Olympics, Hard Work, Tourneys and Summer Leagues

#2 posting 7.6.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

OLYMPIC CITIZENS
Becky Hammon (from South Dakota) is playing with Russia in the upcoming Beijing games. Rethinking Basketball looks at the fluidity of the citizenship requirements.

Former Gopher, and current Connecticut Sun, Lindsay Whalen is expected to be named to the USA Olympic team. From ESPN.

HARD WORK
A Bill Gosse column in the Appleton Post Crescent looks at "hard work" and how it does NOT guarantee scholarships. Paragraph #2 is critical.

TOURNAMENTS
12u AAU Nationals
Here are the results from the local teams
PAL Diamonds 43, Rochester Shock 31
GA Pistols Gold 57, Rochester Shock 26
MN Stars 49, Tennessee Elite 42
MN Suns 63, Southern Starz 32
All Iowa Attack 51, Michigan Mystics 16
Nashville Music City Players 54, All Iowa Attack 50
Team Orlando Edge Red 61, ABC Knights (WI) 39
Team Memphis Elite 64, ABC Knights (WI) 47
Central Jersey Hawks 58, Michigan Shock 44

MIDWEST SUMMER CHALLENGE, Cincinnati
Here are the schedules. No results in yet.

END OF THE TRAIL
This tournament starts today. Here are the schedules.

CHAMPLIN PARK SUMMER LEAGUE
Here are the playoff scenarios for the Champlin Park Summer League. Five teams are in the playoffs, three spots are open.

Next up: tomorrow

12u AAU, #13 in the Country, Internet Explosion

#1 posting 7.6.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

AAU 12U TOURNAMENT
The Rochester Shock lost twice yesterday and they are featured on KAAL (with video).

COACHING NEWS
Shannon Tanzer has been hired as the girls basketball coach at Chippewa Falls McDonell. From the Chippewa Falls Herald.

SUMMER BALL
Leah Sevcik of Manitowoc Roncalli is featured in an article in the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter. She plays on a Monday Summer League in Manitowoc, and also with Wisconsin Fastbreak Select.

#13
Sam Ostarello of Stanley County, SD (and Purdue bound) is a #13 on HoopGurlz. Here is her story on her rise from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

ROOKS
Little Wound junior Kanisha Rooks was named MVP of a camp at Sioux Falls and has been invited to another camp in Ohio later this year. Midway down the article in the Rapid City Journal.

AWARDS
Megan Sliva of Lakeview has been named female athlete of the year from the Battle Creek Enquirer

INTERNET/BLOGS/MESSAGE BOARDS
How do coaches feel about the explosion of information on the internet? The Bismarck Tribune looks at how coaches in North Dakota deal with the new media. The BT also looks at the rules on Message Boards.
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Back in Action, Riesselman Verbal, AAU Results

#1 posting 5.13.2008
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THE ORIGINAL IS BACK!!!!
Today I woke up, went to the dash board and the freeze is over. I will keep the gbbrecruit2 site up as a archive source.
Some readers may not have heard I moved the site there when this was frozen.

Thanks to all the readers that followed the site all over the blogosphere. Thanks for the support. Thanks for providing this site with information.

This first posting will focus on reader emails.

VERBAL
Holly Riesselman has verbally committed to MSU-Moorhead. She’s a 6-3 center, will graduate in 2009 and averaged 3.1 points and 3.2 rebounds per game for 25-3 Park-Cottage Grove the past season. Riessleman is playing with MN Stars Smith this summer.

Riesselman is the second player in the 2009 class to verbal a D2 school in as many days. She is the 8th overall to verbal from the 2009 class.
Photo: Riesselman looking for a rebound in the section 3 AAAA semifinal against Lakeville North. Photo by Teas.

MINNESOTA STATE AAU TOURNAMENT
It was a good weekend for North Tartan. They picked up three state championships (15, 14, and 13). The 10s finished 2nd and the 16s finshed 3rd and 4th. The 12s finished 5th.


This is the 3rd straight year the 15s have won the state AAU tournament.


This is the 4th straight year the 13s have won the state AAU tournament. Coach John Hedstrom picked up his third State title with the win this calendar year. His 4th grade girls won the traveling team state tournament, and he is the coach of the AAAA Minnetonka boys state champs.





