Hopkins Wins Team Camp,

#1 posting 7.27.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL ACTION
GOPHER TEAM CAMP
Hopkins won the AB title at the Minnesota Gopher team camp.
Hopkins beat Jordan in the semifinals 41-13. In the other semifinal Eden Prairie beat White Bear Lake 43-33. The Royals topped EP 28-17 in the championship.
In the CD division it was Eden Prairie's JV taking the title over Buffalo.

LYNX PRE GAME
The Clearbrook-Gonvick Bears and Win-E-Mac Patriots will play before the Lynx game today.

USJN MIDWEST SUMMER CHALLENGE--CHICAGO
Here are the Summer Challenge results from the CSS teams.
Full Package Lady Lightning (IL) 63. NE Bison CSS 59
Marissa Kastanek scored 24 points to lead the Bison in a narrow loss.
NE Bison CSS 79, Illinois Basketball Academy Select(Naperville) 53
Brooke Wehle (Dennison, IA) 14 Kelsie Lliteras had 12 to lead the Bison.

Illinois Wolverines Elite 17's 56, NE Judds CSS 46
Kyley Simmons (Council Bluffs Lewis Central) had 12, and Alex Grant (Lincoln Pius X) had 10
NE Judds CSS 85 MO Rockets 51
Carly Grenfell (York) had 18, and Rachel Thrash (Omaha Marian) had 16 for the Judds.

NORTH TARTAN 15S
Here is a photo of the North Tartan 15s at Disney World after they finished second in the Super Soph tournament. In the tournament semifinal Rachel Banham suffered an achilles injury.

Photo Coach Coury, Rachel Banham, Katy Winge, Morgan Van-Riper Rose, Gabby Boever, Angela Christenson, Ameshia Kearney, Hannah Strop, Kayla Hirt, Laura Melquist

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED ATHLETES
Denise Long has been chosen as Iowa's All Time Female Athlete by Sports Illustrated. Long played with Union-Whitten High School from 1965-69 in the six-on-six format. She was the first woman to become an NBA draft selection. From the Des Moines Register.

ILLNESS
Junior Kelcie Wilson of Jackson Lumen Christi is in critical condition after contracting meningitis. She became ill at a basketball tournament in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From the Jackson Citizen Patriot.

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Hankinson Turmoil, Off to Sweden, Champlin Park on Target

#1 posting 7.26.2008
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COACHING NEWS
Coach Gravalin has left Hankinson for Pelican Rapids. Still the controversy continues apparently. The Geffre family has released a statement to the Hankinson, ND School board. They interviewed former assistants. The main points: inappropriate touching, inappropriate comments, locker room visits and coaching style. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

INTERSTATE BATTLE
Champlin Park topped Sioux Falls Roosevelt 49-44 in a spirited game at the Target Center on Friday before the Lynx game.

The teams played two 22 minute halves with stop time the final 2 minutes of each half. It was a very competitive contest.

GOPHER TEAM CAMP
Hopkins beat Eden Prairie in gopher team camp Friday morning 29-20. Today the championship takes place at 12:30 pm at Williams Arena.

PRO SIGNING
Former SW MN State player Michelle Bruns has signed to play basketball in Sweden. Bruns has been an assistant at Adams State in Colorado. She is from Hecla, SD.

PRO FANS
The StarTribune looks at the Lynx attendance and why there aren't more fans in the stands.

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Knight Moves, Apple Valley Hires, Rankings, Tourney and Camps

#1 posting 7.19.2008
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KNIGHT MOVES
Former Gopher Leslie Knight has signed with a pro team in Switzerland. Three are no additional details on that yet. The Minnesota Miss Basketball of 2004 played her high school at Hopkins.

COACHING NEWS
Jeremy Gordon has been named the new head coach at Apple Valley. He was an assistant at Rosemount last season. Gordon will be the 4th head coach at AV in five years.

HOOPGULRZ RANKINGS
Here is a link to the Minnesota players in the ESPN HoopGurlz class of 2009 rankings. The ranking shown is the players rank at their position in the nation. There are 7 Minnesota players listed, 3 in the top 100.

Here is a link to the Minnesota players in the ESPN HoopGurlz class of 2010 rankings. They do not have a top 100 for this class or position rankings. There are 6 Minnesota players listed, 4 are listed as potential top 100.

You can check the whole country or sort by state, position, and class.

TOURNAMENT COMING
BATTLE OF THE PLAINS
There are 36 teams in the NCAA exposure event ranging from Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota and New Jersey. The elite divisions features twelve teams including IBCA Red (winners of Dakota Showcase), NE Bison CSS (winners of Houston Cy Fair Classic) New Jersey Flames Elite (New Jersey AAU State 17U champions), and many more prominent basketball programs. Over 50 college coaches have committed to attend this event which will take place at the Bison Youth Sports Complex 710 Hill St Lincoln, NE 68502.
Here are the schedules for the Elite Division, High School Select, and High School Open.

GOPHER TEAM CAMP
Here are a list of teams scheduled for the Gopher team camp from July 24-26.
BRACKET A
HOPKINS
WAUKEE, IA
EDEN PRAIRIE VARSITY
FARGO SOUTH, ND
OSSEO
TOTINO-GRACE
RAPID CITY STEVENS, SD VARSITY
BRACKET B
BENILDE ST. MARGARET
BISMARCK CENTURY, ND
WHITE BEAR LAKE
JORDAN
WILLMAR
ROGERS
RIVERVIEW GARDENS, MO VARSITY
BRACKET C
BUFFALO VARSITY
BRECK/IRONDALE
HASTINGS
MOUND WESTONKA
NEW RICHMOND, WI
OSAKIS
BRACKET D
NEW ULM CATHEDRAL
BETHLEHEM ACADEMY
VAN METER, IA
STANDING ROCK COMMUNITY, ND
EDEN PRAIRIE JV
BUFFALO JV
RIVERVIEW GARDENS, MO JV

SW MN STATE TEAM CAMP
The Worthington Trojans won the Gold bracket of the SMSU team camp last weekend.

MORE TOURNEY RESULTS
North Tartan Crosby finished 4-1, Consolation Champions in the Chicago Summer Showcase. After a bad loss to the Central Illinois Pizazz, NTC rattled off 4 convincing wins in a row against Wisconsin Higher Level Camps, Texas Dynasty, Michigan MGBR Elite and Illinois Lady Lightning.

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hanna Muegge is averaging 3.8 ppg in the European 20u championships with Germany. Muegge is a Hopkins 2008 grad. Germany is in the consolation round with a 2-3 record.
On of her German teammates is Julia Trogele of Penn State.

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