Final Showdowns in Minnesota

#1 posting 3.15.2008
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MINNESOTA REPORTS
TOURNAMENT FINALS
The Finals are set today with four interesting and compelling match ups.
A: Barnum vs Ada-Borup. Both teams will be looking for their first state title. AB has been #1 all year. Barnum has weapons inside and out. This starts at noon.
AA: Jordan vs Albany. Does Chambers and Jordan have anything left in the tank for a championship game? Jordan has won a volleyball title with these players and knows what it takes. Will Albany get to savor a championship? Last year Pipestone beat them on a disputed last second shot. Should start close to 2 pm, but probably a little later.
AAA: DeLaSalle vs Totino-Grace. This is an old Don Bosco Conference match up between two schools not too far away from each other. A pair of athletic teams that are looking for their first title. should start close to 6 pm
AAAA: Mpls South vs St. Paul Central. A rematch from last year's title game. South has won twice over SPC. The difference in those games was the free throw line. Will South cap their season holding the trophy, or will Central prevail and go back to back? tip off close to 8 pm.

If you are looking for yesterday's tournament results I have linked the stories on the game reports.

HALL OF FAME
Here is the 2008 class headed to the Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame
Karen Stromme, former coach at UM Duluth
Diane Morin, former coach at North St. Paul
Rich Petersson, former coach at Proctor
and Jenny Johnson, Edina coach.

MERCY
Look for a running clock when the score reaches 35+.

CONVENTION
The MN girls basketball coaches convention will be later this year October 24, and 25.

THANKS
The Fergus Falls girls basketball team gets thanked by a letter to the editor from a loyal fan.

HISTORY LESSON
Marian Bemis Johnson and Dorothy McIntyre, authors of “Daughters of the Game: The First Era of Minnesota Girls High School Basketball, 1891-1942,” will speak at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Bethel Lutheran Church, 411 Becker Ave. S.W., in downtown Willmar. Anyone can attended. From the West Central Tribune.
There is a companion piece on the back story on their interest in the early pioneers of female athletics in the state.

ALL CONFERENCE
The Southeast Conference has released their All Conference list. From the Mabel-Harmony News-Record.

ACADEMICS
Albert Lea has the highest GPAs in the state in any class. AL took the AAA title. The other winners
AAAA: Minneapolis Southwest
AA: Belle Plaine
A: Ada-Borup
From the Albert Lea Tribune.

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