Dealing with Adversity, Practice Openers Part 3

#4 posting 11.11.2008
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ADVERSITY
Malcom Gladwell looks at the lessons of adversity.

OPENING PRACTICES--PART 2
IOWA: Dunkerton's new coach is Gene Groen. Groen was the girls coach at Ellsworth, MN a few years ago. From the Jesup Citizen Herald.
Jesup is looking to make a run at the NICL title. From the JCH.

MICHIGAN: Who will run point for Grosse Point North? The Drama builds. From the Detroit Free Press.
Detroit Community will focus on defense. From the Detroit Free Press.
Calvin Christian coach John Kramer looks back at the differences in 15 years of coaching. From the Grand Rapids Press.

NAIA
South Dakota Mines beat Dakota Wesleyan 82-69. Bethany Holyoak (Moorcroft, WY) had 25 points for SDM. Allison Johnson (Mount Vernon, SD) had 20 for DW. From the Rapid City Journal.

Ashford is now 2-1 after beating Calumet College of St. Joseph 86-61. Kelly Fisher (Fremont Washington, CA) had 23 points for Ashford. From the Clinton Herald.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Gogebic beat Minneapolis 84-35 on Saturday. Jaclyn Aijala (Hurley, WI) had 35 points, 28 in the first half, for Gogebic.

Next up: tomorrow unless news breaks

Jensen Verbals, Kielpinskis Battle

#3 posting 11.10.2008
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JENSEN VERBALS
Ally Jensen of Ballard, Iowa has verballed Creighton. The 5-7 guard averaged 14.4 points last year. Jensen played with All Iowa Attack last year.
From the Des Moines Register.

Jensen is the 10th player overall from the Iowa 2009 class to verbal--all D1 bound.

Photo: Jensen in the Iowa AAU State Tournament in March. photo by Teas.

MORE COLLEGE EXHIBITIONS
New Mexico beat Alaska Anchorage 60-49. Amy Beggin (Roseville) had 18 for New Mexico.
In the battle of the Kielpinskis (Mandan, ND) it was Rebecca 3 (AA), Jessica 0 (NM).

Colorado beat Regis 86-44. Kelly Mullaney (Breck) had 16 points for Colorado. Hannah Skildum (Mounds View) added 4. Lauren Luebbe (Rochester Lourdes) had 11 for Regis.

Georgia Tech beat Peach State Elite 87-70. Simone Trice (Flint Northwestern) did not score for GT.

DT3 beat West Virginia 70-67. Ashley Powell (Detroit Murray-Wright) had Dominique Dixon (Detroit Renaissance) each has zero for WV.

UW Milwaukee beat Dubuque 82-70. Traci Edwards (Menasha, WI) had 21 points for UWM. Lindsay Laur (Cretin-Derham Hall) added 8 for the Panthers. Krystal Parr (Bloomer, WI) had 14 for Dubuque.

Missouri State beat Arkansas Tech 91-57. Maggie Dwyer (Grand Haven, MI) had 5 points for MSU.

Bradley beat Truman State 83-35. Michelle Lund (Sioux City Heelan) had 12 for the Braves. Hanna Muegge (Hopkins) also had 9 for Bradley.

Wichita State beat the Oklahoma Flyers 71-52. Daria Frazier (Mpls North) had 1 point for WSU.

Kansas beat Washburn 67-51. Kelly Kohn (Adrian, MI) did not score for the Jayhawks.

Cleveland State beat Lake Erie 79-46. Janelle Adams (Milwaukee King) had 13 points.

Miami, OH beat the Hoosier Lady Stars 81-69. Rachael Hencke (Grafton, WI) had 8 points for Miami.

PREVIEWS
Here is the latest preview: Canisius.

D2
Indianapolis beat Concordia St. Paul 77-60. Kali Olstad (Elgin-Millville) had 14 for CSP.

NAIA
Jamestown beat Dordt 68-43 on Saturday. Katie O’Neill (Melbourne, Australia) had 23 for the Jimmies. Mara Paulson (Fargo Shanley) added 12 points for Jamestown. Lesley Eldridge (Gallup, NM) and Amber Soodsma (Unity Christian, MI) each had 9 points for Dordt.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Madison Area beat Riverland 69-63 in Worthington. Dana Wagner (Sun Prairie) had 24 points for MATC. Justine Sanvick (Hayfield) had 17 for Riverland. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Next up: another in the profile series

Pettit Verbals, Practice Begins in 3 States

#1 posting 11.10.2008
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PETTIT VERBALS
Katie Pettit of Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted has verballed to Bemidji State. The 5-6 guard averaged 16.6 ppg for the 25-6 5AA champions.
Pettit played with MN Suns Fassett this summer.

