Battle of the Hardwood Saturday Results

#3 posting 5.31.2008
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BATTLE OF THE HARDWOOD RESULTS
Today was the second day of pool play in the Battle of the Hardwood at Woodbury. Most of the day was spent with the 17s. I did catch a game with the 16s. However it started with a switcheroo. I expected to see NC Heat vs North Tartan Larson at 11:45, but that was switched to 6 pm. Instead, Coach Teas and I watched NCH play the Minnesota Lakers. NC Heat was sizzling at the start of that game with 29 points in their first 17 possessions a 170.6 pp100 rate. By half time it was 57-19. In the end NCH was just shy of 100 99-42. Tayler Hill had another eye popping game with 25 points a pp100 of 208.3 and a floor % of .917.
In the second contest it was a 16u battle with 43 Hoops Zuck beating Triple Threat 46-40.
Game three All Iowa Attack stymied KLD a team made up exclusively of Rogers players 45-13. This was a 17u game.
Coach Teas & I left the gym for a few hours and returned to catch the NC Heat vs North Tartan Larson game. NTL was missing a few players. Amanda Zimmerman was back in Ballard wither her softball team. Their other Iowa player, Chelsea Poppens of Parkersburg, is recovering from the tornado that went through their town last Sunday. She apparently has a few stitches from that event. Also Jennifer Dowd was out with an ankle injury. NCH beat NTL 58-52. NCH led by as many as 13 late in the game. NTL cut the margin to 55-51 with under two minutes to go. The Heat made three free throws on their last four possessions to clinch the victory.

Tomorrow should be entertaining. If everything works out NCH will play MN Stars Borowicz in the semis at 1 pm. The 16 tournament should also be competitive.

HEARD ON THE STREET
Alexis Holt of Bloomington Kennedy has an ACL injury and should be ready by November.

Elle Queen will be at Dayton next year. Queen played her high school ball at Minnetonka and attended Colorado State this past season.

I will have full out & about reports during the week.

Next up: tomorrow.

Althoff Verbals

#2 posting 5.31.2008
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ALTHOFF VERBALS
Jessie Althoff of Becker High School, class of 2009 has verballed to Bemidji State. The 6-0 forward averaged 5.6 for the 22-7 Bulldogs last year. Becker won the AAA state tournament in 2007.
Althoff was honorable mention in the St. Cloud Times all area team and was All Conference in the Mississippi 8.
In the AAU season Althoff played with MN Stars Antl in 2007 and this year plays for the Comets.

Althoff is the 10th player from the 2009 Minnesota class to verbal, the 4th to verbal a D2 school and the second headed to Bemidji State. Emily Kaus of Eastview is also headed to BSU.

Photo: Althoff in action with the Comets early in April. photo by kja.

Next up: later today with Battle of the Hardwood results

How to Build a Winner, Q&A, Flops, Olympian

#1 posting 5.31.2008
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COACHING NEWS
St. Thomas coach Ruth Sinn does a Q&A. Each question has its own video response.

HOW TO BUILD A WINNING PROGRAM
The Mitchell Daily Republic looks at how to build a winning program. Lately the Mitchell Kernels (think Corn Palace) have fallen on hard times (5-60). The MDR points out these factors: Coaching Stability; Talent cycles; and Youth Program/Community support.

MORE RECRUITING
Henry Abbott of TrueHoop looks again at the recruiting, runners and agents on the boys side of game. He has a Q&A with agent Aaron Goodwin.

FLOPPING
Again found on TrueHoop with Henry Abbott an article about flopping with Red Auerbach and players from the Bullets demonstrating flops and how to stop it. Included in the video is a younger Clem Haskins, former men's Gopher coach when he played with the Bullets.

POLICE BLOTTER/COURT TIME
DePere suspended girls basketball coach Dave Johnson back in March after the striking incident in school. From the Green Bay Press Gazette.

Concordia Moorhead janitor Steven Sopko will stand trial on seven counts relating to the camera in the shower incident.

SCHEDULE
Northern Michigan has released their 2008-09 schedule.

LYNX FEATURES
Guard Seimone Augustus will be on the Olympic team going to Beijing. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Rookie starter Nicky Anosike is spotlighted in the StarTribune.

Next up: later today after the Battle of the Hardwood.

The Week That Was #9: Deja Vu

#3 posting 5.30.2008
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THE WEEK THAT WAS #9: DEJA VU
If this weeks winners seem familiar they should be. In week six Team WI Select Samuels, Laura Petersen, Nicole Griffin and Katie Wolff all walked off with awards that week. They did so again this week. The only newcomer is appropriately (and a requirement) a newcomer---Corrinne Miles of Fridley. Every one else I had seen previously including Erin Green two years ago when Fridley played North Branch.

Saturday started off with the MYAS and since it was the Memorial Day weekend the calendar is pretty light. It will really pick up around mid June. Saturday at North St. Paul it was a strictly High school feel with Minneapolis South sweeping the competition. South and Barnum both were involved in the state tournament. It should be noted neither team was anywhere near full strength with their roster. Barnum only had six bodies for the three games.

Sunday it was across the St. Croix River into Wisconsin for the fourth time this year, the third in Menomonie. The storms that swept through didn't stop the action on the court. The sirens were blaring and the games went on. I watched the storms progress with the custodian on his computer in his office. The storm action was north of 94, away from UW Stout. As far as the action on the court most of the teams in the 8 team 17 division I had seen before. Only two new squads--HLC from the Eastern portion of Wisconsin and Southern Minne Magic 19---were charted. SMM19 had a few players that had played either D3 or CC ball this past winter. They didn't have a practice before the tournament and Team WI Select Doucette stopped them in the semis.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
Here is what the two tournaments combined looked like for the weekend
Event, (games) pp100, floor %
North St. Paul, MYAS (3) 75.86, .351
Menomonie, Wisconsin (3) 80.81, .381
Average for the year (67) 80.18, .380
As you can see the Stout event is almost dead even with the averages for the year.
For comparison the high school games I watched this year had scores of 81.53 and .394, slightly better execution that the spring ball.

WEB PROGRESS
I am trying to get the hang of putting together a website. Right now it is mainly organizing pages and design.
I have a domain name, but I am not releasing it until things are ready to fly. It is an interesting process.

THE WEEK AHEAD
This weekend the big event is at Woodbury with the Battle of the Hardwood. Five of the top teams are in the 17 bracket with #1 NC Heat, #2 MN Stars Borowicz and #4 North Tartan Larson headlining. The event gets off to an interesting start with NC Heat facing North Tartan Larson tomorrow at 11:45 am.
The 16 bracket is loaded too. It has the 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 18 plus the top two teams in the 15 division--North Tartan 15 and Team Iowa.
The 16 finals are at 4:45 pm on Sunday with the 17 finals to follow at 6 pm on the same court.

TEAM OF THE WEEK
The first three time winner this year Team WI Select Samuels had to pull a rabbit out of their hat to get the win. They trailed by five with under a minute in the championship to their civil war rival Team WI Select Doucette. TWSD led most of the game except for one brief time in the early part of the second half. TWSS relies on defense and grit. They don't quit. Trailing by 13 in the first half many teams simply fold up their tent. They kept battling. Down 5 with a minute to go many teams pack it in. TWSS looked for ways to win.
They will be tested in the upcoming weeks when they play in the Summer Jam, down in Ames and in Chicago.

Photo: Coach Samuels after the overtime win over TWSD. photo by kja.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
The first player to win the award twice this spring/summer Laura Petersen is a stealthy scorer. She is also a clutch performer. She hit a three to narrow the margin to two near the end of regulation and then nailed the game winner, again behind the line. She is a big perimeter and has been consistent in the events I have charted so far. If she keeps on making noise she won't be stealthy but will be on everyone's radar.

To make the teams remember the rules:
#1. I need to see the player
#2. Player needs to have 6+ possessions
#3. Player needs to be over 100 pp100
#4. Player needs to be over .500 floor %
#5. If I see a player in two games the numbers are added up and the average used.
Some players didn't make the cut due to the 6 possession rule. Some had great numbers, but only five or four possessions

FIRST TEAM
Sam Barber, Team WI Select Doucette (DC Everest)
Mallory Cramer, Minneapolis South
Erin Green, Fridley
Laura Petersen, Team WI Select Samuels (Osseo-Fairchild, WI)
Katey Wrobel, Team WI Select Doucette (Osseo-Fairchild, WI)
Special Mention
Nicole Griffin, Team WI Select Samuels (Milwaukee Vincent)
Sam Hoyt, Team WI Select Samuels (Durand, WI)
Tyisha Smith, Minneapolis South

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK
Nicole Griffin is the first player to win this honor this spring/summer three times. At 6-6 she has a great wing span and alters shot trajectory as you would expect. She also gets down on the ground and gets after loose balls. Griffin is wiry, a tough competitor and also a clutch performer too on offense. She made the game tying basket at the end of regulation.

FIRST TEAM
Anna Cole, Team WI Select Doucette (Mondovi, WI)
Mallory Cramer, Minneapolis South
Nicole Griffin, Team WI Select Samuels (Milwaukee Vincent)
Shayla Kuehl, HLC (Hustisford, WI)
Tyisha Smith, Minneapolis South
Special Mention
Kaycee Charette, Team WI Select Doucette (Prescott, WI)

DISTRIBUTOR OF THE WEEK
Katie Wolff is a two time winner of this award. Wolff, of Team WI Select Doucette, had 9 and 7 assists in the two games I charted. She gets the ball to the right people.
Special Mention: Sam Hoyt, Team WI Select Samuels.

NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK
With all the awards being passed out on Sunday there was one detail that was overlooked---newcomer. To get this honor the player had to be seen for the first time this week. That eliminated many from the Wisconsin side of the action. Even players for HLC and Southern Minne Magic 19 had been seen previously. That leads us back to the MYAS North St. Paul event. The winner this week is Corrin Miles of Fridley. She is athletic and needs to polish her ball skills, but there is good upside with her length and quickness.

PAST WINNERS
Here are the past weekly winners
TEAM
8. Southern Minne Magic 17
7. NC Heat
6. Team WI Select Samuels
5. NC Heat
4. MN All Star 2A
3. Team WI Select Samuels
2. Minnesota Dynamite
1. IBCA Select Red

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
8. Kiara Buford, Gym Rats 19 (St. Paul Central)
7. Tayler Hill, NC Heat (Minneapolis South)
6. Laura Petersen, Team WI Select Samuels (Osseo-Fairchild)
5. Megan Nipe, NC Heat (Centennial)
4. Brianna Mastey, MN All Star 3A, (Becker)
3. Sam Price, Team WI Select Samuels (Eau Claire North)
2. Haylie Darrington, Maroon South Central All Star (Blue Earth)
1. Trisha Nesbitt, IBCA Select Red (Ames)

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK
8. Yvonne Freese, Southern Minne Magic (Lanesboro)
7. Shakila Boler, North Tartan Larson (Bloomington Kennedy)
6. Nicole Griffin, Team WI Select Samuels (Milwaukee Vincent)
5. Tori Rule, Midtown Lady Monarchs (DeLaSalle)
4. Jackie Voigt, MN All Star 4A, (Park-Cottage Grove)
3. Nicole Griffin, Team WI Select Samuels (Milwaukee Vincent)
2. Kiara Strickland, Gold South Central All Star (Mpls Roosevelt)
1. Amber Kirschbaum, IBCA Select Red (Spirit Lake)

DISTRIBUTOR
8. Seraene Levine, Minnesota Thunder 19 (Eden Prairie)
7. Tayler Hill, NC Heat (Minneapolis South)
6. Katie Wolff, Team WI Select Doucette (Marshfield)

NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK
8. Karli Meyer, Minnesota Lakers (Adrian)
7. Jackie Johnson, North Tartan 14 (Eden Prairie)
6. Cady Roedl, WI Hoops Select (Beaver Dam)
5. Alyssa Hagen, MN Stars Carlisle (NRHEG)
4. Hilary Friendshuh, Team WI Red 15s (Clear Lake, WI)
3. Jessica Waldvogel, Team Wisconsin Select 15s
2. Kara Hofschild, Minnesota Dynamite (Andover)
1. Kionna Kellogg, IBCA Select Red (Ames)

POLLS
Not a lot of movement this past week. More will be in the offing this week.
19s
AAU
1. MN Stars
2. Metro Stars Black
3. Team WI Sr White
4. Team WI Sr Black
MYAS
1. Gym Rats
2. Minnesota Thunder
3. Wayzata AC
4. Southern Minne Magic

17u/16u/JR ELIGIBLE
AAU
1. NC Heat
2. MN Stars Hested/Borowicz
3. Nebraska Bison
4. North Tartan Larson
5. IBCA Select Red
6. Team WI Select Samuels
7. North Tartan Crosby
8. Metro Stars Black
9. Metro Stars White
10. MN Stars DeWitt
11. MN Stars Smith
12. Fury
13. Team WI Select Doucette
14. All Iowa Attack 17
15. Southern Stars
16. MN Suns
17. Southern Minne Magic
18. 43 Hoops Zuck
19. Comets
20. MN Stars Eckmann
21. 43 Hoops Olson
22. Southern Minny Elite
23. X Factor
24. Finishers
16u/MYAS DIVISION
1. MN Dynamite
2. Chaska Gold
3. MN Thunder
4. Triple Threat

15u AAU
1. North Tartan
2. Team Iowa
3. Team WI Select
4. MN Suns Arbogast
5. MN Suns Ellen
6. Metro Stars
7. Nebraska Judds
8. MN Stars Jihad Lady Cats
9. MN Stars Carlisle
11. 43 Hoops
12. Fury
13. MN Dynamite
14. Southern Mini Magic
15. MN Gym Rats
16. MN Finishers

14u AAU
1. North Tartan
2. IBCA Select Blue
3. Metro Stars
4. Fury Livers
5. Fury Haugen
6. Midtown Lady Monarchs
7. MN Stars Hested
8. MN Suns
9. Southern MN Heat

13u AAU
1. North Tartan
MYAS
1. Hopkins

12u AAU
1. MN Suns
2. MN Stars Farview

Next up: Tomorrow

A Pair of Signings

#2 posting 5.30.2008
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A PAIR OF SIGNINGS
Leslie Wilson of Hayfield is headed to Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa to play basketball. The 5-9 guard's high school team won section 2AA and finished fourth in the AA State tournament. She also was part of the AA All Star team. From the Austin Daily Herald.

Allison Schumacher of Crookston is headed to Jamestown College in North Dakota to play basketball and volleyball. She averaged 5 ppg for the AA 3rd place Pirates this year. From the Jamestown Sun.

She is the 6th Crookston player headed off to college to play basketball. The others are:
Kamille Wahlin-Iowa
Taylor Davis-Bemidji State
Sydney Epemea-Bemidji State
Macy Hanson, UM Crookston
Molly Simmons, Mary

These two are the 119th and 120th player to continue to play basketball after high school.
Wilson is the 34th headed to a D3 school.
Schumacher is the 6th headed to an NAIA school.

Photos: #1 Leslie Wilson warming up prior to the Minnesota Coaches All Star game at St. Thomas. #2 Allison Schumacher during a free throw attempt by Jordan in the AA semifinals. Photos by kja, and Coach Teas.

Next up: the Week that was.

Rogers Hires, Reform, Centurians, Perfect Lynx

#1 posting 5.30.2008
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ROGERS HIRES
Jeremy Digiovanni has been named the new head girls’ basketball coach at Rogers High School. He served as a varsity assistant the last two years under former head coach Lamar Detert at Rogers and was an assistant coach at St. Michael-Albertville before that.

SIGNINGS
Utah State has signed a pair of Junior College transfers--Gekeela Clemmons of Chipola College and Stacey Howard of Northeastern College. Clemmons is originally from Florida, Howard from Australia.

THE WAIT
Ashley Arlen of Cascade, Iowa can hardly wait to become an Iowa State Cyclone. She does a Q&A with the Ames Tribune.

SUMMER BASKETBALL REFORM
The NCAA, the NBA, the National Federation of High School Associations, USA Basketball, the men's and women's coaches associations, shoe companies and the Amateur Athletic Union are partnering to create a new organization that would reorganize youth basketball. Notice Shoe Companies are involved. The idea is to clean up the gift giving and on going cheating. It is more aimed at the boys/men's side. What happens with the boys will happen with the girls. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
Henry Abbott of True Hoop answers the question what exactly is a runner?

ALL STAR GAMES
The Port Huron Times Herald looks at 6 girls basketball players that will play in the 29th annual Michigan Coaches vs. Cancer All-Star Festival Aug. 2 at Brighton High School.

CENTURIAN, & NEAR CENTURIAN
Mildred Granger of Grand Forks is turning 100. She played basketball before “They decided girls shouldn’t play basketball because it was too hard on them.” She also was a girls basketball coach. From the Grand Forks Herald.
Dorothy (Doane) McKay of Waverly, Nebraska is 97. She too was part of the generation that played high school basketball. "Basketball was thought to be hard on women physically," she said. They stopped the girls playing in 1928 and didn't start again for almost 50 years. From the Waverly News.

AWARDS
Katie LaViollette was named Concordia St. Paul's female athlete of the year.

MINNESOTA LAKERS
Community Hoops looks at Minnesota Lakers draw in the upcoming Battle of the Hardwood this weekend at Woodbury.

MORE BASKETBALL ON TRACK
Future Gopher Katie Loberg of Princeton broke the section record in the high jump with a leap of 5'-8 1/4". She will go to state. The state record is 5-10. From the Elk River Star News.

UNDEFEATED LYNX
The Lynx are the last undefeated team in the WNBA as they beat Chicago 75-69. From the Star Tribune.

next up: later today with the week that was.

Out & About: Team WI Select Samuels/Team WI Select Doucette

#2 posting 5.29.2008
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This game took place on Sunday, May 25, 2008
UW Stout, Menomonie, WI
MEMORIAL DAY CLASSIC
TEAM WI SELECT SAMUELS 52,
TEAM WI SELECT DOUCETTE 50 OT

Team WI Select Samuels rallied from five down with less than a minute to go to tie the game and then pushed through in the two minute overtime for a dramatic 52-50 win over their sister squad. TWS Doucette led from the opening tip in a heart breaker. A few weeks earlier in the Wisconsin AAU State Tournament TWSS beat TWSD by 25.

