Spy Out & About: 4AAAA Semis Part 2

#13 posting 3.3.2008
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Here is another Spy Out & About, this time from Marc Hugunin

WOODBURY 43, CRETIN-DERHAM HALL 40

Like St. Paul Central in the game that followed, Woodbury used a fast start and a controversial call to hang on and to advance to the Section 4AAAA finals Friday night at Concordia St. Paul. Woodbury jumped out to a 14-5 lead over Cretin-Derham Hall near then 10:00 mark of the first half, and led 19-14 at the half.

The Royals took their largest lead of the night at 28-18 on a bucket by Caitie Christoffel at 14:00 of the second half. From there the Raiders whittled away at the Woodbury lead. Cretin scored 6 straight points while Woodbury suffered a 7 possession drought, but Woodbury answered with 5 points in a row. Cretin responded with 8 straight. Then after a Jessica Thone free throw for Woodbury, Cretin finally tied it up at 34 at about 5:00 on a Sarah Hendricks bucket on a pretty feed from Mary Kenney. Thone, a junior, hit another free throw, but Molly Geske gave Cretin the lead, 36-35, at 3:52. Kendra Harris hit a couple of buckets for Cretin, the second at 0:34, but that only tied the game at 40. Because between Harris’ buckets came a pair of field goals by Thone, a 3 at 1:40 and a 2 off of a steal by Carrie Lang at 1:07.

Woodbury took timeout at 0:20 and gave every indication of milking the clock down to the final seconds before attempting a shot. They probably took it further than Coach Dave Preller would have liked, as sophomore Kassey Kallman’s 3 left her hand with less than 0:01 on the clock. It hit the top of its arc as the buzzer sounding, then swished through the net. The entire gym held its breath, waiting to see if the shot was good or not—neutral observers were divided on the question. But the officials made a bee-line for the door and the Woodbury celebration began.

A Cretin assistant followed the officials out of the gym and the Cretin players stayed at their bench waiting for a reversal that never came. The Woodbury players lined up for the traditional post-game handshake and waited...and waited. Finally, they left the gym. But eventually Cretin coach Amy Bellus asked Preller to bring his team back, which he did, and the handshake followed.

Thone scored 13 of Woodbury’s 24 second-half points, while Kallman’s game-winner was her only bucket of the 2nd half. Harris, Hendricks and Geske scored all but 2 of Cretin’s 2nd-half points.

Submitted by “Spy” Marc Hugunin

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next up: Tomorrow morning.

Out & About: Cretin-Derham Hall/Blaine

#6 posting 12.29.2007
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HOPKINS TOURNAMENT
7TH PLACE GAME
CRETIN-DERHAM HALL raiders 66
BLAINE bengals 47

Cretin-Derham Hall hit their stride right away with four straight scores to open the game.

key: player, points, possessions, pp100; floor %
CRETIN-DERHAM HALL
STARTERS
Molly Geske 19, 11, 172.7, .727
Kendra Harris 12, 6, 200.0, 1.000
Carolyn Dienhart 14, 9, 155.6, .667
Sarah Hendricks 2, 5, 40.0, .200
Lisa Springer 0, 6, 0.0, .000
BENCH
Kailyn Wilcox 14, 7, 200.0, .857
Jay Korte 3, 4, 75.0, .500
Molly King 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Corey Seidel 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Natalie DePalma 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Kallie Battarbee 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Meghan Palmer 0, 0, 0.0, .000

BLAINE
STARTERS
Tracie Gillund 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Kirsten Goodroad 9, 10, 90.0, .300
Courtney Kelly 10, 5, 200.0, .600
Alexandra Pafko 0, 5, 0.0, .000
Alissa Dombek 5, 5, 100.0, .400
BENCH
Stephanie Jergenson 1, 3, 33.3, .333
Amber Hames 3, 3, 100.0, .333
Carly Christopherson 3, 8, 37.5, .125
Alexandra Schroeder 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000
Aisha Hill 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Hannah Chuinard 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Allison Ballstadt 4, 4, 100.0, .500
Carly Saben 3, 3, 100.0, .667
Sara O'Dowd 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000

TRENCH PLAYER
Molly Geske

BY THE NUMBERS
Cretin-Derham Hall 66, 56, 117.9, .536
Blaine 46, 56, 82.1, .339
made 3s: CDH 7, Blaine 7
fta/ftm-ft%: CDH 14/21-.667; Blaine 11/18-.611
bench: Blaine 22, CDH 19

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
CRETIN-DERHAM HALL
Kendra Harris 8
Sarah Hendricks 8
Molly Geske 5
Molly King 2
Carolyn Dienhart 1
Kailyn Wilcox 1
Lisa Springer 1
Jay Korte 1
Meghan Palmer 1
totals: 28

