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Champlin Park volleyball earns 2 wins, stays undefeated in conference
Rebels girls volleyball played two games last week to continue their strong season, beating Hopkins Oct. 2 before winning against Centennial Oct. 5. Hopkins Champlin Park volleyball started the week with an action-packed 3-0 win over the Hopkins Royals at home to improve to a 15-4 overall record. The night started well for Champlin Park,...
Park Center football held out by Monticello in home loss
Park Center football lost a close battle at home last week, falling in a 21-16 defeat to Monticello at home on Oct. 6 to adjust its record to 1-2 in conference play, 2-4 overall. Friday’s game provided Park Center with opportunities to improve on several fronts. The Pirates had yet to win consecutive games this season and had just one win at home. Monticello entered the game with the same...
Cooper football falls short in Bloomington Jefferson clash
Robbinsdale Cooper football lost on the road last week, falling 34-20 to Bloomington Jefferson on Oct. 6 to adjust its record to 2-1 in the conference and 4-2 overall. The game ended a two-game homestead for Cooper, who earned two wins against St. Louis Park and Apple Valley, which itself followed their only loss of the season at Armstrong. Both teams entered the week 4-1. Jefferson recovered well from a...
Area volleyball seasons heat up as section tournaments draw near
Robbinsdale Armstrong, Robbinsdale Cooper and Breck were all busy on the volleyball courts last week, playing several games each as the regular season draws closer to its end. Robbinsdale Armstrong The Falcons began their two-game week with a loss on the road to Anoka in non-conference play. Armstrong began the day 1-3 in Northwest Suburban B Conference play, while Anoka was 4-1 in Northwest Suburban A Conference play. ...
Brooklyn Center football falls to Columbia Heights to go 3-3
Brooklyn Center football lost a close contest with Columbia Heights on Oct. 6, falling 18-6 at home to adjust its conference record to 2-1, 3-3 overall. The game saw two 3-2 teams face off at Brooklyn Center High School, each on a three-game winning streak. A win for either team would provide the holder a cemented .500 record for the regular season. After wins over Roosevelt and Academy Force, Brooklyn...
Breck football falls short against Holy Family
Breck football faced a frustrating obstacle last week, losing 34-0 to Holy Family at home on Oct. 6 to adjust its record to 2-2 in conference, and 2-4 overall. The game followed a pair of wings for Breck, who had most recently beaten St. Croix Lutheran 14-13 in a postponed game to go 2-3. Holy Family entered the game with the same record but through different means. Holy Family won...
Champlin Park girls tennis qualify for Section 5AA semifinals
Area tennis teams took to the courts last week to compete in the Section 5AA girls tennis tournament. Park Center and Robbinsdale Armstrong played one game each, while Champlin Park qualified for the section semifinals the following week. Champlin Park Sixth-seed Champlin Park dominated its opening game in the Section 5AA tournament, beating 11th-seed Coon Rapids 7-0 in the second round after receiving a bye in the first round. ...
NEAR celebrates ‘Faith & Blue,’ collects donations
On Oct. 7, the NEAR Food Shelf partnered with the Crystal Police Department to collect donations, and spread a little autumn joy during the Faith & Blue Fall Festival. A bounce house, a face painter, free hot dogs, and corn hole filled the parking lot for a few hours in the afternoon as attendees filled the big blue bin with donations. At NEAR Food Shelf, the most needed items are the following: pasta; cereal; cooking oil; peanut butter; boxed or canned meals; canned or pouched...
Armstrong soccer ends regular season with tough run of results
Robbinsdale Armstrong boys soccer concluded its regular season with three games last week, drawing Blaine on Oct. 2, before losing to Spring Lake Park and Wayzata on Oct. 4 and 5. Blaine Armstrong began last week with a difficult matchup and eventual 1-1 draw on the road to Blaine on Oct. 2, who entered the week in second place in the Northwest Suburban Conference standings. ...
Rebels football gets back to winning ways at Blaine
The Champlin Park football team defeated Blaine on the road last week, winning 44-33 on Oct. 6 to improve to 3-3 in conference play. The trip to Blaine followed a difficult pair of weeks for Champlin Park football, having lost their last two games 41-23 to Coon Rapids and 29-18 to St. Michael-Albertville. Champlin Park opened the scoring Friday night with a 61-yard touchdown run from quarterback Preston Thielke. A...
