Open Enrollment May Tighten

#1 posting 7.4.2006
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OPEN ENROLLMENT
MN
The MN State HS League has set up a committee to look at the problems associated with open enrollment. The State is looking at other options like forcing the player to sit out a year as will be done in Wisconsin if the transfer is after the 10th grade year. In the article Mpls Roosevelt's girls program is highlighted.
My opinion: I have never heard of a kid transferring because they have better test tubes at the neighboring school. It is all about the winning, and exposure. Kids want to play on a team that wins and they think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Many times it isn't. Many transfers are what I call "Moth to the Candle" The athlete wants to be on a team that wins, gets better exposure, has better perceived connections. I know a lot of transfers are generated by summer ball. I haven't heard cases like in Seattle with the Stealth HS promising scholarships, cars and other enticements here in MN. This isn't only a MN issue. It is universal.
Here is the story from the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

TRANSFERS

SIGNINGS/VERBALS
IA
Jocelyn Anderson, Des Moines Area CC has made a verbal to Iowa State. The 6-4 center will be ready to attend ISU in the fall of 2007. More from the Des Moines Register.

VERBALS

TOURNAMENTS
AAU 12u NATIONALS
Both MN teams were dropped from the championship bracket yesterday. Mpls Lady Cats won their first game in pool play over Potomac Valley Lady Majic 72-58, but they lost the next round to MA Elite 60-43. The Lady Suns, coached by Erica Haugen, lost their first game in championship play to VA Lady Neptunes 48-43.
Both teams are now in the consolation round. The Suns play GA Peak Performance Gold at 1:45 today, While the Lady Cats play at 8:45 with the team to be determined.

AAU ROSTERS

PIERRE SUCCESS
SD
Pierre has a new energy now that Coach Lisa Kannegeiter has arrived. They finished third in the Twin City Hoops tournament last weekend. Here is more on the prospects for Pierre this summer from the Capital Journal.

RAISING $$$
ND
Here is how the Prairie Shooters raise money for their various trips in the summer. The story is from KFYR TV.

COACHING NEWS
MN
Hopkins has a new JV coach. Brian Fell replaces Mike Gridley who will be taking over the varsity assistant job vacated by Chuck Burmeister. Fell coached at Osceola, WI and won three consecutive Middle Border Conference titles.

COACHING OPENINGS

CALENDAR

Next up: later in the day Out & Abouts: Prairie Shooters vs MN Summit; and SD Elite vs Iowa Elite II

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY