Four Gyms, Four Games

#3 posting 4.12.2008
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Today I attended four different games in four different gyms involving three different tournaments.

I got my start at St. Louis Park where I saw the MYAS 16u tournament. In pool play it was MN Thunder over Prior Lake Hardwood Heat. (Heat is the name of at least four different teams....so far...this year. It is this year's Stars). The Thunder roared from behind the three point line in a 49-30 win. The Thunder hit seven 3s when I was watching. I got there 8 minutes late with the Thunder up 12-7. After that it started raining 3s.

Then it was off to 43 Hoops Academy for a civil war battle between Metro Stars Black and Metro Stars White in the 17/19 MYAS tournament. White led by two at half and the contest was tied five times in the second, the last time coming at 26 all. Every movement up the floor, every pass, every shot was contested. Loose balls were treated like gold. The Blacks finished with a 12-5 run to win the pool play game 38-31.

After seeing Stars I hit the road for Sauk Rapids and more Stars. This time it was MN Stars Eckmann vs ECI in the quarterfinals of the Comet's tournament Platinum Division. ECI led in the second half 31-27 before the Stars mounted their comeback with a 17-7 run to win 44-38. Helping out with ECI was Kelsey Jacobson of Moorhead. This tournament is the only time this version of ECI will be on the floor.

Next up was the Comet Platinum Semis at the Whitney Center in St. Cloud. In that contest the Comets beat X Factor 2 63-52. The Comets led from start to finish, but X Factor kept hanging around cutting 8 point margins to 3 twice in the first half. In the second half the Comets pushed their lead out to 13 and again X Factor sliced into that lead to 6, but never got closer.

I will report in depth out & abouts during the upcoming week.

Next up: tomorrow morning.