Weather Postpones Numerous Hopkins, Robbinsdale Games

Thursday will be a quiet night for high school sports fans.

The ongoing bad weather has forced Hopkins and Robbinsdale Armstrong teams to postpone or cancel most competitions Thursday, as well as some later in the week. Nine of 10 Hopkins games on Thursday were canceled—leaving only the synchronized swimming varsity meet, which is still scheduled to take place at 4 p.m. at St. Louis Park High School. The following games were postponed: Baseball 9 has been canceled altogether. In addition, Friday’s baseball games and the girls golf invitational on Friday and Saturday have been postponed. Meanwhile, all Robbinsdale Armstrong matchups have been postponed or canceled: Baseball 9A vs. Andover has been canceled altogether. Most baseball games for the rest of the week have been postponed or canceled, as …

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6AA Boys Tennis Championships Begin Today

Patch is keeping an eye on Robbinsdale Armstrong and Cooper athletes.

The Section 6AA boys tennis individual and doubles championships begin Tuesday at the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center. The event begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday and resumes with the semifinals and championship matches on Wednesday. Robbinsdale Armstrong’s Mark Conrad is the No. 2 seed in the individual tournament. He’ll face Holy Angels’ Peter McGrane or Minneapolis Patrick Henry’s Meng Thao in the second round. Robbinsdale Armstrong’s Nathaniel Kurtzweg will face Robbinsdale Cooper’s Tyler Cogswell in the first round of the individual tournament. The winner will face top-seeded Hopkins senior Ryan Erickson in the second round.  Cooper’s Vaughn Rowles will face Benilde-St. Margaret’s Andrew Poley. In doubles, Cooper’s teams are …

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Photo Gallery: Falcons Lose Big to Undefeated Blake

The Robbinsdale - Armstrong girls lacrosse team suffered a 15 - 1 loss to undefeated Blake.

It wasn't the rain that doused the hopes of the Falcons' girls lacrosse team on Saturday afternoon. It was the Blake Bears. The Bears lived up to their powerhouse status in girls lacrosse as they dominated the Robbinsdale - Armstrong Falcons 15 - 1. The Falcons, who dropped to 7 - 6 on the year, play Osseo at 6:30 p.m. on Monday night at Osseo High School.

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Sports Roundup

Holy Sports, Batman! We've got Every Golden Valley School Covered

Showers wiped out much of Tuesday's action, but Monday was a busy day for Cooper, Armstrong, Hopkins, Breck and Benilde-St. Margaret's.

Prior to yet another afternoon's worth of events being wiped out on Tuesday, local squads did manage to get in a slate of contests with cooperative weather on Monday as the first month of the spring season neared a close. Robbinsdale Cooper Baseball: Hawks Remain Unbeaten The Robbinsdale Cooper baseball team improved to 6-0 with a 19-5 pasting of Chisago Lakes on Monday. Individual results were not available. Cooper hosts Wayzata on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. Robbinsdale Cooper Boys Lacrosse: Hawks Fall To 1-4 A 4-2 home loss to Totino-Grace on Tuesday night dropped the Robbindale Cooper boys lacrosse team to 1-4 on the season as the squad prepares to travel to Simley on Thursday evening. Julian Chamleusouk and JJ Cruikshank lead the Hawks …

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Armstrong Baseball Perseveres to Win High Scoring Game Against Centennial

Despite losing a large lead, by giving up seven runs in the fourth inning, the Falcons battled back to defeat Centennial 11-8 on Wednesday afternoon.

Armstrong travelled to play Centennial in a high scoring game which included large rallies and clutch hitting from both teams. Halfway through the fourth Armstrong had already built an early 7-1 lead, scoring four of those runs in the second inning. However, after a shocking rally by Centennial in the bottom of the inning, Armstrong went into the fifth down 8-7 after giving up seven runs. The Falcons seemed to have their confidence shaken, and the momentum in the game had definitely turned to favor Centennial. Neverless, Armstrong endured through the strong performance by reliever Ryan Hassler and a game tieing homerun in the sixth inning by Jackson Goihl which sparked 2 more runs to give the Falcons a 10-8 lead headed into the final …

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Robbinsdale Armstrong Football Moves Up a Class

The move will take place starting in the 2012 season.

