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North gets top seed in Section 3AA girls hockey
South, Farmington seeded behind Northfield in 1AA South Suburban Conference champion Lakeville North is the No. 1 seed in the Section 3AA girls hockey playoffs that begin Wednesday night. The Panthers (20-3-1), who won the 2023 Section 1AA championship before being assigned to Section 3AA this season, will play host to No. 8 seed Eagan in a quarterfinal game at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Ames Arena. Lakeville North, ranked seventh...
Apple Valley personifies girls wrestling boom
Sports has grown to more than 1,000 competitors statewide Cassy Gonzales was a state girls wrestling champion at Shakopee High School last year. She also was restless. She loved the sport and said the training she got at Shakopee was first-rate. But the wrestling room was almost exclusively male and she wrestled the majority of...
Panthers stake their claim on SSC championship
North skaters clinch tie for first after defeating South Senior forward Addie Bowlby scored two goals – her 37th and 38th of the season – as Lakeville North defeated Lakeville South 3-1 on Tuesday night and clinched at least a share of the South Suburban Conference girls hockey championship. The victory gives the Panthers (19-2-1 overall, 14-0-1 SSC) a two-point lead in the conference over Lakeville South (18-2-3, 12-2-3). South...
Irish look to re-create last year’s postseason magic
Girls hockey team ramping up its play Kyle Finn refers to the last couple weeks of the girls hockey regular season as “dress rehearsal” for the playoffs. Rosemount’s game against Metro-South on Jan. 27 presented with Irish with a situation they could see in the postseason – controlling the puck much of the game but not leading thanks to stout goaltending by Metro-South sophomore Millie Farrington. ...
Eagles win the crosstown tussle
Apple Valley, Eastview wrestlers pointing toward postseason Apple Valley defeated Eastview 39-21 on Jan. 25 as the crosstown rivals wound down the boys wrestling regular season and geared up for section tournaments. The postseason could include a rematch between the Eagles and Lightning at the Class 3A, Section 2 tournament Feb. 16 at Farmington High School. ...
Swimmers grind through tough workouts, hoping for postseason payoff
Lakeville South remains undefeated in SSC It’s the point of the swimming season where there’s one last brutal training push to prepare for the championship season. Physically tapped, most swimmers are nowhere close to their best times. It may be giving Lakeville South head coach Rick Ringeisen pause, as some of his up-and-coming athletes are still producing lifetime bests, and he is excited to learn just how fast they can...
Skiing: Section meets scheduled next week
Alpine championships at Buck Hill; Nordic at Hyland Unseasonably warm weather isn’t expected to keep high school Alpine and Nordic skiers from pursuing state meet berths next week. The Section 6 Alpine meet and Section 1 Nordic meet are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 6. As of now they’re on for their regularly scheduled locations – Buck Hill in Burnsville (Alpine) and Hyland Recreation Area in Bloomington (Nordic). Artificial snow has...
Wrestling: Cougars place 4th in South St. Paul
North’s Menard wins at 215 in Orono Lakeville South placed fourth of 17 teams in the Veldman Invitational wrestling tournament Jan. 27 at South St. Paul High School. Riley Clark (145 pounds) and Bo Bokman (172) won their weight classes. Also placing were senior captain Leo English (second at 127), Viktor Morales (eighth at 152), Greg Aryeetey (fifth at 160), Trevor Lebaron (fifth at 172), Tre Owens (sixth at 189)...
Basketball: North teams stay in first place
Rosemount’s Thompson reaches assists milestone Lakeville North has had a string of one-sided victories on its way to the South Suburban Conference boys basketball lead, but challenges are ahead for the Panthers. After routing Apple Valley 83-48 on Tuesday the Panthers, ranked sixth in Class 4A, have a fairly quick turnaround as they’ll play at seventh-ranked Shakopee at 7 p.m. Thursday. North is 8-1 in the conference (13-4 overall), with...
Wildcats 7th, Cougars 9th in True Team finals
South swimmer sets event record in 200 IM Led by a strong performance in diving, Eagan placed seventh in the state Class AA boys True Team swimming and diving championships. Wildcats senior Owen Kipp commanded the diving boards, accumulating 495.30 points on 11 attempts to easily win the title, while teammate Stone Larson flipped his way to fourth with 425.50 points. Senior Sam Johnson finished 15th with 263.15. Eagan was...
