The Hooker brothers, Amani and Quinton, recently returned to Park Center High School for a second consecutive year to host a duo basketball and football camp. Amani currently plays for the Tennessee Titans and Quinton plays for SIG Strasbourg, a storied team in the French Pro A Basketball League.
On the final weekend of the 2023-2024 school year, in the ballpark that every baseball-loving kid in Minnesota dreams about, four state champions were decided after a week of weather delays, uncertainty and waiting … waiting … and more waiting.
East Ridge successfully defended its Class AAAA Baseball State Championship with a walk-off 3-2 victory over Mounds View in the title game on Saturday, June 22 at Target Field in downtown Minneapolis.
Totino-Grace captured a baseball state championship for the first time in program history with a 2-1 victory over Mahtomedi in the Class AAA title game on Saturday, June 22 at Target Field in downtown Minneapolis.
The Minnesota State High School League's Clay Target State Tournament is scheduled for Friday, June 21 at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake. In the event of inclement weather, the Rain Date is Saturday, June 22.
I don’t know how many sports books were available at my little hometown library in Graettinger, Iowa, but I do know that I read every one of them, some of them more than once, and my favorites were about great baseball players.