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Farmington coach leads effort to move high school state softball tourney from North Mankato to University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus
Farmington Tigers softball head coach Paul Harrington is hoping the state high school league will consider moving the high school state softball tournament from its longtime home in North Mankato to the Twin Cities.
South’s Ringeisen named Class AA Coach of the Year
Cougar boys swim team won section championship, finished top-five at state Lakeville South head coach Rick Ringeisen was named boys Class AA Coach of the Year at the Minnesota All-State Swimming and Diving Banquet on April 26, putting a exclamation on arguably South’s best season since North and South separated in 2005. Ringeisen, in sharing the credit, praised this year’s Lakeville South swimmers and divers as one of the best...
St. Paul to add 163 miles of bike lanes over 15 years
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Cyclists can expect to get around St. Paul easier and safer in the coming years. The St. Paul City Council updated its bike plan last week to add 163 miles of protected bike lanes over the next 15 years. The original version of this...
Mega Meet team trophies remain with the Panthers
Lakeville North girls win eight events Lakeville North’s track and field teams ran it back at their annual Mega Meet, winning the boys and girls team championships for the second consecutive year. The Panther girls won their team championship decisively, finishing 92 points ahead of second-place Belle Plaine in the invitational April 27 at the Lakeville North High School stadium. North’s boys held off a push from three other competitors,...
Softball: Ponies top Roseville, Woodbury
ROSEVILLE — A nine-run outburst in the top of the fifth inning shortened the game to five innings as Stillwater cruised to a 14-2 Suburban East Conference softball victory over Roseville on Wednesday, May 1 at Anpetu Teca. It was the second win in a row for the Ponies after getting shut out by White Bear Lake for the second time this season. Stillwater also upended Woodbury 8-2 in a conference game on April 30. ...
Mark Strobel named new head coach at St. Thomas Academy
Strobel replaces Mike Randolph who served three years at the helm. MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn., May 2, 2024 – Saint Thomas Academy announced today that its next head hockey coach will be Mark Strobel, who has coached at the junior and collegiate levels for more than a decade and previously played for the New Jersey Devils’ minor league teams, Team USA, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers and the Hill Murray Pioneers.
Warrior wrap-up (5-3): Rice Lake softball picks up walkoff victory over River Falls
A two-out double set the stage for a walkoff victory for the Rice Lake softball team in its 6-5 victory over River Falls in Rice Lake on Friday. After giving up the tying run in the top of the seventh, the Warriors had their first two batters go down in order as the game looked like it might go to extra innings. That was until Avery Weinstock lined a ball over the left fielder for a two-out double that put the winning run in scoring...
Rain falls – and so does a state record
Apple Valley’s Dwyne Smith Jr. runs historic 400 at Hamline Elite Meet Most of the state high school all-time track and field records have something significant in common: good weather. Warm temperatures and little wind usually translate to peak performances that threaten records. Apple Valley senior Dwyne Smith Jr. didn’t have that going for him when he toed the starting line for the boys 400 meters at the Hamline Elite...
Girls lacrosse: Stillwater remains unbeaten in SEC
COTTAGE GROVE — After sharing the Suburban East Conference title a year ago, Stillwater opened up a 6-2 halftime lead and cruised to an 11-5 girls lacrosse victory over the Wolfpack on Wednesday, May 1 at Park High School. It was the first loss of the season for Park (3-1 SEC, 4-1), which defeated the Ponies 6-5 a year ago to provide the lone conference setback on the way to Stillwater’s 13th league championship in the past 14 seasons. ...
Three captains hungry for a three-peat for St. Paul Academy
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The St Paul Academy boys' tennis team is hoping to hold onto the dynasty they've created, working to three-peat their single-A state championship title.Part of their preparation to make that happen is to play tougher teams in the regular season, like the Eden Prairie Eagles."We really want to try to set the level higher and get some more competition that we didn't get in previous years," said Maik Nguyen, a senior captain of the team.Nguyen leads the team alongside two other co-captains, Leo Benson and Baasit Mahmood. All three hold themselves to a high standard."I think...
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