Pettit is the 37th player from the 2009 Minnesota class overall to verbal and the 18th headed to D2.
Pettit is the 5th player from MN Suns Fassett to verbal. Others include
Pam January, Jamie Noonan, Kylie Gottsman, and Jasmin Mendes.

photo: Pettit in the North Tartan Meltdown in July. photo by kja

PRACTICE STARTS
Official high school practice begins today in Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. From the Livingston Daily.

INDIANA PREVIEWS
The Gary Post Tribune has previews of their area conferences: Duneland, Great Lakes, Greater South Shore, Independents, Northwest Crossroads, Northwestern, Porter County, plus the Others. The GPT also has preseason rankings.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESULTS
MN West beat Hibbing 68-58 on Saturday. Ashley Kirk (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 22 points for MN West. Alia Cook (Hibbing) had 18 for Hibbing. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Kirkwood (4-0) rolled to two wins in the John Wood Tournament in Quincy.

In Friday's opener Kirkwood set school records for points (140) and three point field goals (16) in a 140-24 victory over the University of St Louis Club Team.Six Kirkwood players scored in double figures led by Freshman Staci Gillum (Waukee, IA) with 24. Nicole Holman (Louisville, KY) added 20, McKensey Long (Carthage, IL) 18, Kari Goodchild (Van Horne, IA) 18, Jayne Strand (Ames, IA) 13 and Amanda De La Cruz (Manhattan, NY) 13.

Gillum added 10 assists and nine steals while El Sara Greer (Waterloo, IA)grabbed 12 rebounds.

In Saturday afternoons game the Eagles jumped out to a 55-16 half-time lead to beat the University of Illinois Club team 107-29. McKensey Long led with 22 points including six three point field goals. Amanda De La Cruz added 17, Andi Waugaman (Waukee, IA) 13, Alicia Wright (Urbandale, IA) 12 and Nicole Holman 10 to pace the attack.

De La Cruz led with seven assists while El Sara Greer grabbed 16 rebounds.

Kirkwood travels to Council Bluffs, Iowa on Friday and Saturday to face Northeast CC, NB and the host Iowa Western.

AAU
Metro Stars Program Director Andy Meinhardt will be holding tryouts for the top 7th graders in the metro area this Sunday (Nov 16th) at the Bloomington Jefferson Activity Center from 7-9 PM. Coach Meinhardt will be the head coach of the team. If you think you have what it takes to join the Metro Stars program please contact Coach Meinhardt for more tryout details at andymeinhardt@hotmail.com

Next up: College Reports

Rutzen Verbal, UMAC, NAC Previews

#1 posting 11.8.2008
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VERBAL
Miriam Rutzen of West Central in Illinois has verballed Harvard. The post player averaged 18.4 points per game for the 28-4 Heat last year. From the Burlington Hawk Eye.
Rutzen is the 25th player overall in the 2009 class to verbal and the 23rd headed to a D1 program.

HIRED
Craig Machut has been hired as Milwaukee King's girls basketball coach. from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

OBITUARY
Former Western Michigan women's basketball coach Frances "Fran" H. Ebert died November 7. She also coached softball at the college. From the WMU News.

D1
Creighton takes on Central Missouri on Saturday.

D2
Augustana is #21 in the D2 poll.

D3
UMAC: Northland is the preseason pick for first in the UMAC. Bethany Lutheran is 4th in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference preseason poll.

NAC: Lakeland is 3rd in the Northern Athletic Conference preseason poll. Concordia WI was picked for first in the north division, Wisconsin Lutheran is first in the south division. From the Sheboygan Press.
The NAC has new division alignments. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

NAIA
Sioux Falls beat Mayville State 89-64. The Cougars dominated the second half. Elizabeth Hildreth (Norwalk, IA) had 23 for USF. Kayla Blom (Centennial) added 10. Ali Sonstelie (East Grand Forks) had 13 for Mayville State. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

South Dakota Mines is looking for new leadership with seniors graduating. From the Black Hills Pioneer.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Iowa Central beat Grand View JV 67-39 on Thursday. Morgan Brown (Fort Dodge, IA) had 16 for IC. From the Fort Dodge Messenger.

