Centennial captured the first football championship in school history with a dramatic 28-27 victory over Edina in the Class AAAAAA Prep Bowl Championship game on Friday, Nov. 24 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Chad Johnston has been the Minneota head football coach for 22 years, and this year, as has long been the custom, he will quickly transition to another sport.
Hutchinson turned to its offensive attack that specializes in gobbling up yards and draining the clock in a 14-6 victory over Rocori in the Class AAAA Prep Bowl Championship game on Friday, Nov. 24 at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
Minneota won the Class A football championship on Friday, Nov. 24 for the second consecutive season with a 43-22 victory over Springfield in a rematch of the 2022 title game.
Eden Valley-Watkins scored 18 unanswered points late in the third quarter and into the fourth en route to a 24-6 victory over Barnesville in the Class AA Prep Bowl championship game on Friday, Nov. 24 at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
The Minnesota State High School League's football season comes to a crescendo on Friday, Nov. 24 and Saturday, Nov. 25 when seven championship games will be played in Prep Bowl XLI at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
Day 3 of the Minnesota State High School League's Football State Tournament semifinals were completed on Saturday, Nov. 18 at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis. All berths in the Prep Bowl Championship Games on Nov. 24 and Nov. 25 have been filled.
Traditions of excellence continued at the 2023 Girls Swimming and Diving State Meet as Visitation and Edina again claimed team titles. This was Visitation’s 14th championship and Edina’s 19th. The Hornets also set the only all-time state meet record in the 200 medley relay.
It was another great year for the Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville Cats. They finished with a perfect record of 11-0 and claimed their third consecutive CI championship. In PI, the Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound Westonka Robins (10-0) improved on last year’s runner-up showing to claim their 10th title.
When games are played, things can go exceptionally right or terribly wrong. Under the best of circumstances, lessons are learned, lessons that go way past sports and deep into life.
