Wayzata High School High Kick team. Submitted photo / Wayzata Trojet Dance Team Facebook page.
The Wayzata High School High Kick team capped off an exceptional season by placing 3rd in the 2026 Class AAA State Tournament, adding to its résumé as Conference Champions and Section Champions.
Wayzata High School High Kick team. Submitted photo / Wayzata Trojet Dance Team Facebook page.
Beyond the podium finish, the Trojans also demonstrated excellence in the classroom. The team received a Gold Team Academic Award from the Minnesota Association of Dance Team Coaches (@madtcoaches) for posting an impressive 3.84 cumulative GPA.
Four seniors earned Academic All-State honors, each maintaining a personal GPA above 3.85: Katie Anderson, Libby Bruns, Makenna Pawlowski, and Ella Schlecht.
Wayzata High School High Kick team. Submitted photo / Wayzata Trojet Dance Team Facebook page.
On the performance floor, seniors Katie Anderson and Makenna Pawlowski were inducted into the 2026 Class AAA High Kick All-Tournament Team, recognizing their standout contributions at state.
In Wayzata, championships matter — but so does character. This year’s High Kick team proved it can do both.
Our sports update this week includes news, video, stats and more on the boys and girls Basketball teams, the boys and girls hockey teams, Wayzata Dance, Wayzata Gymnastics, the boys Nordic Ski Team, and more.
Wayzata Boys Basketball avenges only loss on season
The Trojans move to 9-1 in the Lake Conference and 22-1-0 on the season.
They remain ranked the #1 team in Class 4A, and #2 behind Totino-Grace in the Metro Top 10.
Jackson McAndrew led Wayzata with 27 points. Wyatt McBeth had 14, Isaac Olmstead scored 11 points, and Christian Wiggins had 9 points.
Also contributing were Ben Shaffer with 6 points and Drew Nepstad with 4.
The Trojans Travel to Armstrong (8-5) on Tuesday February 20th; leaders for the Falcons include Seth Newbern averaging 19 points per game, Desmond Ware average 13.6, and Charles Duncan averaging 10.0 points per game.
#6 Girls Basketball falls to #1 Hopkins 89-62
The #1 ranked Hopkins Royals defeated the #6 Wayzata Girls Basketball team at the Royals Athletic Center on Thursday, February 15th.
Florida recruit Liv McGill scored 29 points to lead Hopkins, with Tatum Woodson adding 21, and Lauren Hillsecheim scoring 13.
Maren Day led Wayzata against Hopkins.
Leaders for Wayzata included Maren Day with 17 points, Kate Amelotte with 13, and Sophie Hawkinson with 11 points.
Other contributors included Annika Kieser with 8, Katie Kelzenberg with 5, Allie Berns with 4, and Jess Haux with 4.
The Trojans (17-7 overall, 6-5 Lake Conference) will host St. Michael-Albertville (19-5 overall, 6-4 Lake Conference) on Friday, Feb 23rd at the Wayzata High School.
#3 Wayzata Boys Hockey defeats #2 Edina 4-3 in overtime
Your #3 ranked Wayzata Boys Hockey Team (21-2) traveled to Braemar Ice Arena in Edina on Saturday and beat the Hornets (20-4-1) with an overtime goal by Max Luedtke (assist to Jake Mattson) at 1:47 in the OT period.
Max Luedkte had two goals against Edina.
Other standout performances included Luke Miller who scored two goals in the first period, one unassisted and one with an assist from Cade De St. Hubert.
Luke Miller scored two goals against Edina for the Trojans.
Jake Mattson also added a goal at 13:26 in the first period, assisted by Hawke Huff and Miller.
Wayzata Goaltender Evan Turek had 21 saves on 24 shots, versus Hornet Goaltender Joe Bertram who had 20 saves on 24 shots.
Leaders for the Hornets included Gopher recruit Jackson Nevers who scored two goals and Caleb Pittsley who added the third Edina goal.
Wayzata begins Section Play hosting Blake (2-23) Thursday Feb 22nd at the PIC at 7pm.
Edina Girls Hockey Eliminates Trojans from Section 6 Semifinals
Senior night for the Wayzata Girls Hockey team. Image courtesy Delaney Gnos.
The Hornets beat the Wayzata Girls Hockey team 8-0 on Wednesday, February 14th at Braemar Arena in Edina.
The loss for the Trojans ends the season for Wayzata, who finished 7-18 on the season and 2-8 in Lake Conference play.
Trojan Shyla Sanders led Wayzata in scoring for the season with 13 goals and 5 assists for 18 points.
Davy Mokelke had 10 goals and 7 assists for 17 points.
Jenna Britz had 9 goals and 10 assists, and sister Nicole Britz had 7 goals and 10 assists.
