Cougar Awards & Recognition Cougar Team Accomplishments 2009 3rd Place Lake Conference, #10 Final AP State Poll 2008 Class AAAAA State Tournament Participant, Region 1AAAAA Champions 2007 3rd Place Lake Conference, #1 Seed Region 2 2009 - Dan Noehring, Drew Ostendorf, Blair Riegel, Jay Ruhl, JD Mehlhorn, Ede Madolimov 2008 - Eddie Anderson, Dan Noehring, Ede Madolimov, Mitchell Brumm, Mike McNamee 2007 - Eddie Boelter, Chris Ewanika, Josh Hofstad, Mike Mcnamee, Ben Troop 2009 - Grant Mitchell, Cody Gergen, Ethan Miller, Zane Peterson, DJ Hillier 2008 - Nick Bailey, Jesse Torres, Jay Ruhl, Drew Ostendorf 2007 - Nick Bailey, Ede Madolima, Jarod Olson, Zach Ruhl, Elliot Shannon
2006 Lake Conference Champions, Region 6 Champions, 2nd Place in Class AAAAA State Tournament
2005 Class AAAA State Tournament Participant, Region 3 Champions
AP 1st & 2nd Team All State Players
2006 - Nick Andreas, Brady Soule, Dirk Wilkins
1st & 2nd Team All Conference Players
2006 - Nick Andreas, Marcus Brumm, Chris Ewanika, James Fischer, Logan Flannery, Brady Soule, Dirk Wilkins
2005 - Marcus Brumm, Zach Martens, Brady Soule
Honorable Mention All Conference Players
2006 - Eddie Boelter, Joe Everson, Tyler Jenson, Tyler Kaufhold, Kevin Lundeen, Neil Steffen
2005 - Nick Andreas, James Fischer, Dirk Wilkins, Kevin Lundeen
MN All Star Game Participants
2009 - Mike Mcnamee
2007 - Dirk Wilkins
KARE11 All-Metro Team Members
2006 - Marcus Brumm, Dirk Wilkins, Brady Soule, Nick Andreas, Larry Thompson (Coach of the Year)
2003 - Larry Thompson (Coach of the Year)
Lakeville Sports Hall of Fame
Cougar Head Coach Larry Thompson - 2006 Inductee
Larry is a 1970 graduate of Lakeville High School and a graduate of Augsburg College. He has been involved in Lakeville Schools for 44 years. His athletic career as a Lakeville High School athlete includes captaincies, and All Conference honors in football, basketball and baseball. He was named Lakeville High School Outstanding Athlete in 1970. At Augsburg College, he was a two year All American in football and a member of their Athletic Hall of Fame. As a 30 year coach at Lakeville High School and now at Lakeville South High School, he is a five time Minnesota "Coach of the Year" recipient and Football State Champs in 1988 (4A), 1992 (5A) and 2003 (5A). Coach Thompson has also been named the KARE11 Prep Sports Extra Coach of the Year twice. Larry has coached three Lakeville teams to state runner-up finishes. Among active Minnesota High School football coaches, Larry Thompson ranks 9th all time in the state with 225 victories at the conclusion of the 2009 season. Among all coaches in the history of the state, Coach Thompson has moved up to #22 in number of victories. Coach Thompson's career record stood at 225-108-1 at the conclusion of 2009.
THE COUGAR FAMILY
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