Cougar swimmers 4-1 after close loss to Andover

The Andover Huskies edged Centennial 95-91 on Thursday evening, handing the Cougars their first loss after four wins, at the Huskies home pool at Fred Moore Middle School.

Double winners for the Cougars were George Atkinson (200 freestyle, 2:02.55, and 500 freestyle, 5:29.15), Max Scheurer (medley, 2:06.64, and breaststroke, 58.02) and Alex

Larkin (butterfly, 1:00.41, and backstroke, 1:02.83).

The Cougars won the medley relay with Caleb Cregan, Scheurer, Larkin, and Joseph Murray (2:11.77) and the 200 freestyle relay with Scheurer, Talen Greeson-Stormoen, Murray, and Atkinson (1:37.98).

Leading Andover was Ryan Mickelborough, who won 50 and 100 sprints and anchored the decisive 400 had 25 saves for the shutout. Alexis Larson notched the other goal against Blaine (11-7-1) while Kaitlin Groess had 13 saves in the shutout.

Boys Basketball

Friday, giving them five wins in six games and lifting their record to 9-7.

Against Park Center (2-12), Emma Walsh led with 18 points while Macey Littlefield, Marisa Frost,

Girls Hockey

Centennial/Spring Lake Park lost a duel of Top Ten teams to Maple Grove 5-1 last Tuesday, then shut down Cretin-Derham Hall 6-0 on Thursday and Blaine 3-0 on Saturday. The No. 9 Cougars (15-4-1) are 7-3-1 in the Northwest Suburban, trailing No. 1 Andover (7-0-0) and No. 6 Maple Grove (8-1-0) among 10 teams. Maple Grove had just a 25-23 edge in shots on goal but five different players found the net against the Cougars. Ella O’Hearn scored for the CSLP. Lauren O’Hara pumped in four goals against CDH and two more against Blaine, giving her 28 for the season, fifth in the metro area. Jaycee Chatleain and Reagan Kulencamp also scored against CDH (6-15) while Grace Laager and Kulencamp made two assists each and Anna Peterson

Centennial Basketball

After Centennial (2-11) lost to defending state Class 4A champion Park Center 95-26 at home last Tuesday, Cougar coach Spencer Waldvogel was asked if the Pirates were even better than last year. He’s convinced that they are, despite graduating four starters. “I would argue that they are one of the most talented high school teams I’ve ever seen,” said Waldvogel, adding that, with one senior starter and the rest juniors, the Pirates have a good chance for two straight undefeated seasons. Waldvogel graduated from Centennial in 2009, which was the last season Minnesota had an unbeaten Class 4A team, Hopkins. Eleven players scored for the Pirates (11-0), led by CJ O’Hara with 17 and Chiang Ring with 15. Both of them transferred from other schools this year to join the reigning state champions, while the rest of the roster was there last year as varsity backups and JV players. After losing to No. 1 Park Center, the Cougars lost to No. 11 Andover 86-52 on Friday.

Ben led the Pirates with 13 points. Against Andover (8-7), Frost tallied 22 points, Walsh 10 points, Littlefield nine, Autumn McCall and Jordan Metz eight each, and Kati Anderson seven. The Cougars led by just 25-24 at halftime but started the second half with a 9-0 run, eight of those points by Frost, who added another run of seven points later in the half. Piper Engelby sank 20 points and Morgan Miller 19 for the Huskies.

Gymnastics

Rogers defeated Centennial 134.575 to 126.250, led by Sadie Bachman, shown all-around with 35.15, and Sophie Mahnke, second with 33.30, on Thursday evening. Kylie Nelson of Centennial was third (32.95) and Jenna Simso fourth (32.225). Amelya Gannon of the Cougars won vault (8.55) with Nelson fourth (8.475) and Simso fifth (8.45). Simso took third on beam (8.675) and Nelson fifth (8.35). Nelson was third on floor (8.55) and fourth on bars (7.575). Gannon was fifth on floor (8.325).

Boys Hockey

Girls Basketball

Centennial picked up conference wins over Park Center 75-47 there last Tuesday and Andover 65-52 at home

Centennial posted an 8-2 win over Robbinsdale Armstrong/Cooper on Thursday evening, then fell to a red-hot Rogers team 9-5 on Saturday. The Cougars are 9-5-1 overall and 7-3 in the Northwest Suburban. Against Armstrong/Cooper (7-9), Harper Searles, who scored three goals, including two in the first period for a 2-0 lead. Also finding the net were Brock Carls twice, Peyton Blair, Casey Coenen and Kellen Krumwiede. The Cougars outshot A/C 39-17. At Rogers, the Royals (11-2) connected on nine of 37 shots, led by Sam Ranallo, Mason Jenson and Parker Dechene with two goals apiece. The Royals got six goals off Gavin Schahn and three off Cody Easton. Peyton Blair knocked in three goals for the Cougars (9-5) with Heath Nelson and Austin Petersen also scoring.