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Rebels baseball opens season with two road wins
The Armstrong High School baseball team hosted Champlin Park last week in the season opener. The game ended with the latter team falling 3-2 to the Rebels in a competitive and energetic game that showed promise for both rosters. The night started strong for Champlin Park, who picked up two runs in the top of the first after loading the bases with Chase Oxborough, Aaron Coan, and Brockton Sandell. Oxborough jogged to home plate following an error and Max Janisch hit an RBI for Aaron...
Rebels and Falcons clash in opening week of tennis
Armstrong boys tennis traveled to play Champlin Park last week as the boys tennis season got up and running, with Champlin Park winning 6-1. The game marked the opener for Rebels boys tennis this spring, while the Falcons arrived fresh off of a 6-1 win over Osseo. Amid a week of schedule changes for spring sports as the weather had its say, the Rebels and Falcons met as planned April 4, with the temperature sitting at 50 degrees Fahrenheit at the start of the action. ...
Rebel softball aims to compete with the best
The Champlin Park softball team is coming off a positive 2023 season where the team tied for third in the Northwest Suburban Conference with an 8-4 record, 16-8 overall. The Rebels were narrowly knocked out of the Section 5AAAA quarterfinals by Centennial and reached the elimination bracket semifinals, losing 3-0 to Spring Lake Park. The team team’s record included a a nine-game winning streak from May 6 to 13, which...
Falcons softball returns to the diamond
Armstrong High School girls softball returned to action last week, following up on an exciting 2023 run to the section final with a returning roster for the Class of 2024. The Falcons ended last season 6-6 in Northwest Suburban Conference play and 11-11 overall. In the Section 6AAAA tournament, they dominated Washburn 10-0, before beating Wayzata 9-6 in the quarterfinals. A loss to Hopkins made for a Wayzata rematch, which won Armstrong again, this time 12-5. The Falcons then rematched Hopkins in a nail biting...
Generations team up for volleyball at Covenant Living
It was a day for unique and fun community building last week, when the Minnehaha Academy girls volleyball team visited Covenant Living of Golden Valley April 4 for a day of chair volleyball. The Redhawks paired up with residents from Covenant Living for an intergenerational match that helped recognize the team ahead of National Student Athlete Day, which was on April 6. Following the match, the student-athletes were recognized for their efforts on the court and in the classroom while enjoying refreshments and snacks with...
Early Childhood Family Education celebrates 50 years
Raising children is an incredible challenge. How does potty training work? What is expected of a 6-month old? Early Childhood Family Education is a collection of programs designed to support children and their families from prenatal to kindergarten. This year is the 50th anniversary of Early Childhood Family Education in Minnesota. Robbinsdale was one of the six pilot programs that first tested out Early Childhood Family Education in 1974. Since then, the program has expanded to cover the state. In 2024, Robbinsdale has more than...
Superintendent search halted by Robbinsdale School Board
The Board of Directors for Robbinsdale Area Schools suspended their search for a new superintendent April 6 after a 5-2 vote. April 6 was the date scheduled for the first round of interviews. The plan was to have a second round of interviews on Thursday, April 11, but this plan has been postponed. In a note to the press, Board Chair ReNae Bowman said, “The data did not produce a...
Breker shines at U20 World Athletics Cross Country Championships
Armstrong alum Noah Breker completed a major accomplishment for his cross country career last week, finishing 45th in the U20 World Athletics Cross Country Championships, held March 30 in Belgrade, Serbia. There were 89 runners that finished the race, while three did not finish. Breker finished with a time of 25:22. The junior race was eight kilometers, or roughly five miles, in length and held at the Park of Friendship, one of the largest parks in the Serbian capital. ...
Cooper students to march in national parade
Music, movement and school spirit: The marching band is a place where people can become better musicians and make new friends. There are also opportunities to travel. The Cooper Fighting Hawks Marching Band is planning to visit Washington, D.C., in 2025. The Robbinsdale Cooper High School Marching Band was nominated by U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-05). Omar’s district includes parts of Minneapolis and many suburbs in Ramsey, Anoka, and Hennepin County: Columbia Heights, Fridley, Hilltop, Spring Lake Park, Brooklyn Center, Crystal, Edina, Golden Valley, New...
Why are Robbinsdale’s ash trees thriving?
Invasive little green bugs known as emerald ash borers have been destroying tree canopies throughout the country for years. While some cities have been removing all infected trees, Robbinsdale has using pesticides to treat the ash trees, which account for about 8% of their urban forest, instead of cutting them all down. Robbinsdale’s forester Stephan Papiz said although the city didn’t officially start seeing the bugs until 2018, he began to treat trees in 2016. ...