TWSD changed their line up for the start of the game with Katey Wrobel jumping against Nicole Griffin. The smaller Wrobel controlled the tip and Kaycee Charette scored a lay up off the jump. TWSD would not trail the entire first half. TWSD jumped out to a 9-2 lead despite one time out from TWSS. Wrobel was the impact player in the first portion of the game. She directly attacked Griffin and got her in to foul problems. Griffin had to sit a majority of the first half. TWSS was forced to burn another time out after a lay up by Brittany Gregorich with 5:40 to go in the half and trailing 24-11. That was to be the widest deficit TWSS faced. Heather Kessler, two possessions later knocked down a three from the top of the key to start to turn the tide for TWSS. TWSS outscored their rivals 17-10 the rest of the half. A pair of Sams were the leading scorers at half for both teams--Barber had 14 for TWSD, Hoyt had 12 for TWSS.

The change in the second half was a ramped up defense, and Griffin not sitting for TWSS. In the first half TWSD had a 103.0 pp100. The start of the second half TWSD went 0/7 on their possessions and TWSS tied it up at 34. A steal and a lay up by Laura Petersen gave TWSS a brief 37-36 lead. A three by Cate Scholfield put TWSD back in front 39-37. That is where TWSD would stay, stretching their lead out to five. With 3:24 left Charette made two free throws to put TWSD up 48-43. Neither team would score in the next 8 possessions combined. TWSD wouldn't score again until overtime. With 2:15 TWSD went into a delay game. TWSS was forced to foul, but they were no where near close to the bonus. Hannah Betz made a key steal, but TWSS missed the shot. Another TWSD passing turnover gave the ball back to Samuels team. With the ball underneath their own basket, Sam Hoyt passed over to Petersen for a three in the right corner. A quick time out with 47.2 seconds left made the score 48-46. Katie Wolff was fouled at the other end, but didn't convert the front end. Sam Price got the rebound. The ball went into the 6-6 Griffin and she was bumped, jostled and harassed. She missed the first shot, picked the ball off the floor and scored and was fouled. She did not finish off TWSD in regulation however. Her free throw missed and Wolff tried a desperation heave that didn't drop. On to overtime.

Again, just like at the start of the game, Doucette won the tip. Sam Barber scored the lay up. After that TWSD was dry. On the first TWSS possession in overtime Griffin was fouled and made the first of two free throws. Barber missed a shot at the other end and Griffin controlled the board. Again on an out of bounds play it was Petersen sticking the game winner from the right corner from downtown with 28 seconds left. TWSD had two more possessions, but didn't convert. TWSS remains undefeated.

photos: #1 Brittany Gregorich goes in for a lay up with Heather Kessler defending. #2 the game tying shot with Nicole Griffin, Katie Wolff is the defender. #3 The game winning 3 by Laura Petersen. photos by kja

key: player, school, points, possessions, pp100, floor &
TEAM WI SELECT SAMUELS
STARTERS
Laura Petersen, Osseo-Fairchild 14, 11, 127.3, 545 stealthy, clutch 3 point shooter. does a lot that slips under the radar.
Sam Price, Eau Claire North 4, 13, 30.8, .154 shot wasn't falling especially in the second half. needs to get her balance and feet set.
Sam Hoyt, Durand 14, 12, 116.7, .583 point guard. provided a lifeline early for TWSS with 12 first half points when others were sitting or struggling. scored off the dribble and can mix it up in the paint.
Heather Kessler, Antigo 7, 11, 63.6, .273 post (4); can hit a three at the top of the key.
Nicole Griffin, Milwaukee Vincent 7, 8, 87.5, .500 tougher than people might think. has desire to win. went to the floor for the game tying shot at the end of regulation. For a 6-6 kid that is a lot of ground to cover. hampered by fouls in the first half.
BENCH
Kayla Windt, Hurley 2, 3, 66.7, .333 guard.
Hannah Betz, Woodbury, MN 2, 4, 50.0, .250 guard. defensive situational sub.
Heather Byl, Osceola 2, 3, 66.7, .333 guard. at times passes aren't thrown with zip.

TEAM WI SELECT DOUCETTE
STARTERS
Kaycee Charette, Prescott 4, 4, 100.0, .500 alert aggressive. lean perimeter. runs the floor.
Courtney Doucette, Colfax 3, 8, 37.5, .125 guard. 3 point shooter. some passes are forced. is too high defensively when player has the ball.
Katey Wrobel, Osseo-Fairchild 11, 10, 110.0, .500 post. had a strong first half against Griffin. Attacked and didn't back down. runs the floor. Went to the line three times.
Brittany Gregorich, Altoona 6, 8, 75.0, .375 taller perimeter player. attacks the basket
Katie Wolff, Marshfield 1, 12, 8.3, .083 point guard. knows who to get the ball to. needs to get balance and control on her moving shots.
BENCH
Anna Cole, Mondovi 4, 6, 66.7, .333 6-6 post. a force on defense in the paint. changes usual attack methods.
Sam Barber, DC Everest 16, 13, 123.1, .538 bulldog player. had a couple of threes in the first half. was silent in the second half. At times exposes the ball.
Cate Scholfield, Wausau West 5, 3, 166.7, .667 rangy guard. hit a three.
Briana Radowicz, Mukwonago 0, 2, 0.0, .000 guard. lefty

TRENCH PLAYER
There could be many different trench players, but it goes to Sam Hoyt for keeping TWSS afloat in the turbulent first half.

BY THE NUMBERS
Samuels 52, 65, 80.0, .385
Doucette 50, 66, 75.8, .348
made 3s/&1s: TWSD 4/1; TWSS 4/0
ftm/fta-ft%: TWSS 8/11-.727; TWSD 6/10-.600
bench: TWSD 25, TWSS 6

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
TEAM WI SELECT SAMUELS
Nicole Griffin 8.5
Heather Kessler 5.5
Laura Petersen 4
Sam Price 2.5
Sam Hoyt 2.5
Kayla Windt 2
Hannah Betz 2
Heather Byl 1
totals: 33

TEAM WI SELECT DOUCETTE
Anna Cole 8
Kaycee Charette 7
Sam Barber 5
Courtney Doucette 4
Katie Wolff 4
Katey Wrobel 3
Brittany Gregorich 3
Cate Scholfield 1
totals: 35

ASSISTS
TEAM WI SELECT SAMUELS
Sam Hoyt 6
Heather Kessler 3
Kayla Windt 3
Laura Petersen 2
Sam Price 2
Nicole Griffin 2
Hannah Betz 1
Heather Byl 1
totals: 20

TEAM WI SELECT DOUCETTE
Katie Wolff 9
Courtney Doucette 3
Brittany Gregorich 2
Briana Radowicz 2
Kaycee Charette 1
Katey Wrobel 1
Anna Cole 1
totals: 19

Next up: tomorrow morning

4 Signings, 4 Coaching Hires, 2 Awards

#1 posting 5.29.2008
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SIGNINGS
Becky Burke of Abington Heights, PA has signed with Louisville. The 5-11 guard had originally signed with South Carolina, but with the coaching change she was granted a release. Burke was the PA AAAA player of the year.

Myesha Broaden of IMG Academies Pendleton School in Bradenton, Fla., has signed with San Jose State. The 6-2 center averaged 15 ppg last year.

Two Southeast Polk, IA players have made college decisions. Point Guard Ashley Rogers will be headed to Wartburg. Jenny McElree is off to Simpson. From the Des Moines Register.

COACHING NEWS
Andrea Ronderos has been hired as the girls basketball coach at Bismarck. Ronderos played her college ball at Mary and her high school ball at Washburn, ND. From KXMC and the Bismarck Tribune.

Jane Boller has been hired as the girls as the girls basketball coach at Belmond-Klemme, IA. Last sentence in the Belmond Independent.

The Tea/Harrisburg Champion has a feature on new Harrisburg coach Todd Schlimgen.

In college Ohio has hired Willis Brown and Karen Hewitt as assistants.

AWARDS
Former Gopher Lindsay Whalen was named WNBA East player of the week. It was her 3rd player of the week award.

Marquette coach Terri Mitchell won her second straight D1 coach of the year from the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association.

SHOW ME THE RING
Two Parkway Academy Florida players will have to pay for their AAA championship rings now that they have transferred. Tracey Williams started and Nairobi Brown was a reserve. From the Miami Herald.

WNBA POWER RANKINGS
The Lynx dropped one spot to #6 in the WNBA power poll.

Next up: later today with the championship game between Team WI Select Samuels vs Team WI Select Doucette.

Out & About: Team WI Select Doucette/Southern Minne Magic 19

#3 posting 5.28.2008
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This game took place on Sunday, May 25, 2008
UW Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin
Memorial Day Classic
17U SEMIFINALS
TEAM WI SELECT DOUCETTE 64,
SOUTHERN MINNE MAGIC 19u 42

Team WI Select Doucette set up a rematch with Team WI Select Samuels by beating Southern Minne Magic 64-42. SMM was a combination of two SMM teams. They had not practiced before the tournament. SMM did have four collegiate players. In the end it was the court time and practice sessions that helped lift TWSD to victory over the SMM squad. SMM at times played with question marks over their heads.

SMM scored on their first two possessions and led at one point 10-5. They were 4/6 in that offensive sequence, they were clipping along at 166.7 pp100 and a floor % of .667. Neither was sustainable. The veterans fell into a six possession drought. The Minnesota club did have one last flourish with a three by Shannon Renne to go up 17-14. That was to be their last lead. TWSD outscored SMM 19-7 the last 7:30 of the first half. Sam Barber was stoking the fire for TWSD. She had 7 of the 19 and scored the final five points of the half.

