Next season, Lauren O’Hara will skate for the University of Minnesota, after making a huge impact with the Cougars over five years. Let’s let Gopher coach Brad Frost explain why he implored the Centennial star to join one of the premier college programs in the country.
Heidi Barber led a siege of three-point shooting in the second half as White Bear Lake defeated Mounds View 77-54 at home Friday evening. Barber, junior forward, scored a career-best 22 points, including six trifectas. The Bears (14-3), who outscored the Mustangs 50-25 in the second half, ma…
The Andover Huskies edged Centennial 95-91 on Thursday evening at the Huskies home pool at Fred Moore Middle School.
Lauren O’Hara pumped in four goals as Centennial/Spring Lake Park defeated Cretin-Derham Hall 6-0 on Thursday evening at home. O’Hara had two power play goals and two even-strength, lifting her season total to 26. Jaycee Chatleain and Reagan Kulencamp also scored for the Cougars (14-4), Grac…
Sydney Brodt first put on ice skates when she was 2 years old, and hasn’t stopped since.
Mahtomedi entered into a pairing agreement for a sport — girls hockey — for the first time in school history this school year. Former Zephyr athletes are now skating with Roseville/Mahtomedi.
White Bear Lake stymied Centennial 55-46 on Friday evening on the Cougars court, improving to 8-1 for the season.
The Stillwater Ponies stymied Mahtomedi 3-1 on Tuesday evening at St. Croix Rec Center, home rink for both teams. Ty Tuccitto, Brody Dustin and Blake Vanek had the goals for Stillwater (6-1). Corey Bohmert scored in the second period for Mahtomedi (5-2), making the score 2-1. Tomas Anderson,…
White Bear Lake fell behind 2-0 but stormed back to defeat Totino-Grace 5-3, with five players scoring a goal each, on Tuesday evening in Brooklyn Park. The Bears are 6-2 and the Eagles 2-3. Ben Box and Tre Peck gave T-G a 2-0 lead in the first period. Aiden Welch and Devin Willett pulled th…
The Mahtomedi Zephyrs defeated the Mounds View Mustabgs 80-66 on Tuesday evening at home, improving to 4-2. Ella Frazier tallied 17 points, Sonya Potthoff 15, Mya Wilson 13, Anna Greene 11, Sophie Peer eight, Emily Muetzel eight and Ella Kletti six. Wilson made her season debut after missing…
Mahtomedi could not contain Stillwater luminary Max Shikenjanski and was knocked from the unbeaten ranks by the Ponies 90-82 on Tuesday evening in Stillwater. Shikenjanski, 6-foot-3 senior, one of the state’s top athletes as a basketball guard and football quarterback, pumped in 47 points. H…
Mahtomedi struck for two long touchdowns in the first quarter of their state semifinal game Friday at U.S. Bank Stadium, revving up excitement in their fans and stoking their hopes for a return to the Prep Bowl.
The Mahtomedi swimmers qualified for state in seven events at Section 4A, including double gold medalist Abigail Wright and all three relay teams.
In a game with more plot twists than a cheap detective novel, the Mahtomedi Zephyrs upset St. Thomas Academy 20-14 in overtime Saturday, largely because there was one constant storyline: they kept giving the ball to Corey Bohmert.
Centennial’s stellar 2022 volleyball season has ended with a pair of state tournament victories and the Cougars took home the consolation championship (fifth place) trophy on Saturday morning.
Mahtomedi’s first-ever state volleyball tournament experience was a bit humbling Wednesday. Grand Rapids scored eight of the first nine points and went on to defeat the Zephyrs 25-15, 25-17, 25-19 at Xcel Energy Center.
The Mahtomedi Zephyrs will try to avenge their lone defeat of the season when they face St. Thomas Academy in the state Class 5A quarterfinals Saturday with a noon kickoff at Woodbury High School.
In their first state tournament appearance in 12 years, the Centennial Cougars played a solid match but ran into a better team and Lakeville North scuttled them in four games at Xcel Energy Center.
Heading into their school’s first-ever state volleyball tournament, Mahtomedi players cited an early-season win over White Bear Lake as a catalyst.
During Centennial’s first volleyball practice of the season, Andi Koslowski said, the Cougars discussed goals and set the state tournament as their main one — which would end a 12-year absence from the big show.
Luke Williams, White Bear Lake junior, placed 25th at the state cross country meet Saturday, earning all-state status. The top 25 are designated all-state.
Led by two all-staters, Linnea Ousdigian and Taylor Isabel, the Mounds View girls cross country team placed third in the state Class 3A meet on Saturday.
The Mounds View boys cross country team placed fifth in the state meet on Saturday and had one all-stater, Elliott McArthur.
