Fall seasons for football and volleyball were approved by the Minnesota State High School League Monday morning as the board of directors reversed an Aug. 4 decision to have a spring season for both.
Fall seasons for football and volleyball were approved by the Minnesota State High School League Monday morning as the board of directors reversed an Aug. 4 decision to have a spring season for both.
White Bear Lake boys and girls each won a cross country dual over Park of Cottage Grove on Saturday.
White Bear Lake battled to a 1-1 tie with Cretin-Derham Hall on Thursday evening in the boys soccer opener as the Bear teams enjoyed their first athletic competitions since early March.
White Bear Lake and Mahtomedi will resume high school athletic competitions this week for the first time since early March.
Four Mahtomedi water skiing siblings competed at nationals last week in Louisiana and one of them emerged as a national champion.
Six members of Mahtomedi’s 2018 state champion baseball team are still teammates. They’ve been suiting up with the Metro Knights this summer.
Ella Hronski’s family tree is filled with college athletes, and the Mahtomedi senior-to-be will add her name to that group next year.
Two pitchers from Mahtomedi were moving up the professional ranks last summer but are sitting out the 2020 season. The entire minor league system was shut down due to the pandemic.
Area lakes were not stocked with fish by Department of Natural Resources this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but they have plenty of fish, said a DNR official contacted by the Press.
It’s possible that some, but not all, fall high school sports will be offered this fall, according to comments offered during a Minnesota State High School League discussion Thursday.
Pulling a muskie out of the water is one of the most daunting and exciting moments for a fresh-water fisherman.
Summer programming for White Bear Lake high school sports programs will start Monday, June 15, under guidelines for COVID-19, said Brian Peloquin, activities director.
Here are some tips to practice putting by focusing on process, not making the putt. Do this standing perpendicular to a full length mirror. Do it first without a club, putting your palms together.
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.
Kayla Anderson is this year’s recipient of the Athena Award as outstanding senior girl athlete, announced Brian Peloquin, activities director. Anderson was an all-state soccer player and the school’s all-time leader with 66 goals. She was a four-year letter winner and captain in both soccer …
Margaret Ludick was pinching herself in late February. She was in Atlanta with all the country’s top marathoners, the culmination of a six-year quest to run in the U.S. Olympic Trials.
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.
Ryan Millington was Mahtomedi’s pick this year for the Triple A Award, a Minnesota State High School League program to honor achievement in athletics, arts and academics.
Two years ago, when recreation soccer for ages U9-U10 was cut by White Bear Recreation and the White Bear Soccer Club (WBSC), a few affected families got together to mull what to do.
It was deja vu for the Bears, generating another fun, furious ending to a football game, only to be foiled in the final seconds.
Mahtomedi’s fourth-quarter rally fell short and the Zephyrs lost their regular-season finale to Simley 23-21 on Wednesday evening.
White Bear Lake’s Max Nelson sped to the individual championship in the strongest cross country conference in the state Tuesday while leading his team to second place.
The White Bear Lake girls were runners-up in the Suburban East Conference cross country meet, led by Maddie Verkerke in third place, on Tuesday.
Nobody wants a football game to be decided by an official’s call. Especially if the call goes against your team.
The Mahtomedi Zephyrs capped homecoming week with a 28-14 football victory over winless North St. Paul on Friday evening, getting a kick return touchdown along with three on short runs.
White Bear Lake has a 6-3 record after turning back Minneapolis South 25-21, 25-19, 26-24 at home on Tuesday evening. Senior setter Savannah Shea sparked the offense with 31 assists. Knocking down kills were Maddie Andacht, Samantha Steffens, Autumn Grisim and Kendra Gustafson. Seffens led …
Micah Anderson delivered the lone goal in overtime, rewarding a stout defensive effort by White Bear Lake, as the Bears edged Park of Cottage Grove 1-0 at home Tuesday evening.
The White Bear Lake girls cruised 7-0 over Park of Cottage Grove at home Tuesday evening. The Wolfpack had a 3-1-1 record coming into the game. Kayla Anderson notched two goals for the Bears (4-2-1) while Bella Heckman, Jasmin Blair, Charlie Adam, Abby Fettinger, and Anna Racine had one each…
Thunder and then lightning was unleashed by the White Bear Lake Bears, on an otherwise pleasant Thursday evening, in the football opener.
A year ago this week, White Bear Lake football snapped a two-year losing streak, rallying to beat Centennial 28-27 in the 2018 opener.
The 34th annual Pine Tree Apple Tennis Championships were held last weekend, featuring the usual strong field of mixed doubles teams, at Lifetime Fitness in White Bear Lake.
Clare Kazmierczak is accustomed to high finishes in road races of all distances. But finishing first in a group of several hundred runners recently was pretty special.
Heading up the White Bear Sailing School as college-age kids sounds like a monumental task, but Kate Cox and Genna Viggiano aren't unfamiliar with the territory they're commanding.
Colin Hagstrom, Mahtomedi lacrosse face-off specialist, has committed to the University of Maryland, one of the nation's top college programs.
The White Bear Lake 16U Bears won a tournament in St. Cloud on Saturday and Sunday, going 4-0.
Dellwood Country Club’s course record was tied last week by a surprise visitor.
Trent Schoeberl attract tons of positive attention as a high school pitcher despite playing on a White Bear Lake team that did not win much.
Seeking to coordinate tennis activities and promote the sport in White Bear Lake, Alan Haskins has created a website and will host an event called Tennis Day on July 20.
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.
Mahtomedi took an 8-6 lead into the fourth quarter at the state lacrosse tournament Tuesday but could not hang on.
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.
Elsa (Shorey) Bruestle, who played for the White Bear Lake hockey team from 2006-10, is now the Bears head coach.
How was your weekend? Leif Sundberg, former Mahtomedi athlete, spent this past weekend competing on NBC’s “American Ninja” program, for the third time.
White Bear Lake boys track placed third in the Section 4AAA true-team meet on Tuesday.
White Bear Lake boys track dominated its annual Ron Sass Invitational on Friday, winning 14 of the 19 events.
Near Rachel Drake’s residence in Portland, Oregon, is a stretch of wooded trails irresistible to this lifelong runner.
Mike Patterson, a 75-year-old retiree wintering in Florida, has two good reasons to follow the state basketball tournament back in Minnesota.
Bradley Wohlers always dreaded winter. It meant golf season was over.
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