Football

St. Thomas Academy has hired Dan O’Brien as the Cadets’ head football coach and program head.

Charlie Miller wrapped up his collegiate football career last fall and he did so with a slew of honors. The Shoreview native attends Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.

The annual high school all-star football game has a new name, date and location. This year’s version featured Roseville Area High School senior Levi Brown.

A 21-point loss in the playoffs isn’t the way anyone wants to see a season end.

Based on the final score, the Roseville-Maple Grove football playoff game was a typical two seed vs. seven seed blowout. But a deeper look at the box score shows a close contest that wasn’t decided until the fourth quarter.

The post-season didn’t go well or last long for the St. Anthony Village High School football team. The Huskies dropped a 33-0 decision to DeLaSalle in the Section 4AAAA quarterfinals to bring their season to a close.

The first round of the Section 4AAAA football playoffs turned out to be the end of the 2016 road for North and Tartan. Both teams were on the road in the quarterfinals on Oct. 25 and couldn’t get past a pair of big city foes.

What a week it was for the Hill-Murray athletic department. Three different teams at the private Maplewood school picked up big victories last week. Here’s a rundown.

Girls soccer

Not much went right for the Concordia Academy football team in its playoff opener last week. The Beacons gave up three first-quarter touchdowns and the ensuing two-point conversions and went on to lose 44-0 to Spectrum.

It’s not often that the Mounds View High School football team fails to play at least one playoff game on its home field each season.