The 2018-19 high school sports season wrapped up with state championships in baseball and clay targets but there were some memorable moments that would stand out in an outstanding season. Here are HSGN's Top 10 memorable moments.
Blogger's Note: The list is based on games covered, games announced and overall newsworthy items that would qualify.
1. St. Louis Park freshman pitcher Kristofer Hokenson made his varsity debut on May 1 and pitched a five inning, complete game no-hitter against the Cooper Hawks.
2. Hopkins Royals fans were in full force at both Williams Arena and Target Center as both the girls and boys basketball teams won the state Class AAAA championship in a one week span.
3. It was a big year for Minnehaha Academy, especially for Jalen Suggs. In the fall, he quarterbacked the SMB Wolfpack to the state Class AAAA football title and in the winter led the Redhawks boys basketball team to the Class AA championship. Next season, they will move up to Class AAA and their chances of winning a state championship will get even tougher. Another trophy was brought back to the south Minneapolis campus in June when the baseball team beat Duluth Marshall for the state Class AA baseball title.
But it wasn't just boys sports that got all the glory at Minnehaha Academy. The girls basketball team, led by Taytum Rhoades beat the Caledonia Warriors to win their first Class AA championship since 2010.
4. The Edina Hornets girls hockey team won their third consecutive Class AA championship on Olivia Swaim's goal in double overtime to beat the Brainerd Warriors. Two weeks later, green and gold clad fans populated the Xcel Energy Center's green seats to witness the boys hockey team's overtime victory in the Class AA championship over Lake Conference rival Eden Prairie.
5. A state boys hockey title came to The Granite City when the St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders beat the Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin Raiders 5-2 to become the first St. Cloud based team to win a state title in the event's 75 year history.
6. Led by running back Jason Williamson, the Owatonna Huskies beat the St. Thomas Academy Cadets to win their second straight Class AAAAA football title. Williamson will play next season at Minnesota.
7. The Henning Hornets returned to the state boys basketball tournament for the first time since 1966 and took home their first Class A title with a 67-42 win over the North Woods Grizzlies.
8. It was Little League Day at Derrick Keller Field and the St. Louis Park Orioles hosted perennial Section 6AAAA power the Wayzata Trojans and got a walkoff single from Jack Wandmacher in the bottom of the seventh inning to send the young fans home happy.
9. It's been a bold year for the BOLD Warriors. The Olivia based school beat Mahnomen/Waubun to win the state Class A football title and many members of the team also excelled on the baseball diamond when they beat the New York Mills Eagles in the Class A title game.
10. Finally, HSGN was in the press box the night when the Farmington Tigers faced the Eagan Wildcats in the first high school football game played at TCO Stadium at the site of the Vikings training camp. Since Eagan was the home team, veteran state tournament public address announcer Dave Giles, who is the voice of Eagan sports in the regular season was at the mike for this monumental game.
A monumental season ends and fall sports practice begins August 12.
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