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The East Ridge dance team is back in action this season with new head coaches Ashley Stoffel and Melissa Vogler.

Expectations remain high for south Washington County’s six alpine ski teams as they move on without the state’s 2013 champion racer.

While the Park wrestling team boasts a formidable lineup from top to bottom, a lot of eyes will be on senior Cody Linssen this season.

This winter the Park gymnastics team will be without longtime coach Mark Sikich for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Though a conference championship is probably a longshot and a trip to the state tournament may be unlikely, the players making up the Park boys basketball team are begging opponents to discount them this season. That will play right into their hands.

East Ridge’s coaches will tell you they’re a deep team full of talented players far beyond the starting five — and they are. However, make no mistake, much of the Raptors’ success in 2013-14 lay in the hands of seniors Jake Knupp and Ryan Keenan.

The East Ridge girls basketball team needs to replace five seniors, but brings back its best player this winter.

The Park girls basketball program has enjoyed some salad days the past two seasons. This winter, the Wolfpack should be a force to be reckoned with once again.

The New Life Academy boys basketball team enters 2013-14 off of a 12-16 season a year ago. The Eagles went 6-7 in the Minnesota Christian Athletic Association last winter.

New Life boasts a roster compiled of seven seniors, two juniors and two sophomores this winter.

East Ridge returns to the ice the season a year older, a year wiser and with the same head coach in place for once.

East Ridge took significant steps forward last season but that hasn’t left players and coaches completely satisfied.

With just four seniors, the Park Wolfpack is a young girls hockey team.