The New Section Assignments Are Out! The Girls

The MSHSL redesigns its sections in every sport every 2 years. In basketball there have been some very significant changes over the years involving Lakeville North and Lakeville South, Cooper and Kennedy, Roseville, Wayzata, Cromwell and more. This year is no exception. Here are the big moves.

4AAAA

2 schools move up from Class AAA to AAAA, while 4 schools move down and out of AAAA. Overall AAAA hasn't changed a lot. The only section that is likely to have had a different champion is 1AAAA and, well, it's more than likely. It would have had a different champion because the champion, Lakeville North, is moving out.

• Northfield moves from 1AAA to 1AAAA
• That pushes Lakeville North to the north, to 3AAA where they will now face Eastview
• After 2 years and 2 state tournament appearances in Class AAA, Cooper moves back to AAAA--6AAAA where it will face Hopkins and Wayzata

3AAA

Class AAA, on the other hand, will see wholesale changes as Henry Sibley, St. Francis, Kennedy and St. Cloud Tech move in from above, and 5 teams move in from below. Meanwhile only 5 teams move out of AAA for a net gain of 4 teams. Two of those are powers Fergus Falls and Waseca, who could terrorize Class AA next year. In order of significance, here are some of the moves into or within AAA.

• St. Paul Como escapes 4AAA and DeLaSalle, moving to 3AAA, where they will face Simley.
• They will not face Holy Angels in 3AAA, however. The Stars move to 6AAA.
• The Stars will not face Waconia in 6AAA, however, as they go to 2AAA.
• After 2 years in AAAA, Kennedy comes back to 6AAA.
• St. Peter and Waseca swap places. St. Peter moves from 2AA to 2AAA, while Waseca moves from 2AAA to 2AA.

In AAA, newcomers St. Peter or Waconia probably would have won 2AAA in the absence of Waseca.   Como or St. Croix Lutheran might have won 3AAA in the absence of Holy Angels, though it would seem that a Como-Simley showdown might be pending for 2020. Holy Angels might have won 6AAA in the absence of Cooper and Waconia. Alexandria would have won 8AAA in the absence of Fergus.

2AA

It appears that about 11 teams are moving into Class AA and about 14 moving out. The biggies are:

• Goodhue moves up to 1AA, where they would have challenged Caledonia for the section title this year.
• Waseca moves down to 2AA, where they might have won the section, especially in the absence of tourney entry St. Peter, who moves up to AAA.
• Fergus moves down to 8AA. State tourney entry Menahga also joins 8AA, moving up from 5A. his sets up a Fergus-Roseau showdown next year.

It also appears that the MSHSL might have done something a little different this year. In Class AA and in Class A the number of teams per section vary from 15 to 18 (AA) and 18 to 21 (A) in an effort to avoid moving teams from one section to another within the same class. In other words, they left the existing sectional rivalries in place except 1) when teams changed classes and 2) in the metro area where there were just too many teams on the move. Other than that, Long Prairie appears to be the only team in Class A or AA that moved sections within the same class, from 8AA to 6AA, and that was caused by 3 teams changing classes and moving into 8AA.

1A

In Class A, I only see 2 newcomers outside of the metro area (Section 4A). Waterville-Elysian-Morristown moves from 2AA to 2A, where it will be a contender vs. Sleepy Eye St. Mary's and Lake Crystal-Wellcome. And Barnum moves from 7AA to 5A. Otherwise 8 schools move up or down in section 4A and 4AA.

Summary

I've already picked my favorites for the 2020 state tournament and all of this changes a few of them, especially in AAA.

1AAA--I had Northfield but with they're departure to Class AAAA, defending champion Austin is again the fave

2AAA--I'll have to think about this. Defending champion Marshall remains in the mix, but Waconia is a definite factor.

In 3AAA I had settled on Simley over Holy Angels, but I'm less certain about Simley vs. Como.

In 6AAA both of the favorites have moved on, so Holy Angels becomes the favorite.

In 8AAA, 2016-17-18 tournament entry Alexandria regains the favorite's role with the departure of Fergus.

1AA remains pretty wide open but Goodhue joins the mix. I'll stick with Lake City, however.

In 2AA Waseca joins Medford and Norwood YA as co-favorites.

In 8AA I have to go with Fergus over Roseau.

in 2A Sleepy Eye St. Mary's remains the favorite over Waterville-EM.

100 Years 100 Stars: #1-25

These are the biggest stars of the state tournaments--including boys and girls, players and coaches, other contributors.

1. Janet Karvonen, New York Mills girls, F, 1977-78-79-80. Karvonen and the Eagles were the 2^nd high school team ever to win 3 straight state titles. Karvonen set tournament records with 59, then 98 points in a tournament and with 329 career tournament points. More than just New York Mills, she put girls basketball on the Minnesota map.

