Weather Postpones Most Thursday Games

Nine of 10 Hopkins match-ups have been postponed or canceled.

The ongoing bad weather has forced Hopkins teams to postpone or cancel most competitions Thursday, as well as some later in the week. Nine of 10 matchups were canceled—leaving only the synchronized swimming varsity meet, which is still scheduled to take place at 4 p.m. at St. Louis Park High School. The following games were postponed: Baseball 9 has been canceled altogether. In addition, Friday’s baseball games and the girls golf invitational on Friday and Saturday have been postponed.

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Coffey Receives MVP Award at All-America Game

The Hopkins basketball star put up 12 points in Saturday’s game.

Hopkins basketball star Nia Coffey received the Purple Team’s MVP award at Saturday’s Women's Basketball Coaches Association High School All-America Game, the association announced. The game, played in New Orleans on the same court as the NCAA women’s Final Four, featured the top 20 high school seniors in the country. Coffey scored 12 points, hitting five of nine shots from the field. She also snagged one steal and three rebounds. Despite her efforts, the Purple Team lost to the Black Team 70-74. Coffey entered the game coming off a standout season. She was named the player of this year’s state championship game, chosen as Breakdown Sports USA’s No. 2 player in the state and honored with All State recognition. She also played in the …

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Royals Breeze Past STMA in 1st Round of State Girls Basketball Tourney

Hopkins beat St. Michael-Albertville 77-58.

No. 1 seed Hopkins sailed through the class AAAA quarterfinal of the state girls basketball tournament with a 77-58 victory over St. Michael-Albertville. Hopkins got jumped out to an early lead—scoring 40 points to STMA’s 22 in the first period. The Knights’ second-period total was within a point of the Royals’ 37 points—including five free throws in the final two minutes—but the damage had already been done by then. Hopkins took advantage of STMA’s inability to hold on to the ball, scoring 24 points off Knights turnovers. McDonald’s All American Nia Coffey continued her strong season with a game-leading 22 points. The senior hit seven of 14 from the courts, including three of five three-point attempts, and sank five of seven free-throw …

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Chambers Named Rookie of The Week Six Times in Regular Season

The one-time Hopkins standout received his latest honor Monday.

Former Hopkins High School basketball star Siyani Chambers is making a big splash on the collegiate level in his freshman year. The Harvard point guard was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the sixth time Monday, the Ivy League announced. Chambers helped the Crimson to its third straight Ivy League title, scoring 16 points in games against Columbia and Cornell. He also snagged three rebounds and had two steals against Columbia and had four rebounds against Cornell. On Monday, Chambers will find out where he and the rest of the Crimson team will start the postseason. The Hopkins alumnus is no stranger to success. Chambers was named Mr. Basketball in 2012 and helped the Royals to state championships in 2009, 2010 and 2011. In his …

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Breakdown Sports USA Names Hopkins Girls as Top Basketball Team in MN

The site’s annual state tournament preview, which predicts that Hopkins will win the championship, also named Nia Coffey the No. 2 player in the state.

Hopkins High School basketball teams feature prominently in Breakdown Sports USA’s annual March Madness state tournament preview, which was released Tuesday. The annual publication declared the Royals as the top girls team regardless of class and predicted that they’d win section 6AAAA—“also known as ‘The Hopkins Section,’” the magazine wrote—and then go on to win the class AAAA championship. Hopkins senior Nia Coffey received a slew of individual honors. The senior was named as the No. 2 player in the state, the Class AAAA player of the year, the section 6AAAA player of the year and a finalist for best scoring performance. Senior Taylor Anderson was a finalist for best point guard performance, while Molly and Erin O’Toole, junior and …

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Former Hopkins Star Brianna Williams Leaves UND

She left the team effective immediately and intends to transfer to another school after the spring semester.

Former Hopkins High School star Brianna Williams is leaving the University of North Dakota after two years with the team, coach Travis Brewster announced Tuesday on the UND athletics website. Williams is leaving the program, effective immediately, with fellow sophomore Cy'erra Mills, an Osseo High School graduate. Both intend to transfer to unspecified schools after the spring semester. UND finishes its regular season March 9. Williams played in all 27 games of this season. She made 19 starts and averaged 18.9 minutes and 3.5 points per game. In her freshman season, she played in 19 games and made four starts. At Hopkins, Williams helped the Royals win the 2011 state championship. She scored six points in the final game against Eden …

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Hopkins’ Jakob Ellingson Takes Nordic Skiing Championship

Both boys and girls teams finished sixth in team competition.

Hopkins High School’s Jakob Ellingson capped off his final year of high school Nordic skiing by winning Tuesday’s state championship at Giants Ridge in Biwabik. Ellingson edged out Eden Prairie’s Thomas Bye by 1.2 seconds—finishing with a total time 29:24.4 total. The performance is 38.3 seconds faster than his time last year, when he finished seventh overall. The senior’s performance helped the Royals boys to a sixth-place team finish. Hopkins finished with 325 points—53 points behind the team champion Eden Prairie. Harris Dirnberger, who won the section championship, suffered a spate of bad luck that slowed him down. He was recovering from the flu and skiing with a fever—then his binding broke during the second race and he lost a ski. A …

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Former Hopkins Football Star Named Defensive Player of the Year

Marcus Williams, now a North Dakota State University cornerback, helped his team to another FCS Championship.

Former Hopkins standout Marcus Williams, who’s now a North Dakota State University cornerback, has been named the College Sporting News FCS 2012 Defensive Player of the Year, College Sporting News announced last week. Williams helped his team to a 14-1 record in 2012 that culminated in NDSU’s second-consecutive Football Championship Subdivision title. The junior has played in all 29 games of his career, including 27 starts. He also has 11 career interceptions, with three returned for touchdows. Williams was also named as one of six defense backs on the College Sporting News 2012 Fabulous Fifty FCS All-America Team. Additionally, he was named to The Sports Network’s 2012 Buck Buchanan Award Watch List, which honors top defensive players in …

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