Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Solverson Injures ACL Again

#1 posting 6.27.2006
Your Daily Dose of Girls Basketball News & Information

INJURY UPDATES
IA
Johanna Solverson
, Iowa, has suffered a second ACL injury to her right knee. More on Solverson and the snake bit, ACL prone Hawkeyes are found in the Iowa City Press Citizen.

ALL STAR GAMES
MI/IND
Eastern Indiana bounced Michigan 93-77 in the Sports Fest event in Mishawaka, IN. Alyssa Pittman, Elkhart Memorial led all scorers with 34. She will be headed to Eastern Michigan. Tashayla Jackson, Benton Harbor, led Michigan with 24. Here is more on the game from the Cassopolis Vigilant.

COACHING NEWS
MI
Three new coaches will be patrolling the sidelines this fall in or near Oceana County, MI: Brian Wright at Shelby; Steve Youngstrom at Hart; and Lee Oomen at Walkerville. Here is more on the trio from the Oceana Hearld Journal.
MN
Liz Mundahl has been named new coach at Chisago Lakes. She was the coach at St. Bernard's the last two years and had a record of 8-41.
Cook County has an opening.

COACHING OPENINGS

ELITE CAMP
MN
Concordia St. Paul will once again be the site of the Elite Camp. Last year the camp moved to Hamline due to scheduling conflicts.

SIGNINGS/VERBALS
MI/WI
Breanna Hover, Clayton WI will be headed to Findlandia University. Hover averaged 10 ppg last year. Here is more from the Houghton Mining Gazette.

VERBALS

SUMMER LEAGUES
MN
Chisago Lakes has a summer league. It runs on Wednesday nights until the championship game on July 31.
Here is the standings so far
North Branch 6-0
Zimmerman 4-2
Somerset, WI 4-2
Osceola, WI 3-3
Cambridge-Isanti 3-3
Chisago Lakes Gold 2-4
Chisago Lakes Green (JV) 1-5
St. Croix Falls 1-5

CALENDAR

TOURNAMENTS
MN
The South of the River Racers won the varsity division in the Star of the North State Tournament held in Rochester. They now will be headed to Portland, OR for the End of the Trail Nike tournament. They will be in the Red bracket. There are a few more MN teams involved including the Quest (red) and North Tartan (Blue)
Later SotRR will be in the Mid America Adidas tournament in Minnesota.

AAU ROSTERS

ADRIAN WILLIAMS
Here is a profile of Lynx player AW in the Pioneer Press. AW had a strong game on Saturday with both defensive and offensive numbers. I have liked her energy, and speed. I am in favor of increasing her minutes.

Next up: later tonight with another tour of the summer leagues--tonight Lakeville North