The Mound Westonka/Watertown-Mayer/Southwest Christian girls hockey teams held their banquet March 5 at the Lafayette Club. During the banquet various team and conference awards were given out: JV Most Improved Player: eighth-grader Ashlyn Roth JV Hardest Worker: eighth-grader Jillian Peterson JV Coaches Award: senior Brita Haataja Varsity Most Improved Player: junior Jenna Brustad Varsity Rookie

By Bob Kuehl The Mound Westonka/Watertown-Mayer/Southwest Christian girls hockey team saw its season end with a 5-1 loss to the Hutchinson Tigers Feb. 13 at the Lund Center on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College. The White Hawks started strong and dominated the first period but couldn’t get a goal. Two shots fired by ninth-grader

The Mound Westonka/Watertown-Mayer/Southwest Christian girls hockey team has advanced to the Section Championship game for the second year in a row. The White Hawks defeated Delano 6-0 Feb. 8 to advance. Ninth-grader Gretta Pioske started the scoring off at 8:17 of the first period, when she picked up a loose puck near center ice, took

By Bob Kuehl The Mound Westonka/Watertown-Mayer/Southwest Christian girls hockey team ended its season by winning two of its last three games. The victories over Delano (3-0) and Waconia (7-1) and the close loss to South St. Paul (2-1) meant that the White Hawks finished the regular season with a won-loss record of 16-7-2. It is

By Bob Kuehl The Mound Westonka/Watertown-Mayer/Southwest Christian girls hockey team won two of three games last week. They defeated conference opponents Hutchinson (4-3 in OT) and Litchfield (7-0) before falling to No. 9-ranked Mahtomedi by a score of 2-1. Against Hutchinson, the White Hawks struck first at 4:20 in the first period when eighth-grader Camryn

By Bob Kuehl The Mound Westonka/Watertown-Mayer/Southwest Christian girls hockey team did everything it could against the visiting Holy Family Fire on Jan. 18 but win. The White Hawks fell 3-1, despite outshooting the visitors 50-28. It was a great back-and-forth game from the beginning. The Fire got on the scoreboard with 2:51 left in the

By Bob Kuehl The Mound Westonka/Watertown-Mayer/Southwest Christian girls hockey team has been busy, winning three of its past four games. On Jan. 7, the White Hawks hosted their neighbors from the south, Waconia, in a Wright County Conference game. After a slow start, the home team exploded for 10 goals in a 10-1 victory. Sophomore

By Becky Moen A long tradition of community service and teamwork continues as the Mound Westonka High School girls and boys hockey teams held their 19th Annual Hockey Against Hunger Food Drive this past Saturday, Jan. 11. Generous hockey fans, players and families gave food and monetary donations during the full day of JV and

By Lorrie Ham Juniors Avery Finck and Merrick Gormley have been selected as the Mound Westonka High School recipients of the Minnesota State High School League’s ExCEL Award. ExCEL – Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership – is a unique recognition program designed exclusively for Minnesota high school juniors who are active in school activities,

By Bob Kuehl The Mound Westonka/Watertown-Mayer/Southwest Christian girls hockey team started the new year the same way it ended 2019, going to overtime. The Jan. 3 road game against Delano was the fifth overtime game in a row for the young White Hawks. The other four either ended in a win or tie. This time