MN Final Edition: Top 10 List, Mercy, Mercy

#1 posting 12.21.2007
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MINNESOTA REPORTS
TOP 10 Countdown
10. 1000 Point Club: Taylor Voss of #2 AA Albany reached the 1000 point mark in a 72-46 win over Melrose. Voss ended up with 29 on the night. Casey Christian of Prior Lake reached the 1000 point mark with 12 in a 55-40 loss to Edina.

9. Big scoring... still a loss. Autumn Beasley (Heritage Christian) had 35 points, and Madeline Ehrich (Concordia Bloomington) had 42 points, but their teams still were defeated. HC lost to Rockford 66-49. CB lost to St. Agnes 63-58 OT.

8. Jordyn Sears is now the all time leading scorer at #8AAAA St. Cloud Tech with 25 points in a 67-51 win over city rival Apollo. From the St. Cloud Times.

7. In a big Southwest Conference match up #5 AAA Worthington beat Marshall 66-53. From the Worthington Daily Globe and Marshall Independent.

6. #6 AAAA Hopkins took their revenge on Minneapolis Roosevelt 78-51. Last year it was Roosevelt with the win.

5. #1 AA Crookston beat Moorhead 79-73. Crookston led at half 50-45. Depending on what paper you read Crookston's Kamille Wahlin had 27 (Fargo) or 30 (Grand Forks). From the Fargo Forum.

4. #4 AA New London-Spicer nailed 10 treys in a 84-36 win over Foley. Five Wildcats hit from behind the arc. Also Renae Henjum of NLS became the all time school shot block leader with 354. She had 6 on the night. From the West Central Tribune.

3. Brainerd edged # 7AAA Fergus Falls 46-45 in overtime in a Central Lakes Contest.

2. Anne Berner had a monster game for Forest Lake with 28 points, 25 rebounds in rallying from 12 down at halftime in a 68-57 win over Cambridge-Isanti. (check last night's out & about)

1. #6 AA Pipestone rallied from 14 down at halftime to beat the #1 SD class A team West Central 67-63. Faith Tinklenberg had 22 for the Arrows.

AAAA
Hastings won their first game of the year with a 54-48 victory over Rochester Century. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

AAA
Willmar beat Little Falls 60-43. From the West Central Tribune.

Sartell beat Sauk Rapids 68-47. plus other results in the St. Cloud Times.

AA
Lake City rolled over Hope Lutheran 70-37. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

NRHEG beat Mankato Loyola with freshman free throws. From the Mankato Free Press.

Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted beat Zimmerman 65-39. From the Elk River Star News.

Montevideo knocked Minnewaska off the unbeaten list 55-47. From the West Central Tribune.

Benson topped YME 54-51. plus other results from the Marshall Independent.

DGF knocked West Central off the unbeaten ranks 64-58. From the Fargo Forum.

East Grand Forks beat Grand Forks Central 73-54. From the Grand Forks Herald.

A
Fillmore Central beat Southland 62-50. Houston beat Lyle-Pacelli 63-32. From the Rochester Post-Bulletin.

New Ulm Cathedral beat Lakeview 58-52. plus other results from the New Ulm Journal.

Fulda rallied from 12 down to beat Adrian 81-71. plus other results from the Worthington Daily Globe.

Truman beat Windom 63-57 in overtime. From the Fairmont Sentinel.

Park Christian beat Rothsay 54-30. From the Fargo Forum.

Fargo Oak Grove beat Hillcrest Lutheran 72-69. plus other results from the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

MERCY, MERCY
Michael Rand of the StarTribune looks at lopsided games (mostly on the boys end) and what should be done.
Here is how to stop massacres
#1 do a better job of scheduling---that goes for both teams. What advantage do you gain from scheduling cupcakes and cream puffs? It gives an inflated sense of how good a team really is. Yes I understand about "hurted feewings" but just don't schedule a game to fill the schedule.

#2 the team that is getting massacred needs to spend more time in the offseason getting better. They need to spend more time practicing, drilling, shooting (game shots at game speed, not horse type speed) wether as a team or as individuals. What is really happening in the score differential is how much the players are working in the offseason. It is one thing to grease one scorer (like the notorious "record" a few years ago by a NYC player). Are you going to tell your players not to play? They have been working all summer on getting better. The deep bench in many of these situations have career days.

Any thing less is cheapening the game. Easing up and not trying your best---point shaving---gets people kicked out of sports. Is that OK when the opponent is horrible?

POINT PARADE
AAAA
Anne Berner, Forest Lake 28 vs Cambridge-Isanti 68-57
Jordyn Sears, St. Cloud Tech 25 vs St. Cloud Apollo 67-51
AAA
Angela Christianson, Alexandria 27 vs Rocori 65-46
AA
Julianne Mitchell, Mpls Edison 31 vs South St. Paul 71-70
Taylor Voss, Albany 29 vs Melrose 72-46
Cassie Gran, Caledonia 28 vs PEM 74-63
Kamille Wahlin, Crookston 27 vs Moorhead 79-73
Ashley Runge, Grand Rapids 25 vs Hibbing 62-37
A
Madeline Ehrich, Concordia Bloomington 42 vs St. Agnes 58-63 OT
Autumn Beasley, Heritage Christian 35 vs Rockford 49-66
Danielle Anderson, Wrenshall 29 vs Cotton 91-52
Connor Nagle, Fillmore Central 29 vs Southland 62-50
Alycia Dahl, Northern 26 vs EGF Sacred Heart 79-35
Charlotte Overbye, Mt Iron-Buhl 26 vs Cherry 74-63
Brittney Forsberg, Grygla-Goodridge 26 vs Warroad 68-59
Butler, St. Agnes 25 vs Concordia Bloomington 63-58 OT

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