North Tartan Larson Adds Power Trio

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MINNESOTA REPORTS
AAU NEWS
North Tartan Larson has their line up set for the Junior Eligible team this year. It features three players that can grab the rim. NTL will add a pair of All Iowa Attack players--Amanda Zimmerman and Chelsea Poppens.
Zimmerman is a 6-2 forward from Ballard, IA. Ballard is #9 in the MaxPreps latest Iowa ranking. She made a verbal to Iowa State before ever stepping on the high school court as a freshman. She is averaging 18.4 ppg this year. Zimmerman was named to the girlsbasketball recruit endo of the summer 2007 3rd team. She runs the floor and is a lefty.
Poppens is a 6-3 center from Aplington-Parkersburg. She is averaging 13.6 ppg. Poppens was named to the girlsbasketball recruit end of the summer 2007 2nd team. She runs the floor, gets rebounds, and creates space.
Also Sam Ostarello of Stanley County, SD will join the squad. She is a 6-2 forward. She made a verbal to Purdue last summer and this is her first AAU team she will play for. She turned plenty of heads at the North Tartan Showcase event in September.
The Minnesota players on the roster include:
Katie Loberg of Princeton, a 6-4 center who has made a verbal to the Gophers.
Shakila Boler of Bloomington Kennedy a 5-9 guard who also has made a verbal to the Gophers.
Kelsey Florian of Roseville
Megan Lauck of Mounds View
Suriya McGuire of Minneapolis Roosevelt
Taylor Young of Edina
Jennifer Dowd of Rogers
Rey Robinson of Becker
Jessie Althoff of Becker
These roster moves are like an earthquake. All of these moves will reshape the races in two states for sure and reverberate throughout the region.
North Tartan Larson will hit three huge events this summer: Boo Williams in the spring, End of the Trail in early July and Nike Nationals in the end of July. NTL is one of 24 teams to be invited to the event.

COACHING NEWS
Rochester Lourdes girls basketball coach Myron Glass who recently picked up career win #600 and long time assistant Mike Carroll, who recently announced his retirement, will be honored at halftime of the Winona Cotter game on Friday. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

DEFENSE IS THE FOCUS
New Prague relies on a defense attitude for their success. From the StarTribune.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Centennial with their practice and New Life with their lessons are also mention in the StarTribune (scroll down).

PERFECT START
Battle Lake is 16-0 in class A. From the Fargo Forum.

1000 POINTS
Megan Eul of Rosemount reached the 1000 point mark against Rochester Mayo last week. From the Rosemount Town Pages.
Julianne Mitchell of Minneapolis Edison went over the 1000 point mark against Mpls Roosevelt on Tuesday. Mitchell had 342 points at St. Paul Arlington as a 9th grader. She has 579 this year at Edison this year as a senior. That equals to 921, so 79 points are missing somewhere. Mitchell did not play as a sophomore or junior so the achievement is extremely rare.

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