Thorpe on a Soap Box

#2 posting 2.2.2006

We start a new feature: Thorpe on a Soap Box

POINT PARADE
IA
JUCO
Megan Bradley, Iowa Central 27 vs Southwestern 82-49 (j25)
1A
Jennifer Jorgensen, Southeast Webster-Grand 31 vs Prairie Valley 62-53 (j24)

MN
AA
Ashley Domine, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 30 vs MACCRAY 71-78 (j30)
Danyelle Fisher, St. Peter 25 vs New Ulm 74-41 (j31)
A
Lori Balcom, GHEC 31 vs Alden-Conger 70-41 (j31)
Kaley Mekash, BGMR 26 vs Kittson County North 70-32 (j30)
Betsy Wendt, Truman 25 vs Nicollet 48-72 (j31)

ND
B
Melanie Howard, Standing Rock 26 vs Shiloh Christian 75-71 (j28)

SD
AA
Brianna Bauer, Sioux Falls Lincoln 32 vs Yankton 60-66 (j30)
A
Malissa Gruenwald, Clark 28 vs Howard 81-41 (j30)
B
Kristi Jankord, Henry 25 vs Wilmot 46-52 (j30)

WI
D2
Ellie Radke, Monroe 25 vs McFarland 63-40 (j27)

BENCHMARKS
Last night in the story I indicated that the the team with the higher bench point total lost in five games. There was once where the higher total won ---when it mattered and that was Maple Grove with 11 over Park Center's 4. MG won that game by 7. So the score should read Better Bench 1-5, not 0-5.


BUZZER BEATERS
MN
Mandi Meyer, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown scored off a missed shot at the buzzer in a 48-46 win over Faribault Bethlehem Academy J31

COACHING NEWS
IA
Gary Altman, coach at Pleasant Valley, will retire at the end of the season. He has coached for 29 years and has a 345-289 record to this point.
MI
Mike Ellis has been hired to coach at East Grand Rapids. This will be the fourth coach in four years at EGR.

MILESTONES
MN
Brittany Quistorff, Osakis is now the highest scoring girl or boy from her school. She passed Amy Schoeck on J26 with 15 points against Swanville in a 92-35 win.
Nikki Washek, Battle Lake reached the 1000 point mark with 23 points in a 66-52 win over Parkers Prairie. She is the fourth player from Battle Lake to reach the mark.
WI
Lucy Dernovsek, Lake Holcombe made 9 3s that led to 35 points in the 75-34 win over Cornell J31

NUMBER 1s
IA
4A Dowling Catholic; 3A Ballard; 2A Davenport Assumption; 1A IKM
SD
AA Brookings; A Dell Rapids; B Sully Buttes

THORPE ON A SOAP BOX
Dave Thorpe, former Osseo, MN coach, will from time to time give his views on the game. Today's topic is the 113 scored by Eppihany Price from Murray Burgtraum.

"I'm 60 years old and I could score 113 points against five red cones. But there is a major difference between that and what happened last night: the cones have no emotions and no feelings.
"The coach must have an awful big ego. What deficiency in the coach's own self-esteem was he trying to fill by leaving in a star player on the court with a 100 point lead?
"I think decisions like that cheapen the sport and tarnish legitimate records."

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