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Volume 23 Issue No. 13 February 24 2016-2017

Welcome to the 3,000 Club By Bruce Strand

Kiley Borowicz has never met Megan Taylor, a famous alum

of her school, but was elated recent-ly to join an exclusive club that in-cludes Taylor. And to meet another distinguished member of that club.

Roseau’s 5-foot-9 guard, who has led the Rams to two state tourna-ments and the current No. 1 ranking in Class 2A, passed the 3,000 point marker while scoring 21 in a 67-54 win over Esko on Saturday in Esko.

Taylor graduated in 1997 with 3,300 points. She was only the second 3,000-pointer, break-ing the record of 3,129 by Janet Karvonen (1980) of New York Mills, who was the only one for 17 years. Taylor never reached state, losing in the re-

gion finals her last game, but went on to a great career at Iowa State.

"Coming from Roseau,” Borow-icz told the Grand Forks Herald, “knowing Megan Taylor is from here, and she's such a big name, somebody (that) everybody talks about, it is a big deal to me.''

Taylor was not present, but Kar-vonen, by a cool coincidence, was in Esko for a friend being inducted into the Esko Hall of Fame. She met Borowicz after the game and somebody snapped the photo of the the first, and the latest, 3,000-point scorers in Minnesota.

Known for great strength and agil-ity, Borowicz is adept at bulling to the basket for three-point plays, but also hits three’s and scores frequent-ly on breakaways. She averages 26 points, six steals and nine rebounds.

Oh, and there’s three of her. Rams coach Kelsey Didrikson also deploys sopho-more Kacie Boro-wicz, who’s scor-ing 17.5 ppg, and eighth-grader Katie Borowicz with 5.6 ppg.

G ibbon-Fa i r f ax -Winthrop’s Halley Busse joined the 3,000-point club a week earlier, and

Mountain Iron-Buhl’s Chelsea Ma-son will get there soon. There are 18 girls and nine boys that have passed 3,000 with one boy and one girl passing 5,000.

Roseau is the fifth school with more than one 3,000-pointer.

Braham has three: Rebekah Dahl-man (5,060), Isaiah Dahlmann (3,366) and Tyler Vaughan (3,340). Schools boasting two are Lakev-iew Christian with Anders Broman (5,119) and Bjorn Broman (4,130); and Tartan with Ta’Kendra Elbert (3,501) and Jake Sullivan (3,013). There’s also Elgin-Millville’s Katie Ohm (3,694) and Plainview-Elgin-Millville’s Cole Olstad (3,055).

The first (Janet Karvonen) and 27th (Kiley Borowicz)

3,000 point scorers in Minne-sota prep basketball.

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Pacesetter Newsletter Minnesota Basketball News February 24

Specialization? Don’t drink the Kool AidReprinted from “Lay ups & Rebounds,” a blog written by Kevin Van Horn, former NBA player. Provided by Nancy Justis, Justis Creative Communications.

You might have had a similar experience. Four years ago I was trying to find a basketball team

for my daughter. She made one of the top teams in the state, but before we agreed to join the team, we had to agree to the coaches’ conditions, which were for the most part reasonable, except for one: We had to make a one-year commitment and only play for that team.

The coach stated we must focus only on basketball or my daughter would not become as good as she can be. He said, "All the best players are now specializing in 5th or 6th grade. She will fall behind. She won't get a college scholarship." Oh no! Since it is our family policy to only allow our children to play one sport at a time, we had to ask our 10-year old if she really wanted to join the team because she played other sports and she would have to give them up for that one year. She de-cided to join the team. I took a gulp of the Kool Aid. At the time, I wasn't too concerned about my daugh-ter’s decision. Since she loved to play, I felt the more she played basketball, the better she would become. In the adult world, that is a rational conclusion. Practice makes perfect! Not really. I did not know the facts at the time, but the truth is kids who play multiple sports almost always end up being happier, better athletes. Committing to one sport or one team for a year – specializing - really was not a good de-cision. However, I think her coach truly believed what he told us and I did not know better either. Recently, I conducted my own little street sociology study. I first looked at our Colorado Premier Basketball Club coaches (a non-profit youth basketball organiza-tion I founded several years ago) and found that every single coach in our club that played Division I college

Keith Van Horn

basketball, and we have quite a few, played multiple sports growing up. Is it just a coincidence? Not really. Digging deeper, I found that many professional basket-ball players played multiple sports growing up. Check out a few of the names below.

