For three-plus quarters, Minnetonka did everything a football team needs to do to win.
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Minnetonka had the first, second, third and fifth runners across the finish line, in total six of the top 10, in a dominating performance at the Burnsville Blaze Invitational at Nicollet Junior High Sept. 19.
After losing 10 seniors from last year’s team to graduation, Wayzata girl’s tennis coach Kathy Farmer knew there would be some question marks coming into this season. With a somewhat inexperienced roster she has also found herself judging her team’s performance by other factors than simply t…
In my opinion, the two standout matches of the US Open this year were the men's final between Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev, and the second round match between Simona Halep and Taylor Townsend. The winners of each were left-handed players. I've watched a lot of tennis in my day and I can …
Will Pears and Niko Scheibal each scored a goal and added an assist as Minnetonka blanked St. Michael-Albertville 4-0 in boys soccer Sept. 17.
ORONO — An Orono local brought home not only walleye but $15,000 by winning the National Walleye Tour on Sept. 17 at Devils Lake, North Dakota.
Tyler Stewart, Victoria resident and Chanhassen High School junior, recently competed at the World Wake Surfing Championship. He finished first in the men’s outlaw skim category and earned the world champion title, according to a press release.
While Eden Prairie’s 19-0 win over Minnetonka on Friday wasn’t always pretty, it was pretty good.
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Nine wins in 12 matches, Minnetonka is there in 2019. Yet there's work to be where the program was in 2018.
Last week, I wrote about tennis being a lifestyle and a lifetime sport. I received an email from a reader asking for some tips for senior players. It is true that as we get older our body does not always react as fast as in our younger days, but, I must first relate an experience that I had …
After having played quarterback for the Minnesota Vixen women’s professional tackle football team for three years, Kiersten Hansen walked away, but didn’t officially retire.
Orono High School volleyball fans have gotten their money’s worth on the price of admission so far this season. With six matches in the books, the Spartans have yet to be part of a three-game sweep on either the winning or losing end.
The Wayzata football team backed up its impressive 19-0 week one victory over Blaine with a 34-15 victory over Edina on Friday, Sept. 6, to improve to 2-0 on the season.
Five runners in the top 22 led fifth-ranked Minnetonka to a runner-up team finish in the 5K girls cross country race at Gale Woods Sept. 5.
Minnetonka held St. Michael-Albertville to 79 passing yards, and without a 100-yard rusher. The Knights were held off the scoreboard in the second half.
Minnetonka set three meet records, nearly doubling up the second-place team from Wayzata in a home invitational victory at Minnetonka Middle School East Sept. 7.
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A lot of things come with a warning label these days. For example: tools and machinery, tobacco and alcohol products and toys with small parts. There is even talk of putting a warning label on soda beverages because of the high refined sugar content.
St. Olaf College is where the state’s cross country teams hope to end their season at the state meet, but all teams also have to start somewhere. A number of teams, including the No. 1-ranked Wayzata girls traveled down Interstate 35 to Northfield on Aug. 29 for an early-season test at the S…
Minnetonka has owned the Pudas Invitational in Eden Prairie, claiming titles in 2017 and 2018.
Chanhassen opened the 2019 schedule with losses to No. 4-ranked Edina and No. 10-ranked Lakeville North.
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ORONO — Combining sports and philanthropy, Orono soccer held its annual Kick Cancer game Thursday, Aug. 29, to raise money for a local family.
Two stops at the 2-yard line, Minnetonka was unable to hold out Eastview a third time.
When your schedule includes St. Michael-Albertville, Eden Prairie, Mounds View, Wayzata, Edina, and Prior Lake, it's natural to think "are we good enough?"
Walleye fishing on Mille Lacs Lake will close Friday, Sept. 6, so state anglers do not exceed a safe walleye harvest level.
Myth: I hear that I need to pronate my arm to get more speed on my serve, but when I try it as suggested, I get pain in my forearm and I’m less consistent. I must be doing something wrong.
With six of seven state swimmers back, including three event state medalist junior Sophie Macy, Chanhassen is ready to break on through to the other side.
High school sports fans will notice a few changes this fall to one of the state’s most distinguished athletic conferences as the 2019-20 season begins. The Lake Conference has added two new members — Buffalo and St. Michael-Albertville — to increase membership from five schools to seven.
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Andres Rivas couldn't help but smile thinking about his role of captain of the Minnetonka boys soccer team, a position his older brother, Sergio, held the last two seasons.
Does it seem like you are always running more and working harder than your opponent in your singles matches? Exposing this next tennis "myth" may explain why.
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EXCELSIOR — Area dressage athletes, and their horses, helped score the region’s first team championship at the North American Youth Championships (NAYC) earlier this month.
EXCELSIOR — The sixth-annual Big Island and Back paddle event on Lake Minnetonka was a success.
Back in the day, when I was learning tennis, we had, maybe, five to six VHS (remember those?) instructional tennis programs to chose from at the local video store. Today, there are literally thousands of websites and YouTube videos on tennis instruction. So how does the average recreational …
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A slide presented at a recent Nike-sponsored Boulder Running Camp included the subhead: “Sleep – The most powerful, legal, performance enhancer ever known.”
Playing doubles in tennis is like country music or coffee, you either love it or you don't.
MINNETONKA — Thousands of bicyclists — riding on everything from a penny-farthing to tandem and recumbent bikes to bikes pulling carriers and road bikes — took in the sights of the Lake Minnetonka area and beyond as they rode in the 14th annual Tour de Tonka.
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A good question from a reader — “Coach Brian, I enjoy your articles… With all of the new changes in smaller courts, rackets and the new foam tennis balls for kids, can you write more about parental involvement in getting more youth to try tennis?” -Barney, of Plymouth.
Minnetonka Community Education’s 14th annual bike ride, the Tour de Tonka, is just around the corner on Saturday, Aug. 3.
St. Boni has the short porch in right field, a dream park for left-handed hitters. Green Isle has the placecards to keep score by inning, rejecting electronics with the scoreboard. Waconia has its beautiful new grandstand.
Four Minnetonka Yacht Club X-Class Skippers finished in the top 10 in their respective 60 boat fleets in the Summit Orthopedics 2019 Inland Lake Yachting Association X-Class Championship raced on Lake Minnetonka July 25-27.
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Last week, Minnesota welcomed Adaptive Sports USA’s Junior Nationals for only the second time in 36 years with 90-degree temperatures, 80-degree dew points and few mosquitoes.
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