On Sunday night, the cell phones belonging to the Maple Grove girls’ soccer team started blowing up with text messages from club soccer teammates and friends now playing for Champlin Park. Some Rebels players were positively giddy about taking an undefeated record into Monday morning’s Class 2A state tournament semifinal showdown with the Crimson at U.S.
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Video courtesy of CCX Sports The Section 5AA cross country meet featured a number of local state qualifiers. The Maple Grove boys finished second as a team behind Mounds View to advance to the state meet. Charlie Caven (sixth) was the top Maple Grove runner. C.J. Young (tenth) also cracked the top ten for the
Maple Grove’s offensive line was at a decided size disadvantage Friday against Minnetonka — by an average of 35 pounds at all but one position — but it didn’t bother Crimson junior Gavin Gourley. “You’ve got to be the ankle-biters on the field. Use your feet (and) get low,” said Gourley, a 215-pound offensive lineman.
Home postseason football game vs Minnetonka Friday, October 25th @ 7:00 PM Ticket prices are as follows: $8 for Adults $6 for Students $6 for Seniors 62+ No Student Athletic Passes accepted
Tickets for Monday’s 8 AM State semifinal soccer games are available for purchase online now. Adult tickets are $14 and student tickets are $9. Click here to purchase tickets through Ticketmaster Game tickets can also be purchased at the ticket window at US Bank Stadium as you arrive. NO Student Activities Passes will be accepted!
Maple Grove sophomore Zoe Adkins qualified for her fourth straight state tennis tournament when she won the Section 5 singles title last week. Adkins entered sections with an undefeated record and she stayed perfect by winning four matches. She breezed into the championship match and beat Armstrong’s Nicole Snezhko 6-2, 6-3. It was a rematch
The Maple Grove football team will get a home game in the upcoming State Class 6A playoffs. The Crimson are seeded fourth and will host fifth-seeded Minnetonka Friday, Oct. 25. The Crimson finished the regular season with a 4-4 record after losing to No. 6 Champlin Park 31-15 in the regular season finale Oct. 16.
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