2. Khalid El-Amin, Mpls. North boys, G, 1995-96-97. North became the 3^rd team ever to win 3 straight Minnesota state titles. And though he was a pass-first point guard, he led all scorers in 5 of North’s 11 tournament wins and set a (then) career tournament scoring record with 238 points.

3. Jim McIntyre, Mpls. Patrick Henry boys, C, 1944-45. McIntyre led Patrick Henry to 2 state titles while setting single game scoring records of 29, then 36 and finally 43 points. He also set tournament records of 86 points in 1944 and 100 points in 1945.

4 (tie). Coco Miller and Kelly Miller, Rochester Mayo girls, G, 1993-95-96-97. The Miller twins led Mayo to 4 state tournaments, a 4^th place as 8^th graders in 1993, a 3^rd place in 1996, and Class AA championships in 1995 and 1997. Coco led all scorers in 1995 with 75 points; Kelly did the same with 63 points in 1996; and Coco led with 72 points while Kelly scored 71 in 1997.

5. Edgerton boys, 1960. The Flying Dutchmen are the smallest school from the smallest town to win a state title in the single class era, and the most famous of the “Cinderella” champions of the era. Leroy Graphenteen, Darrell Kreun, Dean Veenhof and Dean Verdoes earned all-tournament honors.

6. Harvey Roels, Chisholm boys, coach, 1930-40. Roels like the Bluestreaks to 5 straight state tournaments in 1930-34 and to the state title in 1934. More than that, he kept an up-tempo style of play alive during a period dominated by a “dead ball” style of ball control and defensively-oriented play.

7. Butsie Maetzold, Red Wing boys, G, 1920-21-22; Hopkins boys, coach, 1942-53. One of few individuals to win state titles as both a player and a coach. Red Wing won the title in 1920 and 1922, and Maetzold always said they would have won in 1921 but for having to leave 2 starters at home with the flu. As a coach, he won 508 games while losing just 62 for the best W-L percentage ever among coaches who have won 500 games. The  Royals won the 1952 and 1953 titles under Maetzold.

8. Tayler Hill, Mpls. South girls, G, 2007-08-09. Hill led South to 3 straight Class AAAA title games, a pair of losses to St. Paul Central and, finally, a win for the 2009 state championship. Hill tied the girls tournament record in that final game with a remarkable 47 points. She finished her high school career with a girls record 3,888 points.

9. Dorothy McIntyre, MSHSL. More than anyone, it was McIntyre who paved the way for Minnesota’s girls to finally have a state basketball tournament of their own more than 60 years after the boys.

10. Rev. Fred B. Hill, Carleton College. Hill, professor of biblical literature and chairman of the faculty committee on athletics, was most instrumental in the founding of the state tournament in 1913. He rallied the Carleton community to its support and offered to pay the travel costs of the participating teams. At the banquet honoring the participants, a committee was formed to assure that there would be a tournament again in 1914 and beyond. Hill was elected its chair. By 1917, this committee had become the Minnesota State High School League.

11. Mark Olberding, Melrose boys, C, 1973-74. Melrose won the 1974 Class A and overall championships after losing the 1973 Class A final to a last second shot by Chisholm’s Mike Kochevar. Olberding led both tournaments in scoring with 91 (in 3 games) and 112 points (in 4 games). It was his career tournament scoring record that Khalid El-Amin broke in 1997.

12. Myron Glass, Rochester Lourdes girls, coach, 1986-2010 and Rochester Lourdes girls, 1986-2010. The winningest coach in state tournament history—boys or girls—with 8 state championships. Glass brought the Eagles to 15 tournaments in 25 years. Glass is also #2 among girls coaches with almost 700 wins.

13. Kenny Novak, Jr., Hopkins boys, coach, 1993-2011. With 3 straight state titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011, Novak became the winningest boys coach with 6 state titles. Those 6 titles have come in the space of just 10 years, and 5 have come in just 7 years from 2005-11.

14. St. Paul Central girls, 2007. The undefeated Central girls were widely acclaimed as the best girls team ever in the state of Minnesota. They out-scored 3 tournament opponents by an average of 78-54. Kiara Buford, Georgie Jones, Angel Robinson and Theairra Taylor earned all-tournament honors. 4 girls had transferred into Central after starting their careers otherwise. It was this that inspired the anti-transfer rule that says a player who transfers after his or her freshman year shall forfeit a year of eligibility for athletics.

