Sunday, June 29, 2008

The E-Mail Grab Bag: Summer Tournaments, Summer Leagues

#2 posting 6.29.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

THE E-MAIL GRAB BAG
I am back from Sioux Falls and I am able now to get to my e-mails. Thanks to the readers for the great information. You are keeping the public informed.

HOOPGURLZ RANKING
Theairra Taylor of St. Paul Central is ranked #86 in the nation by HoopGurlz.

SUMMER TOURNAMENTS
WALKER
Bigfork won the Walker tournament Saturday for the second year in row.
Moose Lake didn't show up so Bigfork had to play Walker. International Falls showed up late so they forfeited their game against Walker.
first round
Crosby beat Nevis 36-30
Bemidji beat Pine River 45-19
Fosston beat Park Rapids 31-30
Remer beat Lake of Woods 34-26
Walker beat Intl Falls (forfeit)
Pequot Lakes beat Cook
Frazee beat Blackduck
Bigfork beat Walker 56-25
Quarterfinals
Crosby beat Bemidji
Remer beat Fosston
Pequot beat Walker
Bigfork beat Frazee
Semifinals
Crosby beat Remer 35-26
Bigfork beat Pequot 50-34
Championship
Bigfork beat Crosby 43-36, 1st & 2nd
Pequot beat Remer for 3rd

ALEXANDRIA/BREAKDOWN
Here are the Alex Girls Results for Breakdown Tourney
Play in games
Becker beat West Central
Battle Lake beat Alexandria II
Quarterfinals
Moorhead beat Becker
Annandale beat Osakis
Minnewaska beat Princeton
Alexandria beat Battle Lake
Semifinals
Moorhead beat Annandale
Alexandria beat Minnewaska
Finals
Alexandria beat Moorhead
It was the second straight weekend Alexandria won a Breakdown tournament.

Minnewaska was 3rd
Becker the consolation champ

All Breakdown Tourney Team (Alexandria)
Rey Robinson, Becker
Kassie Hooten, Moorhead
Angela Christianson, Alexandria
Jessie Althoff, Becker
Liza Torgerson, West Central

SUMMER LEAGUES
PINE CITY
Pine City has a summer League. There league rotates between towns and runs on Tuesdays until July 29. Pine City hosts on July 1, Rush City the 8th, 15th, and 22nd, Braham the 29th. Here are the standings after five games
North Branch 5-0
Braham 4-0
Pine City 4-1
Siren, WI 2-2
Hinckley-Finlayson 2-3
Rush City 1-3
Webster, WI 0-4
Grantsburg, WI 0-5

CHAMPLIN PARK
Minnetonka is alone in first place at 6-0 in the Champlin Park summer league
Champlin Park and Maple Grove are 5-1 in second place
Roseville, Totino-Grace and Osseo are 4-2 tied for fourth place.

Next up: More Summer tournament results