Girls AAU State Tournament May 19-20 + UPDATE

UPDATE MAY 15

OOPS, SOME OF THE GIRLS MENTIONED IN MY ORIGINAL POST WILL NOT OR ARE UNLIKELY TO PLAY IN THE AAU TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND. THEY ARE CALLED OUT BELOW.

The girls AAU tournament will be held next weekend. The exact schedule and locations are not yet published, as far as I'm aware. But the top 4 seeds in each class, based on last weekend's AAU qualifier, include:

2013s

1. North Tartan Coury
2. Metro Stars Amos
3. MN Stars Borowicz
4. MN Fury Cerisier

Semis are at 2:15 on Saturday on Kennedy 1 and 2. Finals Sunday at 4:45 on Kennedy 2. Tartan took the Metro Stars apart in the qualifier 52-28 and is undefeated against MN opponents. Stars won the Midwest kickoff 3 weeks earlier, however, as Tartan lost not 1 but 2 games to non-MN teams.

Here are some of the girls you can see in the 2013s:

NT Rebekah Dahlman, Tyseanna Johnson, Savanna Trapp, T.T. Starks
Metro Stars Nia Coffey, Taylor Anderson, MC McGrory, Bryanna Fernstrom

DAHLMAN AND COFFEY WILL BE IN COLORADO SPRINGS AT U.S. NATIONAL TEAM TRYOUTS. TAYLOR ANDERSON IS OF COURSE A TRACK STAR FOR HOPKINS AND IS LIKELY TO BE MISSING IF AND WHEN A TRACK MEET BREAKS OUT. MCGRORY IS STILL DEALING WITH CONCUSSION ISSUES AND HER STATUS IS UNKNOWN.

MN Stars Jade Martin, Allina Starr, Jessica January, Phyllis Webb

LIKE ANDERSON, JANUARY IS ALSO A TRACK STAR AND MAY BE UNAVAILABLE AT TIMES OVER THE WEEKEND.

Fury Erin O;Toole (8 ppg), Kaytlin Kuefler (9 ppg), Jackie Poss (8 ppg) and Larissa Lurken (7 ppg) lead the 5-5 Blue

2014s (15U)

1. North Tartan Alexander
2. Metro Stars Reiter
3. MN Stars Taylor
4. MN Fury Storm

15U semis are at 7:15 Saturday night, also on Kennedy 1 and 2. The final is on Sunday at 3:30 on Kennedy 2.

Both Tartan and Metro Stars lost to All Iowa Attack 3 weeks ago, the Stars by 17, Tartan by 11 Tartan won at the Qualifier 50-43.

NTA Kenisha Bell, Cayla McMorris, Tia Elbert, Micaela Noga, Claire Lundberg
Metro Stars Reiter Hannah Grim, Taylor Thunstedt, Chase Coley
MN Stars Taylor Carlie Wagner, Grace Sawatzke, Madison Dean, Sydney Lamberty, Bailey Norby
Fury Storm Kylie Brown (5 ppg), Ellie Thompson (9 ppg), Katie Quandt (8 ppg) lead the 5-5 Blue

2015s (14U)

1. North Tartan Herbrechtsmeyer
2. MN Stars Antl
3. Metro Stars Wiese
4. MN Fury Peper

Semis Saturday at 6 p.m. on Kennedy 1 and 2. Final 2:15 Sunday on Kennedy 2. NT Herbie beat Stars Antl 52-39 in the final of the Qualifier. They also defeated Metro Stars Wiese 41-29. And they hammered Fury 46-25 in the final at the Kickoff.

NTH Sam Trammel, Courtney Frederickson, Viria Livingston, Hannah Schaub, Monica Burich, Kanani Asuncion

OOPS, FREDERICKSON IS OUT WITH INJURY.

MN Stars Antl Chelsie Kizart, Taylor Kane, Taylor Haugen
Metro Stars Wiese Madison Guebert, Hana Metoxen, Raven DuBois, Ellie Vraa
Fury Peper Nicole Parsons and Alexis Greene lead the way with 9.5 and 6 ppg for the 7-3 Blue.

2016s

1. MN Fury Sinn
2. MN Stars Martin
3. North Tartan Kuppe 2016
4. Crossfire

Semis are at 6 p.m. Saturday on Kennedy 3 and 5, final is 1 p.m. Sunday on Kennedy 2.

Fury beat the Stars Martin 31-29 to win the Qualifier and the #1 seed. Tartan beat Crossfire 41-20 for 3rd.

Fury features coach Ruth Sinn and daughter Emma PLUS KAIN OF SIMLEY AND KOENEN OF SHAKOPEE

Stars Martin features Jasmyn Martin
Tartan features Hannah Hedstrom
Crossfire features 6 girls from Wayzata including Sarah Kaminski and Amy Nelson

KAMINSKI IS OUT WITH AN ACL

2017

1. North Tartan Kuppe 2017
2. MN Fury Dalhed
3. MN Stars Johnson
4. Midtown Lady Monarchs

Semis are at 7:15 Saturday night at Jefferson 1 and 2. Finals are at 11:45 a.m. Sunday at Kennedy 2.

Tartan hammered Fury 40-20 in the Qualifier. Cecile Kieger and Temi Carda lead Tartan.

2018

1. North Tartan West Theisen
2. NC Heat
3. FM Fusion
4. MN Suns Long

Semis are at 11:45 a.m. Saturday at Jefferson 1 and 2, finals are Sunday 10:30 a.m. at Kennedy 2.

NT West defeated NC Heat 38-33 in the Qualifier, and features Kelsey Peschel and Maesyn Thiesen.

2019

1. MN Thunder
2. Crossfire
3. MN Stars Nelson
4. North Tartan

The 10U play at 9:15 a.m. each day--semis on Saturday at Jefferson 1 and 2, and finals Sunday on Kennedy 2. The Thunder are led by Paige Bueckers and Julia Austad.