Minnesota Seeding Tournament: Day 2

#2 posting 4.26.2008
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MN SEEDING TOURNAMENT: day 2

Today the pool play wrapped up and moved to quarterfinal action. Coach Teas & I watched a pair of games at both the 15 year old and 16 year old brackets. With quarterfinal action the contests were not that close. Upsets were few and far between. The biggest upset came when Metro Stars White turned the tables on Metro Stars Black in civil war game part II 51-32. Two weeks ago MSB beat the Whites at the 43 Hoops tournament. I unfortunately was not at that game. After game three I had to eat due to diabetes and when I got back to the courts the Civil War game II had already started. I finished up with the Fury 50-44 win over the Suns.

One factor with spring ball is the battle for players. Not every team was at full strength. MN Stars Borowicz was missing the Jordan players Brittany Chambers and Leah Dietel due to prom. MN Stars Eckmann was also missing a few. One, Malinda Scherf of Norman County West, was stuck at home due to the snow (that's right folks) snow storm that blanketed western Minnesota. NC Heat had players gone due to prom. MN Stars Carlisle had a few players miss due to religious events. I am sure there were more MIA players.

Here are the reports

Game 1: Metro Stars 15s beat 43 Hoops 56-29. The halftime score was 39-14. MS15 controlled the board and moved the ball on offense in the win.

Game 2: North Tartan 15 beat MN Stars Carlisle 66-46. NT15 used the three ball seven times in the first half (Sari Noga dropped 5) as they built a 37-23 lead. Noga added one more in the second half.

Intermission: We then migrated back to court one where the Monarchs edged the Fury 51-50 in the best contest of the day. Tori Rule hit the game winner on a drive in the lane with 16 seconds to go.

Game 3: In the MN Stars civil war game it was MN Stars Borowicz beating MN Stars Eckmann 66-38. There was a household civil war too (in a manner of speaking) as Coach Eckmann's daughter Rachelle played for MS Borowicz. MSB had a slow start but picked up momentum by half time with a 38-17 lead. MSB won their civil war battle 66-38.

Game 4: I saw another MN Stars team this time Smith vs NC Heat. Despite missing a few players with prom NCH topped MSS 75-45.

I will be doing Out & Abouts on these games next week--I hope on gbbrecruit, once they unfreeze my posting ability.

Next up: tomorrow morning.