Busy Signing Day

#1 posting 4.13.2006

COLLEGE COACHING NEWS
ND
Guy Fridley has been named the new coach at Dickinson State. Here is the DSU press release http://www.dickinsonstate.com/w_basketball.asp

COLLEGE SIGNINGS
AL
Candice Delane, Rock Island, IL to Alabama State
IL
Alicia Whitfield, and Melissa Morris from Rock Island will both attend Black Hawk
MN
Kelly Landsverk, Fosston will be headed to Bemidji State
Shayla Lange, Rock Valley Iowa has signed with St. Cloud State. Here is the SCSU press release http://www.stcloudstate.edu/athletics/sports/basketball-womens/story.asp?pubID=31&issueID=14275&storyID=18731
Crookston looked to Wisconsin and Illinois for players when they signed Jessica Brown, Janesville Craig 6-5; Doriane Davis of Milwaukee Vincent; and Aubrey Parsons of Newman Central HS, IL. Here is the Crookston Daily Times with much more detail http://www.crookstontimes.com/articles/2006/04/13/sports/17roux.txt
NEB
Alyssa Green, Cedar Rapids Washington will be headed to Nebraska-Omaha. Green was 1st team on the 4A Coaches team, and 2nd team on the 4A Newspaper team. Here is the press release from UNO. http://gomavs.unomaha.edu/full_headline.php?headline_id=2133
Wayne State has named it's recruiting class. Kati Jo Christiansen of Audubon Iowa is among the five named as is Megan Wittkop of Ankeny. Wittkop is transfering from SW MN State. Jennifer Yee from Millard West Nebraska and Janna Schrieber from Campbell County, Wyoming round out the five. Here is their press release from Wayne State http://www.wsc.edu/athletics/wbb/press_releases/index.php#06recruits
Chadron State will be adding Sunni Busch of Todd County SD. Busch was 1st team AP All State. Trysta Gruber of Loup County, Nebraska will also sign. Here is the Chadron State press release. http://www2.csc.edu/athletics/news/list.pl?article=1550
ND
Nicole Munneke, Centennial, MN is headed to Mayville State after one season at South Florida. Here is the Mayville State press release. http://www.masu.nodak.edu/about_msu/news.cfm?story=525
Minot State annonced their recruiting class: Whitney Loftesness of Velva, ND; Heidi Rosenbaum, Sioux City North, IA; and Samantha Medcalf, Andover, MN. Here is the MSU press release http://www.minotstateu.edu/wbasketball/recruits.html
SD
NORTHERN STATE NINE
No, this isn't a softball story, it is about the nine recruits headed for Aberdeen and Northern State. It was reported in the StarTribune that Krissy O'Toole of Wayzata was headed to St. Cloud State and I put it up yesterday too, but she is one of the Northern State nine. Two St. Michael-Albertville players: Marla Arns, and Jodi Reinschmidt are headed that way. STMA finished 4th in the MN AAA Tournament. Ashely Genske, Mayer Lutheran also will travel west. Krista Rabenberg of Mobridge, SD. Her team finished second in the SD A tournament. She made the AP A Second team all state as did Alison Johnson of Stickney-Mt. Vernon. Lenea Mueller of Custer was on the 3rd team. The other players I believe I have listed already. Check out the details from the Northern State site http://www.northern.edu/athletics/Depthome/wbb/home.html the Aberdeen American News takes up the recruits http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/sports/14331952.htm
SOUTH DAKOTA GAINS TWO MORE
With three transfers coming in (The Hoffman sisters from Mitchell via Texas State and Natalie Carda from Beresford via South Dakota State) USD added some more players: Jasmine Mosley of Bellevue, Nebraska and Kendra Schomer, Madison, Nebraska. Here is the details in the South Dakota press release http://www.usdcoyotes.com/sports/wbball/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=3129 The Yankton Press & Dakotan also tells the tale http://www.yankton.net/stories/041306/sports_20060413013.shtml
Brittany Fuhrman, Mobridge and Danielle Bauer, Dell Rapids are off to Black Hills State University. Fuhrman's team was second in the SD A Tournament and she was named to the AP All State 3rd team. Bauer's team beat Mobridge in the championship. Here is the BHSU press release http://www.bhsu.edu/bh/athletics/womenbb/recruit/newrecruits2004-05.htm
Kayla Goshhorn of Rapid City Central is headed to SD Tech
TN
Toia McGowan, Davenport West IA is headed south to Lipscomb in Nashville, TN

HS COACHING NEWS
IL
Scott Harding will be named coach at United Township pending approval by the school board. Here is the details from the Quad City Times http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2006/04/13/sports/varsity/doc443dd70ecbbd9600611671.txt
MN
As expected Reed Caoutte has been named coach at Elk River replacing Larry Krieg who retired after leading the Elks to the state this season. Here is the Elk River Star News story by Bruce Strand, a hall of fame writer in the MN Girls basketball coaches Hall of fame http://www.erstarnews.com/2006/April/134-12coach.html

POLICE BLOTTER
IA
A fan has been banned from attending games after attacking a ref. Here is the Waterloo Courier account http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2006/04/12/news/regional/3e420445764b3df68625714e003fd418.txt
WI
David Janssen, former Hortonville coach was charged Wednesday with one count of sexual assault of a student under 16 and two counts of sexual assault after the student turned 16. Here is the AP story from the Duluth News Tribune http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/14334490.htm

TOURNAMENT NEWS
IA
The Sacajawea Tournament in Sioux City Iowa has five teams filled out for next years tournament: Sioux City North, the defending champions; Phoenix St. Mary's, the second place finisher; South Sioux City, Nebraska; Battle Creek-Ida Grove, IA; and Crofton, Nebraska.

Next up tomorrow afternoon.