Multi-sport athlete Abby Martin, junior, is looking to improve friendships and team community while leading the Royals to some big wins this season.
Martin has been playing lacrosse since eighth grade, at the age of 14. Martin started lacrosse much later than most, but has previous sports experience from soccer which she is still currently playing, being voted captain for the girls team this upcoming 2017 fall season.
Max Burke, junior, is a lacrosse player with a bright future.
Burke is quite new to lacrosse but in his first couple experiences, he’s really enjoyed it.
As the Royals baseball season approaches their first home game on April 8, the team and coaches start to look for key players to lead the team this year.
Among them, Matt Shaw, senior, captain.
MacKenzie Merritt, senior, a passionate and very decorated athlete will be returning in her senior year as a captain, and is looking to lead the Royals back to the state tournament appearances.
Merritt started playing softball when she was just eight years old.
Tommy Auth, junior, has been playing baseball since he was four years old. He initially started because of his interest in the sport and his dad’s baseball background.
The Royals girls Synchronized Swimming team took their first victory of the season this year in their win against the Edina Hornets in a figure meet on Tues. April 4.
If not for a weekday run to Target, Annika Patterson, junior, would not have gotten involved in track.
“I ran into captain Katie Donovan last year at Target, and I was maybe going to do lacrosse last season, but I ended up running track,” Patterson said. “I was more afraid that I wasn’t going to be good but [Donovan] encouraged me to sign up.”
Emma Feinberg, junior, started lacrosse three years ago when she was still a student at Robbinsdale Armstrong High School. This is her second year on the HHS girls lacrosse team.
With the golf season only a month away, Connor Sedoff, junior, is ready to start this season off swinging. Sedoff has been practicing all winter in the Braemar golf dome to try and not lose his skills.