Sunday, December 2, 2012
The girls beat Kansas team Olathe Northwest 65-51. The boys beat Centennial 73-62.
Both Hopkins boys’ and girls’ teams came away with wins Saturday at the Ninth-Annual Breakdown Sports USA Tip Off Classic at the Lindbergh Center. In what Breakdown Sports USA called “arguably the most physical game of the day” the Royals’ girls’ team defeated Kansas team Olathe Northwest 65-51. Hopkins led by just five points at the end of the first half but surged ahead in the second. Hopkins senior Nia Coffey, whom Breakdown Sports USA ranked second in its preseason rankings, led the game with 19 points. Freshman Nia Hollie was second for the Royals with 12 points. With the win, the Hopkins girls remain unbeaten. For their next game, they’ll travel to Lakeville South on Dec. 4. In one of two boys games at this weekend’s girls’ Tip Off …
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Royals defeated Eastview 55-31 in Thursday's semifinal game.
The Royals girls basketball team is headed to the state championship to defend its title. Hopkins knocked off Eastview in Thursday's semifinal match with a dominant 55-31 performance at the Target Center. The No. 1-seeded Royals were up 33-13 at halftime and maintained their lead throughout the game. They led by a game-high 33 points with 12 minutes left in the second half, and they shot 41 percent compared to Eastview's 26 percent. Hopkins' Sydney Coffey put up 15 points against Eastview, while her sister, Nia Coffey, had 10. Taylor Anderson also had 10 points for the Royals. Twenty-four of Hopkins' points came from three-points shots. Eastview's Madison Guebert led the Lightning in scoring, with seven points. Hopkins will now defend its …
Monday, January 9, 2012
Skippers rally from 27-20 second-half deficit, but can't connect in game's final minutes for the victory.
Tenth-ranked Buffalo used a strong inside game to hand the Minnetonka Skippers the team’s second loss of the season Friday evening, winning 49-47. Courtney Fredrickson drained a 3-point field goal to bring the Skippers within one at 48-47 with 1:03 to play. Minnetonka then had a chance to tie the game but turned the ball over and Buffalo’s Jamie High made one of two free throws with 4.1 seconds left. Minnetonka got the ball into the front court with about two seconds to play after a time out, but couldn’t get off a shot before the final buzzer. Minnetonka's defense had a hard time stopping Buffalo's 6-1 junior center Emily Spier. "We get hurt inside because we're out-sized really almost all the time," said Minnetonka head coach Leah …
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Girl Basketball coach Brian Cosgriff says the senior Hopkins center is 'the best defensive post player I have ever coached.'
Hopkins girls basketball coach Brian Cosgriff has seen more then a few good players comes through the doors in his 14 seasons as the head of one of the best teams—not only in Minnesota, but in the country. Even among that elite group, though, Royals starting center Gracia Hutson stands out. “Gracia is the best defensive post player I have ever coached,” Cosgriff said. Hutson is talented enough to have earned a scholarship to play next year at Division I University of Vermont after being recruited by schools such as Northern Iowa, New Mexico and North Dakota State. “I love playing defense”, the second-year starter said. “You can’t be lazy and play good defense. You have to work at it and learn that one of the keys is to use your feet and …
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Minnetonka's Skippers lead 26-19 at the half but couldn't stick with host Benilde-St. Margaret's in the second half and drop first game of the season.
Undefeated Minnetonka had things in hand at the half and still with nine minutes left to play, leading by seven. But host Benilde-St. Margaret's went on a 17-4 tear in the middle of the second half and the Red Knights knocked off previously undefeated Minnetonka, ranked No. 3 in Class 4A, by a 55-48 count. "That was a tough loss," said Minnetonka head coach Leah Dasovich. "A loss that we should have had as a win, to a good team, though. Not a game that you hang your head on. Maybe something that we needed to experience early in the season here." Minnetonka rolled into Tuesday’s game with six straight wins to start the season and had throttled Class 3A seventh-ranked New Prague 66-36 in its last game. BSM’s poise and experience proved to …
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Hopkins basketball phenom TT Starks has been turning heads since she was a pre-schooler.
“She has the potential to be among the best to ever play in Minnesota.” “She was the best player on the court.” “There is a certain element to her game you don’t see in the box score.” Comments and observations like these are routine throughout the basketball season when experts express opinions about the state's players. They just aren’t made about a 13-year-old who is so skilled she is one of the best players on the top-ranked team in Class 4A girls high school ball. Meet TT Starks, who could soon be a household name in Minnesota. Starks is one of the two top reserves off the bench for a Hopkins Royals team that is simply loaded this season . The team is 14-0 and has so many quality players that head coach Brian Cosgriff has the luxury …
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Saturday, January 1, 2011
Coach Brian Cosgriff's undefeated team is the top-ranked in its class.
Hopkins girls basketball coach Brian Cosgriff still has an undfeated team(12-0) following three impressive victories this week against good teams in the Dick's Sporting Goods Holiday Basketball Classic at Hopkins High School's Lindbergh Center. His 2010-2011 squad in the top-ranked in the state in its class. Hopkins Patch sat down with the coach the first day of the three-day event to discuss his successful coaching career. Hopkins Patch: How long have you been coaching basketball? Brian Cosgriff: Twenty-five total years, the past 11 as the head coach of the girls' team. Prior to that I was an assistant coach for the boys' team for eight years, was head coach of the boys for three years at Breck School and three years as an assistant boys…
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DeeDee Brown
2:10 pm on Tuesday, February 8, 2011
I'm so proud of my niece! Excellent job TT Keep it up..Love Auntie DeeDee more ›