Sports

The Gopher State Tournament of Champions AAA state baseball tournament was July 21-23 in Rochester and the Roseville Raiders 13UAAA team came out on top.

Wallace (Wally) P. Wakefield, a longtime sports writer for Lillie Suburban Newspapers, passed away unexpectedly in his home May 2. He was 86 years old.

The Hill-Murray girls hockey team is set to make another run at a state championship this week. The Pioneers are in the Class AA state tournament for the fifth consecutive year and sixth in program history.

There’s not much girls hockey playoff history between Mounds View High School and White Bear Lake but they’re making up for it quickly.

St. Anthony Village High School senior Kia Kivi is headed to the state gymnastics this weekend. This is her third trip to state but first in three years.

When the Mounds View High School boys hockey team opened the season with a 10-6 loss to North St. Paul, it looked like it might be a long winter for the Mustangs.

All three Bulletin-area high school wrestling teams are set to chase state-tournament berths this weekend. The Section 4AAA individual tournament is Feb. 25 at Stillwater Area High School.

Xavier Mansfield spent the whole high school Nordic ski season ranked No. 1 in the state by skinnyski.com. He proved the ranking committee right by bringing home the state individual championship last week.

Senior Jake Begley is in his third season as a varsity goalie at Hill-Murray and second as the Pioneers’ main netminder. He has put together some impressive statistics this year and was recognized for it last week.