Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Hirt, Parity, GPAC, Scoreboards

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your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

HIRT VERBAL
As reported last week the Gophers received a verbal from Kayla Hirt of Bemidji. Here is the Bemidji Pioneer with their story.

COACHING NEWS
Jeremy Rosenau is the new girls basketball coach at Port Huron, Michigan. From the Port Huron Times Herald.

PARITY
Parity? What parity? USA Today looks at the parity in women's college basketball.

MEET----
Janell Smith of Kalamazoo Loy Norrix is the next new Michigan Wolverine to meet.

MADNESS
Purdue's midnight madness is set for Oct. 17.

TELEVISION
George Washington will be on television on Jan. 21 against Villanova and Temple on March 1.

TICKETS
Ohio State is selling tickets for the First and Second Rounds of the 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on March 21 and 23.

PREVIEWS
Morningside is tabbed for #1 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference. Hastings College is picked for second. From the Grand Island Independent.

SCOREBOARD RACE
It seems the next arms race in athletics involves scoreboards. Minnetonka has a new $50,000 scoreboard. Champlin Park also has a new scoreboard. Many schools have light bulbs out on their scoreboards. Now you can see the players points, and with Minnetonka's there are messages like Joe & Phil Rock.

ONTARIO RESULTS
Here is the Toronto Star with their Monday reports.

POINT PARADE
Kim West, Pine Ridge 36 vs Ajax 67-19
Kendra Seto, Eastdale 27 vs Uxbridge 46-35
Kelly Bellisario, Bishop Strachan 24 vs Crestwood 43-28
Carly Forrester, Notre Dame 23 vs Senator O'Connor 29-52
Mariah Nunes, All Saints 23 vs Pickering 48-58
Jasmine Harris, Thomson 22 vs Cedarbrae 59-20
Simone Thomas, Dunbarton 22 vs St. Mary 63-25

Next up: Later today with a Q&A