Any hopes for salvaging part of the high school spring sports season were dashed last Thursday, when the Minnesota State High School League canceled all activities and athletics for the rest of the school year, in response to an an executive order issued by Gov. Tim Walz.
As of April 18, one sport is back in action in Minnesota.
Will Francis, former Centennial athlete who was due to start his college hockey career at Minnesota-Duluth in the fall, was recently diagnosed with leukemia.
Wyatt Newpower recently completed his four-year Division I hockey career with some high notes and honors. Then a searing disappointment. Then a dream realized.
Turning on the football field lights in a tribute to sidelined spring sports is an idea that’s catching on around the nation.
Parker Fox and his Northern State basketball teammates received the same bad news Saturday as thousand of athletes around the country have gotten.
Monte Collins, football and wrestling athlete and choir member, is White Bear Lake’s male Triple-A pick this year for achievement in arts, academics and athletics.
Madison Carroll, gymnastics and soccer athlete and choir member, is White Bear Lake’s female Triple-A pick this year for achievement in arts, academics and athletics.
The worldwide outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) might eventually wreak such havoc in the U.S. that the first blow — having to go without sports for a while — might eventually be seen as just a minor footnote.
Lily Pederson, White Bear Lake eighth-grader, has achieved Junior Elite status in gymnastics, a level currently held by just 22 of her peers in the country.
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It dawned on Ella and Jack Janicki pretty early that the lady who drove them to their games was probably not your typical basketball mom.
The Mahtomedi Zephyrs were on the verge of a first-round elimination at the state hockey tournament when they caught fire Wednesday evening.
Mahtomedi will play in the hockey state tournament for the fourth straight season after turning back conference rival South St. Paul 5-1 in the Section 4A finals Friday evening.
White Bear Lake scored the first two goals but could not hold off its longtime nemesis, Hill-Murray, in their latest duel for a state tournament berth Friday night.
The Mahtomedi Zephyrs earned a shot at their fourth consecutive state trip by battling past Tartan 2-0 in the Section 4A semifinals on Thursday evening.
White Bear Lake blasted the first three goals of the game and held off Stillwater 5-3 in the Section 4AA semifinals Thursday evening, earning a spot in the section finals.
Grace Squires has a signature move on uneven parallel bars that’s served her well all season, but the White Bear Lake sophomore was not able to hit it at the state gymnastics meet Saturday evening.
White Bear Lake turned back Woodbury 4-1 in the first round of Section 4AA on Thursday evening. Billy Rose, Sam Newpower and Triston Johnson scored for the Bears (17-8-1) in first period and Lleyton Roed capped the scoring in the third. Goalie Tyler Steffens made 19 saves, with Luke Danielso…
Centennial junior Audrey Noha competed at the state gymnastics meet Saturday after placing second all-around in Section 7AA the before.
Nick Kastner and Matt Sloan will represent White Bear Lake in the state wrestling tournament after placing first and second their respective weights at Section 4AAA on Saturday in Stillwater.
Mounds View will have four wrestlers in the state tournament, all of whom were runners-up in the Section 4AAA tournament Saturday in Stillwater.
Class A, Class AA, whatever. Makes no difference to Bella Frattalone.
Mahtomedi will have five wrestlers in the state Class 2A tournament after three Zephyrs earned championships and two placed second in Section 4AA on Saturday at South St. Paul.
Sport climbing will be a new event in the Olympics this year, and the American team will include a Shoreview native.
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The Mahtomedi gymnasts, and their senior leaders Bella Frattalone and Kate Ryan, moved up to Class 2A this year, and as the saying goes, they came, they saw, they conquered.
The Mahtomedi gymnasts completed their 12th consecutive unbeaten conference dual meet season defeating Simley 144.65 to 123.125 on Thursday evening at Simley. The Zephyrs were 6-0 in the Metro East.
The White Bear Lake gymnasts won a conference meet over Woodbury 135.8 to 125.55 at home on Thursday evening.
The Mounds View boys placed seventh and the girls eighth among nine teams in the Suburban East Conference on Thursday at Battle Creek Recreation Center in St. Paul.
The White Bear Lake boys placed fifth and the girls placed seventh among nine schools in the Suburban East Conference’s Nordic Ski meet on Thursday.
The Mahtomedi Zephyr gymnasts won their annual Mahtomedi Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 11, scoring 143.55, finishing ahead of teams from Park Center, Simley and St. Anthony Village-Spring Lake Park.
