Stars Shine in Kansas, Tinglestad 3xWinner

#1 posting 6.8.2008
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KANSAS RESULTS
MN Stars Martin 13u got by Missouri Lightning by 5 point in the first round. Heather Bowe of Eau Claire, WI & Phyliss Webb of Brooklyn Park both had 12 points. The late night 8 pm game went to the wire with Katie Stone of Eau Claire knocking down two free throws with 18 seconds left to seal the win 44-40 and push MSM into the Semis tomorrow morning at 11 am.
On the other side of Wichita, MN Stars Jihad 15u took out the Sparks of Oklahoma City 58-41. Brianna Williams, Sarina Baker & Kaylani Edwards all played exceptionally well. MSJ now advances to the Semis at 10 am. If they win they will move on to the finals at 2 pm.

ALL STAR GAMES
Wyoming beat South Dakota in a girls basketball all star game at Spearfish 93-88. Both states won each other's court. Cami Koehn of Colman-Egan led SD with 23 points. From the Rapid City Journal.

BASKETBALL ON TRACK
Ashley Tinglestad of Lake Park-Audubon won three events in the Class A Minnesota State track meet yesterday. Tinglestad won the 100, 200 and 400. She set a new record in the 400. From the Fargo Forum.
Other basketball related first place winners
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Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Providence Academy (Samantha Zopfi was in the relay)
Girls 4x100 Meter Relay Providence Academy (Katie Huot, and Samantha Zopfi were in the relay)
Girls 300 Meter Hurdles Bree Woelber, Pipestone
AA
Finishing second in the high jump was Katie Loberg of Princeton with a 5-7 jump.



TRIPS
Hope College will be taking a trip to Germany on August 7-20. From the Grand Rapids Press.

MILLER A RUSSIAN?
Former Rochester Mayo player Kelly Miller is listed on the Russian women's basketball Preliminary Squad .
Becky Hammon of South Dakota and the San Antonio Silver Stars is already a Russian. San Antonio plays the Lynx today. From the StarTribune.

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