Armstrong To Join Northwest Suburban In Fall of 2010

Posted on January 15th, 2009 – 2:10 PMBy Michael Rand

The estimable John Millea is on vacation, taking what sounds like a lovely cross-country driving trip in January (he’s in Indianapolis right now), but he called in moments ago with some breaking news:

Armstrong High, one of the five Classic Lake schools looking for a home because that conference will dissolve after the 2009-2010 schoolyear, has been accepted into the Northwest Suburban Conference. Armstrong — which previously had been denied application to the NW Suburban — will begin competing in the conference during the fall of 2010.

The Northwest Suburban currently has 10 schools: Osseo, Champlin Park, Maple Grove, Andover, Centennial, Anoka, Coon Rapids, Park Center, Elk River and Blaine.

The other four Classic Lake schools — Edina, Minnetonka, Hopkins and Wayzata — are still looking for new conferences. All four had applications to the Lake Conference denied earlier this week. Hopkins and Wayzata also were turned down previously by the Northwest Suburban.

It is required by MSHSL rules that the Classic Lake schools file applications to join a minimum of two conferences; after that the MSHSL can place them into conferences.