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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Fridley High Boys Basketball Last Home Games vs. Irondale Tuesday

It's Parent Night and Senior Night at FHS.

Root on the Tiger boys one last time at the Fridley High School home basketball court Tuesday night. From the Fridley Backcourt Club Facebook page: Last home game for the boys this evening! They'll take on Irondale at 5:45 (9th grade & JV) and 7:15 (Varsity). Come join us for Senior Night and Parent Night!

Fridley High Students to Take in 'TED Talks' via Live Video Wednesday

Live from Long Beach, CA, it's 'The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered.'

Fridley's Colter Allen Named to StarTribune's Athletes of the Week

The FHS junior was featured in the newspaper's list of seven high school athletes.

Fridley High School junion Colter Allen is featured in the Star Tribune's Athletes of the Week column Tuesday. Allen was named swimmer of the year by coaches in Section 4, Class 1A, the Star Tribune reported. He won the 100 butterfly and the 200 freestyle races. But Allen has his sights set on the boys swim and dive state tournament, which starts Thursday. "The real goal is to win state," he told the newspaper. Allen also gave props to teammate Alex Ambuhl, who won the 50 and 100 freestyles. They swam together on the FHS teams that won the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. Read the full Star Tribune Athletes of the Week article at startribune.com.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

TED 2013 Conference to Simulcast Live at Fridley High School

Theme of Feb. 27, 2013 event is 'The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered.'

Monday, February 18, 2013

State Dance Tournament Roundup: Fridley, Spring Lake Park and Totino-Grace

Here are all the Fridley Patch posts on the Pantherettes, E'Gals and Fridley Tigers dance teams. Share your photos and videos here.

Three Fridley-area teams competed at the 2013 Minnesota State High School League dance tournament over the weekend. Add your own photos and videos to this post or any of these Fridley Patch posts (listed in chronological order):

Olympic Committee Decision to Drop Wrestling Leaves Fridley Coach 'Completely Shocked'

'Efforts are already being made to bring the sport back,' said Eric Anderson.

The International Olympic Committee's announcement that the Olympics will drop wrestling as a sport in 2020 stunned many people—including Eric Anderson, head wrestling coach at Fridley High School: I was completely shocked to hear those announcements. I lost a lot of respect for the Olympic Games. Wrestling was part of the Ancient Olympics and the Modern Olympics. There is still a chance for wrestling to be added back. Luckily we are a hard working group of people and efforts are already being made to bring the sport back. Anderson also reflected by email on the 2012–13 wrestling season at FHS, and looked ahead to the coming weekend: Fridley has enjoyed an excellent varsity season. Our program is also showing great promise at the youth and…

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Fridley on YouTube

VIDEO: Fridley High Kick Dance at State

The Fridley High School dance team performed Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 at Target Center in Class AA high kick competition.

Watch the Fridley High School dance team perform in the Minnesota State High School League State Dance Tournament high kick dance competition on Feb. 16, 2013. See it above or at YouTube posted by Dance Full Out. Related (2013): Related (2012): Related (2011):

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Totino-Grace Third in AA High Kick Dance at State

Spring Lake Park and Fridley finish seasons in the limelight at Target Center.

The E'Gals dance team of Totino-Grace High School placed third in the state high kick Class AA dance tournament Saturday. Livestream video from the Minnesota State High School League and Prep 45 Also competing at the state tournament at the Target Center in Minneapolis were the Pantherettes of Spring Lake Park High School and the Fridley High School dance team. See what people there said about the performances in the Storify above (use the scroll bar at right) or at Storify.com. Fridley and Totino-Grace are in Class AA. Spring Lake Park is in Class AAA. On Friday, all three teams took part in the jazz dance competition. Totino-Grace took third in Class AA jazz dance as well. Related (2013): Related (2012): Related (2011):

HIGH KICK: Spring Lake Park, Fridley and Totino-Grace at State Dance

Fridley at 2:10 p.m., Totino-Grace at 2:40 p.m., and Spring Lake Park at 3:15 p.m. Saturday. Get the livestream video link here.

  Three local high school dance teams take the floor at the Minnesota state tournament Saturday in the high-kick dance competition. Livestream video from the Minnesota State High School League and Prep 45. Here are the approximate performance times at Target Center in Minneapolis (see first PDF for full schedule): Saturday is the high-kick competition. Here are the approximate performance times at Target Center (see second PDF for full schedule): Fridley and Totino-Grace are in Class AA. Spring Lake Park is in Class AAA. On Friday, all three teams took part in the jazz dance competition. Totino-Grace took third in Class AA. Related (2013): Related (2012): Related (2011):

Friday, February 15, 2013

'Standing and Screaming': Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Totino-Grace Jazz Dance

Three local teams 'killed it' at the Minnesota state dance tournament's first day, and the E'Gals and Pantherettes advanced to the finals. One team placed third in its class. On Saturday, all three return to Target Center for state high kick competition.

Three Fridley-area dance teams performed in the jazz dance competition Friday, the first day of the Minnesota state dance team tournament at Target Center. Fans in the stands and on Twitter were wild about the performances of teams from Fridley High School, Totino-Grace High School and Spring Lake Park High School. See their comments above or at Storify.com. All three teams are back on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, for the high-kick competition. Did you watch the dancers? Leave a comment below or upload a photo or video.

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