Camping, Schonrock, Two American Tales

#1 posting 8.3.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

SUMMER HOOPS SERIES
The Eau Claire Leader Telegram continues their Summer Hoops series with a look at the College Camp experience. Included is an article on how the coaches prepare for the camp season, and the myriad of options players have during the summer. One college assistant bemoans the fact that "No one works on fundamentals anymore."

COACHING NEWS
Former Gopher Shannon Schonrock has been hired as full time assistant at Winona State. Schonrock played her high school ball at Blue Earth and has been an assistant at Wayzata. She was part time at WSU last year. From the Mankato Free Press.

CONFERENCE NEWS
The Wausau Daily Herald looks at the changes in the area high school conferences including the new Great Northern Conference.

ILLNESS UPDATE
Jackson Lumen Christi player Kelcie Wilson has been removed from a ventilator and is breathing on her own. Wilson has meningitis. From the Jackson Citizen Patriot.

AN AMERICAN IN RUSSIA
Becky Hammon only scored three points in her Russian debut in a 75-69 loss to Latvia. The Siuox Falls Argus Leader looks at Hammon's path from South Dakota to Russia. Also from the Star Tribune.

AN AMERICAN AT HOME
The Grand Forks Herald looks at Lindsay Whalen's response to being inexplicably left off the American Olympic roster.

SUMMER BREAK
The North Tartan coaches are enjoying vacation time with their families after a full summer of basketball. They are also busy with the phone calls from colleges enquiring about players.
You can contact North Tartan by email during the break.

SWEET 16
I will get to the numbers and more stories from the Sweet 16 later today, and probably Monday. I had to get some shut eye after the midnight hour.

Next up: Sweet 16 semis and finals later today