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The Hastings Nordic skiing season began last week with the sprint relays at Troll Hollow. The meet has a pretty unique format. Teams are made up of two people. The first member of the team does a one-kilometer sprint, then tags off to a teammate, who then does another 1k sprint....

The Hastings girls hockey team turned things around on Friday with a nice 4-0 win over Shakopee in a non-conference game. Hastings had lost three straight games going into the matchup against the Sabers. “Our kids had a great week of practice working on our forecheck and it...

The good news is that when Hastings was played even-strength with White Bear Lake and Cretin-Derham Hall, the Raiders were right in both boys hockey games. The bad news is that too often, Hastings wasn’t playing even-strength. With the Raiders trailing 4-2 against White Bear...

Wrestling meets don’t start much worse than how last week’s between Hastings and Farmington started. The Raiders actually began the meet trailing 3 to -1 after a Hastings wrestler got a poor sportsman call against him to start the match. Spencer Kopp won at 113 pounds for...

The Hastings girls basketball team celebrated a win last week. The Raiders beat Henry Sibley, 58-45, on Friday. It was the first win of the year for the team, which is now 1-3. Hastings coach Tim Cerni knows wins have been hard to come by for the Raiders in recent seasons. “It...

The Hastings boys basketball went on the road and came back having hit a bump in the road. Hastings lost to the No. 7 ranked team in Class AAA on Friday night, falling 87-67 to Red Wing. “I give Red Wing some credit,” Hastings coach Chad Feikema said. “They have everybody...

While the Suburban East Conference swimming and diving relays weren’t scored last week, a few things still became crystal clear. First – East Ridge is still fast. Second – Stillwater is still a contender. Third – Hastings is right there with them both, and the SEC...

The Hastings gymnastics team got its season started on Thursday night with a home meet against the Park Wolfpack. Hastings lost the meet, 133.975-119.275. Hastings had a number of gymnasts either out or dealing with injuries. “Hopefully we’ll have a few more girls competing...

The Hastings boys hockey team is off to a strong 2-1 start on the season. While the record looks nice even without asterisks, it’s important to note that the one loss comes to the ranked team from Eagan. Hastings fell on the road to Eagan on Tuesday night, 4-0. The Wildcats...

The Hastings girls hockey team has hit a bit of a rough patch in the recent 10 days. The Raiders have lost three straight games and are now 2-5 on the season. Among those losses was a 1-0 defeat on Tuesday night to Cretin-Derham Hall. Cretin scored the game’s only goal at...

The Hastings boys basketball team has got four quick games under its belt. The first two were causes for concern. The last two were anything but. In the season opener against Prescott, Hastings saw a 10-point lead in the third quarter evaporate and turn into a loss. In the season’s...

The Hastings boys wrestling team played host to the annual Raider Duals on Saturday, and they almost came away with the tournament title. Over the years, the tournament has gotten more and more competitive, and this year was no exception. Hastings, ranked No. 4 in the state, ended...

The bright spot for the Hastings girls swimming team came in the form of Brina Kari on Tuesday night. Kari, an HHS junior, finished with the fourth-fastest time in the 100 backstroke finals at the University of Minnesota. She is assured of all-state honors, which are bestowed...

After an 0-2 start, the Hastings girls hockey team has quickly turned things around. The Raiders beat Farmington on Friday, 3-2, and then whipped White Bear Lake on Tuesday, 6-0, to improve to 2-2 on the season. “We have been working hard in the little time we have had in...

The Hastings girls swimming and diving team found all kinds of success at the section 1AA meet in Rochester last week. The Raiders placed second in the meet and qualified seven swims for the state meet next week. The Raiders set two school records, earned assistant coach Gerry...