Thursday, April 20, 2006

Iolani's Revenge, AAU Rosters, Indiana Coach

#1 posting 4.20.2006

POINT PARADE
HAWAII

Kimberly Meyerowitz, Waialua 20 vs Wai'anae 41-40

IOLANI STRIKES BACK
HAWAII

Iolani wasted no time in getting back on track as they defeated Kamehameha 42-28 a day after getting bumped off by the same squad. Here is the Honolulu Advertiser with the details of this match up and other games as well http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060420/SPORTS0303/604200332/1045/SPORTS

AAU NEWS
MI
The Northeastern Cats 15U won the state title and will be headed to Orlando. Here is the story from the Gaylord Herald Times http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/articles/2006/04/19/news/sports/sports07.txt
MN
Here are some sites for rosters
Metro Stars http://www.mnmetrostars.com/roster.cfm
North Tartan http://www.northtartan.com/teams.htm
MN Stars http://www.minnesotastars.org/2006%20Minnesota%20Stars%20Rosters.htm
I will get more rosters up if I am sent them. I will link these as well. I hope to get my links really humming this summer.

ALL STAR GAMES
MN
The all star game is Saturday at St. Thomas in St. Paul at 6 and 8; and St. Cloud State on Sunday afternoon.
WI
The Wisconsin Basketball Coaches All Star games will be held June 17th at the UW Field House in Madison. The series is North vs South by class. D1 plays at noon followed by D3 at 1:45; D2 at 3:30 and D4 at 5:15. Here is more on the series in the Dennis Semrau column in the Capital Times http://www.madison.com/tct/sports/preps/index.php?ntid=80863&ntpid=2

COACHING NEWS
COLLEGE
Indiana has hired a new coach: Felisha Legette-Jack, recently the Hofstra coach. Here is the Indianapolis Star on the new hire http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060420/SPORTS0601/604200445/1069 Here is the same story, but from the Hofstra perspective http://www.hofstra.edu/Athletics/WBasketball/ath_wbb_gameresult.cfm?gameID=B3B03239-65B3-F1F2-664328316EBF608F and back to Indiana University with their press release and transcripts of the press conference for much more detail http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/041906aaa.html
MI
Gaylord St. Mary's is looking for a new girls basketball coach.
Tracy Iciek, Hopkins resigned due to Health reasons. Iciek coached for two seasons at Hopkins.
SD
Jeff Dvorak, Dell Rapids has been named coach of the year by the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association

SIGNINGS
MI
Emily Woodruff, Chelsea is headed for Tiffin which is a DII school in Ohio. Here is more about the choice from the Chelsea Standard http://www.chelseastandard.com/stories/042006/spo_20060420010.shtml
SD
Michelle Amundson, Dell Rapids is headed to Mount Marty

TRANSFERS
WI
Wisconsin is considering changing their transfer rule to this: if you transfer after your sophomore year you will be ineligible for one year. There will be an appeal process and if the family moves and it is legitimate, they will be allowed to play. Here is Art Kabelowsky's column in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel with more on the hot issue http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=417171

Next up: Tomorrow afternoon. I will be giving out scores/ratings to the 2006 class that is involved in the MN all star games.