Kennedy Sweet 16 Champs

#2 posting 8.3.2008
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KENNEDY SWEET 16 CHAMPS
Bloomington Kennedy beat New Prague 47-40 in the finals of the Sweet 16 today at the College of St. Benedict. Kennedy, coming into the tournament, was not given much chance by many to take the title due to key injuries to Shakila Boler and Alexis Holt. However youthful Kennedy looked for ways to win the tournament, made adjustments to the opposition, played scrappy defense and, in the words of the immortal Jesse Ventura, "Shocked the World."

New Prague reached the title game with a 62-57 win over defending Sweet 16 champ Centennial. Kennedy beat DeLaSalle 51-43 to get to the finals.

Of course the other big news of the day---Coach Teas came out of Hibernation. He did not see his shadow, so we will have 6 more weeks of Summer. This was Coach Teas' first tournament in over two months. It was also his first time with the new lens.

I will have more on the individual games.

Here is how the brackets played out today
1-4 SEMIS
New Prague 62, Centennial 57
Bloomington Kennedy 51, DeLaSalle 43
5-8 CONSOLATION
Eden Valley-Watkins 46, Hayfield 32
Becker 46, Lakeville North 40
9-12 CONSOLATION
Woodbury 55, New Life 53
Adrian 69, New London-Spicer 52
13-16 CONSOLATION
Cedar Mountain-Comfrey 54, Princeton 52
Howard Lake-W-W 67, Bigfork 36

15TH PLACE
Princeton 60, Bigfork 45
13th PLACE
Howard Lake-W-W 59, CMC 53
11th PLACE
New Life 52, New London-Spicer 50 (Cara Lutes made a key block at the end of the game to preserve the win for NL).
9TH PLACE
Adrian 54, Woodbury 52 (Adrian won on a shot with two seconds left. The Dragons trailed late in the game before tying the game at 52. Sam Lynn penetrated the lane and dished off for the game winning assist).
7TH PLACE
Lakeville North 63, Hayfield 40
5TH PLACE
Eden Valley-Watkins 66, Becker 35
3rd PLACE
Centennial 88, DeLaSalle 44
CHAMPIONSHIP
Bloomington Kennedy 47, New Prague 40

Here are the results by class
AAAA 11-5 .688
AAA 8-8 .500
AA 7-9 .438
A 6-10 .375

Here is the complete results from the Sweet 16 site.

Next up: More details on each of the semis, and championships to follow