Thursday, May 22, 2008

St. Ben's in Greece, Battle of the Plains

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ST. BEN'S IN GREECE
The College of St. Benedict beat Kalamata in Greece 78-31. The Blazers lost to Ravenna, the feeder team to the Greek National team, 59-53. From the St. Cloud Times.

BATTLE ON THE PLAINS
3rd Annual Battle on the Plains
(Promoted and endorsed by Michael T White)

NCAA Certified Event
13U-17U
July 22nd-24th, 2008
Lincoln, NE

Look Below for some Committed teams:

To Register go online:
http://www.basketballincollege.com/TTIntro.aspx?tid=TRN005
We are limited to 64 teams, and with the growing demand and interest we have already received, we full expect to reach that number.
Girls Exposure Tournament
5 age divisions ( U13, U14, U15, U16, and U17)
Elite teams
All games will be played at 1 location, allowing for college coaches to watch more games
5 game guarantee- many play 6-7 games
16 minute stopped clock halves
all courts will feature 30 second NCAA shot clock
Many D1, D2, D3, NAIA and JUCO coaches in attendance
Entry Fee- Only $550, for 5 game guarantee Event will be hosted by the NE Bison & Judds teams, along with the Cornhusker Shooting Stars, and Bison Youth Sports Complex.
We expect some of the best clubs, and teams in the nation in attendance. We have already confirmed many of the top rated players from 2009, 2010, 2011 that will be in attendance.

Dan Lesoing(402) 429-0920
NE Bison & Judds CSShttp://www.cornhuskershootingstars.com/
dlesoing@windstream.net
bigish84@aol.com

Some Committed teams
Cornhusker Shooting Stars- 5
NE Bison & Judds
All Iowa Attack- 4
IBCA Select- 3
Houston, TX CY-Fair- 3
TX Team Ichiban- 3
KC Thundercats/Blazers 2-3
Kansas Dream Team- 2
Omaha Crusaders- 2

SUMMER LEAGUE
The Park Region conference will host a summer league with sites rotating among these teams: Bertha-Hewitt, Eagle Valley, Henning, Menahga, New York Mills, Sebeka, Verndale

YOUNGSTERS
The MN Stars- Antl 11U team has qualified for the USSSA National Championships on July 5-8 in Tampa, FL, They also will be participating in the Memorial Classic this weekend in Menomonie, WI, Summer Jam in June and ending with the Midwest Adidas Classic in Ames, IA June 20-22.
Girls on roster include Jordyn Alt, Alyssa Antl, Grace Coughlin, McKenna Happke, Erika Johnson, Sydney Lamberty, Oliva Mathis, Emily Namyst, Emma Robinson, Jaime Schnell, and Katie Werth

SUMMER CAMP
Minneapolis South will hold a summer camp June 23-26 for boys and girls from 8 am to noon. Their will be a second camp from July 14-18 from 8 am to noon for girls only. Cost will be $85. Contact Ahmil Jihad at-mailto:at-ahmil07@yahoo.com for more information.

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