Lebron James — All State FootballTim Duncan — SwimmingKobe Bryant — SoccerSteve Nash — Soccer and Ice Hockey

A great article was written for the Huffington Post by Dr. Ken Reed, a board member of Colorado Premier Basketball Club. Not your typical PHD, holds a bach-elor’s degree from the University of Denver, a masters from Colorado State (concentration in athletic admin-istration), and a doctorate in sport administration from Northern Colorado. He lettered in baseball and bas-ketball at Denver and has been a coach, sports official, scout, manager, and sports talk show host. He knows what he is talking about.

His article, "Youth Sports Specialization Defies Logic", lays out a very strong argument against specializa-tion. It turns out that specializing in one sport really is NOT good for our kids. It causes overuse injuries and burnout, and hinders the youngsters’ ability to de-velop full potential. It does NOT make them better at any sport they play. But we keep getting served the Kool Aid by coaches and youth organizations. Why? I believe it’s two main reasons: Ignorance and money. As Ken stated in his article, the reality is that special-ization defies adult logic. Unless parents, coaches and youth sports organizations get the facts, we will con-tinue to be ignorant (like I was!) and believe and advo-cate the false reality. If we really want what is best for our kids, we will ENCOURAGE them to try multiple sports, take some art and music classes, and help them to develop into well-rounded athletes and people. Keith Van Horn is a husband, father, entrepreneur, coach, writer and former Utah All-American and NBA Basketball Player. He blogs about youth.


Big games: Chaska’s Hanson hits 48 points

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Myles Hanson, Chaska senior who’ll play in the Ivy League at Columbia, erupted for 48 points in

an 83-62 conquest of Benilde-St. Margaret’s.

Rieshaun Satar, Henry Sibley junior guard, drilled 44 points against South St. Paul in an 82-52 rout .

Anna Olson, Monticello freshman, logged 32 points and 15 rebounds in a 60-57 loss to Chisago Lakes.

Como Park junior guard Makayla Van Nett poured in 43 points in a 95-61 win over St. Paul Harding.

Maple Grove’s Brad Davison had yet another monster game with 43 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, leading a 93-85 win over Cooper.

Dream Kelly-Jabbar, Highland Park, amassed 33 points and 15 rebounds in a 76-67 win over St. Paul Central.

Logan Rezac of Andover had a 43-point game against

Coon Rapids in a 73-58 win.

Three games after reaching 3,000 points, Halley Busse of Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop drilled 40 points in a 75-67 victory over Wabasso.

Paige Richert of Cedar Mountain/Comfrey snagged her 1,000th rebound in a 72-50 win over Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s. She got her 1,000th point earlier this season.

Three games after reaching 3,000 points, Halley Busse of Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop drilled 40 points in a 75-67 victory over Wabasso.

Matt Monke, an all state tournament pick last year for state Class 3A runner-up Fergus Falls, notched his 1,000th point while scoring 20 in a 76-64 win over Bemidji on Saturday. His teammate Nate Rund, a ju-nior, got his 1,000th earlier this season.

Zimmerman sophomore Alyssa Daugherty had 31 in an 80-69 win over Delano and averages 19.9.


‘D’ is key for unbeaten Rush CityBy Bruce Strand

The Rush City Tigers, 20-0 and ranked No. 9, posed with their conference champ trophy.

Among the five unbeaten girls teams in Minnesota heading

into playoffs, just one is looking for its first trip to the state tourna-ment.

That would be the Rush City Ti-gers, ranked No. 9 in Class 2A, who have quietly compiled a 20-0 record against a schedule of un-ranked opponents, relying mainly on defense.

