Chanhassen Skippers Topple No. 2 Minnetonka
- Chanhassen High's baseball team upset No. 2–ranked Minnetonka in a tight early-season game. - The Skippers won 6–5, a comeback finish that capped a doubleheader day and energized local fans. - The victory is an early statement for Chanhassen's season and drew local buzz (prepbaseballreport.com).
Chanhassen beat No. 2 Minnetonka 6-5 on Saturday, April 18, handing the Skippers an early-season loss at Minnetonka High School. (varsity.startribune.com) Prep Baseball Minnesota’s Saturday roundup listed the result as Chanhassen 6, No. 2 Minnetonka 5 final. The same roundup said Minnetonka had beaten Rogers 4-0 earlier in the day before losing the second game. (prepbaseballreport.com) The tournament schedule at Minnetonka High School had Rogers, Moorhead, Chanhassen and Minnetonka playing across April 17 and April 18, with the Chanhassen-Minnetonka matchup set for 4:30 p.m. Saturday. One ticket covered all games in the event. (gofan.co) Minnetonka entered the season at No. 2 in Prep Baseball Minnesota’s preseason rankings, behind only Cretin-Derham Hall. Prep Baseball Minnesota said Minnetonka returned a core led by Garrett Wheeler, Carter Storts, Jacob Musgjerd and Daschle Duwe under head coach Paul Twenge. (prepbaseballreport.com) That made Saturday’s score stand out beyond one April game. Prep Baseball Minnesota said No. 2 Minnetonka was the only Top 10 team in action that day and finished the event with a split, dropping to 3-3 on the season after the loss to Chanhassen. (prepbaseballreport.com) Chanhassen came into 2026 off an 18-8 season and a Section runner-up finish in 2025, according to the program’s team preview. Head coach Nate Hanson said in that preview that the Storm returned a core of players who were major contributors the year before. (prepbaseballreport.com) Hanson is a former University of Minnesota player and a 2008 Minnesota Twins draft pick who reached Triple-A, according to Chanhassen High School’s athletics page. The school lists him as the head coach of the baseball program. (cns.district112.org) The two programs also carried recent history into the rematch. Minnetonka beat Chanhassen 1-0 in the Section 2, Class 4A championship game on June 5, 2025, to clinch a state-tournament berth. (kstp.com) By Monday, April 20, the 6-5 final was on the board and the schedule had already moved on. Minnetonka was set to host Eden Prairie that night, while Chanhassen’s next listed game was April 21 at Chaska. (mshsl.org, mshsl.org)
