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we were told in the last

dabears — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:24:38 -0500

we were told in the last referendum that the new high school would include a pool. Then we quietly heard through the grapevine that 1- there was no money for a pool so it was dropped, and 2- the football program had an extra million dollars ... oh boy... new turf! I think 1 million dollars, if that's true, could have easily supported the swim team's necessity for a new pool, without adding unnecessary new turf to the high school. Why is it the swim team has to suffer and be treated as second class over every other sport, especially football? Our swim team is a state-ranked team and as coach said, with potential Division 1 athletes... can the same be said for the football team? Tennis team? Lacrosse team? I think the CHS athletic department should be more supportive of the swim team instead of treating them like a hobby to be pacified. I am all for supporting all our teams and all of our kids, not just the money makers!

Thank you for the story though,the girls deserve the recognition.

Brad Hand and John Straka

ChanHawk — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:52:22 -0500

Brad Hand and John Straka were named to the Class 3A All-Tournament Team.

The team:

Bloomington Jefferson: Matt Voldness, P/SS

Bloomington Jefferson: Matt Kruger, CF

Chaska: Brad Hand, P

Chaska: John Straka, C

Coon Rapids: Mike Latta, C

Coon Rapids: Cody Beam, P/DH

Grand Rapids: Sam Sparen, 3B

Grand Rapids: and Kyle Figgins, 1B

Rosemount: Troy Hoeppner, INF

St. Michael-Albertville: Bryton Carlson, 3B

Andy Bisek started the 74 kg

ChanHawk — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:59:08 -0500

Andy Bisek started the 74 kg U.S. Wrestling Olympic Team Trials strong, with a first-round bye as the bracket’s top seed and a victory in the quarterfinals Saturday at Las Vegas.

Bisek defeated Brandon McNab of the U.S. Army club 5-0, 3-0 to gain a semifinal match against Cheney Haight of New York AC.

But Haight took down Bisek by a score of 1-1, 1-1, 4-0.

Haight went on to take first place in the bracket, and gain a match against T.C. Dantzler, who had earned an automatic finals spot.

Bisek dropped to the one-loss side of the bracket, and fell 4-0, 1-1, 5-0 to Jess Hargrave, also of U.S. Army. Hargrave finished fourth in the tournament.

Dantzler, of the Gator Wrestling Club, won the best-of-three series over Haight to claim a place on the U.S. Olympic team as it travels to Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Softball no-no: Eagan

ChanHawk — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:41:51 -0500

Softball no-no: Eagan sophomore pitcher Sara Moulton fired a no-hitter on Thursday as the top-ranked Wildcats blanked Chaska 3-0.
Eagan got a run in the fifth inning and added two more in the sixth.
The Hawks are now 6-14 going into the playoffs and finished 3-11 in the Lake.
Tim McGovern, Chanhassen Villager Sports Editor

The athletes did very well

ChanHawk — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:50:56 -0500

The athletes did very well at this chilly meet.

Derek Jerde jumped 6-7 to win the high jump by 3 inches over Billy Buffington of Wayzata and Mike Niesen of Sartell.

Paul Yerhot finished third in the 200 dash, running 22.79 seconds.

Ben Sathre finished 12th in the 1,600 with 4:32.29.

The Chaska boys 4x800 relay team took 14th at the meet with a time of 8:33.77.

Chaska’s 4x800 relay team finished eighth with a time of 10:00.52. Lauren Johnson, Jenna Urick, Claire Bulat and Nicole Franz comprised the relay.

Hawk jumper Lauren Rothschiller finished 11th in the triple jump with a leap of 32-4.

Jena Franz cleared 10 feet in the pole vault to enter a three-way tie for fourth place.

Lauren Rice of Holy Family was fourth in the 3,200 with a time of 11:28.00.

So much for a skateable

FAdams — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:41:20 -0500

So much for a skateable park. Maybe by the end of the week, the snow will have melted.

The girls Class 4A state

ChanHawk — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:46:02 -0500

The girls Class 4A state basketball tournament bracket is set, following the seeding meeting on Sunday.

Chaska received the fifth seed, and plays perennial power Osseo in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 12 at noon.

A win puts the Hawks in the semifinals on Thursday, March 13 in a noon game, likely against Minneapolis South.

Chaska is making its fifth state tournament trip under coach Bob Downs. The Hawks went in 1982, 1983 and 1990, and finished runner-up in the Class 3A tournament in 1998. The Hawks lost 66-33 to Minneapolis North in the '98 title game.

Osseo made nine state tournaments from 1987 to 2000 under coach Dave Thorpe, and won the Class 2A (big school) title in 1989 and was the runner-up to Bloomington Jefferson in 1994.

Osseo was the runner-up to Hastings in 1996, and won the Class 4A title by defeating Eastview 80-53 in 2000.

Osseo qualified for state in 2004 with coach Warren Bolin, and Mark Arzdorf took the team to state last season, where the Orioles lost 56-47 to Minneapolis South in the quarterfinals.

