Heart of the Game, All Stars

#1 posting 6.16.2006
Your Daily Dose of Girls Basketball News & Information

NOW PLAYING
At certain theaters at least...The Heart of the Game is a documentary about the girls basketball team at Seattle Roosevelt. It is a seven year look at Roosevelt along with the coach Bill Resler. Ludacris narates. It has received very good reviews. I haven't seen it yet, when I do you will hear about it. This is the review from the Seattle Times which is right in the heart of the movie. I am also throwing in the IMDB site (a great site for all sorts of movie information) with more news about the movie.

SIGNING
Brittany Quistorff and Kristie Swenstad of Osakis will be headed to UM Morris. They will be joined by Rebecca Hillman of Ortonville. Quistorff led Osakis with 20.3 ppg and scored 37 in the double overtime loss to Browerville in the section 5A finals. She was named to the first team on the MN Basketball News for Class A this past year. Here is more on the signings from the UM Morris press release.

VERBALS

COACHING NEWS
COLLEGE
Drake has named Todd Voss as an assistant coach. He has been coach at Concordia NE and has a 108-32 record in four years. Here is the Des Moines Register with more.
Wisconsin has named Ty Margenthaler as an assistant coach. He had previously been an assistant at Bradley. He replaces Stephanie Schmitz who now will be director of Basketball operations. Here is the Wisconsin Press Release.
MI
Preacher Lee will be the new head coach at Wyoming Lee. Confused? Let the Grand Rapids Press sort it out.

COACHING OPENINGS

ALL STAR GAMES
MI
The Blue Water All Star games will be at Richmond HS on Saturday afternoon at 5 pm. Here is the Port Huron Times-Herald with more on the games. The boys will also play.
UP MICH/FINNS
Here are the lineups for Saturday's Marquette Magic/Finn clash. The rosters are found in the Marquette Mining Journal. The Finns will then be in Hancock later and play again next Wednesday at Hancock HS. Here is another paper the Houghton Mining Gazette with more.
SD/NEBRASKA
Here is the Yankton angle of the all star game that will be played today at Mount Marty College. Coach Doug Pesicka and Yankton players Ketty Cornemann, Andrea Walsh and Kara Iverson will take part in the game. The article is from the Yankton Press & Dakotan.
WI
The Wisconsin Basketball Coaches All Star games will be held in Madison on Saturday. Here are the rosters for the event.

TOURNAMENTS
ND
The Dakota Hoopfest is taking place this weekend in Wahpeton and Breckenridge, MN.

THE LIST
AAU ROSTERS
CALENDAR

SHARING
IA
Valley Lutheran and Janesville will combine next year. Here are the details as found in the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courrier.

POLICE BLOTTER
MI
Tyrone Vaughn has pleaded guilty to attempted criminal sexual contact. The former Engadine JV coach will be sentenced July 21. More on the story from the Sault Ste. Marie Evening News.

Next up: later today with the MN Metro Stars 15s vs Total Package from the Midtown Y tournament.