Eden Prairie Sports

All dogs are therapy dogs. The majority of them are just freelancing.

Eden Prairie’s Rachel Withers placed fourth in the 2020 USA Archery JOAD Indoor National Championships and 12th at the 2020 USA Archery Indoor Nationals. In the process, she set a new Minnesota state record and placed in the top-30 scores of all females nationwide, including professionals.

Minnesota High School League Media Specialist John Millea posed the following question on Twitter: What's the single finest moment in your school's athletic history?

Dan Rubischko, head softball coach at Eden Prairie High School, had the hotel manger at the Florida hotel his team stayed at during last year's spring training trip tentatively reserve this year's dates when they checked out.

If you were to argue that wood ducks are the most beautiful ducks on earth, you wouldn't be wrong.

Not even a global pandemic can slow down the National Football League.

Do you like Easter egg hunts? Lucky at finding four-leaf clovers? Think you can locate a needle in haystack?

Walleye angling on Mille Lacs Lake will be catch-and-release only for this year’s open water season, with the exception of the month of July, when walleye fishing will be closed.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, in accordance with guidance from state health officials, is postponing, adjusting and canceling a variety of public events, including open houses, safety education training, naturalist programs and other meetings.

Acting on advice from the Centers for Disease Control (canceling events for gatherings of 250 or more people), the Let's Go Fishing Eden Prairie chapter cut bait and postponed last Saturday's fish fry fundraiser, the organization's biggest fundraiser of the year.

No. 2-seeded Farmington shot lights out in the first half of last Wednesday’s state quarterfinal game against unseeded Eden Prairie, sinking eight of its 12 three-point attempts.

Like a pass in transition, the events of last week happened quickly.

COVID-19 concerns have flipped the electricity switch that comes with a section-championship basketball game to off.

No. 2-seeded Farmington shot lights out in the first half of Wednesday’s state quarterfinal game against unseeded Eden Prairie, sinking eight of 12 three-point attempts.

The Eden Prairie chapter of Let’s Go Fishing is holding its annual fish fry fundraiser on Saturday, March 14, from 4 - 7 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, located at 16516 Luther Way in Eden Prairie.

Last week, the Twin Cities served as hosts for the U.S. Nationals Hardball Doubles Championships.

Jake Casey had been prepping for Thursday’s Xcel Energy Center skate for nearly eight months.

Before the season started, the Eden Prairie High School boys hockey team had circled Saturday, March 7, on its calendar.

In Saturday’s Section 2-4A semifinal, No. 1-seeded Eden Prairie scored 99 points on No. 4-seeded Prior Lake.

The No. 2-seeded Eden Prairie High School girls basketball team opened Friday’s Section 2-4A championship game at No. 1-seeded Chaska with a 14-3 run.

Before the season started, the Eden Prairie High School boys hockey team had Saturday, March 7, circled on its calendar.

Friday’s big-school state semifinal between No. 2-seeded Blake and No. 3-seeded Eden Prairie featured goalies named Aksel and Axel.

The No. 2-seeded Eden Prairie High School girls basketball team opened Friday’s Section 2-4A championship at No. 1-seeded Chaska with a 14-3 run.

Senior Kai Stansberry caught the pass in front of the team benches, raced in all alone and then deftly fired the puck between the Lakeville South goalie’s pads.

Before Wednesday's Section 2-4A quarterfinal game against Chanhassen, Eden Prairie senior Austin Andrews was recognized for scoring his 2,000th career point.

Saturday’s Section 2-4A semifinal between the No. 2-seeded Eden Prairie High School girls basketball team and No. 3-seeded Minnetonka was a contrast of strategy.

Friday’s 77-64 win at Minnetonka tagged the No. 1-ranked Eden Prairie High School boys basketball team on a perfect 26-0 regular season.

Five Southwest Metro swim teams (Edina, Chaska/Chanhassen, Minnetonka, Wayzata and Eden Prairie) placed in the top-5 at Saturday’s Class AA state swim meet. Four of these schools (Edina, Minnetonka, Wayzata and Eden Prairie) hail from the Lake Conference, three from Section 2AA (Chaska/Chanh…

If being the best means seeing the best, Eden Prairie’s Bryce Dagel had one heck of a view at this year’s state tournament.

Junior forward Drew Holt’s wrist shot went over the Chaska goalie’s shoulder and under the crossbar. The goal light came on as Holt raised his stick in celebration. The official on the ice waved it off and the game played on.

Saturday’s Section 2-4A semifinal between the No. 2-seeded Eden Prairie High School girls basketball team and No. 3-seeded Minnetonka featured a contrast of strategy.

Five Southwest Metro swim teams (Edina, Chaska/Chanhassen, Minnetonka, Wayzata and Eden Prairie) placed in the top-5 at Saturday’s Class AA state swim meet. Four of these schools (Edina, Minnetonka, Wayzata and Eden Prairie) hail from the Lake Conference, three from Section 2AA (Chaska/Chanh…

While it’s only half the equation, the half we know is still pretty darned impressive.

Junior forward Drew Holt’s snap shot went over the Chaska goalie’s shoulder and under the crossbar. The goal light came on as Holt raised his stick in celebration. The official on the ice waved it off and the game played on.

February is a great time to manage and tend to oak trees. According to the Department of Natural Resources, the lowest risk of spreading deadly oak wilt is in winter.

The Class AA 500-yard freestyle state cut is 4:45.65.

Members of the No. 2-seeded Eden Prairie High School boys hockey team were a somber bunch when they left the ice following the first period of Saturday’s Section 2AA semifinal with No. 3-seeded Minnetonka.