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.
Chase Johnson, class of 2015 graduate, was the heart and soul of the Hopkins tennis team last season. The loss will hurt the Royals, but other players are stepping up and working to have a great season.
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.
After once being snubbed from an all-state voting ballot, Trey Taylor, 2015 HHS alumnus, will be taking his talents to Wroclaw, Poland this upcoming summer as a part of the 2016 USA Worlds Junior Ultimate Championships team.
The HHS boys golf team is looking to finish strong as the season comes to a close. With only a 14 golfer roster, the team has been competing closely with other teams in numerous tournaments and matches.
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.