Olson Verbals, King Crowned PSL Champ

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OLSON VERBALS
Nelia Olson, IKM, IA has made a verbal to Northern Iowa. The 6-2 forward averaged 18 ppg on the 1A state champions. Olson is the 8th 2007 player from Iowa to Verbal. She will join Erin Brocka, Jacqui Kalin, and Rache Madrigal at Northern Iowa. From the Harlan Tribune.
Signing period begins this week.

MICHIGAN HS ACTION
#1A Detroit King had to scramble to beat Detroit Renaissance 55-53 in the PSL championship. Janay Dockery scored on a drive to give King the lead with less than 30 seconds to go. From the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News.

Allen Park Cabrini beat Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 56-48 in the Catholic East/West championship on Sunday. From the Ann Arbor News.

Brighton faces Howell in a Kensington Valley battle between father and son coaches: father Lee coaches Howell, son Jason is at the helm at Brighton. From the Livingston Press & Argus.
The Detroit News also lists key rivarly games for this week.

Cuba City, WI volleyball players will start their practice season on Thursday as coach Jeff Pustina gave them a few days to recover from the state volleyball tournament. Included are his daughters. Cuba City has won the last two D3 titles. From the Wisconsin State Journal.

EXHIBITION GAMES
Iowa downed Concordia St. Paul 70-50, but the score did not indicate the battle the Hawkeyes faced it was 33-29 Iowa at half. From the Daily Iowan.
Iowa Junior Krista Vande Venter, Osseo, MN, is out for a month (best case) due to her shoulder injury suffered in the Northern State exhibition game. From the Des Moines Register.

Wisconsin crunched Winona State 87-37 and the Badger post players have been pushing each other to improve. From the Capital Times.

Marquette beat UW Parkside 65-49 in exhibition play yesterday.

Notre Dame rolled to an 82-35 exhibition win over Northwood. From the Midland Daily News.

Creighton beat South Dakota 83-74 in exhibition play Sunday. From the Sioux City Journal.

UM Crookston's exhibition losses to Minnesota and South Dakota State are reviewed in the Crookston Daily Times.

NAIA ACTION
Morningside beat Grandview 70-59 Saturday and is now 1-1 on the year. From the Sioux City Journal.

Briar Cliff fell to Waldorf on Monday 59-55. BC was less than 50% from the line and coughed the ball up 26 times. From the Sioux City Journal.

JUCO ACTION
Gogebic CC started off their season with a 82-76 win over Minneapolis CC on Saturday. From the Ironwood Daily Globe.

POINT PARADE
JUCO
Lakita Davis, Minneapolis CC 32 vs Gogebic 76-82
A
Angela Burrell, Detroit Northwestern 24 vs Detroit Pershing 59-64
B
Dominique Dixon, Detroit Renaissance 23 vs Detroit King 53-55
Stephanee Kogelman, Clinton Twp Clintondale 23 vs New Haven 63-30

Next up: tomorrow morning