Anthony Winker

.@WSUM_Sports, the gift that keeps on giving 🎁 Super proud to announce that I have WON the 2025-26 @IBSStudentMedia Award for Best Hockey Play-by-Play with my call of Wisconsin vs Michigan men's hockey last January! 🏆🏒 The moment I found out on FaceTime below 🤣 🧵 (1/3)

Final scorecard from Edina's loss to Rochester Mayo: 1S: Singh 🐝 def. A. Loftus ⚔️ | 6-2, 7-6(5) 2S: Diehn ⚔️ def. Loucks 🐝 | 6-1, 6-1 3S: Elder ⚔️ def. Zeng 🐝 | 6-4, 6-2 4S: E. Loftus ⚔️ def. Hallaway 🐝 | 6-0, 6-4 1D: Bendel/Camp ⚔️ def. Levine/Schmidt 🐝 | 6-1, 6-1 2D: Pickering/Brinkman ⚔️ def. Sundick/Larson 🐝 | 6-1, 6-1 3D: Meunier/Zoghby ⚔️ def. Bourne/Hardt 🐝 | 6-3, 6-2 🐝 1, ⚔️ 6 Singh makes a statement ahead of individuals tomorrow, but in a losing effort for her team. Mayo wins the title again!

Runner-Up in Girls Tennis: the Edina Hornets 🐝 Congrats! 🥈

Two more finals and Mayo has clinched the title! 3S: Elder ⚔️ def. Zeng 🐝 | 6-4, 6-2 3D: Meunier/Zoghby ⚔️ def. Bourne/Hardt 🐝 | 6-3, 6-2 🐝 0, ⚔️ 4 Believe that is 102 straight wins for Mayo against the state of Minnesota (they lost to a team from WI earlier this year). It's their fourth straight title. Absolutely incredible.

2D goes final. Spartans liking their breadsticks so far today 🥖🥖 2D: Pickering/Brinkman ⚔️ def. Sundick/Larson 🐝 | 6-1, 6-1 🐝 0, ⚔️ 2

Diehn, a number one singles player on literallt every other team in the state, handles Loucks with ease to put the first point of this title match on the board. 2S: Diehn ⚔️ def. Loucks 🐝 | 6-1, 6-1 🐝 0, ⚔️ 1

Quick score roundup with Edina hanging tough, but trailing overall: 1S: Singh 🐝 leads A. Loftus ⚔️ | 6-2, 0-0 2S: Diehn ⚔️ leads Loucks 🐝 | 6-1, 3-0 3S: Elder ⚔️ leads Zeng 🐝 | 6-4, 0-0 4S: E. Loftus ⚔️ leads Hallaway 🐝 | 6-0, 2-1 1D: Bendel/Camp ⚔️ leads Levine/Schmidt 🐝 | 2-1 2D: Pickering/Brinkman ⚔️ leads Sundick/Larson 🐝 | 6-1, 0-0 3D: Meunier/Zoghby ⚔️ leads Bourne/Hardt 🐝 | 6-3, 0-0

3rd Place in Girls Tennis: The Minnetonka Skippers Congrats!🥉

Final scorecard from Minnetonka's win over Mounds View: 1S: Wahlstrand 🐎 def. Starkman ⚓️ | 6-3, 6-1 2S: Leviton ⚓️ def. Fagerlee 🐎 | 7-5, 6-2 3S: Bhaskar 🐎 def. Ren ⚓️ | 7-5, 6-2 4S: Lee ⚓️ def. Choi 🐎 | 0-6, 7-6(5), 10-5 1D: Yang/Jalil ⚓️ def. Kostinovski/Peloquin 🐎 | 7-6(1), 6-3 2D: Senn/Ye ⚓️ vs Makin/Choi 🐎 | 6-2, 6-4 3D: Halverson/Tilstra 🐎 def. Yueh/Burke ⚓️| 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-5 Skippers get 3rd in the state! 🥉

Sofia Jalil's last match as a Skipper is a 3rd-place-clinching win! 1D: Yang/Jalil ⚓️ def. Kostinovski/Peloquin 🐎 | 7-6(1), 6-3 ⚓️ 4, 🐎 3

Those matches are already underway!

As the 3rd Place match finishes, here are the lineups for the title match between Edina and Rochester Mayo: 1S: Rashi Singh (12) vs Aoife Loftus (12) 2S: Bella Loucks (10) vs Malea Diehn (12) 3S: Sophia Zeng (9) vs Eliana Elder (12) 4S: Mylana Hallaway (10) vs Emily Loftus (9) 1D: Levine (10)/Schmidt (10) vs Bendel (10)/Camp (10) 2D: Sundick (8)/Larson (10) vs Pickering (11)/Brinkman (12) 3D: Bourne (11)/Hardt (11) vs Meunier (12)/Zoghby (9)

Wahlstrand beats Starkman, so it all comes down to this 1D match. 1S: Wahlstrand 🐎 def. Starkman ⚓️ | 6-3, 6-1 ⚓️ 3, 🐎 3

Lee wins back-to-back tiebreaks, one a match tiebreak, to get the Skippers the win in 4S. Also, Senn/Ye just won also, putting the Skippers just one point away from the win here. Jalil/Yang closing in, up a break late in the second. 4S: Lee ⚓️ def. Choi 🐎 | 0-6, 7-6(5), 10-5 2D: Senn/Ye ⚓️ vs Makin/Choi 🐎 | 6-2, 6-4 ⚓️ 3, 🐎 2

Couple other final scores: 3S: Bhaskar 🐎 def. Ren ⚓️ | 7-5, 6-2 3D: Halverson/Tilstra 🐎 def. Yueh/Burke ⚓️| 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-5 ⚓️ 1, 🐎 2

First final to report: 2S: Leviton ⚓️ def. Fagerlee 🐎 | 7-5, 6-2 ⚓️ 1, 🐎 0 Elsewhere, Jalil/Yang come back from down a break late to win the first set in a breaker. Yueh/Burke were twice down a break with Mounds View serving for the match, but force a tiebreak.

Minnetonka and Mounds View are out for the 3rd Place match! Lineups: 1S: Bella Starkman (12) vs Reese Wahlstrand (11) 2S: Emily Leviton (8) vs Stella Fagerlee (12) 3S: Alyssa Ren (11) vs Sonam Bhaskar (11) 4S: Angela Lee (8) vs Louisa Choi (8) 1D: Yang (7)/Jalil (12) vs Kostinovski (12)/Peloquin (11) 2D: Senn (9)/Ye (8) vs Makin (12)/Choi (10) 3D: Yueh (8)/Burke (11) vs Halverson (12)/Tilstra (11)

One set to decide who would be going to the final. 🎾 That's the situation Bella Starkman and Rashi Singh found themselves in. In the end, Singh found another level to send Edina to the final. 🐝 Read more in my story for the @lakeconference_: 🔗 thelakeconference.live/en/ne…