Spartans Refute Edina Football Championship Claim

Former Richfield football players say the Hornets have mistakenly laid their hands on a 1987 conference title.

Follow Richfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter Edina High School has a storied athletic history with 145 state championships. In 2005 Sports Illustrated even named the school’s athletic program the best in Minnesota and eighth best in the nation—the result of a survey conducted of some 30,000 U.S. high schools. The problem, several former Richfield Spartans varsity football players recently claimed, is that at least one of Edina High School’s claims to athletic glory doesn’t actually belong to the Hornets. On a billboard at Edina’s football field a sign lists 1987 as one of numerous years the Hornets won a conference football championship. But former Richfield High School football players, …

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