North Tartan 14s 5th

#1 posting 7.28.2007
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AAU NATIONALS
North Tartan 14s lost to the Jacksonville Rams 65-55 in the 14 quarterfinals. NT finished tied with four others for 5th place.
All Iowa Attack 15s finished in a two way tie for fifth place.

USJN SUMMER FINAL
NC Heat is heading to Schaumburg, IL, to play in the USJN Summer Final.
Games run Sat-Monday.
NC Heat pool play:
6PM Sat: IL-Wolverines 16 Black
8:30PM Sat: IL-West Central Cougars 16 White
1 PM Sun: MO-Team Excel 17
7:15PM Sun: OH-SMAC Premier 15
Other teams involved in this tournament include Randolph, WI; and Iowa Elite.

NIKE NATIONALS
North Tartan Larson headed to Nike Nationals yesterday. They are in Pool B and open with Boo Williams this morning.

CORNHUSKER SHOOTING STARS
NE Bison CSS- Finished 5-1 and as champions of the adidas battle on the plains. They were defeated by MN Stars Borowicz in pool play, but came back to defeat All Iowa Attack by 2 in the Finals on a last second shot.

At the Super 16 girls invitational NE Bison CSS finished 4-2, and 3rd place. They were defeated by the All Iowa Attack by 1 on a free throw as time expired. They defeated All Iowa Attack earlier in the tournament and finished 3-2 against them for the summer. They are now headed to Cincinnati, OH for the USA Summer Slam. The first two games are against the Dayton Lady Hoopsters, and the Ohio Legends, in the 3rd game they await a possible match up against MN Stars Hested.

NE Judds CSS (15U) finished 3-3, and as consolation champs of the 17U elite division in the battle on the plains (played up 2 years).

In Ames they finished 4-2, and 5th place. One of the highlights of the tournament was playing an amazing game against the nationally prominent Arkansas Belles team. The game which was tied with 3 minutes to go in the game, saw the Judds team lose a heart breaker 84-79. They continue to play hard, and hold there own in these older elite divisions.

Next they will head to Cincinnati as well, where they will play up in the Elite blue division, and faced Full Package white (IL) on Friday evening.
The Cornhusker Shooting Stars 8th graders (14U) finished 5-1 and in 3rd place in the adidas finale tournament, in pool play the defeated the always solid All Iowa Attack 14U team by 26 points.

They are now headed to Cinci as well, where they will compete in the 15U division.

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