“These kids were going for the win. We didn't come here to tie, we didn't come here to lose, we came here to win the ballgame. And I have all the faith and confidence in these kids.”
Minnesota history was made at U.S. Bank Stadium on Friday when M.J. Wagenson of Pine Island became the first female official to work a football state semifinal game. She has proven that nothing stops her.
You can be sure that every player, coach and fan whose team wins this weekend will be happy no matter when the Prep Bowl games are played. That time will be precious.
Marshall made volleyball history by winning their eighth state title, more than any school in state history. Teams that have won seven crowns are Bethlehem Academy, Chaska, Eagan, Robbinsdale Armstrong and Tracy-Milroy (Balaton).
Lonnie Morken was in his first decade as a volleyball coach back in 2000 and 2001 when he brought his Mabel-Canton team to the state tournament at the then-new Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul. Now, 21 years later, the Cougars are back.
Barnesville is playing at state volleyball for the first time in 39 years and coach Megan Askegaard admitted that she didn’t expect it. “I think this was one year that my kids really proved me wrong.”
The Marshall High School volleyball team is on the doorstep of history, but you won’t catch any of the Tigers players or coaches bringing it up. They’re just out to play winning volleyball.
When senior Aidan Jones of Minneapolis Washburn and junior Sam Scott of Minneapolis Southwest crossed the finish line in first and second place in the Class 3A boys cross-country state championship race, it made history.
Holy Angels won the 2A girls soccer championship in a “Stranger Things” type of game. Among those things were: 1) The Stars goalkeeper scored on a 55-yard shot in the first half, and 2) They celebrated twice, once before they actually won and once after it was official.
Xander Anderson and his Woodbury soccer teammates will play for the Class 3A state championship Friday morning, and later in the day Anderson will kick for the Royals against Eden Prairie in the football playoffs.
