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Osseo wrestling was able to have its season-ending banquet on March 11 just a few days before such events were forced to cancel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anthony Iozzo
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Champlin Park softball is one of many teams that lost a promising season before it began.
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Ryan Thom was hired as the new head coach for Champlin Park baseball near the end of September, and he started to get things rolling for 2020.
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Senior Gabby Bodin was named the 2020 Minneapolis Athena Award winner at Osseo High School, and it was a little bit of a surprise to her.
Champlin Park High School graduate Aaron Fulton was named the new head boys hockey coach for Eastview for the 2020-21 season.
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Champlin Park boys swimming showed off in the pool this season with several postseason awards, including six in the Northwest Suburban Conference and 10 in the 5AA section.
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Maple Grove senior Nadia Abid didn’t even know the Minneapolis Athena Award was an award that she could win until this year.
St. Michael student starred for NWC Riverhawks
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Senior 195-pounder Johan Rodvik and seventh-grade 113-pounder Ben Schultz were both selected to the All-Northwest Suburban Conference team this season.
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Champlin Park senior Heather Johnson is the second Rebels’ swimmer to claim the Minneapolis Athena Award in the past three years.
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Champlin Park senior guard Miyah Dubose and junior forward Maya Fitzpatrick were both selected to the All-Northwest Suburban North Conference team this season.
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Maple Grove boys swimming earned eight All-Northwest Suburban Conference selections this season.
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Home school running team is sewing masks, making ear-savers for caregivers
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Osseo boys hockey held a virtual season-ending banquet last week and handed out both the All-Northwest Suburban West Conference and team awards.
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Champlin Park/Coon Rapids girls hockey came into the season with a mostly young group, consisting of seven seniors, eight juniors, 15 sophomores and five freshmen.
Osseo boys basketball took home three All-Northwest Suburban West Conference awards this season.
Sara Parent has received many kinds of team awards and recognition at Rogers High School over the years, including being called the team mom.
Rumors had spread recently among some town team baseball players and fans that the 2020 summer townball season would be canceled. At an April 18 meeting, the Minnesota Baseball Association did not take such an action, however; indeed, the Board expressed the hope that a shortened season coul…
Osseo girls basketball came away with one All-Northwest Suburban West Conference selection and three honorable mentions this season.
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Maple Grove girls basketball dominated the Northwest Suburban North this season to claim the conference title with an 11-1 record.
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The Minnesota American Legion Baseball board decided to suspend the 2020 season until at least May 9 during a virtual meeting on April 11.
On Monday, St. Michael-Albertville Schools participated in the “Be the Light” campaign by turning on the lights at its athletic fields for 20 minutes to honor the class of 2020, which is missing out on its senior sports season, prom and other big events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Champlin Park boys basketball earned three selections to the All-Northwest Suburban North Conference team this season.
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Maple Grove boys hockey earned five All-Northwest Suburban Conference and three honorable mention selections this season.
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Champlin Park LoGators player and manager Matt Marek said he was paying close attention to the COVID-19 pandemic since it was known to just be in China.
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There were five All-Northwest Suburban Conference selections for Maple Grove girls hockey this season.
North Shore Gymnastics Association’s boys team recently competed in the Dusty Ritter BlackJack championship at the Westgate Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Anna LaRose has added a second special honor as a senior athlete at St. Michael-Albertville after being named the school Athena Award winner.
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It was an easier decision to make than what some expected when the Minnesota Athletics Association and the Minnesota State High School decided to cancel the state adapted floor hockey tournament on March 12.
Maple Grove senior Christina Bolcer’s recent participation in the 2020 U.S. Olympic Cross Country Ski Junior National competition was cut short by the COVID-19 Virus.
The spring sports season and teams’ 20-20 visions of winning section or state titles have been halted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The spring sports season is suspended until at least May 4, according to a Minnesota State High School League press release on March 25.
Rockford’s Region 5A Triple A student athletes are Kailey DeWolfe and Everett Brun. The purpose of the Minnesota State High School League program is to recognize and honor seniors who have excelled in the classroom, on the athletic field and in the fine arts. The Region 5A banquet was in Map…
Athletes at Osseo and Maple Grove high schools are disappointed that their spring season has been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak but are hopeful that they will get to compete.
The practice ban has forced the Maple Grove softball team to cancel its annual spring training trip to Cocoa Beach, Florida.
After a hard-luck season in the Lake Conference, the Knights came into Tuesday’s section quarterfinal against Rogers with a fifteen-game losing streak. However, they call the playoffs the “second season” for a reason, and the Knights proved this by snapping that losing streak.
For the first time since 2016, the Lady Knights basketball team qualified for the state tournament with a 70-52 win over Maple Grove. STMA had lost the previous two section final games.
The Minnesota State High School League has issued this statement about state tournaments and activities:
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The Maple Grove boys' basketball team won its fifth straight Section 8 championship with a 54-52 win over Buffalo Thursday, March 12, at Monticello. This is the third straight year the two teams had met in the section final and Maple Grove prevailed in all three. Because of the coronavirus o…
Anoka-Hennepin adapted hockey is sending both its CI and PI teams to the Minnesota State High School League state tournament this weekend at Bloomington Jefferson.
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