15. Edina boys 1966-67-68. The Hornets were the 1^st 3-peat champion. It was a struggle in1966 with wins by 1 point, in 3 OT and in 1 OT.  The 1967 and 1968 editions cruised by an average score of 74-54 (1967) and 75-52 (1968). Bill Fiedler, Jay Kiedrowski, Kurt Shellhas, Mark Thoele, Jeff Wright and Bob Zender won all-tournament honors.

16. Ron Johnson, New Prague boys, C, 1955-56. Led the tournament in scoring with 94 and then a record 109 points. The 109 points and his 203 career points stood as records until Mark Olberding surpassed both in 1974.

17. Kelly Skalicky, Albany girls, G, 1980-81. Skalicky led Albany to the 1980 state title, and scored a record 45 points in 1 game and 102 in a tournament (both records later were  broken by Tayler Hill). But first she and Albany faced Karvonen and New York Mills in the 1979 final, the game that really put girls basketball on the Minnesota map.

18. Randy Breuer, Lake City boys, C, 1978-79. Led Lake City to the 1978 and 1979 state titles, and scored a record 113 points in the latter year that still stands. He scored 41 and 42 points in 2 tournament games in 1979.

19. Red Wing 1915-1933. The Red Wing Wingers were the 1^st Minnesota high school dynasty, winning 3 of the 1^st 10 tournaments and 4 in 21 years. It would be more than 50 years before another school would match Red Wing’s 4 titles and almost ¾ of a century before its record would be broken. Stars of the Red  Wing dynasty included Butsie Maetzold, the Nordly brothers—Louis, Carl, Oliver and Harold, Art Lillyblad, Dick Seebach and others. And from 1920 through 1933, when Red Wing was successful, the state tournament would set new attendance records.

20 (tie). Mpls. North boys 1995-96-97 and Mpls. North girls 1997-2005. The boys were the 2^nd 3-peat champion after Edina, while the North girls played for a remarkable 8 of 9 state championships, winning 5 including 3 straight in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

21. Isaiah Dahlman, Braham boys, F, 2004-05-06. Dahlman led the Bombers to 3 state titles, and he led the tournament in scoring in both 2004 and 2005 with 75 and 88  points. In 2006 he scored another 73 points, 14 fewer than Cody Schilling. Meanwhile his career total of 236 is just 2 short of El-Amin’s record.

22. Blake Hoffarber, Hopkins boys, G, 2005-06. Led Hopkins to 2 Class AAAA titles. In 2005 he made perhaps the single most dramatic shot in tournament history while sitting on the court to force OT and avert defeat. Led the  Royals in scoring in both championship games with 25 and 19 points.

23. Faith Johnson Patterson, Mpls. North-DeLaSalle girls, coach, 1997-2011. Patterson led Mpls. North to a remarkable 8 Class AAA title games in 9 years, of which they won 5 and lost 3. She added a runner-up in 2009 and then a 6^th state title with DeLaSalle in 2011.

24 (tie). Jack Evens, Bloomington Jefferson boys, coach, 1975-90, and Kevin Lynch, Bloomington Jefferson boys, F-G, 1986-87 and Bloomington Jefferson boys, 1976-1987. Evens and Lynch combined to win back-to-back state titles in 1986 and 1987. For Evens, these were the 3^rd and 4^th titles, making him the 1^st coach ever to win 4 and Jefferson the 2^nd school to win 4 state titles.

25. Bob McDonald, Chisholm boys, coach, 1973-2011. McDonald coached the Bluestreaks for more than 50 years, and has more wins than any other Minnesota coach—boys or girls—with more than 970. His teams also won the Class A state title in 1973, 1975 and 2011.

100 Years, 100 Stars: #51-75

Stars of the Minnesota State High School Basketball Tournaments 1913-2011

51. Kelly Roysland, Fosston girls, G, 2000-01-03. Roysland led Fosston to 3 Class A titles in 4 years, and led Class A scorers all 3 years with 66, 66 and 70 points for a total of 202. Her 70 points in 2003 in fact led all scorers.

52. New York Mills girls, 1977-78-79-80. New York Mills was the 2^nd 3-peat champion after the Edina boys. Janet Karvonen starred but Mills had other weapons. Dana Patsie set tournament rebounding records, and guard Kim Salathe set assist records, all since broken. Going for a 4-peat in Karvonen’s senior year, Mills was shocked by Austin Pacelli  in the 1980 semi-final, 55-43, in one of the greatest upset in boys or girls tournament history.

53. Larry McKenzie, Mpls. Patrick Henry boys, coach, 1999-2003 and Mpls. Patrick Henry, 2000-2003. McKenzie coached the 2^nd team—boys or girls—ever to win four straight titles. The Patriots won 111 games in those 4 years while losing 13. The 28-1 2000 team, led by Johnnie Gilbert, was the best of the 4, while son Lawrence McKenzie helped Henry to the latter 3 championships.

