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Breck boys tennis battles hard as regular season nears end
Breck boys tennis played its penultimate regular season game last week in a 4-3 loss to Minneapolis Southwest on May 10 at home. The Mustangs entered last week at .500 after eight matches, beating Mounds Park Academy, Southwest Christian, Minnehaha Academy and Centennial earlier in the spring. Breck played two other games last week, starting with a 7-0 sweep of Providence Academy on May 6, Breck’s first 7-0 of the 2024 season. They then defeated St. Louis Park 5-2 on May 7. The loss to...
Centaurs baseball continues to find wins
It’s been a big year for Brooklyn Center baseball. The team entered last week amid one of the program’s best runs in recent history. After beating PACT and Patrick Henry on April 22 and 27, the Centaurs swept Washington Tech with two non-conference wins on April 29 and May 3, with respective scores of 15-5 and 13-1. This meant the team entered last week 4-4, already tying 2023’s number of wins and one short of 2022’s with six regular season games left to play. ...
Rebels softball extends win streak to 12
Champlin Park Rebels softball played four games last week, beating Maple Grove, Brainard, Osseo, and Le Sueur-Henderson in the span of four days. Champlin Park opened last week with a historic 4-3 eight-inning win over Maple Grove on May 7. As the team noted across social media the night after the game, the win marked the breaking of a curse of sorts for the Rebels. Despite many talented teams and players across the program’s history, Champlin Park had failed to beat the Crimson throughout recent...
Falcons, Hawks, Pirates, and Rebels take on True Team meets
Section True Team track and field meets took place across the metro last week, with Champlin Park and Park Center taking part in the 4AAA and 5AAA meets respectively on May 7, while Armstrong and Cooper taking on the 7AAA meet on May 8. Armstrong Armstrong competed in the Section 7AAA True Team meet last week, finishing in sixth in the girls varsity category with 609 points and eighth in...
Cooper softball gets 2 midseason wins
As the 2024 regular season nears its end for softball, the Robbinsdale Cooper Hawks have shown signs of improvement, winning two games in recent weeks. There were competitive losses to Roosevelt and Totino-Grace, 14-8 and 4-0 respectively, but also a pair of wins. Cooper beat St. Croix Prep 19-7 on April 27, its first win of the season, and Johnson 21-3 on May 1. The Hawks faced Edison on the road on May 6, narrowly losing 10-9 to the hosts. Cooper lost 12-3 to Fridley-Columbia Heights the next day. Both teams were chasing a first conference win on May 7, with Fridley-Columbia Heights coming out on top. Cooper will play their games the following week to conclude their regular season, traveling to DeLaSalle on May 13 (after this edition went to press), before hosting Johnson on Wednesday, May 15, and playing Armstrong at Zachary Park in a traditional rivalry matchup on Friday, May 17.
OPC girls lacrosse collects 2 conference wins
The second half of the 2024 season has been one to remember for the Osseo/Park Center girls lacrosse co-op, with the Crocs picking up two Northwest Suburban Conference wins last week. The Crocs started the week with a big 6-5 win over the Totino-Grace/St. Anthony co-op on May 6. It was OPC’s first conference win of the season. Rei Saez secured a hat trick in the win while Chloe Hubred, Sophia Jermstad, and Macy Patton scored a goal each to help. Goalie Chloe Lamothe faced...
Two Robbinsdale board members to have an early intervention
According to mediation experts, the Robbinsdale Area Schools Board of Directors struggles with a lack of collaboration, a lack of board structure and process, and a lack of inclusive culture. The school board has been looking into mediation. Per the Mediation Center’s recommendation, Director Helen Bassett and Chair ReNae Bowman will have an early intervention with a mediator. In December, the board voted to work with the Mediation Center to...
Robbinsdale school board bickers over travel budget, prompting Holmes walkout
Should board members be allowed travel expenses and professional development? The seven directors on the Robbinsdale Area School Board had a spirited debate of the question at the end of a late-night work session May 6. After approximately six and a half hours of conducting other business, the board discussed the 2024-25 budget. Ultimately, the board asked for a more detailed, itemized list of reductions to be discussed at a future meeting. ...
Robbinsdale schools shares budget cut proposal
Robbinsdale Area Schools’ General Fund is being reduced by $17.4 million due to declining enrollment, expiring COVID-19 grant money, increasing labor costs and daily expenses as well as state funding that has not kept pace with inflation. To stay within budget, Interim Superintendent Marti Voight recently presented the board with nearly $15 million in proposed budget cuts. Suggested cuts include the following: ...
