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BOYS SOCCER
GIRLS SOCCER
Two goals is enough once again BY ERIC KRAUSHAR scores@swpub.com
PHOTO BY ERIC KRAUSHAR
Chaska senior captain Troy Ewers celebrates with teammate Josh Arnst after he scored a goal late in a 3-0 win over West Lutheran in the Section 6A opener.
Onto the next playoff round BY ERIC KRAUSHAR scores@swpub.com
Randy Barrientos entered the game with 32 minutes to play with the game scoreless. The Chaska junior made his presence felt almost immediately. Barrientos drilled a free kick from right outside the box that deflected off a West Lutheran across the goalmouth into the net for the eventual game-winner with 28:10 to play. Chaska added two insurance goals in the fi nal 10 minutes for the 3-0 win Tuesday in the Section 6A opener at Middle School West. The Hawks (5-7-2), seeded No. 6 in the section, will travel to No. 3 Waconia at 7 p.m. tonight. The two teams played to a scoreless draw Aug. 27. “If we lose 10, we are trying to figure out a way to not lose 1-0. It’s all about believing in our team and listening and playing the game,” Chaska boys coach Pat Prindle said. Scoreless at half, Prindle d id n’t wa ste a ny ti me to change it up at forward. Just eight minutes into the stanza, he inserted Barrientos and Beka Shuna, who also did not start the game. The two, along with senior midfielder Troy Ewers, generated an opportunity on a 2-on-1 break. On the pass, a hand ball was called against Warriors’ Ryan Bensen. Barrientos hit a low liner on the free kick that skipped
off a foot of a defender in the opposite direction of a diving goaltender. Barrientos and Shuna created numerous other opportunities during a 15-minute stretch in which the ball rarely went into Hawk territory. The best chance on a breakaway from Barrientos – his attempt clanged off the crossbar out of play. “It’s a team piece. They come out and play as a team. They listened and they didn’t listen in the first half and they doubted a team that is very strong and played that way. We came out with a plan in the second half, just like we did against Farmington. But the key was that they listened to that plan,” Prindle said. Lucas Ferguson added a goal with 8:16 to play off a pass from Peter Wartenberg. Ewers made it 3-0 at 5:39 with a rebound goal. Chaska goaltender Brendan Jackson, along with a defense crew of Jorge Romero, Philip Cook and Aaron Hemstock, held West Lutheran (6-8-3) in check all game. Now the focus shi fts to Waconia – a team that Chaska dominated on the home turf but was unable to capitalize on numerous chances in the box. “The next game will be even more difficult whoever we play. We certainly have to be better,” the Hawks coach said. The Wildcats, who beat Providence Academy 9-0, are now 13-2-2 on the season.
Chaska was 0-5-3 in games in which the girls soccer team scored one or fewer goals. The Hawks were 4-0 in games in which they scored two or more goals. So it only made sense that Chaska needed two to beat Waconia Tuesday in the Section 6A opener at Middle School West. A lmost 2 0 minutes a fter Waconia knotted the match at one, Hawks sophomore Sydney McClure beat the goaltender on a breakaway for the eventual game-winner. The Hawks, seeded seventh, travel to No. 2 Orono at 7 p.m. tonight. The semifi nal round is Saturday with the fi nals on Tuesday. Trailing 1-0 in the second half, Waconia tied the game in the 54th minute as Kayla Christensen lofted a shot over the head of goaltender Alyssa Phi l l ips. D efender A sh ley Costello nearly tracked the ball down, but her attempt was too late as the game went to a tie. Chaska had the better play down the stretch with senior Colette St. John coming up with two big shots that forced Waconia’s Kelsie Gunnufson to make saves. But wit h 6 :16 to pl ay, a ball into the box by Cassidy Brougham deflected off a Chaska forward right to McClure who dribbled in and blasted a shot into the upper right corner for the 2-1 lead. Waconia had one last chance with 40 seconds remaining, but Maria Spurbeck’s shot off a corner kick sailed high. Each team had great chances during the fi rst 25 minutes of the first half, but it was another Chaska sophomore
PHOTO BY ERIC KRAUSHAR
Chaska senior Colette St. John (9) knocks the ball down with her knee during the first half of Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Waconia. that gave the Hawks the fi rst lead. E l l ie K nowle s d r ibble d down the right side, fi rst stopping to force the defender past her. She then switched looks, separating herself from the
defender and booting a cross that hit nothing but the back of the net off a tough angle with 11:27 remaining in the fi rst half. Chaska is 5-5-4 on the season.