(The other unscathed teams are Hopkins and Elk Riv-er, ranked 1-2 in 4A; Roseau, top-ranked in 2A; and Wheaton-Herman-Norcross, No. 3 in 1A).

If the Tigers don’t make state this year — No. 2 ranked Sauk Centre is in the same section — they should have at least a couple more chances, with a starting five con-sisting of a junior and four sophomores.

The Tigers’ closest call was 49-41 over Aitkin. They are allowing a scant 30 points per game, and nobody’s gotten 50 against them. Foley almost did; that score was 60-48.

“Best defensive team that I can remember,” said coach Joe Nelson. “We play half-court man-to-man.”

The offensive is not explosive, but nicely balanced. Shawna Mell averages 13 points and 8 rebounds; 6-foot-er Jamie Guptil 13 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks; Elena Herberg 12 points, 5 assists and 3 steals; Kaylyn Bowen 10 points, 4 steals and 4 assists; and Stephanie Braund 5 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Braund is the junior; the others are sophomores, as is top sub Katie McDonald.

Nelson, a boiler operator at Department of Corrections, is a 1975 graduate of Rush City who’s been involved with local basketball since his own playing days.

Along with Joel Hanson, he ran the elementary pro-gram in the 1980’s when their kids were that age. He’s coached at the high school for 15 years, the last four as head coach. His staff includes Bob Schlagel, Erika Matzke Stoltz and Jamie Friday.

Nelson’s teams have done well, with 20 wins two years ago and 19 last year, each falling a couple wins short of state.

He recalls that Rush City girls reached region finals twice two decades ago. Rush City boys last reached state in 1989, and their only other trips were in 1915 and 1916. So this is not a town of renown for basketball. But, this group might be the one that breaks through.


McKinley, Champlin top DeLaSalle If Champlin Park and DeLaSalle capture the Class 4A

and 3A championships, a game last Thursday will be regarded as the OVERALL state championship game.

That’s because the two powerhouses, ranked No. 1 all year, clashed in Champlin with the Rebels beating the Islanders 87-77 behind a monster game by McKinley Wright.

The senior guard decimated the vaunt-ed Islander defense for 46 points while grabbing 11 rebounds. A Dayton recruit, he dazzled a big crowd that included Gopher coach Richard Pitino. His previ-ous high was 34 points.

The Rebels’ other D-I signee, Theo John,

got his 1,000th point in style with a thundering dunk off an alley-oop pass from Wright, a play they’ve executed many times over four years together. The 6-foot-9 Mar-quette recruit had eight points and 10 rebounds.

The Rebels (23-0) snapped a 15-game win streak by DeLaSalle (20-3), which has also lost to 4A’s No. 2 ranked Maple Grove by just 67-64. The Rebels also beat DeLaSalle 75-68 last year when the Islanders went on to capture their state record fifth straight 3A champi-onship, while the Rebels, who’ve never won one, didn’t reach state. This is looking like Champlin Park’s year.

The Rebels held DLS’s Goanar Mar, also a D-1 recruit (George Mason University) to 16 points and nine re-bounds with John, Marcus Hill, and D.J. Hunter taking turns guarding him.

Hancock guard: 43, 49, 45 in succession

McKinley Wright hit 46 points

Hancock’s Noah Kannegiesser scored 137 points in three straight wins — 43 against Dawson-Boyd (83-69), 49 against Ortonville (78-69), and 45 against West Central Area (80-56). The WCA coach, Kraig Hunter, told the Echo Press of Alexandria: “We were still in the game at 48-41 at the nine-minute mark and he pulled up from 25 or 26 feet off the dribble and elevated right over us for five consecutive three’s. You just have to tip your hat to him." Kannegiesser, a 5-foot-11 junior guard, is averaging 24.5 points for the Owls (13-6).