South swimmers top Rosemount to remain undefeated in SSC
Cougars will face Prior Lake for league title Feb. 6 Lakeville South’s boys swimming team remained undefeated in South Suburban Conference dual meets with a 95-88 victory over Rosemount on Jan. 16 at Century Middle School. “The Rosemount Irish showed up ready to race for our dual meet,” said South head coach Rick Ringeisen. “After their close meet with the Eagan Wildcats, they viewed (South’s) close meet with Eagan as...
Panthers plan to make the most of Hockey Day invite
North girls will play in this week’s event in Warroad When organizers of Hockey Day Minnesota contacted the Lakeville North girls program to gauge the Panthers’ interest in playing – well, let’s just say they didn’t have to twist anybody’s arm. Especially not the arm of North coach Buck Kochevar, because the Hockey Day Minnesota invitation conjures up memories of playing on outdoor ice in Eveleth, his hometown. ...
SSC roundup: AV boys hoops topples 4th-ranked Farmington
In boys hockey, the race is still up for grabs Apple Valley helped see to it nobody was going to run away and hide in South Suburban Conference basketball by defeating Farmington 70-62 on Jan. 19 and creating a three-way tie for first place in the conference. Farmington, Lakeville North and Shakopee remained tied for first at 6-1 in the SSC after each team won Tuesday night. ...
Masons donate to 360 Communities
The Freemasons’ Lebanon Lodge No. 346 in Savage raised $5,000 through a recent raffle and donated the funds to Burnsville-based 360 Communities. In the spirit of National Gratitude Month and 360 Communities’ November Give to the Max campaign, the Lodge presented its donation during its November monthly meeting. Laurie Bolin, director of development for 360 Communities, was present to accept Lebanon Lodge’s donation. Freemasonry is the world’s oldest and largest fraternal organization. Freemasonry is based on the belief that everyone has a responsibility to help make the world a better place. The Masons also hold biannual pancake breakfast fundraisers, and awards student scholarships.
Cougar skaters’ unbeaten streak reaches 17
South girls win three games last week, two by shutout Lakeville South’s girls, having not lost since before Thanksgiving, own one of the longest unbeaten streaks in Minnesota high school hockey. After defeating Rosemount 1-0 in overtime Jan. 13, the Cougars have 10 consecutive victories and have gone 17 games without losing. The run includes a win over Edina, the fourth-ranked team in Class AA, a tie against ninth-ranked Lakeville...
Lightning stay in chase in SSC boys hockey
Eastview has won 4 of last 5 in conference To Eastview boys hockey coach Aaron Fulton, the regular season is about developing an identity that his team can carry into the playoffs. A team can forge an identity by running off a string of victories against overmatched opponents. Or it can be done the way the Lightning are doing it – by going big-game hunting. They have played three of...
Swimming: Cougars win section True Team meet
State finals are Saturday at U of M pool Lakeville South stayed hot on a brutally cold Saturday, winning the Section 1AA True Team boys swimming and diving championship. Every pool record was broken at the new Rochester Century High School facility in the Jan. 13 meet, and South owned nine of them by the end of the evening. Lakeville South scored 1,113.5 points to lead the seven-team field, with...
Wildcats reign in Section 3AA True Team swim
Rosemount’s Gerten wins diving competition Eagan took first in four events, including two relays, to repeat as Section 3AA boys swimming True Team champions and return to the state finals. When the Wildcats won the section last year they were fewer than 10 points ahead of East Ridge. This time they had more breathing room, taking the team championship by 106 points over East Ridge. Rosemount was third and Apple...
A playoff atmosphere in January
Lakeville North boys win a close one against South It had all the characteristics of a playoff game, except the playoffs don’t start until March. Lakeville North and Lakeville South went at each other for 36 minutes in front of a crowd that filled the stands and spilled onto the walkways surrounding the Lakeville South court. There were numerous lead changes and plenty of celebrations after big plays. North nudged...
On rivalry night, North girls stay in control throughout
Panthers recover from difficult loss with resounding victory Lakeville North is proof that “it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish,” isn’t just a tired cliche. The Panthers played a strong first half at Lakeville South on Jan. 12 in a battle between South Suburban Conference girls basketball championship hopefuls, taking a 16-point lead into halftime. The key was how they would handle the second half, knowing South would...
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