Howard 1000, Uttech 400, Arrowhead All Conference

#4 posting 3.4.2008
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MINNESOTA REPORTS
In case you missed it late last night, I posted two spy out and abouts from the 4AAAA semis plus the two O&A I attended with the LeSueur-Henderson/Blue Earth 2AA West Final in Mankato and then the GHEC/Nicollet 2A North final in parking challenged Gustavus. If you have a game report, go to my profile and email me. Unfortunately I can't be in every gym. But thanks to the readers we know have reports. It takes a team to get the information out.

SECTION PLAYOFFS
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4: I had a couple spy out & abouts yesterday in this section. Minneapolis Hoops has an editorial on the Woodbury/CDH game and also an interview with St. Paul Central coach Willie Taylor.

2: #1 East seed Hayfield beat #3 Byron 46-24 without big contributions from center Kiley Severson who was hampered with fouls. From the Austin Daily Herald.
#1 West seed Blue Earth fell to LeSueur-Henderson 54-42 (check the out & about last night). From the Mankato Free Press.

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2: GHEC topped Nicollet (I reported on this last night) 49-31. GHEC coach Rick Uttech picked up career win #400. From the Mankato Free Press and New Ulm Journal.

In the North section it was #3 seed Cedar Mountain/Comfrey beating Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 47-40. From the New Ulm Journal.

8: Both Northern and Lake of the Woods advanced to the finals. From the Grand Forks Herald.

TIDBITS & MILESTONES
Austin employs plenty of players and plenty of pressure. Scott Kolb of the Austin Post Bulletin likes it.
Johnson's long distance bombers, Totino-Grace's defense and Autumn Beasley's 2000th point are chronicled in the StarTribune.

Megan Howard joined the 1000 point club last night in the St. Paul Central win over White Bear Lake.
Beasley is the 11th 2000 point scorer in Minnesota this year and the 8th from the 2008 class.
Howard is the 72nd 1000 point scorer in Minnesota this year and the 52nd from the 2008 class.

If I am missing a milestoner from this 2007-08 season, go to my profile and email me the details.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Katya Leick of Park-Cottage Grove leads the StarTribune's Athletes of the Week. Also on the list Shakila Boler of Bloomington Kennedy, Carolyn Blair-Mobley of St. Paul Johnson, and Casey Mann of Rogers.

ALL CONFERENCE
Here is the All Arrowhead Conference Selections for this year.
1st Team
Tomi McDonald - Sr - Ely
Charlotte Overbye - Fresh. - Mt. Iron-Buhl
Jessie Larson - Sr - Mesabi East
Carla Anderson - Sr - Eveleth-Gilbert
Megan Beard - Sr - Eveleth-Gilbert
2nd Team
Emily Youngstrom - Fresh. - Cook
Kaci Johnson - Sr - Cherry
Sam Sherwood - Sr - International Falls
Krystal Hill - Sr - Cook
Alyssa Lund - Sr - Mesabi East
Honorable Mention
Danika Stelton - Jr - International Falls
Rhonda Towner - Jr - Mt.Iron-Buhl
Vanessa Aultman - Jr - Mt.Iron-Buhl
Krista Perushek - Jr - Eveleth-Gilbert
Rachel Eisenhuth - Jr - Babbitt-Embarrass
Katrina Broten - Sr - Tower-Soudan

If you have an All Conference list, go to my profile and email me.

POINT PARADE
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Alycia Dahl, Northern 26 vs Kittson County Central 54-40
Ashley Feldman, Lake of the Woods 25 vs Red Lake County Central 50-45

With no games tonight I will be able to get some of the cornucopia of photos Coach Teas snapped over the past few games. He is constantly bugging me for more photos and less copy.

Next up: North Dakota Reports