Hawaiian State Begins, Lamoreaux-Tate hired

#1 posting 5.16.2006

HAWAIIAN TOURNAMENT
This is the first year D2 has expanded to 12 teams. They used to bring four teams to the state. Here is the Honolulu Advertiser with the D2 hype. We can't forget about the D1 girls and teams...again the Honolulu Advertiser
Here are the Brackets
D1 D2

AAU NEWS
MN
Here is the MN State AAU brackets. The tournament will be held at Forest Lake on the 20th and 21st. (Saturday and Sunday)19s, 16s, 15s, 14s

COACHING NEWS
MI
Colleen Lamoreaux-Tate will now coach at Grand Rapids Catholic Central. She previously was the coach at East Grand Rapids until parental pressure got to the administration. Here is the Grand Rapids Press story
MN
Blake is looking for a new coach. Kathy Sandven has resigned. She coached at Blake for five years. Prior to that Sandven coached college ball at Concordia Moorhead.

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

CLASSIFICATION CLARIFICATION
WI
The Private vs Public battle is still being waged. Most of the anger is directed at the boys side, but there is spill over. Here is Dick Knapinski's column in the Appleton Post-Crescent

COLLEGE NEWS
Illinois coach Teresa Grentz will be coaching a Big 10 team on a trip to Europe this summer. Each school will provide one player. No word on to the make up of the team yet. Here is the CSTV story

Next up: tomorrow afternoon