After a Camille Stenhaug three cutting the margin to 33-27, SMM lapsed into an offensive coma with 10 straight empty trips, half of which ended in turnovers. By the time SMM found the bottom of the basket again, TWSD tacked on 11 more points to lead 44-27. SMM had other droughts in the second half of 5 and 6. The last six were at the end of the game. TWSD had 16 points on transition while had 4 points.

photos: #1 Kaycee Charette goes up inside against Hannah Mesick. #2. Shannon Renne is ready to turn the corner against Cate Scholfield. photos by kja.

TEAM WI SELECT DOUCETTE
STARTERS
Katie Wolff, Marshfield 8, 10, 80.0, .400 point guard. scored in transition off her defense. led both teams with 7 assists. Yet forces some passes.
Cate Scholfield, Wausau West 8, 7, 114.3, .571 perimeter. has 3 range. crashes offensive boards.
Sam Barber, DC Everest 18, 13, 138.5, 615 aggressive, attack, on the prowl. has 3 range. went to the line three times. technically elbow is slightly out on her shot. should try to use left hand on the left side in transition.
Briana Radowicz, Mukwonago 4, 6, 66.7, .333 guard. runs, will take a 3. lefty
Anna Cole, Mondovi 0, 3, 0.0. .000 6-6 post player. Her first possession came with 7:06 left in the game. She wasn't in foul trouble. She needs to be much more active and aggressive on offense. She has some advantages, but she is not using them. She is playing like she is 6-0.
BENCH
Katey Wrobel, Osseo-Fairchild 13, 10, 130.0, .600 post player. runs the floor. active on the offensive glass. has an attacking mind set.
Brittany Gregorich, Altoona 3, 3, 100.0, .667 taller perimeter. good shot form
Courtney Doucette, Colfax 3, 8, 37.5, .125 guard. more shooting than point. When she was the point she would come down and shoot without any else touching the ball.
Kaycee Charette, Prescott 7, 3, 233.3, 1.000 flawless from the floor. skyrocketing pp100. lean perimeter. attacking mind set.

SOUTHERN MINNE MAGIC 19
STARTERS
Cassie Dorschner, Kasson-Mantorville 8, 8, 100.0, .375 guard. made 3s. needs to get a better passing angle when trying to feed the post.
Camille Stenhaug, Rochester JM, Luther 8, 13, 61.5, .231 more shooting guard. did have a reverse lay up. Needs to keep her thoughts to herself. complained too loud to a ref and was slapped with a T. forced passes, stared them down. passes sailed high. needs more deception.
Hannah Mesick, Chatfield, UW Eau Claire 5, 7, 71.4, .286 post. lefty. going against bigger Cole didn't give Mesick much wiggle room to get shot off. Mesick did score when fouled and converted 3 point play.
Shannon Renne, Nicollet, Augsburg 6, 12, 50.0, .083 3 point shooter. defensively off balance, leaning to far forward.
Lizzie Gunter, Austin 4, 4, 100.0, .500 physically solid. ran the floor.
BENCH
Jennifer Fischer, Austin 5, 6, 83.3, .333 3 point shooter
Mandy May, Randolph 0, 4, 0.0. .000 guard. passing choices.
Brooke Monson, Austin, Riverland 6, 7, 85.7, .429 more "4."
Gretchen Hebrink, Austin 0, 2, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Sam Barber

BY THE NUMBERS
Team WI Select Doucette 64, 63, 101.6. 476
Southern Minne Magic 19u 42, 63, 66.7, .270
made 3s/&1s: MN SMM 6/1; TWSD 3/0
ftm/fta-ft%: SMM 5/7-.714; TWSD 9/16-.563
bench: TWSD 26, SMM 11

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
TEAM WI SELECT DOUCETTE
Courtney Doucette 6
Kaycee Charette 5
Katie Wolff 4
Sam Barber 4
Anna Cole 4
Cate Scholfield 2
Katey Wrobel 2
Briana Radowicz 1
Brittany Gregorich 1
totals: 29

SOUTHERN MINNE MAGIC
Mandy May 5
Hannah Mesick 4
Lizzie Gunter 4
Brooke Monson 4
Cassie Dorschner 3
Camille Stenhaug 2
Jennifer Fisher 1
totals: 23

ASSISTS
TEAM WI SELECT DOUCETTE
Katie Wolff 7
Brittany Gregorich 4
Sam Barber 4
Cate Scholfield 3
Katey Wrobel 3
Courtney Doucette 2
Briana Radowicz 1
Anna Cole 1
Kaycee Charette 1

SOUTHERN MINNE MAGIC
Cassie Dorschner 5
Shannon Renne 4
Camille Stenhaug 2
Lizzie Gunter 2
Hannah Mesick 1
Jennifer Fisher 1
Mandy May 1
totals: 16

Next up: Tomorrow morning

St. Kate's 7, Johansen at SW MN State, Coaches Corner

#2 posting 5.28.2008
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ST. KATE'S 7
Here is the 2008-2009 College of St. Catherine's Women's Basketball Recruiting Class

The St. Kate’s Basketball team will bring in seven new players for the 2008-2009 season. The incomers will provide some height for the Wildcats which should help with rebounding problems from a year ago. “We were just not tall enough to win this part of the game,” noted Coach Gary Rufsvold, “The team was solid and played well to their strengths but we need to improve in the rebounding area. I believe our 2008-2009 recruiting class will make this possible.” The Wildcats also brought in a couple of guards to help fill the void of two senior wing players, Ashley Busch and Rachel Berglund.

Laura Beach is a 6-2 Center junior transfer from Montana State University at Billings. Laura will give the Wildcats a physical presence in the lane with her rebounding, shot blocking and scoring abilities. Laura played high school ball at Baker High School in Montana.

Laura Kalbfell is a 6-0 sophomore wing player from Lakeville South High School. At Lakeville Laura led her team in scoring and rebounding and was the team MVP. She was also Lakeville South High’s Athena Award winner her senior year. Laura played her first year at Southwest State University in Marshall, MN.

Josey Madler is a 6-0 junior post player from Baker, Montana. The past two seasons Josey played for Dawson Community College in Glendive. Her sophomore year at Dawson she averaged 10.5 points per game and seven rebounds per game

Janelle Christensen is a 5-6 first-year guard from Bemidji High School. She played the point guard and two guard for her Bemidji varsity team her last two years of high school. Janelle also played the guard position for a very talented Northern Lynx AAU program.

Justine Grady is a 6-0 post player from Mound-Westonka High School. At Mound Justine averages ten points per game her senior season. This will be Justine’s first year of college basketball after two years at the University of North Dakota.

Jessica Hoffman is a 5-11 first-year from Champlin Park High School. Jessica is a post player from a very good Northwest Suburban Conference. She was Academic All-State and All-Conference Honorable Mention her senior year.

Megan Zillmer is a 5-9 first-year guard from Crosby-Ironton High School. In High School Megan played on a team that won twenty games. She averaged double figure scoring her last two years and was team MVP, All-Conference, and All-Area her senior year. Megan is also a soccer player.

COACHING NEWS
Jina Johansen has been named an assistant women's basketball coach at Southwest Minnesota State. She replaces Katie Huschle who resigned to pursue high school teaching positions. Johansen assisted at Augustana last year. Before that she was a grad assistant at South Dakota State.

SKILLS & INSTRUCTION
The WNBA has a nifty feature on their site called Coaches Game Plan. It offers tips and skill instruction for coaches, players and fans. This week's featured skill is Sliding Behind Screens. You can print out the information and watch a computer animated demonstration. It is quite clear and I would recommend it.

MORE BASKETBALL ON TRACK
Whitney Rawdon, Team Wisconsin Select Samuels, missed this last weekends tournament in Menomonie because she will also be in the state track meet for two events: 100M High Hurdles and 4 x 100M Relay.

Next up: The Team WI Select Doucette vs Southern Minne Magic 19 semifinals

WI to AK, Becker Hires, German Team, Parkersburg Tornado

#1 posting 5.28.2008
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TRANSFERS & SIGNEES
UA Anchorage is gaining three women's basketball players including a D1 transfer. Viki Wohlers has left Oregon State and is headed north. The 6-4 center is from Conserve, WI and averaged 26 ppg as a senior. UAA also tapped into the Badger state for Jenna Endisch of Muskego. The 5-9 player averaged 14.6 ppg last year. The third player is Tamar Gruwell, a junior college player from Sierra (Calif.) College. Gruwell went to high school at Vacaville, CA.

COACHING NEWS
Paul Lindsay has been named the new Becker Girls Basketball Coach. Lindsay was the top assistant coach at Becker under Justin Hegna the past 4 years.

Assistant April Larson will be the new girls basketball coach at Shiloh Christian in North Dakota. She replaces Daryl Bearstail who resigned after leading the squad to the state tournament. From the Bismarck Tribune.

GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM
Hopkins senior Hanna Muegge has been over in Heidelberg, Germany from May 21-26 as she was participating in the training camp for the national U20 team for Germany. Training camp in the gym has been running from 8 am to 10 pm each day. They use the German spelling of her name: Hanna Mügge. The German team will take part of the u20 European Championships in Italy, July 11-20.

SCHEDULE
UM Duluth has released their women's basketball schedule for 2008-09.

MORE BASKETBALL ON TRACK
Brea Tinney of Osceola is headed to the Wisconsin State track meet in 3 Events: the 800, 1600 and the 4 X 800. Brea plays for Team Wisconsin Jr. Select/Samuels during the summer.

