“The Wayzata girls volleyball team faced a tough foe in the season opener, and were swept by East Ridge. The Raptors took a 25-21, 25-17, 25-20 win. It was the third match of the season for East Ridge. Wayzata was scheduled to play at Hopkins Tuesday but a power outage forced that match to be postponed. The Trojans host Buffalo Thursday.” via CCX Media.
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Wayzata built an 18-point halftime lead and held off Andover in the second half Thursday night, earning a 37-26 road victory at Andover High School.
Senior running back Michael Criswell led the Trojans with four rushing touchdowns, scoring from 2, 29, 4 and 43 yards. Wayzata also got a 44-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Thor Soukup to junior receiver Weston Moeller.
The Trojans opened the scoring midway through the first quarter when senior linebacker Kai Wessman recorded a safety. Criswell added his first touchdown later in the quarter, giving Wayzata a 9-0 lead.
Andover answered with a 60-yard touchdown pass, but Wayzata took control in the second quarter. Criswell scored on a 29-yard run, Soukup connected with Moeller for the 44-yard score, and Criswell added another touchdown with 28 seconds remaining before halftime.
That gave Wayzata a 30-12 lead at the break.
Andover cut the margin to 30-20 midway through the third quarter, but Criswell answered less than a minute later with his longest touchdown of the night, a 43-yard run that pushed the lead back to 17.
Andover scored again to make it 37-26, but neither team scored in the fourth quarter.
Senior kicker Felipe Neves converted all five of Wayzata’s extra-point attempts.
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“The Wayzata football team began their season with new head coach Derrin Lamker leading the charge on the first day of practice. Lamker is taking over the Trojan program after one year at Osseo. The Trojans haven’t had a winning season in five years, but are optimistic with the start they’ve gotten off to and energy that Lamker has brought. Wayzata will kick off their season at Andover on Thursday, September 3rd.” via CCX Media.
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“The Wayzata boys lacrosse team lost to top-ranked Farmington in the state tournament semifinals, falling to the Tigers 17-6. The Trojans trailed only 3-2 after the first quarter but the Tigers scored nine second quarter goals to lead 12-3 at halftime. Farmington, with eight players who have scored 21 or more goals this season, got four goals each from Caden Hennes and Brooks Furney. Thor Soukup scored twice the for Trojans. Farmington (18-0) plays Stillwater for the state championship Saturday while Wayzata (15-3) meets East Ridge for third place.” via CCX Media.
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“The Wayzata girls track and field team took home their second consecutive Class AAA state championship over the weekend. Maddie Gullickson won her sixth individual MSHSL track championship with a state record-breaking time of 4:41.65 in the 1600m. The Wayzata boys and girls 4×800 relay teams also finished in first place overall. Maple Grove’s girls 4×400 team finished in first place as well. Armstrong’s Mykhailo Protsenko took third overall with a throw of 179-5.” via CCX Media.
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“The Wayzata boys tennis team of Jacob Salisbury and Nolan Beduhn won the state Class AA doubles title Friday afternoon. The Trojans duo beat Eden Prairie’s Varin Tangeti and Zayden Chau 6-2, 6-3 in the final. Wayzata’s Ethan Turunen finished second in the singles tournament, losing a hard fought battle to top seed Soren Swenson of Mounds View 7-5, 7-6 (4).” via CCX Media.
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“The Wayzata baseball team was able to beat Edina 11-1 in game one of the Section 6AAAA final, but couldn’t come out on top in the winner-take-all game two, falling 14-6. The Trojans were able to put together multi-run innings in the first game, highlighted by a bases clearing triple by Hunsley Cole. In game two, the Trojans took a 6-5 lead, but Edina outscored Wayzata 8-1 in the final three innings of the game. The Trojans finished their season with a 20-10 record.” via CCX Media.
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“The Wayzata boys volleyball team swept Cooper 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-13) to advance to the section 6 championship. The Trojans went to the set-kill combination of Connor Voss to Kai Wessman numerous times in the opening set. After the Hawks started strong in the second – especially with solid play from Miles Kogler, Jacob Aslanisvili came up with some big plays for Wayzata and the Trojans won the second set 25-17. In the third, Voss had a couple aces and the Trojans completed the sweep. Wayzata will face Edina in the section 6 championship on Wednesday.” via CCX Media.
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“The Wayzata boys and girls track and field teams both took home Section 6AAA titles in Buffalo on Thursday. The Trojans boys scored 150.5 points and the girls totaled 177. Some highlights for Wayzata included Maddie Gullickson placing first in the 1600 meter run, Weston Moeller taking home the high jump title, clearing 6-4, and Jessica Haux winning the 100 hurdles in a time of 14.46 seconds. Armstrong had two throwers that qualified for state – Julia Brincks in the girls shot put (39-05, 2nd) and Mykhailo Protsenko in the boys discus (168-07).” via CCX Media.
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“The Wayzata softball team lost 5-0 to Edina in the final round of the Section 6AAAA tournament. The Hornets struck early as Lauren Ganley singled in a run in the bottom of the first inning. They added four more in the second, capped by Ganley’s three-run homer to make it 5-0. That was more than enough for senior pitcher Ella Meyer, who tossed a four-hitter with 14 strikeouts. It was Edina’s fourth win over Wayzata this season. The Hornets are headed to the state Class AAAA tournament for the third straight season.” via CCX Media.
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