#1 posting 7.9.2006
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BARNEY FIFE & MENOMONIE
Today at the Great Lakes shoot out my reliable source and I were evicted from the coaches section. The sign said no parents or players allowed. Since we were members of the media we thought we were all right. That is when Barney Fife stepped in shooing us out in rather unpleasant terms. His people skills were abysmal, and he had no regard for public relations. I have no idea why the media was not able to watch from that side of the gym. We had no horse in the race or dog in the fight.
This tournament pales in comparison with what went on at the Dakota Showcase. There they had good public relations, box scores, records for historical purposes, and treated the media very well. Barney Fife was no where to be found in Sioux Falls.
GREAT LAKES SHOOT OUT RESULTS
Triple Threat came out of Menomonie with out a blemish as they won the Great Lakes Shootout with a 39-32 win over WI Dykstra Engineering. They were aided by having their entire team present and healthy including Patrice Thomas who missed the entire Dakota Showcase tournament. Thomas made up for lost time with a pair of 3s to open the semifinals against Mpls Lady Lakers. She finished with 4 in that game, and had 16 points.
In the HS Division Prairie Shooters (Mandan, ND) beat Eau Claire North 43-42 on two free throws by Elizabeth Schleicher with 6.1 seconds to go. PS was playing with out Jessica Kielpinski who was injured earlier in the tournament.
Here are the results, and when the game stories will be published
CHAMPIONSHIP 16-19u
MN Triple Threat 39, WI Dykstra Engineering 32 Thursday, July 13
SEMIFINALS
MN Triple Threat 50, Mpls Lady Lakers 17 Monday, July 10
WI Dykstra Engineering 38, WI Select 17 20
Consolation Semis
Southern Minne Magic 35, Southern MN Elite 27 Tuesday, July 11
HS DIVISION
CHAMPIONSHIP
Prairie Shooters (Mandan) 43, Eau Claire North 42
3rd PLACE
Green Bay Notre Dame 52, Fargo South 49, ot Wednesday, July 12
AAU ROSTERS
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
MI
The USSSA National Invitational was held at Midland, MI. A list of which colleges attended and what the players and directors of the tournament hoped for are listed in the Midland Daily News.
MN
Here is a list of teams that played in the Walker tournament this past weekend.
Walker-Hackensack-Akely; Staples; WinEMac; Lake of the Woods; Pine River; Bigfork; Nevis; Pequot Lakes; Greenway; Duluth Denfeld; Verndale; Sebeka; Fosston; International Falls.
Walker and Staples were playing for the title. Bigfork beat Sebeka 44-40 in overtime for 3rd place. Staples beat Bigfork in the semifinals. Bigfork trailed by 11 to Sebeka, but pulled a play out of their bag of tricks, scored the basket, got fouled and made the free throw to send the game into overtime.
SCHEDULING
North Dakota is already in the planning stages for the upcoming move to D1. They realize it will be an uphill struggle to schedule opponents. Here is their dilema from the Grand Forks Herald.
VERBALS
TRANSFERS
THE WEEK AHEAD
This week there will be two summer league championships decided:
Lakeville North will have their final on Tuesday, July 11 at Semis at 5, Finals to follow.
Concordia St. Paul will have their semis & finals on Wednesday, July 12 at 7 and 8 pm.
CALENDAR
Next up: Tomorrow with a Look at the Lynx
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