Asare Double Up

#1 posting 10.17.2008
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DUAL CONTESTS
One response to increased travel costs is boy/girl basketball double headers. From the Rapid City Journal.

HALL OF FAME
Former Fond du Lac coach Chuck Schuette will be inducted into the WBCA Hall of Fame on Saturday. From the Fond du Lac Reporter.

PROFESSIONAL
North Dakota State's Lisa Bue is experiencing pro ball in Bosnia. From the Fargo Forum.

ONTARIO NEWS
Sault Ste. Marie St. Mary's beat Korah 46-35. From the Sault Star.

Notre Dame is still #1 in the Toronto Star poll.

Here are the Thursday results from the Toronto Star.

POINT PARADE
Michelle Asare, Ascension 29 vs Silverthorn 71-22
Michelle Asare, Ascension 28 vs Mount Carmel 85-56
Lindsay Harrison, Uxbridge 26 vs Ajax 42-35
Yvonne Duah-Amankwah, St. Basil 26 vs St. Mary's 59-24
Jamie Liang, Bethune 25 vs Wexford 49-28
Daina Simkus, Richview 25 vs St. Marcellinus 53-20
Michelle Asare, Ascension 25 vs St.Francis 69-43
Rouchelle Francis, Campbell 24 vs York Mills 55-19
LeeAnna Osei, Eastern Commerce 23, vs Lawrence Park 66-55
Brianna Roye, York Memorial 22 vs. Jefferys 55-23

Next up: college reports

Bemidji Transfer, Taylor at Clinic, Shootout

#1 posting 10.2.2008
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TRANSFER
More news from Bemidji. Paige Jensen, a 6-1 senior forward from Mandan, ND, has transferred to Bemidji. At Mandan Jensen averaged 11.8 ppg for the 21-3 state A Champs. Mandan has won the A tournament six straight years. Jensen was All WDA at Mandan.

COACHING NEWS
Tom Campbell has resigned as the girls basketball coach at LaCrosse Logan. Logan made the D1 semifinals in 2007. From 1410 AM.

COACHING CLINIC
The University of Iowa will hold their 2nd coaching clinic on Oct 25. One of the speakers at the clinic----St. Paul Central coach Willie Taylor. You can register here.

CAMP
UW Superior ran a successful camp for girls in grade 5-8 on September 20.

FEATURE
Iowa State has the second part of their feature on Mary Fox.

HALL OF FAME
Letitia Hughley and Tonya Edwards will be inducted into the Greater Flint area Hall of Fame. Hughley played with the Northern's state championship teams from 1978-80. Edwards was on the Northwestern power teams. From the Flint Journal.

Mary (Tietge) Nienhuis will be inducted into the West Ottawa, Michigan Hall of Fame. Nienhuis won over 260 games in her coaching career. From the Holland Sentinel.

SHOOTOUT
The Minnesota Stars Shootout will be held at Bloomington Kennedy on this Friday (skills night 7-9pm) and Saturday games will be from 10:30 am - 5 pm. (We will be having 200+ kids participate)
There will be many college coaches attending from all divisions.
Schedule:
Friday 7-9pm Skill Night
Saturday - 8-9am (Registration)
9am - Kids will watch Mandatory NCAA Video
9:30 - 10:15am - coaches practice with teams
10:30am - Games Begin!

ONTARIO RESULTS
The Toronto Star has the results from Wednesday night.

There is a 32 team tournament at the Orilla District this weekend. From the Orilla Packet & Times.

POINT PARADE
Christine Hyde, Ascension 30 vs Lincoln Alexander 72-22
Whitney Ellenor, Pine Ridge 22 vs St. Mary 57-28
Wumi Agunbiade, Dunbarton 22 vs All Saints 62-54
Mariah Nunes, All Saints 22 vs Dunbarton 54-62

Next up: tomorrow

Verbals 09 & 11

9/27/2008
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VERBALS 09 & 11
Senior Alex Bentley of Indianapolis Ben Davis has verballed Penn State. The 5-6 guard averaged 15.1 ppg for the 24-2 Giants last season.
From the Indianapolis Star.

Sophomore Torrie Thornton of Carmel has verballed Purdue. The 6-1 forward averaged 7.1 ppg as a freshman.
From the Lafayette Journal and Courier.

Bentley is the 30th player overall in the Indiana class of 2009 to verbal and the 27th headed to a D1 program.
Thornton is the 1st player from the Indiana 2011 class to verbal, and the first 2011 listed in any state (that is covered).

LEAVING
First year player Tia Mays has left the Iowa Hawkeyes. The 6-1 forward from Des Moines East has left to focus on academics.
From the Des Moines Register.

COACHING NEWS
UMKC coach Candace Whitaker has signed a contract extension through 2012-13. UMKC was 11-20 last year.

