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2022-23 Winter Sports Summary

By Athletics Office, 03/10/23, 2:00PM CST

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Boys Basketball

  • Head Coach: Tyler Biwan 

  • 15-10 season. 3rd place in IMAC. 

  • 9 seed in playoffs

  • Grayson Okoronkwo became the second all time leading scorer as a Junior

  • Awards

    • IMAC All Conference: Grayson Okoronkwo

    • IMAC All Conference Honorable Mention: Omar Kaba & Carson McMichael 


 

Girls Basketball

  • Head Coach: Nisha Fisher 

  • 9-17 season. 4th place in IMAC.

  • Hosted home playoff game being a 6 seed. Lost in the first round of playoffs to Dassel-Cokato.

  • Awards

    • IMAC All Conference:  Catherine Hardy

    • IMAC All Conference Honorable Mention: Niama Michael-Crushshon  & Charley Bowles 

    • Team Awards

      • MVP: Charley Bowles

      • Best Rebounder: Niama Michael-Crushshon

      • Best Defender: Alex Mithun

      • Bear Award: Catherine Hardy

      • Unsung Hero: Livvy Vandersall & Maya Cussler 



 

Boys Hockey

  • Head Coach:  Rob McClanahan

  • Conference Co-Champions.  5-1 in conference play

  • 13-12-1 regular season record

  • #6 seed in playoffs.  0-1 in section playoffs.  Lost to Benilde

  • Awards

    • IMAC All Conference

      • Rowan Heitoff.  Senior Forward.

      • Carter Krenke.  Senior Forward

      • Jonah Spaeth.  Senior Goalie.

      • Oliver Duininck.  Junior Forward

      • Chas Sabre.  Junior Defensemen

    • IMAC Honorable Mention

      • David Carlson.  Senior Forward

      • Reese Hack.  Senior Forward

      • Alex Witzke.  Senior Defensemen

      • Connor Clark.  Sophomore Defensemen.

    • Team Awards

      • Academic:  Alex Witzke

      • Most Improved:  Nick Witzke

      • Most Determined:  Oliver Duininck

      • Defensive Player:  Chas Sabre

      • MVP:  Rowan Heithoff

Girls Hockey

  • Head Coach:  Kristi King

    • IMAC Champions.  2-0 in Conference play

    • 15-12 overall record in the regular season

    • #1 seed in playoffs.  Defeated Armstrong Cooper 8-0, lost to Edina in Section Finals 4-0

    • Awards:

      • IMAC All Conference

        • Suzy Higuchi, Sam Broz, Callie Arthur 

      • IMAC Honorable Mention

        • Sally Countryman, Remy Abraham, Janie McGawn, Jackie Wethington, Ani Fagley 

      • Team Awards

        • Offensive Player of the Year:  Suzy Higuchi

        • Defensive Player of the Year:  Jackie Wethington 

        • Hardest Worker:  Remy Abraham 

        • Rookie of the Year:  Janie McGawn

        • Most Improved:  Veronica Anderson

        • MVP:  Sam Broz

      • Ms. Hockey Top 5 Finalist - Suzy Higuchi 

      • Hobey Baker Character Winner - Remy Abraham 


 

Alpine Ski

  • Head Coach:  Robbie Massie

    • Girls Placed 3rd at State

    • State Competitors: Vivien Pihlstrom, Martha Hughes, Kate Rekas, Mackenzie Higgins, Lydia Geelan, Ainsley Pflaum, Sinclair Christie, Izzy Krejci

    • Girls IMAC Conference Champions

    • Girls Awards

      • All State: Vivien Pihlstrom

      • All State Honorable Mention: Mackenzie Higgins

      • IMAC All Conference

        • Vivien, Pihlstrom, Kate Rekas, Ainsley Pflaum, Lydia Geelan

      • IMAC Honorable Mention

        • Mackenzie Higgins, Martha Hughes, Lauren Armstrong

    • Boys State Competitors: Alex Chiesa

    • Boys IMAC Conference Champions. 

    • Boys Awards

      • IMAC All Conference

        • Jackson Moon, Aiden Schmidt, Zach Barkwell, Colin Lee

      • IMAC Honorable Mention

        • Oscar Walsh, Alex Chiesa, Ethan Barkwell

 

Nordic Ski

  • Head Coach:  Charlie Cracraft

  • Girls Team Awards

    • US MVP: Alyssa Krig

    • MS MVP: Hazel Alexander

    • Nordic Spirit: Alyssa Krig

    • US Most Improved: Rhea Balachandran

    • US Rookie of the Year:  Aanya Pandey

    • MS Rookie of the Year:  Chloe Kern

  • Boys Awards

  • IMAC All Conference

    • Jack Rudolph

  • IMAC Honorable Mention

    • Will Schwemm, Hunter Simon, Jackson Evans

  • Boys Team Awards:

    • US MVP: Jackson Evans

    • MS MVP: Jack Rudolph

    • Nordic Spirit: Hunter Simon

    • US Most Improved: Hunter Simon

    • US Rookie of the Year:  Otis Friesen

    • MS Rookie of the Year:  Jack Rudolph

 

Fencing

  • Head Coach: Harold Buck

  • Girls State First Place: Saber

Girls State Awards

  • Girls Epee Medalists: Chizo Nwokocha, Jahnvi Chopra, Mirah Lukis, Julie Everett

  • Girls Foil Medalists: Maddie Hsia, Sarah Hsia, Stella Wyatt, & Chelsea Lee

  • Girls Saber Medalists: Alessandra Duda, Cici Mendoza, Madeleine    Hou, & Sarah Hasday-Erbsen

Boys State Awards

  • Boys Epee Medalists: Evan Vezmar, Oliver Shoemaker, Liam Coley, & Joe Meek 

  • Boys Foil Medalists: Kai Huang, Ved Bastodkar, Alex Zhang, & Theo Fechtmeyer

  • Boys Saber Medalists: Jeffrey Chen, Alvin Liu, , Matthew Sun, & Owen Won



 

Boys Swim & Dive

  • Head Coaches: Brian Wright & Michelle Carlson

  • Had an undefeated season as a team

  • Ranked within top 10 among all US High Schools by SwimCloud.Com

  • For the 7th consecutive year, the Bearstangs are the Class A state Champions. They accumulated 408 points, which was 204 more than the runner up 

  • State Awards

    • Charlie Egeland: 200 Yard IM State Champion

    • Andrew Colgan: 200 Yard IM State Runner-Up

    • Henry Webb: 200 Yard Freestyle State Champion

    • Josiah March: 200 Yard Freestyle State Runner-Up

    • Jack Schurtz-Ford: 100 Yard Freestyle State Champion

    • Josiah March: 500 Yard Freestyle State Champion

    • Jack Schurtz-Ford: 100 Yard Backstroke State Champion

    • Charlie Egeland: 100 Yard Breaststroke State Champion

    • Andrew Colgan: 100 Yard Breaststroke State Runner-Up

    • Jack Schurtz-Ford, Charlie Edgeland, Nam Truong, & Cayden Liao: 200 Yard Medley Relay State Champions

    • Henry Webb, Andrew Colgan, Nam Truong, & Josiah March: 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Champions

    • Henry Webb, Jack Schurtz-Ford, Cayden Liao, & Charlie Egeland: 400 Yard Freestyle Relay State Champions

    • Colin Craig finished 4th in the Class A State Diving Meet 

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