15
North Tartan 15u team won their 3rd straight state AAU tournament. Here are the scores
NT 64 Fury 43
NT 55 Team Dynamite 26
NT 46 Suns Greg 35
NT 61 Suns Ellen 23 State Championship Game

Both U15 MN Sun's teams finished strong in the AAU State Tournament this past weekend. There were 12 teams competing in the tournament.
MN Suns-Ellen took 2nd place, losing in the championship game to North Tartan 61-23. They had defeated the Metro Stars in the semi-final game 62-51. MN Suns -Greg finished in 3rd place also defeating the Metro Stars 68-54 in the 3rd place game.
MN Suns- Greg lost in the semi-finals to North Tartan 34-46. Both Suns teams won there respective pools on Saturday.
MN Suns Ellen 15Us strong run at the Division I District Championships ended with a thud Sunday night against North Tartan. North Tartan played an exceptionally strong game at both ends of the floor and MSE shot just 20% from the field, missing numerous open shots in the paint which led to the lopsided outcome. Most observers expected a much closer contest after MSE defeated MN Dynamite and 43 Hoops - Williams to finish 1st in Pool B. That was followed by a close win against MN Fury and a double digit win over Metro Stars in the semi-finals (their second win in as many meetings between the 2 teams). Despite a disappointing championship loss, the second place finish for MSE qualifies them for the AAU National Tournament in July. MSE is 13-4 heading into the Summer schedule.
MN Suns-Greg defeated MN Gym Rats and MN Stars-Jihad in pool play, and MN Stars-Carlisle in the first game of bracket play. MN Suns -Greg continues to be very competitive despite playing without one of their scoring leaders and starting point guard Kayla Hulsebus, who has been out since mid-April with a high ankle sprain and Summer Young, another key player, who has been suffering back pain all season. Both Suns U15 teams are playing very well and the MN Suns program is enjoying much success since it was established in 2005.

14
North Tartan won the 14 division. Here is a team photo after the win. Here is their roster: #1 Ebony Livingston Hopkins high school
#2 Kadie Savage Princeton high school(did not play, has mono)
#3 Shayne Mullaney Eden Prairie high school
#4 Jackie Johnson Eden Prairie high school
#52 Niki Allen Maple Grove high school
#10 Liz Lecy Eden Prairie high school
#21 KatiBeth Biewen Edina high school
#23 Emily Reichert Rogers high school
#24 Marissa Janning Watertown-Mayer high school
#55 Jessie Kreuser Henry Sibley high school

3rd Place game: MN Fury Blue (Livers) 59; MN Fury Gold (Haugen) 40

Blue was #6 seed, Gold was #1 seed. Blue blew the game open early and led comfortable throughout; with big games by Morgan Stippel (Stillwater) and Ashley Martell (Somerset, WI).

Blue team lost Hannah Hughes (PG from Lakeville North) to an ankle injury and she will miss the Blue teams’ tournament next weekend (MYAS Championship) but hopes to be back by the MN Summer Jam.

Here are the Fury Blue results this weekend
Pool Play: MN Fury Blue 60 Stars (Seter) 48
Quarterfinal: MN Fury Blue 60 Stars (Hested) 59
Semi-Final: North Tartan 64, MN Fury Blue 43
3rd Place Game: MN Fury Blue 59, MN Fury Gold 40

WINDY CITY ALL TOURNAMENT
North Tartan Crosby had two players make the Windy City all tournament team in Chicago a few weeks ago: Kelsey Evans of Willmar and Kaiya Sygulla of Lakeville North.
Sari Noga of North Tartan's 15 team made the All Star team in Pool A.
Marissa Janning, Elizabeth Lecy, and Shayne Mullaney of North Tartan's 14 team made the Pool BB team.
From the Suns program: Jade Geif, and Kayla Hulsebus (Suns Greg 15) made Pool V's team.
Abbie Barner, Jen Hill, Elizabeth Keena, and Kendall Martin (Suns 14) made Pool FF's team.

THIS WEEKEND
The MYAS state tournament will be held this weekend. The 19s will feature some players with high school eligibility left. Their tournament will be at Hopkins. The 17s will be at St. Francis, the 16s at Armstrong.

The Mid America Challenge will take place in Champaign, Illinois this weekend for teams 17u to 12u. All Iowa Attack, WI Fastbreak Select, WI Hoops Select, WI Lakers 17 are among the teams headed to Champaign.





REGIONAL SKILLS ACADEMY


North Tartan will be sending a few players to the Nike Regional Skills Academy:


Amanda Zimmerman (Ballard, IA), Katie Loberg (Princeton) and Sari Noga (Parkers Prairie)

COACHING NEWS
Bloomington Jefferson is looking for a varsity assistant for the upcoming season. Hans Olson, longtime assistant to Jefferson coach Andy Meinhardt, has taken a teaching job in Rice Lake, WI. If interested contact Andy Meinhardt at ameinhar@bloomington.k12.mn.us

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All Star and AAU Tournaments

#1 posting 4.17.2008
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MINNESOTA REPORTS
The Coaches All Star game is this weekend. Games are at 6 and 8 Saturday and 1 and 3 on Sunday at St. Thomas. Ashley Walterman of GHEC is on the Class A team and she gets a feature in the Fairmont Sentinel.