Legislators discuss support for End-of-Life Option Act bill
A bill authored by Rep. Mike Freiberg (DFL-Golden Valley) that would allow terminally ill patients to obtain aid in ending their lives featured prominently in a Senate District 46 town hall meeting. Constituents brought a variety of concerns to the legislators, who also provided an overview of their own bills at the March 12 event at St. Louis Park City Hall. But Hopkins resident Françoise Shirley led off public input by advocating for the Minnesota End-of-Life Option Act. ...
SD43 GOP looking for 43A candidate
With the Minnesota House of Representatives up for reelection in 2024, the Republican party in District 43 is hoping to give voters an option this fall. In 2022, the DFL candidates in 43A and 43B candidates ran unopposed. District 43A’s lone candidate District 43A encompasses the city of New Hope and the majority of Crystal....
Couple hopes to build deck close to the Sweeney Lake
Donald and Katherine Carmen are settling into a home on Sweeney Lake. The single-family house was built in 1968 and sits much closer to the water’s edge than modern building statutes allow. Zoning standards have changed since the home was built more than 50 years ago, but there’s a process through the city to make exceptions. The family is hoping to build a 14-foot by 21-foot deck — the current...
Sierra Smith qualifies for USA Olympic swimming trials
Armstrong alumna Sierra Smith recently reached a major career goal, making the Olympic trials cut for the 50-meter freestyle and booking a ticket to the USA Swimming Olympic trials this summer in Indianapolis. Smith has made several attempts at the Olympic trial cut but has narrowly missed out each time. “The last go-around for Olympic trials, the time to get was 25.99. I swam this race maybe five times, within...
Dainja and Illinois battle to the Elite Eight
Former Park Center boys basketball star and current redshirt junior Dain Daijna helped the University of Illinois defeat Iowa State 72-69 on March 28 to advance to the East Regional Final. It was Illinois men’s basketball’s first time qualifying for the Elite Eight in 19 years. Dainja, a 6-9 forward and center, scored seven points and had six rebounds off the bench, playing 14 total minutes. He also set the...
Spring sports schedule openers across the metro
Spring season is on the horizon across the metro. Teams from Brooklyn Center, Champlin Park, Park Center, Maranatha Academy, Breck, Robbinsdale Armstrong and Robbinsdale Cooper are set to begin their seasons soon as long as the weather cooperates. Brooklyn Center Brooklyn Center baseball will return to the diamond this season on Tuesday, April 9, hosting St. Croix Lutheran. The tea remains home the next day, hosting Como Park on April...
Robbinsdale church hosts Golden Valley church
One church needs to close for renovations. Another church wants to rent its space. For the next several months, Robbinsdale is going to have a few extra Christians from Golden Valley. Rev. Pat Williamson, senior minister at Unity Minneapolis in Golden Valley said although the church strives to be an “opening, welcoming, inclusive community,” their building is not accessible for people who use wheelchairs. That is changing with an extensive remodel. Per a previous report by the Sun Post, the church got approval from the...
Blomberg and Alm earn 2024 Athena awards
Multiple Brooklyn Park-area schools have announced their Athena Award winners recently. The Athena Award is given annually to one female athlete from each school and is meant to honor student-athletes for achievements in sports, academics, community work and leadership. An event on May 3 at the Heritage Center of Brooklyn Center will recognize winners. Park Center’s Aly Blomberg earned the Athena Award for the Pirates. Blomberg is a multi-sport athlete and a leader with both the girls volleyball and girls golf teams. Blomberg has committed...
West takes seventh in NCAA DIII wrestling championships
The NCAA wrestling championships have been underway through March, with some local talent taking to the mats. Plymouth native and former Cooper wrestler Walter West competed for Luther College in the NCAA DIII Championships, finishing seventh in the 285 weight class. The DIII championships were held at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. West played football and competed in track and field for the Hawks. West opened the...
Five file for Robbinsdale City Council special election
Christopher Rasmussen, Marc Akerlind, Jason Greenberg, Kyle Bille and David Dirkers have filed to run in a special election for an open spot on the Robbinsdale City Council in Ward 2. Robbinsdale residents in Ward 2, which represents northeastern Robbinsdale, can vote on Tuesday, May 14 in the special primary. The spot is open because former Robbinsdale Council Member Sheila Webb stepped down last October. ...
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