Three Colleges Sign,

#6 posting 11.24.2008
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MORE SIGNINGS
D1
Fordham has signed 2 players
6-0 guard Ranait Griff of Rutgers Prep, NJ
5-9 forward Ariel Dale of Los Angeles Pacific Hills

UAB has signed 4 players
6-3 forward Jasmine Green of Madison Bob Jones, AL
5-6 point guard Jala Harris of Madison Bob Jones, AL
5-6 guard Pearl Johnson of Chipola College
5-7 guard Khalilah Watson of Savannah Beach, GA

D2
Upper Iowa has signed 2 players
6-1 post Kylie Gottsman of Osseo, MN
5-8 guard Jennifer Herrick of Winnebago Lutheran, WI

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Marshall's Tynikki Crook (Detroit Pershing) was named player of the week in the C-USA Conference.

Cleveland State's Dominique Butler (Milwaukee Madison) was named player of the week in the Horizon Conference.

Next up: later today with an out & about.

Outliers, Talent, 7 More Signings, & Bad Economy

#4 posting 11.18.2008
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MORE NEWS
D1
Why does North Dakota State assistant coach Jaime Berry root for South Dakota State? From the Fargo Forum.

UW Green Bay's Rachel Porath (Luxemburg-Casco, WI) was named the Horizon Player of the week.

D2
#25 UN Kearney beat UN Omaha 87-79. Debi Johnson (Perkins County, NE) had 18 points for UNK. Ashley Nelson (Lincoln Southwest) had 20 points for UNO.

MSU Moorhead beat Regis 56-53.

UM Crookston is on the right track. From the Crookston Times.

VIDEO
KBJR has video of UM Duluth's loss to Northern Michigan on Saturday.

D3
Lakeland beat Carroll 79-75. KC Blahnik had 29 points for Lakeland. Hoewisch had 19 points for Carroll. From the Sheboygan Press.

MSOE is previewed.

NAIA
Davenport's Kallie Benike (Campbellsport, WI) was named WHAC player of the week.

Defense is the key to the 5-1 start by Mount Marty. From the Yankton Press & Dakotan.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Luther JV beat Riverland 60-53 in overtime on Saturday. Brooke Monson (Austin) had 12 points for Riverland. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

Des Moines Area CC beat Marshalltown last Wednesday 82-60. Keisha Dotson had 22 points for DMACC. DMACC beat Wartburg JV on Saturday 63-39. Ellie Ritscher had 12 points for DMACC. From the Boone News Republican.

Iowa Central CC beat Wartburg JV last night 86-38. Abby Brend had 17 for ICCC. From the Fort Dodge Messenger News.

Madison Area TC beat Gogebic 73-68. From the Ironwood Daily Globe.

NDSCS beat Minneapolis on Saturday 84-42. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

MORE SIGNINGS
D1
BIG 12
Missouri has added 5-6 guard Trenee Thornton of Kansas City Central, MO.

Kansas has signed 2 more players
5-10 guard Monica Engelman of San Antonio Madison, TX
forward Tania Jackson of Lawrence, KS. Jackson will miss her senior year due to an ACL.

MID AMERICAN
Buffalo has signed 2 players
guard Nicki Hopkins of Bath, OH
guard Amy Gardner of Medina Walsh Jesuit, OH

Kent State has signed 2 players
5-10 guard Sam Price of Eau Claire North
6-3 center Leslie Schaffer of Verona, WI

Ohio has signed 4 players
6-0 power forward Porsha Harris of Chicago Whitney Young
5-11 guard Symone Lyles of Silver Spring Good Counsel, MD
6-1 forward Tina Fisher of Park-Cottage Grove
5-7 point guard Ashley Fowler of Cincinnati, Mount Notre Dame, OH

D2
NORTHERN SUN
Mary signed 5-11 forward Shauna Knife of Bottineau. That pushes the Mary total to 6.

Northern State has signed 5 players
6-1 post Yvonne Freese, Lanesboro
6-0 forward Sarah Hintz of Woodbury
5-9 forward Alexis Holt of Bloomington Kennedy
6-2 post Audra Schmidt of Westbrook-Walnut Grove
5-10 guard Brittany Zins of Bloomington Kennedy
From the Aberdeen American News

HIGH SCHOOL
ECONOMIC WOES
The economy is forcing some schools to tinker with the schedules. From the Escanaba Daily Press.
The Mankato school district is facing $3 million dollar deficit. Cutbacks are coming. From the Mankato Free Press

Menasha is looking to move out of the Fox Valley Association. From the Appleton Post Crescent.

ILLINOIS RESULTS
The Clinton Herald has some Monday results from Illinois. Annawan beat Fulton 51-35.

BOOKSHELF
Here are two books---not necessarily basketball themed---that you may want to look at--
Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin. Here is an article in Money/Fortune on what is important ---deliberate, intense practice.
Outliers by Malcom Gladwell. Which deals with why some people are successful. One of the points----the 10,000 hour rule.

