduation commencement at the Minnesota Zoo amphitheater, Thursday, June 2. Seniors Sydney Hooppaw and Morgan Kapps offered greetings. The graduation messages came from graduate Cynthia Kerubo and teacher Eric Colchin.…
Panthers’ team effort brings home section golf trophy
North boys, South girls advance to state tourney next week A bit of script-flipping worked out well enough for the Lakeville North boys golf team to send the Panthers to next week’s state tournament. “Last year we won the (South Suburban) conference over Eastview and Farmington but lost in the section tournament,” coach Steve Sabetti said. “We like playing in the conference, but our goal this year was to win...
Rosemount looks for more team gold at state track
New format gives Class 3A athletes a day off between prelims and finals A re-formatted state high school track and field meet debuts this weekend at St. Michael-Albertville High School. This is the first year of the expansion to three classes for track and field, and with it comes a change in scheduling. The event has been stretched to three days from the traditional two, and the largest enrollment class...
Mayo takes down Eagan in Class AA boys tennis
Wildcats move to consolation bracket; individual tourney starts Thursday Rochester Mayo’s depth overwhelmed Eagan in a 6-1 victory over the Wildcats in the Class AA boys tennis team quarterfinals Tuesday morning. The Spartans did not drop a set in doubles and won three of the four singles matches to advance to the semifinals. They were third in last year’s state tournament. ...
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