BASKETBALL ON THE LINKS
Sarah Novak of Cedar Rapids Washington is the school's top golfer and also plays soccer (Iowa has a spring season). Novak played with the state 4A runner up this past season. From the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

BASKETBALL ON THE DIAMOND
Karlee Despres of Comstock Park, Michigan picked up her 100th career win with an 18 strike out performance. She is headed to Davenport next year to play women's basketball and softball. From the Grand Rapids Press.

PARKERSBURG TORNADO
Here is a story from the Cedar Rapids Gazette about the aftermath of the tornado that struck Parkersburg on Sunday. Chelsea Poppens of Aplington-Parkersburg is playing with North Tartan Larson this spring and almost dunked in the Minnesota State AAU Semis a few weeks ago. Poppens has verballed Iowa State.

FLOOD
Williams Arena was flooded by a cracked pipe. The men's locker room and Coach Tubby Smith's offices were damaged. From the Minnesota Daily.

ALL STAR GAME
The 26th annual Columbus Telegram/Central Community College All-Star Basketball Games will be June 6, with the girls game at 6 pm. Full rosters can be found on the Columbus Telegram site.

UPCOMING EVENTS
The All Iowa Attack will host the 3rd Annual Adidas Midwest Girls Classic on June 20-22.

YOUTH
The Wykoff 5th grade won the Pacesetter Region 1 championship and are 27-3 for the year. Wykoff students go to school at Kingsland. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

LYNX 2-0
The Lynx beat the Houston Comets in overtime in Texas 98-92 to go to 2-0 on the year. The Houston Chronicle says it is a new look but old results for the Comets.

Thanks to all the readers that have helped with news & information. This site can't be done without your great assists.

Next up: later today with the Team WI Select Doucette vs Southern Minne Magic 19 semifinal.

Out & About: Team WI Select Samuels/HLC

#2 posting 5.27.2008
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This game took place on Sunday, May 25, 2008
UW Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin
Memorial Day Classic
17U QUARTERFINALS
TEAM WI SELECT SAMUELS 55, HLC 36

Team WI Select Samuels had 29 points combined from Laura Petersen (14) and Nicole Griffin (15) in downing HLC in the semifinals of the Memorial Day tournament in Menomonie. Defense again propelled TWSS to the win. They held HLC to 63.2 pp100 for the game. For the year all teams combined are at 80.15 pp100 in AAU.

HLC held a brief 4-2 lead after two possessions. HLC had problems finding the bottom of the net with the size advantage TWSS possessed inside. They had droughts of 6, 10, and another 6 in the first half. Not that HLC was small. They had decent size, but just couldn't connect. A key break point came with a 14-0 TWSS run to push the score out to 29-9. It was 35-13 at halftime. Laura Petersen had all 14 of her points in the first stanza.

In the second half it was Nicole Griffin's turn to take over. She made on basket with her back to the rim and two HLCers crowding her that was the a "did you see that" moment. She finished with 8 in the second half. TWSS pushed their lead to 41-15. TWSS wasn't immune to droughts. They slipped into an 8 trip dry spell while HLC enjoyed a 9-0 run to make it 43-30. That was the last real push as TWSS was soon back to a 21 point margin.

TWSS was missing two players: Brea Tinney of Osceola who is headed to the Wisconsin State track meet in three events and Whitney Rawden of Eau Claire North.

photos: #1 Shyla Kuehl goes around Heather Kessler. #2 Nicole Griffin is just too big for Mueller. photos by kja

key: player, school, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
TEAM WI SELECT SAMUELS
STARTERS
Laura Petersen, Osseo-Fairchild 14, 9, 155.6, .667 quietly racks up the points. tall perimeter. has 3 range with two cashed. runs the floor and takes the ball to the basket.
Nicole Griffin, Milwaukee Vincent 15, 11, 136.4, .636 is flourishing inside. Had a couple of moves that were guard worthy. is deceptively strong. owns the paint.
Sam Hoyt, Durand 6, 8, 75.0, .375 point guard. looks for the drive. can hit the pull up.
Sam Price, Eau Claire North 2, 6, 33.3, .167 perimeter, also scores off the dribble.
Heather Kessler, Antigo 6, 4, 150.0, .750 the "4"; has nice moves in her repertoire. defensively can be faked to leave feet.
BENCH
Hannah Betz, Woodbury, MN 2, 6, 33.3, .167 guard. known for defense.
Heather Byl, Osceola 8, 9, 88.9, .556 guard, went to the line three times. looks to drive. passing can be stronger.
Kayla Windt, Hurley 2, 3, 66.7. .333 guard. handled point when Hoyt sat. looks to push the ball.

HLC
STARTERS
Jenny Herrick, Winnebago Lutheran 9, 10, 90.0, .400 guard. has 3 point range.
Brittany Bylsma, Cambria-Friesland 3, 3, 100.0, .667 post. lean, has good length.
Anne Skriba, Fond du Lac 2, 7, 28.6, .143 guard. did score with contact
Shyla Kuehl, Hustisford 4, 8, 50.0, .250 bigger post. strong shoulders. not effective against Griffin offensively. needs to go through defenders, not around.
B Mueller, ??? 6, 8, 75.0, .375 guard. scored from the corner. crashes offensive boards. passing needs to be sharper.
BENCH
Jessica Genke, Kiel 6, 10, 60.0, .300 taller perimeter.
Catie Grandi, Burlington 1, 6, 16.7, .167 guard. looked to score off the drive.
L Josephson, ??? 3, 4, 75.0, .500
Shannon Saager, Poynette 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000 scored from the left corner.

TRENCH PLAYER
Laura Petersen

BY THE NUMBERS
Team WI Select Samuels 55, 56, 98.2, .482
HLC 36, 57, 63.2, .333
made 3s/&1s: TWSS 2/1; HLC 1/0
ftm/fta-ft%: TWSS 9/17-.529; HLC 7/13-.538
bench: TWSS 12, HLC 12

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
TEAM WI SELECT SAMUELS
Nicole Griffin 8.5
Laura Petersen 5.5
Sam Hoyt 5
Sam Price 4
Heather Byl 3
Heather Kessler 3
Hannah Betz 2
Kayla Windt 2
totals: 33

HLC
Shyla Kuehl 7.5
B Mueller 5
Jessica Genke 3.5
Jenny Herrick 3
Brittany Bylsma 3
Catie Grandi 2
L Josephson 2
Shannon Saager 1
totals: 27

ASSISTS
TEAM WI SELECT SAMUELS
Sam Hoyt 7
Laura Petersen 4
Sam Price 3
Heather Kessler 3
Kayla Windt 3
Hannah Betz 2
totals: 22

HLC
Anne Skriba 4
Jessica Genke 3
Jenny Herrick 2
Brittany Bylsma 2
Shyla Kuehl 2
B Mueller 2
L Josephson 2
totals: 17

next up: tomorrow morning

More Basketball on Track, Breakdown Summer

#1 posting 5.27.2008
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MORE BASKETBALL ON TRACK
Alicia Brown of Vermillion, SD won four events including her fourth straight 400 championship in the South Dakota State track meet. Brown will be playing basketball next year close to home at the University of South Dakota. From the Yankton Press & Dakotan.

Jessica Waldvogel of Wausau West is headed to the Wisconsin State track meet in four events: the 100, 200, long jump, and 4x100. Waldvogel plays for Team Wisconsin Select 15 during the summer. From the Wausau Daily Herald.

Earlier in the Iowa State Track meet Jennifer Jorgenson of Southeast Webster-Grand won the Long Jump in class A. She is headed to Pacific to play basketball.

Looking at the StarTribune track honor roll today with these basketball players leading these events:
Shot Put: Janae Burich of Roseville; also on the list Kim Hovey, Red Wing; LaiShema Hampton, St. Louis Park, and Jackie Voigt, Park-Cottage Grove.
Discus: LaiShema Hampton leads the pack with Hovey again and Kristin Loobeek, Armstrong on the list.
High Jump: Devyn Smith of Roseville leads the pack. Also on the list Elizabeth Wilson, Armstrong; and defending champion Hanna Muegge, Hopkins

BREAKDOWN SUMMER SHOWCASES
Coaches and Players: The end of the school year is near. The Breakdown would like to invite you to participate in Minnesota's largest summer basketball tour. We still have a few spots available. All tourneys are 1 day and on Saturday's. Here are a few important items about what teams receive:
* Championship T-Shirts to bracket winners
* Bracket tourney format
* JV/Lower division available
* Coaches receive a FREE Breakdown Shirt
* All results and pictures posted on website
How do you register? Forms are available online at: www.mnsportspreview.com
If you have questions, please call 763-262-0021 or email mnbasketball@gmail.com
Locations are placed all around the state to service you:
Rochester and Grand Rapids: June 14
Rogers: June 21
Alexandria and Lakeville South: June 28
Rogers and Marshall: July 19
List of teams participating
Teams Already Registered: Cook, Braham, Sebeka, Grand Rapids, Esko, Warroad, Lake of the Woods, Hibbing, Winona Cotter, Grand Meadow, Stewartville, Wabasha-Kellogg, Barnum, Monticello, Howard Lake, Buffalo, Maple Grove, Forest Lake, Simley, Morris, St. Francis, St. Cloud Tech, Woodbury, Rogers, Isle, Lakeville North, Northfield, Chisago Lakes, Bethlehem Academy, Holy Family, Centennial, Maranatha, Cannon Falls, Alexandria, Minnewaska, West Central, Annandale, Moorhead, Princeton, Champlin Park, Pine Island, Nashwauk-Keewatin, Crosby-Ironton, Maple Lake, Hawley, EVW, Armstrong, CHOF, Fulda, Pipestone.

