Fall Week That Was: Treys Bien

#2 posting 10.18.2007
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THE FALL WEEK THAT WAS #4:TREY BIEN

It was raining 3s last Sunday in the fall girls basketball games I witnessed with 7 made by Barnum vs Goodhue; 5 made by Diamond Lane in Midtown Lady Monarch's win over Forest Lake Maroon; and 17 total in the Suns vs Henry Sibley contest. Kayla Hulsebus struck for six for the Suns. A lot of these players I saw on Sunday have yet to lace up their sneakers in varsity competition. Not only will some of these players see court time, they will be making an impact. Youngsters for the Midtown Lady Monarchs and some of the Suns, I predict will create waves.

Beyond that I saw a couple more teams that I didn't report on because I got there late. A tight game featuring the Heat (a multiple school team from the Rochester Area) and Farmington at the Red Division at Henry Sibley was won by the Heat 29-24 in an intense game down to the wire. Later the Heat lost to the Cougars 33-30 making a tie with Farmington (or the Lady Lightning).

Last Sunday also marked the end, and the beginning. The MYAS and Apple Valley Fall Leagues wrapped up their sessions. The Breakdown opened their fall season at Lakeville South and Becker.

TEAM OF THE WEEK
Barnum has a potent inside out combination with former perimeter Megan Myhre now playing with her back to the basket. The appropriately named Bombers have sharpshooters from every angle on the outside. Their back story from last year was a disappointing loss in the 7A semis to Bigfork after finishing 3rd in the 2006 Minnesota State A tournament. They will be looking to get back to the main event in March. They were the most efficient team last week with a pp100 of 104 against previously undefeated Goodhue. Goodhue also will be playing deep in March. So the 20 point victory was convincing against a quality opponent.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
This is a player that hasn't played varsity yet, but I am sure will be seeing plenty of minutes this winter: Kayla Hulsebus, St. Croix Lutheran. Hulsebus has her three point stroke down with six in the game against Henry Sibley. She runs the floor well and scored in transition. She also was a force on defense getting a double double with 10 defensive stops to go along with her 24 points. In her game she had a week high 150.0 pp100 and a floor % of .563.

FIRST TEAM
Katie Ahlstrom, Henry Sibley
Kayla Hulsebus, Suns (St. Croix Lutheran)
Diamond Lane, Midtown Lady Monarchs (DeLaSalle)
Megan Myhre, Barnum
Tori Rule, Midtown Lady Monarchs (DeLaSalle)
HONORABLE MENTION
Gina Lange, Forest Lake Maroon
Anna Ramboldt, Goodhue
Molly Steele, Forest Lake Maroon

DEFENSIVE TEAM
Elaine Garcia, Henry Sibley
Jade Geif, Suns (Lakeville South)
Kayla Hulsebus, Suns (St. Croix Lutheran)
Gina Lange, Forest Lake
Tori Rule, Midtown Lady Monarchs (DeLaSalle) captain

PAST WINNERS
Team...player....defensive
3 Centennial White....Jenna Lillemoe, Hopkins....Micah Sater, Centennial White
2 Spartans (MN Stars Showcase)..... Cassie Rochel, Spartans (Lakeville South).....Cassie Rochel
1 St. Paul Central......Megan Howard, St. Paul Central..... Megan Howard

POLL
1. St. Paul Central
2. Centennial White
3. Hopkins
4. Osseo White
5. Rascals
6. Centennial Red
7. Suns
8. Barnum
9. Midtown Lady Monarchs
10. Redhawks

GAMES THIS WEEK
BREAKDOWN LEAGUE
SOUTH
10 am Park-Cottage Grove vs Lakeville North
11 am Chaska vs Minneapolis South
NORTH
9 am Becker I vs Becker II
10 am Becker I vs Moorhead
10 am Becker II vs Albany

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next up: tomorrow morning.