Irondale Knights

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.

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.

Mounds View High School’s Kaarl Damberg trekked to Biwabik last week and for his effort he is headed back up there again this week.

Both high schools in District 621 will have an individual competing in the state Nordic ski racing meet this week. 

During the regular season, the Mounds View High School girls hockey team faced Woodbury twice, winning one close contest and taking the other in a blowout.

With the calendar changing over to February, the focus for the Bulletin-area high school girls hockey teams has also changed. The regular season wrapped up last week so now Mounds View and Irondale/St.

Mark Ousdigian is wrapping up his final season as a member of the Mounds View High School boys Nordic ski team. He has at least one competition left and is hoping to make it two.

The Northwest Suburban Conference Nordic ski racing championships held last week featured a dozen teams competing. In the girls’ competition, 11 teams were vying for second place while the team championship was nearly a foregone conclusion.

A trio of former Bulletin-area high school athletes recently received collegiate honors.

Irondale High School graduate Kilen Eilefson and Mounds View High School alumni Nate Albers and Emma Blume were the honorees.