ROW YOUR BOAT
Are some tall, athletic players going over to rowing? From the Detroit News.

LYNX
Anna DeForge is a veteran leader in her first year for the Minnesota Lynx. From the StarTribune.

Next up: later today with Team WI Select Samuels vs HLC.

Out & About: Minneapolis South/Fridley

#3 posting 5.26.2008
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This game took place Saturday, May 24, 2008
North St. Paul MYAS 17u
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH tigers 59, FRIDLEY tigers 35

In the battle of the undefeated Tigers it was the city variety beating their suburban counterparts 56-38. In so doing, South won the North St. Paul MYAS event. The South defensive heat forced 26 turnovers while only committing 11.

Fridley led in this game early 7-2. After that, South went on a rampage. South finished the half with a 32-11 run. Fridley had a 10 possession drought after the score was tied at 9 and they never recovered. By the time the suburban Tigers scored again, the city Tigers had a 14-0 run in the works. Once South started to roll Fridley hurried their offense taking the first 18 footer that looked open. That only played in to the City Tigers hands. The tempo and pressure belong to South. Then the recriminations started. By that time South was up 34-18 at half time.

After an initial flurry at the start by both teams, Fridley cooled off. They had a 2/17 offensive sequence with droughts of 8 and 5. South had one minor drought of four.

photos: #1. Corinne Miles looks to pass around Jenny Houle. #2. Tyisha Smith takes a three with Andrea Sampson defending. photos by kja

key: player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MINEAPOLIS SOUTH
STARTERS
Ronique Livingston 7, 6, 116.7, .333 perimeter shooter. her 3 point basket helped start the South avalanche.
Europe Guy 5, 7, 71.4, .429 perimeter. lefty. 3 point shooter. crashed the offensive boards
Tyisha Smith 25, 20, 125.0, .600 point guard. the motor. revs it up into high gear. deflects many passes. scores off her defense. also knocked down a 3. plays without fear. would have had more assists if her teammates could finish and were ready for the ball. Smith knew they were open, they didn't.
Jenny Houle 3, 3, 100.0, .333 three point shooter
Laura Thomas 1, 1, 100.0, 1.000
BENCH
Gabrielle Roberts 4, 5, 80.0, .400 post.
Mallory Cramer 14, 11, 127.3, .636 post. energized. moving with authority. defensively played the back of the zone and snatched unwary passes. offensively aggressive on the boards with 8 points coming on second chancers.
Akeena Bronson 0, 3, 0.0, .000 exposes the ball. Needs to put the ball under her chin and get bigger.
Amy Miles 0, 1, 0.0, .000 guard. lefty
Avonna Sanders 0, 0, 0.0, .000

FRIDLEY
STARTERS
Liz Leighton 2, 4, 50.0, .250 perimeter. needs to catch and look under the basket to be more aware.
Sydne Adams 8, 10, 80.0, .400 post/forward. likes to shoot in the right corner. When South started their run released some shots quickly in the offensive scheme. passes can sail too high.
Erin Green 13, 8, 162.5, .750 scores in a variety of places. can hit a 3. scored when hit. had some points in the paint.
Jenna Freichels 4, 7, 57.1, .286 guard. needs to shorten passes, use fakes. let the pressure get to her. made comments to officials.
Andrea Sampson 0, 5, 0.0, .000 guard. needs to avoid the spin dribble. needs to be stronger with the ball.
BENCH
Autumn Buckli 3, 4, 75.0, .250 guard. can shoot the 3.
Hannah Mohamed 0, 6, 0.0, .000 guard. Needs to work against quick pressure taking the ball up the floor.
Corrine Miles 5, 11, 45.5, .273 athletic player that needs to practice. as good instincts and ability. is raw.

TRENCH PLAYER
For the second game in a row Mallory Cramer

BY THE NUMBERS
Mpls South 59, 57, 103.5, .491
Fridley 35, 55, 63.6, .309
made 3s/&1s: South 4/0; Fridley 2/0
ftm/fta-ft%: South 9/14-.643; Fridley 3/6-.500
bench: South 18, Fridley 8

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH
Mallory Cramer 10
Europe Guy 6
Tyisha Smith 6
Gabrielle Roberts 3
Jenny Houle 1
Akeena Bronson 1
Amy Miles 1
Avonna Sanders 1
totals: 29

FRIDLEY
Andrea Sampson 5
Autumn Buckli 4.5
Erin Green 3.5
Corrine Miles 3
Sydne Adams 2
Jenna Freichels 2
Hannah Mohamed 2
totals: 22

ASSISTS
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH
Tyisha Smith 5
Mallory Cramer 4
Akeena Bronson 3
Jenny Houle 2
Gabrielle Roberts 2
Europe Guy 1
totals: 17

FRIDLEY
Jenna Freichels 4
Andrea Sampson 4
Sydne Adams 3
Liz Leighton 1
Erin Green 1
Autumn Buckli 1
Hannah Mohammed 1
totals: 15

Next up: tomorrow

Out & About: Fridley/Barnum

#2 posting 5.26.2008
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This game took place Saturday, May 24, 2008
North St. Paul MYAS 17u
FRIDLEY tigers 57, BARNUM bombers 29

Fridley used their fresher legs and a hot start to burst the Bombers 57-29. The Tigers roared on their first three possessions and lead 8-0 after their fifth. Erin Green came out smoking with two field goals on the first two Fridley possessions. She had 11 for the half and 17 for the game. Barnum was feeling the effects of a short bench. They had droughts of 5, 8 and 5 in the first half. By half time it was 27-13 Fridley.

Fridley opened the second half with another four possession scoring string and led 37-18. Six of their points in that 10-5 run came on second chancers. On their third possession of the half Liz Leighton scored on a second chancer and was fouled. She missed the free throw, but Erin Green was there to pounce on it and put it in. So in that one possession four points came via second chancers. The droughts weren't as severe in the second half for the Bombers. They did live up to their name with six 3 pointers in the game. They only made three conventional two point field goals all game. The turnover bug that ailed Barnum in the South game was not as evident in this game with 19 total.

photos: #1 Liz Leighton rises above the crowd for two. #2. Jenna Freichels and another Fridley Tiger put the trap on Sarah Myhre. photos by kja

key: Player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
FRIDLEY
STARTERS
Erin Green 17, 13, 131.8, .615 ignited Fridley's start. strong, faces the basket. has 3 range.
Sydne Adams 12, 6, 200.0, 1.000 crashed the offensive boards. had 6 points on put backs.
Jenna Freichels 4, 6, 66.7, .333 guard. aggressive defensively. scored in transition.
Liz Leighton 6, 4, 150.0, .500 left handed perimeter. another that can run the floor. Scored when hit.
Andrea Sampson 0, 3, 0.0, .000
BENCH
Autumn Buckli 7, 4, 175.0, .750 guard. scored inside. Finished a three point play. anticipates on defense.
Corrine Miles 9, 8, 112.5, .625 athletic lanky player. Went to the line three times.
Hannah Mohamed 2, 3, 66.7, .333 point guard. boarded well.

BARNUM
STARTERS
Darian Bushey 6, 10, 60.0, .300 guard. looking to do more on offense both shooting and with the bal.
Jenna Zmyslony 3, 7, 42.9, .143 guard
Sarah Myhre 10, 12, 83.3, .333 guard. has 3 range.
Claire Rodgers 0, 3, 0.0, .000 guard
Katie Myhre 10, 11, 90.9, .364 point guard. tall for 2011. made 3 3s on the day.
BENCH
Caitlan Rodgers 0, 3, 0.0, .000 another lanky perimeter type.

TRENCH PLAYER
Sydne Adams

BY THE NUMBERS
Fridley 57, 47, 121.3, .574
Barnum 29, 46, 63.0, .261
made 3s/&1s: Barnum 6/0; Fridley 1/1
ftm/fta-ft%: Fridley 7/9-.778; Barnum 3/4-.750
bench: Fridley 18, Barnum 0

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
FRIDLEY
Jenna Freichels 7
Autumn Buckli 6
Hannah Mohamed 4
Sydne Adams 2
Liz Leighton 2
Andrea Sampson 1
Corrine Miles 1
totals: 23

BARNUM
Jenna Zmyslony 3
Katie Myhre 3
Darian Bushey 2.5
Sarah Myhre 2.5
Claire Rodgers 2
Caitlan Rodgers 2
totals: 15

ASSISTS
FRIDLEY
Autumn Buckli 5
Erin Green 4
Corrine Miles 3
Sydne Adams 2
Jenna Freichels 2
Liz Leighton 2
Hannah Mohamed 1
Totals: 19

BARNUM
Sarah Myhre 5
Katie Myhre 2
Darian Bushey 1
Jenna Zmyslony 1
Claire Rodgers 1
totals: 10

Next up: later today with the Minneapolis South vs Fridley game

Hardwood Schedules, Potential and Banned

#1 posting 5.26.2008
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BATTLE OF THE HARDWOOD
The Battle of the Hardwood has their girls basketball tournament schedules posted. The games will be played at Woodbury.
In the 17U division there are some interesting games right off the bat. The #1 team in the gbbrecruit poll NC Heat will face #4 North Tartan Larson at 11:45 on Saturday morning. Four of the top 8 teams are in the 17u division with Metro Stars 19 also there.
In the 16u division has four top 10 teams plus the #1 team in the 15u poll North Tartan 15.

