Athletics

February 14, 2013

Open to all MPA K, 1st and 2nd grade boys and girls

Clinic sessions will introduce your ballplayer to the game of baseball/softball. The clinics will focus on building confidence by developing fundamental skills and knowledge so that playing baseball/softball is fun.

Teaching baseball/softball at these ages requires one-on-one attention, so it would be ideal to have an adult (no experience required) accompany each ballplayer. The added benefit, of course, is the time spent together playing the great American pastime.

Location: Lansing Sport Center (the weather is always perfect inside)

Dates: Saturdays, March 2, 9 and April 6, 13, 20  (we’ll finish before your local season begins)

Time: 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. (not too early, and you’re aftemoon is free)

Cost: FREE (exactly twice as much as last year, but still a great bargain)

To register please email the athletic office
@ dzimmerman@moundsparkacademy.org

January 30, 2013

The Nordic ski teams had a great day at the Tri-Metro Conference Championships yesterday at Elm Creek. Both teams finished second in the conference. Kristen Bourne was the Girls Conference Champion and MPA had 8 individuals make the All-Conference and Honorable Mention teams. Here are their places of finish in yesterday’s competition.

Girls:
Kristen Bourne            1^st    Place         All-Conference
Ellie Hands                   2^nd  Place         All-Conference
Laura Nicholson          4^th   Place         All-Conference
Katie Hands                 16^th Place         Honorable Mention

Boys:
Nick Gardner               2^nd Place          All-Conference
Kethan Dahlberg        3^rd  Place          All-Conference
Keith Loukas              11^th Place          Honorable Mention
Evan Ferlic                  13^th Place          Honorable Mention

Congratulations to MPA’s Nordic ski teams!

January 17, 2013

October 26, 2012

Congratulations to MPA’s 7th grade boys’ soccer team. The team defeated St. Paul Academy 2 – 0 on Oct. 24 in the semifinals of the Middle School League playoffs. They advance to the championship game on Friday, Oct. 26 against St. Thomas Academy. Cheer them on under the lights at St. Odilia @ 8:00 p.m. Go Panthers!

October 26, 2012

Congratulations to sophomore Evan Ferlic for qualifying for the State Cross Country Meet on Saturday, November 3, at St. Olaf College.

September 26, 2012

MPA Alumnus Mason Ferlic (’11) was named Big Ten Athlete of the Week for his performance on the University of Michigan Cross Country team. While at MPA, Ferlic was the State Champion his junior and senior years in the 3200 meter run. He also won the State Championship in the 1600 meter run his senior year.

Here is the full story on his recent Big Ten Conference honor from the University of Michigan athletics website.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Sophomore Mason Ferlic (St. Paul, Minn./Mounds Park Academy)
of the 26th-ranked University of Michigan men’s cross country team was
named the Big Ten Athlete of the Week, the conference announced on
Tuesday (Sept. 25).

In his season debut, Ferlic led all Wolverine harriers across the
finish line at the Virginia/Panorama Farms invitational on Sept. 22,
finishing sixth overall. Ferlic and U-M’s other four scorers each
finished within the top 25, tallying 75 points to push U-M to fourth in a
10-team field.

As the only underclassmen to finish in the top 10, he clocked a
career-best 8,000-meter time of 24:28.5, topping his previous-best time
by 1:07.55. Ferlic also finished ahead of four of fourth-ranked
Oklahoma’s scorers.

This marks the first weekly honor of Ferlic’s career and the first for the Wolverines since Oct. 13, 2009, when Peter Christmas earned the distinction.

Michigan will be back in action on Sept. 28 when it travels to South
Bend, Ind., for the Notre Dame Invitational. The men’s 8,000-meter event
is slated for a 5 p.m. start time.

June 4, 2012

 Senior, Nate Burstein won the shot put at the Section
4A meet on Saturday to advance to the State Tournament for the second year. He
will compete at State on Friday, June 8^th at 3:00 pm at Hamline
University.

April 5, 2012

Panther Little Sluggers Clinics

Open to all MPA K, 1st and 2nd grade boys and girls

Clinic sessions will introduce your ballplayer to the game of baseball/softball. The clinics will focus on building confidence by developing fundamental skills and knowledge so that playing baseball/softball is fun.

Unlike the Little Hoopsters basketball clinics that were run immediately after school, baseball/softball requires more one-on-one attention, so it would be ideal to have a parent (no experience required) accompany each ballplayer. The added benefit, of course, is the time spent together playing the great American pastime.

Location: Lansing Sport Center (the weather is always perfect inside)

Dates: Saturdays, April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 12
       
Time:  10:00-11:15 (not too early, and you’re afternoon is free)

Cost:  FREE (yes, free)

To register please call the athletic office @ 651-748-5631.

 Go Panthers!      

February 1, 2012