Congrats Nordic Skiers

nordicCongratulations to sophomore Declan Dahlberg and freshman Matt Bourne for qualifying for the State Nordic Ski Meet. Declan finished 7th and Matt finished 14th at the Section 4A meet held on Thursday, February 4 at Hyland Hills. They will compete at State on Thursday, February 11 at Giant’s Ridge.

Go Panthers!


Lansing Sports Center open Saturday mornings January and February

The Lansing Sports Center will be open Saturday mornings to MPA families and their friends from 9:00 am – 12:00 p.m. from January 9 through February 27.

You are welcome to come and use the track, sports center, and fitness center. Remember to bring your friends!

Lansing Sports Center open gym dates for 2016:

January 9, 16, 23, and 30
February 6, 13, 20, and 27


Girls Tennis rolls to 4th in state rankings

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The girls tennis team is currently ranked 4th in the state in Class A tennis! The Panthers finished second in the highly competitive Pine City Invitational, finishing just behind State Class AA power Bemidji. They have also chalked up a number of early season wins over St. Paul Central, Simley, Highland Park and rival St. Paul Academy. Go Panthers!


Wolfpack Football wins first three games

MPA is part of a football cooperative including Hope Academy, Minnehaha Academy, St. Paul Academy and Blake School. The team is called the SMB Wolfpack. The co-op program opened the season winning their first three games with victories over St. Agnes, St. Paul Johnson and St. Paul Harding. The schools hold practices at Minnehaha Academy and play their games at Blake School. Players representing MPA are Charlie Kramer (11), Tony Kuba (10) and Will Kramer (9). The Wolfpack play again this Friday, 9/11, against New Life Academy/St. Croix Prep at Blake School – Hopkins at 7 p.m.


Homecoming 2015

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You’re Invited!
September 25 & 26

Join us and sport your Panther Pride! Save the date for MPA Homecoming on September 25 and 26, 2015. Activities include a pep rally, alumni gatherings, milestone reunions, lawn games, great food, soccer, volleyball, tennis, and activities for all ages.

This year, we are celebrating our alumni reunions along with Homecoming. A special congratulations to the classes of 2011, 2010, 2005, 2001, 2000, 1995, 1991, and 1990 and we hope to see you all back home soon!

For more information about Homecoming, including the schedule of events, please visit moundsparkacademy.org/homecoming


Athletics Update

919b9135-dee6-4b49-890f-212a9e641a46Congratulations to the following students who participated in the State Track Meet!

  • Ellen Colton (12), Sofie Netteberg (11), Ani Bailey (9), Isabel Esch (12); 4 x 100m Relay, (Prelim – 11th)
  • Isabel Esch; High Jump – tied for 6th, 5’2, (and ran in the 4 x 100m relay partway through her high jump competition!)
  • Evan Ferlic; 1600m Run, 4:21.36 – 2nd, 3200m Run, 9:41.35 – 5th
  • Academic All State: Ellen Colton (12), Isabel Esch (12), Sofie Netteberg (11), Lukas Lindgren (10), Declan Dahlberg (9)

Congratulations to the tennis doubles team of Vlad Hugec and Duncan Hart who finished 2nd in the State tournament!

STATE CHAMPS! Congratulations to our boys golf team – your Class A Boys State Golf champions! Freshman Brock Bliese also successfully defended his individual state title and was co-champion.

Congratulations to freshman Rachel Lindrud and junior Britanny Wojtowicz who participated in their first Girls Golf State Tournament and finished in 52nd and 57th place, respectively. Go Panthers!


Section 4A Doubles Champs!

Screen Shot 2015-05-22 at 10.44.14 AMMPA seniors Duncan Hart and Vlad Hugec defeated Blake’s doubles team in straight sets in the Section 4A championship match. They advance to the State Tournament on Thursday, June 4th and Friday, June 5th at the Reed-Sweatt Tennis Center in Minneapolis.

Congratulations to Duncan and Vlad! Go Panthers!


Gardner, Dahlberg Qualify for State Nordic Meet

The Nordic ski program had a great Unknown-4day at the Section 4 Meet held yesterday at Hyland Hills in Bloomington.

In the team competition, the girls finished third overall (top 2 teams go to State) and the boys finished sixth out of ten schools competing.

In the Girls race, sophomore Molly Gardner qualified for State finishing 17th overall. Joining Molly at State will be freshman Declan Dahlberg who finished 10th overall.

The State Meet is next Thursday, February 12th at Giant’s Ridge.

Go Panthers on to State!


Nordic Ski IMAC Awards

DSC_1222 DSC_1203Nordic Ski -The Nordic ski teams had a great day at the Independent Metro Athletic Conference (IMAC) Championships yesterday at Elm Creek. MPA had 5 individuals make the All-Conference and Honorable Mention teams. Here are their places of finish in yesterday’s competition. Congratulations to MPA’s Nordic skiers!

Girls:
Molly Gardner                   7th Place                               All-Conference
Kian Dahlberg                    10th Place                             Honorable Mention
Erin Quam                           11th Place                             Honorable Mention
Katie Hands                        12th Place                             Honorable Mention

Boys:
Declan Dahlberg              6th Place                               All-Conference


CC Boys Qualify for State Tournament

Congratulations to the MPA Cross Country team who ran in the section 4A championship on October 23rd10301207_825618567491137_1851263281690965265_n! The boys team finished 5th, with Evan Ferlic finishing 4th individually and Lukas Lindgren finishing 11th individually to advance to the state championship! Five middle school runners contributed to the varsity efforts. Matt B. and JD O. ran with the varsity boys. Ellie Q., Nina R, and Ana M. ran with the varsity girls. Check out their blog for more information and photos!

https://www.moundsparkacademy.org/athletics/upper-school/crosscountry/2014/