Minnesota High School Basketball - Hopkins thwarts Orono
January 22, 2011: Long Lake, MN 55356 The Hopkins Royals (Minnetonka, MN) basketball felled the host Orono Spartans (Long Lake, MN), 76-56 in Saturday's non-league test.
The Royals (16-0) will now prepare for their test against Edina (Edina, MN). The Hornets go into the Lake test with a 10-5 record. In their last test, Edina went down by Robbinsdale Cooper (New Hope, MN), 39-37, in a non-league test.
The Spartans now own a 11-6 record. They take the field next when they travel to Delano for a Wright County test on Tuesday, January 25. Orono will clash with a Tigers squad coming off a 59-34 league loss to Dassel-Cokato (Cokato, MN). The Tigers record now stands at 3-12.