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REGION FOOTBALL
A giant step up in class for Fire Both Holy Family Catholic and St. Thomas Academy entered week six unbeaten and ranked No. 2 in their individual classes. The Cadets, though, showed over and over again Friday the difference between football classes in Minnesota. A deeper and talented St. Thomas Academy squad, a 4A school, jumped out to a 35-0 halftime lead and won 48-7 over the Class 3A Fire. Nick Waldvogel rushed for
137 yards and two touchdowns on just five carries, while Hootie Hubbell added 87 yards and a score on eight rushes for the Cadets. St. Thomas Academy got out to an 8- 0 lead after Michael Roane was intercepted by Paddy Clancy deep in Fire territory. John Lunger scored from 10 yards, while Clancy added the two-point conversion for the early lead. Cl a ncy had a big night, picking of f Roane twice in
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the game, including a 95-yard touchdown return in the third quarter for the Cadets’ seventh score. Waldvogel scored twice in the first half for STA – once on the ground and another through the air from quarterback Keegan Zimprich. Lunger hauled in a 33-yard pass from Zimprich, while Hubbell also had a rushing score for the 35-0 lead at the break. Waldvogel scored his third touchdown of the game on a
49-yard run in the third quarter for the 42-0 advantage. Holy Family (5-1) got on the board in the fourth stanza on a 5-yard run from Tanner Steen. Roane, who rushed for 158 yards on 23 carries, threw four interceptions with five completions and 36 yards. Steen led the Fire defense with 11 tackles, while Tommy Hanson had eight tackles and one pass deflection. Holy Family hosts Waseca (4-2) at 7 p.m. Friday in Victoria.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Trinity beats Southwest Christian for MCAA title Trinity of River Ridge handed Southwest Christian a 3-1 regular-season loss. Meeting again in the championship match of the MCAA Conference Girls Soccer Tournament Saturday in Inver Grove Heights, the TriHawks repeated the favor. Top -seeded T ri nit y won 3-1 to clinch the conference championship with the Stars fi nishing second. C a rly J a c o b s o n n e t t e d the lone goal for Southwest Christian (10-3-2), which had a nine-game unbeaten streak snapped. Ju nior goa ltender K atie Wisely made eight saves in the loss. Rachel Gasper, who leads the team with 19 goals, scored a pair of second-half tallies in leading Southwest Christian in a 3-1 semifinal win over New Life Academy Thursday in Victoria. Trailing 1- 0 at hal ftime, freshman Rebecca Gasper tied the game off an assist from her senior sister. Rachel Gasper added goals off passes from Ali Hulstein and Christine Brown to send the Stars into the MCAA Tournament title game. The Southwest Christian and New Life Academy boys soccer teams tied 2-2 in the only regular season meeting. Playing for the second time in two weeks, the Eagle boys held on for a 2-1 win over the top-seeded Stars in the MCAA Tournament semifinals Thursday in Victoria. In the boys MCAA Tournament, the top -seeded Stars dropped a pair of tournament games to fall to 6-6-3.
a second goal. Southwest Christian ended the regular season with a 5-1 loss to Trinity – a team they beat 1-0 two weeks earlier. Top-seeded Heritage Christian beat No. 4 seed New Life Academy 2-0 in the championship.
SECOND PLACE
PHOTO BY ERIC KRAUSHAR
Southwest Christian senior Nick Dirks uses his feet to make pass during a recent game with New Life Academy. Later in the game, Dirks used his head for a goal in a 2-1 loss. Already leading 1-0, New Life Academy freshman Chris Kesting lifted a shot over the head of Southwest Christian goaltender Brian Horner for what proved to be the eventual game-winner with 24:45 to play. Playing on a smaller-sized varsity field at Deithelm Park, the Eagles played a style of defense that didn’t allow the Stars to generate any type of offense. Southwest Christian had just two shots on goal
over the final 25 minutes – both coming in a late flurry in which the top-seeded Stars scored a goal. Luke Chase lofted a corner kick into the box with Nick Dirks heading the ball into the goal off a head deflection from midfielder Kevin Horner. The goal came with 35.6 seconds left in regulation. New Life Academy kept possession of the ball during the fi nal seconds, not allowing the Stars to mount a comeback for
Heading into the Perham Invitational Saturday, Holy Family Catholic volleyball was riding a four-match winning streak. The improved Fire continued to show good signs, placing second in the tournament with a 3-1 record. Holy Family beat Hawley and Lake of the Woods (25-23, 13-25, 15-6) in pool play before knocking off host Perham 2-1 in the semifinals. The scores in the match against Perham were 20-25, 25-21 and 15-9. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, who is 15-3 on the season, won the title match over the Fire 25-22 and 25-16. H a n na h Schon ha rdt led Holy Family in kills, while Fire coach Pamela Osterfeld s a id t he b ack-r ow pl ay of Emma Sperr and Emily Bodin was excellent on serve receive. “We played really, really well. We played together as a team. All three wins went three sets. W hen our backs were against the wall, we fought hard and played scrappy defense,” said Osterfeld, who said it was special to beat her hometown Perham squad. “That was a big deal.” The Fire dropped to 12-10 overall with a 3-1 loss at New Ulm Friday. The scores were 21-25, 25-16, 25-15 and 25-16.
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The Eden Prairie Figure Skating Club members competing in the qualifying and non-qualifying events were from left, Anna Cron, Abby Boedigheimer, April Bockin, Hailey Kauls (Chaska), Rachel Larson, Kristian Briant and Colette Danielski. Not pictured are Janet Kang, Lauren Muench, Michelle Nguyen, Shiloh Walker (Minnetonka), Maddy Kennedy, Jamie Yuan, Amy Wang and Allison Steen.
Skaters to compete this weekend Members of the Eden Prairie Figure Skating Club, featuring youth skaters from the Southwest metro area, recently participated in an exhibition at the Eden Prairie Community Center for the 2012 Figure Skating Upper Great Lakes Regional Championships to be held Oct. 14-18 at the Richfield Ice Arena. The U.S. Figure Skating sanctioned event is the qualifying competition for the Twin Cities area featuring over 400 skaters from up to eight states. The top four skaters from novice through senior levels qualifying at uppers will compete in November at sectionals in Fort Collins, Colo. Those skaters who advance will compete at the Championships in San Jose, Calif. The top four skaters in each level at the Juvenile and Intermedi-
ate levels at Uppers compete at the Junior Championships in East Lansing, Mich.
Inaugural Storm Fall Classic The Chanhassen Activities and Athletic Office will celebrate the inaugural Storm Fall Classic fundraising event Friday, Nov. 11. T he Stor m Fa l l Classic is a dinner with silent and live auction along with live entertainment and a featured speaker in former Minnesota Twin and current Fox Sports North analyst Ron Coomer. The event runs from 5:30 p.m. to midnight at Hazeltine National Golf Course. The cost is $60 per person or $110 per couple. Register online at cns.district112.org. Call the Chan Activities office with any questions at 952-556-3530.