HYSTERIA
Hoosier Hysteria takes place on October 17 after the volleyball match

BUCKEYE VS BUCKEYE
It is former Buckeyes Katie Smith and the Detroit Shock vs Jessica Davenport and the New York Liberty for the WNBA's Eastern Division Finals.

Former Gopher Janel McCarville had 17 points to lead the Liberty past the Shock 60-56 in game 1.

In the West it was the Los Angeles Sparks over the San Antonio Silver Stars 85-70. Becky Hammon of Rapid City was held to 9 points.

6th PLAYER
Candice Wiggins of the Lynx was named the WNBA's 6th woman of the year.

PHOTO OP
Louisville held their photo day.

GIVING BACK
The Metro State women's basketball team spent time painting at Dinosaur Ridge.

FALL LEAGUE
The Kennedy Eagles are also undefeated at the Minnetonka site. JFK is without Alexis Holt and Bailey Lund at this point.

HALL OF FAME
Jody Buck Stefonowicz (1989-93) will be inducted into the North Dakota State Hall of Fame. Buck (during her playing days at NDSU) played her high school ball at Lake City (1989) and was the girls basketball coach at Luverne (94-98) and St. Louis Park (98-02).

Next up: later today with out & abouts

Summer Jam, Grand Rapids Breakdown, All Star Results

#1 posting 6.15.2008
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MORE SUMMER JAM
The summer jam wraps up today at Bloomington Jefferson.
Here are a few other notes from yesterday....Laura Weber made the game winner for Metro Stars 19 as they beat MN Stars Smith. Metro Stars 19 plays North Tartan 15s today.
Today I will be sporting the back to back Ellsworth championship t-shirt. The boys coaches delivered the goods yesterday. Coach Kellen and Becker coach the Minnesota Lakers girls AAU team.
The Ellsworth boys coach Markus Okeson has moved on to Redwood Valley.

BREAKDOWN SUMMER SHOWCASE
Grand Rapids won the Summer tournament in Grand Rapids yesterday beating Braham. Here are the game by game results
Round 1 Results
Braham 33, Cook 29
Sebeka 28, Hibbing 19
Hibbing II 38, Esko 25
Grand Rapids 41, Lake of the Woods, 20
Consolation Semi's
Cook 37, Hibbing 21
Esko 34, Lake of the Woods 28
Semi-Finals
Braham 52, Sebeka 45
Grand Rapids, 35, Hibbing II 25
7th Place:
Hibbing 37, Lake of the Woods 29
5th Place:
Esko 36, Cook 31
3rd Place:
Sebeka 41, Hibbing II 38
1st Place:
Grand Rapids 42, Braham 33

END OF THE TRAIL
The Minnesota Metro Stars Black team has been awarded one of the prize slots in the Exhibition Game at the Nike End of the Trail Tournament in early July. The Metro Stars Black will play a yet to be named team in the 1:00 game on July 6th at Oregon City High School. The Metro Stars Black is the first team to be awarded a game for the 2008 event.

MINNEAPOLIS YWCA LEAGUE
The Minneapolis Y has their college women's basketball league starting Wednesday.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE TOURNAMENT
ND may flip the girls B state basketball tournament with the boys. Currently the boys finish the winter sports seasons. From the Grand Forks Herald.

ALL STAR RESULTS
Nebraska had a couple of All Star events yesterday. The East beat the West 69-55 in the Nebraska Black Sports Hall of Fame girls basketball game at Omaha North. Raven Adams had 22 points for the East.
South Dakota beat the Nebraska All Stars 97-88 at Mount Marty in Yankton. Katie Birkel of Lincoln Southeast (and future North Dakota State player) had 31 to lead both teams and was named MVP for the Nebraska squad. SD had balance with seven players in double digits. Whitney Licktieg was named overall MVP with 13 for SD.
From the Omaha World-Herald and Rapid City Journal.

Today the Inner City All Star Classic takes place at St. Paul Arlington at 3 pm.

NORTH CENTRAL HISTORY
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader has a history lesson on the 87 year old North Central conference. Did you know St. Thomas was a charter member? Plus the SFAL also has a NCC fact list.

HALL OF FAME
Former Lynx coach and Penn State player Suzie McConnell-Serio was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame yesterday in Knoxville.

LYNX LOSE IN NEW YORK
The Lynx lost to the New York Liberty 77-76. From the StarTribune. Newsday credits Essence Carson with the game saving defensive play.
Lynx player Nicky Anisoke is making the transition to the pro game and the Staten Island Advance features the home town player.

Next up: Later today with a recap of the Summer Jam finals.

Hall of Fame

#3 posting 10.5.2007
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HALL OF FAME
Gopher women's basketball coach Pam Borton will be inducted into the Defiance Hall of Fame, her alma mater.

HOOPLA
The Gophers 2007 Hoopla event starts next Saturday, Oct 13 at noon at Williams Arena.

DAUGHTERS OF THE GAME
The Stillwater Gazette looks at the history of the Ponies with the Daughters of the Game from the first year in 1920 to the restart in 1975.

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