This week’s “Fab Five” athletes are members of the Minneapolis North’s 2016 Class A state championship boys’ basketball team.
Isaac Johnson
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Coaching experience connects to family legacy
A couple of weeks ago I forgot to acknowledge a very important member of a prep basketball family legacy in a column about a state championship team. I had to go back to my first coaching experience 25 years ago to be able to explain how this former superstar connects to his family’s legacy. In […]
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Minneapolis North captures boys’ basketball title No. 7
Minneapolis North captured its seventh championship in program history last Saturday, defeating North Woods 96-49 in Class A at the Target Center. Shooting guard Isaac Johnson led the way with 28 points. Point guard JaQuan Sanders-Smith had 24 to compliment his fine floor game. Center O’Dell Wilson IV added 12 points to go along with […]
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Thirteen from Minneapolis sign National Letters of Intent
The Minneapolis Public School District (MSP) has plenty to be proud of as 13 student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent at the Davis Service Center Café a couple of weeks ago to continue their scholastic and athletic endeavors at the collegiate level. When all was said and done, student-athletes from six of the seven high […]