Champlin Park Wins Sweet 16

#2 posting 8.6.2006
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CHAMPLIN PARK WINS SWEET 16
Champlin Park won the Sweet 16 title with a 70-60 win over Class A Cedar Mountain-Comfrey. It was the first time a Class A team made it to the finals. CP beat CMC last week in the MN inviational semifinals held at St. Benedict's. It was the second straight title for CP in as many weeks. At least the last four winners of the Sweet 16 have made the finals of the State tournament in March. Last year the 2nd place team won it all (Hopkins). If the method holds true it is a good omen for both teams. More on this game on Thursday

Champlin Park beat Becker 72-57 or was it 70-59, in the semifinals. Becker had a 19-9 lead in the first quarter. CP took the lead at 46-44 right before the end of the 3rd quarter. Three consecutive (not possessions) 3s in the 4th quarter took the game from 50-48 CP to 59-52 CP. More on this game on Wednesday

CMC shocked Hopkins 47-43 in the other game. CMC was 21/29 at the line in that contest while Hopkins was 8/17. Hopkins didn't help their cause with 17 turnovers. Extra bonus coverage of this game on Wednesday.

In other action today
Consolation Championship
Semifinals
Crookston 60, DeLaSalle 44
St. Paul Central 66, Ada-Borup 58
Championship Consolation 9th place
St. Paul Central 87, Crookston 59 SPC played up to their billing in this game. They had too much speed for Crookston. More on this game Tuesday
3rd Consolation 11th place
DeLaSalle 65, Ada-Borup 60
Consolation Consolation Semifinals
Minneapolis South 57, Nicollet 41
Barnesville 42, Kingsland 30
Consolation 7th place 15th place overall
Nicollet 62, Kingsland 44
Consolation 5th Place 13th place overall
Barnesville 63, Minneapolis South 56
5th place Semifinals
Rogers 54, Winona Cotter 51
Fulda 52, Minneapolis Roosevelt 49 ot
7th place
Winona Cotter 62, Minneapolis Roosevelt 47
5th place
Fulda 65, Rogers 63 overtime
3rd place
Hopkins 57, Becker 42

IS SHE OR ISN'T SHE?
In the Minneapolis Roosevelt progam Talisha Barlow was listed on the roster. She never was at the Sweet 16. She was at Roseville last year. An interested party at the tournament said Barlow is to remain at Roseville. This is an interesting situation.

OTHER SUMMER LEAGUES
Cedar Mountain-Comfrey won the Marshall Summer League and their own.
Crookston won the Grand Forks summer League. They also took 2nd place in the Mandan Tournament.

COACHING NEWS
MN
Greg Heinecke is the new Blake coach. He previously has been an assistant at Maple Grove.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ELIZABETH

Next up: tomorrow with the general news of the day. A look at the Lynx in their last homestand. and two out & abouts Becker/St. Paul Central; and Minneapolis Roosevelt/Kingsland.