Sweet 16 to Final 4

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The final four have been set for the Sweet 16 tournament at St. Benedict's College in St. Joseph, MN.

SWEET 16
Hopkins 72, Nicollet 42....Caitlin Rowland had 32 points for Hopkins
Rogers 58, DeLaSalle 36
Winona Cotter 62, Mpls South 56
Cedar Mountain-Comfrey 56, Crookston 48
Becker 53, St. Paul Central 47...SPC did not score in the 3rd quarter. Brianna Mastey had 20 for Becker. I will report on this game on Monday.
Fulda 47, Barnesville 46...Fulda hit the game winner at the buzzer.
Champlin Park 60, Ada-Borup 45
Minneapolis Roosevelt 41, Kingsland 40....Kingsland took the lead with 8.5 seconds left. Charnell Marshall made two free throws with 2.5 to win it for Roosevelt. I will report on this game on Monday as well.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS
DeLaSalle 68, Nicollet 34
Crookston 61, Minneapolis South 59
St. Paul Central 65, Barnesville 59
Ada-Borup 54, Kingsland 45
QUARTERFINALS
Hopkins 67, Rogers 46....another big game for Rowland. Close game that broke open.
Cedar Mountain-Comfrey 69, Winona Cotter 63...Devin Bowlin for WC was hampered by fouls throughout the contest. At the start of the 4th quarter it was 46-45 CMC. They built it up to 64-49. More on this game on Tuesday.
Becker 61, Fulda 40
Champlin Park 74, Minneapolis Roosevelt 63

So here are the games I will be reporting on this week
Monday: Becker/St. Paul Central; Minneapolis Roosevelt/Kingsland
Tuesday: Cedar Mountain-Comfrey/Winona Cotter
Wednesday: Becker/Champlin Park Semifinal
Thursday: Championship

MISSING IN ACTION
These players did not play today for their squads for one reason or another
Hopkins: Steph Sension, Injured
Rogers: Stephanie Williams
Minneapolis South: Tayler Hill
St. Paul Central: Ebony Black, injured
Minneapolis Roosevelt: Kiara Strickland, family vacation
Kingsland: Paisly Larson, injury

INJURY REPORT
Kamille Wahlin, Crookston left the Mpls South game with a cut that reportedly needed stitches. Ephesia Holmes, Mpls South had ice on an ankle after that game as well.

MORE TRANSFERS
St. Paul Central had two more players transfer in. Jessi Bartz from Rochester John Marshall; and Sam Robinson-Ricks from St. Paul Highland Park.
Rumors are still flying about more shifts. Stay tuned.

HS TRANSFERS

HERE & THERE
After the Roosevelt/Kingsland game I went to Taco John's. When I got there Gary Gillis, former coach at Storden-Jeffers, and Red Rock Central was there. He was there watching Cedar Mountain-Comfrey. His son in law Ken Thiesen is the head coach at CMC. This is the first year that Cedar Mountain and Comfrey are paired. They have at least 7 returning starters.

Back in the day when I was involved with the Osseo program and we were involved in the sweet 16 the coaching staff would always squirm. We were always second guessing every move our own coach was making. That tradition is alive and well.

THINGS TO COME
In the summer of '96 Osseo had a team loaded with talent, big and physical, but they lost in the quarterfinals in the sweet 16 to Barnum, a class A team. That set the tone for the entire year, and we never really achieved what we were capable of.
On the flip side in the summer of '99 Osseo won the Sweet 16 with a core group that got along. They didn't bring a lot of players up, in fact they only had six. That group went on to win the 2000 AAAA title in March.
Much of what happens in the Sweet 16 can be a harbinger of things to come.


So tomorrow's games are set up like this
5th place consolation
Nicollet vs Minneapolis South
Barnesville vs Kingsland

consolation semifinals
DeLaSalle vs Crookston
St. Paul Central vs Ada-Borup

5th place bracket
Rogers vs Winona Cotter
Fulda vs Minneapolis Roosevelt

Semifinals
Hopkins vs Cedar Mountain-Comfrey
Becker vs Champlin Park

For those of you expecting a Lynx offense tonight, I am postponing that until tomorrow morning.

Next up: Lynx offense and general news in the morning with the final results from the sweet 16 later in the day.