The Orioles are 24-5 on the season, with losses to Rogers, Eastview, Hopkins, and two setbacks to Centennial in Northwest Suburban League play.

Osseo topped until then undefeated Centennial 62-58 in the Section 5-4A finals.

Tim McGovern, Chanhassen Villager Sports Editor

The jazz/funk competition

ChanHawk — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:28:53 -0600

The jazz/funk competition takes place on Friday, Feb. 15 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
The Hawks compete in the Class 3A high kick/precision portion of the state meet, set for Saturday, Feb. 16.

Here's the schedule for the Hawks:
- Doors open to the public at 11:15 a.m.
- The Class 2A and 3A qualifying competition runs from 2:15 to 4:30 p.m.
- Class 2A finalists are announced at 4:45 p.m. and the Class 3A finalists are announced at 5 p.m.
- The welcome and National Anthem starts at 5:40 p.m., followed by the Class A finals and awards presentations.
- The Class 2A and 3A finals and awards presentations start at 7:15 p.m.

Tim McGovern, Chanhassen Villager Sports Editor

At the Minnesota State High

FAdams — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:45:18 -0600

At the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association (MSHSCA) Boys True Team State Class AA swimming competition this past weekend, Minnetonka High School took first place! They scored 2,071 points to take first in front of Edina and Stillwater Area. Below are the notable top ten finishes from the team.

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay
2nd – Tonka Team A (Preston Youngdahl, Evan Lee-To, Sebastiano Mascarini, Jake Hausauer), 1:38.96

Boys 200 Yard Free
9th – Zach Stettner, 1:51.45

Boys 200 Yard IM
4th – Kurt Youngdahl, 2:00.71
7th – Nolan Sinkler, 2:03.60

Boys 50 Yard Free
2nd – Asger Helmig, 21.90
8th – Evan Lee-To, 22.61
9th – Jake Hausauer, 22.71

Boys 1 Meter Diving
2nd – Jake Frankenfield, 312.10
3rd – Jeff Guy, 300.70
4th – Andres Hansen, 299.00

Boys 100 Yard Fly
7th – Nolan Sinkler, 54.82
9th – Preston Youngdahl, 55.04

Boys 100 Yard Free
1st – Asger Helmig, 48.46
4th – Kurt Youngdahl, 49.52
8th – Jake Hausauer, 50.64

Boys 200 Yard Free Relay
3rd – Tonka A (Asger Helmig, Evan Lee-To, Kurt Youngdahl, Nolan Sinkler), 1:29.86

Boys 100 Yard Back
2nd – Preston Youngdahl, 54.79
9th – Zach Stettner, 58.07

Boys 100 Yard Breast
3rd – Evan Lee-To, 59.75

Boys 400 Yard Free Relay
1st – Tonka A (Kurt Youngdahl, Jake Hausauer, Nolan Sinkler, Asger Helmig), 3:15.22
9th – Tonka B (Sebastiano Mascarini, Zach Stettner, Austin Sarna, Preston Youngdahl), 3:27.31

Holy Family’s dance team

ChanHawk — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:59:43 -0600

Holy Family’s dance team took first place in the Minnesota River Conference Jazz/Funk competition at Belle Plaine on Friday night.

This is the first year the Minnesota River Conference has held dance team competitions. In the high-kick portion of the competition, Holy Family finished in third place.

Chaska had just one rated

ChanHawk — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:51:48 -0600

Chaska had just one rated wrestler in The Guillotine wrestling publication’s preseason high school Class 3A rankings.

Not any more.

Four Hawks are in the latest ratings, released Friday.

Hawk eighth-grader Gavin Larsen is ninth in the 103-pound division.

R.J. Hallman, a freshman, is rated seventh at 112 pounds.

Both Hawk captains are rated, as senior Cabe Miller is eighth in the 135-pound division, and junior Pat Smith is No. 7 at 140 pounds.

Rated wrestlers at Saturday’s Chaska invitational include:

Buffalo’s Matt Jeska (No. 6 at 171) and Brandon Ordorff (No. 7 at 189).

Champlin Park is No. 8 in the Class A team ratings, led by No. 1-rated heavyweight Sam Maresh. Champlin also brings Skyler Vongkaysone (No. 10 at 103), Mic-Ryan Freeman (No. 6 at 112). Josh Wiseman (No. 2 at 140), Miles Camarata (No. 5 at 152) and Ed Cotton (No. 4 at 215).

Hopkins, which received ratings consideration in the Guillotine team rankings, has Zach Enrico (No. 9 at 160) and Alex Agate (No. 4 at 171).

Minnetonka has no rated wrestlers, but returns a strong team, including junior 160-pounder Colton Gleason, who tied the school record for career victories on Dec. 1.

Find all Chaska fall

ChanHawk — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:59:29 -0600

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Find all Chaska winter

ChanHawk — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:54:49 -0600

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Find all Chaska winter

ChanHawk — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:53:21 -0600

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Cool photo

rcraw — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:52:28 -0600

Cool photo