Massacres, and Mercenaries, Photos Too

#1 posting 3.8.2007
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MINNESOTA REPORTS
If it was Black Tuesday for #1 seeds in AAAA on Tuesday it was the Wednesday Night Massacre for #1s for class A last night. Three #1s went down with the biggest being #4 Barnum's loss to Bigfork. Section 4 (where I was last night) had both #1s fall. Barnum joins #3 Cedar Mt-Comfrey on the sidelines

AAA
1: #3 Northfield upset #2 Albert Lea in a long weather delayed semifinal. #1 New Prague clipped Red Wing 66-46.

AA
5: Eden Valley-Watkins slipped by Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 51-48. plus a brief recap of the Norwood-Young America 55-42 win over Mayer Lutheran From the St. Cloud Times.
7: The top teams advance here and sets up a rematch of a narrow win by #1 west Crosby-Ironton over #1 East Esko. CI beat Eveleth-Gilbert 63-53 while Esko beat Lake of the Woods 67-58.

A
7: #1 South Barnum fell to #2 North Bigfork 46-35. A night after racking up 49, Colleen McKay had 22, but she never got the help and support from the rest of her teammates. Barnum led at half time 22-19 with McKay providing 17. Bigfork's senior posts made sure McKay was well covered. Bigfork was up by seven with 3:37 left on the clock and held the ball until Barnum finally fouled Shelby Goble. She sunk them both. Barnum couldn't hang on to the ball as they were pretty shook up and Bigfork got it back. Jordan Beach put up a 2 at the buzzer and it went in.
#1 North Chisholm did survive another day with a 61-50 win over Wrenshall.

Here are some reader submitted photos of the action last night with Bigfork and Barnum. McKay is passing in the first with two Bigfork Huskies surrounding her. Photo #2 has the jubilation of Bigfork on their upset win. They face neighborhood rival Chisholm on Friday in Hibbing. Chisholm beat Bigfork early in the year.


PREVIEWS
FINALS TODAY
AAAA
3: The Marquee match up is St. Paul Central vs Cretin-Derham Hall. They have two of the better point guards around: Angel Robinson vs Alyssa Karel. That match up alone is worth the price of admission. Action is at St. Paul Arlington, tip off at 7 pm
AAA
In section 2 Marshall plays Worthington tonight in Mankato. Everyone knows firecracker Macie Michelson, many in the state don't know the impact Anna Full has had on Marshall's success this year. From the Marshall Independent. Worthington is looking to stop the Marshall ride. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
3; Another very interesting match up is on tap in Hastings with Holy Angels seeing DeLaSalle. HA won their only meeting at DLS 62-58 back in late January.
AA
In section 1 Caledonia, the upset victor over #1 Winona Cotter will play Kingsland for the right to go to state tonight. Paisley Larson, Kingsland's five year starter, gets a spotlight also. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
A
Rushford-Peterson has doubled their wins from a year ago and faces New Life in the finals in 1A. From the Rochester Post Bulletin. The Winona Daily News also looks at RPs chances.

TOMORROW
In 3A #4 North Dawson-Boyd hopes to keep its upset string going when they play the defending A champs Fulda on Friday at Southwest State. From the West Central Tribune. Also the Marshall Independent looks at DBs chances for upset #3.

In 8AAAA Moorhead will see St. Cloud Tech. Gina Jaroszewski is one of the cogs in the Moorhead machine. From the Fargo Forum.

TRANSFERS AND POLITICIANS
The state senate committee said no that would let kids play right away when they transfer. From the StarTribune.
The politicians must have heard from angry constituents. They can't be totally tone deaf to what is going on. This is a problem that the MSHSL is trying to get a handle on. There are abuses. Mercenary sports, this gun for hire, is not the way to go. Politicians are working to destroy their own schools if they get in the way of the new MSHSL proposals.

SNOW JOB
Chuck Skarie is the coordinator for the tournaments in section 1 and he has been busy the last few weeks with two storms that played havoc with the schedule. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

LATE REPORTS
Apparently the season wasn't over for Glenville-Emmons and Hope Lutheran after they lost in the sections. They played a make up game on Monday and it worked out for GE's Ashley Lau to get to the 1000 point mark as she scored 7 to reach the milestone. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

In regular section play it was Roseville over Stillwater on Tuesday 61-53 in the 4AAAA semis. From the Stillwater Gazette.
Forest Lake has won two games in 4AAAA and finds itself in the finals. Their first win was over North St. Paul 53-34, and their semifinal upset of #1 White Bear Lake 49-47 put them on the verge of State. Coach Jen Wagner is out on maternity leave too. From the Forest Lake Times.

Crookston's 8AA North 73-60 championship win over East Grand Forks is recounted in the Crookston Times.

AAU SEASON
The Minneapolis Lady Lakers are very excited to have Tyrone Doleman as a coach and he also brought 3 more outstanding coaches for their program. Their tryouts are Sunday, March 11 at Mpls Washburn from 2 to 4 pm. If You have not preregestered on the web come 1/2 hour early

POINT PARADE for games of Mar 7, 2007
AA
Annie Adams, Crosby-Ironton 32 vs Eveleth-Gilbert 63-53
A
Autumn Beasley, Heritage Christian 30 vs Maranatha 54-60
Sigrid Casey, Chisholm 26 vs Wrenshall 616-50

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