Tough being new kid, even for good player

Zach Bloemker, senior guard averaging 13.5 points for No. 5 Marshall (22-2), had a tough time adjusting when he moved from Warrensburg (MO) as a sophomore. “I went from kind of being the best player on the team in Missouri. I had the green light from everywhere,” he told the Marshall Independent. “Then I went to a school where no one knows me. I was eight hours away from a place I called home. I had to start over and build rela-tionships with the coaches and players ... But I’m glad I went through it. I think going to college will be easier.” He’ll play at Gustavus Adolphus.

Centaur standout survived dog attack

Devonta Prince, 6-foot-3 forward for Brooklyn Center (17-7) who’s averaging 14.2 points, was the victim of a dog attack when he was eight. Damage to his arms was such that his doctor doubted he would play again. In a feature for Minnesota Basketball Hub by Matthew Davis, Prince described being unable to outrun “a pret-ty big dog” on his way to school. Two brothers and a nearby truck driver rescued him. He has screws in both arms. Born left-handed, he has taught himself to shoot right-handed. Coach Matthew McCollister said he’s never seen anyone else do that, let alone well enough to draw college interest, as Prince has.

Hopkins squares accounts with Wayzata

The Hopkins Royals (18-5), avenging an earlier 81-55 loss to Wayzata (19-3), rallied to beat the Trojans 70-62 last week, turning up the defensive pressure when down 45-34. Ishmael El-Amin and freshman Blaise Beauchamp scored 16 points each. The Lake Classic race tightened up. Wayzata and Hopkins are each 4-2, Eden Prairie 3-4, Minnetonka 2-3 and Edina 2-4.


By Terry Kunze

Orono’s Jon Leuer scored 24 points against the Tim-berwolves recently, his career high, helping the

Detroit Pistons beat his home state team 116-108. I was watching that game, enjoying the 6-foot-10 forward who’s one of seven native Minnesotans in the NBA. He is averaging 27 minutes, 11.2 points, and 5.7 rebounds.

Other Minnesota NBA players Mike Muscala (Rose-ville, Atlanta Hawks), Cole Aldrich (Jefferson, Minne-sota), Tyus Jones (Apple Valley, Minnesota), Rashad Vaughn (Cooper, Milwaukee Bucks), Alan Anderson (De La Salle, Los Angeles Lakers), and Kris Humphries (Hopkins, Atlanta Hawks).

Leuer is in the rotation and cur-rently is starting. Muscala is having a great year in Atlanta. He is the first big off the bench. Stretch 4’s like them are in de-mand in the NBA because the teams want to keep the middle open for drives. The post today only needs to rebound, block shots, defend and run the floor.

I was involved in recruiting Kevin McHale (Boston Celtics) as an assistant at the U of M. High school ball did not showcase his skills. He was not even Hibbing’s top scorer. I saw more things watching pickup games where he could play unstructured against players of all sizes. I was surprised by his talent and mobility.

The key reason he became a better pro than a college player, I think, was that he had to adapt to playing out on the floor for the Gophers. Mychal Thompson and

then Randy Breuer were the go-to posts and Kevin was the power forward, defending quicker perimeter play-ers. This expanded his game and enabled him to acquire the skills which made him a Hall of Famer.

Making an NBA roster is quite a feat for anyone. With about 450 rostered players, you must knock one out to obtain a roster spot. Joel Przybilla, Monticello, played 13 years, even though he was only a role player, and signed a $37 million contract. If you’re mobile and can defend and rebound, and have good size, you can carve out a nice career.

On NBA defense

People claim the NBA doesn’t play defense! The NBA does not call traveling! NBA players do not play hard!

These comments really frustrate me. NBA players are tremendous athletes. The game is 48 minutes, not 40 as in college, and the schedule of 82 games is exhausting. Playing four games in five days is not easy. And this sport requires you to run the floor every 20 seconds. No wonder injuries are so common in this league.

NBA players do defend. It is difficult to guard these great athletes, especially when the league rules stress more scoring. This is a physical game! Sit in the first two rows and you will not believe the physical contact.

Another exasperating comment is: “Wow, the Wolves blew a 20-point lead to lose another one!” You do not blow leads. You stop making shots, and the lead evapo-rates. Teams must shoot within 24 seconds, and early leads really mean nothing.

Fans stress scoring, but defense and rebounding win games. Those aspects don’t have the highs and lows that you see in shooting and offensive execution.

Watching our guys in the NBA

Terry Kunze

Broman brothers are teammates again, in S.C.Whatever happened to the Anders and Bjorn Bro-

man, who combined for 9,249 points for tiny Lakeview Christian in Duluth? They were mentioned in our Page 1 article in this issue. Fans wondered if they could keep putting up huge numbers in college. The brothers are teammates again this year, albeit not as star players, for Winthrop University in South Carolina. Bjorn, 6-foot sophomore guard, is a two-year starter,

averaging 5.7 points on a 21-6 team after logging 6.0 ppg on a 23-9 team last year. Anders, 6-foot-2 junior guard, transferred to Winthrop this year after play-ing sparingly at South Dakota State for two seasons. Anders is a top sub for Winthrop, averaging 8.1 ppg. Three-point shots are their specialty. Anders is 50-for-119 (42 percent) and Bjorn is 40-for-108 (37 percent).


Alex star tries to return but knee balks

Alexandria thousand-pointer Macy Hatlestad, who suffered a partial ACL tear in her left knee on Jan.

16 in a game against Willmar, tried to return to action last Friday when the Cardinals beat Brainerd 81-69 to clinch the conference title.

Playing with a brace, she hit a 3-pointer soon after en-tering the game, drawing a big ovation, but her knee buckled on defense early in the second half. She was helped from the court, in tears, while the gym fell si-lent, then watched the rest of the game from the bench with her knee iced.

Coach Wendy Kohler told the home-town paper, the Echo Press: “Let me just say that there is no kid in the state of Minnesota tougher than Macy Hatles-tad … Macy is playing for her team. She’s not playing for Macy … She’s worked hard since fifth grade. She wants to help push this team to the finish line.”

* * *Three Alexandra players reached 1,000 this season — Hatlestad, Kendall Kohler and Jaran Roste (last week).

Ko-Mets keep Hiawatha Valley crown

The Kasson-Mantorville girls (21-6) repeated as Hi-awatha Valley League champions with a 64-43 rout of Hayfield (21-5) Monday, boosted by the inside-outside punch of Kristin Scott with 21 points and MiKayla Grant with five 3-pointers and 19 points. Carrie Rut-ledge had 16 and Maggie Streightiff 14 for Hayfield. Kasson-Mantorville also took on Class 4A Eden Prairie last week, losing 69-66 in overtime. Kira Mosley had 29 for Eden Prairie (3-20) and Scott had 33 points and 12 rebounds for the Ko-Mets.(Rochester Post-Bulletin)

Bigfork girls 24-0 before loss to No. 1 MIB

The Bigfork girls won their first 24 games before taking on Class 1A’s top-ranked Mountain Iron-Buhl and fall-ing 71-54 last week. Kia Tower had 15 points, Emma

Rouzi 13 and Lexi Beck 12 for Bigfork, ranked No. 10. One of the smallest towns (pop. 446 in 2010), Bigfork has made one state trip in girls basketball (2009) and two in boys basketball (1988 and 1994).

Red Rock girls finish conference 16-0

Red Rock Central girls (23-3) ran the table in the Red Rock Conference, finishing 16-0 with a 72-32 win over Edgerton. Ramsey Piotter had 26 points and Rachel Kedl 18 points and 13 rebounds. (Worthington Globe)

Schmidt is solid leader for unbeaten WHN

The undefeated, No. 3 ranked Wheaton-Herman-Nor-cross girls have an excellent leader, coach Tim Gail said, in Emma Schmidt, who’s averaging 18.3 points, 9.6 rebounds, 5.3 steals and 4.9 assists, and got her 1,000th point scoring 23 in a 60-25 win over West Cen-tral Area last week. “Along with being an awesome ath-lete and person, she is currently ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in her class,” Gail told the Fargo Forum.

