End of the Trail Wrap, AAU 16s Begin

#1 posting 7.12.2006
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END OF THE TRAIL TOURNAMENT
The End of the Trail tournament wrapped up in Oregon last weekend and there were five MN teams involved in the tournament
North Tartan had a strong tournament finishing second in the Gold Division. Here are their results
North Tartan (73) San Gabriel Valley (36)
North Tartan ( 63) Fairfax Stars 16's (59)
North Tartan (47) OGDL (CA) (38)
North Tartan (54) Fairfax Stars South (51)
North Tartan (53) Mile High Magic - Mattei (42)
Cal Swish Black 17's (58), North Tartan (54) Cal Swish Black was the overall champion of the tournament.
San Jose Cagers Blue (42), North Tartan (39)
Tera Steinbauer was named MVP
Alyssa Karel and Jenny Gilbertson were named to the All Tournament team
NT now has a 33-4 record this AAU season. They open in the National AAU tournament today
Hannah Draxten has a broken fibula and will be out for the next six weeks.

North Tartan Blue was in the Blue division.They opened with a win against West Valley, and then lost to East Bay Xplosion Gold. Next they beat WVBA Silver and then lost to Kalakaua Wahine. They wrapped up the tournament with a loss to Team Alaska

Also in the Blue division MN Thunder opened with a loss to Salt Lake Metro Black. They next lost to Lady Swift Silver. After that Thunder won their next two games against Strictly Hoops and Colorado Springs.

MN Quest was in the Red bracket and they opened with a loss to West Coast Elite Nor Cal. They bounced back with a win against the LaJolla Waves. They fell to the Modesto Magic in the following game. They finished the tournament with a loss to Spokane Stars Red.

South of the River Racers also was in the red bracket and lost their opening game to BBG out of So California by about 14 points. They defeated Rocky Mountain Rockers out of Colorado (Denver area) by 20. In the third game Midwest All Iowa Attack won by 14. SotRR beat Arizona Hype in their final game by 20.

Iowa had a team in the EotT tournament
All Iowa Attack finished as consolation champs in the red bracket. They opened tournament play with a loss to Clutch players. After that they didn't lose with wins against Cal Elite #1, MN South of the River Racers, West Coast Eagles, and East Bay Xplosion 14.
They had two players on the all tournament team: Chelsea Poppens, and Charmaine Bell.

Wisconsin sent one team
WI Playground opened their tournament with a loss to Yakima Elite in the gold bracket. Their next game was another loss to Salt Lake Metro 16. They picked up a win against Portland Elite, but lost their last game to North Texas Shockers.

More complete results are at the Oregon City End of the Trail site.

AAU 16s
The AAU 16 national tournament opens today.
MN Champion North Tartan will open with Dayton OH Metro, and finish with Orlando FL Magic Black. They are in pool N
MN Metro Stars Black open with SC Carolina Heat. They also have a game against Air Oklahoma Stars-Holley today. They are in Pool E.
North Tartan Blue opens with the SO/LA Baton Rouge Amazons. Next up today will be the MA Lady Runnin' Rebels. They are in Pool F
MN Lady Suns made it to the event and they open with PV Fairfax Stars. Their next contest is against the South Florida Lady Jaguars.
Wisconsin's entry Pride will play Team Connecticut in the opener and also face SO/LA Kenner Angels. They are in Pool G
Hey Thorpe maybe you can forget about golfing for one day and go look at some of these games in Orlando!
More from the AAU site.

AAU ROSTERS

SUMMER LEAGUE
Chisago Lakes
Here are the standings after the games on Wednesday June 28
North Branch 8-0
Somerset, WI 6-2
Cambridge 5-3
Zimmerman 5-3
Chisago Lakes Gold 3-5
Osceola, WI 3-5
Chisago Lakes Green 1-7
St. Croix Falls, WI 1-7
The top four teams will play in the semis on July 31.

Concordia St. Paul
Minnehaha beat Mpls Southwest in two games on Monday, and then beat Bloomington Kennedy in three games. Tera Steinbauer was not present for Kennedy. Minnehaha will be playing tonight in the semifinals.

ELITE CAMP OPENINGS
MN
The MN Elite camp has a few openings left for the 2006 camp season. The camp has been in operation since 1989 and is well respected in the camp circles. There are 60 college coaches at all levels that regularly attend this exposure camp. The camp is scheduled for July 25-28 at Concordia St. Paul. It is a great opportunity to play against the best and to be seen by the best.

Any interested players with the desire to play college basketball can apply to be accepted to the camp at http://www.mnelite.com/. They can click on "Interested Players" and fill out the information. The camp will then evaluate the information and possibly accept them into the camp.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Coach Dave Thorpe will not be the first out with a book this year. Mike Schanhofer, former coach at Luxemburg-Casco and now current coach at Menasha in Wisconsin, has written a book "The inside world of coaching: Nightmare or Nirvana?" If you are curious about this book find out more from the Green Bay Press Gazette. Thorpe is hard at work on his publication as we speak.

MOVING UP
HI
La Pietra had a good year in the D2 level in Hawaii this past year, but now they are being moved up to D1 despite the fact that their school is six to seven times smaller than the traditional D1 powers like Punahou. Here is what is happening in Hawaii and how teams are placed in their respective classes. Story is from the Honolulu Advertiser.

COACHING OPENINGS

VERBALS

CALENDAR

TRANSFERS

Thanks to all my readers who keep me and the rest of you up todate.

Next Up: Green Bay Notre Dame vs Fargo South for 3rd place in the HS division. Later tonight the semis and championship from the Concordia St. Paul Summer League.