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The student news site of Hopkins High School

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John Warren, senior,  was named to the Star Tribune All-Metro first team.

Boys basketball battles Eden Prairie for control of Lake Conference

Kyle Makey, Staff Reporter
The 10-4 Royals will take on the third-ranked Eden Prairie Eagles (14-1) tonight at the Lindbergh Center, their first true home game since Dec. 11 against Wayzata.
T.T. Starks, senior, shoots a jump shot in a  game last year against Minnetonka.

Girls basketball seeks revenge against Eden Prairie

Rachel Hall, Staff Reporter
On Friday, Jan. 16, the girls basketball team will face the Eden Prairie Eagles.
Xavier Johnson, junior, guards Edina player Will Moreton, junior, in the Royals 85-76 win over Edina.

Boys basketball cruises past Edina

Ben Segelbaum, Sports Blogger

On Dec. 13, as the final seconds left the clock in a six-point loss to Maple Grove, the Royals' season seemed to be in shambles with a 4-4 record and the absence of Amir Coffey, junior, more evident than...

Xavier Johnson, junior, pushes the ball up the floor in the Royals 72-64 win over Cretin Derham Hall.

Boys basketball ready for showdown against Edina

Kyle Makey, Staff Reporter
The game is on Friday, Jan. 9 at Edina Community Center. Tip off is scheduled to be at 7PM.
Graham Hutson, senior, puts pressure on Sam Neumann, senior, in the Royals 72-64 win over Cretin Derham Hall.

Royals win-streak improves with win over CDH

Nick Mandler, Staff Reporter
On Tues. January 6, the boys basketball team made the trip out to St. Paul and defeated the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders by a score of 72-64.
The team huddles up before Tuesdays 89-69 win over Burnsville.

Boys basketball victory marred by Coffey injury

Ben Segelbaum, Sports Blogger

Coming in with a .500 (1-1) record on the season, the Royals got their mojo back with a 89-69 win over Burnsville. But all people were talking about following the win was the injury of Amir Coffey,...

Early Bird Tournament exploits Royals weaknesses

Early Bird Tournament exploits Royals’ weaknesses

The boys basketball team began the season on Friday Nov. 28 with a complete dismantling of Benilde St. Margarets in the season opener, a game in which 11 different Royals scored. The team was led by Amir...

Boys basketball season preview

Boys basketball season preview

Ben Segelbaum, Sports Blogger

Hopkins Royals boys basketball has been at the top of the Minn. prep sports pyramid since the early 2000’s. The Royals have won five of the last 10 Minnesota State High School League basketball championships,...

Julia Jallo, junior, shooting a layup during practice.

Girls basketball season preview

Will Cohen, Staff Reporter

The HHS girls basketball team is kicking off the season on Friday, Nov. 28 against Osseo as part of the Hopkins Early Bird Tournament. According to maxpreps.com, the Royals enter the season ranked as the...

Lakeville North shocks HHS 84-82 in Class 4A final

Lakeville North shocks HHS 84-82 in Class 4A final

Josh Margolis, Staff Reporter

33 seconds. That’s how close Hopkins came to it’s first state title in three years in front of a crowd of over 11,000 at the Target Center. Instead, Lakeville North claimed it’s first boys basketball...

Coffey’s buzzer beating three propels HHS into the state championship

Josh Margolis, Staff Reporter

It took four overtime periods, but Hopkins is headed back to the state championship for the first time since 2011. With the game tied at 46 and just two seconds remaining in the fourth overtime, Amir...

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