Dreier pulls even with son in hoops rivalry

Mike Dreier, whose 886 victories with New London-Spicer is the state record in girls basketball, got back to .500 coaching against his son, Matt, when the Wildcats defeated the Annandale Cardinals 70-61. Matt became head coach last year at a school that happens to be in the same conference, and beat the old man both times. But this year, Mike’s Wildcats got the sweep. Brooke Beuning had 18, Kabrie Weber 17 and Shea Oman 16 for the Wildcats (21-3) while Hannah Purcell led the Cardinals (13-11) with 15.

Goodhue enjoys first 90-point game

Goodhue girls (20-4) had the school’s first-ever 90-point game, blitzing Triton 90-49, breaking the team record set last year when the Wildcats beat Maranatha Chris-tian 89-64 in the Class 1A title game. McKenzie Ryan scored 22 points, Maddie Miller 20 and Sydney Loder-meier 13, with 13 players scoring on Senior Night.

By Bruce Strand

Macy Hatlestad


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Region 1 Site Date 4G, 6G, 8G, 5B, 7B, 9B RCTC - Rochester March 25 5G, 7G, 9G, 4B, 6B, 8B RCTC - Rochester March 26Region 2 Site Date 4G, 6G, 8G, 5B, 7B, 9B MN State-Mankato April 22 5G, 7G, 9G, 4B, 6B, 8B MN State-Mankato April 23Region 3 Site Date 5G, 7G, 9G, 4B, 6B, 8B Redwood Falls March 25 4G, 6G, 8G, 5B, 7B, 9B Redwood Falls March 26Region 4 Site Date 5B, 7B, 9B Willow River April 8 4G, 6G, 8G Barnum April 8 4B, 6B, 8B Willow River April 9 5G, 7G, 9G Barnum April 9Region 5 Site Date 5G, 7G, 9G, 4B, 6B, 8B SCSU-St. Cloud April 1 4G, 6G, 8G, 5B, 7B, 9B SCSU-St. Cloud April 2Region 6 Site Date 4G, 6G, 8G, 5B, 7B, 9B Moorhead April 1 5G, 7G, 9G, 4B, 6B, 8B Moorhead April 2Region 7 Site Date 5G, 8B Hibbing April 1 8G, 5B Hibbing April 2 7G, 9G, 4B, 6B Grand Rapids April 1 4G, 6G, 7B, 9B Grand Rapids April 2Region 8 Site Date 4G, 6G, 8G, 5B, 7B, 9B Bemidji April 1 5G, 7G, 9G, 4B, 6B, 8B Bemidji April 2Minnesota State Championships • Maple Grove Date 4G, 6G, 5B, 8B MIT - MN Invitational June 10 4G, 6G, 5B, 8B State Championship June 11 5G, 8G, 4B, 6B MIT - MN Invitational June 17 5G, 8G, 4B, 6B State Championship June 18 7G, 9G, 7B, 9B MIT - MN Invitational June 24 7G, 9G, 7B, 9B State Championship June 25

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7th Boys Stewartville 9th Boys Perham

8th Girls Eden Valley-Watkins9th Girls Mt. Iron-Buhl

Regional Playoffs ScheduleAll grades refer to the 2016-2017 school year.

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Minnesota’s Great Four-State Champions – 2016

2017

Over 700 teams in 2016!


MBBN boys Top 20 listsCLASS 4A 1. Champlin Park 22-0 2. Maple Grove 21-2 3. Apple Valley 21-2 4. Lakeville North 21-2 5. Wayzata 20-3 6. Hopkins 18-5 7. East Ridge 18-5 8. Tartan 21-3 9. Robbinsdale Armstrong 17-610. New Prague 20-311. Woodbury 17-612. Osseo 17-613. Park Center 17-614. Cretin-Derham Hall 16-715. Eden Prairie 13-1016. Edina 14-817. Chaska 18-518. Bloomington Jefferson 18-419. Rogers 19-420. Rochester John Marshall 20-3

