Joa wins third cross country race of the season

After no wins in his previous seasons, Park senior Henry Joa is on a roll this fall.

Joa won his third meet of the season Saturday, finishing first in the 17-team Simley Invitational. Joa covered the 5,000 meters in a time of 16:14.7, some 13 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

Senior Jana Hafiz led the Park girls with a 12th-place finish in 22:22.6.

Park’s boys were fifth in the team race with 143 points. The top 10 teams were: 1, Nova Classical Academy (88). 2, St. Agnes (94). 3, East Ridge (95). 4, Simley (110). 5, Park (143). 6, Woodbury (154). 7, Hastings (187). 8, Burnsville (201). 9, Holy Angels (202) and 10, Concordia (240).

Liam Fleming was 22nd (18:45.6), Nolan Bowe 26th (18:47.4), Marhsall Bowe 34th (19:11.3), Ben Paulsen 61st (20:16.8) and Dominic Kamau 100th (22:52.3). There were 111 runners in the boys varsity race.

Girls team scores were: 1, Holy Angels (73). 2, Mahtomedi (75). 3, Woodbury (90). 4, St. Agnes (113). 5, Simley (113). 6, Nova (124). 7, Concordia (165). 8, Park (181). 9, Tartan (216) and 10 Burnsville (234).

Paek senior Ali Devine was 26th (23:26.6), Alaina Murphy 55th (25:04.0), Chloe Peters 68th (26:38.9) and Eva McMorrow finished 75th (28:20.2).

Net up for the Wolfpack runners is the SEC Championships on Tuesday, Oct. 20, held again at Tanners Brook Golf Course in Forest Lake with a 3:30 p.m. start.

Sahli leads Wolfpack in the 3AA True Team meet

Park ninth grader Grace Sahli finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:11) and fourth in the 200-yard IM (2:25.39) to highlight the Wolfpack’s efforts in the Girls Section 3AA true Team meet held Friday and Saturday at Two Rivers High School.

In the relays, Park was sixth in the 200-yard medley relay with the team of Evelyn Sahli, Grace Sahli, Lillian Chen and Chloe Omtvedt finishing in 2:07.34. The Wolfpack team of Norgaard, Evelyn Sahli, Vue and Chen was eighth in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 2:00.15. Park’s quartet of Omtvedt, Norgaard, Vue and Grace Sahli finished ninth in the 400-yard freestyle relay (4:20.18).

Isabelle Brown was fifth in the 1-meter diving (254.40).

Chen finished 10th in the 200-yard IM (2:34.49), Adelynn Vue 14th (2:40.62) and Evelyn Sahli 16th (2:49.27). Omtvedt was 10th in the 50-yard freestyle (27.81) and Katelyn Norgaard 16th (29.63). Chen was also eighth in the 100-yard butterfly (1:14.08), Vue 10th (1:16.51). Omtvedt’s time of 1:02.61 and 11th-place finish led the Wolfpack in the 100-yarf freestyle. Lyla Koop was 15th in the 500-yard freestyle (6:51.67). Reese Stueber was 16th in the 200-yard freestyle (2:29.24). Evelyn Sahli was 13th in the 100-yard backstroke (1:13.24)

Park was sixth in the team race. Eagan finished first with 811 points, followed by Rosemount, 783; Two Rivers, 616; Apple Valley, 523; Bloomington Kennedy, 393; and Park, 320.

Forest Lake 113, Park 69

Grace Sahli won both the 100-yard butterfly (1:04.39) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:11.50) to highlight Thursday’s for the Wolfpack at the Cottage Grove Middle School pool.

Park’s team of Omtvedt, Chen, Norgaard and Grace Sahli won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:54.61. Vue, Omtvedt, Norgaard and Chen finished second in the 400-yard freestyle relay (4:19.29).

Norgaard was second in the 100-yard freestyle (1:05.01). Vue placed second in the 500-yar freestyle (6:16.07).

Park competes at home Thursday, Oct. 22 against Roseville with a 6 p.m. start.

Forest Lake storms back to top the Wolfpack

After a 25-12 loss in the first game, Park stormed out to a 14-4 lead in game two and everything seemed to be going the Wolfpack’s way against visiting Forest Lake.

But little by little game two turned and at the end, the visiting Rangers claimed a 3-0 Suburban East Conference victory, winning 25-12, 26-24 and 25-14.

It was another tough loss for the Wolfpack who remained winless in the SEC so far this season, falling to 0-7 in the conference and to 5-16 on the season.

Forest Lake improved to 3-4 in the conference and evened its overall season record at 10-10.

East Ridge 3, Park 0

Fourth-ranked and conference leading East Ridge took a 25-14, 25-11 and 25-6 decision from the visiting Wolfpack Tuesday in Suburban East Conference girls volleyball.

The Raptors went to 7-0 in the SEC and 15-4 overall.

Bloomington Jefferson tourney.

Park went 1-3 in the Bloomington Jefferson tournament Saturday. The Wolfpack lost their opener to Westonka (25-15, 25-21), topped New Ulm in two tight games (26-24. 25-22), then dropped decisions to Spring Lake Park (25-12, 25-19) and a close one to Minneapolis Roosevelt (25-18, 19-25 and 15-13).

Park (0-7, 6-19) wraps up the regular season at home Wednesday, hosting Stillwater (4-2, 13-12) with a 7 p.m. start.

Thunderbolts drop 5-1 decision

The South Washington County Thunderbolts dropped to 0-2-1 on the season after a 5-1 loss to visiting South Suburban in adapted soccer Wednesday.

The Thunderbolts opened the season with a 6-6 tie against St. Paul Johnson then fell 6-2 to Dakota United on Oct. 5.

South Washington plays Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville at Lakeville Monday starting at 4:30 p.m. then hosts the same team on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at Woodbury.