Hill Saga, Gophers Romp in Italy, Two Fennellys

#1 posting 8.27.2008
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HILL
Tayler Hill will probably not be a Gopher. She is taking trips to Duke, Texas, Marquette and Rutgers. From the StarTribune.

METRO STARS OPEN TRYOUTS
The Minnesota Metro Stars will be holding open tryouts for their 16U Black and 16U White teams for the 2009 AAU season. Tryouts will be held at Bloomington Jefferson on September 14th and 21st. Over a period of years Metro Stars has established itself as one of the top basketball clubs in the midwest. If you feel that you can compete at the highest level we would love to see you at tryouts. Tryout info can be found here.

GOPHERS IN ITALY
The Minnesota Gophers finished their Italian trip with a stop at Lake Como. Tanisha Smith and Marisa Moseley have blog wraps. The Gophers were 3-0 on their trip with a 108-18 win over a Swiss team

MORE KNIFE
There is video of Shaunna Knife who has recently verballed Mary. From KXMB.

PREVENTING KNEE INJURIES
The Kalamazoo Gazette looks at a program that helps prevent ACL knee injuries.

CONFERENCE NEWS
The Downriver League is in the works in Michigan breaking apart the Mega Conference. From the Detroit Free Press.

FENNELLY: BILL & BILLY
Iowa State women's basketball coach Bill Fennelly has a blog entry.

Son Billy has moved from Maryland to Northwestern. He is now the Director of Basketball Operations for the Wildcats.

COACHING NEWS
Heather Vulin has been hired as an assistant at Villanova. Vulin was a grad assistant at North Dakota State and is a 1999 UM Morris grad.

SCHEDULES
Here are the list of teams that have released their 2008-09 schedule: Denver and Southern Illinois.

TICKETS
You can now get Summit basketball Tournament tickets. The event will be in Sioux Falls this March. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.