Month: June 2018

Riley Swenson rounded the bases, the Chaska dugout exploding in excitement, that word “belief” was in the air at Athletic Park for the eighth seeded Hawks versus top-ranked Edina June 4.

A four-stroke lead through 18 holes, two-time defending Section 2AAA champion Chanhassen was in a dogfight with Minnetonka for title No. 3.

With top-ranked Chaska in the Section 2AAA boys golf field, a top-five team in Minnetonka, the underdog was Wright County Conference champion Waconia.

A lead so safe, the boys golf team from Holy Family Catholic just had to play like it did over the first 18 holes of the Section 5AA Tournament.

Owen Boerema struck out five of the seven Holy Family Catholic batters faced in a second round playoff game. Then the lightning and rain came.

No one remembers the exact date, but the first track practice on an actual track surface for Southwest Christian didn’t happen until around the midway point of the season.

One relay through to state, two narrow misses cast a shadow of disappointment for at least two runners for the Holy Family Catholic girls track and field team at the Section 2A Meet June 2 in Mankato.

Updated at 1:47 p.m. June 4.  

On the weekend of May 26, Chaska High School joined 351 of the top high school quiz bowl teams in Atlanta, Georgia, for the 2018 High School National Championship Tournament.

Katie Boller Gosewisch has been selected to be the first executive director of WeCAB. Gosewisch began her position on May 18.

Carver County is ranked as the “Happiest Place in America” according to a recent study.

Just in time for summer, visitors have a new way to explore the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge — from their phones.

The Ridgeview Foundation recently announced the 2018 recipients of its annual health care scholarships.

Twenty-three area students performed in the Minnesota Music Teachers Association’s 83rd annual State Honors Concert. The concert was held in the Auditorium of the Minneapolis Convention Center on May 19.

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Isaiah C. Nault has received an Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship to attend the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Judea Montoya never saw herself as a sprinter. She certainly did not see herself as someone who would be running for a spot in the Class AA State Track and Field Meet when she did eventually join the Chaska girls team.

Chaska’s recipe for success in the Section 2-4A baseball tournament thus far has been score early, get outstanding pitching the rest of the way.

The semifinals are set.

Minnetonka and Eden Prairie, once again.