Eastview, Burnsville meet in Section 3 final Thursday
Girls section championships to be decided this week
Large group of local athletes advance to state this weekend
Defending state champ Eastview favored in Section 3
South girls win Alpine team title; North’s Servais is individual champ
It’s been 10 years since a team from Lakeville wasn’t the top seed in the Section 1AA boys hockey tournament.
Shakopee will be the only South Suburban Conference school competing for a state team wrestling championship next week.
South girls win Alpine team title; North’s Servais is individual champ
Burnsville’s Berg is boys section pursuit champion
Lakeville North High School student Regan Smith, who turns 17 next week, has risen to the top of the world swimming rankings in two events.
Not enough of one required element (snow) and too much of another (cold) have disrupted high school Alpine and Nordic skiing schedules this year, but teams are pushing forward and preparing for section meets next week.
Most of the South Suburban Conference sports events scheduled for Tuesday already have been postponed because of a forecast for extreme cold weather.
Rosemount’s Jackson Erdmann wants one more run at national title with Saint John’s
Despite losing twice last week, Eagan’s girls hockey team is in position to clinch the South Suburban Conference championship this week.
Stillwater, the team that thwarted Lakeville North’s attempt for back-to-back state Class AA gymnastics championships, will go into Saturday’s Panther Invitational at Lakeville North as the favorite.
The holiday break from school wasn’t necessarily a time to relax for high school athletes. Many local teams took part in tournaments last week before resuming school – and conference play – this week.
Lakeville native Ryan Poehling is tearing it up at the IIHF World Junior Championships.
The pros came to town when the Minnesota Vikings moved their training camp to Eagan, but the team didn’t want to trample on the high school sports culture. Instead, it sought a partnership, opening its doors to prep teams.
Dakota County schools represented in Minnesota Football Showcase
Players who starred at South Suburban Conference high schools have helped lead their college football teams deep into the postseason, and now are up for major individual awards.
Blaze win four of first five games, allowing just two goals
If one school wins half of the events in the state swimming and diving finals, it stands to reason that school will be difficult to beat in the team competition.
PI Division soccer title game goes down to the wire
The Lake Conference’s hold on the Class AA girls swimming and diving championship is expected to be tough to break, but Section 3AA champion Eagan will be among the teams that will try this week at the University of Minnesota.
Approximately 60 local high school athletes were expected to sign National Letters of Intent on Wednesday to compete in Division I and Division II college sports.
Rosemount, Farmington, Eastview, Lakeville South sending teams to state
North, South, Rosemount also win 1st-round games
North, Rosemount, Eastview get home games in Class 6A playoffs
Rosemount’s Labatte repeats as boys individual champion
After twice trailing by 12 points, Rosemount came back to defeat Burnsville 26-25 and move a step closer to home-field advantage in the first two rounds of the state Class 6A football playoffs.
Lakeville North left little doubt about its worthiness as a No. 1 playoff seed by routing Prior Lake 38-3 Friday at TCO Stadium in a game between Class 6A football contenders.
Farmington will be the lone South Suburban Conference team in the state Class AA True Team girls swimming and diving meet after the Tigers won the Section 1 championship Saturday in Lakeville.
Upcoming Rosemount-Burnsville game will affect seedings
Rosemount’s boys and Farmington’s girls will defend their team championships in the South Suburban Conference cross country meet Friday afternoon at Eagan High School.
Farmington built a big lead in the first half and then had to hold on for a 41-28 victory over Eagan on Friday in the first high school football game played at TCO Stadium.
Some might have looked at Burnsville’s 17-7 victory at Maple Grove as an upset. But it’s also fair to ask if there are many true upsets possible in Class 6A football.
Sydney Dwyer is making a quick transition from the field to the dugout.
After trailing by 3 at half, soccer team prevails 6-5 in OT
Turnovers plague Rosemount again in loss at Edina
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