Friday, June 20, 2008

Baker's 34, Shock, HLWW, Spring Grove Recaps

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TOURNAMENTS THIS WEEKEND
The All Iowa Attack club will host the Midwest Girls Classic starting today and running through Sunday in Ames, Iowa.

Here are the match-ups for the Crosby team camp on Saturday, June 21st.
10am-Bemidji/Brainerd
11am-Crosby-Ironton/Little Falls
12am-Little Falls/Brainerd
1pm-CI/Bemidji
2pm-CI/Brainerd
3pm-Little Falls/Bemidji

ALL STAR GAMES
Black beat the Gold 83-64 in the Bruin Club All-Star Classic at Ballenger Fieldhouse in Flint Michigan last night. Brandie Baker of Flint Hamady and future Central Michigan player scored 34 points for Black. From the Flint Journal.

The Southeast Nebraska All Star game takes place this on Saturday at 6 pm at Beatrice, Nebraska. The Plattsmouth Journal lists some of the local players in the event.

PAST TOURNAMENTS
DELL CLASSIC
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted took part in the Dells Classic event this past week (Monday-Wednesday) in Wisconsin Dells. HLWW took 2nd place overall. In Pool Play the Lakers defeated Sterling (Illinois), Culver Academy (Indiana), Wabasha-Kellogg, and Witternberg-Birnamwood (WI). In bracket play HLWW defeated Durand (WI) 43-36 in the quarterfinals and then beat Amery (WI) 58-32 in the semifinals. In the championship HLWW lost 50-39 to Fishers (Indiana). There were a few other Minnesota teams participating including: Princeton, Big Lake, Clearbrook-Gonvick, and Crosby-Ironton.

WINONA COTTER TOURNAMENT
Spring Grove won the Winona Cotter on June 7 beating Kingsland, CHOF and LeRoy-Ostrander. check the last portion of the article. From the Spring Grove Herald.

SHOCK
The Rochester Shock 16u AAU team was 22-2 this spring. From the Spring Grove Herald.

COACHING NEWS
Nick Langston has been hired as the new girls basketball coach at Hillsdale, Michigan.

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Kelsey Kaminsky of South Lyon, Michigan has been chosen athlete of the year in the Livingston Community News.

Next up: More news from around the area.