IOWA REPORTS
Shenandoah's girls basketball coach Steve Sauvain has resigned.

AAU REPORTS
LAST WEEKEND
Minnesota Fury 15U won their first tournament of the year, at the MN Comets Spring Shootout. Game by Game results and box scores will be available on their website in the next few days.

THIS WEEKEND
All of the MN Stars Teams (15U and up) are headed to the Super South Showcase in Rock Hill, South Carolina this Friday through Sunday. Here is a list of teams attending.

Two Cornhusker Shooting Stars teams leave Thursday for Raleigh, NC to participate in the Deep South Classic held at the campuses of North Carolina, Duke & NC State.

The NE Bison CSS 17U- Which Features some Nationally ranked players including 2009 Standouts (the dynamic starting back court of Marissa Kastanek- Verballed to NC State, and KK Houser current offers include Iowa State, Iowa, Creighton, and Michigan State) will open up play Friday against MN NC Heat in a game in which some college coaches are calling the "game of the tournament" features these two teams in the first round on UNC Dean Smith main court. The team which has a very experienced backcourt, and some talented size up front expects to have a very good summer. The team will be one of 24 placed in the 17U signature division. The director feels these are the top 24 teams at the tournament.

The NE Judds CSS 15U- returns 3 starters from last years Judds team (ranked 2nd by your website in 15U at end of the year), and 5 players from last years Cornhusker Shooting Stars 14U team (only loss to team in own grade last summer was to Minneapolis Lady Cats by 4 in finals of All Iowa Attack). The team with many young talented guards will play an uptempo game featuring full court man to man and Fast break basketball. They open up with the Michigan Lady Hurrikanes. The tournament director has moved up what he feels are the top 32 U15 teams and placed them in 16U select.

WEEKENDS TO COME
The Minnesota State Qualifier/Seeding Tournament on April 25-27 at Bloomington Kennedy will have College Coaches packets will be available for D2 and D3 coaches with full contact information for players.

By the way----I added photos (finally) for the three LaCrosse tournament games I reviewed yesterday. Thanks for your patience.

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Busy Weekend Ahead

#1 posting 4.16.2008
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MINNESOTA REPORTS
Kingsland has a girls basketball opening. This will be the third coach in three years. Wayne Hebrink has resigned.

END OF SEASON
Here are the Alexandria awards. From the Alexandria Echo Press.

WANTED
Low post player (6-0 or better) to fill a spot on the Metro Star U 15 Team. This position just opened and offers major exposure opportunity to a qualified athlete. Must be strong rebounder, solid offensive skills. Contact Steve Reiter at steve.reiter@anoka.k12.mn.us

ST. PAUL ATHENA WINNERS
The St. Paul Athena banquet will be held on Wednesday at the Prom Center in Oakdale. These are the girls basketball players being honored.
Emily Becken, Centennial
Molly Geske, Cretin-Derham Hall
Jennifer Annoni, Hill-Murray
Elizabeth Larson, Mounds Park
Kristin Stein, New Life
Ann Kliethermes, North St. Paul
Jackie Voigt, Park-Cottage Grove
Amanda May, Randolph
Megan Eul, Rosemount
Toni Salvatore, Roseville
Rebecca Moos, St. Agnes
Audrey Thompson-Amarteifio, St. Paul Arlington
Megan Howard, St. Paul Central
Jackie Dooley, St. Paul Como Park
Sade Pollard, St. Paul Harding
Courtney Kranz, Visitation
For a full list go here (scroll to the bottom).

LAST WEEKEND
COMET TOURNAMENT WINNERS
Girls Gold- MN Fury 15s over North Tartan 13s by 8, semifinalists Mn Comets Blue, MN Suns Girls Platinum- MN Comets Elite over MN Stars- Eckmann, semifinalists Northern Lights, X factor

THIS WEEKEND
There are tournaments galore this weekend plus the Coaches All Star games at St. Thomas Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
Windy City is in Chicago. Here is a list of teams attending. Here are the schedules.
Boo Williams is in Virginia. North Tartan is headed there. The schedules aren't up yet, but when they are they will be linked here.
ECI is hosting the Spring Preview at Wahpeton. Check page 3 for the schedule.
The Wisconsin Viking club is running the Midwest Elite Showcase Tournament in Menomonie. Here is the tournament information.
NC Heat will be headed to the Deep South Classic. Here is the DSC schedules.

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