On Wednesday Tyler Johnson from Minneapolis North High School became the most recent Polar to become a Gopher football player. When Johnson steps onto the field next season he may become the first Polar to play for the Gophers in 65 years.
Having grown up in Minneapolis my notion of Minneapolis North High School is that its a tough school that had a great basketball program. My dad used to take me to North to see basketball games. But a 120 year old high school has a lot more history than just my fond memories and humble bragging about watching Khalid El-Amin.