Mounds View baseball enjoyed a grand final day of the season Saturday, picking up two victories and the consolation championship at the state tournament.
White Bear Yacht Club hosted three high school clubs teams this spring, all of whom concluded their season with good showings in their state meet May 25-26 on Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun).
Maddie Simon, Mahtomedi sophomore golfer, placed 15th at the state Class 3A meet. Simon shot 37-40-77 on Tuesday and 40-42-82 on Wednesday for a 157 total, 13 over par, at Bunker Hills. Simon, who won her section championship, moved up 66 places from last year, when she shot 197 at state as …
White Bear Lake boys golf had four players — Jake Paulson, Lleyton Roed, Joe Frattalone and Camden O’Malley — in the state Class 3A meet Tuesday and Wednesday at Bunker Hills.
The Centennial Cougars took a 15-game win streak into the state lacrosse tournament Tuesday and scored the first two goals of their state opener.
Mahtomedi took an 8-6 lead into the fourth quarter at the state lacrosse tournament Tuesday but could not hang on.
Josh Sampson closed his glittering track-and-field career at Mounds View with two gold medals in hurdles and a silver in a relay on Saturday.
After earning section titles two straight years, and four of the last five, the Mahtomedi Zephyrs were a bit miffed when they saw this year’s section seedings.
The Centennial Cougars advanced to the Section 7 boys lacrosse championship with a 13-7 win over Andover in the semifinals at home Monday evening. The Cougars (14-1), defending section champions, will host Blaine (12-3) starting 5 p.m. Blaine beat Duluth 14-6 in the other semifinal. Centenni…
The Mahtomedi girls track team captured the Metro East Conference championship, led by senior standout Kylie Krawczyk, on Tuesday and Thursday, May 22 and 24.
How was your weekend? Leif Sundberg, former Mahtomedi athlete, spent this past weekend competing on NBC’s “American Ninja” program, for the third time.
A seventh-inning rally by White Bear Lake fell just short and the Bears lost to Mounds View 3-2 Friday, despite two pitchers combining for a four-hitter, on the Mustangs field Friday.
Mahtomedi girls placed sixth of nine teams in the Section 5AAA track true team meet on Tuesday at Cambridge-Isanti, won by White Bear Lake.
The Centennial boys and girls track teams each placed seventh of nine teams in Section 5AAA true-team Tuesday at Cambridge-Isanti, won by the Blaine boys and White Bear Lake girls.
White Bear Lake boys track dominated its annual Ron Sass Invitational on Friday, winning 14 of the 19 events.
The Alex household of Arden Hill is a major source of talent for the vibrant Mounds View tennis program. The Alex brothers are not only plentiful, they also come to the Mustangs finely-trained -- by their mom.
Mounds View athletes captured three first-places in state’s most exclusive regular-season track meet Friday evening.
White Bear Lake senior Erika Townley was a double winner at the most exclusive regular-season track meet in the state Friday evening.
Mahtomedi tennis won a match for the fifth straight day Friday, 7-0 over North St. Paul at home, and their busy week isn’t over yet. The Zephyrs (7-0) will face Elk River and Hopkins indoors Saturday at 98th Street Lifetime Fitness in Bloomington, a recent addition to the schedule. Against N…
White Bear Lake tennis swept the doubles matches on the way to a 5-2 win over Como Park at home Thursday. The Bears have a 4-2 record.
Near Rachel Drake’s residence in Portland, Oregon, is a stretch of wooded trails irresistible to this lifelong runner.
There aren’t a lot of stats in curling, but White Bear Lake’s first-year club team has one the coaches found very gratifying — 24-for-24.
“Assist” is a key statistic in hockey. While coaching the White Bear Lake girls, Jerry Kwapick always got huge assists from his wife, three daughters, and sons-in-law.
White Bear Lake softball picked up its first win, 9-3 over Mounds View, at home Tuesday. The Bears lost their first three games to East Ridge 14-0, Hill-Murray 6-2 and Stillwater 8-7.
Leave it to Minnesotans to take a summer toy like a kite and turn it into a winter sport.
It was Mahtomedi’s first state tournament game since 1961, and Princeton’s first since 1932, and the school that had waited the longest came away with the victory.
Mahtomedi will play in the Section 4A championship game for the third straight year after defeating Columbia Heights 78-59 in the semifinals Monday evening.
The Centennial Cougars are seeded No. 4 in the state girls basketball tournament and will a familiar conference rival the first round on Wednesday.
The 11th Mahtomedi hockey team to play in the state tournament appeared to have the best chance to reach the championship game.
White Bear Lake’s first state hockey tournament game since 2011 was played Thursday morning against a Blaine Bengals squad reputed to be an offensive juggernaut.
Mahtomedi entered the state Class A hockey tournament as the No. 1 seed and certainly looked the part in the quarterfinals Wednesday evening.
The word “hump” has an H and an M in it, significant for White Bear Lake hockey, because Hill-Murray has been a huge hump for the Bears over the years.
The season in which Mahtomedi celebrates its 65th year of hockey will end up in the state tournament for the 11th time.
White Bear Lake will play in the Section 4AA finals after pummeling Woodbury 6-0 in the semifinals Tuesday evening at Aldrich Arena.
Bella Frattalone, a club-trained gymnast who joined the Mahtomedi Zephyrs this year to compete in a school spirit environment, has brought that school team some glory right away.
The local adult synchronized skating team “Leather & Laces” performed in a music video recently and is currently prepping for its fifth trip to the U.S Synchronized Skating Championships.
Mahtomedi High School has a vibrant athletic tradition with state championships in eight different sports and state qualifiers in almost every one.
In the sport of hockey, it’s possible to beat a team that’s skating circles around yours — if your goalie happens to be a puck-eating Godzilla.
The Centennial Cougars advanced to the Section 5AA girls hockey finals with a 2-1 win over Rogers in the semifinals on Tuesday evening.
The White Bear Lake gymnasts (3-4) defeated Park of Cottage Grove 135.65 to 134.275 at home Thursday, led by freshman Delaney Gunderson.
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