The Wright Call By Dave Wright Ten days after seeing his team come so close to winning a 10th NCAA Division II volleyball championship, Concordia University-Saint Paul head coach Brady Starkey was still trying to put the 2022 season in…
It has been a busy fall and winter at many of Saint Paul’s 26 recreation centers. Thanks to $1.5 million from the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP), the sports registration fees have been waived for children ages 9-18. Some recreation…
The Wright Call By Dave WrightTom Dobbs watched the state volleyball tournament at Xcel Energy Center a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, it was from the stands, not the sidelines. For 10 weeks, Dobbs and his Nova Classical Academy volleyball…
The Wright Call By Dave WrightIn a crowded athletic landscape, four teams at Two Rivers High School had impressive efforts worth retelling as October came to a close.It started on October 25 when the Warriors made a return visit to…
The Wright Call By Dave WrightFrom the first day of practice nearly three months ago, Nova Classical Academy’s volleyball team has been laser-focused. The Knights remember well how close the West End charter school came a year ago to making…
The Minnehaha Academy volleyball team could be heading for its most successful year since winning 19 games in 2015. With just three weeks to go in the regular season, the Redhawks were 13-0 overall and 6-0 in the Independent Metro…
Highland Park High School volleyball coach Sonje Odegard knew it was going to be a challenge facing top-seeded Marshall in the first round of the state Class AAA volleyball tournament on November 10 at Xcel Energy Center.The Scots, who were…
The Highland Park High School volleyball team may not be the tallest on the court, but that didn’t stop the Scots from stepping up bigtime at home on November 4 to defeat DeLaSalle 3-1 in the Section 3AAA final and…
The Wright Call By Dave Wright October 19 was a sunny 74 degrees that many folks may remember as the last really pleasant day they’ll see until, say, April. Brad Moening, however, is likely to remember October 19 for a…
The Nova Classical Academy volleyball team has shown over the course of this season that height isn’t everything in that sport. In fact, it hasn’t stopped the Knights from being 18-4 overall and 5-2 in the Skyline Conference through October…
A year ago, Nova Classical Academy volleyball coach Tom Dobbs was flying blind. The first-year head coach said he had one open gym look at his young charges and then roared into action in the shortened season. “I had a…
Late last year, Henry Sibley softball coach Jenny Carpenter and volleyball coach Katie Naughton had grown increasingly concerned about the toll that COVID-19 restrictions had taken on the mental well-being of the student-athletes they mentored at the high school. It…
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