A bit of Everything

#1 posting 5.10.2006

POINT PARADE
HAWAII
D1
Nicole Fu, Maryknoll 33 vs Sacred Hearts 49-48
D2
Capri Holiona 'Aiea 24 vs Kailua 47-32

KIF Finals
Kapa'a beat Waimea on their home floor before a capacity crowd 54-51. Kapa'a now advances to the State tournament. Here is how it was done with the Kauai Garden Island World explaining http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2006/05/10/sports/sports01.txt
Here is the Oahu Tournament brackets D1
http://www.oiasports.com/attachment/28F10D6F29ED830AEEEBF138AD/GirlsBasketRedBracket063.pdf
D2
http://www.oiasports.com/attachment/28F10D6F29ED830AEEEBF138AD/GirlsBasketWhiteBracket06.pdf

COACHING NEWS
COLLEGE
Andy Blackston has resigned to take a boys HS position at Madison Academy Alabama. He was 46-40 in 3 seasons. Jackie Goetzke, Tartan MN HS has signed with this program. http://www.apsu.edu/letsgopeay/releases/wbasketball/2005-06/06_wbb_Blackston%20resigns.pdf
MI
Nikki Laurila has been named coach at Carney-Nadeau. She is an alumnus of the school. Here is more from the Escanaba Daily Press http://www.dailypress.net/stories/articles.asp?articleID=1852
WI
Oshkosh West will have its third coach in three years as Nicole (Gorske) Sutter has been named pending board approval. Here is more from the Appleton Post-Crescent http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060510/APC01/60510002

Here are the latest job openings
http://gbbrecruit.blogspot.com/2006/05/coaching-openings.html

COLLEGE GAMES
National champ Maryland will travel to Northern Iowa and play the Panthers on Dec. 6. Maryland is coached by Brenda Frese, former Minnesota coach and Iowa State assistant. Frese is from Cedar Rapids. This is the Des Moines Register's story http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060509/SPORTS02070102/60509025/1003/SPORTS

MN AAU TOURNAMENT
This weekend the games scheduled for Skyview have been moved to Bethel.

NATIONAL TEAM
Jolene Anderson of Wisconsin and South Shore, WI HS has been invited to tryout for the u20 team. The team will be coached by Joanne McCallie of Michigan State. Here is the UW press release http://www.uwbadgers.com/sport_news/wbb/headlines/full_story.aspx?story_id=2006_05_09_12_56_40_wbb

SIGNINGS
MN/ND
Ashley Domine, Tracy-Milr0y-Balaton, MN has signed with Lake Region State CC in Devils Lake, ND. Domine scored 15.3 ppg last season. Here is the article in the Devils Lake Journal. http://www.devilslakejournal.com/articles/2006/05/09/sports/sports03.txt
NE
Hastings has added three players: Kelly Diller of Beatrice; Rachel Isherwood of Lincoln Southwest; and Lindsey Ducey of Omaha Duchesne.
WI
Laura Aerts, Kimberly will be playing at Lawrence University. Aerts averaged 5.2 ppg last year. Here is more on the signing from the Appleton Post-Crescent http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060510/APC0201/605100722/1892/APCsports

Next up: more from the 16u tournament with the last two games: Metro Stars Black vs MN Stars Jen (they name their teams after the coach)