Ames Tournament News, Miller & the Olympics

#1 posting 6.21.2008
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AMES TOURNAMENT
MN Stars Jihad (Lady Cats) won their 1st pool game in the Ames Tournament over Team Iowa. Sarina Baker led all scores with 15 points, Tyisha Smith had 12 and Sadiqah Jihad 9. The Lady Cats will play Wisconsin Select today at 3 pm at Boone High. Wisconsin Select beat the Cats last week in the Summer Jam in Bloomington, by 6 points. The Cats will be looking steal some cheese from Select.
MN Stars Martin 13U lost to Omaha Sparks 52 - 44. MSM is really vulnerable without their two big guns in Heather Bowe, Eau Claire 6-0 post (Stress Fracture), and Jade Martin 5-11 Wing (Broken Arm). Jasmine Scott of Brookyln Center had 12 points, Phyliss Webb of Park Center had 16 carried the scoring load for MSM. They will play NW Iowa at noon today. They need a win in order to advance to the "gold" - winners bracket, the loser goes onto the Silver bracket.

ALL STAR GAMES
Montana beat Wyoming 79-70 in overtime in the girls all star game in Billings. From KXMB.

Marni Jacobson of Spencer was named to the all tournament team in the IBCA Goalsetter All Star Games. From the Spencer Daily Reporter.

COACHING NEWS
The Mankato Free Press gives a thumb down to the rehiring of LeCenter girls basketball coach Scott Bernard.

Scott Privratsky, Devils Lake girls basketball coach, is looking for photos to display of 9 all state players. From the Devils Lake Journal.

HALL OF FAME
Former girls basketball coach Terry Nelsen of Austin Pacelli will be inducted into the school's hall of fame along with his son Jake. Nelsen was the first coach in Minnesota to win 300 games. From KAAL (there is video too).

ELITE CAMP
The Minnesota Elite Girls Basketball Camp currently has 35 openings for the camp. This is the 20th year of the camp, and in that time we have built a strong reputation with high school and college coaches. On average, 55 colleges personally attend the camp to evaluate talent. Strong competition is another advantage of the camp. The camp features talent from all across the state of Minnesota, and in recent years, we have expanded to Wisconsin as well. This years camp will be held July 22-25 at Concordia University in St. Paul. If interested in attending, please visit our website - www.mnelite.com- and fill out the "2008 Interested Players" Form. We will then contact either your high school or AAU coach for a recommendation. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by email - pbowlin@winonacotter.org.

MILLER & THE OLYMPICS
Guy Limbeck of the Rochester Post Bulletin gets to the bottom of the Kelly Miller and Russian Olympic story.

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