2011 Minnesota Twins -- Locked & Loaded For A Playoff Run

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MCYO Awards Ceremony

today we went to the annual mcyo awards ceremony which recognizes the accomplishments of the student students in both athletics and the spelling bee. st. charles took home a lot of hardware including the league and twin cities soccer championship trophy, 2nd place in the league for girls 8th grade basketball, and 4th in the twin cities league, among others. alaina brought home the 3rd place trophy in the spelling bee. the school also brought home the sportsmanship banner which is a traveling award based on the display of sportsmanship by the school throughout the year. congratulations and well done!

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just for kix...

 daughter's dance team (representing fridley) competed this weekend and claimed first place for their jazz number. they also brought home 2nd place for their kick routine. congratulations to noelle and the girls for bring'n it!

charger pride!

the girls finished the season tonight with a hard fought but tough loss to the 2nd place team, st. odelia, (from the st. paul league), to finish 4th overall in the minneapolis-st.paul 8th grade girls basketball catholic league. it was another epic battle which went down to the wire. the girls started out down 0-8 within the first minute of the game but battled back and eventually took a 10-8 lead. the second half found the girls falling behind but always fighting their way back to within a couple of points. in the end they fell just short of the win but the effort and tenacity was definitely there. as someone who has watched the girls play the last couple of years, i can't say how proud of them i am of what they have accomplished this year as a team. congratulations to the charger gals for a terrific season!

so close!

the st. charles 8th grade girls basketball team played in the league championship game last night and fell to their rival, st. helena in a hard-fought, hotly contested match up. the intensity and crowd noise was ratcheted up several notches which made for a fun atmosphere for the game. the girls started strong and were able to hold st. helena to only 5 points in the first half but ultimately were unable to crack st. helena's aggressive defense in the 2nd half and failed to execute on some of the uncontested chances they had. the charger girls entered the game riding a 15 game winning streak, which included a thrilling home overtime win to st. helena only a couple of weeks ago. this team has been a blast to watch this season and have improved immensly since the beginning of the season. they finished the regular season 9-1, and had 2 non-conference tournament wins. the st. charles chargers will finish off the season tomorrow night playing for third place overall against the 2nd place st. paul league team. the girls have been over-achievers all year - congratulations to the team for a remarkable season!