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Westonka names Yost-Haddorff-Leopold Award winner
Mound Westonka High School is proud to name senior Jack Nelson as the 2024 male recipient of the Yost-Haddorff-Leopold Award. Other nominees for the annual outstanding male athlete award were Brett Bartkowicz, Connor Esposito, Jack Markstrom, Lucas Markstrom, Mikey Oftedahl, Charlie Paul and Carter Reinbold. The award began as the Yost Award in 1953, honoring the late Frank Yost, a local pharmacist and ardent community sports supporter who died in 1952. In 1994, the award became the Yost-Haddorff-Leopold Award to also honor the memories of...
Bottom of the order delivers for Delano in win over Monticello
DELANO – The Delano softball team is a program that prides itself on a deep lineup. That was the case for the Tigers in their matchup with Monticello as they got big production from the bottom of the order in a 12-2 win in five innings over the Magic Monday.
Delano has big showing at WCC East Championships
DELANO — After a big showing at the Section 6AA True Team Meet, the Delano boys and girls track and field teams kept their momentum rolling at the Wright County Conference East Championships Tuesday. As a team, the Delano boys finished in third place with a team score of...
Tigers return to conference play at Oak Ridge Country Club
HOPKINS – After a mini break from conference play, the Delano boys golf team returned to conference action at Oak Ridge Country Club May 9. As a team, Delano finished in a tie for third place along with Hutchinson. They both posted a score of 336. Holy Family secured the top spot once again with a team score of 295 while Southwest Christian took second place with a team score of 314.
Boys place 3rd, girls 7th at WCC West Meet
LITCHFIELD – The DC track team traveled to Litchfield for the Wright County Conference West Championships Tuesday. The boys finished in third place, while the girls finished in seventh place out of eight teams. For the boys, DC had one All-Conference finisher in Mick Gallagher, who won the 300m...
Wayzata-Plymouth Sports Stars of the Week
Cullen Britz The Wayzata High boys lacrosse team holds first place in the Lake Conference standings with a 4-1 record. Cullen Britz scored the winning goal in overtime as the Trojans posted a 10-9 win over Edina. He followed up with two goals and two assists in a 9-8 victory over St. Michael-Albertville and two goals and two assists in an 11-5 victory over Buffalo. LaVie Freeman ...
An ‘emerging activity’ now, but a varsity sport next year
All 10 South Suburban Conference schools have boys volleyball teams High school boys volleyball is racing at full speed in its transition from “emerging activity” to full-fledged varsity sport. The movement, which started in 2018 with 22 schools, now has more than 80 schools on board, many of them from the metro area. More schools will likely sign on by the 2024-25 school year, when boys volleyball becomes a fully...
High fives for Edina girls in softball win at Minnetonka
Between rainy, windy weather and injuries, the Minnetonka High girls fastpitch softball team has not had good luck this spring. But even so, the Skippers are 3-3 in Lake Conference games and hopeful of a better second half of the double-round-robin schedule. There are four senior players in the lineup who have started since their freshman year, but center fielder Izzy Guttenfelder has been out for most of the season...
Maple Grove's Dylan Vokal chooses NDSU
North Dakota State and head coach Tim Polasek have received their fourth commitment of the 2025 recruiting class. Dylan Vokal, a 6-foot-2, 2-star safety from Maple Grove, Minn. announced his commitment to NDSU on Thursday night. Vokal passed up on an FBS offer from Air Force, Army, Ohio as well...
Adapted softball: Hawks, Blazing Cats go for four in a row
State tournament starts Friday at Chanhassen High Two streaks are on the line at this weekend’s state adapted softball tournament. Dakota United, a co-op program that includes Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Eastview, Lakeville North, Lakeville South and Rosemount high schools, has won the last three state championships in the PI Division and hasn’t lost a state tournament game since 2018 (the tournament was not held in 2020 and 2021 because...
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