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Team vibe drives Mounds View's Bjorn Swenson as he excels on the court
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/28/2021, 12:30pm CDT
The Star Tribune Metro Boys' Tennis Player of the Year for the second time, he hopes to play doubles with his younger brother next season.
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Team vibe drives Mounds View's Bjorn Swenson as he excels on the court
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/28/2021, 12:30pm CDT
The Star Tribune Metro Boys' Tennis Player of the Year for the second time, he hopes to play doubles with his younger brother next season.
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Mounds View's Bjorn Swenson pulls out special headgear, defends 2A singles title; Breck sweeps in 1A
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/11/2021, 6:30pm CDT
Swenson repeated as champion after winning two years ago as a freshman. Breck's Clayton Haberman won the Class 1A singles title and teammates Ishan Nadkarni and Zach Piehl took the doubles crown.
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Favorites mostly hold serve in state tournament singles, doubles prelims
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/10/2021, 6:15pm CDT
Semifinals and finals are set for Friday in Class 2A at Prior Lake and Class 1A at St. Cloud Tech.
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Star Tribune Athletes of the Week returns for the fall season
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 09/03/2019, 11:45am CDT
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Team vibe drives Mounds View's Bjorn Swenson as he excels on the court
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/28/2021, 12:30pm CDT
The Star Tribune Metro Boys' Tennis Player of the Year for the second time, he hopes to play doubles with his younger brother next season.
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Mounds View's Bjorn Swenson pulls out special headgear, defends 2A singles title; Breck sweeps in 1A
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/11/2021, 6:30pm CDT
Swenson repeated as champion after winning two years ago as a freshman. Breck's Clayton Haberman won the Class 1A singles title and teammates Ishan Nadkarni and Zach Piehl took the doubles crown.
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Favorites mostly hold serve in state tournament singles, doubles prelims
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/10/2021, 6:15pm CDT
Semifinals and finals are set for Friday in Class 2A at Prior Lake and Class 1A at St. Cloud Tech.
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Edina wins 2A team title in boys' tennis, Breck claims 1A championship
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/09/2021, 2:30pm CDT
The matches were played outside amid the unusual heat wave gripping Minnesota.
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Lots of heat, no surprises on first day of boys’ tennis team championship matches
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/08/2021, 6:00pm CDT
With temperatures reaching 95 degrees, favorites Wayzata and Breck sailed through the quarterfinals of the Class 2A and 1A state tournaments being played outside this year.
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Minnesota prep championship tennis moves outside, where the game has always been
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/07/2021, 6:00pm CDT
Prior Lake and St. Cloud Tech high schools will host the boys' state tournaments set to begin Tuesday.
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Minnetonka boys’ tennis draws success from beloved late coach’s legacy
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 04/29/2021, 2:00pm CDT
‘‘Give yourself the right to win,’’ Dave Stearns was fond of telling players, including Skippers who this spring had T-shirts made in his honor and are playing better than many expected they would this season.
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Eastview’s Karin Young earns Star Tribune Metro Tennis Player of the Year honors
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 12/14/2020, 1:30pm CST
The junior, who won the Class 2A singles title as a sophomore, was undefeated in her matches at No. 1 singles in the shortened 2020 season.
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As girls’ tennis exits the Minnesota fall sports stage, winning it all is missing
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 10/14/2020, 7:30pm CDT
Postseason play ends with section finals that will leave 16 teams, including Blake and probably Minnetonka, finishing with victories and no opportunity to compete for a state championship.
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Baseball

Farmington staves off Park of Cottage Grove rally to win 4A championship
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/18/2021, 10:15pm CDT
The Wolfpack rallied with four runs in the seventh inning but the Tigers prevailed for a 12-10 victory.
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Electric and then some: Mahtomedi routs Grand Rapids for 3A title
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 06/18/2021, 8:00pm CDT
A 15-hit Zephyrs’ barrage, coupled with 16 walks or hit batters, fueled a 20-3 victory for their second state championship in three seasons.
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Glencoe-Silver Lake rolls to shutout, 2A championship
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/18/2021, 5:00pm CDT
A five-run fourth inning by the Panthers broke open a close game and pitcher Drew Hedtke held Belle Plaine to just one hit en route to a 10-0 victory.
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Softball

Rosemount slugger's big swing brings softball state title to the Irish
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/16/2021, 9:15pm CDT
Rosemount’s Paige Zender hit a grand slam to key the Irish's 5-1 victory against Forest Lake to win the Class 4A championship.
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Tired but tough, Randolph comes through to win first state championship
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/16/2021, 7:30pm CDT
Becker won the Class 3A title while Le Sueur-Henderson took honors in Class 2A.
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Tuesday's state softball roundup
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/15/2021, 11:45pm CDT
In Class 4A, Forest Lake’s big bats put the Rangers in the Class 4A title game.
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Lacrosse

No doubt, no tears: This time, it's Benilde-St. Margaret's over nemesis Prior Lake
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 06/19/2021, 5:00pm CDT
The Red Knights, who lost to the Lakers in the last two boys' title games, impressed with a 16-6 victory for the program's first championship in 10 years.
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Prior Lake repeats as girls' lacrosse champions
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 06/18/2021, 3:45pm CDT
The top-seeded Lakers trailed early against No. 2 Lakeville South but first-half hat tricks from Payton Bloedow and Mackenzie Salentre keyed a 15-7 victory.
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Girls' lacrosse: Defending champ Prior Lake set to play Lakeville South for the title
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 06/17/2021, 6:45pm CDT
The Lakers dispatched Benilde-St. Margarets with a strong start while the Cougars escaped with a 10-9 victory over Rosemount.
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Track

Prep basketball teams deprived of tournament get consolation honor
By David La Vaque, Star Tribune 04/27/2020, 3:30pm CDT
All teams in contention for basketball state titles when the COVID-19 pandemic ended play will be known as "finalists'' and receive trophies and medals.
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This week in Hubs history: Chanhassen softball crushes Benilde-St. Margaret's
By Carter Jones, SportsEngine 03/27/2020, 2:15pm CDT
April 13-20: The newest sources of encouragement for Chanhassen’s softball team resided in an aquarium back in 2016.
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Star Tribune Metro Girls' Track and Field Athlete of Year: Natalie Windels, Eagan
By Star Tribune 06/25/2018, 6:43pm CDT
Windels swept the 100- and 300-meter hurdles events and anchored the Wildcats’ second-place 4x400 relay at the Class 2A championships.
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Golf

When a brain tumor cut short his hockey dream, Cretin-Derham Hall student took up golf
By Paul Hodowanic, special to the Star Tribune 06/02/2020, 7:30pm CDT
Jack Traxler sees a lot of parallels between golf and his recovery.
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Minnesota PGA offers state high school seniors one last 18-hole tournament
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 05/26/2020, 5:30pm CDT
A pay-to-play senior golf "showcase'' will be held June 9-10 at Bunker Hills for top prep players whose season was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Prep basketball teams deprived of tournament get consolation honor
By David La Vaque, Star Tribune 04/27/2020, 3:30pm CDT
All teams in contention for basketball state titles when the COVID-19 pandemic ended play will be known as "finalists'' and receive trophies and medals.
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