St. Cloud Tech Now 3-2 in First MSHSL Season

St. Cloud Tech, the "other" northern Minnesota team is now 3-2 on the young 2011 season.  The Tigers are finding some success in their first season as a sanctioned MSHSL Varsity sport.  Their three wins have come against Forest Lake, Holy Family and Buffalo (another team in its first sanctioned year), with losses to Coon Rapids and Roseville.

Leading the way in scoring for the Tigers has been junior attackman Zach Affeldt with 15 goals and 18 points.  Junior goalie Alex Ampe has posted a nice .818 save percentage.

The following article on the newly sanctioned St. Cloud Tech lacrosse team is from the St. Cloud Times:

New boys lacrosse team puts sport 'on map'    

by Tom Elliot|  

St. Cloud Tech’s Bryant Amundson tries to break free for a goal during lacrosse practice Wednesday at Oak Hill school in St. Cloud. Times photos by Dave Schwarz, dschwarz@stcloudtimes.com

One game into its inaugural season as a high school league sanctioned activity, St. Cloud Tech/Cathedral has caught the eye of the boys lacrosse world.

“I think we’re going to turn some heads in the high school league,” Tech/Cathedral head coach Tyler Hein said.

The team opened the season this week with a 15-2 win over Forest Lake. It played Thursday at Coon Rapids and has a home game against Holy Family Catholic at 6:30 p.m. today at Oak Hill Community School.

“I think the win (Tuesday) night put St. Cloud lacrosse on the map as a serious varsity sport,” said senior midfielder Merek Regan. “It (getting high school sanctioning) was really important.  “Last year, we were just a club team and no one took us seriously.”

The team got its sanctioning last spring and it has helped in numerous ways, said Hein, the 27-year-old coach who works for a workers’ compensation insurance company in the St. Cloud area.

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