Becker Opens with Win

#1 posting 11.30.2007
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MINNESOTA REPORTS
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A COACH
6:40 AM---say goodbye to family for the day. Arrive at school by 7 AM----answer e-mails and voice mails, get practice plan and scouting reports ready, get ready for teaching day. Teach all day. Practice from 2:45-5:00. Think about family from 5:00-5:30. Head team team pasta dinner at 5:30. 6:30-7:00---Call home and talk to family. 7:30-9:30----Scout upcoming opponents. 9:45 PM----Arrive at home. Fall asleep. Repeat same schedule tomorrow!

Parents and players----make sure to thank your high school coaching staff today for all the time they put in with your daughters!

AAAA
Bemidji picked up their first win of the year in a 80-53 victory over Thief River Falls. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

Hopkins beat White Bear Lake 74-49 in the first round of the Tartan Tournament. plus other recaps in the StarTribune. Scroll past the hockey recaps.

AAA
#1 Becker beat Andover 76-54. Brianna Mastey had 29 points on a sore leg for the Bulldogs. plus other area results from the St. Cloud Times.

Ellsworth, WI beat Red Wing 49-45. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

Worthington raced past Mankato East 85-66. From the Mankato Free Press.

Hutchinson beat Dassel-Cokato 54-44. From the Hutchinson Leader.

New Ulm beat Madelia 72-31. From the New Ulm Journal.

AA
Montevideo beat Dawson-Boyd 63-58. Plus other recaps in the West Central Tribune.

Holy Family led at half 30-5 as they silenced the Zimmerman Thunder 60-40. From the Elk River Star News.

Bagley beat Clearbrook-Gonvick 42-37. Plus other results from the Bemidji Pioneer.

A
Grand Meadow beat Southland 42-36. From the Austin Daily Herald.

Sari Noga had a triple double for Parkers Prairie in their 74-51 win over Henning. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Cleveland beat Sleepy Eye 61-45. plus other results in the New Ulm Journal.

LATE GAMES
Farmington's 89-78 win over Rochester Century is recounted in the Farmington Independent.

The headline says Eastview, but the story is Lakeville South in the thisweek paper.

PREVIEWS
Marshall has a new regime in charge with Mary Jo coming over from Redwood Valley. From the Marshall Independent.

Winona Cotter is previewed in the Winona Daily News.

Randolph is previewed in the Cannon Falls Beacon.

COACHING NEWS
Andy Meinhardt, Metro Stars Program Director and Bloomington Jefferson Head Coach, has been named head strength and conditioning coach at Jefferson. His duties will include working with all Jefferson athletes in the weight room in the second semester of each school year as well as running the summer strength and conditioning program.

POINT PARADE
AAAA
Melissa Fitz, Mpls Southwest 38 vs Rosemount 59-66
Kayla Hirt, Bemidji 28 vs Thief River Falls 80-53
AAA
Brianna Mastey, Becker 29 vs Andover 76-54
Nikki Gosson, Mankato East 28 vs Worthington 66-85
AA
Brittany Thiesfeld, Glencoe-Silver Lake 36 vs Belle Plaine 69-73
Mackenzie Wolter, Norwood-Young America 27 vs ACGC 51-46 OT
Brittany Chambers, Jordan 27 vs GFW 74-55
A
Sari Noga, Parkers Prairie 33 vs Henning 74-51
Megan Groen, Renville County West 29 vs Lac Qui Parle Valley 69-64 OT
Alycia Dahl, Northern 26 vs Stephen-Argyle 84-33
Anna Wicklund, BGMR 25 vs Roseau 69-42
Cassie Columbus, Red Lake Falls 25 vs Norman County West 57-60

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