With six weeks gone in Minnesota’s high school football season, only two teams remain unbeaten in Class 6A, Maple Grove and Lakeville North, both 6-0. And only three teams are 5-1 at this point - Buffalo, Minnetonka and Shakopee. There is no guarantee that any of the five teams listed above will make it to the Prep Bowl Thanksgiving week. With 32 teams in Class 6A football, there are 12...

Now that the Lake Conference girls soccer race is over the Wayzata Trojans can concentrate on the Section 6AAA Tournament. Wayzata finished Lake play 4-1-1 and trailed only the champion, Edina, which posted a 5-0-1 mark. The marks against the Trojans were a loss to Edina and a tie with Minnetonka. A 5-0 win over Hopkins in the Lake finale Oct. 2 at Hopkins High Stadium was a good warmup...

With the Minnesota high school soccer playoffs underway this week, every team in the state dreams of making a trip to U.S. Bank Stadium for the state tournament. Wayzata’s girls are among the favorites to play in the State Class AAA Tournament after finishing the regular season 14-1-1. Although the Trojans didn’t win the Lake Conference title, they have more victories this season than the Lake Conference champion Edina Hornets. ...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

With the high school football regular season coming to a close, Hopkins (3-3) and Wayzata (2-4) both hope to be trending upward this week. Their 7 p.m. meeting Thursday, Oct. 10, at Wayzata High Stadium has a big impact for seeding in the state Class 6A playoffs. A victory would guarantee Hopkins it’s first .500 regular season since 2020. A victory by the home team would give the Trojans a chance for a .500 regular season. ...

Armstrong boys soccer began last week with a thrilling 5-4 win over Blaine at home on Sept. 30, achieved through a wild second half with goals from Moses Kamara and Joey Jacobson. The visiting Bengals caused trouble early, earning a number of set pieces in the first 10 minutes. Another set piece, a corner kick in the 11th minute, gave Blaine its first goal off an Olimpico goal for Samuele Sporneac, who scored three of the team’s goals. ...

Armstrong girls volleyball hosted Park Center last week amid a busy week for both teams in Northwest Suburban B action. Pirates at Falcons Armstrong volleyball added a strong 3-0 win to their season Sept. 30, hosting Park Center in a conference clash. It was Armstrong’s second Northwest Suburban B Conference win of the season. Set...

St. Louis Park wrapped up the home portion of the football schedule with a 24-21 win over Tartan on Friday. The Orioles (3-3) won consecutive games for the first time this season heading into a busy final stretch of the regular season with games at Cretin-Derham Hall and Chanhassen in six days, Oct. 10 and 16, respectively. After a 35-21 win at Jefferson on Sept. 27, Park returned home to...

Armstrong football extended its perfect record to 6-0 on Oct. 4 with a 42-6 win at Hastings. The win was framed with another monumental performance for Kevon Johnson, who scored four touchdowns and ran for 219 yards from 18 attempts. The senior ended Friday the number one running back in Minnesota on rushing yards (1180) and rushing touchdowns (19). Hastings entered last week with 3-2 record, having lost its first...

St. Louis Park boys soccer went undefeated (6-0-1) to capture the Metro West Conference title after a pair of runner-ups (2021-22) and third place in 2020. The Orioles (8-4-2) wrapped up the regular season at home with a 2-2 draw against Section 6AAA foe Minneapolis Washburn. Regardless of the result, the Millers (11-0-3) head into section play as the No. 1 while Park received the No. 4 seed for sections...

Seven candidates have stepped forward to fill three seats up for election on the seven-person board for Robbinsdale Area Schools. Those seats are at-large positions currently held by Greta Evans-Becker, Helen Bassett and John Vento. Evans-Becker and Bassett have filed for reelection. Deborah Campion, Barbara Breher, Aviva Hillenbrand, Aileen White and Kenneth Wutoh filed as well. The Sun Post reached out to the seven candidates for some information to share...

St. Michael-Albertville, the most improved team in Lake Conference girls aquatics this season, won 105-73 in a dual meet against Hopkins. The Knights started fast with a 1-2 finish in the 200-yard medley relay. First place went to the team of Renee Meehan, Hailey Riley, Emma Durenberger and Addie Thompson-Klimpke with a time of 2:00.62. Hopkins had a third-place finish with Avery Bulman, Emma Lundequam, Julie Sandok and Clara Kozlowicz. ...

One of the toughest sections in Minnesota high school girls soccer is 2AAA, where Edina and Minnetonka have ruled for the past decade. Edina, the Lake Conference champion for 2024, is favored this year after winning state last season. However, the Minnetonka Skippers aren’t conceding anything to the Hornets. Actually, Minnetonka - with an overall record of 8-5-2 - has almost as many wins Edina this season. The Hornets stood 9-1-5 going into this week’s action. ...

Edina High’s boys soccer team won the last game of the Lake Conference season 2-1 over Eden Prairie Oct. 1 at Kuhlman Field, but the Hornets left the pitch not knowing if they had earned a share of the league title. “It depends how they count the points,” Edina head coach Dave Jenson said. The scenario shapes up this way: Edina finished conference play 4-0-2 and Minnetonka would up 5-1-0....

Minnetonka High’s girls tennis team dominated in a Section 2AA quarterfinal match with a 7-0 victory over the Chanhassen Storm Oct. 3 on the Minnetonka courts. It was a beautiful day for tennis with a light breeze and partly-cloudy skies. Captain Ella Roberts put Minnetonka on the right path with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Kegan Van Asten at first singles. The same time that match was ending, Minnetonka’s first...

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...