54. Barry Wohler, Bird Island-Lake Lillian boys, G, 1980-81; Orono boys, coach, 2011.  Wohler led Bird Island-Lake Lillian to the 1980 and 1981 Class A titles, both going into 2OT. Wohler hit 3 game-changing shots in the waning seconds including the game- and championship-winner with 5 seconds left in the 2^nd OT in 1981. 30 years later he coached Orono, including his son Brady, to the Class AAA title, just as his father, Jerry, had coached him.

55. Lloyd Holm, Red Wing, Duluth Denfeld, St. Louis Park, coach, 1941-62 and Terry Culhane, Milroy, Tracy, Tracy-Milroy, Marshall girls, coach, 1985-2002. Holm and Culhane are the only coaches to play in a state final with 3 different schools –Holm with Red Wing, Duluth Denfeld and St.Louis Park; Culhane with Milroy, Tracy-Milroy (and/or Tracy Area) and Marshall. Holm won 2 out of 3 finals, Culhane won 4 titles in 8 tournament appearances. Among the girls, only Myron Glass and Faith Johnson Patterson have more.

56. Katie Ohm, Elgin-Millville girls, forward, 2002-03-04-05. Ohm led the Watchmen to 4 straight state tournaments and, finally, a state title in 2005. She led all scorers 6 times in 8 games, including all 3 in 2005, when she led her class with 56 points.

57. Johnny Dick, Buhl boys, F, 1935-36. The 5-foot-3 Dick led Buhl to 2 state tournaments, and to a 3^rd place in 1936. Buhl upset Mpls. Edison in the 1^st round in 1936, shooting 50 percent from the field at a time when 20 percent was considered to be good shooting. When Dick came out of the lineup late in the 3^rd place game, he received the longest and loudest standing ovation in tournament history.

58. Jeff Nessler, St. James boys, G, 1972. Nessler led St. James to the Class A and overall championships of 1972. In the final against Melrose, he hit a half-court shot at the final buzzer to win 57-55. He led all scorers in the overall final with 22 in a 60-52 win over Mounds View.

59. St. Paul Central girls, 1976-1979. Central won the 1^st “official” Class AA title in 1976, then took 5^th place in 1977, 3^rd in 1978 and another championship in 1979. Lisa Lissimore scored 140 points in the 1^st 3 of those tournaments, and was 1 point shy of Laura Gardner’s 141 for the career record at that time. A year later, Janet Karvonen took over.

60 (tie). Ziggy Kauls  Mounds View boys, coach, 1972-2005, and Mark Landsberger, Mounds View boys, F, 1972-73. Kauls and Landsberger teamed up to win the 1972 Class AA title as Landsberger led all scorers with 84 points in 4 games. In 1973, the Mustangs were upset and settled for 5^th place as Landsberger scored 31 in the consolation final. Kauls returned to a total of 12 tournaments, winning a 2^nd title in 1999.

61. Shannon Loeblein, St. Paul Harding girls, F, 1990-91. Loeblein led Harding to a 5^th and a 2^nd place in the state tournament, and led all Class AA scorers both times with 78 and 72 points.

62. Tom Mulso, Sherburn boys, F, 1970. Mulso led Sherburn to the last single class championship in 1970, leading all scorers with 83 points including 39 in the championship game win over South St. Paul. Only Jim McIntyre in 1945 had ever scored more points in a championship game.

63. Brittany Chambers, Jordan girls, G, 2007-08-09. Chambers scored a tournament record (since tied) with 47 points in a 79-74 win over Crookston in the 2008 Class AA semi-final. She led all scorers with 91 points as Jordan took 2^nd place. Chambers also helped Jordan to 3^rd place in 2007 and 4^th place in 2009.

64. Ben Johnson, DeLaSalle boys, G, 1997-98-99. Johnson led the Islanders to 3 Class AA finals, with titles coming in 1998 and 1999. He led all scorers in 7 of 9 games, and led Class AA in scoring in 1998 and 1999 with 86 and 69 points.

65 (tie). Bill Davis, Richfield boys, F, 1960 and Dean Veenhof, Edgeton boys, C, 1960-61. Davis and Veenhof were the 1^st 2 1,000 point scorers to face off in a state tournament game. Their battle—a 63-60 OT win for Edgerton—also was 1 of the celebrated games in tournament history as the Dutchmen were on their way to becoming the smallest school from the smallest town ever to win the state single class title. Davis scored 40 points the next day and led all scorers with 88 points in 3 games. Veenhof returned to help Edgerton to a 6^th place finish the following year.

