#1 posting 2.16.2007
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MINNESOTA REPORTS
MARQUEE EVENT TONIGHT: #1AA Winona Cotter at #4AA Hayfield at 6 pm (part of boys/girls double header)
AAAA
Champlin Park beat Blaine on Jenny Theisen's game winning three pointer as the buzzer sounded on senior night. She ended up with 14. CP was down 62-60 with 1.9 seconds left under their own basket and Theisen caught the inbounds and drained the 3.
Also in the contest CP's Natalie Gigler passed Mindy Schmidt to become the school's all time leading scorer with her 4th point of the evening. Schmidt had 1384 career points. Gigler scored 18 and has 1399 after the game. Ashlynn Fuller had 18.
St. Cloud Tech defeated Fergus Falls 52-42 in Central Lakes action. Jordyn Sears topped the 1000 point mark for St. Cloud Tech with 17 points.
AAA
Marshall pounded Jackson County Central 75-43. Macie Michelson topped the 2000 point mark in the first half on her way to 25 on the night. From the Marshall Independent.
You read (I hope) the Becker/Rogers out & about last night. Now you can compare that story with the on in the Elk River Star News. The St. Cloud Times leads with this contest plus other recaps.
Willmar topped St. Cloud Apollo 61-49 in Central Lakes action. From the West Central Tribune.
AA
ACGC won a share of the West Central South title with a 61-44 win over Morris. plus other recaps in the West Central Tribune.
New London-Spicer stopped Melrose 65-42, plus other recaps in the West Central Tribune.
West Central bumped off Lake Park-Audubon 48-37 from the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.
East Grand Forks stomped Climax-Fisher 66-29. From the Grand Forks Herald.
Pipestone halted Worthington 75-63. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
A
Rushford-Peterson overcame illness and beat Fillmore Central 53-46. From the Winona Daily News.
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg dropped Benson 68-59 in a nonconference game. plus other recaps in the West Central Tribune.
Battle Lake won the Little 8 title with a 52-48 win over Underwood.
Brandon-Evansville shot 57% in a 75-45 win over Rothsay.
Ashby pushed past Parkers Prairie 72-59.
The 3 above from the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.
Ellsworth edged SW MN Christian with a free throw by Brooke Kramer. plus other recaps in the Worthington Daily Globe.
Bigfork defeated Littlefork-Big Falls in the battle of the Forks by a score of 68-42. Bigfork won the first contest also by 26 points in an ironic fact.
Bonnie Albright, Lanesboro reached the 1000 point mark with 15 points in a 66-31 win over Glenville-Emmons
Kaitlyn Kramer passed Laura Wendorff in Fulda's all time point list. She did this last Saturday. The new Fulda record is 1804 and counting.
PLAYOFF BRACKETS OUT
Section 1A and 1AA East seeds plus 2AA East are found in the Rochester Post Bulletin.
West Central is the #1 seed in the 3AA North section.
FEATURE
Tori Abernathy, Greenway, is focused on rebounding. From the Hibbing Daily Tribune.
POINT PARADE for games of Feb. 15, 2007
AAAA
Yaasiniyn Salahn-Din, St. Paul Como Park 32 vs St. Paul Arlington 72-77
Melissa Fitz, Mpls Southwest 29 vs Mpls Roosevelt 65-60
Tayler Hill, Mpls South 28 vs Mpls Edison 102-31
Ashley Carr, Irondale 25 vs North Branch 59-73
AAA
Whitney Trecker, New Prague 30 vs Red Wing 56-45
Kiara Strickland, Mpls Roosevelt 26 vs Mpls SW 60-65
Sarah Boever, Worthington 25 vs Pipestone 63-75
Kyla Riley, St. Paul Humboldt 25 vs St. Paul Johnson 69-78
AA
Carla Anderson, Eveleth-Gilbert 35 vs Cook 60-53
Renae Henjum, New London-Spicer 29 vs Melrose 65-42
Robin Nelson, Brooklyn Center 28 vs MN Transitions 78-62
Hannah Linz, Eden Valley-Watkins 27 vs Rockford 59-53
Taylor Davis, Crookston 26 vs Thief River Falls 82-61
Dianne Blommel, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 25 vs St. Cloud Cathedral 66-77
A
Kaci Johnson, Cherry 39 vs Babbitt-Embarrass 69-48
Pamela Frazee, Tower-Soudan 38 vs Mt Iron-Buhl 88-82
Brittany Forsberg, Grygla-Goodridge 37 vs EGF Sacred Heart 74-77 2 ot
Kayli Schumacher, EGF Sacred Heart 35 vs Grygla-Goodridge 77-74 2 ot
Stephanie Roggenbuck, Osakis 31 vs Upsala 59-49
Ellis, MN Transitions 30 vs Brooklyn Center 62-78
Lacey Janzen, MLBO 29 vs Westbrook-Walnut Grove 84-59
Elizabeth Schenkey, BGMR 28 vs Northern 54-47
Brooke Winscher, Royalton 28 vs Browerville 83-19
Kelli Correll, Round Lake-Brewster 26 vs Murray County Central 54-65
Lacey Sprague, McGregor 25 vs Carlton 55-67
Abbey Bentley, Norman County East 25 vs Mahnomen 50-55
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Next up: more on the parade of states. college reports, and another out & about later tonight.