Notes from Florida

#1 posting 2.25.2006

POINT PARADE
FL
3A
Chaplin, St. Petersburg 31 vs Florida High 54-55

IL
A-state tournament
Kailey Klein, Spring Valley Hall 29 vs Flanagan 62-75
Hope Schulte, Hillsboro 29 vs Byron 55-41
Kelsie Laughlin, Flanagan 26 vs Spring Valley Hall 75-62

MN
AAAA
Breanna Salley, St. Francis 41 vs Cooper 68-46
Theairra Taylor, St. Paul Como Park 28 vs St. Paul Harding 69-56
AAA
Laura Nielsen, Willmar 28 vs Sauk Rapids 60-27
Heather Smith, Mahtomedi 27 vs Hill-Murray 59-53
Amy Storer, Hill-Murray 26 vs Mahtomedi 53-59
Chanica Hall, Benilde-St. Margaret's 25 vs Irondale 87-72
Jessica Miller, Holy Angels 25 vs Prior Lake 63-53

NEB
B
Katie Frank, South Sioux City 25 vs Elkhorn 63-62

SD
A
Jade Jorgenson, Hamlin 25 vs Clark 69-48 3A Final
B
Katelynn Lamb, Sully Buttes 29 vs Hoven 87-43 6B Final

WI
D2
Lin Zastrow, Jefferson 33 vs Columbus 49-40 (f23)

BUZZER BEATERS
MN
Krista Opheim, Eden Valley-Watkins made a pair of free throws with 18 seconds left, and then made a key steal to preserve a 52-51 win over Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted.

INJURY UPDATE
MN
Caitlin Rowland, Hopkins returned to action and helped beat Edina 49-44

GAMES OF NOTE
SD
Trisha Ollerich, Baltic scored 24 points, including 6 3s to beat Colman-Egan 58-52 in the 7B Finals.

ILLINOIS STATE A TOURNAMENT
Flanagan 75, Spring Valley Hall 62
Carthage 62, Walther Lutheran 46
Hillsboro 55, Byron 41
Okawville 63, Massac County 45

IOWA REGION FINALS
3A
Harlan 63, Sioux City Heelan 36
Decorah 46, Waukon 45
Norwalk 36, Knoxville 30
2A
AGWSR 57, West Central Valley 43
Wapsie Valley 60, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 42
Solon 60, PCM 46
Davenport Assumption 66, Van Buren 38
1A
Treynor 67, Stanton 41
Twin River Valley 51, SCMT 34
Southeast Webster-Grand 53, Colo-Nesco 39
Charter Oak-Ute 59, Akron-Westfield 55
Postville 56, Clinton Prince of Peace 46

SEEDINGS
MN
5AA South: 1. Watertown-Mayer; 2. Norwood-Young America; 3. Glencoe-Silver Lake
6AA East: 1. Foley, 2. Pierz, 3. Braham
4AAA: 1. St. Michael-Albertville; 2. Becker; 3. Monticello
ND
Eastern Dakota Conference tournament @ Grand Forks Alerus Center M2, 3, 4
1. West Fargo; 2. Fargo South; 3. Grand Forks Red River

TODAYS EVENTS
Florida State Finals (Girls)
2A Tallahassee North Florida Christian (28-2) vs First Academy(29-2)
4A Titusville Astronaut(28-2) vrs Bishop Moore(28-3)
6A Miami Norland(25-5) vs Lake Mary (27-3).

THORPE'S NOTES ON FLORIDA ACTION
The top ranked team in 4A has a 6 foot 5 inch Stephanie Sarosi. She is big and powerful. They also have a good guard in La Qjinta Curry who is 6 foot 0 inches.
Stopping Sarosi(15.8 points, 9.0 rebounds) will fall largely on the shoulders of Alex Zamora a 6 foot 2 indch junior and Christine Silva a 6 foot junior.
Zamora and Sarosi played on the same AAU team.
Finals from Friday
5A Barron Collier 43, Winter Haven 36 .
Barron Jacob 11, Assarian 8 Winter Haven Hayes 13, A Smith 10
3 A Florida High 55, St Petersburg 54
Florida: Warner 13, Christie 12, Raffington 11; St Pete--- Chaplin 31
1A Shekinah 67 Sarasota Chr 38
Shekinah--- Rountree 19, Briggs 15 , Sarastota: Hochstatler 16

next up later tonight: I'm headed to Worthington, but leaving the computer behind. I hope to be back before 11 pm