“The Wayzata wrestling team pounded Lake Conference rival Minnetonka 68-9 Tuesday. The Trojans recorded eight pins in the match on the way to the win. Wayzata is ranked ninth in the class AAA team rankings.”The Wayzata wrestling team pounded Lake Conference rival Minnetonka 68-9 Tuesday. The Trojans recorded eight pins in the match on the way to the win. Wayzata is ranked ninth in the class AAA team rankings.” From CCXMedia.
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Trojans tough schedule out of the gate included three top 10 ranked teams
The Wayzata Boys Basketball team moved to 1-3 on the season after defeating Prior Lake (2-2) by a score of 77-51 on a snowy Friday evening at the Wayzata Field House.
It was the 2nd of two games the Trojans played this week, including a tough contest against 2nd ranked Lakeville North in which the Trojans come up just short of the Panthers.
The three losses included Lakeville South (43-45), Eastview (75-81) and Lakeville North (58-67).
The Torn host Armstrong (3-0) on Tuesday evening.
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The Wayzata boys hockey team beat ninth-ranked Hill-Murray 2-1 in overtime Thursday to stay unbeaten. Rhys Wallin scored the game-winner on a pass from Jacob Kvasnicka in the overtime period. That’s after the Pioneers’ Brady Ingebritson had scored in the final minute of regulation to tie the game. Second-ranked Wayzata is now 4-0-0 this season. From CCX Media.
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“The Wayzata girls basketball team overcame a five-point halftime deficit to beat Maple Grove 60-56 in the season opener for both teams. Four of the five starters for Wayzata scored in double figures. Jordan Ode scored 30 points to lead Maple Grove.” From CCX Media.
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“The Wayzata volleyball team is back in the state championship for a third straight season following a three-set sweep of Rogers Thursday morning. The Trojans beat the Royals 25-15, 25-14, and 25-23. Olivia Swenson led the Trojans with nine kills. Katie Kelzenberg recorded six kills and Stella Swenson five. Stella Swenson had 19 set assists while Sophia Johnson recorded four aces. Wayzata recorded 9.5 team blocks compared to 3.5 for Rogers. Anya Schmidt led the Royals with 12 kills. Top-seeded Wayzata (29-4) plays second-seeded Lakeville North (29-4) for the Class AAAA title Saturday at 7:00 pm at Xcel Energy Center. The Trojans won the big-class tournament in 2019 and 2021. There was no tournament in 2020 because of Covid-19. Rogers plays East Ridge in the third-place match.” From CCX Media.
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“Wednesday marked one of the NCAA’s National Letter of Intent signing days, when high school seniors can commit in writing to colleges for athletics. Both Maple Grove and Wayzata hosted large ceremonies before school Wednesday in various sports including baseball, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. The next big NLI day comes December21 for football.” From CCX Media.
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“The Wayzata volleyball team won its state quarterfinal round match Wednesday, sweeping unseeded Burnsville 25-20, 25-20, and 25-18. Olivia Swenson led the Trojans with 14 kills while Katie Kelzenberg added 10. The top-seeded and defending state champion Trojans are now 28-4 on the season and play in the state class AAAA semifinals Thursday at 9:00 am at the Xcel Energy Center.” From CCX Media.
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“Saturday was a great day for the Wayzata cross country programs. The Trojans girls and boys each won state class AAA team titles. Abbey Nechanicky led a dominant Wayzata girls performance by easily capturing her first state title. Sydney Drevlow of Hopkins was second. Hamza Mohamed of Wayzata was the top local boys finisher, in fourth place. Noah Breker of Armstrong was seventh. The Heritage Christian Academy boys won the class A team title.” From CCX Media.
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Wayzata senior Abbey Nechanicky appeared if she was making up for lost time on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022.
Abby Nechanicky poses for a photo at the finish line of the MSHSL Cross Country meet. Photo credit from MSHSL. Nechanicky, who didn’t run in the Minnesota State High School League’s Cross Country State Meet in 2021 because of an injury, blazed to the Class AAA individual championship on the 5,000-meter course at St. Olaf College in Northfield. Her time was 16 minutes, 47.7 seconds. She finished 52.1 seconds in front of runner-up, Sydney Drevlow, a sophomore at Hopkins, and a top challenger of Nechanicky’s during the Lake Conference season. Forest Lake sophomore Norah Hushagen was third in 17:48.6.
Nechanicky, the big-school runner-up in 2019, is ranked third nationally and has committed to run at the University of Colorado. She put on hold momentarily her postrace news conference because she wanted to cheer on not only her teammates, but all participants as they finished. She was full of high-fives and congratulations for all.
The delay wasn’t long as the next four Wayzata runners finished quickly.
Wayzata cruised to the team title with 39 points, 50 ahead of runner-up Minnetonka, which had 89. Mounds View was third with 127.
Also scoring for the Trojans were senior Teegan Anderson, senior Grace Mignone, freshman Maddie Gullickson and sophomore Alyson Kleyman.
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Top-seeded Wayzata used a late-game surge to score two goals, one in regulation time and another in an extra session, to prove worthy of their top billing in the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Soccer State Tournament.
Senior forward Joe Highfield was credited with the clinching goal with 5:38 left in the first overtime to give the Trojans a 3-2 victory over No. 3 Woodbury in the Class AAA championship game on Friday, Nov. 4 at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
The Trojans (19-1-2) celebrated its first big-school state title since 2017 on a dazzling play that was engineered by Highfield. He got loose on the near side and found himself in a breakaway situation. He eyed the right side of Woodbury junior goalkeeper Eddie Puglisi. He made a nifty save with his right foot, but the ball caromed off a Woodbury teammate and bounced stunningly into the goal.
It was Wayzata’s second championship since 2009. The other three appearances resulted in runner-up finishes.
The Trojans appeared headed for another runner-up finish before senior defender Joe Burica scored the equalizer with 1:42 left in regulation time.
In the first half, Woodbury built a 2-1 advantage behind two goals from sophomore midfielder Olin Franzwa. His second goal gave the Royals a one-goal edge at the break. Ten minutes earlier, Wayzata senior defender Tarun Gorripati scored after dribbling around a defender.
Woodbury was seeking its first championship in boys soccer. In 2005, the Royals were runner-up to Wayzata as well.
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