By Chris Davis
EDINA GIRLS HOCKEY
Photo by Mary Kuehl
The Team I
f you ask successful Edina coaches and educators what makes Edina special, you will hear a recurring theme. Edina is special because of the involvement and commitment of the families who live there. The parents are involved in their kids’ lives, in academics and athletics. They teach, support and expect excellence. That is what makes Edina special. Nowhere is that theme more evident than on this season’s EHS Girls Varsity Hockey team. There are 4 sets of sisters on the team, each with dads who have been coaching the sisters since they first started to skate. • There’s the sophomore twins – Gwen & Lily Hendrikson: Gwen is a forward and Lily is a defenseman. • The Kuehl sisters: Both forwards, Annie is a senior and Jane is a freshman. • The Jungels sisters: Tella is a junior forward and Vivian is a freshman defenseman. • The Bowlby sisters: CC and Lucy and both forwards. CC is a senior and Lucy is a junior. “It’s gotta be some kind of record, right?” Said Coach Sami Reber with a laugh. “But, honestly, there is really no big difference. When they come to the rink they are teammates and they treat each other just as they do their other teammates.” The girls are competitive with, but supportive of, each other. And each one of the sisters is pleased to be varsity teammates with their sister.
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