Golden Valley approves $10 million street project
Water main breaks and pavement problems: Golden Valley is set to undergo a significant Zane Avenue and Lindsay Street reconstruction project. There the work includes the replacement and repairs for the majority of the aging sanitary sewer and water systems, storm drainage improvements, stormwater treatment of runoff from the project area, a new sidewalk, a new Union Pacific Railroad crossing and a new railroad signal system along with the reconstruction of the street. According to city documents, “these streets along with the underground infrastructure were...
After 50 years, Brooklyn Park dance leader takes a bow
The Brooklyn Park Recreation Dance Program celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 4 at Osseo Senior High School with a dance recital titled, “This Is Me.” Brooklyn Park’s dance program prides itself on creating a welcoming, noncompetitive environment for individuals to learn dancing fundamentals. “They feel like there’s a sense of community and belonging,” program dance instructor Jessica Martin said. “We don’t have auditions, we don’t do tryouts, you can...
Plymouth Quiz Bowl Team advances
The quiz bowl team from Plymouth Middle School is set to compete in a 160-team national competition. The National Academic Quiz Tournaments’ Middle School National Championship Tournament will be underway Friday, May 10 in Rosemont, Illinois. Quiz bowl is a competitive, academic, interscholastic activity for teams of four students. Quiz bowl teams use buzzers to answer questions about science, math, history, literature, mythology, geography, social science, current events, sports and popular culture. The matches feature a blend of individual competition and team collaboration, since no...
Robbinsdale celebrates Arbor Day
About 40 people gather in Robbinsdale on April 25 to celebrate the city’s annual Arbor Day celebration at Sunset Park. The gathered crowd cleaned up the park, took home tree seedlings and met with the city forester, city water specialist and ambassadors from the Robbinsdale Ambassadors Program.
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Rebels baseball shows class in win over Pirates
The Champlin Park Rebels baseball team got a key 8-0 home victory over their Brooklyn Park neighbors on Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha Pirates on April 30. Rebels baseball head coach Ryan Tohm said after the game that the Rebels have been looking to improve their execution at bat as the second half of the season looms close, feeling confident about their performances at the mound and in the field. “Our ultimate...
OPC boys lacrosse earns first win of the season
Osseo/Park Center boys lacrosse reached a key milestone last week, earning its first win of the season on May 3 in a 9-6 thriller at home against Duluth Marshall. OPC began this season facing a winless streak dating back to last year and a difficult conference to navigate, though recent results had seen the team start to find a scoring rhythm. Having gone winless last season, OPC head coach Matt...
Wings lacrosse beats OPC in eventful duel at the nest
Armstrong/Cooper girls lacrosse opened last week with a 17-10 win over Osseo/Park Center at home on April 29 in an eventful battle of the co-ops. The Wings have had an electric start to the season, winning four of their first five games, and scoring at least 10 goals in all four victories. OPC entered last week on a positive spell of their own. After scoring 12 goals in their first four games, all losses, the Crocs picked up a big non-conference 11-10 win on April...
Rebels volleyball outlasts Brooklyn Center in conference clash
Brooklyn Center boys volleyball lost a close 3-1 match to Champlin Park on May 2 with both teams battling for a first North Conference win this season. Champlin Park head coach Josh Nutter said the Rebels have shown growth this season, moving through setbacks while competing in a conference packed with strong teams. “I was really excited that the boys were able to stay focused, play together, and have fun...
Breck baseball dominates in pair of conference wins
Breck baseball opened last week with a crisp 7-0 win over Mounds Park Academy at home on May 1. It was the Mustang’s third conference win of the season. Breck head coach Drew Joiner said Breck baseball has responded well to a tough schedule, moving in a positive direction as the midpoint of the season approaches. “We have a challenging schedule. I love the way the guys are competing even...
Rebels softball continues to make strong strides
Champlin Park softball played two games last week, collecting two shutout victories on the road against St. Michael-Albertville and Coon Rapids on April 30 and May 1, respectively. The week began with a dominant performance on the road at St. Michael-Albertville on April 30 as the Rebels beat the Knights 10-0. Madison Hasselbring, Lauren Heltemes and Ava Abrahamson each scored two runs, while Ava Parent, Reese Reimler, Erin Kaluza and Chloe Postma each added one. Postma also collected an impressive four RBI on the day. ...
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