66. Jenna Smith, Bloomington Kennedy girls, C, 2005-06. Smith led Kennedy to the 2005 and 2006 Class AAAA final, both against Hopkins. The Eagles won 44-38 in OT in 2005 as Smith led all classes with 63 points and 34 boards. In 2006 Hopkins came from behind and pulled away to a 65-48 win.

67. Chad Kolander, Owatonna boys, C, 1989-90. Kolander led Owatonna to back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990. He led all scorers in 4 of the 6 games, including 24 points in the 1990 title game.

68. Mario Retica, Buhl, Hibbing boys, coach, 1942-57. Retica coached Buhl to the 1942 state title, then brought Hibbing to 5 tournaments in 10 years including a runner-up finish in 1953. (Previously he had coach Austin St. Augustine, now Pacelli, to 3 championships of greater Minnesota Catholics in the 1930s.)

69. Kris Humphries, Hopkins boys, F-C, 2002-03. Humphries helped the Royals to the 2002 Class AAAA title and to 3^rd place in 2003. He led all Class AAAA scorers both years with 67 and 72 points.

70. Andy Berkvam, Lakeville/Lakeville North girls, coach, 1999-2010 and Brian Cosgriff, Hopkins girls, coach, 2002-11 and Willie Taylor, Mounds View and St. Paul Central girls, coach, 1994-2008. Berkvam led the Panthers to 7 tournaments and 3 titles in 12 years while Cosgriff led Hopkins to 6 tournaments and 3 titles in 10 years. Taylor led Central to 5 tournaments and 2 titles in 8 years (and Mounds View to 1 tournament previously). St. Paul Central’s 2007 champions and Lakeville North’s 2010 champions were acclaimed as the greatest girls team ever.

71. Rick Rickert, Duluth East boys, C, 2001. Rickert led East to the Class AAAA runner-up slot in 2001, scoring 90 points in 3 games, the most since Mark Olberding in 1973.

72. Ed Nylund, Buhl boys, C, 1941-42. Nylund led Buhl to the 2^nd back-to-back titles to that time.

73. Harold Gillen, Stillwater boys, F, 1913-14. Gillen led Stillwater to the semi-finals in 1913 and to the 2^nd state title in 1914.

74. Tamara Moore, F, Mpls. North 1997-98. Moore led North to the runner-up slot in 1997 and then to its 1^st girls state title in 1998. She led Class AAA in scoring both years (and all scorers in 1998) with 56 and 67 points, including 26 in the 1998 final.

75. Bennie Lichtenegger, Gaylord boys, F, 1926. Lichtenegger led Gaylord to the 1926 tournament title and they were christened as the 1^st Cinderella. He led all scorers for the tournament with 34 points in 3 games.

100 Years, 100 Stars: #76-#100

As the 100th year of tournament basketball unfolds, I will reveal who I see as the 100 biggest stars to participate in the tournament, beginning today with #76.

76. Joan Kowalsky, Benilde-St. Margaret’s girls, G, 1974-77 and

Jordan Taylor, Benilde-St. Margaret’s boys, G, 2007-08. Kowalsky was a real pioneer, having played in the only private school tournament in 1974 won by St. Margaret’s Academy before its merger with Benilde High School. Then in 1976 and 1977 she led Benilde-St. Margaret’s to 2^nd and 3^rd place in the 1^st 2 “official” Class AA tournaments. Taylor led the Red Knights to 2^nd and then 1^st in Class AAA. He led Class AAA scorers in 2008 with 82 points, 43 in a quarter-final rout of St. Paul Como Park.

77. Chet Bisel, Lynd boys, coach, 1946 and Lynd 1946. Lynd shocked Minnesotans with a then-unheard of fast break offense, which they rode to 2^nd place, becoming the smallest school from the smallest town ever to play in a state tournament final.

78. Wayne Courtney, Mpls. Roosevelt boys, coach, 1956-57 and Minneapolis Roosevelt 1956-57.  Roosevelt scored a still-record 101 points in the 1956 final, then repeated with an undefeated record in 1957. These were Courtney’s only 2 tournament teams, but his 1961 team won its regional tournament before being disqualified for the use of an ineligible player.

79. Hopkins boys, 2009. The Royals of 2009 are generally regarded as the greatest boys team in Minnesota history. They already had 4 D1 recruits when Royce White, rated the #1 player in the state, transferred in for his senior year. They won 3 tournament games by an average of 64-40.

80. Janice Streit, Eden Valley-Watkins girls, C, 1983-84. Streit led Eden Valley-Watkins to 5^th and 2^nd place in 2 state tournaments. In 1983 she led all scorers with 83 points, and set rebounding records that still stand of 27 in 1 game and 64 for the tournament. She scored 45 points in 2 games in 1984 before running into a buzzsaw in Chisholm in the final.

