Player Profile: Laci Provenzano

Josie Fieldman, Staff Reporter

Laci Provenzano, senior, has been a standout athlete for the Royals since junior high.  Competing in cross country, nordic, and track, Provenzano has proved her athletic talent in every season. She...

COVID Cancels University of Minnesota Men’s Track & Field

Cale Sparrow, Staff Reporter

On Sept. 10, 58 student athletes in Stadium Village went quiet as they were possibly looking at their last seasons. The University of Minnesota released a statement which detailed that three men’s...

Girls Cross Country showing immense strides

Cassidy Allen, Staff Reporter

Laci Provenzano, junior, has been running varsity cross country since her freshman year, the same year she started. She placed third out of 129 people in the girls varsity cross country race on Sept. 5. She ran a 5k (3.1 miles) in 19:14 which averages to a 6:18 mile.

Top runner Eli Hoeft commits to the Gophers

Ivy Greenberg, Staff Reporter

On Jan. 3 Eli Hoeft, senior, committed to continue track & cross country at the University of Minnesota.

Girls cross country looks to build off of new runners

Natalie DenHartog, Sports Editor

Despite graduating a few key runners, the Royals girls cross country team is looking forward to a successful new season, riding equally on the performance of both under and upperclassmen.

Player Profile: Bit Klecker

Evie Barczak, Sports Reporter

Bit Klecker, senior, has been destined to be a successful runner since a young age.

Four Royals participate at State for cross country

Bea Frank and Maya Kupritz

On Saturday, Nov. 5 the HHS cross country team had their State meet, held at the St. Olaf campus. The Royals had four runners who qualified for the race: Seth Eliason, senior, and Eli Hoeft, sophomore, for the boys, and Renae Anderson and Bit Klecker, seniors, for the girls.

On to the next level: Class of 2016

Evie Barczak and Noah Kaplan

Over 30 HHS senior student athletes will be continuing their athletic careers next year at college.

Boys cross country chases down history

Alex Kim and Max Weesner

On Saturday, the boys lined up at the start of the course to compete in the biggest race of their lives and in the history of Hopkins distance running.

Royals cross country has historic day at Heartland

Alex Kim and Max Weesner

The Hopkins boys cross country team dominated the Nike Cross Heartland Regional meet on Sunday, advancing to the national meet for the first time in school history.

Cross country boys team looks toward Regional meet

Alex Kim, Staff Reporter

Before the most important race in his high school career, number two ranked runner in the state, Owen Hoeft, senior, wasn’t feeling himself.

Cross country state preview

Ellie Fromstein, Staff Reporter

On Saturday, Nov. 7, the HHS boy cross country team will compete in the state meet at St. Olaf College in Northfield.