Jaycie Helmer will be competing for the title of the Pitch-Hit-and Run Competition at the World Series.
The Mahtomedi volleyball team is top-seeded among seven teams in the Section 4AAA tournament and will have a first-round bye. The Zephyrs (22-5) will join the action Tuesday, Nov. 1, hosting No. 4 Chisago Lakes (8-20) or No. 5 St. Anthony Village (8-16), who’ll play Wednesday. Other pairings…
The Centennial Cougars closed a strong regular season on a high note, defeating the Woodbury Royals 17-14 in Woodbury on Thursday evening. Woodbury was 6-1 coming into the game.
Mounds View defeated White Bear Lake 118 to 65 Tuesday evening in a Suburban East Conference meet at the White Bear Lake YMCA. The Mustangs are 6-2 in dual meets.
White Bear Lake placed fourth of nine teams in the Suburban East Conference meet, led by Luke Williams in third place, on Tuesday.
White Bear Lake posted its second straight shutout to close the regular season, 27-0 over Totino-Grace at home, Wednesday evening, and will take a 6-2 record into the playoffs.
Pinpoint passing by Charlie Brandt helped Mahtomedi win their conference finale over winless South St. Paul 42-6 on Wednesday evening at home.
White Bear Lake entered the Irondale tournament on a six-match losing streak but came alive to defeat five opponents and capture the championship Saturday.
To perk up a stagnant offense, the Centennial Cougars turned to one of their best defensive players late in the game against Minnetonka on Friday evening.
Facing an unbeaten team for the second straight week, the Mahtomedi Zephyrs came out on top this time, shackling the Simley Warriors 38-13 on Friday evening in Inver Grove Heights.
In a game interrupted by two blackouts, the evening otherwise went smoothly for host White Bear Lake in a 23-0 victory over Osseo on Friday evening.
In a rainy Homecoming game, the Mahtomedi Zephyrs stayed unbeaten with a 36-14 conquest of the Tartan Titans on Friday evening.
Sticking to the ground on a wet Friday evening, the White Bear Lake Bears rumbled to a 34-7 win over Eastview in their homecoming game.
Simley scored with 25 seconds left to defeat Mahtomedi 2-1 on Thursday evening. Mahtomedi is 6-4-1 overall and 2-1-1 in conference. Simley is 2-5-1 overall and 2-3 in conference. Angelo Diez scored for Mahtomedi in the first half. With the score 1-1 and time winding down in the game, Zephyrs…
For a minute or so, it looked like White Bear Lake might light up the scoreboard at Mounds View on Friday night. The Bears uncorked a 62-yard touchdown on the second play from scrimmage.
The White Bear Lake boys placed fifth of 16 teams, led by Luke Williams in seventh place, at the Lakeville AppleJack Invitational on Friday.
White Bear Lake lost a dual meet at Roseville Area 101-80 on Thursday evening. Coach Tia Quick said the team had their best performance of the season so far, with the Bears (0-3) winning four events. Emma Masso won the individual medley in 2:41.0 and took second in the butterfly (1:12.65). …
White Bear Lake battled to a 1-1 tie with defending state champion Mounds View at home on Wednesday evening, in the Suburban East Conference opener for both.
The Mahtomedi Zephyrs are 4-0 after turning back White Bear Lake 25-17, 23-25, 25-19, 25-12 at home Tuesday evening. Statistics for the Zephyrs are not available at this posting. For the Bears (1-2), Kyle Gustafson logged 14 kills and four blocks, Blessing Adebisi eight kills and four blocks…
Kaity Wightman has resigned as White Bear Lake softball coach, on the heels of two outstanding seasons by the Bears.
A Shoreview resident will be Team USA’s heavyweight in the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Serbia in September.
Austin Luecke of White Bear Lake recently placed third/fourth in the US Open for the World Axe Throwing League and was seen in a taped showing on ESPN2 this past Sunday.
Along with her powerful swing, rocket arm and light-footed grace, it’s the sparkly hair that opponents sometimes noticed about Jordyn Meyer.
A Centennial baseball team had a memorable evening when the Minnesota Twins sent a delegation to their game at Inner Park in Circle Pines last Thursday.
The White Bear Township baseball team has taken on a different look the last couple years: namely, getting a lot more ex-Bears on the roster.
The Mounds View boys 4x800 relay team that set a state record in May lowered their time by three seconds and placed third in the Nike National meet on June 18 in Eugene, Oregon.
The Mahtomedi Zephyrs pummeled two opponents in the consolation bracket of the state tournament Wednesday to officially place fifth in the Class 3A tournament, finishing 19-6.
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