Runners-up in the state. That’s Mahtomedi’s hard-earned football status after the Zephyrs ran into a top-ranked Mankato West team that was as good as advertised in the Class 5A finals.
Mankato West, unbeaten, top-ranked, and very difficult to score against, will be Mahtomedi’s opponent in the Prep Bowl on Saturday.
Kathryn Woelfel, Centennial freshman diver, placed eighth in the state Class AA meet held Thursday and Saturday evening at the University of Minnesota.
The Mahtomedi Zephyrs had in five events, and all five scored points by placing in the top 16, in the state Class A swimming meet Thursday and Saturday at the University of Minnesota.
Mounds View’s Darah Ostrom and Alana Schmitzer each scored points in the state Class AA swimming meet that concluded Saturday evening.
Facing a team that had just lost its star quarterback, the Mahtomedi Zephyrs cruised into the Prep Bowl with a 33-7 conquest of Robbinsdale Cooper in the semifinals Friday.
Jordan Hull dashed 72 yards for a touchdown on Mahtomedi’s first series Saturday and the rout was on.
The Mahtomedi girls are not to be denied when they play in state championship games — not even when facing a team that pummeled them 7-0 earlier in the season.
The final hurdle between Mounds View and a state soccer championship was an unlikely one. The Mustangs faced a Rosemount team that ended the regular season 4-6-3, then turned into a giant-killer.
The Mahtomedi Zephyrs cruised into the state tournament with a 44-6 rout of the Tartan Titans in the Section 4, Class 5A tournament at home Friday evening.
A corner kick that homed its way into the net turned out to be the difference as Mahtomedi nipped Holy Angels 2-1 in the Class AA girls soccer semifinals Thursday at US Bank Stadium.
The Mounds View Mustangs had the worst possible draw for their first state girls soccer tournament since 2015. Their opponent was undefeated, No. 1 ranked Edina.
After one hundred scoreless minutes, Centennial’s first-round state tournament duel with Wayzata went to a shootout Tuesday night.
White Bear Lake was buoyed by a kickoff return for a touchdown, and a defensive touchdown after a safety stole the ball, against Osseo on Friday night.
Rumbling for 436 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground, the Mahtomedi Zephyrs got back in the win column with a 49-21 rout of Simley at home on Friday evening.
The Minnetonka Skippers tumbled Centennial 31-7 on Friday night at home, ending Centennial’s four-game win streak that included wins over two top-five teams. Minnetonka is 6-1 and Centennial 4-3.
Undefeated, No. 4 ranked Stillwater overpowered Mounds View 49-13 on Friday evening in Mounds View.
A pair or Mahtomedi gymnastics luminaries, Debbie Driscoll and Mindy Myhre, will enter the Minnesota State High School League Hall of Fame together, in a group of 12 inductees, the organization announced in a press release last week.
Owen Harrod set his sails toward a specific goal as a ninth grader, and trained his body and mind resolutely ever since.
Joel Reichow of White Bear Lake placed sixth in the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, among 3,192 runners who completed the 26.2 mile race.
No. 5 ranked Maple Grove handed No. 2 Centennial its first loss 2-1 in a due for the Northwest Suburban Conference lead on Tuesday evening at Cougar Field.
Two decades have passed since Jamie Ogden retired from professional baseball with a back problem, and he has scarcely swung a bat since.
Grant resident Summer Schmit, Team USA swimmer who competed in the Paralympics in Tokyo, reached the finals in three of her five events there.
Mahtomedi rallied from a 20-7 deficit to defeat Cretin-Derham Hall 23-20 at home Friday evening, capped by a safety in the fourth quarter.
With two electrifying defensive touchdowns, the Centennial Cougars were on the verge of a huge upset Friday night.
A dominating defensive performance by White Bear Lake and four touchdowns from Anthony Lewis-Royal lifted the Bears to a 27-0 win at Roseville Area on Thursday evening.
Evelyn Duvall, White Bear Lake water skier competing in her 27th national meet, earned a third-place finish, adding to her state hall of fame credentials.
Pool is the family sport in the Meyman household in Shoreview, and their only child has taken it and run with it.
Lara Dallman-Weiss had a great time. She definitely wants to try it again.
Lara Dallman-Weiss, the Olympic Games sailor with local roots, and her partner Nikki Barnes, were holding ninth place in the two-person dinghy competition in Tokyo as this edition of Shoreview Press went to press.
When Justin Gominsky’s pro baseball career flamed out due to an injury seven years ago, the former Mahtomedi Zephyrs and Minnesota Gophers star boldly found a way to remain in the game.
An action photo of Kyra Condie appears in Sports Illustrated’s July 19 issue, on pages 44 and 45, as part of the magazine’s Olympic Games preview.
Dan Ferlic of Birchwood will be glued to the TV set July 29 for an event in the Olympics. So will his son Mike and three daughters, all former White Bear Mariner athletes.
Led by Adler Siebenaler, the White Bear Lake Area High School Trap and Skeet Team made a good showing at a national meet recently.
Alexis Pratt closed out a prodigious career as a Stillwater High School athlete at the state track meet on Saturday, June 19.
White Bear Lake graduate Maggie (Meyer) Fergusson was recently named to the University of Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame for her achievements in swimming.
Tony Neubeck got the team Most Valuable Player award for the state champion Mahtomedi Zephyrs baseball team and was one of five all-conference picks.
Melissa Gacek was the leading White Bear Lake area runner at Grandma’s Marathon June 19.
With none of the drama normally associated with state championship games, the Mahtomedi Zephyrs wrapped up the Class AAA baseball title with a 20-3 conquest of Grand Rapids on Friday afternoon at Target Center.
Ethan Loss has the green light on the base paths for the Mahtomedi baseball team. Indeed, the word “stop” doesn’t appear to be in his vocabulary.
Centennial sprinters Landen Liu and Emily Anderson, and high-jumper Alyssa Draheim, all qualified for state at the Section 5AA meet Saturday at Mounds View.
White Bear Lake nabbed three gold medals at the Section 4AA track meet and will have entrants in four events at the state meet.
Long before he became White Bear Lake’s greatest wrestler, Donny Longendyke started dreaming about someday wearing the red, white and blue of Team USA.
Scoring steadily in 17 of 18 events, the Mounds View boys track team captured the Suburban East Conference championship last week.
The Mahtomedi Zephyrs are headed for the state tennis tournament after climbing out of a deep hole to topple Mounds View 4-3 for the Section 4AA championship on Friday, May 28.
Mary and Dave Hentges of Shoreview received a couple exciting phone calls recently from their son Sam, who has a pretty cool job in Cleveland.
Dellwood Country Club members and staff will have someone in particular to root for when the PGA tournament takes place later this month.
White Bear Lake remained unbeaten in conference with a 10-5 win over Forest Lake, one of the Suburban East’s traditional powers, there Monday evening.
Undefeated White Bear Lake needed just four innings to post an 16-1 win over Irondale on Friday in New Brighton. The Bears (6-0) scored six runs in the third inning and 10 in the fourth. Chloe Barber pitched three scoreless innings (one hit, three strikeouts) and belted a three-run homer. Jo…
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