The playoffs began for both the Tartan Titans and Hill-Murray Pioneers this past Wednesday when games were moved up on the calendar due to the MEA break.
Tartan sophomore Jessie Bradshaw (4) sends the ball over the net during action at North High Oct. 13. The Polars defeated the Titans 25-17, 22-25, 25-18 and 25-17. (Linda Baumeister/Review)
The Tartan Titans traveled Oct. 13 to School District 622 arch rival North for a Metro East Conference volleyball clash.
In didn't take long for the visiting Hill-Murray High School volleyball players to establish that they didn't regard the supposed "home-court advantage" as an obstacle in their match with the Tartan Titans Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Hill-Murray junior Jake Ogren (3) carries the ball in first quarter action against South St. Paul. The Pioneers lost to the Packers 35-0 at home Oct. 9. (Linda Baumeister/Review)
Tartan and Hill-Murray drop Metro Red games
The final whistles were blown on the 2015 football regular season Friday, Oct. 9.
What was predictably expected to be a tight volleyball match between North and Hill-Murray Thursday, Sept. 29, turned into a three-game rout by the Pioneers
Tartan senior Benjamin Engwer (18) carries on a pass completion in first quarter action against St. Thomas Academy. The Titans lost 39-8 at home Oct. 2. (Linda Baumeister/Review)
Tartan and Hill-Murray drop Metro Red games
The 2015 football season is rapidly drawing to a close as area teams played the seventh of eight regularly scheduled games Friday, Oct. 2.
The North High Polars are having their best season in years as they closed down a tough Hastings team by a score of 34-28.
St. Thomas Academy, meanwhile, outscored the Tartan Titans 39-8, and Hill-Murray lost a 56-44 shootout with the Simley Spartans.
The Tartan Titans ventured into South St. Paul for a Metro East Red Division football contest and ended up on the short end of a wild, 46-30 game Friday, Sept. 25.
It was a clash of School District rivals on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the Tartan tennis courts. In the end, the North High Polars were on top, 5-2, to gain their first Metro East Conference win of the girls tennis season.
North High’s Isaiah Koran (16) carries for a gain in the first half against Mahtomedi. The Polars won their homecoming 14-9 Sept. 25. (Linda Baumeister/Review)
North 14 - Mahtomedi 9
Before a jam-packed homecoming crowd, the North High Polars took the field against the powerful Mahtomedi Zephyrs Friday, Sept. 25.