Madison ATC's Dana Wagner (Sun Prairie, WI) has been named to the NJCAA 3 second team. From the Capital Times.

Grand Rapids CC beat SC4 58-54 in the Skipper Tip off. Chanahl Putnam (Almont, MI) had 22 for SC4. From the Port Huron Times Herald.

Next up: Another dose of news

Creighton Beats UNO

#1 posting 11.5.2008
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ELECTION NIGHT EXHIBITIONS
Creighton beat UN Omaha 93-68. Kelsey Woodard (Bellevue West, NE) had 19 points to lead Creighton. Michelle Kaus (Eastview) also had 5 for the Bluejays. Alyssa Green (Cedar Rapids Washington) and Jill Wolf (Okwaville, IL) had 12 points each for the Mavericks. Cayla Hargrove (North St. Paul) added 6 more for UNO.

NAIA
Silver Lake beat Ashbury 46-32. From the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
The season gets under way this week for Riverland as they travel to MN West. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

NDSCS lost twice in the AmericInn Classic. Their second loss was to Ellsworth CC. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

On Monday UW Marshfield beat UW Manitowoc 60-38. Amanda Breu had 21 for Marshfield.

Next up: Another round of news

Johnson Verbals, Twilight Zone

#1 posting 11.4.2008
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JOHNSON VERBALS
Morgan Johnson of Platte City, Missouri has verballed Iowa. The 6-5 center averaged 18 points per game last year for the 4A team. She has been all state the last two seasons. From the Des Moines Register.
Johnson is the first known player from Missouri to verbal from the 2009 class.

INTERVIEW
Community Hoops interviews Coach John Robinson, Angel's father.

D1 vs D2
North Dakota State beat Mary 67-52. Abby Plucker (Parker, SD) had 15 points for NDSU. Liz Simpa (Dickinson, ND) had 10 points for Mary.

Today Creighton faces UN Omaha in an exhibition. DaNae Moore (Eastview) is out with a broken hand.

Marquette's Krystal Ellis (Racine St. Catherine) is featured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

NAIA
Graceland beat Ashford 80-70. Keturah Spotwood (Tulsa, OK) had 19 for Graceland. Michelle Woolley (Peoria Notre Dame, IL) had 14 for Ashford. From the Clinton Herald.

Silver Lake will have a short bench this year. From the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Kirkwood opens with two wins

The third ranked Kirkwood women's basketball team opened the 2008-09 season with two victories in Moberly, MO Booster Club Tournament.

Game #1
Kirkwood 61-Three Rivers, MO CC 51
McKensey Long scored 17 points including nine points down the stretch as the Eagles held off the pesky Lady Raiders. MyKenya Johnson added 13 points and seven rebounds while Alecia Wright knocked down three three point field goals to finish with 11. El Sara Greer grabbed a team high nine rebounds while blocking seven shots.

Game #2
Kirkwood 52-Moberly, MO CC 36
The Eagles got defensive with their second win over a D-1 junior college. KCC held Moberly to 31% field goal shooting (13-42)while using switching defenses in holding Moberly to only 36 points. Jayne Strand who will sign a letter of intent with Northern Colorado next week scored 13 points to pace the eagles.MyKenya Johnson grabbed seven rebounds.

Kirkwood travels to Quincy, Illinois this weekend to play in the John Wood CC Tourney. Kirkwood plays at 6pm on Friday and 2pm on Saturday.

Rankings: #1 Kankakee CC, #2 Kalamazoo Valley, MI, #3 Kirkwood

Would have been great to be in Milwaukee last Saturday as three former Eagles met in an exhibition game. Univ. of Marquette with Lauren Thomas-Johnson and Brenn Hill met Winona State, MN and Kelsey Homewood. Tough luck Kelsey as Marquette prevailed.

ONTARIO RESULTS
Here are the Monday results from the Toronto Star.

