HHS baseball plays 19 games in their regular season, which consists of almost six weeks. Needless to say, their season is short and busy, so what do they do the rest of the year? As a high school varsity team, it’s important for players to be involved in some type of program in the off-season.
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 HHS baseball team will play in their first game of the season tomorrow Sat. April 8, against White Bear Lake.
The Royals are looking to improve their record from last season after going 7-12 and having a record of 1-7 in conference play.
Shaw started playing baseball at age five, and has loved it ever since. As he entered high school he started playing for Hopkins Legion, in addition to the high school team.
Tonight, Friday, April 15, the Royals will host the Hornets from Edina in a Lake Conference showdown. The Royals will look to keep up their good start to the season with another win.
The Hopkins Royals baseball team has high expectations coming into the 2016 season. The Royals were .500 last year in the regular season with a 10-10 record.
With a .500 regular season record in 2015, the Royals had their best regular season since 2012, in which they went 14-6 and took the section championship, but lost both state games.Though this season's game record may not be quite on that level, what the record doesn’t show is a couple of walk offs, and even a no hitter.