Nine wrestlers from the fourth-ranked Eagles wrestling team have qualified for this coming weekend’s state wrestling tournament at Xcel Energy Center, following Saturday’s individual competition at the Section 6AAA wrestling tournament in Waconia. In the 106-pound class, Eden Prairie seventh-grader Anthony Heim (35-7), ranked eighth in the state, defeated Gabriel Witschorik of Waconia (20-16) in a 9-1 major decision to capture second place. With the second-place finish, Heim will advance to state. Eagles sophomore Zytavius Williams (31-9), ranked ninth in the state in the 120-pound class, is on to the state tournament after taking first place with a 4-2 decision over…
Author: Steve Mulholland
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Down a late-season stretch, which includes a gauntlet of tough opponents, the Eden Prairie Eagles boys basketball team has pulled out big victories over St. Michael-Albertville and third-ranked Wayzata. But the Eagles have dropped two straight over the past week, falling 82-62 at sixth-ranked East Ridge on Tuesday, and losing 61-43 to 10th-ranked Edina Friday night on their home court at Eden Prairie High School. Senior guard Luke Rapp led the Eagles with 13 points against the Hornets. Sophomore JJ Sullivan and freshman Nolen Anderson each posted eight, while senior wing Quincy Oriwa added seven points for the Eagles. After…
With the girls basketball section playoffs on the horizon, Eden Prairie senior captain Molly Lenz had something she wanted to take care of on Friday night. “It feels great to get it done before sections,” she said. “Because it’s not going to be in the back of my mind. Now I can just completely focus on winning those games. So that feels good.” Entering the Eagles’ regular-season finale at Edina, Lenz needed 17 points to reach 1000 points in her Eden Prairie career. With 8:05 remaining in the second half, Lenz broke loose at mid-court, running toward the hoop. The…
The 12th of January seems like a long time ago. Holy Family came to Eden Prairie Community Center for a Thursday night matchup with the Eagles and defeated the home team 3-2. The Fire followed that victory by rolling off 11 straight wins. That streak has ended. In the boys Section 2AA quarterfinal game at Victoria Recreation Center on Friday, a game delayed and rescheduled several times due to the recent winter storm, the fifth-seeded Eagles took care of business, delivering a resounding 4-1 victory over fourth-seeded Holy Family. The win advances Eden Prairie to the Section 2AA semifinals against…
Third-ranked Wayzata had won 17 straight games until they faced Eden Prairie last Thursday in a Lake Conference boys basketball showdown. The Eagles shocked the high-powered Trojans on their own court with a 92-86 victory. Three nights prior to their upset win over Wayzata, the Eagles trounced St. Michael-Albertville 86-68 on the hardwood at Eden Prairie High School. Eden Prairie’s two-game win streak – along with the pending winter storm – set the stage for the Eagles on Tuesday, as they made the trek east to Woodbury to take on sixth-ranked East Ridge. The non-conference matchup would further test their…
Editor’s note: Due to the winter storm, some events have been postponed or moved from the original schedule to a new day and time. Monday, Feb. 20 No events are scheduled. Tuesday, Feb. 21 The sports week kicks off with basketball. The Eden Prairie varsity boys team, coming off their 92-86 win over third-ranked Wayzata, travels to sixth-ranked East Ridge for a game originally scheduled on Dec. 22. Tip-off for the Eagles and the Raptors is set for 7 p.m. The Eagles boys 9A, 9B and JV teams will also travel to East Ridge for games with the Raptors. The…
It’s about 36 miles from Eden Prairie High School to Buffalo, Minnesota. On a sunny afternoon this past Saturday, the Eden Prairie boys hockey team loaded the bus and made the journey north and west. They arrived to find a packed parking lot and capacity crowd at the Buffalo Civic Center for their regular season curtain closing with the Bison, a team they had defeated 3-2 on Jan. 26 in Eden Prairie. Buffalo is also a team that found a way to shutout sixth-ranked Wayzata at the end of January, and followed that with a 4-3 win over No. 5…
Eden Prairie High School was the site for the team tournament in the 6AAA wrestling sectionals on Friday. The fourth-ranked Eagles won their first two brackets against Minneapolis Southwest and Shakopee, respectively, before falling to second-ranked Waconia 34-29 in the finals. In the section finals against Waconia, Eden Prairie had victories from seventh grader Anthony Heim in the 106-pound class, sophomore Zytavius Williams at 120 pounds; senior Jafari Vanier at 145; junior Terae Dunn at 152; senior Jacory Bates at 170; junior Will Diana at 182; and junior Will Sather in the 285-pound class. The Eagles blanked Southwest 84-0 in…
The clock was nearing the eight-minute mark of the first period before a packed house at Pagel Activity Center in Minnetonka on Thursday night. With the score tied at one and Eden Prairie on the power play, defensemen Dylan Vornwald and Tate Bloch worked to get the puck to forward Mason Moe in the Eagles’ defensive zone. It was then that Moe recognized an opportunity. “I just picked it up from one of our defensemen,” he recalled. “I just saw open ice so I just took it.” The freshman raced up the ice, weaving around Minnetonka defenders to make his…
Cheering and clapping could be heard from inside the home locker room of the Eden Prairie boys basketball team Monday night, after their 86-68 win over St. Michael-Albertville. The win breaks a six-game losing streak for the Eagles, dating back to their 73-57 road loss to the same STMA team on Jan 20. Monday’s victory over the Knights – their first since defeating Prior Lake on Jan. 18 – comes on the heels of the Eagles’ narrow 81-80 loss to fifth-ranked Buffalo on Friday. After running the gauntlet of top-ten teams with No. 6 Minnetonka, No. 8 Hopkins and the…