Eden Prairie and Blake were named the Minnesota State High School League Challenge Cup winners for the 2008-2009 school year. The Challenge Cup is a year-long competition among all of the MSHSL schools in which points are awarded to each school based on success in MSHSL-sponsered Section and State competition. The two schools - one in Class 2A, one in Class 1A - that have the most points by the end of the school year are awarded the Challenge Cup.

It is the third Challenge Cup victory for each school in the six years the Cup has been awarded. Eden Prairie won the Class 2A competition in 2006 and 2008, while Blake was the Class 1A champion in 2005 and 2007.

CLASS 2A 

Eden Prairie totalled 971 points last year, including state team championships in girls’ cross-country, boys’ hockey and girls’ lacrosse. The school also had individual champions in boys’ Nordic Skiing, girls’ track and field and girls’ swimming and diving.

Wayzata was second with 815 points, Edina was third with 763 and Eastview finished fourth with 613.

CLASS 1A

Blake won with 547 points, winning team championships in boys’ cross-country, soccer and swimming and diving and girls’ hockey. The Bears also had individual championships in boys’ tennis, track and field, Alpine skiing and swimming and diving.

Perham, the 2007-2008 winner, was second with 415 points. Breck finished third with 386 points and Rochester Lourdes was fourth with 355.

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