Morgan Kennedy finished the season with 5 goals and 10 assists, and Julia Ostapeic had 2 goals and 15 assists on the season.
Wayzata Goaltender Ella Podiak played 20 games, with a record of 6-11, saving 422 of the 491 shots on goal; and Malin Erickson finished with a record of 1-7 saving 246 of the 283 shots on goal.
Wayzata Gymnasts headed to State
Kate Mignone, Mikaela Lundvall, Kylie Ufheil, and Ashley Mouyenga will head to the State Tournament Meet for Gymnastics after a successful Section meet at Hopkins on February 17th.
Wayzata High School senior and dance team captain, Vanessa Iorio, competed last October at the Miss Dance Team Minnesota competition where she danced her way to the title of Miss Dance Team Minnesota 2008. This qualified her for the national Miss Dance Drill Team USA Pageant which took place this past weekend in Orange County, California. Competing against 34 other winners from around the country, Iorio swept the competition and was crowned Miss Dance Drill Team USA 2009. She now qualifies for the International competition in August in Tokyo, Japan where she will represent the United States.
Vanessa, along with 7 other dancers from Minnesota trained under the direction of Miss Dance Team Minnesota Director, Jenny Raiche, for 6 weeks prior to making the trip to the nationals. Competing as soloists in the “Miss” division Vanessa, Paige Campbell (Eastview High School) and Christina Hamari (Chaska High School) had to compete in 3 different divisions. 70% if their score was based on their solo dance routine. 15% of the score was based off of their display of technical dance skills. 15% was based off of an interview done in front of a private panel of judges. Out of 34 dancers competing, all 3 Minnesota soloists made into the top 15 and final round of competition. After the first elimination, the top 10 was announced and again all 3 Minnesota soloists were in. Paige Campbell ended up in 8th place and Christina Hamari in 9th place. On top of winning the competition, Iorio was awarded ‘Best Interview’ of the competition.
Director Jenny Raiche says of Vanessa and Team MN, “This was the strongest showing Minnesota has had at the nationals and I am so proud and thrilled for these talented young women. Vanessa was an amazing representation of Dance Team in Minnesota. Her performances were stunning and I had a really good feeling she was going to win it. She is a pleasure to work with and will represent the United States so well at the international competition.”
Other dancers representing Minnesota were Kelsey Martin (Eastview High School): 2nd place overall in 11th grade lyrical; Emily Brestovansky (Eden Prairie High School): 5th place overall in 10th grade lyrical; Brynja Hill (Maple Grove High School): 1st place in 10th/11th grade open division; Jillian Bagley, Christina Hamari and Becca Porter (Chaska High School): 1st place High Point in Duet/Trio division; Team Minnesota including Vanessa Iorio, Paige Campbell, Christina Hamari, Kelsey Martin, Emily Brestovansky and Brynja Hill: 1st place High Point in Team Open division.
The Minnesota Association of Dance Team (MADT) is proud to recognize Wayzata High School for their exemplary Sportsmanship. Meghan Hutton was named Class AAA Co-Head Coach of the Year.
According to MADT President, Jennifer Steenberg, “These teams deserve special recognition for demonstrating incredible sportsmanship this past year. Their coaching staff should also be commended as they work hard everyday not only to teach the sport, but to teach the fundamentals of fairness and respect for their teammates as well as their opponents.”
2009 Head Coach of the Year – Meghan Hutton has been coaching for about 15 years. She is a master at figuring out complex formations and has an incredible ability to critique the team’s choreography. She has an excellent rapport with staff and the athletes and has a positive way to motivate the dancers to do their best. As a coach, she always puts an emphasis on what we are doing as a team and how to make ourselves better. She cares about each student who is in her program, and seeks to get the best out of everyone of them. Her passion for dance extends beyond her own team as she is a deeply committed professional who sets high standards for herself and for those around her. Meghan Hutton from Wayzata is this years Class AAA Head Coach of the Year.
Mary Helen Iorio emailed Wayzata.com asking for the pictures and roster to be posted from State Champion Dance Team from the High School. So here we go:
The team consist of 23 girls – coached by Leslie Swiggium and Meghan Hutton. They danced to the song ” BEES”.
You may notice some of the same last names because we have two sets of sisters on the team.
Juniors: Sara Netherland, Kim Saunders, Rachel Saunders, Haley Weinberg, Haley Faust, Sarah Burge
Sophmores: Abbey Kaine, Hannah Dale, Molly Mohoney, Anne Lindberg
Freshman: Mariah Champ, Tia Vegemast, Jen Bazzachini
Congratulations Wayzata Dance on your State Championship from Wayzata.com. Additionally, if you missed the Youtube video that was posted earlier, you can catch it here: Wayzata Wins State Jazz Dance Championship
The Wayzata High School dance team won the 2009 State Jazz Title on Saturday. The final results for class 3A were as follows:
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