ATHLETICS
(NEW) SPRING SPORTS UPDATE
Here are the latest updates:
Girls Lacrosse: On
Tuesday evening the Girls Lax team had the unenviable task of taking on the
undefeated, #1 team in the State from Prior Lake in the Section Semis. A year ago the Lightning season ended with a
19-1 loss to this same Laker team and earlier this year were defeated
15-4. Our EV team has had a great season
and shown great improvement, but this was a tall task. When the Lightning fell behind 6-0 in the
first half many felt it would be a similar result, but this team showed
incredible heart and had the Lakers on their heels when they cut the lead to
13-10 in the second half before eventually falling 16-11. It was a great example of being able to walk
away satisfied knowing you had given it your absolute best possible effort.
Boys Tennis: The
Boys Tennis team wrapped up the team portion of the State Tournament with
another thrilling match. Unfortunately
the team came up on the short end of another 4-3 score, this time to Orono and
finished 6th as a team. The
team had an extremely successful year finishing as the SSC Champion, the
Section 3AA Champion and 6th place at the State Tournament. The Individual portion of the State Tourney
starts tomorrow morning at 8:00 and the Lightning will be represented in
Singles by Gavin Young and in Doubles by the team of Nisal Liyanage and Sourabh
Terakanambi. The first two rounds are
tomorrow and the final rounds are on Friday at Baseline Tennis Center.
Baseball: The
Eastview Baseball team is certainly learning how to win low scoring, one run
ballgames lately, but it doesn’t make it easy on coaches, fans, parents or
athletic directors! J By virtue of their undefeated record in the
Section Tournament the Lightning were in the driver’s seat as Apple Valley
would need to beat them twice to advance to state. After jumping out to a three run lead behind
extra base hits from Owen Dauk and Logan Tollefson and with an incredible
performance by Ryan Fering on the mound it seemed like this one was going to be
filled with a little less drama than the previous two games, but no such
luck. Apple Valley rallied in the 7th
to score two runs and cut the lead to 3-2.
They ended up with the bases loaded with two outs before Nic Nelson came
in and got a strikeout to end the game!
With the win the Lightning advance to the State Tournament to be played
next Thursday-Friday-Saturday. The Class
AAAA Quarterfinals are all played Thursday at CHS Field in St. Paul. The game time and opponent will be determined
at the tournament seeding meeting this weekend.
Tickets will be available at CHS and are $9 adults and $6 students. Here is a link to the state tournament
bracket for those interested (no teams filled in yet) https://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/showXMLbrackets.asp?tournid=2935&bracket=7803
(NEW) EASTVIEW
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VARSITY TENNIS FALLS TO ORONO HIGH SCHOOL 4-3
The day after
Eastview's first ever state win as a team against Brainerd, the boys tennis
team was back on court for their consolation final against Orono. Orono got out
to a 3-0 lead taking wins at 2,3 and 4 singles. But the Lightning got wins from
Gavin Young at 1 singles and Nisal Liyanage/Karin Young at 1 doubles. The three
would finish undefeated in state team play. The Lightning also got a win from
Davis Carlson/Sourabh Terakanambi to tie the match at 3-3. The match would come
down to No. 3 doubles, where the Lightning would ultimately lose 10-5 in a
tiebreaker. The Lightning finished post season play with a record of 4-2, and
an overall record of 14-11. Eastview will lose seniors Pranav Nair and Jacob
Porras, but look to be an even bigger threat next year. The Individual State
Tournament will be played on Thursday and Friday, with Gavin Young competing in
singles, and Nisal Liyanage and Sourabh Terakanmbi competing in doubles.