Look around reveals a tennis injury, a baseball rebuild and a volleyball overachievement

Rochester Mayo sophomore Claire Loftus, the Spartans' top girls' tennis player and ranked No. 4 in Class 2A by the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association, will be sidelined for two weeks because of a wrist injury.

Her absence showed Friday in her team's 6-1 loss to Edina. The teams shared the No. 2 spot in the rankings.

Rochester Mayo is scheduled to take on defending state champion and top-ranked Minnetonka this week.

Cretin-Derham Hall baseball standouts commit

Cretin-Derham Hall's baseball team hasn't finished above .500 since 2018. Can three Division I recruits — senior Jack Taxdahl and juniors Jake Quinn and P.J. Jones — and a new coach turn that around?

Those three players have given verbal commitments to Big Ten schools. Taxdahl, a catcher/pitcher/infielder, and Quinn, a shortstop/outfielder, are headed to the Gophers. Jones, a pitcher/first baseman/outfielder, said last week he will play for Maryland.

The Raiders on Friday named 1994 graduate Buzz Hannahan their interim coach. A seven-year assistant at the school, he replaces Mike Kvasnicka, who left to take a position with the Gophers.

Marshall, ranked No. 1 in Class 3A by the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association, wasn't intimidated when it matched up with the Class 4A powers in the 45^th Apple Valley Eagle Invitational.

The Tigers handed Northfield, then No. 1 in Class 4A, its first setback of the season, 25-14, 25-19 in the quarterfinals, swept then-No. 5 Champlin Park 25-21, 25-22 in the semifinals and topped then-No. 3 Lakeville North 25-17, 25-19 for the championship.

Marshall has four starters back from its championship group last season. They are Brooke Andries, Caitlyn Christenson, Leah Jones and Randi Wendorff.