The View from Des Moines

#1 posting 3.6.2006

POINT PARADE
MN
AAA
Janessa Wolff, Park Rapids 30 vs Willmar 50-53 OT (m4)
Becky Smith, Litchfield 29 vs Worthington 59-62

BUZZER BEATER
MN
Andrea Brown, Willmar hit a 3 with two seconds left to force overtime in the 8AAA semis won by Willmar 53-50.

IOWA STATE TOURNAMENT
Iowa kicks off their six day state tournament with four quarterfinals in 1A and two more in 2A.
A
10 am Southeast Webster-Grand faced IKM. SEW-G has Jennifer Jorgensen, IKM was runner up last year and feature Margo Muhlbauer
11:30 am Central Decatur plays undefeated Twin River Valley. Tierra Smith leads Central Decatur and Liz Trauger powers TRV
1 pm Postville sees defending champ Charter Oak-Ute. Jessica Heins stands tall for Postville, while the Kuhlmann sisters, senior Kala and sophomore Kami are part of a strong contingent for COU
2:30 pm Fairfield Maharishi faces Treynor. Sofia Iwobi is the engine for Maharishi while Tricia Trotter paces the Treynor attack
AA
6:30 pm Tipton takes on North Butler in the evening round. Ashley Miller leads Tipton, while Indy Uhlenhopp and Erin Brock give NB a one two punch
8:00 pm Solon closes the night with AGWSR. Jodie Krall leads Solon, Mindy Hutchcroft is AGWSR's engine.

MN SECTIONS
8: Willmar beat Park Rapids 53-50 overtime and will now face Central Lakes foe Fergus Falls. They split on the year. Here is the West Central Tribune story on the Park Rapids game http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=5356&section=Sports
Also for your reading pleasure the Worthington/Litchfield game as reported by the Worthington Daily Globe http://www.dglobe.com/articles/index.cfm?id=685&section=sports

Today
AAAA
7 has their semis with Champlin Park taking on St. Francis and Centennial playing Andover. Both games will be at Osseo.
AA
8: #1S Barnesville will try to beat #3S state tournament savvy Hawley for the third time this year in the semis at Concordia-Moorhead. In the North #1 Crookston sees #2 East Grand Forks at UM Crookston.
A
5: Ortonville takes on #1 in the state Osakis; while Parkers Prairie sees Browerville at Minnewaska HS in Glenwood.
6: it will be #1s vs #3s as Nevis faces Verndale in the East at Park Rapids; and #1 Ada-Borup faces Lake Park-Audubon at Concordia Moorhead
8: #3E Fosston plays upset minded #8 Grygla-Goodridge at Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls; #2W Kittson Central plays another upset minded team in #5 Stephen-Argyle also at Engelstad Arena
My guess there are so many games today because tomorrow there are none scheduled due to political caucus events in the evening.

next up: Thorpe on a soap box, before I leave for the games