After a regular season filled with injuries and rescheduling, the Chaska softball team is beginning to find its stride at the right time.
Head coach Craig Baumann has high expectations for anyone who plays for the Chaska baseball team.
Chaska has named Anita Woodrow, Chanhassen girls cross country and track and field coach, as its new athletic director.
The season is winding down for many spring sports, and area teams competed in the Metro West conference championships May 23, with multiple championships and All-Conference players.
Chaska girls golf coach Pam Schmillen will be inducted into the Minnesota Golf coaches association Hall of Fame.
The Chaska-Chanhassen rivalry was alive and well and various spring sports May 16-20, as the Hawks and Storm competed against each other in baseball, softball, lacrosse and boys tennis last week.
The Chanhassen tennis team is midway through postseason play, with the individual portion of the section 2 tournament beginning May 27.
Madi Hicks’ main focus for her final season playing for the Chanhassen girls golf team was to have fun playing golf.
Chaska senior Sammy Youngquist eats and breathes golf.
Golf is routinely an individual game, but junior Josh Esterley has worked on building a strong team atmosphere within the Chaska boys’ golf program.
Boys volleyball’s bid to become a sport sanctioned by the Minnesota State High School League will have to wait at least another year.
Chanhassen softball has been a program made up of a balance between focus on the field and entertainment in the dugout.
Town baseball is just one of the many signs of the start of summer, and the Chaska Cubs and Chanhassen Red Birds recently kicked off their 2022 seasons.
After a two-game hiccup, the Hawks (9-2) baseball team bounced back last week and is in the midst of a five-game winning streak as of May 8.
Chanhassen native Alex Spillum recently had the chance to live out his dream of playing in the NFL, after being invited to attend the Green Bay Packers’ rookie minicamp in the first weekend of May.
What started out as a minimal task, capturing a timeline of the impact of Title IX at Chaska High School, blossomed into a living history of all things Chaska Hawks.
Chaska seniors Conner Selken and Marcus Walton have one common goal for this lacrosse season, and it is not about the wins and losses.
When senior Paige Bakke decided to join the Chaska track and field team for her first and only season this spring, her main goal was to make memories with her friends.
One event on the sports calendar that has been important for the Chaska Hawks is its Strikeout Cancer and Diabetes baseball game, and this season’s April 29 game was no different.
The last few months for Alex Spillum have been full of regimented work with meals and workouts planned for him accompanied by plenty of uncertainty.
Team chemistry has always been a valued element of sports, and Chaska girls lacrosse interim head coach Chandler Hegna is looking to get the players to gel early in the season so they can play well later in the season and beyond.
The Chaska track and field team won the mixed gender 4x400 relay at the Hamline Elite Meet on April 29. It was the first time the Hawks competed in the event.
Has high school lacrosse in Minnesota reached its ceiling?
The 2021 lacrosse season ended in gut-wrenching fashion for the Chanhassen girls lacrosse team last season, but head coach Rachel Panner expects the team to be one of the top contenders again for the Metro West conference and section championships.
The Chaska Hawks baseball team will host its annual Strikeout Cancer and Diabetes game this Friday, April 29. The Hawks, currently sitting atop the Metro West conference, will play host to rival the Chanhassen Storm.
The Legends of the LPGA, a tour comprised of some of the greatest names in the history of women’s golf, is coming back to The Meadows at Mystic Lake.
The Chanhassen boys tennis team returns a solid nucleus that won double-digit matches last season.
The Chaska boys tennis team has had more matches postponed than it has played so far this spring.
The Chaska Baseball Association is holding a fundraiser for its 12-year-old teams' trips to Cooperstown and Omaha.
The Chaska baseball team has the talent back to contend in Section 2AAAA this spring.
Can the Chanhassen baseball team go one step further in Section 2AAAA this spring?
Madison Hicks was in the middle of a computer science class when Chanhassen Athletics Director Michael Bailey walked into the room.
Participation looks to be high again in Minnesota State High School Clay Target League this spring.
The Chanhassen softball team has the talent back to contend for another section title
Dennis Draughn is looking to bring a culture shift to the Chaska softball program.
No individual award will alleviate the pain of just missing out on a return trip to the girls state basketball tournament, but nonetheless, Chaska forward Mallory Heyer’s collection of honors continues to grow.
Dana Kallman has called it a career leading the Chaska boys basketball program, after 18 seasons as the Hawks’ head coach.
Minnesota winters can be long, lonely, cold and gloomy. So what is a baseball enthusiast supposed to do?
The Chanhassen boys track team has a strong group back that won the Section 2AA title last season.
Could the Chaska girls track team take the Metro West Conference and Section 2AAA by surprise this spring?
The Chanhassen girls track team has some top talent back to be factor in Section 2AA and in the Metro West Conference.
The Chaska boys track team hopes to be at its best near the end of May when the big meets roll around.
Chaska/Chanhassen Bantam A posted a 4-1 record at the Minnesota Hockey South Region Tournament on March 4-6 in New Ulm, earning a spot in the upcoming Bantam A State Tournament.
One team was looking for its first state tournament appearance, another a return trip to defend its state title. Both Chaska teams, boys hockey and girls basketball, saw their seasons end at the hands of No. 4 seeds in section play.
Brayden Slavik steadily was dropping time in distance freestyle events over his sophomore and junior seasons. Enough so to qualify for the state meet in 2021 where he was 14th overall in the 500-yard freestyle.
Brayden Slavik steadily was dropping time in distance freestyle events over his sophomore and junior seasons. Enough so to qualify for the state meet in 2021 where he was 14th overall in the 500-yard freestyle.
What do a combined 39 wins — a program-best 20 victories for Chaska, and 19 wins, one shy of a team record for Chanhassen — get in the Section 2AA boys hockey playoff bracket?
Fantaye Gilbertson is as tough as they come. Anyone who purposely stands in front of opposing lacrosse team’s shots with only a helmet, chest and elbow pads and a stick to defend themselves proves that. When that person is a third-degree black belt, that only backs up their toughness.
Reese Norbie and McKenna Thom have been teammates on the Chaska/Chanhassen gymnastics team for three seasons. They are two of the three seniors on the team this winter, along with Kari Wichmann.
