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Runners, organizers celebrate return of Twin Cities Marathon
MINNEAPOLIS — On Sunday morning, 20,000 runners took on races at the Twin Cities Marathon. It'll be the first running of the marathon since 2022. Last year's race was canceled just hours before the starting gun because of unsafe heat conditions. "Last year, just having the cancelation was really a letdown for a lot of us," one runner said. "So feeling this course with this wind, the low temps, it just felt amazing." "This is ideal," Twin Cities in Motion President Dean Orton said. "Humidity levels are nice and low. We have sun, sometimes runners love to have a little cloud,...
Best Minnesota College for Athletics Isn’t the School You’d Immediately Think
When you think of college athletics in Minnesota there's one in particular that you most likely thought of right away. Would you be surprised if I told you that they are not considered the top school in Minnesota for athletics?. They're part of the BIG 10, they have quite a...
Second shutout, third win as Richfield celebrates homecoming in style
A week after blanking St. Paul Johnson in their homecoming game 41-0, the Richfield (3-2) football team returned home to celebrate its Homecoming with a 21-0 win over Austin on Saturday at Spartan Stadium. In addition to celebrating with a community parade and halftime performance by a massive group of junior cheerleaders, the game served as a Tackle Cancer fundraiser for the Randy Shaver Cancer Research Foundation. Players and fans were dressed in pink, complete with matching wristbands, and players chose to wear pink gear...
Edina aquatics team remains undefeated
Edina High’s girls aquatics team went on the road Oct. 1 to Lifetime Fitness in Plymouth in hopes of extending an undefeated Lake Conference season. Wayzata, the host team at Lifetime, didn’t make it easy for the Hornets. The final score was 105-81 in Edina’s favor, but for only the second time this year, Lake champion Edina had no exhibition swims. “We gave the Hornets a run for their money,”...
Night at the Aerie turns eerie for Tonka
It seemed only fitting that the Class 6A football game between Minnetonka and Eden Prairie would go into overtime Friday, Oct. 4, at EP’s Aerie Stadium. Each team would finish the night with three touchdowns. The difference in the final score was a missed extra point by Minnetonka in overtime as the Eagles prevailed 21-20. Both teams relied heavily on rushing with Eden Prairie racking up 239 yards and Minnetonka...
Eagles girls tennis team earns share of second place in Lake
Eden Prairie won all three doubles matches along with two singles points Oct. 1 to defeat St. Michael-Albertville 5-2 in the final round of the Lake Conference schedule. The victory gave EP a share of second place in the Lake standings. Their 4-2 record was good for a tie with Minnetonka and Wayzata. Edina repeated as the Lake champion with a 6-0 record. Lakshanya Selvakumar set the stage for Eden...
Stars top Red Knights for Homecoming victory
The Benilde-St. Margaret’s football team fell to 2-4 on the season after the Holy Angels spoiled its Homecoming 21-14 for the St. Louis Park school under sunshine and pristine conditions Saturday afternoon. Holy Angels continued to churn out the yards on the ground, averaging nearly eight yards per carry. Emmett Anderson led the Stars with 237 yards on 25 carries and two touchdowns, including the tying score in the fourth quarter, which made it 14-14. Quarterback Damian Devine put the visitors ahead on a 2-yard...
Minnesota football’s PJ Fleck drops odd ‘antidote’ admission after USC upset
Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck is making some interesting comments after his team earned a huge upset win over USC. Fleck says his team took an antidote of confidence after getting beat by Michigan in September, per the Pioneer Press. The antidote apparently was an actual drink that contained Sprite, per On3. Minnesota defeated USC […] The post Minnesota football’s PJ Fleck drops odd ‘antidote’ admission after USC upset appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Chanhassen teams pile up wins
Football The Chanhassen football team moved to 3-2 on the season with a 37-28 win over Mankato West, thanks to a 24-point explosion in the fourth quarter. Coleman Zielinski scored from 18 yards out in the first quarter and Nathan Ramler hit James Kopfmann for a 63-yard score late in the second quarter to keep the Storm within striking distance going into the break, with the Scarlets up 21-13. ...
Most difficult schedule tests Minnetonka girls volleyball
At the three-quarter point of 2024 regular-season girls volleyball, Minnetonka is still hopeful of reaching a winning record.. It will take some doing since the Skippers stood 7-9 through their first 16 matches. But head coach Karl Katzenberger is optimistic. “We have played eight of the top 10 teams in the state so far,” he said after a quick win over Buffalo in a Lake Conference match Sept. 26. The...
Tonka soccer team earns Lake title and No. 1 seed
Minnetonka High’s boys soccer team, the Lake Conference champion for 2024, is also the No. 1 seed for the Section 2AAA playoffs with an overall record of 13-1-1. “In our last 10 games, we’re 9-0-1 with a 33-3 scoring advantage over our opponents,” Minnetonka head coach Mike Rogers said after the section seeding meeting Sunday. Rogers was pleased with the No. 1 seed, which possibly could have gone to Edina, the only team to defeat Tonka this season. ...
Lake boys soccer race was a tight one
Two things were apparent early in the Lake Conference boys soccer season: 1. It would be a tight race between Edina, Minnetonka and Wayzata and 2. The other teams would struggle. In the final standings it was Minnetonka 5-1-0, Edina 4-0-2 and Wayzata 4-1-1. None of the other four teams reached .500 in conference play. Wayzata closed strong with a 2-0 victory Oct. 2 at Hopkins. An early goal by...
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