81. Jerry Cool, Little Falls girls, coach, 1980-91. Coach Cool led the Flyers to 7 state tournaments in 12 years, and state titles in 1980, 1984 and 1985.

82. Kiara Buford, St. Paul Central girls, F-G, 2006-07-08. Buford helped Central to 3^rd place in Class AAAA in 2006, and then to back-to-back state titles in 2007 and 2008. She scored 33 points in the 3^rd place game and led her class in scoring as a sophomore with 69 points.

83 (tie). Dave Preller, Woodbury girls, coach, 1989-2004, and Del Schiffler, Melrose boys, Woodbury boys, coach, 1972-1987. Preller led the Woodbury girls to 10 state tournaments, including the 2003 title and 1997 runners-up. Schiffler took the Woodbury boys to 3 tournaments and a state title in 1983 after having taken Melrose, likewise, to 3 tournaments and an overall title in 1974.

84. Como Pontliana, Duluth Central boys, C, 2001. Pontliana led Central to the 1^st Class AA and overall titles, and led all scorers with 84 points in 4 games.

85. Arvesta Kelly, Cretin-Derham Hall boys, F-G, 1991-92-93. Helped Cretin to 3 straight Class AA title games, which the Raiders won in 1991 and 1993. Kelly led Class AA in scoring in 1992 with 67 points.

86. Joe Coleman, Hopkins boys, F-G, 2010-11. Coleman led the Royals to the 2010 and 2011 Class AAAA titles, leading all scorers in 5 of 6 games. He also led his Class in scoring both times with 70 and then 71 points.

87. Leslie Knight, Hopkins girls, F, 2004-05. Knight led Hopkins to 3^rd place in Class AAAA in 2004 and then to the 2005 title. She led Class AAAA in scoring both times with 53 and 65 points.

88. Joel McDonald, Chisholm boys, F-G, 2010. McDonald scored 3,292 career points, a Minnesota record for almost 10 years,, and led Chisholm to the 1991 Class A title, scoring a tournament best 91 points in 3 games.

89. Jabbar Washington, Mpls. North boys, F, 1995-96-97. He may have been second fiddle to Khalid El-Amin, but this was 1 of the greatest orchestra’s of them all. They were the 1^st boys ever to start on 3 state championship teams.

90. Joe Regnier, White Bear Lake boys, C, 1984-85. Unbeaten White Bear Lake and Mpls. North squared off for both the 1984 and 1985 state titles. The Bears won both times 51-47 and 67-62. Regnier led all scorers in 4 of the Bears’ 6 wins, including both title games with 19 and 23.

91. Frank Cleve, Mpls. South boys, C, 1920 ; Mpls. Patrick Henry boys, coach, 1944-45. Cleve won all-tounament honors in 1920, then returned as coach of Mpls. Patrick Henry’s 1944 and 1945 state champions. It was Cleve, the former center, who taught Jim McIntyre the fine points of playing the “modern” post.

92. Laura Gardner, Bloomington Jefferson girls, F, 1976-77-78. Gardner led Jefferson to the 1^st 2 “official” girls tournaments in 1976 and 1977, with nothing to show for it except 1 win and a 6^th place finish. In 1978 Jefferson took home all the marbles as Gardner led all scorers with 28, 26 and 24 points in the 3 games. Her career total 141 points was a record until broken by Janet Karvonen the following year.

93. Herman Woock, Crosby-Ironton boys, coach, 1932-45. Woock led the Rangers to 6 state tournaments in 14 years, including to a runner-up finish in 1944.

94. Ronnie Henderson, Mpls. Marshall-U, G, 1976. Henderson led Marshall-U to the 1976 Class A title. Henderson recorded a single game record of 14 assists in a semi-final win over Windom, and his 24 total assists in 3 games was 1 shy of the tournament record.

95. Don Dale, Robbinsdale, C, 1950. Dale led Robbinsdale to the 1950 state final, scoring 37 points in a semi-final victory and a tournament-high of 80 points in 3 games.

96. Ruben Epp, Mountain Lake boys, G, 1939. Epp led the Lakers to the 1939 state title.

97. Terry Hunst, Bloomington Jefferson girls, coach, 1993-2003. Took the Jaguars to 6 tournaments in 11 years, and to 1993, 1994 and 1998 state titles.

98. Blaine Joerger, Staples-Motley boys, F-G, 1995. Joerger led Staples-Motley to a runner-up finish in the 1^st Sweet 16 tournament of 1995. He was just the 6^th boy to score 100 points in a tournament.

