The Robins continued to play a team-oriented game and showed more improvement this afternoon in an 11-1 win over Mounds View. Eight different players were credited with points (goals and/or assists), as the ball found its way to everyone throughout this game. Ava Hetteen and Sam Roles kept their hot start going, scoring 3 goals each. Marcus Brady recorded 2 goals and 2 assists, while Maddie Ausk, Owen Karjala and Izear Joiner all scored once. Kajon Terrell had three assists and Lucas Harper had one. While not credited with goals or assists, Ethan Sullivan and Nikki Dougan both earned HUGE hustle points tonight, working hard on both ends of the floor. Everyone was rock-solid on the defensive side of the ball as well, including Darius Larson and Edgar Kinanga, blocking 4 shots each. Vincent Luu made 13 saves in net. The Robins are on the road on Thursday in a rematch against Mounds View.

Another fantastic team effort from the team in yellow and blue led to a great 11-0 win over the Anoka-Hennepin Mustangs tonight! Sam Roles and Marcus Brady each found the back of the net 4 times, with Ava Hetteen, Nikki Dougan and Izear Joiner all scoring 1 goal apiece. Hetteen led the team with 4 assists, while Roles, Joiner, Calvin Bauman, Maddie Ausk and Lucas Harper all recorded 1 assist each. Vincent Luu made 5 saves to earn the shut-out and Darius Larson and Edgar Kinanga each blocked 4 shots. The Robins have their first home game of the season next Tuesday against Mounds View. Way to go, Robins!!!

The Robins got the 2018 adapted soccer season off to an amazing start this afternoon, defeating the Park Center Pirates 9-1. Ninth grader Ava Hetteen scored the first goal of the season for the Robins (and the first of her Robins’ career) 8 minutes into the game, and the Robins never looked back from there! Hetteen finished the game with 2 goals and played very well on both ends of the floor. Sam Roles had one of the best games of his young soccer career, netting 5 goals to go with 1 assist. Maddie Ausk and Marcus Brady also were great, finishing with 1 goal and 1 assist each. Nikki Dougan, Izear Joiner and Vincent Luu all were credited with 1 assist each. Luu made 29 saves in net. Darius Larson blocked 11 shots while Edgar Kinanga blocked 13. The Robins will look to build on this great effort next week when they travel to the Anoka-Hennepin Mustangs on September 27. Way to go, Robins!

The Robins had a great weekend at the 2018 Adapted Softball State Tournament, coming away with another State Championship. They got things going with a solid 15-5 win over Burnsville / Farmington / Lakeville on Friday night, then followed it up with an impressive 10-1 win over the Dakota United Hawks in the seminfinals on Saturday Morning. In the championship game, the Robins took the field against the Anoka-Hennepin Mustangs for the fourth time this season, and it turned out to be the tightest game of the season. The Mustangs took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and completely held the Robins offense in check until the bottom of the third. A huge rally with two outs saw the Robins knock out 5 consecutive hits, scoring 4 times to take a 4-1 lead. With the Robins defense as dialed in as it was, those 4 runs turned out to be all they needed. Awesome pitching by Sam Roles ( just 3 runs allowed in 18+ innings pitched), solid fielding by Brendan Bosker-Elliott and Calvin Gerdt combined with flat-out unbelievable work at shortstop by Vincent Luu tamed the Mustangs for the final three innings. Luu turned an awesome double play in the top of the seventh inning to secure the championship for the Robins and finished the tournament with a handful of amazing plays in the field to go with 7 hits and 5 RBI. Izear Joiner also knocked out 7 hits to go with 4 RBI. Bosker-Elliott quitely had the biggest tournament for the Robins, collecting 9 hits in 10 trips to the plate, 2 doubles and a home run to go with a team-leading 7 RBI. Luu, Gerdt and Hayley Engebretsen were named to the Wells Fargo All-Tournament Team. Way to go Robins….it was an amazing season!!!!

The Robins pounded out 24 hits, including 3 home runs, en route to a 12-2 win over the Osseo Orioles this afternoon and are now 2-0 on the season. Calvin Gerdt had 4 hits and accounted for 2 of the HR’s to go along with 3 RBI. Vincent Luu also had 4 hits and 3 RBI to go along with his HR. Izear Joiner and Brendan Bosker-Elliott finished the game with 3 hits each, while Hayley Engebretsen, Ethan Sullivan, Lydia Mazza and Sam Roles all had 2 hits each. Roles was the winning pitcher, tossing 4 innings while allowing just 3 hits. The Robins now have a little break in their schedule, with 2 non-conference games on Saturday as a part of the Lloyd Olson Invitational Softball Tournament, and then two practices next week before resuming their regular season schedule on April 23 with a game at Mounds View.