Summer Wrap

#1 posting 7.31.2006
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AAU/SUMMER SEASON
Here are the winners of the AAU tournaments
19 Georgia Magic
16 Florida FBVA Orlando Comets Red
15 Cincinnati's Finest Lady Ballers
14 Alabama Southern Stars
13 Potomac Valley Lady Majic (their spelling)
12 Air Oklahoma Stars
11 Missouri Valley Eclipse
10 Tennesse Team Pride
9? Southern Pacific NJB Stars

Other Tournaments
MN State: 19 MN Stars; 16 North Tartan; 15 NC Heat 14 MN Metro Stars 13 North Tartan 12 Mpls Lady Cats.
Bloomington Jefferson: 17-19 Iowa Select I; 16 North Tartan
End of the Trail: Cal Swish Black 17
Dakota Showcase: Daubert Pinnacle Nebraska
Great Lakes Shootout I: MN Triple Threat
Miss Basketball: 17 South Dakota Elite 16 MN Quest 15 WI Lakeside Lady Scholars
Adidas Mid America Shoot Out: South Dakota Elite
North Tartan Meltdown: North Tartan
Nike Chicago Summer Showcase: Green Division MN Quest

SWEET 16
The last big tournament of the summer season in Minnesota is the Sweet 16. No schedules are up yet. Four teams in each class are invited. Most of these teams will be fighting for their respective championships in March. At least for the past four years who ever has been in the championship game has won their class title the next year: (summer title/march title) 2002/2003 Woodbury; 2003/2004 Hopkins; 2004/2005 Rochester Lourdes; 2005/2006 Hopkins finished second to Bloomington Kennedy in the Sweet 16, but turned the tables in March. I know Lakeville won it and went on to their titles in the Podominick era and Osseo won in Hana Peljto's last year. This tournament can set the trajectory, if done right, for the rest of the winter season. You will be getting reports from these games next week.

SUMMER LEAGUE
The last known summer league is holding their championships tonight at Chisago Lakes HS. North Branch will play Osceola, WI; and Cambridge faces Somerset, WI in the other.

COACHING NEWS
MN
Word is Barnesville coach Trevor Schneeberger has left for Mayville State and an assistant position there.
DeLaSalle has new assistants including Zeb Mosley, formerly an assistant at Andover; Shannon Bolden, former Gopher, and April Calhoun, another ex-Gopher. Calhoun will help when she is able.

COACHING OPENINGS

INJURY UPDATES
MN
Paige Pals, Pipestone has reinjured her knee that she injured this past season. It appears she will not be able to play her senior season.

TRANSFERS
MN
Barnesville not only lost its coach but also Kelsey Jacobson has left for Moorhead.

I hear rumors everytime I am at a tournament, but I won't be listing them until they walk through the doors of their new school. Needless to say things are unsettled. There are some big names that may land somewhere else. Stay tuned.

HS TRANSFERS

VERBALS

Next up: We have the Lynx, We have two Out & abouts from the Meltdown yesterday--Mpls Lady Lakers vs Purple Aces; North Tartan Blue vs Kansas City Keys. And a look at the finals from the summer league at Chisago Lakes