Johnson's Boomerang, Anderson's Pro Career

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COACHING NEWS
Dave Johnson is returning to coach girls basketball at DePere because UWGB chancellor Bruce Shepard would not sign off on his contract due to allegations from an incident at De Pere High School in early March. From the Green Bay Press Gazette.

Jim Petrik has been named girls basketball coach at Beulah, North Dakota. From the Dickinson Press.

Former South Dakota women's basketball coach Chad Lavin was named South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association's College Women's Coach of the Year. From the Yankton Press & Dakotan.

ANDERSON A PRO
Wisconsin's Jolene Anderson is making an impact with the Connecticut Sun. She had 8 points and 8 rebounds Sunday. From the Capital Times.

MORE MISS BASKETBALL
Alexis Yackley of Sully Buttes was named Miss Basketball in South Dakota. Yackley is headed to Iowa State in the fall.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Jasmine Dittrich of Rochester JM has been named athlete of the week KTTC for her track exploits. Dittrich played girls basketball for JM this winter.

ACADEMIC HONORS
Wayne State Michigan had two women's basketball players named to GLIAC All-Academic team: Nicole Rogers of Lansing Everett and Chastidy Miller of Waterford Kettering.

CITY HONORS
The Des Moines City Council honored members of the Drake men's and women's basketball teams yesterday proclaiming 2007-08 the "Year of the Bulldog"

Next up: later today with the 15u Wisconsin State Championship