POINT PARADE
ILLINOIS
Sydney Stewart, Erie 28 vs Alexis United 65-37
Kelly Buresh, Annawan 23 vs Fulton 51-35

Next up: later more news

Grab Bag: Twin Verbals, Coaching Milestones, Weekly Awards

#4 posting 2.11.2008
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AFTERNOON GRAB BAG
VERBALS
Samantha and Danielle Anderson of Wrenshall have verbally committed to play basketball at UW Superior. The twins are guards on the Wrens this year. They are the 57th and 58th players to commit from the 2008 class.

Lexi Braun of Wahpeton has made a verbal to NDSCS in volleyball. Braun is also a McDonald's nominee from North Dakota they have the list of 9 ND girls nominated. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

PLUNGE
The Braham Bomber girls basketball team is going to take an icy plunge. From the Isanti County News.

CONFERENCE RACE
The Big 9 will be a lot clearer on Tuesday...maybe...if Rochester JM wins both contests against Owatonna tonight, and Austin on Tuesday. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

BIG 10 TIDBITS
Iowa's Lindsey Nyenhuis (Forest Hills Northern, MI) does a Q&A.
Iowa's Johanna Solverson (Lake Zurich, IL) was named co-Big 10 player of the week with Purdue's FahKara Malone (Evansville Memorial, IN).

If it is Monday, it must be time for Wisconsin Coach Stone to talk to the media.

The Capital Times talks about the "one that got away." There is a photo of Alyssa Karel (Cretin-Derham Hall) in the article.

COACHING MILESTONES
Iowa's Lisa Bluder has 500 wins after beating Penn State on Sunday. From the Des Moines Register.

Buena Vista had two coaches reach milestones the same day. Janet Berry is now the winningest coach at Buena Vista on the women's side with 260 total.

AWARDS
Iowa State's Alison Lacey (Ballard, IA) was named co Big 12 Player of the Week. Courtney Paris of Oklahoma also shared the honor.

Central Michigan's Angel Chan (Wyoming Park, MI) has been named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week.

Carleton's Hannah Oken-Berg (Portland Lincoln, OR) has been named MIAC player of the week.

LISTEN
You can listen to the archived game between Cedar Rapids Washington vs CR Jefferson on KGYM.

LATE RESULTS
MINNESOTA: Cretin-Derham Hall beat Stillwater 64-48 on Friday. From the Stillwater Gazette.

IOWA: In district play Clinton Prince of Peace beat Preston 58-34 to open 1A play. From the Clinton Herald.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Bon Homme beat Dakota Christian 54-49 plus other results in the Mitchell Daily Republic.

Next up: tonight with another in the out & abouts

Hot & Cold, SDSU Romps, Bue's Award

#2 posting 1.2.2008
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BIG 10
Minnesota has been hot and is looking to continue to roll. Next up is Iowa

Wisconsin has been ice cold and is waiting for a warm up. Next up--Michigan State. From the Wisconsin State Journal.

ONE GAME
There was only one game yesterday and South Dakota State rang in the new year with a 91-57 victory over UM Duluth. Kristin Rotert (McCook Central) had a career high 21 for SDSU. Katy Freeman (Duluth East) had 9 for UMD.

POLLS
North Dakota is #1 in the D2 poll again. Other area teams include:
#5 Concordia St. Paul
#13 South Dakota
#19 MSU Mankato moving up two spots
#25 Augustana

AWARDS
North Dakota State's Lisa Bue (Austin) has been named player of the week in the Summit League

HIGH FIVE
South Dakota picked up the first wins in the team and individual races.

SOUTH DAKOTA--44
Kristin Rotert, South Dakota State (McCook Central) 21 vs UM Duluth 91-57
Jenn Warkenthien, South Dakota State (Willow Lake) 10 vs UM Duluth 91-57
Courtney Grimsrud, South Dakota State (Sisseton) 6 vs UM Duluth 91-57
Ketty Cornemann, South Dakota State (Yankton) 4 vs UM Duluth 91-57
Jenn Schuttloffel, South Dakota State (Sioux Falls Roosevelt) 3 vs UM Duluth 91-57

MINNESOTA---29
Maria Boever, South Dakota State (Worthington) 14 vs UM Duluth 91-57
Stacie Oistad, South Dakota State (Sartell) 6 vs UM Duluth 91-57
Macie Michelson, South Dakota State (Marshall) 5 vs UM Duluth 91-57
Laura Nielsen, South Dakota State (Willmar) 4 vs UM Duluth 91-57

WISCONSIN---18
Ashlea Muckenhirn, South Dakota State (Osceola) 10 vs UM Duluth 91-57
Morgan Meier, South Dakota State (Oshkosh West) 6 vs UM Duluth 91-57
Andrea Verdegan, South Dakota State (Flambeau) 2 vs UM Duluth 91-57

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Next up: Tomorrow

Smith Big 10 Player of the Week, Myhre Signs

#6 posting 11.27.2007
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Illinois' Jenna Smith (Bloomington Kennedy) picked up her second player of the week honor from the Big 10. She was also named MVP of the FIU tournament over the weekend.