POTENTIAL
Brian McCormick writes about the upcoming NBA draft and uses the word potential and upside and wonders why general managers don't look at who can get the job done.

BANNED
A 12 year old girl in Oregon (Jaime Nared, 6-1) is more than good enough to play with the boys (30 ppg), but now is banned from playing in the basketball league because of complaints from other teams. From the Houston Chronicle. Plus video from WLTX (1:28).

OUT & ABOUT SCHEDULE
Monday: Fridley vs Barnum NSP MYAS event
Monday: Mpls South vs Fridley NSP MYAS event
Tuesday: Team WI Select Samuels vs HLC Menomonie Quarterfinals
Wednesday: Team WI Select Doucette vs Southern Minne Magic 19 Menomonie Semifinals
Thursday: Team WI Select Samuels vs Team WI Select Doucette Menomonie Championship

Next up: later today with the MYAS North St. Paul games

Samuels Wins Comeback Civl War Game

#3 posting 5.25.2008
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CIVIL WAR IN WISCONSIN
Team Wisconsin Select Samuels pulled out a gritty come from behind overtime win over in house rival Team Wisconsin Select Doucette to take the Memorial Day tournament in Menomonie today. A few weeks ago TWSS beat TWSD in the Wisconsin State AAU finals 65-40. This time TWSD was rested (no proms or other conflicts) and more than ready.

TWSS overcame a sluggish start and foul problems in the first half. TWSD led 24-11 at their widest margin in the first half. By half time TWSS narrowed that gap to 34-28. With 3:24 left in the game and TWSD holding a 48-43 lead things didn't look good for Samuels. But they held TWSD scoreless the last 6 possessions. The score remained 48-43 with less than a minute to go. Laura Peterson connected on a three after an out of bounds play to cut the margin to 48-46. Katie Wolff missed a front end of a one and one and Sam Price got the rebound. TWSS went into Nicole Griffin and she was jostled on her shot. The 6-6 center fought for the loose ball on the floor and put it home and was fouled. She missed the free throw and the last second heave by TWSD did not fall. So it was off to overtime at 48 all.

In the two minute overtime TWSD controlled the tip and scored a lay up. Griffin made one of two free throws to cut the margin to 50-49. TWSD missed on their next attempt. Laura Peterson again scored a 3 with under 41 seconds left to give TWSS the 52-50 lead. That held up the rest of the way for a dramatic come from behind win.

Earlier in the day TWSS beat HLC in the quarterfinals 55-36. TWSD beat Southern Minne Magic 19, a team that has collegiate first year players, in the semis 64-42.

I will report on these three games during the week in more detail.

Prior to the 17u championship game High Impact, a Minnesota boys basketball team coached by Jeff Buffetta, girls basketball coach at Mountain Iron-Buhl, also won in overtime similar to the TWSS situation. They trailed by 10 late in the game and tied it at the buzzer on a 3.

Also of note today...There was severe weather and the sirens were blaring around 6 pm. The severe weather was north of 94, a few miles from Menomonie. The odd thing was with the sirens just feet away from the gym door, the games continued on. There was no stopping the action, no rush to a safer place.

next up: tomorrow morning

Out & About: Minneapolis South/Barnum

#2 posting 5.25.2008
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This game took place Saturday, May 24, 2008
North St. Paul MYAS 17u
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH tigers 41,
BARNUM bombers 21

In a battle between two runners up in the last high school tournament it was AAAA South beating A Barnum 41-21. South held Barnum scoreless the last 18 possessions of the game after the Bombers took a 21-19 lead. South had four players that played quality minutes on varsity this year with Tyisha Smith an All Conference player. Barnum is young with three 8th graders on their short bench of six. Barnum only one starter (Bushey) and a few that played quality minutes.

Neither team was on fire. Neither team were clicking on offense. South however used their defense and bench to break Barnum in the second half. The first half was tight with Barnum leading early 8-4 after a pair of 3s. South took an 11-10 lead on their own three by Amy Miles and didn't trail the rest of the half. It was only 17-12 at the break. However Barnum had 15 turnovers at half, South only had 6.

A three by Katie Myhre from the left corner put Barnum in the lead at 21-19 with 14:49 left. After that 18 empty possessions as the Barnum legs finally gave way to the unrelenting pressure. South forced four straight turnovers and 15 in the last 18 possessions. For the game Barnum had 33 turnovers. South wasn't immune from droughts even in the second half. They one stretch of six.

photos: #1 Darian Bushey is fouled by Gabrielle Roberts on the way in for a lay up. #2 Tyisha Smith soars through the air for two. photos by kja

key: player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH
STARTERS
Tyisha Smith 8, 10, 80.0, .400 quick point guard. This was her team. defensively quick and harassing. many hands on deflected passes. looks to go hard on the drive. has good air time.
Jenny Houle 0, 7, 0.0, .000 3 point shooter. shot wasn't there
Gabrielle Roberts 4, 4, 100.0, .500 inside muscle.
Ronique Livingston 5, 8, 62.5, .250 perimeter player.
Laura Thomas 0, 4, 0.0, .000 perimeter
BENCH
Avonna Sanders 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Amy Miles 7, 5, 140.0, .600 left handed guard. 3 range
Mallory Cramer 11, 7, 157.1, .714 post player. persistent, more active. more energy. moved well with purpose. went to the line three times.
Akeena Bronson 2, 4, 50.0, .250
Europe Guy 4, 4, 100.0, .500 arrived at half time. lefty.

BARNUM
With 33 total turnovers ball handling, passing strength, passing decisions, moving to the ball are all facts that can be improved upon.
STARTERS
Katie Myhre 10, 16, 62.5, .250 as a 2012 player ran the team. nice height on the perimeter. 3 point range. got a couple of carry calls on her.
Jenna Zmyslony 4, 10, 40.0, .200 perimeter
Sarah Myhre 5, 10, 50.0, .200 Katie's older sister. also has 3 range. did most of the rebounding for Barnum.
Darian Bushey 2, 9, 22.2, .111 the only starter for Barnum playing. more defensive specialist. is looking to take more shots. moves on offense
Caitlin Rodgers 0, 7, 0.0, .000
BENCH
Claire Rodgers 0, 5, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Mallory Cramer

BY THE NUMBERS
Mpls South 41, 57, 71.9, .333
Barnum 21, 57, 36.8, .158
made 3s/&1s: MS 2/1; Barnum 3/0
ftm/fta-ft%: MS 5/9-.556, Barnum 0/2-.000
bench: MS 24, Barnum 0

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH
Tyisha Smith 8.5
Mallory Cramer 6
Gabrielle Roberts 5
Avonna 3
Amy Miles 3
Ronique Livingston 2.5
Laura Thomas 2
Akeena Bronson 1
totals: 31

BARNUM
Sarah Myhre 8.5
Caitlin Rodgers 5.5
Katie Myhre 5
Claire Rodgers 5
Jenna Zmyslony 3
Darian Bushey 1
totals: 28

ASSISTS
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH
Tyisha Smith 4
Amy Miles 2
Mallory Cramer 2
Jenny Houle 1
Akeena Thomas 1
Europe Guy 1
totals: 11

BARNUM
Sarah Myhre 3
Darian Bushey 2
Jenna Zmyslony 2
Katie Myhre 1
totals: 8

Next up: later today with a report on Menomonie

Basketball on Track, Ref Chokes

#1 posting 5.25.2008
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BASKETBALL ON TRACK
Sam Ostarello of Stanley County won her second straight South Dakota High Jump with a 5-4 leap. The 2009 athlete has verballed Purdue for women's basketball.

Another basketball player won her third straight 800. Mikayla Barondeau of Leola-Frederick beat her mother's total wins. Barondeau will play women's basketball at Northern State next year. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

REF CHOKES
A referee down in Arkansas will not be working anymore after choking a coach during a 12u youth basketball tournament sponsored by Youth Sports America. From the Pine Bluff Commercial.

LADY CATS IN KANSAS
Minnesota Stars Jihad (Lady Cats) will be in the 2008 Summer Kickoff Kansas tournament June 6-8 around Newton, Kansas. MSJ LC are team 12 in pool C on page 8.

Next up: first game on the South vs Barnum game from yesterday

South Triumphs

#2 posting 5.24.2008
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TIGERS ROAR
The Minneapolis South Tigers won the North St. Paul MYAS 17u event today beating three teams. Most of the teams in this tournament were school based teams, but not everyone from the respective schools were there. For example South was missing Tayler Hill and Ameshia Kearney.

The first game featured two teams that finished second in the recent Minnesota State High School tournament--AAAA South and A Barnum. South led most of the first half, but Barnum, behind long range shooting, edged in front 21-19 in the second half with 14:49 to go. That was to be their last points as the Southerners finished with a 23-0 run and Barnum finished with a 18 possession drought.

The second game South beat the Hurricanes handily. However I was watching Fridley beat Barnum 56-29. Fridley earlier had beat the Hurricanes by double figures. In the Fridley/Barnum game the Tigers jumped out to a 19-5 lead as everything was clicking. The one sub Barnum team left a lot of energy on the floor in the South game.

It was a battle of Tigers in the championship. Fridley held an early 7-2 lead, but after that it went South quickly. The Southerners outscored the other Tigers 32-11 the rest of the half and at one point held the Fridley squad scoreless 10 possessions. South triumphed 56-38 in a fairly even second half. Tyisha Smith had 25 points for South in the championship.