BLAINE
Alexandra Pafko 4
Carly Saben 3
Kirsten Goodroad 2
Carly Christopherson 2
Alissa Dombek 2
Courtney Kelly 1
Amber Hames 1
Alexandra Schroeder 1
Aisha Hill 1
Hannah Chuinard 1
totals: 18

next up: 5th place game

Out & About: Hopkins/Cretin-Derham Hall

#8 posting 11.24.2007
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PAT PATERSON MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
HAMLINE
EAST BRACKET CHAMPIONSHIP
HOPKINS royals 73,
CRETIN-DERHAM HALL raiders 60

Hopkins roared to a 40-19 halftime lead against a Cretin-Derham Hall team that will be north of 17 wins this season. Hopkins did it by execution, quickness, and fresh set of legs. Hopkins led from start to finish. CDH did get to 7-6, but that was the closest it was to be. Hopkins had 6/7 string to push the lead out to 23-11. Three possessions later they had a 7 straight and 9/10 possession string and 17-6 run to close the half.

The biggest margin Hopkins enjoyed came after the first two possessions in the second half with a 45-19 advantage. At that point Cretin-Derham Hall climbed out of a 26 point hole and had their own strings. They had an 8 straight string in the middle of the half for a 14-10 advantage. CDH finished with a 7-0 run against the deep Hopkins bench.

photo: Summer teammates Jenna Lillemoe of Hopkins fights for a rebound with Sarah Hendricks of Cretin-Derham Hall. Kara Elofson of Hopkins is also in the mix. photo by Teas.

Key: name, points, possessions, pp100, floor %

HOPKINS
STARTERS
Stephanie Sension 7, 9, 77.8, .333 rangey post that will step out and shoot the 3. Also will clear her own ball on the dribble
Jenna Lillemoe 13, 10, 130.0, .500 shooting guard. hit 2 threes, runs the floor. much improved over a year ago.
Kara Elofson 10, 6, 166.7, .833 strong aggressive. Gives Hopkins another defender on the perimeter with bite. Also can go inside and post up if a mismatch occurs.
Caitlin Rowland 14, 14, 100.0, .500 court savvy veteran. good vision, good decisions. scored off the drive.
Hanna Muegge 9, 5, 180.0, 1.000 guard, played flawless ball. has much more confidence and assurance.
BENCH
Chelsea Garcia 2, 4, 50.0, .250
Hanna Potter 12, 9, 133.3, .667 off the bench. Hopkins has about 7 starters. strong, starting to be more assertive on offense.
Brianna Williams 4, 6, 66.7, .333 another quick defender on the perimeter with bite.
Julia Wiemer 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Tess Komarek 0, 3, 0.0, .000

CRETIN-DERHAM HALL
STARTERS
Sarah Hendricks 15, 16, 93.8, .438 rangy perimeter type. can hit the three.
Molly Geske 18, 16, 112.5, .563 another rangy perimeter type. never quit. had a slow start and played through it. likes the runner. went to the line four times. did can a three.
Carolyn Dienhart 4, 7, 57.1, .286 point guard. picked up two charges.
Mary Kenney 6, 8, 75.0, .375 smaller guard.
Kendra Harris 6, 6, 100.0, .500 post. solid, hard to move. picked up too many fouls early
BENCH
Lisa Springer 2, 5, 40.0, .200 back up point guard.
Kailyn Wilcox 3, 6, 50.0, .333 similar in build to Hendricks to almost pass for a sister.
Jay Korte 2, 1, 200.0, 1.000
Gina Schneider 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000

TRENCH PLAYER
Hanna Muegge even with small possessions, packed a wallop when she used them.

BY THE NUMBERS
Hopkins 40 73
Cretin-Derham Hall 19 60
Hopkins 73, 67, 109.0, .522
Cretin-Derham Hall 60, 67, 89.6, .448
made 3s: Hopkins 2, CDH 2
made fts: Hopkins 17, CDH 16
bench: Hopkins 20, CDH 11

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
HOPKINS
Caitlin Rowland 6
Stephanie Sension 5
Hanna Muegge 5
Kara Elofson 4
Chelsea Garcia 3
Tess Komarek 3
Jenna Lillemoe 2
Hanna Potter 2
Brianna Williams 2
Tori Joransen 1
Courtney Nelson 1
totals: 34

CRETIN-DERHAM HALL
Molly Geske 9
Carolyn Dienhart 3
Kendra Harris 3
Lisa Springer 3
Sarah Hendricks 2
Jay Korte 2
Mary Kenney 1
totals: 23

next up: West Bracket 3rd place