POINT PARADE
Jahmeela Stephenson, Mother Teresa 25 vs St. Mary's 47-32
Catherine Bougoulias, Notre Dame 23 vs. O'Neill 69-29

VOTING
On Sunday I received a knock on the door with a political canvaser reminding folks to vote. That person was ----Dana Joubert, former Gopher and St. Paul Como Park coach. I kind of freaked her out by reciting her life....kind of Twilight Zonish for her.
Don't forget to vote.

Next up: more reports

Exhibitions Open, Teammates to Rivals, New Eras

#2 posting 11.1.2008
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FIRST RESULTS
D1 EXHIBITION
Nebraska beat Chadron State 102-30. Cory Montgomery (Cannon Falls) had 13 points for the Huskers as did Dominque Kelley (Lincoln Northeast). Alyssa Lyman (Campbell County, WY) had 13 points for CS.

Ohio beat OGBM 69-61 in overtime. Jenny Poff (St. Johns, MI) had 30 points for Ohio.

Colorado State beat Adams State 59-58. Kandy Beemer (Bedford, IA) had 6 for the Rams.

D2
Alaska Anchorage beat Columbus State 53-39 in Orlando. Rebecca Kielpinski (Mandan, ND) had 16 points and 14 rebounds.

NAIA
Hastings beat Jamestown 55-50 in the Tyson Classic in Sioux City. Kay Broekemeier (Central City, NE) had 15 points for Hastings. Kellie Schuneman (Centennial) had 16 for Jamestown. From the Jamestown Sun.

TEAMMATES TO RIVALS
Former Elgin-Millville players Katie Ohm (Minnesota) and sisters Candace and Kali Olstad (Concordia St. Paul) will face each other Sunday. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

GONE
Sarah Ingison (Concordia Roseville) has taken a leave of absence from the Wisconsin Badgers.

INJURY
Danielle Beaudoin of Escanaba, MI is out for the year due to an ACL injury. She injured her knee in the powder puff football game. From the Escanaba Daily Press.

PREVIEWS
D1
BIG 10: Michigan State holds their Green & White scrimmage on Sunday.

BIG 12: Freshmen will run the show at Iowa State. One of the freshmen is Alexis Yackley (Sully Buttes, SD).

BIG EAST: Marquette plays Winona State today at 2 pm.

MID AMERICAN: Western Michigan takes on Davenport Sunday. Ohio is picked for 3rd in the East.

MISSOURI VALLEY: Northern Iowa is planning on contending for the title this year. From the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
Drake starts their exhibition season today vs Quincy ready or not. From the Des Moines Register.

SUMMIT: There is a new era beginning at North Dakota State. The 30 year Ruley era is over. The DeHoff era starts.
Western Illinois hosts Culver-Stockton.

D2
GLIAC: Grand Valley State is looking to reload, no rebuild. From the Grand Haven Tribune.

Wayne State, Michigan is ranked 4th in the GLIAC South.

D3
Lawrence hopes to improve on last year's 4-19 mark and is previewed in the Lawrentian, the campus paper.

The Aaron Jennings era is about to begin at Mount Mercy. From the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Rochester is #1 in the country at the NJCAA D3 level. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Riverland CC hopes to build on last year's success. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

Southeastern IA CC is hosting a tournament this weekend. From the Burlington Hawk Eye.

Marshalltown CC is one of the teams at the Southeastern IA CC tournament. From the Marshalltown Times Republican.

McCook CC hold a tournament of their own this weekend. From the McCook Daily Gazette.

Ancilla College, MI is looking to add to the 13-15 season from last year, their best finish ever. From the Niles Star.

PROFESSIONAL
Drake's Jill Martin had a pair of double digit performances for her DCU Mercy team in Ireland.

POINT PARADE
For d1 players
NEBRASKA--35
Dominique Kelley, (Lincoln Northeast) 13
Nikki Bober, Nebraska (Elmwood-Murdock) 11
Yvonne Turner, Nebraska (Bellevue East) 9

MICHIGAN---30
Jenny Poff, Ohio (St. Johns) 30 vs OGBM

MINNESOTA--13
Cory Montgomery, Nebraska (Cannon Falls) 13 vs Chadron State

IOWA---11
Kandy Beemer, Colorado State (Bedford) 6 vs Adams State
Kala Kuhlmann, Nebraska (Charter Oak-Ute) 5 vs Chadron State

Next up: tomorrow

Scrimmages Set; Ridge Sues, UNI PG Battle

#1 posting 10.31.2008
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FALL LEAGUE
Here are the Breakdown's players and team of the week:
Kennedy: players Brianna Tisch, Chaska; Cassie Rochel, Lakeville North; Jevonte Hill, St. Paul Central. team: Eastview
Becker: Players: Katie Loberg, Princeton; Team: Andover

SCRIMMAGES
Sauk Centre will be hosting a 12 team scrimmage on Nov. 22 from 10:00 to 3:00.
Teams include Sauk Centre, Melrose, Long Prairie/Grey Eagle, Paynesville, Park Rapids, Litchfield, Morris, Minnewaska, Hancock, Brandon/Evansville, Royalton, Osakis.

