Friday Night Flights & A Cautionary Tale on Comebacks

#2 posting 3.18.2006

POINT PARADE
NY
JUCO
Fantasia Goodwin, Monroe 28 vs Ridgewater 71-60

AA
Cory Montgomery, Cannon Falls 37 vs MN Valley Lutheran 68-58
Hannah Linz, Eden Valley-Watkins 34 vs Crookston 54-61
Kamille Wahlin, Crookston 25 vs EVW 61-54

DOUBLE VISION
AA
Cory Montgomery, Cannon Falls 37 p, 17 r----54 vs MVL 68-58
A
Laura Kramer, Fulda 17 p, 18 r----35 vs Ada-Borup 54-50

The tournaments are winding down. Today four championship games are on tap in MN at the Target Center in Minneapolis
A
Fulda vs GHEC at noon. I had Fulda right, but I had Meadow Creek winning in the final. They never survived my Kiss of Death on Thursday. So I guess by default Fulda gets the Kiss of Death now. It should be a tight game. Spread for you Las Vegas types Fulda by three.
AA
Crookston vs Cannon Falls at 2 pm. Well my kiss of death was fatal on Wednesday with Both Winona Cotter and Albany going down. Since in my do over I called for Cannon Falls to make it and EVW you can see Cannon Falls has the Kiss of Death. Cory Montgomery will have to carry her team against the youngsters from Crookston. Spread--Cannon Falls by one.
AAA
Marshall vs Benilde-St. Margaret's at 6 pm #1 vs #2. The right matchup if you believe the polls. Marshall however got my kiss of death to start the tournament, and they still have it. Spread Marshall by seven.
AAAA
Bloomington Kennedy vs Hopkins at 8 pm---#3 AP vs #1. This is what I called before the tournament started. Kennedy however had the kiss of death. This is the second year in a row that they faced each other in the finals. I don't see overtime this season. Spread Kennedy by four.
Detailed information at the MN high school league website http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/activitypage.asp?actnum=403

MINNESOTA STATE TOURNAMENT
You read about the games yesterday. Now read what the professionals wrote
A
Fulda edged Ada-Borup. Here is the Fargo Forum's take on it. http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=120925&section=Sports From the Fulda side we turn to the Worthington Daily Globe http://www.dglobe.com/articles/index.cfm?id=791&section=Sports Even more with the focus on Laura Kramer http://www.dglobe.com/articles/index.cfm?id=792&section=Sports
GHEC beat Barnum in a Barn burner. Here is the Duluth News Tribune's story
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/sports/14129999.htm
Here is the GHECer's side of the story from Fairmont Sentinel http://fairmontsentinel.com/sports/articles.asp?articleID=1313
AA
Crookston moved on beating Eden Valley-Watkins. Here is the Fargo Forum with details http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=120926&section=Sports Here is the St. Cloud Times with the EVW angle http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060318/SPORTS/103180001/1002
Here is the Mankato Free Press article on the MVL/Cannon Falls game. http://www.mankatofreepress.com/sports/local_story_077013520.html?keyword=topstory

NJCAA III Tournament
Ridgewater fell to unbeaten Monroe NY in the semifinals 71-60. Here is the West Central Tribune's details http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=5719&section=sports NJCAA website http://www.njcaa.org/sports.cfm?sid=25&divid=3&gender=w&slid=11 and Mohawk Valley's site http://www.mvcc.edu/stdsrvs/athltcs/nationals.cfm

A CAUTIONARY TALE
I am throw in a boys game story for a couple of reasons. Once upon a time I coached the Ellsworth boys (1983-1987). That is not the reason for this story. The reason is comeback miracles do happen. I give you two sides of the story. I talked to someone that was at the game. Ellsworth was down big and fans were leaving the gym. Read the rest. It should give hope to those who are behind, and make those in the lead play with focus until the final horn.
http://www.dglobe.com/articles/index.cfm?id=781&section=Sports
http://www.marshallindependent.com/sports/articles.asp?articleID=1677

ALL STAR GAMES
IA
Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa will host the Pizza Ranch All Star game featuring players from the Lakes, Siouxland, and War Eagle Conferences. The game takes place Saturday, March 26 at the DeWitt gym. It is a double header with the girls taking the floor at 6:15.

POLICE BLOTTER
IA
This time it is a fan related incident with refs. Here is the Des Moines Register with the brief account. http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060317/NEWS01/60317002/1001

Next up: After the afternoon sessions at the Target Center with champs in A and AA