Minnetonka took a big halftime lead and grew it into a 62-14 victory on Tuesday in the Section 6-5A football quarterfinals.

Minnetonka scored the final six touchdowns of the game to advance to Saturday's semifinals against Hopkins.

Tonka running back Sam Alajika had three touchdowns, and quarterback Tom Ahrens threw for three scores. Dre Thompson scored twice in the third quarter, after the Skippers opened a 42-14 halftime lead.

The Hawks hung in there early, as quarterback Mike Geissler threw to Derrick Engel and Blake Belland for touchdowns.

Chaska's football team lost 19-7 to Park of Cottage Grove in the regular-season finale on Wednesday, Oct. 15.

The Hawks fell to 1-7 on the season, and open the Section 6-5A playoffs at No. 2 seed Minnetonka at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 21.

Enjoy this selection of photos from the game.

The Section 2AA individual finals are set.

Chaska's Katie Mattson won two matches in the North subsection tournament on Saturday to earn a spot in Tuesday's singles finals.
Katie Mattson

With windy, wet weather in the forecast for Monday, it might not be an ideal setting for soccer.

So let’s go indoors.

The Southwest Stars adapted soccer team is riding a four-game win streak going into Monday’s home game against St. Paul Humboldt.

Game time is 4:30 p.m. in the Chaska High School new gym.

At Friday’s Homecoming game, the Minnetonka student section was a sea of orange; the plan was to go Eagle hunting.

Eden Prairie’s cheerleaders countered with a banner that said it was illegal to shoot an Eagle. Something had to give.

Eden Prairie took the opening drive, gobbled up seven minutes of clock, and scored the game’s first touchdown on a Sam Gotham keeper.

Later in the first quarter, Minnetonka answered with an Ismail Karon touchdown.

Chaska's Katie Mattson

Chaska’s girls tennis team will have to pull off a series of upsets to make it to the state tournament.

Chaska's football team traveled to Eagan on Friday looking for its second victory of the season.

But a fired-up Eagan team celebrated its Homecoming by building a big lead and keeping it for a 25-8 victory.

Wildcat kicker Greg Seely booted a 28-yard field goal in the first quarter, and Jameson Parsons scored on a 5-yard rush. Osborn's two-point run made it 11-0.

Parsons hit paydirt twice more before halftime with scoring passes of 13 and 15 yards as the Wildcats went up 25-0.