All Star Weekend

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MINNESOTA REPORTS

ALL STAR WEEKEND
The All Star series starts off in Rochester on Saturday night this year and finishes up in St. Thomas on Saturday. At 6 on Saturday it will be A vs AAA, at 8 pm it will be AA vs AAAA.
The StarTribune has the rosters of the four classes.
The Rochester Post Bulletin has the local angle.
Janessa Wolff, Park Rapids will be seen my many fans for the first time. She was Gatorade player of the year. From the Star Tribune.

COACHING NEWS
Brittany Schneider has resigned as coach at Westbrook-Walnut Grove. She coached for a year and a half. She gave birth to a daughter in January.

STARS OF TOMORROW
On May 5th the "Stars of Tomorrow" 7th/8th Grade Girls BBall Camp will take place at the MAC Center in Verona, Wisconsin. The camp will feature current/former college basketball players:

Jolene Anderson -Wisconsin
Mariah Dunham - Wisconsin
Danielle Ward - Wisconsin
Ashley Josephson - Wisconsin
Erin Monfre - Marquette
Kelly Lam - Marquette
Krystal Ellis - Marquette
Emily Markert - Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Traci Edwards - Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ana Wurtz - Winona State
Heidi Arciszewski - Wisconsin-Eau Claire

The showcase will feature some of the top 7th/8th grade girls basketball players in the Midwest. Participants will receive great instruction, play with and against great competition and have a fun day of basketball. The cost is ONLY $50 and shirt/jersey and lunch are included. If you have talented 7th/8th graders in your youth program that could benefit from this experience please have them get registered ASAP at www.blueprintsas.com/eventregistration.asp . Thank you for your time and we hope to see your girls on the 5th!!

MURDER
A former basketball player from Albert Lea, April (Larson) Sorenson (1998), was murdered before her house was set on fire in Rochester. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

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