Roseville Area Sports

A pair of former Roseville Area High School athletic stars recently had the chance to compete for collegiate national titles in their respective sports and both came away with championship medals.

Lee Stecklein

Following an easy first-round victory, the Roseville Area High School girls basketball team looked to continue its post-season run when Champlin Park paid a visit on March 5 for a Section 5AAAA semifinal.

For the fourth straight year, the Concordia Academy girls basketball team saw its season come to a conclusion in the second round of the section playoffs. 

Raiders crush Irondale, 60-29

At the beginning of the season, a top-two seed in section playoffs might not have been on the Roseville Area High School girls basketball team’s radar but that’s where it ended up. 

Surprised or not, the Raiders made the most of their high ranking in the first round.

Roseville, seeded second in Section 5, Class 4A, rolled over seventh-seeded Irondale 60-29 at home on Feb. 2. The Raiders held the Knights to single digits in points in the first half and were on cruise control in the second.

Despite posting a losing record in the regular season, the Concordia Academy girls basketball team was seeded high enough to earn a home game in the first round of the playoffs. 

Hsinku Lay gets 2nd trip to the ‘X’

Roseville Area High School senior Hsinku Lay closed out his prep wrestling career with his second appearance in the state tournament. Lay went 1-2 at 170 pounds at the event held Feb. 25-27 at Xcel Energy Center.

Lay opened the tournament with a 9-6 victory over Rochester John Marshall junior Elijah Hollins. 

The Roseville Area High School boys swimming and diving team sent one competitor to the state meet last week.

After graduating three starters from last year’s team that went 24-2, the Roseville Area High School girls basketball team wasn’t expected to be battling it out for a No. 1 seed in the section playoffs this season.

The Roseville Area High School and Concordia Academy boys basketball teams faced tall tasks in their opening-round playoff games last week. Both faced much-higher seeded opponents and were unable to pull off any upsets.

A tie and a victory in its final two Suburban East Conference games vaulted the Roseville Area High School boys hockey team into a tie for second place in the conference standings.