On Friday, Orono faced Hopkins in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Orono Spartans opened the new year with a less-than-successful 90-79 defeat to the Hopkins Royals. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (60), the Spartans still had to take the loss.
This is the second loss in a row for Orono and nudges their season record down to 5-3. As for Hopkins, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 10-0.
Orono will challenge Mound-Westonka at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Orono's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season. As for Hopkins, they will take on Waconia at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopkins knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten games -- so hopefully Waconia likes a good challenge.
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