I will have detailed out & abouts later in the week, maybe even as early as tomorrow morning. Maybe.

next up: tomorrow morning

Nebraska Summer Rosters,

#1 posting 5.24.2008
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NEBRASKA SUMMER GIRLS BASKETBALL
The Omaha World Herald has 10 rosters of summer girls basketball teams from Nebraska.

COACHING NEWS
Girls’ basketball coach Jason Christensen is leaving Stickney/Mount Vernon to become the head coach at Wagner, SD.

CONFERENCE NEWS
Chanhassen will be joining the Lake Conference in 2009. The StarTribune looks at what may happen with the Classic Lake.

AWARDS
Alexis Klawitter has won the female athlete of the year award at Janesville Parker. From the Janesville Gazette.

ALL STATE
The Michigan Basketball Coaches Association has named their All State team in Class B. From the Niles Star.

Next up: Later today with results from the MYAS.

The Week That Was #8: Magic

#2 posting 5.23.2008
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The Week That Was #8: Magic
This was the second week in a row with a Minnesota state Tournament. This time it was MYAS holding their state event. Here are the winners this week:
19 Gym Rats
17 Southern Minne Magic
16 Minnesota Dynamite
15 Lady Cats (MN Stars Jihad)
14 MN Stars Martin
13 Hopkins
12 MN Stars Wade (Farview)
11 MN Stars Nelson
The Minnesota Stars won four of the events over the weekend.

How do the numbers compare to the week before?
Tournament pp100, floor %
AAU 84.37; .400
MYAS 83.33; .384
If you look at just the 17s
AAU 86.72; .415
MUAS 86.03; .389
If you look at the championship teams
AAU (NC Heat/MN Stars Borowicz) 110.79, .518
MYAS (Southern Minne Magic/Triple Threat) 91.23; .412
So the differences are fairly small to begin with, but at the high end AAU clearly dominates with a pp100 that is 19.56 better that MYAS.

RECRUITING TRENDS
The trend this week, and for the past two weeks, is the verbals from the 2009 class going out to D2 schools. Four players, three from Minnesota and one from South Dakota have made collegiate decisions. That might not sound a lot, but consider that Minnesota has (so far) 43 from the 2008 class that are headed to D2 that means that 7% of the 2009 potential class has verballed in the past two weeks. I don't think 7% of the 2008 class had made a move to D2 at this point last May.
For South Dakota it is 1/6, using last year's numbers or 16.7% have made the decisions.

For the 2009 race the numbers overall look like this---
Minnesota 9
Indiana 6
Wisconsin 6
Iowa 5
South Dakota 5
Michigan 3
Ohio 2
Illinois 1
Nebraska 1
North Dakota 1
Utah 1
Obviously this will be changing.

THE WEEK TO COME
This is another brief weekend coming up with the action shifting again to Menomonie. Can Team WI Select Samuels continue their winning streak and be the first team to win three Team of the Week titles? Can Nicole Griffin win her third defensive player of the week honor? Find out soon.

TEAM OF THE WEEK
For taking the MYAS 17 title and holding Triple Threat scoreless for 10:30 minutes of the second half is Southern Minne Magic. The Magic trailed in that championship game and bounced back to beat the Threat. A strong inside presence controlled the boards. The week before SMM finished in a tie for 13th in the State AAU tournament.

Coach John Fisher and the Southern Minne Magic. photo by kja

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kiara Buford simply dominated as you would expect a D1 Gopher signee in the second half of the Gym Rats vs Minnesota Thunder game. She took over. She put the Rats on her back and lifted them to the semifinal win. For the most part the Rats were sputtering. Buford grabbed the game by the throat and stuck it in her pocket. She attacked the basket with a single minded purpose. She was the difference maker.
This is the third time this summer that a 2008 player has won the player of the week.

To make the teams remember the rules:
#1. I need to see the player
#2. Player needs to have 6+ possessions
#3. Player needs to be over 100 pp100
#4. Player needs to be over .500 floor %
#5. If I see a player in two games the numbers are added up and the average used.
This week I saw only four games so the pool of players is smaller. Also some players didn't make the cut due to the 6 possession rule. Some had great numbers, but only five or four possessions

FIRST TEAM
Caitlyn Book, Minnesota Thunder (Wayzata)
Kiara Buford, Gym Rats 19 (St. Paul Central)
Adrianna Ivanovic, Northern Lights 19 (Bigfork)
Karli Meyer, Minnesota Lakers (Adrian)
Alyssa Rushton, Southern Minne Magic (Rochester JM)

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK
The defender this week is Yvonne Freese of the Southern Minne Magic. A hard hat physical player that corralled a lot of defensive boarders. She is not afraid of mixing it up. In two games I watched she snared nine rebounds both times.
Kiara Buford, Gym Rats 19 (St. Paul Central)
Thea Engen, Minnesota Lakers (Red Rock Central)
Amanda Iverson, Triple Threat (Waconia)
Yvonne Freese, Southern Minne Magic (Lanesboro)
Sam Lynn, Minnesota Lakers (Adrian)

DISTRIBUTOR
Seraene Levine of Minnesota Thunder receives this honor. She delivered 7 assists in the loss to the Gym Rats. Levine was involved in 32% of all points just with her assists.

NEWCOMER
Karli Meyer of Adrian is a small post (5-8) but she was quite effective slipping inside and doing damage in the paint. She sealed well, used her body to create space and knew the proper angles. She will need to work on ball handling and facing the basket to play beyond high school ball, but will be effective in posting up players up to 5-10.

PAST WINNERS
Here are the past weekly winners

TEAM
7. NC Heat
6. Team WI Select Samuels
5. NC Heat
4. MN All Star 2A
3. Team WI Select Samuels
2. Minnesota Dynamite
1. IBCA Select Red

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
7. Tayler Hill, NC Heat (Minneapolis South)
6. Laura Petersen, Team WI Select Samuels (Osseo-Fairchild)
5. Megan Nipe, NC Heat (Centennial)
4. Brianna Mastey, MN All Star 3A, (Becker)
3. Sam Price, Team WI Select Samuels (Eau Claire North)
2. Haylie Darrington, Maroon South Central All Star (Blue Earth)
1. Trisha Nesbitt, IBCA Select Red (Ames)

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK
7. Shakila Boler, North Tartan Larson (Bloomington Kennedy)
6. Nicole Griffin, Team WI Select Samuels (Milwaukee Vincent)
5. Tori Rule, Midtown Lady Monarchs (DeLaSalle)
4. Jackie Voigt, MN All Star 4A, (Park-Cottage Grove)
3. Nicole Griffin, Team WI Select Samuels (Milwaukee Vincent)
2. Kiara Strickland, Gold South Central All Star (Mpls Roosevelt)
1. Amber Kirschbaum, IBCA Select Red (Spirit Lake)

DISTRIBUTOR
7. Tayler Hill, NC Heat (Minneapolis South)
6. Katie Wolff, Team WI Select Doucette (Marshfield)

NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK
7. Jackie Johnson, North Tartan 14 (Eden Prairie)
6. Cady Roedl, WI Hoops Select (Beaver Dam)
5. Alyssa Hagen, MN Stars Carlisle (NRHEG)
4. Hilary Friendshuh, Team WI Red 15s (Clear Lake, WI)
3. Jessica Waldvogel, Team Wisconsin Select 15s
2. Kara Hofschild, Minnesota Dynamite (Andover)
1. Kionna Kellogg, IBCA Select Red (Ames)

POLLS19s
AAU
1. MN Stars
2. Metro Stars Black
3. Team WI Sr White
4. Team WI Sr Black
MYAS
1. Gym Rats
2. Minnesota Thunder
3. Wayzata AC
4. Southern Minne Magic

17u/16u/JR ELIGIBLE AAU
1. NC Heat
2. MN Stars Hested/Borowicz
3. Nebraska Bison
4. North Tartan Larson
5. IBCA Select Red
6. Team WI Select Samuels
7. North Tartan Crosby
8. Metro Stars Black
9. Metro Stars White
10. MN Stars DeWitt
11. MN Stars Smith
12. Fury
13. Team WI Select Doucette
14. All Iowa Attack 17
15. Southern Stars
16. MN Suns
17. Southern Minne Magic
18. 43 Hoops Zuck
19. Comets
20. MN Stars Eckmann
21. 43 Hoops Olson
22. Southern Minny Elite
23. X Factor
24. Finishers

16u/MYAS DIVISION
1. MN Dynamite
2. Chaska Gold
2. MN Thunder
3. Triple Threat

15u AAU
1. North Tartan
2. Team Iowa
3. Team WI Select
4. MN Suns Arbogast
5. MN Suns Ellen
6. Metro Stars
7. Nebraska Judds
8. MN Stars Jihad Lady Cats
9. MN Stars Carlisle
11. 43 Hoops
12. Fury
13. MN Dynamite
14. Southern Mini Magic
15. MN Gym Rats
16. MN Finishers

14u AAU
1. North Tartan
2. IBCA Select Blue
3. Metro Stars
4. Fury Livers
5. Fury Haugen
6. Midtown Lady Monarchs
7. MN Stars Hested
8. MN Suns
9. Southern MN Heat

13u AAU
1. North Tartan
MYAS
1. Hopkins

12u AAU
1. MN Suns
2. MN Stars Farview

Next up: Tomorrow