Pirates boys soccer adds 2 wins ahead of section tournament
Park Center boys soccer ended the regular season last week with two games, beating Coon Rapids on the road Oct. 2 before winning against Blaine at home Oct. 4. Coon Rapids Park Center opened the week with a 2-0 win on the road over Coon Rapids to improve their conference record to 7-2-3 and continue a strong end of the regular season. ...
Hopkins, Wayzata both in need of a football win
Two teams in need of a victory on the football field will clash at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at Hopkins High Stadium. Wayzata travels to Hopkins with an overall record of 1-5 while the host Royals are winless at 0-6. Coming off of a 30-0 loss to Roseville Oct. 5, Hopkins head coach Trevor Tolly hopes that he will have more healthy players for the Wayzata game. Among those...
Empty-nesters welcome at the Optimist Club
Some people spend their free time ringing bells for the Salvation Army, going fishing with kids, listening to speakers, and making friends. Maybe they met on a golf course or through their in-laws, but one way or another they’ve joined the Optimist Club. According to long-time member Tim Tart, being an optimist means thinking of others before themselves, and working to help those others. On Sept. 28, the service organization...
Proposed route for Blue Line Extension endorsed
The proposed route for the Metro Transit Blue Line Extension was endorsed earlier this month by the Blue Line Extension Corridor Management Committee. The Blue Line Extension Corridor Management Committee met on Sept. 14 and passed a resolution signaling their support for the proposed route. “The advisory body of elected officials and non-elected community representatives passed a resolution on Sept. 14 in support of the Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County...
Hopkins hosts Roseville Thursday in 6 p.m. football game
Either Hopkins (0-5) or Roseville (0-5) will get its first win of the 2023 high school football season Thursday, Oct. 5, when they meet in a 6 p.m. game at Hopkins High Stadium. Hopkins is coming off a 48-14 loss at Park of Cottage Grove last week. That game began on Friday night and ended on Saturday after lightning halted the contest. Royal sophomore quarterback Dylan Caspers threw two touchdown passes in that game. Jaxson Evans-Curry, Hopkins’ star running back, missed that game with an injury.
Two decades of partnership with Tanzania
On Oct. 1, a benefit concert for the Tanzania Health Partnership’s 20-year anniversary took place in St. Louis Park. Robert Robinson, a soul and gospel musician performed alongside the Minnesota Swahili Dance Group and the Vocal Essence Singers of This Age. Tanzania Health Partnership is a Golden Valley-based nonprofit that supports the Tanzanian hospital Dodoma Christian Medical Center. The 135-employee center provides healthcare for about 100,000 people each year, most of whom are women and children. According to cia.gov, more than 60 percent of Tanzania’s...
Armstrong football endures its first loss of the season
Armstrong High football faced adversity on the road last week and suffered its first loss of the season, 44-13 to St. Thomas Academy on Sept. 28. This game was paused and delayed due to Friday’s weather and was eventually concluded. The game came hours after head coach Jack Negen was named the head coach for the North All-Star team at the 50th Annual Minnesota High School Football All-Star Game, sponsored by the Minnesota Vikings and the Minnesota Football Coaches Association (MFCA). The all-star game will...
Armstrong boys soccer finds feet, extends unbeaten streak to five games
Armstrong boys soccer played two games last week, beating Osseo at home on Sept. 27, before beating Coon Rapids at home on Sept. 28. Osseo The Falcons opened the week with a 2-0 at home against Osseo, becoming the first team to beat Osseo this season and breaking an 11-game unbeaten streak for the Orioles. ...
Falcons girls swim and dive team beats Blaine in thriller
The Armstrong girls swimming and diving team competed against Blaine, winning a nail-biter 93-92 on Sept. 28. The meet concluded a busy September for Armstrong, which beat Anoka 96-89 on Sept. 7, lost 95-90 to Champlin Park on Sept. 14, and beat Spring Lake Park 98-83 on Sept. 21. The evening of the meet against Blaine began with a banner-dropping ceremony to celebrate Armstrong’s Section 6AA championship win in 2023, the team’s first ever section title. The ceremony featured activities director Larry Tate, along with...
AC Wings soccer improves to 6-2-5 after busy week
Armstrong/Cooper girls soccer played four games last week, hosting Visitation in a loss on Sept. 25, before beating Richfield on the road on Sept. 26, beating Fridley back at home on Sept. 28, and then losing at Osseo on Sept. 30. Visitation Visitation gave the Wings their first loss of the 2023 season as they fell 2-1. This ended a nine-game unbeaten streak for the Wings. ...
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