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The victorious Cougars including Daylen Cummins (8, with trophy) and Tyson Bautsch (11) sprinted off the field after the trophy ceremony. Centennial High School will host a pep fest Tuesday, Nov. 28 to celebrate the state champs.
Cougars are state champs after Prep Bowl thriller BY BRUCE STRAND SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR
Centennial Cougars— state champions. For just the third time in school history, a Cougar team is wearing that crown after a harrowing Prep Bowl battle. The Cougars under
coach Mike Diggins captured the Class 6A laurels by fending off the Edina Hornets 28-27 at U.S. Bank Stadium, prevailing by a margin of approximately six inches. Diggins said he saw the potential during summer workouts. “I’ll be honest with you — these guys have
been such great, great players. They believed in our dream and our goals for the whole year, and I mean everybody on the team,” said Diggins. “We thought it was possible in June. We knew there was going to be bumps in the road, but these guys have handled them. I don’t think they
Centennial High School will perform “The Hound of the Baskervilles” Nov. 30 to Dec. 3. BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR
ever got down.” The 2023 football squad joined the 2003-04 boys hockey team and the 2016 girls soccer team as state champs at a school that opened in 1958. Their exhilarating 2023 journey was capped by some excruciating tension at the end.
Centennial High School will take on “The Hound of the Baskervilles” Nov. 30 through Dec. 3. The show, adapted by Kent R. Brown and inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel, is about Sherlock Holmes and his faithful sidekick, Dr. John Watson, who have left on an extended holiday throughout Europe, leaving their nieces—Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson—to keep an eye on the famous flat at 221B Baker Street. Shirley and Jennie are busy preparing for upcoming exams when there’s a knock on the door. It’s Dr. Maxine Mortimer and Sir Henry Baskerville, who’ve come to seek the assistance of the famous Sherlock Holmes. Sir Charles Baskerville has died a mysterious death. Is he the most recent victim of the Curse
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