Even More Signings, Even More Previews

#4 posting 11.16.2007
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

SIGNINGS
There is a slide show of the Chaska players that are signing this year including girls basketball player Courtney Boylan wearing the Michigan sweatshirt. From the Chaska Herald.

Platte-Geddes Teri VerSteeg singed with Augustana. From the Yankton Press & Dakotan.

Central Michigan added four players: Brandie Baker, Cheritee Green and Skylar Miller plus junior college transfer Laura Baker.

Amanda Viehauser of Armstrong is the first to ink with UW Milwaukee.

Upper Iowa added five with three Iowa players: Lana Otting of Cascade; Kate Dekker of Centerville; Andi Waugaman of Waukee and two Minnesota players: Lyndsay Westgaard of Big Lake; and Melissa Fitz of Minneapolis Southwest.

Davenport Assumption is send Lauren Lybbert to Army and Annie Smith to SW MN State.

Kira Carter, A 5-6 guard from Indianapolis North Central is off to Oakland University (Mich.).
and
Elizabeth Mercer, 6-3 center from Western Boone, Indiana is headed to IUPUI.
Juco Transfer: Lauren Kenney, 6-0, Mooresville (Ind.) and Lincoln Trail (Ill.) Community College will attend Valparaiso University.

PREVIEWS
D1
Two Rochester Area players on the Gophers are featured in the Post Bulletin: Katie Ohm of Elgin-Millville and walk on Diane Brown of Rochester Century.

D2
UM Crookston opens with back to back contests with a pair of UMAC teams---UM Morris and Crown. From the Crookston Times.

Bemidji State is previewed in the Bemidji Pioneer.

MSU Moorhead's game with Montana State Billings gets a look see in the Fargo Forum.

North Dakota's game with Metro State is the subject of an article in the Grand Forks Herald. Minnetonka's Alyssa Benson plays for Metro State.

Nebraska Kearney have high expectations this year. From the Grand Island Independent.

Northern State University opens its regular season tonight at the Wayne State Invite in Wayne, Nebraska. Four teams are participating at the competition including Northern State, Wayne State, Colorado School of Mines and Colorado Christian. Northern State plays Colorado School of Mines tonight and Colorado Christian tomorrow.

Wayne State has Mara Hjelle (Mahtomedi) on the roster while Northern State has ten players on the roster from Minnesota including local metro players Ashley Genske (Mayer Lutheran), Ryanne Brockhaus (Prior Lake), Jessica Peterson (Chisago Lakes), Jaclyn Arns (St. Michael-Albertville), and Krissy O'Toole (Wayzata). Northern State plays the University of North Dakota, who is ranked #1 in DII in the country in the USA Today/ESPN 2007-8 preseason poll, on Tuesday evening in Aberdeen.

D3
St. Benedict's Mackenzie O’Neil is ready for the start of the season. From the St. Cloud Times.

Macalester is previewed in the student paper the Mac Weekly.

The Lakeland Lady Muskies are pumped up for the new year. From the Lakeland Mirror the student newspaper.

UW Oshkosh is going with a youth movement. From the Oshkosh Northwestern.

Emily O'Hare and Jenny Cowen are Hope answers from the bench. From the Holland Sentinel.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE REPORTS
Madison Area handed Central Lakes their second straight loss 74-58. Stacy Butler (Brainerd) led CL with 14.

Here is the reports from the game I saw Wednesday night in Brainerd when NDSCS beat the Central Lakes Raiders 77-35. From the Wahpeton Daily News and Brainerd Dispatch.

On Thursday, Northwestern IA JV edged MN West 85-81. Ashlee Domine (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 23 for MN West.
On Wednesday, Iowa Lakes topped MN West 77-67. Ashlee Domine had 28 that contest.

St. Clair County CC is headed to Muskegon for the East West tournament. From the Port Huron Times Herald.

Des Moines Area CC split their games last weekend. From the Boone News Republican.

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