The Robbinsdale Armstrong football team will be moving up a class beginning in 2012 thanks to an approved Minnesota State High School League vote on Thursday. The MSHSL board of directors approved a move to add a seventh football class effective in the 2012 season, according to the MSHSL website. The move means football will have six 11-man football divisions listed as Class 1A-6A and a 9-man class. The schools with the 32 largest enrollments will make up Class 6A. Armstrong High School’s enrollment is the 23rd largest in the state at 1,789, according to the MSHSL site.

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Sports Roundup: Hopkins Girls Cagers Clinch Share Of Lake Conference Title

Hopkins sweeps, Cooper splits, Breck drops two in local basketball matchups on Tuesday night.

It was nothing but hoops for the three Golden Valley high schools Tuesday as basketball squads from Robbinsdale Cooper, Hopkins and Breck were all in action. Hopkins Girls Basketball: Royals 69, Wayzata 43 The Hopkins girls basketball team put itself into position to win the Lake Conference with a 69-43 home win over Wayzata. Brianna Williams scored a game-high 17 points for the Royals, with Sydney Coffey and Mikaala Shackelford chipping in 12 and 10 points, respectively. The victory improved Hopkins to 24-1 overall and 6-1 in the Lake, with one game remaining in the regular season: at Minnetonka on Thursday at 7 p.m. A win over the Skippers would give the Royals the conference title by one game over Eden Prairie, which has already …

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Sports Roundup: The Undefeated Fall

We're covering a busy night of sports for Golden Valley students at Hopkins, Robbinsdale Cooper and Armstrong and Breck.

Undefeated no more are the Hopkins girls and boys basketball teams.  Both lost their Lake Conference matchups to punctuate a busy Tuesday night in the area sports schedule. Hopkins Girls Basketball: Eden Prairie 71, Royals 65 The Hopkins girls basketball team lost 71-65 to Eden Prairie to fall to 17-1 on the season.  Taylor Anderson led the Royals with 14 points in the loss. Hopkins travels to Wayzata on Friday night at 7 p.m. Hopkins Boys Basketball: Eden Prairie 75, Royals 71 Eden Prairie beat the Hopkins boys basketball team, 75-71, in the Lake Conference opener to drop the Royals to 15-1 on the season.  Marvin Singleton led the hosts with 24 points in the defeat. The Royals host Wayzata at 7 p.m. Friday night. Breck Girls Basketball: …

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Congrats to Four Dean's List Students

Some recent Robbinsdale Armstrong and Hopkins grads received a big honor from Concordia College.

Concordia College, in Moorhead, Minn., announced this week that four of their Golden Valley students have made the Dean's Honor List. “These students have demonstrated, through their academic accomplishments, that they are preparing themselves to impact the affairs of the world,” says Dr. Mark Krejci, provost and dean of the college. To make the Dean's List for the first semester of the 2010-11 year, students must carry a minimum of 12 semester credits and have a grade point average of at least a 3.7 on a 4.0 scale. Congratulations to the following students:

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Sports Roundup: Big Night In Local Hoops

Breck boys, Armstrong girls and boys win Friday night basketball match-ups.

Boys and girls basketball teams from both Breck and Robbinsdale Armstrong hit the court with largely successful results on Friday night. Armstrong Boys Basketball: Falcons 80, Anoka 60 An 80-60 home victory against Anoka improved the Robbinsdale Armstong basketball team to 14-2 on the season and 9-2 in the Northwest Suburban Conference. The Falcons led by a slim 34-31 margin at halftime, before out-scoring the Tornadoes, 46-29, in the final 18 minutes.  Four Armstrong players scored in double digits, led by K.J. Bluford's game high of 24 points; Marquel Curtis scored 21 points, with Willard Addo and Mike Willman chipping in 12 and 10 points, respectively. Next up for the Falcons is a trip to Blaine at 7 p.m. Tuesday night. Breck Boys …

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