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Champlin Park girls lax wins seven straight to open season
Champlin Park girls lacrosse continued a dominant run through their 2024 season last week with two wins, starting with a 15-2 home triumph over Andover. The result was Andover’s first conference loss of the season. The Huskies were previously 4-0 in Northwest Suburban Conference play. Lauren Schindlebeck and Annabelle Johnson each scored four goals in the win for Champlin Park and Johnson added five assists. Reese Hagenbart scored three goals against Andover. Alayna Roehl scored twice, while Ella Engstrom and Anna Pitzen scored one each. ...
Sanborn Park could become Philando Castile Park
People gathered on May 3 at Sanborn Park in Robbinsdale to celebrate the 1948 Supreme Court decision when they unanimously ruled that individuals could no longer use the courts to keep people of color from living in neighborhoods. Previously, racial covenants could be added to target people of color with a racially restrictive deed, and the courts would enforce them. Black people were often the target of these racial covenants, though many of them declared that only Caucasian people could purchase, mortgage, lease or occupy...
Robbinsdale area softball teams finding wins
Both the Armstrong and Cooper softball teams picked up one win each last week amid a busy midseason schedule, peppered with postponements due to weather. Armstrong The Falcons continued to pursue their best last week, amid a period with its share of wins and losses. The week started with a 7-2 loss to Rogers on the road, with Ella Cooley and Lexi Madson scoring Armstrong’s runs. ...
MJR Auto to buy Gregg and Jim’s Service
Gregg and Jim’s Service in Golden Valley is changing owners. Matt Majerus, owner of MJR Auto in Robbinsdale, is buying from owners Jim Pavek and Gregg Malik. It was bittersweet to say goodbye for Pavek and Malik, who have been working in the shop for nearly 50 years. “I’m kinda melancholy about the whole deal,”...
Olson earns Athena Award after helping Red Knights clinch state basketball crown
Michigan-bound hoopster helped team win back-to-back titles Olivia Olson’s earliest sports memories came from playing rec-league soccer with her brother when they were four years old, playing on the same co-ed team every weekend at the local soccer fields. Fast forward more than a dozen years later and Olson not only put together one of the all-time great prep basketball careers in Minnesota but has a bright future ahead with...
Pirates defeat Rebels boys volleyball in Brooklyn Park battle
Champlin Park and Park Center boys volleyball met last week in a border battle at Champlin Park High School on April 25, with the Pirates coming out on top with a 3-1 win. Park Center opened the night with a comprehensive 25-18 win in set one, which featured no timeouts. Titus Lee was dangerous setting early on for the Pirates, while Koua Chang and Chalij Chang shined at the attack line for the visitors to rack up points. Champlin Park Libero Chance Lee held his...
Centaurs baseball picks up 2 wins amid year of growth
Brooklyn Center baseball ended last week’s busy schedule with an action-packed 8-7 home win over its neighbors from North Minneapolis, Patrick Henry, at home on April 27 to earn its second victory of the season. It was Brooklyn Center’s first win over a Class AAA team this season. Brooklyn Center plays in AA and has faced two losses to AAA teams this season. A little patience was required before Brooklyn...
Armstrong softball responds to adversity with big win over Cardinals
Armstrong softball played two games last week amid a busy Northwest Suburban Conference schedule. The week started with a home game on April 23 against Andover, which the visiting Huskies won 12-5. Andover arrived in Plymouth amid a seven-game unbeaten run that had seen them defeat the likes of Maple Grove, Anoka, and North St. Paul. Armstrong responded to adversity with one of its biggest wins yet, beating Coon Rapids 14-1 at home to improve its record to 3-4 in conference, 3-5 overall. ...
Cooper boys volleyball battles Elk River amid second season
Cooper boys volleyball opened last week with a 3-0 loss to Elk River at home on April 22, marking its first Northwest Conference game of the season. The game came as Cooper takes part in boys volleyball’s MSHSL emerging sport season ahead of full integration next school year. Elk River quickly built a mild lead over the Hawks in set one following a scrappy start for the hosts. Cooper began to find momentum through the leadership of libero Niko Her, as well as George Robinson....
Cooper track and field battles at Fridley and Columbia Heights
Cooper track and field stayed busy despite having their home invite postponed by weather on April 16. The Hawks traveled to the Fridley meet on April 18 and Columbia Heights meet on April 23. Fridley Meet Cooper took part in the Fridley meet on April 18, facing off against Fridley, Holy Angels, Kennedy, Columbia Height, and Visitation. Cooper took fourth place in boys varsity and sixth in girls varsity. ...
Area golfers take part in NWSC Girls Midseason event
The Champlin Park, Park Center and Robbinsdale Armstrong girls golf teams all took part in the Northwest Suburban Girls Midseason event April 25 at Ham Lake’s Majestic Oaks Golf Club. Champlin Park Champlin Park finished 11th of 14 at Majestic Oaks with a score of 441. Ella Skavnak was the Rebels’ top finisher, taking 33rd place of 84 with a score of 98. Maria Bachand finished in 43rd place with...
Armstrong baseball navigates difficult NWSC run
Falcons baseball played two games last week, facing two home losses to Andover and Coon Rapids in conference play April 23 and 25. Armstrong entered last week on a good run. Despite some losses, the Falcons had earned a solid 4-3 record from the first three weeks of the season, including three conference wins from five Northwest Suburban opponents. The Falcons opened last week with an action-packed 6-4 loss to...
Falcons and Rebels shine at Hamline Elite Meet
A number of Champlin Park and Robbinsdale Armstrong students earned impressive finishes last week at the Hamline Elite Meet on April 26 held on Hamline Universty’s Klas Track and Field. Champlin Park Abigail Hibbs led the way for Champlin Park in individual events, earning third place in the girls 3200-meter run with a time of 10:49.97. ...
Cooper student organizes spring diaper drive
Robbinsdale Cooper High School senior Luna Moon has organized a diaper drive with the help of Helping Us Grow, which is the local partner for the Diaper Bank of Minnesota. The drive will continue through the end of May. HUG also offers home visits and connects people to various local resources. Moon said the donations at Cooper High School will be split between Cooper High School community members and the...
Unintentional county-wide shelter-in-place order due to ‘human error’
At 6:45 p.m. April 22, officers from the Robbinsdale Police Department responded to an armed domestic situation. “As is standard procedure, a shelter-in-place notification was sent out by the Hennepin County Communications Division,” the police department wrote in a note to the press. “This was to be sent to the impacted residences on the block. However, it was sent, unintentionally, to the entire Hennepin County.” The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office later released a statement explaining the message to all of Hennepin County was “human error” and they found “the step in the alert process that resulted in the mistake.”
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