NC Heat Wins USJN Summer Final

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USJN SUMMER FINAL
NC Heat Won the USJN Summer Final in Chicago yesterday. NCH beat Indiana's Finest 16 Black 70-59 in the quarters; Illinois Pizazz 17 Green 69-55 in the semis and topped it off with a 63-48 win over Chicago Hoops Express I.
CHE beat Team Wisconsin Select 17 54-33 in the semis. TWS17 was the #1 team going into bracket play.

NIKE NATIONALS
North Tartan beat GA/Lina 76ers to make the sweet 16 and will be invited back next year to the event.

SUMMER JAM
MN Stars Antl finished 5-0 to win the Elite Blue Bracket in Cincinnati.
Here are their results
Fri - MN Stars-Antl 71, Cincinnati Royal-Hurley 39
Sat - MN Stars Antl 53, Miami Valley Elite 41
MN Stars Antl 51, Indiana Gym Rats 17U 46
Sun - MN Stars Antl 48, Indiana Elite FTW 16U 45
Championship - MN Stars Antl 72, QCC Xpress 60
"The Girls played incredible this weekend!" said coach Antl. MSA is 9-1 in the past two tournaments in Atlanta and Cincinnati.

Mn Stars - Smith finished 2nd place in the Select Bracket losing to IN Gym Rats 15U by 12.
MN Stars - Hested finished 6th in the Elite Red Bracket losing to Cincinnati Finest Black by 13.

HANCOCK WINS ALEX SUMMER LEAGUE
Hancock Girl's Basketball Team Won the Alex League Title for 3rd Year in a Row. On Wednesday, July 18th, the #1 seeded Hancock girls defeated the #4 seeded Brandon-Evansville Chargers by scores of 21-19 and 27-22 for a total of 48-41. It was best two out of three games at fifteen minutes for each game similar to the Concordia St. Paul Summer League. Stats were as follows:
Points Rebounds Steals Assists
Jenny Noordmans 16 2 3 1
Chelsea Voorhees 11 3 1 2
Bree Holleman 14 5 3 3
Hannah Newhouse 4 2 1 0
Kelsey Olson 3 1 0 1
Lindsie Cunningham 0 2 2 1
Kaylee Voorhees 0 1 0 2
Totals 48 16 12 10

Coach Holleman commented, "The officials called a very tight game which resulted in the Owls giving up a lot of points on fouls. The girls played with a lot of heart and intensity and took excellent care of the basketball in the final minutes."

In the Championship game, the Lady Owls were matched up against the #2 seeded Minnewaska Lakers. The Lakers defeated Alexandria in the prior game to advance to the championship game. Hancock defeated Waska by scores of 21-10 and 22-17 for a total of 43-27. Stats were as follows:
Points Rebounds Steals Assists
Jenny Noordmans 13 3 1 2
Chelsea Voorhees 4 9 0 4
Bree Holleman 20 2 0 4
Hannah Newhouse 2 3 0 0
Kelsey Olson 0 1 0 1
Lindsie Cunningham 3 0 1 0
Kaylee Voorhees 1 0 2 0
Totals 43 18 4 11

Coach Holleman commented, "This game was very rough from start to finish. I was proud of how the girls kept their composure and worked together as a team to pull out the victory. The girls are playing some excellent basketball right now. I hope it carries over to the Sweet 16 tournament."

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