99 (tie). Jessica Fiebelkorn, Osseo girls, C, 1989 and Hana Peltjo, Osseo girls, C, 2000. Fiebelkorn led Osseo to the 1989 Class AA title, leading her Class in scoring with 58 points in 3 games. Peltjo did the same but scored a tournament-high 78 points.

100. Lisa Lissimore, St. Paul Central girls, F, 1976-77-78. Lissimore scored 140 career points in 3 tournaments, 2^nd by 1 point to Laura Gardner as the leader through 1978, before Janet Karvonen took over in that category in 1979. Lissimore later worked at the MSHSL and was the girls tournament manager for many years in the 4-class era.

100 Years 100 Stars: #26-#50

26. Martin Norton, Mpls. Central boys, F, 1921. Norton led Central to the 1921 state title by scoring a record 77 points (in 4 games) that stood until 1944. He also set FT shooting records that stood for more than 75 years, until being broken by Cody Schilling. In 1920, Central played in the national tournament rather than the Minnesota state tournament, and finished 3^rd while Norton was named all-American. In 1963 Halsey Hall named Norton to his 50 year all-time

27. Bob Zender, Edina, C, 1966-67-68. Zender led Edina to the tournament’s 1^st 3-peat, coming off the bench in 1966, then leading all scorers in 5 of the 6 Edina victories in 1967 and 1968.

28. Dave Tschimperle, Hopkins boys, F, 1951-52-53.  Tschimperle led Hopkins to 8 wins in 9 tournament games, with only a 1-point 1^st round loss to Mountain Lake in 1951 marring an otherwise perfect mark. Tschimperle led the Royals in scoring in 5 of the 9 games, and led all scorers in the 1951 (57 points) and 1953 (70 points) tournaments.

29. Hal Haskins, Alexandria boys, C, 1943. Haskins was the 1^st Minnesotan known to score 1,000 points in his high school career. He then scored a 3-game tournament record of 57 points in leading Alex to 2^nd place in 1943.

30. Mike Dreier, New London-Spicer girls, coach, 1985-2009. Led the Wildcats to 14 tournaments in 25 years. Won Class AA titles in 1997 and 2002, and finished 2^nd 5 times including 4 straight from 1991 to 1994. Dreier also leads all girls coaches with more than 750 career wins.

31. Cody Schilling, Ellsworth boys, G, 2006-07-08. The only boy ever to lead the tournament in scoring 3 times. His career total of 267 points is also unsurpassed in the boys’ ranks. Ellsworth not incidentally won the 2007 and 2008 Class A titles.

32. Liz Podominick, Lakeville girls, center, 2001-02. Podominick led Lakeville to the 2001 and 2002 Class AAAA titles, leading all scorers in her class both years with 53 and 57 points. She earned McDonald’s all-America honors in 2002.

33. Jake Sullivan, Tartan boys, G, 1998-99-2000. Sullivan led Tartan to 3 tournaments, but only won his 1^st tournament game en route to the 2000 championship. He led the 2000 tournament with 82 points, and was the 1st Minnesota boy to score 3,000 points. He finished with 3,013, and he also held a national record for FT shooting pecentage.

34 (tie). Ray Parkins, Mpls. Edison boys, coach, 1926-37 and Willie Warhol, Mpls. Edison boys, G, 1935-36-37 and Mpls.Edison 1937. Parkins led the Tommies to 5 state tournaments in 12 years from the toughest district in the state. He finally claimed a state title in 1937 with what most observers thought was the best boys team ever to appear in the tournament to that time, and with Warhol as its clear star. Warhol won all-tournament honors in 1935 and 1937, while the 1936 team suffered one of the biggest upsets of the era at the hands of Buhl. Parkins also  produced a remarkable number of star players before and after 1937, from Mike Cielusak and Marty Rolek, to Swede Carlson and Tony Jaros, among others.

35 (tie). Bun Fortier, Bemidjj boys, coach, 1950-69 and Ove Berven, Austin boys, coach, 1941-63. These were the 2 dominant coaches late in the single class era. They still share the record for most boys state tournament appearances with 14. Berven won state titles in 1946 and 1958 and was runner-up in 1955 and 1960. Fortier never won a title but was runner-up in 1954 and 1961 as the Lumberjacks consistently out-performed expectations at the state level.

36. Terry Kunze, Duluth Central boys, G, 1961. Kunze led Central to the 1961 state title. He was perhaps the most highly regarded guard to play in the state tournament to that time.

37. Mary Jo Miller, Milroy, Tracy-Milroy girls, G, 1985-87-88. Miller led tiny Milroy to 2^nd place in 1985 and leading all scorers with  69 points as a 9^th grader. She returned to the 1987 tournament with Tracy-Milroy and took 5^th place while scoring 57 points. Tracy-Milroy then took the 1988 Class A title as Miller scored 23 points in the final.