Mahtomedi’s girls Nordic Ski team won a conference meet Thursday at Pine Point Regional Park despite missing some varsity regulars.
Ben Dardis made 56 saves to help Mahtomedi pull out a 3-2 win over Hill-Murray on Saturday at St. Croix Rec Center. Dardis stopped all 18 Pioneer shots in the third period after the Zephyrs tied the score on Nikolai Dulak’s second goal of the game, 21 seconds into the period, and Adam Johnso…
White Bear Lake defeated Woodbury 57-46 on Friday evening at Woodbury, with Ella Janicki netting 15 points, Julia Juelich with 13 and Niveah Hughes with 11. The Bears are 7-8 with five wins in the last seven games. Woodbury is 6-9.
White Bear Lake trailed until the final 21 seconds but pulled out a 68-65 win over Mahtomedi, led by freshman Jack Janicki and junior Will Forsythe, at home Saturday evening.
The Mahtomedi gymnasts placed first in the Minnesota Girls Gymnastics Officials Association meet Saturday at Park Center, their first time grabbing top laurels at this annual meet.
Mahtomedi wrestlers had three champions and placed third among seven teams in the Cambridge Bluejacket Invitational on Saturday as they returned to action after the Christmas break.
White Bear Lake scored the last three goals of the game and beat Forest Lake 5-1 on Saturday evening on the Rangers ice.
White Bear Lake stayed undefeated with a 4-2 win over Park of Cottage Grove at home Saturday. The Bears (8-0-1), now ranked No. 3, outshot the winless Wolfpack 48-18, but Park goalie Conner Nelson made 41 saves. The Bears led by only 3-2 until Sam Newpower scored on a power play with 1:05 le…
The No. 5 ranked Centennial Cougars turned back Champlin Park 61-53 on Friday evening. The Cougars (7-1) were paced by Jodi Anderson with 14 points. Jenna Guyer added 12, Camille Cummings nine, and Hannah Herzig eight. Maye Fitzpatrick netted 10 and Miyah Dubose nine for the Rebels (2-5).
Mahtomedi’s No. 4 ranked hockey team traveled to Hermantown to face the top-ranked squad Saturday and the Hawks showed why they are No. 1. Hermantown drilled four goals in the first period and defeated the Zephyrs 9-2. The Zepyhys got on the board in the third period with goals by Nikolai Du…
The Mahtomedi Zephyrs gave undefeated Tartan a battle on Friday evening, losing 51-48 at home. Cal Greene tallied 15 for the Zephyrs (3-3). Cole Chapman added nine points and Luke Ricker eight. Leading Tartan (6-0) were Langston Binns with 13 points and Dorian Singer with 12.
Mounds View boys basketball, coming off three seasons with a combined record of 25-57, heads into the Christmas break unbeaten.
Six players scored for Mahtomedi as the Zephyrs cruised to a 6-0 win at Northfield on Thursday evening. The goals were scored by Ryan Berglund (power play), Nikolai Dulak, Ethan Peterson, Max Pieper (power play), Dylan Duckson, and Adam Johnson in that order. Peterson and Berglund also made …
White Bear Lake capped a great week of girls basketball by handing Mahtomedi its first loss 72-65 at home Thursday evening.
Kate Ryan won all four events as the Mahtomedi gymnasts defeated Tartan 141.175 to 116.675 at home Thursday evening, improving to 3-0.
Mahtomedi gymnasts are 2-0 after outscoring North St. Paul 143.075 to 107.050 at home Wednesday evening. Bella Frattalone scored 38.325 all-around, Kate Ryan 35.825 and Savannah Huber 34.175. Frattalone won vault (9.625), bars (9.65), beam (9.475) and floor (9.575). Ryan was second on vault …
The Mahtomedi Zephyrs thrived on their usual scoring balance as they stayed unbeaten with a 62-54 with over a solid Fridley team on their court Friday evening. Zoie Centers notched 14 points, Julia Salmen 11, Greta Schimnowski 10, Saley Underwood 8, Ella Hronski 7, Anna Raney 7, and Zoey Was…
White Bear Lake (2-6) gave a much taller East Ridge (5-2) squad a good battle at home and fell short 37-30 Friday evening. With 6-4 Britt Carlson and 6-1 Kate Burns anchoring the Raptor defense, most of the Bears shots were three-point attempts or layups on fast breaks. The Bears shot 6-for-…
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