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.
With captains practices just around the corner, the season is finally kicking off.
In the previous year, the boys lacrosse squad finished with a 4-9 record overall. They finished with a solid out of conference record of 4-1. The Royals look to improve their conference record from last year which was a record of 0-8.
Joe Swenson, senior, captain, has been apart of the track and field team since 7th grade. He started running with friends for fun, but soon discovered his love for track. Swenson now runs the 110m and 300m hurdles, along with the 4X400 relay.
Fighting through adversity, Matt Gerstner, junior, looks to start his momentum early going into his junior lacrosse season. Gerstner is pretty new to the sport, but he has some background in this type of environment.
As temperatures reached into the 60’s two weeks ago, anticipation for the upcoming spring season among teams began. Among them, the track and field team.
In the recent years, both Hopkins running teams have made a big name for themselves, especially the cross country team. However, the track team has also done big things; the boys making it to State in 2014 and the girls in 2011.
Hopkins Ultimate Recreational Team or HURT is a club sport that represents students from the Hopkins district, but not HHS. Members of HURT can letter in ultimate through HHS but do not have a specific season or section.
The Hopkins Ultimate Recreational Team (HURT) is headed to Winnipeg, Canada, for an annual ‘Hold Back the Snow tournament’, playing against the top teams in Canada, this weekend. Despite graduating many key seniors last year, HURT is preparing for a successful weekend.
From Sept. 27th - Oct. 2nd the Ryder Cup will be held at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. Which is only a twenty minute drive from HHS.
From June 24 to July 2, synchronized swimmers Maggie Cleary, senior, and Jordan Ashby, junior, attended the 2016 U.S. Junior Olympic Championships, held in Long Island, N.Y.
Track and field, like most other high school athletics, has a state competition sanctioned by the Minnesota State High School League at the end of each season. But, in addition to these regular state...
