Tournament Aftermath

#1 posting 12.30.2007
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MINNESOTA REPORTS
10. Britnye McSparron scorched the nets for 41 points in the 3rd place game in the Hopkins tournament won by Eastview 66-60 over Osseo. You can go back and check out the numbers from the Out & About yesterday.

9. #1 AAAA Centennial rolled to a 87-56 win over Chaska in the Hill-Murray championship. Centennial was up by 21 at half. No links

8. Sartell beat Detroit Lakes 43-34 in the finals of the Sartell Tournament. It was the hosts first tournament championship since 2004. From the St. Cloud Times.

7. Armstrong beat Moorhead for the championship of the Alexandria tournament 75-56. Kelsey Jacobson had seven 3s for the Spuds. From the Fargo Forum.

6. Sully Buttes, the #1 B team in SD beat Pipestone 56-52. no link.

5. Willmar knocked New London-Spicer off their unbeaten perch 48-40 in the WildCard Tournament. From the West Central Tribune.

4. In a battle of unbeatens it was St. Francis beating Minnehaha 59-56 in the Monticello Championship. no links

3. Edina topped Eden Prairie in the finals of the Apple Valley tournament with a 48-44 win. Edina trailed at halftime by 7. No link

2. Park-Cottage Grove broke free from DeLaSalle with a 52-34 win. It was a tight halftime game with DLS up 22-21. However PCG's defense delivered allowing only 12 second half points. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

1 #6 AAAA Hopkins took down #3 AAAA Minneapolis South from the unbeaten ranks 68-62. I reported on it late last night, now here is the StarTribune version. John Millea of the StarTribune also examines South's Tayler Hill and her options.

OTHER GAMES

Lakeville North beat Rochester Lourdes for 3rd place 51-37. Albany beat JM for 5th place 51-45. Mayo beat Century 48-33 for 7th. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Chatfield beat Lanesboro in one of the Winona State tournaments 63-40. Northfield beat Winona 50-42 in another Winona State tournament 50-42. From the Winona Daily News.

Elk River took 5th place in the Monticello tournament with a 69-38 victory over Minneapolis Washburn. Park Center beat Zimmerman 73-65 in the 3rd place game at the Brainerd Tournament. From the Elk River Star Tribune.

New Ulm finished 3rd in the Mankato Loyola tournament with a 86-69 win over Mankato Loyola. From the New Ulm Journal.

POINT PARADE
AAAA
Brittnye McSparron, Eastview 41 vs Osseo 66-60
Tayler Hill, Mpls South 31 vs Hopkins 62-68
Kelsey Jacobson, Moorhead 29 vs Armstrong 56-74
Megan Lauck, Mounds View 26 vs Duluth East 52-39
Steph Loobeek, Armstrong 25 vs Moorhead 74-56
AAA
Kayla Altmann, New Ulm 32 vs Mankato Loyola 86-69
Mackenzie Esson, New Ulm 25 vs Mankato Loyola 86-69
Katie Loberg, Princeton 25 vs Sauk Rapids 56-45
AA
Becca Friestleben, Holy Family 28 vs Norwood-Young America 69-60
A
Meghan Kelly, Mankato Loyola 26 vs New Ulm 69-86

Next up: more state reports. Later today a rehash of the whilwind games and the whole tournament atmosphere.