Monday, Feb. 13 The week begins with the seventh-ranked Eden Prairie Eagles girls basketball team, coming off their 83-40 win over Buffalo on senior night Friday, traveling to Saint Michael-Albertville to take on the Knights. It’s the first of three games for the Eagles this week. The action starts at 7 p.m. The Eagles girls 9A, 10 and JV teams will join the varsity, with games at Saint Michael-Albertville. The Eden Prairie boys basketball team, looking to rebound from their narrow 81-80 loss to Buffalo on Friday, will host Saint Michael-Albertville on Monday in the main gym at Eden Prairie…
Author: Steve Mulholland
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By 9:25 p.m. on Saturday, Rink 1 at Eden Prairie Community Center was empty with the exception of Ryan and Nick Koering. The two brothers sat on the Eagles bench, looking out on the darkened arena after the Eagles’ loss to sixth-ranked Wayzata. Ryan, the Eagles’ captain and only senior, had just played in his final game on the rink where he learned to skate at the age of three. “It’s my 18th birthday today,” he said. “I started skating here 15 years ago.” Both the Koerings grew up on the ice at EPCC, but with a two-year age difference…
The season has ended for the Eden Prairie girls hockey team. But it didn’t go quietly. Before it found its place in the webpages of prep hockey sites, the Eagles raced and chased, bumped and battled, grinding their way through an extended, hard-fought contest – which included two overtime periods to settle a 1-1 deadlock – in the section 2AA quarterfinal game at Dakotah Ice Center. After 71 minutes of hockey, the Eagles bowed out to Prior Lake at 12:03 into the second overtime, when a shot from Lakers forward Ava Guillemette found its way past Eagles junior goaltender Tegan…
A large banner, draped across the entrance to Rink 1 at Eden Prairie Community Center Thursday night, read: “We Love Our Seniors!” Underneath the banner was a large photograph of the senior on the Eden Prairie boys hockey team. And yes, “senior” is singular, not plural. Ryan Koering is the lone senior on the Eagles. Before Thursday night’s game with St. Michael-Albertville, parents, coaches and players celebrated senior night for Eden Prairie’s distinguished captain. “It’s special,” Koering said after the game. “It was awesome to have my parents out there and all the guys there supporting me and a couple…
Tested by adversity over the past month, the Eden Prairie Eagles girls basketball team should be pleased with the results of their own progress report following a rematch with top-ranked Hopkins on Tuesday. “Oh, I think I think we’re exactly where we need to be,” head coach Ellen Wiese said after the game. A cold Friday night in mid-January now seems like ancient history. The Eagles were playing on the road at Hopkins without Kylie Bamlett – a senior captain and the heart of their defense – who had suffered an ankle injury against Minnetonka the week before. Despite a…
Monday, Feb. 6 No events are scheduled. Tuesday, Feb. 7 A big week for Eagles sports and events kicks off on Tuesday with the girls gymnastics team hosting Minneapolis Southwest for a varsity scrimmage in the EPHS small gym room 233. Competition begins at 5 p.m. Coming off wins over Edina and Minnetonka last week, the sixth-ranked Eden Prairie girls basketball team hosts No. 1-ranked Hopkins in the main gymnasium at EPHS. Tip-off is 7 p.m. Girls basketball 9A, 1o and JV teams will also square off with Hopkins at Eden Prairie. The Eagles boys basketball team travels to Hopkins…
The color had finally returned to Dylan Vornwald’s face. “He was about that color gray at the end of the game last Tuesday,” Eden Prairie boys hockey head coach Mike Terwilliger said, equating Vornwald’s pallor after Tuesday’s game in Stillwater to a carbon fiber hockey stick leaning against the wall. The junior defenseman had been out with an illness for several games before returning to the lineup in the Eagles’ 6-4 win over the Ponies. Fast-forward to Saturday night, when Vornwald and the Eagles put together their second win in a row, making the long climb back to .500 for…
For the second time this season, a game involving the Eden Prairie High School girls hockey team was delayed by a Zamboni malfunction. The third period between the Eagles and Holy Angels was in a holding pattern Friday night, while the crew at the Eden Prairie Community Center tried to get the rink-locked Zamboni off the ice. The machine had almost completed its rounds, adding a fresh layer to Rink 1, when it stopped near center ice and remained motionless for approximately 10 minutes. “Well, it’s electric,” Dean Running, the event lead at EPCC, said. “We put it on the…
Head coach Steve Persian sat alone on the Eagles’ bench at Eden Prairie Community Center Friday night, after his girls hockey team had defeated Holy Angels in overtime. It was senior night for the Eagles, marking their last game of the regular season. And they certainly rose to meet the moment, writing the perfect ending to an emotionally-charged and eventful night. With the score tied at one, at 3:43 of the overtime period, senior captain Jordan Hirsch buried the rebound off a shot from fellow senior captain Paige Holt, giving the Eagles a 2-1 victory over the state’s second-ranked team…
The Eden Prairie Eagles wrestling team, ranked fourth in the state by wrestling website The Guillotine, went two-for-three on Thursday, while hosting a quad meet in the main gymnasium at Eden Prairie High School. The Eagles defeated Chaska-Chanhassen 59-6 in their first dual, yielding their only points on a forfeit in the 170-pound class. Eden Prairie fell to Hudson 32-38 in the second dual, having been forced to forfeit in both the 170 and 195-pound classes. The Eagles closed out the quad by cruising to a 48-21 win over Osseo in the third dual meet of the night. The Eagles…