Summer Jam, Grand Rapids Breakdown, All Star Results

#1 posting 6.15.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

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.

End of North Central, Basketball & Practice Lessons

#2 posting 6.14.2008
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RIP: NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE
After 86 years the North Central Conference is closing shop. The memories and mementos will be shipped in boxes to the University of South Dakota. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

BASKETBALL LESSONS
Mark Campbell, head women's basketball coach at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee is a former player of Northern State men's basketball coach Don Meyer. Campbell has won two NAIA titles.
Campbell visited Meyer and Aberdeen this past week. Here is one of the lessons Campbell learned from Meyer "Basketball is ultimately not very important unless you use it for life."

PRACTICE & WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
Derek Martin of the Crookston Times writes about the regret he feels because he didn't practice enough in his youth. No one wants a "I told you so" moment.

Next up: later today with the Summer Jam results

End of the North Central Line, Women Coaches

#2 posting 9.30.2007
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COACHING MINORITY
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader has a story on the lack of women coaching the girls teams 35 years after Title IX. Lisa Kannegieter of Pierre is one of the few running the show. They also look at the Big Four (South Dakota State, South Dakota, Augustana, and Northern State). All four programs are run by men.

NORTH CENTRAL DEMISE
The Argus Leader also looks at the end of the North Central Conference and the role Women's Basketball had on the national scene.

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next up: later today after a Fall League Game. I will start cranking out the numbers for the two events yesterday.