Boys' soccer team goes 1-1 on the week

High-powered Minnetonka did what high-powered Minnetonka usually does in boys' soccer, dominated.

The Minnetonka girls (3-1 on the season) came into Cottage Grove and rolled to a 6-1 win over the hose Park Wolfpack Thursday.

Minnetonka led 5-0 at the half. Park's lone goal came in the second half.

Minnetonka went 16-2-1 last season in boys' soccer, advancing to the section quarterfinals before being eliminated.

Park 2, Burnsville 1

Park got its first win of the season Tuesday with a 2-1 decision over host Burnsville.

After both teams battled to a scoreless tie in the first half, the offenses clicked in the second. Terry Espinoza-Garibay and Sacid Mohamed scored one each for Park. Isaac Lor has an assist.

Park (1-2) hosts Roseville (0-1-2) Thursday with a 7 p.m. start to open Suburban East Conference play.

Girls' soccer goes to 2-1-1 with two wins

After starting the season 0-1-1, the Park Wolfpack pushed their record into the plus side of the ledger with two wins in two games.

The Wolfpack got past visiting Minneapolis Washburn 1-0 at Cottage Grove Wednesday to improve to 2-1-1 this fall.

Park junior Kylee Nickle scored the game’s only goal in the second half. Nickle now has three goals on the young season. Abby Moua had an assist on the winning goal.

Paige Stewart went the distance in goal for the Wolfpack, stopping all seven Washburn attempts.

Park 5, Burnsville 0

After scoring just two goals in the first two games, Park’s offense ran wild Tuesday in a 5-0 win over host Burnsville in girls non-conference soccer.

It wasn’t quite the 10-0 beatdown the Wolfpack handed the Blaze a year ago, but after a slow start offensive in their first two games of the season, the Wolfpack will take a five-goal victory.

Gabby Faletti, Hanna Williams, Kylee Nickle, Ayla Lettner and Liya Bekele each scored a goal for Park. Faletti, Lettner and Tea Alvarenga had assists.

Paige Stewart (65 minutes) and Ainsley Lucas (15 minutes) shared the win in goal, both with a single save.

Park now goes to conference play, hosting Roseville (1-1-1) Thursday, then plays at Stillwater (4-0) Tuesday.

Relay, Micek, Sahli win for swim and dive team

Park’s 200-yard medley relay team and Chloe Micek’s win in the 100-tyard backstroke highlighted the meet for the Wolfpack swim and dive team Thursday at White Bear Lake.

Park’s team of Chloe Micek, Grace Sahli, Eraya Nybakken and Katelyn Norgaard won the 200-yard medley relay in 2:02.36.

Micek finished first in the backstroke in a time of 1:03.53.

Grace Sahli took top honors in the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:12.36.

Park also went 1-2-4 in diving with Isabelle Brown (178.85), Alice Wood (170.40) and Claire Linscheid (154.05).

Lyla Kopp was third in the 200-yard freestyle (2:32.26) and second in the 500-yard freestyle (6:48.50), Grace Sahli was second in the 200-yard IM (2:26.47), Ava Elthon was fourth in the 50 freestyle (29.52) and third ibn the 100-yard freestyle (1:06.09), Nybakken second in the 100-yard butterfly (1:14.41).

Park was third in the 200-yard freestyle relay with the team of Elthon, Celestina De Gracia, Lia Boudouris and Norgaard finishing in 2:08.77 and Park’s foursome of Micek, Grace Sahli, Nybakken and Elthon finished with a time of 4:17.48 in the final 400-yard freestyle relay.

White Bear Lake edged Park for the team title, winning 96-82.

Park hosts Cretin-Derham Hall Thursday at Cottage Grove Middle School, starting at 6 p.m.

Girls' tennis team wins 5-2 twice

Park girls' tennis rolled to a pair of 5-2 victories last week, dispatching St. Paul Harding/Como Park on Tuesday, then winning at Irondale Thursday. The Wolfpack doubles team went a perfect 6-0, never losing a set in the two matches.
At Irondale, Park swept the doubles and won at No.3 and 4 singles. Doubles winners were Liv Evans and Chloe Newhouse at No. 1 (6-0, 6-3), Keira Brennan and Ava Youngquist at No. 2 (6-4, 6-2) and Bailey Ledman and Lilly Amburghay at No. 3 (6-2, 6-1). Singles winners were Evie Johnson a No. 3 (7-5, 6-2) and Addie Corkish at No. 4 (6-0, 6-2).

The same results happened at Harding with Park winning all three doubles and two of four singles.

Park’s Evans/Newhouse won 6-1, 6-1, Brennan/Youngquist won 6-0, 6-0 and Johnson/Ledman triumphed 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 doubles. In singles, Corkish won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 3 and Alaina Post won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4.