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Warm day, strenuous trails greet Birkie Trail Run Festival runners, trekkers
A total of 902 runners and trekkers participated in the Birkie’s Icebug Trail Run Festival on a warm and sunny Saturday Sept. 28 at the Birkebeiner start line and Mt. Telemark Village trails. Distances ranged from 5 kilometers to the 26.1-mile marathon on the hilly course. Elite runners from across the country raced in the USATF Mountain Ultra Marathon Trail Championship. Top finishers in each event were: ...
Big Ten Media Days: Everything Ben Johnson Said at the Big Ten Roundtable
Today Minnesota Head Coach Ben Johnson is at Big Ten Media Days and he spoke in a roundtable discussion with fellow Big Ten coaches. Here is everything Johnson had to say. Media: Ben, we got to watch your team take some serious steps last year. I know for you and your staff it was probably really enjoyable to be able to watch a year where you didn't have to battle through so many injuries and key guys were actually able to play the minutes that you wanted them to play. How do you assess the growth that you saw from your team last season?
Tough schedule tests Tonka girls volleyball
At the halfway point of the 2024 girls volleyball season, Minnetonka is still hopeful of reaching the annual goal of 20 wins. It will take some doing since the Skippers stood 6-8 through their first 14 matches. But head coach Karl Katzenberger is still 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...
Edina girls top Tonka for aquatics title
As usual, the Lake Conference girls aquatics title came down to a dual meet between Edina and Minnetonka. On Sept. 24, Edina took the title by winning 100-86. The meet went down to the last race of the day, the 400-yard freestyle relay. Edina took first place and added a third place to wrap up the victory. The meet began with an Edina victory in the 200-yard medley relay. Bobbi...
White Hawks head to Glencoe for invite
The Mound Westonka White Hawks traveled to Glencoe on Sept. 19 for the Caty Delwiche Invitational. The meet is held in honor of Caty, a cross country runner from Glencoe that was hit by a drunk driver as she was running near her college campus as a freshman in 2007. She had just come off a stellar high school career and the running community was shocked by this tragedy. Her parents and family hand out the awards at the meet and her spirit is still very much alive in Glencoe and in the entire running community as a whole. ...
Edina volleyball rises to .500 with 10-10 mark
With a pair of wins last week, the Edina High girls volleyball team reached the .500 mark with a 10-10 record. In the longest match of the season so far, the Hornets needed five games to defeat Benilde-St. Margaret’s Sept. 24 at Edina High Activity Center. Scores of the match were 27-25, 21-25, 12-25, 29-27, 15-10. The outlook was bleak after the third set, but Edina reached deep to pass well and lock down defensively in sets 4 and 5. ...
Soccer: Hopkins girls soccer doubles win total
Hopkins High’s girls soccer team entered last week with a 2-8-0 overall record, then suddenly improved to 4-9-0 with two victories. Coach Sara Rosenblum’s Royals won 1-0 at St. Louis Park Sept. 24 before losing to Edina 6-0 in a home match Sept. 26. The week concluded with Hopkins winning 1-0 over Mankato West Sept. 28 at Hopkins. In both of the wins senior goalkeeper Claire Pullen was a standout...
Lakeville teams win SSC swim duals
Unbeaten South faces Prior Lake this week Lakeville South remained undefeated in South Suburban Conference girls swimming and diving, defeating Burnsville on Sept. 26 for the Cougars’ fifth dual meet victory of the season. South jumped in front by coming in first and third in the 200-yard medley relay. The first-place team consisted of seventh-grader Kate Rivers, junior Karly Trewin and ninth-graders Lily Wilkinson and Madi Parent. The third-place team...
Soccer: South girls building for another playoff run
Eagan boys clinch SSC championship The high school soccer playoffs begin next week, and that’s when Lakeville South girls teams tend to thrive. The Cougars have eight state soccer tournament appearances since 2005, the program’s first season. Could this year be No. 9? It looks like it would be a mistake to doubt them. Lakeville...
Golfing for Good: Northwest Tonka Lions tee up for annual community golf event
On Oct. 4, the Northwest Tonka Lions Club will host their fourth annual community golf event at Timber Creek Golf Course in Watertown, bringing together golfers for a day of fun and fundraising. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Mound Fire Department Relief Association and other local community organizations. “We want this event to provide a meaningful opportunity for people to engage with their community,” said Jeff Flattum, one of the event co-chairs. “Many residents may not be aware of the various non-profits...
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