Hopkins is a basketball school. And Wayzata is no slouch. Tuesday’s meeting in one of the state’s best rivalries was not only a renewal of that Lake Conference competition but also offered a look into what is to come.
After landing back in Minnesota on a flight from Omaha, Nebraska, the heavy lifting was done on a two-day whirlwind of music and theater – 400 miles apart -- that may have seemed all but impossible to some.
The growth of girls wrestling in Minnesota, as well as Iowa, has been an absolute boom. More than 1,500 Minnesota girls in grades 7 through 12 are on wrestling teams this season. That number has almost doubled from a year ago.
