Facing a stiff wind in the first half, fifth-seeded Maple Grove aimed to keep the halftime score 0-0 against fourth-seeded Minnetonka. The Crimson did that. Then they scored twice with the wind at their backs in the second half to defeat the Skippers 2-0. Jordan Pauly scored on a header with 29:50 left in regulation on a crossing
The Crimson girls swimming and diving team ventured to the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota Saturday Oct. 19th to compete in the coach’s association sponsored True Team State Meet. At this meet the top 12th performing section meet teams from across the state came together to stake
The Crimson faced a crossover conference test on Tuesday Oct. 15th versus Andover. Andover provided some tough races, but the girls continued to show their prowess with team depth and versatility. The meet started off with the traditional 200 Medley Relay. On this night the team dabbled with some different combinations in relay personnel,
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The Maple Grove Crimson girls cruised to a True Team Section victory Saturday night. On a night with many individual successes, the team depth shined its brightest. True Team competition is based on the idea that every team member’s performance counts toward the team’s score in competition. First place will be worth as many points
Video courtesy of CCX Sports The Maple Grove boys soccer team is headed to the state tournament. The Crimson beat Brainerd 2-1 to win the Section 8AA championship Tuesday night. Brainerd scored the only goal of the first half on a penalty kick. Maple Grove tied it on Caleb Robinson’s header goal off a corner
Video courtesy of CCX Sports Maple Grove’s Zoe Adkins won the Section 5AA singles title in girls tennis. The sophomore beat Armstrong’s Nicole Snezhko in a rematch of last year’s final, won by Snezhko. Adkins took this year’s championship 6-2, 6-3. Both players advanced to the state tournament, which is next week.
Video courtesy of CCX Sports Maple Grove’s girls soccer team beat St. Michael-Albertville in a shootout Tuesday night, giving the Crimson a third straight section championship. There was no scoring in regulation or overtime but the Crimson won the shootout 4-3 on a goal by senior Lauren Bredensteiner.
Maple Grove senior Anthony Gipson is on a hot scoring streak. In last Friday’s 35-0 victory at Anoka, Gipson scored two consecutive touchdowns to spark the Crimson. It was Gipson’s third touchdown in the last two games. That would not have been unusual for a running back, receiver or quarterback, but Gipson is Maple Grove’s
The Maple Grove boys captured the Northwest Suburban Conference Cross Country Championship at Elk River on October 10th. Led by seniors CJ Young and Charles Caven, the Crimson ran away from the 14-team field with 64 points. Second-place Armstrong had 114. On a wet and soggy afternoon, Young took third in a time of 16:50.9
