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www.minnlocal.com – Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 – Burnsville & Lakeville Sun-Current
Notebook: More student-athletes sign on dotted line
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BY MIKE SHAUGHNESSY – SUN NEWSPAPERS Augustana College football coach Mike Aldrich is a Burnsville native, and when it comes to recruiting he apparently doesn’t forget where he came from. Although there were no Burnsville players in his 2012 recruiting class, Aldrich picked up several players from one suburb to the south. That includes the top receivers from Lakeville North and Lakeville South high schools. Lakeville North’s Charlie Hayes, who caught 60 passes for 1,033 yards last season, signed with the Vikings on Feb. 1. So did Lakeville South’s Matt Heller, who had 48 catches for 820 yards. The Augustana recruiting class also included Lakeville North quarterback Trey Heid, Lakeville South defensive back Nevin Andreas, Lakeville South defensive lineman Dillon Lampert and Eagan defensive back Grant Matthews. Fourteen Minnesotans signed to play football at Augustana, including Eden Prairie defensive lineman/linebacker Anthony King-Foreman, whose father is Minnesota Vikings all-time great Chuck Foreman. A story in last week’s Sun-Current
detailed some of the high school studentathletes who had made their college decisions in advance of National Signing Day. Several others announced their choices after that story went to press. Augustana, in Sioux Falls, S.D., also signed Lakeville North’s Taylor Brownrigg for women’s soccer. Also signing were two members of the North boys soccer team – Tyler David (St. Louis) and Connor Revsbeck (Western Illinois). Lakeville North senior Emma Erickson will compete in track and field at North Dakota. Eagan’s Aaron Roundtree and Joe Machachek joined five other football teammates to sign National Letters of Intent. Roundtree is going to North Dakota State College of Science and Machachek will play for MinnesotaCrookston. School of Environmental Studies senior Rachel Gratz will play women’s soccer at Concordia University in St. Paul. Apple Valley defensive lineman Zach Martens signed with the University of Missouri S&T (Science and Technology) to play football. Two Apple Valley athletes signed to
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play women’s soccer, Lauren Hoeppner at Minnesota State, Mankato, and Anna Edgren at Bemidji State. Also announced last week was Apple Valley senior Liz Hermes’ commitment to the College of St. Benedict, where she will play women’s hockey. Apple Valley girls hockey coach Don Erdall said Hermes is the first Eagles player in three years to go to play in college. Katie Supplee of Eagan, a senior at Visitation in Mendota Heights, will go to Luther College to play volleyball and compete in track and field.
ExCEL Award winners Two students from schools in the South Suburban Conference are part of the Minnesota State High School League’s 2012 ExCEL Award class. Daniel Spika of Eastview and Sylesh Volla of Eagan are among 32 students being honored this year. ExCEL (Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership) awards go to juniors who participate in MSHSL athletic and/or fine arts activities, hold leadership positions in their schools and work voluntarily in their communities. Each MSHSL member school can nominate one girl and one boy each year.
with Rosemount winning all three. Sophomore forward Erica Power was a 20-goal scorer for Apple Valley in the regular season. The Apple Valley-Rosemount winner will play Park of Cottage Grove or Burnsville in the semifinals at 7 p.m. Saturday. Burnsville started slowly this season, going winless in its first nine games, but recovered and took a 9-11-5 record into its Feb. 8 quarterfinal game at Park. Lindsey Coleman and Briita Nelson had 14 and 12 goals in the regular season for Burnsville. South Suburban Conference teams were No. 1 seeds in two sections – Eagan in Section 3AA and Lakeville North in 1AA. Last year two SSC teams qualified for the state tournament but both lost in the Class AA quarterfinals. Lakeville South and Rosemount then met in the consolation semifinals, with South winning 3-2. Lakeville South went on to place sixth at state. A current SSC member has not been in a state girls hockey championship game since 2001, when Bloomington Jefferson won the Class AA championship.