Lakeville North Beats South to Claim Section 1AA Crown, Trip to State

This is the second season in three years North has earned a berth to the State Boys High School Hockey Tournament.

UPDATED (8:57 p.m.) The Lakeville North boys hockey team is headed back to State. North's boys hockey team beat Lakeville South 6-3 on Thursday night in the Section 1AA finals to earn its second section title in three years. It's too soon to say who the Panthers will meet in the quarterfinals of the State Boys High School Hockey Tournament next Thursday, March 7 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Jack Diercks and Nick Poehling each had two goals for North and Will Dupont had 36 saves in the win. For a full recap of the game, visit Minnesota Hockey Hub. Lakeville Patch will have more on North's state matchup when it becomes available. ORIGINAL STORY (3:15 p.m., Feb. 28) Tonight, Lakeville's two varsity boys hockey teams will meet for …

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Game of the week

Lakeville North Football Beats Rosemount, Headed to 6A Championship

Lakeville North beat Rosemount 28-7 Thursday night to advance to the State Class 6A championship.

Update: Lakeville North beats Rosemount Irish 28-7 and the Panthers advance to the Class 6A title game next Friday. Patch will have much more shortly. Orignial story: Lakeville North's run in the State Football Tournament was expected. Rosemount's—not so much. Listen to the game live here on Patch starting around 6:45 p.m. tonight. North, 10-1, was considered one of the top teams in the state all year. They finished second in the South Suburban Conference and were the No. 5 seed at state. Rosemount, 7-4, lost to North 35-0 on Oct. 17, and has been the underdog in nearly all if its playoff games. And what makes it even more unusual is that both teams are members of the same conference and section. In previous years, a state matchup like …

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LIVE CHAT: Share Your Thoughts During the Vice Presidential Debate

Visit Patch’s live chat while you’re watching tonight's debate to share your thoughts on how the candidates are doing.

At 8 p.m. tonight, Vice President Joe Biden and Republican nominee Rep. Paul Ryan will square off in the only vice presidential debate of the season. Moderator Martha Raddatz (ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent) will guide the debate as it covers both foreign and domestic topics. The night will be divided into nine time segments of approximately 10 minutes each. The moderator will ask an opening question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the question. Throughout the debate, Patch will be moderating a live blog where users can share their thoughts in real time, participate in polls and post photos from debate-watching parties. We’…

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One Down Three to Go: Presidential Debate Schedule 2012

The first debate between President Barack Obama and Republican Candidate Mitt Romney will be held Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. Central Time.

The second debate between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney is at 8 p.m., Oct. 16. Check below for more information on that debate and the rest of the debates leading up to Election Day. TV Channels Broadcasting Live: FOX (KMSP), NBC (KARE), CBS (WCCO), ABC (KSTP), PBS (TPT), CNN, MSNBC, FOX NEWS, CNBC and CSPAN Live Streaming Online: You Tube's Election Hub Live Chat with Twin Cities Residents During the Debates: Lakeville Patch Neighborhood Chat Room Comic Relief: Name-calling debate on YouTube, New York Times cartoon, Democalypse 2012 from The Daily Show, Obama vs. Romney on SNL COMPLETE October 3, 2012 The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes …

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Editor's Notebook

Whitney Houston's Funeral to be Live Streamed for Public

The funeral is private, but fans mourning the loss of the music icon can watch the funeral via a live Internet steam.

I've received four emails over the past two days asking if I knew whether Whitney Houston's funeral is going to be available for the public. So I did some research and am posting a story for everyone to see. At the bottom, be sure to let us know what your favorite Whitney Houston song was. Mine, for the record, is I Will Always Love You. According to the Washington Post, fans worldwide can watch Whitney Houston's funeral via a live stream on their Celebritology page. The funeral, which begins at noon eastern—11 a.m. central—will be broadcast in its entirety. A link will be available on the blog's main page Saturday morning. I'm sure CNN and other cable news channels will also show a bulk of the service. The funeral will be held at the New …

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Lakeville North Students to Live Stream Huge North vs. South Football Rematch

The Lakeville North broadcast students have teamed up with Team Burnsville Community Television to live stream the game.

Saturday's Section 1AAAAA semi-final rematch between cross-town rivals Lakeville North and Lakeville South will prove to be a night to remember. Record crowds are likely to converge on the Lakeville North stadium for the 7 p.m. game to see which team will advance to the Section 1AAAAA championship. And just like last time the two schools met, if fans can't make it to the game, they'll have the opportunity to watch it via live stream. Lakeville North broadcast students are teaming up with Burnsville Community Television to live stream Saturday's game. According to Ryan Rapacz, a teacher in Lakeville North High School's communications department, the joint effort will provide a professional quality, and multi-camera production that includes …

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Lakeville Students to Live Stream North, South Football Game

Students from Lakeville North's broadcast media course will be stream live tonight's huge, epic, thrilling football game between undefeated powers Lakeville North and Lakeville South.

Tonight's football game between crosstown rivals, Lakeville North and Lakeville South, will be steamed live at www.ihigh.com/lnhsbroadcasting. The production crew is made up of Lakeville North students who are members of the broadcast media course and The Panther Pause, a student led news program.

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