As the first week of the fantasy football playoffs have come and gone, fantasy football leagues all around HHS have come a week closer to crowning their respective champions. Leagues of friends, classmates, and sports teammates will continue to compete until there is just one winner.
On Sunday, December 1st the first ever ultimate frisbee game was held in U.S Bank stadium. The game featured two games side by side. Two Minnesota All-Star rosters were created to take on the Edina boys and girls teams, being Edina vs. Minnesota.
After starting the season 5-0 and winning every game by at least 35 points, the Hopkins girls basketball team will have their first real challenge on friday against Farmington.
With only five weeks left, three Thanksgiving games on Thursday, and a whole lot of spots left to be claimed, the NFL playoff picture becomes clearer after every snap.
When a team has a season like the Hopkins Royals girls basketball team had last year, it is difficult to raise the bar even higher. Their undefeated season culminated in their first Class 4A state championship victory since 2015 and they steamrolled through everyone the state had to offer.
As the college signing season has come and gone, Hopkins baseball has yet another Division 1 baseball talent. Joey Hurth, senior, has committed to play baseball at Indiana State University.
The Hopkins Football program, while not always having the best team success, has almost always had players go on to the next level and play college football. This year the Royals have had both a successful record of 6-2 and several players receive interest from all NCAA and NAIA divisions.
The World Series is a seven-game spectacle in which the world champion of baseball is crowned before the nation. All of the series sit somewhere on the drama and intrigue spectrum between a Hollywood thriller worthy of winning an Oscar and The Emoji Movie.
A famous person once said “There is no time like the present.” For myself and many others at HHS, this saying lives true on the football side of the Minnesota.
