MN AAU, & Stone's Contract

#1 posting 5.7.2006

MN AAU QUALIFIERS
Today I watched seven 16u games at Hastings High School. I will go into further details in later postings, but here are the results of the games I watched.
Storm 50, Minneapolis Lakers 37
Metro Stars White 50, Swish 49
North Tartan Blue (II) 48, Southern Minne Elite 30 (I left to watch the next game NTB won)
Metro Stars Black 59, Metro Stars White 35
North Tartan (I) 61, Minneapolis Lakers 42 (Again I left to get to the next game NT won)
Metro Stars Balck 59, MN Stars (Jen) 47
Triple Threat 62, Southern Minne Magic 31

ROSTER LINKS
http://gbbrecruit.blogspot.com/2006/05/aau-rosters.html

Other news at the AAU Tournament
INJURIES
Kiara Strickland, Minneapolis Roosevelt HS, Mpls Lakers AAU may have an ACL injury. It happened in the first game Saturday.
Talisha Barlow, Roseville HS, Mpls Lakers AAU thumb injury
Stephanie Sension, Hopkins HS, Metro Stars White AAU, held out of afternoon games today as a precaution due to knee issue.
COACHING NEWS
Rumor has it that JT Taylor, Andover will now be an assistant at Coon Rapids.
Current list of openings.
http://gbbrecruit.blogspot.com/2006/05/coaching-openings.html

HAWAII PLAYOFFS
D1
Maui advanced to the state tournament for the first time in six years with a 40-36 win over Lahainaluna. Here is the Maui News with full details. http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=19446
D2
La Pietra went ahead at the right time to advance to the state tournament with a 39-37 win over Punahou (This is the D2 Punahou). Megan Berardy scored the game winner for La Pietra. Punahou did not score the fourth quarter. Here is the Honolulu Advertiser with more http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060507/SPORTS03/605070367/1032/HIGHSCHOOL

COACHING NEWS
COLLEGE
WI
Lisa Stone's contract was not extended at Wisconsin. Her contract takes her to May 31, 2010. There are some questions and expectations at Madison. Here is the Wisconsin State Journal with contractual and court details http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/sports/badgersOther/index.php?ntid=82934

SIGNINGS
ND
Two Lake Region State players are headed to D1 schools: Katie Schaefer, Devils Lake is off to Northern Arizona, and Rebecca Mercer, Perth, Australia is off to Montana State. Here is the Montana State press release http://www.msubobcats.com/news.php?sid=wbb&nid=1479 and the general AP release http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/14524655.htm

Next up: later tonight with the Storm vs Laker match up.