Eagle Valley will hold a jamboree on Saturday, November 22. Prior to that the teams will scrimmage.
Here is the Jamboree schedule. The event will be in Clarissa.
5:30 Upsala vs. Menahga
6:25 St Johns Prep vs. Pillager
7:20 Staples vs. Bertha-Hewitt
8:10 Eagle Valley vs. Verndale

OPEN ENROLLMENT
Chaska and Chanhassen (the new school in the Chaska district) are putting up rules for in district transfers. From the SW Scoreboard.

COACHING NEWS
Cathy Storm is the new girls basketball coach at Marlette, Michigan. From the Port Huron Times Herald.

The NCAA wants to judge coaches by athletic academic performance. From USA Today.

LAWSUIT
RyAnne Ridge, former player with Colorado, has sued the school over breach of contract. She says she was promised a scholarship after transferring from Tulsa. Ridge went to high school at Cedar Rapids Xavier. She left the Buffaloes in March 2008. From the Boulder Daily Camera.

COLLEGE NEWS
D1
BIG 10: Minnesota plays Concordia St. Paul on Sunday at 2 pm in an exhibition.
Badger coach Lisa Stone does a Q&A.
Indiana hosts Southern Indiana Saturday at 4 pm in an exhibition.

BIG 12: Kansas hosts Fort Hays State on Sunday in an exhibition.

BIG EAST: Here is the Marquette promotional schedule. Louisville held their media day yesterday.

GREAT WEST: North Dakota's Kayla Bagaason (Fosston) is back from her knee injury last season. From the Grand Forks Herald.

MID AMERICAN: In the MAC Bowling Green (East) and Ball State (West) are the picks to win the divisions. Here are the preseason picks in the west half: Northern Illinois is 2nd. Central Michigan is 3rd. Western Michigan is 4th. In the East Kent State is picked for 4th.
On the MAC site the conference coaches answered fan questions.

MISSOURI VALLEY: Starting at point guard at Northern Iowa? It is a battle between Jacqui Kalin (Sioux City North) and KK Armstrong (Cedar Rapids Washington). Kalin injured her ankle and is out for two weeks. From the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Northern Iowa is chasing a championship. Plus an "at a glance" From the Des Moines Register.
Drake hosts Quincy on Saturday.

MOUNTAIN WEST: Colorado State opens their season tonight with an exhibition vs Adams State. Here are the game notes. The Rams theme this year is "Getting to Work"

PATRIOT: American is picked for third in the Patriot League.

SUMMIT: South Dakota State's women's basketball team is a role model for all. An editorial in the SDSU Collegian does not want the Jackrabbits to play South Dakota in major sports.

D2
GLIAC: Hillsdale is the pick in the South half. Michigan Tech is the #1 pick in the North. Northern Michigan is picked for 6th in the North. Hillsdale's Katie Cezat (Plymouth Canton) is the GLIAC preseason player of the year.

NORTHERN SUN: SW MN State opens their season today in the Disney Classic. The Mustangs face Delta State. From the Marshall Independent.

D3
WIAC: UW Eau Claire held their Blue & Gold scrimmage. Kaylee Cardinal (Arrowhead) had 14 for the Blue; Hannah Mesick (Chatfield) had 12 for the Gold. The Blue won 69-51. From the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram.
UW Superior has their team and player photos on line.

NAIA:
DAC: Dickinson State is excited about the upcoming season. From the Dickinson Press.
Minot State has to replace quality this season. From the Minot Daily News.
GREAT PLAINS: #2 rated Hastings has high expectations this season. From the Grand Island Independent.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE: NDSCS opens their season Saturday and Sunday with the AmericInn Classic.

Next up: tomorrow unless...

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