By Mollee Francisco

First-year Chaska High School coach Phil Link has resigned his position amid allegations of financial wrong-doing.

According to a search warrant filed by Chaska Police in Carver County Court, the district alleges that between June 14 and Dec. 15, 2009, Link, head football coach and administrative dean, “made claims for reimbursement to the school district for costs he did not incur and were eventually paid for by another party that did not know he already had received compensation for those costs.”

Former Chaska hockey player and team captain Kurt Radermacher is busy
as a full-time student and hockey player at Purdue University.

But there’s always time for more hockey, especially when the game means so much.

Radermacher, who captains the Purdue club hockey, will join the
Boilermakers for a memorial game on Saturday, Jan. 9 at the Chaska
Community Center.

The action begins at 4:45 p.m., and a gathering at Cy’s Bar & Grill in downtown Chaska follows.

Chaska Community Education and the Schools of Eastern Carver County offer a baseball camp for youth in grades K-8 on Tuesday, Dec. 29.

The camp, led by Chaska High School baseball coach Eric Welter, provides an opportunity for new and returning players to learn and develop baseball skills.

The grade K-4 camp takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Chaska High School’s new gym. The camp focuses on fielding, hitting, throwing and catching.

By Mark W. Olson

The flu hit early and hard this year, giving District 112 fall sports teams quite a workout.

“Varsity had a stretch where the number of healthy were barely outnumbered by the number of unhealthy,” said Chaska High School girls soccer coach Ryan Meulemans.

However, sports officials are hoping the worst is over. And data appears to back up their hopes.

Anna Mapes is just like any other player on the women’s volleyball team at Metro State University in Denver.

She goes to class. She goes to practice. She plays hard and studies harder.

But that is about where the similarities end.

“I’m playing volleyball, I’m going to school,” She said. “I’m married and I have two kids. It’s a lot.”

Mapes graduated from Chaska High School in 1997 – then known as Anna Hackbarth. It was about the time when many of her current teammates were just starting elementary school.

Chaska's volleyball team pushed two-time defending state champion Shakopee to the limit in the Section 2-3A championship on Saturday.

But the Sabers survived with a 15-12 fifth-game tiebreaker to reach the state tournament. Chaska lost the first two games 25-20, 25-19, but bounced back to tie the match with 26-24, 25-21 victories.

Read more about the match at Southwest Publishing's sports site: www.scoreboard.mn.

Chaska's volleyball team was looking at the end of its season on Thursday night.

But the Hawks didn't go quietly. They didn't go at all.

Eden Prairie won the first two games, but the Hawks took the next two and won the tiebreaker 15-11 on Thursday night in the Section 2-3A semifinals at Chanhassen High School.

The Hawks now take on undefeated and top-rated Shakopee at 6 p.m. on Saturday, back at Chanhassen.

The Turkey Trot 5K run, walk and gobbler is set for Nov. 14 at Chaska High School.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. on race day for the fifth annual event, put on by Chaska High School DECA.

The Lil’ Gobblers Run for kids age 5 and younger starts at 8:15 a.m. The Big Gobblers run for kids age 6-11 starts at 8:30 a.m.

The 5K run/walk starts at 9 a.m., followed by an awards ceremony at 10 a.m.

Free child care is provided during the 5K race.

The Chaska boys high school soccer team is partnering with Culver's in Chaska in a fundraising program.

Culver's in Chaska will donate 10 percent of dining bills on Tuesday, Oct. 27 and Tuesday, Nov. 17, to the Chaska High School boys soccer team on behalf of all diners served from 5-8 p.m.

Chaska Hawks soccer players will be on hand to deliver food to tables and drive ups.

Storm Hawks and Applebee’s