Grab Bag: 14 cents, 300 Boards, & Twins

#8 posting 1.23.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

AFTERNOON GRAB BAG
14 CENTS AN HOUR
In Doug Whitely's column in the Fond du Lac Reporter he looks at the coaching profession from the monetary rewards (a whopping 14 cents an hour) to all the things that conspire to work against the coaches desires: expectations....overprotective, unrealistic parents....weasley, spineless administrators....players not willing to pay the price... and even coaches themselves.
This column was written with the Oakfield walk out in mind.

TEAM OF THE WEEK
The Lynx have named their latest teams of the week, but I can only find one posted.
A Battle Lake (from the Fergus Falls Daily Journal).
Last week (Jan 17) the four teams named by the Lynx were:
AAAA Richfield: AAA Milaca; AA Braham; A Ada-Borup.

POLLS
In the USA Today poll Centennial is #9.

MILESTONES
Georgie Jones of St. Paul Central recorded her 300th block last night against Harding.

FRESE & TWINS
USA Today has a story on Maryland coach Brenda Frese and how she is trying to deliver twins and a championship.

CHANGES
Steve Cameron of the Merced Sun-Star looks back at the big change in 30 years of covering sports.

POST SEASON CAMP
The Michigan High School Athletic Association is considering running a weekend basketball camp for Sophomores and Juniors with colleges invited. From Tom Markowski's column in the Detroit News.

LATE REPORTS
Minnesota:
Brianna Tisch of Chaska had a break out game last night in the 2 OT win against Kennedy, scoring a season high 21 points (she scored all of Chaska's points in the first overtime). Courtney Boylan had 14 and Brooke Brown 12.

Stillwater won their second in a row with a 53-42 win over Roseville last night. From the Stillwater Gazette.

Forest Lake lost twice last week. The Forest Lakes Times looks at those losses with some interesting descriptions.

#1 AA Crookston beat Warroad 89-40 last night. From the Crookston Times.

The Woodbury Bulletin looks at the narrow New Life win over Cannon Falls.

Lake Park-Audubon beat Breckenridge 65-35. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Iowa:
Dubuque Wahlert beat Iowa City West 67-57. plus other results from the Dubuque Telegraph Herald.

Cedar Rapids Washington beat Waterloo West 76-44. From the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.

North Dakota:
West Fargo beat Wahpeton in a high scoring affair 85-81. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Next up: Later tonight with another in the frozen out & abouts.