Mustangs stop Robins’ run on state titles with a 2-0 shutout for the PI final
One year after Anoka-Hennepin lost the state adapted soccer title in the PI Division 2-1 to Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound Westonka, it was the Mustangs turn to lift the state championship trophy.
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