Drake's Jill Martin (Norwalk, IA) was named player of the week in the Missouri Valley.

LAST NIGHT
Michigan State beat Delaware State 65-62. Alyssa DeHaan (Grandville, MI) had 15 for Michigan State.

Ohio beat Cleveland State 70-59. Lauren Kohn (Adrian, MI) had 27 for Ohio. Jackie Hiebert (Hopkins) started for Ohio, but did not score. Dominique Butler (Milw Madison) had 6 for Cleveland State.

Marquette beat William & Mary 79-61. The Eagles snapped a two game losing streak. Marissa Thrower (Detroit Renaissance) had a career high 19 for Marquette. Angel Robinson (St. Paul Central) had 10 points and 8 assists for Marquette. From the Marquette Tribune.

MEDIA QUESTIONS
Wisconsin's coach Stone answered some questions from the media on Monday. Questions #1 and #4 are of interest to Alyssa Karel fans.

SIGNINGS
The Marquette signing class of 2008 is featured on their website. Included in the foursome is Georgie Jones of St. Paul Central.

Indiana went south to Florida to find two of their three recruits for 2008-09.

D2 SIGNING
Megan Myhre, Barnum, is headed to Concordia St. Paul. The 6-1 post averaged 11.3 last year on the perimeter for Barnum.
Myhre is the 53rd player overall in the 2008 Minnesota class and the 30th to head to a D2 school.

D2 ACTION
Upper Iowa beat Waldorf 66-47. Chelsea Peterson (Midland, IA) had 12 for Upper Iowa. Paige Devine (St. Charles) added 11. Waldorf was led by Megan Foster (Fairmont) with 15.

LAST WEEKEND
UM Crookston split their tournament games at Dickinson State last weekend.

D3 ACTION
St. Olaf beat Martin Luther 57-35. It was Dave Stromme's first win at the helm at St. Olaf. Elyse Erickson (Orono) had 19 for St. O. Katherine Kogler had 10 for Martin Luther.

NAIA ACTION
Morningside rolled Mount Mercy 87-48. From the Sioux City Journal.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Western WI Tech snapped Riverland's 6 game winning streak with a 72-60 win. From the Rochester Post Bulletin. Becky Sobota had 28 for WWTC. Anna Hebrink (Austin) had 18 for Riverland.

Anoka-Ramsey beat Central Lakes 79-41 over the weekend. Kate Bement (Princeton) had 15 for AR. Jayme Reed (Browerville) had 9 to lead Central Lakes.

thanks to the readers for the help. If you have news, go to my profile and email me.

next up: high fives

Badgers Look for Revenge; Miller Player of the Week

#5 posting 11.20,2007
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GAMES TODAY
Minnesota hosts North Dakota State at Williams Arena. The Gophers were beat by NDSU in Fargo last year. Here is the six page game note press release on tonight's contest.

Wisconsin is looking for revenge against Wyoming. Wyoming beat the Badgers in the WNIT final last March. Wisconsin's Rae Lin D'Alie broke her hand in that game and is eager to play. From the Badger Herald and Capital Times.

Central Michigan hopes to Rock the Rose with #23 Notre Dame coming to town. From the Mount Pleasant Morning Sun.

Dani Gass of Morningside is closing in on a 1000 points. From the Sioux City Journal.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Heather Ezell of Iowa State was named player of the week in the Big 12.

Jessie Miller of Illinois Chicago (Holy Angels) was named player of the week in the Horizon.

Whitney Hofer of Augustana (West Central, SD) was named player of the week in the North Central.

Noelle Hall of Northern State (Lewiston-Altura) was named player of the week in the Northern Sun.

Megan Hoblet of Alma was named player of the week in the MIAA.

D2 ACTION LAST NIGHT
Nebraska Kearney beat Wayne State 68-48. Mara Hjelle (Mahtomedi) had 4 points for Wayne State.

SW MN State edged Black Hills State 61-58. From the Rapid City Journal. Liz Grider (Chaska) had 18 to lead SW MN State.

South Dakota powered past Colorado Christian 91-64. The Student newspaper the Volante also has more on the USD win. Jeana Hoffman (Mitchell) had 18 points for USD. Jodie Krall (Solon, IA) had 7 for Colorado Christian.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Marshalltown CC hit for 9 3s in the first half to route William Penn's JV 78-48. Catalina de la Quintana had 25 for MCC. From the Marshalltown Times-Republican.

MORE SIGNINGS
MSU Mankato added another player to their incoming 08-09 class with Lauren Barber of Owatonna. the 5-8 guard averaged 14.5 ppg for the Huskies last year. Barber played with Total Package this summer.
That makes six players that have signed with MSU Mankato.
Barber is the 52 player overall in the 2008 Minnesota class to sign/verbal and the 29th to head to a D2 school.

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next up: later today with an out & about, if not sooner than that.