CLASS 3A 1. DeLaSalle 20-3 2. Austin 22-1 3. Mahtomedi 20-2 4. Orono 18-5 5. Marshall 22-2 6. Minneapolis Henry 17-7 7. Delano 18-5 8. Columbia Heights 18-6 9. St. Thomas Academy 18-510. Totino-Grace 12-1111. Fergus Falls 21-312. Waseca 21-313. Alexandria 16-514. St. Paul Highland Park 19-415. Grand Rapids 19-516. Zimmerman 15-817. Waconia 12-1018. Big Lake 15-819. Bemidji 15-720. Rocori 13-10

CLASS 2A 1. Minnehaha Academy 19-5 2. Caledonia 21-4 3. Melrose 23-0 4. Crosby-Ironton 19-1 5. St. Cloud Cathedral 21-2 6. Esko 21-2 7. Perham 21-2 8. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 18-3 9. New Richland-Hartland- Ellendale-Geneva 23-210. Watertown-Mayer 20-311. Eden Valley-Watkins 17-412. Annandale 19-413. Jordan 21-314. Jackson County Central 20-415. Holdingford 18-416. Breckenridge 19-217. Lake City 17-618. Pine Island 20-419. Brooklyn Center 17-720. Detroit Lakes 13-8

CLASS 1A 1. Minneapolis North 24-1 2. Nevis 22-1 3. Heritage Christian 20-3 4. Central Minnesota Christian 20-3 5. Goodhue 23-2 6. Springfield 22-2 7. Red Lake 18-4 8. Spring Grove 22-3 9. Ada-Borup 20-210. Red Rock Central 21-211. Norman County East/ Ulen-Hitterdahl 18-3 12. North Woods 21-113. Browerville-Eagle Valley 20-314. Cedar Mountain-Comfrey 21-215. Prairie Seeds Academy 16-416. Win-E-Mac 20-517. Wesbrook-Walnut Grove 19-418. Lake Park-Audubon 17-619. Battle Lake 17-520. Stephen-Argyle 20-3

CLASS 4A 1. Hopkins 25-0 2. Elk River 24-0 3. Lakeville North 23-2 4. St. Michael-Albertville 20-4 5. Eastview 19-6 6. Wayzata 19-6 7. Park Center 20-5 8. Champlin Park 19-5 9. Apple Valley 20-510. Centennial 19-611. East Ridge 18-612. White Bear Lake 17-813. Edina 17-814. Roseville Area 19-615. Minnetonka 12-1216. Andover 17-817. Rochester Mayo 19-618. Robbinsdale Cooper 22-319. Shakopee 15-1020. Moorhead 19-6

CLASS 3A 1. Hutchinson 19-5 2. Orono 20-4 3. Holy Angels 21-3 4. Winona 20-4 5. Mahtomedi 21-3 6. Alexandria 21-4 7. Northfield 19-6 8. Grand Rapids 20-5 9. Kasson-Mantorville 21-610. Hermantown 22-311. Zimmerman 22-312. Waseca 19-613. New Ulm 21-514. Willmar 17-815. St. Paul Como Park 18-716. Bloomington Kennedy 13-1017. Red Wing 17-718. St. Anthony Village 17-619. DeLaSalle 14-1020. Fergus Falls 14-11

CLASS 2A 1. Roseau 24-0 2. Sauk Centre 24-1 3. Plainview-Elgin-Millville 24-2 4. Watertown-Mayer 22-3 5. Norwood-Young America 24-1 6. New London-Spicer 22-3 7. Eden Valley-Watkins 22-3 8. Minnehaha Academy 20-4 9. Rush City 21-010. Hayfield 21-511. Staples-Motley 20-312. St. Croix Lutheran 19-613. Esko 20-614. New Richland-Hartland- Ellendale-Geneva 21-515. Pipestone 23-116. Annandale 14-1117. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 23-318. Rochester Lourdes 17-919. St. Peter 21-420. Albany 17-8

