 The boys ' basketball team was dominant in the 1980s . Coached by Tony Queen , the team won eight of ten Minneapolis City Conference championships and went to the state tournament eight times , winning in 1980 and placing second in 1984 and 1985 . In 1988 Queen was suspended from coaching for one year following attempts to recruit basketball players , which is illegal under Minnesota State High School League rules . He lost a battle to be rehired in U.S. District court . Queen was fired in 1990 for having sex with a student in the <unk> . In the mid @-@ 1990s the boys ' team had a dominating resurgence . Led by Khalid El @-@ Amin , North tied a state record with three state championships in a row , from 1995 to 1997 . The boys ' team won another championship in 2003 . 
