This week’s “Fantastic Four”photos feature three prep football players — Nascier Borden (Robbinsdale Cooper), Omar Brown (Minneapolis North), Rance Jones (St. Paul Johnson) — and one former prep star now playing at the collegiate level in Tyler Johnson (University of Minnesota), who all led their teams to victory last week. Nascier Borden (24), shown here … [Read more...]
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Robinson inducted into Marquette University M Club Hall of Fame
Former St. Paul Central girls’ basketball great Angel Robinson was recently inducted into the M Club Hall of Fame at Marquette University. Before starring at Marquette, Robinson, a 5’7” guard, starred at St. Paul Central, leading them to a state championship in 2007 while earning Ms. Basketball honors. From there she went on to play at Marquette from 2011-2015, earning a … [Read more...]
St. Paul city track meet was full of highlights
The St. Paul City Conference boys’ and girls’ track meet held last week at St. Paul Harding High School last week had plenty of highlights. Here are five of them. Seventh-grader Hemetii Apet anchored the 4x400 girls’ relay team – which also included Sophia Rubins, Isabela Gonzales and Mary Ostergren – to a first-place finish, helping St. Paul Central to the … [Read more...]
‘Fab Five’ athletes of the week
This week’s “Fab Five” athletes are members of the Minneapolis North’s 2016 Class A state championship boys’ basketball team. Four players (Tyler Johnson, Isaac Johnson, Patrick Dembley and Jamil Jackson) are currently embarking on successful collegiate student-athlete careers, while the remaining team member (Odell Wilson IV) will begin his this fall. … [Read more...]
North Dakota State ‘Fab Five’
This week’s “Fab Five” features five former metro area basketball players who teamed up to give the North Dakota State College of Science men’s basketball team a successful season. Melvin Newbern Jr. (Robbinsdale Cooper), Johnnie Turner (Minneapolis South), Sam Baker (Benilde St. Margaret’s), Marquis Holloman (Minneapolis North), and Oman Oman (Austin), led the Wildcats to a … [Read more...]
The ‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s Fab Five photos feature two former girls’ basketball players who were named to the All-MIAC team last month (Danica Cambrice and Tamira McLemore), a former prep football standout who played his final season last fall (Malik Rucker), a former prep girls’ basketball player and state champion as a player who coached a high school team to a state championship (Kiara … [Read more...]
The ‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s five photos feature two senior girls’ basketball players making their college choices (Raena Suggs and K’Lynn Lewis), a senior boys’ basketball player winning a prestigious award (O’Dell Wilson IV), a three-time conference player of the year in girls’ basketball (Morgan Hill), and a girls’ basketball coach who has successfully led her alma-mater (Tanysha … [Read more...]
‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Fab Five” photos feature five boys’ basketball players — Daniel Oturu (Cretin-Derham Hall), Tre Jones (Apple Valley), Tyrell Terry (DeLaSalle), Wendell Matthews (Columbia Heights) and Lu’Cye Patterson (Brooklyn Center) — who played well in the boys’ basketball tournament a couple of weeks ago. Cretin-Derham Hall won the Class AAAA title; Apple Valley was … [Read more...]
‘Significant Six’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Significant Six” features six players — Jaylen Suggs, JaVonni Bickham, Terry Lockett, Lorenzo Smith, Chet Holmgren and Prince Aligbe — helped Minnehaha Academy capture their second straight Class AA state boys basketball title last week with a 73-60 victory over Caledonia. Dr. … [Read more...]
‘Significant Six’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Significant Six” features six players – Aja Wheeler, Kierra Wheeler, Jada Buford, Ja’Hyia Gaston, Ty’Neecia Longs and Andrea Tribble – who helped Robbinsdale Cooper capture their first-ever Class AAA state girls’ basketball title last week with a 49-37 victory over Northfield. They were led by Kiara Buford, a two-time state champion as a player for St. Paul Central … [Read more...]