CLASS 1A 1. Mountain Iron-Buhl 24-1 2. Goodhue 21-4 3. Wheaton-Herman-Norcross 25-0 4. Mankato Loyola 23-2 5. Ada-Borup 22-1 6. Maranatha Christian 18-7 7. Cromwell-Wright 20-5 8. Red Lake 20-2 9. Southwest MN Christian (Edgerton) 21-310. Bigfork 24-111. Granada-Huntley-East Chain-Truman- Martin Luther 22-412. Lyle-Pacelli 20-613. Red Rock Central 23-314. Heritage Christian 18-715. Lester Prairie-Holy Trinity 19-616. Mayer Lutheran 17-817. Cedar Mountain-Comfrey 19-518. Canby 20-419. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 18-720. Stephen-Argyle 19-5


MBBN girls Top 20 lists


There is a tug-of-war on for basketball players.

This battle splits two ways: the groups that offer all-star team or club team tournaments and the groups that offer school team or community team tournaments.

Pacesetter Sports serves the “hometown team” group, where youth basketball teams in grades 4-9 that are school-based or community-based now have a “Final Four-style” playoff system, the Pacesetter Great Four-State championships, that involve over 900 teams in four states: MN-IA-ND-SD.

Pacesetter Sports started this system in 2010 to give school teams an exciting playoff to match or surpass the lure of AAU teams traveling to tournaments around the country. All players playing in the Pacesetter Play-offs must either attend the same school or live in the same city, school district or tribal community. Smaller schools may combine if the total enrollment in grades 9-12, when combined, is 400 or less.

Teams begin with Region Playoffs in February-April in their own section of their state, seeking to advance to their state championships. The top two teams in their state tournaments then advance to the Pacesetter Great Four-State championships in the Twin Cities. The Tar-get Center hosted the championships from 2010-2016. Due to construction this summer, the championships

will be held at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Last year Minnesota and North Dakota won four “Great Four-State” titles each, Iowa three and South Dakota one. The Minnesota champions were Stewartville 7th-grade boys, Perham 9th-grade boys, Eden Valley-Wat-kins 8th-grade girls, and Mountain Iron-Buhl 9th-grade girls. The North Dakota champions were Bismarck Showtime 4th-grade girls, Central Cass 6th-grade girls, Dakota Thunder 7th-grade girls and St. John’s-Four Winds 8th-grade boys. The Iowa champions were Pella 4th-grade boys, Xavier Catholic 5th-grade girls and Mason City 6th-grade boys. The South Dakota cham-pion was Sioux Falls Hurricanes 5th-grade boys,

Fliers, further information and registration are avail-able at www.pacesettersports.net.

All teams playing in the Great Four-State tournament are invited to a large team meeting, in a Marriott or Radisson ballroom, a Timberwolves suite, or on the main Target Center floor the night before their event. All players are introduced in front of the hundreds of players, parents and coaches. These players are all friends from their own community who will be playing together soon on the high school team. The next day the players get to play together in front of all their fans on the Target Center floor, home of the NBA Timber-wolves and the WNBA Lynx.

‘Midwest Madness’ playoffs lead to Great Four-State in Twin Cities

Pacesetter Youth Basketball Regions set for MinnesotaPacesetter Basketball has announced the regional play-off schedule for the 25th Annual Minnesota Youth Bas-ketball State Championships. NOTE: Region 5 loca-tion has been changed from original schedule.

Region 1: Rochester, March 25-26Region 2: Mankato, April 22-23Region 3: Redwood Falls, March 25-26Region 4: Barnum/Willow River, April 8-9Region 5: Paynesville/Eden Valley, April 8-9 Region 6: Moorhead, April 1-2Region 7: Hibbing/Grand Rapids, April 1-2Region 8: Bemidji, April 1-2

All Minnesota youth basketball school or community

teams in grades 4-9 are eligible to play. Teams will play 3-4 games on one day. (See website for dates and grades playing.) Over 700 Minnesota teams partici-pated in 2016.

The region champions advance to the state champion-ship in Maple Grove in June. The top two teams from the Pacesetter Minnesota state championships are in-vited to play in the Pacesetter Great Four-State Cham-pionships in the Twin Cities in an 8-team tournament against the top two teams from Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

Complete information and registration are available at www.pacesettersports.net.

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