Thursday, April 24, 2008

4 Signings, All Star Links, 2 Late Results, State Seeding

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SIGNINGS
I reported that DaNae Moore of Eastview signed with Creighton this past weekend. Now here is the Creighton press release with another signee--Stephani Rhoten of Canyon, Texas and Seward County CC.

Amy Frye of Hudson has signed with St. Cloud State. From the Hudson Star Observer.

Emily Greiner of Kingsland has signed with Mount Mercy in Cedar Rapids. The 5-6 guard averaged 17.5 for the 24-3 Knights. From the Spring Valley Tribune. Greiner is the 110th Minnesota 2008 player to sign. She is the 5th headed to the NAIA.

Tiffany Gregorich of Altoona, WI is headed to UW River Falls. From the Eau Claire Leader Telegram.

COACHING NEWS
Again the story has been out there, but now Southern Illinois has their press release on the hiring of Tanya Bauer, former UMD coach, as the new assistant women's basketball coach.

Hankinson, North Dakota will keep both girls basketball coaches Shawn Gravalin and assistant Mike Loll after receiving a letter listing complaints. The Fargo Forum has the story and some of the complaints in the letter.

ALL STAR GAME
Angie Jetvig of Hawley and her performance in the All Star game is featured in the Kerry Collins column in the Fargo Forum. As to why 2A won "Everybody was so unselfish.” said Jetvig.

Here is the All Star Stat pages or links to them.

You can see SportsBrain09 with video interviews with some of the players on YouTube.

LAST WEEKEND
In the Adidas Super South Classic at Winthrop University this past weekend Minnesota Stars Borowicz/Hested finished with a 4-1 record. They won their bracket and then lost in the semifinals of the final four against NYC Exodus. This Stars team only had 8 players make the trip. Players competing for the Stars were: Theairra Taylor - St. Paul Central; Dani Mangen - Osseo; Tyisha Smith - Mpls South; Kate Thompson - Wayzata; Leah Dietel - Jordan; Megan Waytashek - Centennial; Cassie Rochel - Lakeville North and Rachelle Eckmann - St. James.

In the Windy City Classic in Chicago, IL. North Tartan Crosby went 5-0 and won the mini bracket. NTC beat the Illinois Valley Stars 17's, Wisconsin Pride Elite 17's, Indiana Region Rage 16's, Minnesota Suns 16's and Nebraska Omaha Crusaders 17's. Sarah Hendricks (Cretin-Derham Hall) was NTC's tournaments leading scorer and most consistent player.

THIS WEEKEND
The Minnesota State Seeding tournament is this weekend at Bloomington Kennedy. Here is the information page, and schedule page.

SHOWCASE
BlueprintSAS is looking for unsigned seniors or underclassmen for their Spring Showcase Saturday at the MAC Center in Verona. One of the staff listed for the event is Angel Robinson of Marquette (and St. Paul Central).

Thanks to all the readers for the help on the results from last weekend. The help is appreciated.
If you have news or results, go to my profile and email me.

next up: Later today with the final games of the All Star Series.