Athletics
The Armstrong Falcons have a heated rivalry with the other team in the Robbinsdale School District, the Cooper Hawks. Other rivalries exist with: the Hopkins Royals, the Wayzata Trojans, and the Minnetonka Skippers. Armstrong's basketball teams are perennially strong; also, Armstrong had a successful football team in the early 2000s. In 2007, Armstrong's boys basketball team made it to the class 4A state championship game, where they were defeated in a close match against the Buffalo Bison. In 1969, the Men's Gymnastics Team, led by Coach Harlow Beyer, broke a Lake Conference all-sports record when they harvested their eightieth (80th) consecutive dual meet victory and collected their fifth (5th) State Title (1972 through 1976).
Armstrong was once a member of the Classic Lake Conference; however, it was voted out of the conference due to declining enrollment as of 2010. In 2010, Armstrong was admitted to the Northwest Suburban Conference.
| State Team Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Fall | Soccer, Boys | 2 | 1979 and 2003(AA) |
| Cross country, Boys | 1 | 1974 | |
| Cross country, Girls | 2 | 1976 and 1978 | |
| Volleyball, Girls | 7 | 80(AA), 81(AA), 82(AA), 83(AA), 84(AA), 00(AAA), 02(AAA) | |
| Winter | Nordic skiing, Boys | 1 | 1980 |
| Gymnastics, Girls | 2 | 1976, 1983 | |
| Gymnastics, Boys | 7 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982 | |
| Spring | Softball, Girls | 1 | 2001(AAA) |
| Track and Field, Boys | 2 | 1985(AA) and 2002(AA) | |
| Total | 25 | ||
Additionally, Armstrong has many club sports, including (but not restricted to) Ultimate, water polo, and girls' rugby.
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