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#1 posting 5.23.2006
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COACHING NEWS
MN
Travis Brown, former Sauk Rapids coach, is now the new coach at St. Cloud Cathedral. He replaces Jerry Cool Jr. Story is from the St. Cloud Times.

COACHING OPENINGS

COLLEGE NEWS
As was said by Strother Martin in the 1967 Paul Newman movie Cool Hand Luke "What we have here is a failure to communicate." That could also be used to describe the findings after a five week investigation in the Minnesota Gophers women's basketbal program by the athletic department. This is an article from the AP wire from the Grand Forks Herald.

Michigan State's Victoria Lucas-Perry is up for a spot on the 20u National team.

HAWAIIAN STATE TOURNAMENT
You can watch the last five seconds of the D2 finals, see Kalani get the trophy, and see Megan Kamehiro cut down the net. It was interesting, but it would have been better to be able to see the whole game, or at least a quarter. If you want to see it go to the Honolulu Advertiser. You need to have Quicktime installed.

MN STATE AAU TOURNAMENT FULL RESULTS
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Quarters
North Tartan 42, Storm 40
MN Stars Tim 70, MN Summit Blue 50
MN Metro Stars Black 58, MN Metro Stars White 32
Triple Threat 60, North Tartan Blue 37
Consolation Round 1
MN Summit Blue 38, Storm 32
North Tartan Blue 66, MN Metro Stars White 34
Friendship Game
Storm 58, MN Metro Stars White 57
Semifinals
North Tartan 66, MN Stars Tim 34
Triple Threat 60, MN Metro Stars Black 56
Consolation Round 2
MN Metro Stars Black 56, MN Summit Blue 44
MN Stars Tim ?, North Tartan Blue ?
3rd Place
MN Stars Tim 73, MN Metro Stars Black 70
Championship
North Tartan 59, Triple Threat 42

15s
Pigtail game
43 Hoops Lady Elite 53, 43 Hoops Powell 50
Quarterfinals
NC Heat 46, 43 Hoops Lady Elite 36
MN Stars Antl 58, North Tartan 53
MN Stars Schmitz 73, Mpls Lady Lakers 30
MN Total Package 60, MN Metro Stars 52
Pig Tail Consolation
MN Metro Stars 67, Mpls Lady Lakers 52
Consolation Round 1
North Tartan 52, 43 Hoops Powell 32
MN Metro Stars 45, 43 Hoops Lady Elite 43
Semifinals
NC Heat 56, MN Stars Antl 48
MN Total Package 44, MN Stars Schmitz 37
Consolation Round 2
MN Stars Schmitz 49, North Tartan 34
MN Metro Stars 54, MN Stars Antl 51
Friendship Game
43 Hoops Powell 69, Mpls Lady Lakers 64
3rd Place
MN Stars vs MN Metro Stars in progress when I left
Championship
NC Heat 51, Total Package 46

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Quarterfinals
Lakeville North 57, MN Summit 40
MN Stars Red 43, 43 Hoops Elite 28
MN Metro Stars 47, MN Stars White 22
North Tartan 44, Brighton Stars 38
Consolation Round 1
43 Hoops Elite 45, MN Summit 21
MN Stars White 41, Brighton Stars 37
Semifinals
MN Stars Red 52, Lakeville North 50
MN Metro Stars 57, North Tartan 53
Friendship Game
Brighton Stars 43, MN Summit 35
Consolation Round 2
North Tartan 47, 43 Hoops Elite 31
Lakeville North 60, MN Stars White 59 OT
3rd Place
Lakeville North 39, North Tartan 35
Championship
MN Metro Stars 52, MN Stars Red 39

Next up: Later today with the 15u semifinals between MN Stars Schmitz and Total Package and the finals between NC Heat and Total Package. Yesterday there were three postings with Thorpe, and the two 15u quarterfinal games.
Later this weekend (Memorial Day) I will name the All State teams for each of the age levels based on what I saw for the past three weeks.