38. Shannon Bolden, Marshall girls, F, 2000-01-02. Bolden led Marshall to the 2001 and 2002 Class AAA titles, with undefeated records both times. She led all scorers in 6 of 9 games and led Class AAA scorers 3 times with 59, 56 and 79 points. She also led scoring among all classes in her final year.

39. Bob Bruggers, Danube boys, F-G, 1961-62. Bruggers led tiny Danube to the 1961 and 1962 state tournaments. In 1962, they threw a scare into eventual champion St. Louis Park in the semi-finals before losing 66-62. Bruggers scored 36 points in that game and finished his high school career with 2,364 points, #2 at that time.

40. Duane Baglien, Edina boys, coach, 1964-68. Baglien is the only coach to win 3 state titles in the single class era and the 1^st to win a 3-peat. Previously he had led Fergus Falls to the 1957 tournament.

41. Angel Robinson, St. Paul Central girls, G, 2006-07, Robinson was the glue that held together the greatest girls team that Minnesota has ever seen. Her 60 points led Class AAAA scorers, but more than that it was her ball-handling and distribution and her defense that enabled Central to rout 3 tournament opponents by an average of 79-54.

42 (tie). Rachel Banham, Lakeville North girls, G, 2007-09-10 and Lakeville North girls 2010. Banhamled the Panthers to the 2010 Class AAAA title with an undefeated record, thereby gaining support as the best girls team ever (though many still favored St. Paul Central 2007). Banham scored 25 points as North defeated White Bear Lake 57-47 in the final. She and Cassie Rochel sharef Metro Player of the Year hoors.

43 (tie). Steve Lingenfelter, Bloomington Jefferson boys, C, 1975-76 , and Kevin McHale, Hibbing boys, C, 1975-76. Lingenfelter and McHale faced off in the 1976 Class AA final, one of the most ballyhooed individual match-ups in tournament history. Lingenfelter had already out-played McHale in the 1975 consolation championship game won by the Jaguars 59-35. This time Lingenfelter out-scored McHale 26-21. But McHale set a FG percentage record and went on to win the Mr. Basketball award.

44. Tom Nordland, Mpls. Roosevelt boys, F, 1956-57 and Mpls. Roosevelt 1956-57. Roosevelt won back-to-back state titles in 1956 and 1957. The 1956 team scored a record 241 points in 3 games including 101 in the state final, and had the unique experience of placing 4 players on the all-tournament team, but not their leading scorer, center Bob Freund. Nordland helped Roosevelt to the 1956 and 1957 state titles, scoring 22, 31 and 31 points in the 3 1957 wins. He was regarded as the best outside shooter that the tournament had seen to that time.

46. Mia Johnson, Mpls. North girls, G, 2001-02-03-04. Johnson helped the Polars to a 3^rd, a 2^nd and 2 state championships, leading all scorers in 7 of 12 games. She is 1 of only 2 players—boys or girls—ever to earn all-tournament honors 4 times, the other being Janet Karvonen.

47. Jim Hastings, Duluth Central boys, coach, 1961-86. Hastings led Central to 3 state titles in 1961, 1971 and 1979.  Only 3 boys coaches have ever won more.

48. Jim Fritsche, St. Paul Humboldt boys, C, 1949. Fritsche led Humboldt to the 1949 state championship, scoring 23.3 points per game, 2^nd only to Jim McIntyre at the time.

49. Bill Simonovich, Gilbert boys, C, 1951. Big Bill or “Boots” led Gilbert to the 1951 state title, scoring 56 points in 3 games. The 6-10 Simonovich faced 6-8 Burdette Halldorson of Austin in the 1^st round in a much-anticipated match-up, but it was no contest as Boots out-scored Burdie 35-4.

50 (tie). Glenn Hanna, Moorhead boys, coach, 1926-34, and Earl Moran, Moorhead boys, guard, 1928-29-30 and Moorhead boys, 1924-34. Hanna coached Moorhead to an unprecedented 6 straight state tournaments, and to the state final in 1928, 1929 and 1930. The 1928 and 1929 teams became Minnesota’s 1^st repeat champion, while the 1930 team was surprised in the final by St. Paul Mechanic Arts. Earl Moran played on 3 of those 6 tournament teams and was 1 of only 2 boys to earn all-tournament honors 3 times in the single-class era. 

Minnesota High School Coach of the Year

Previously I've picked a Coach of the Year, many of whom have been high school coaches. But with the MSHSL's recent selections of Minnesota's all-time state tournament coaches, it occurred to me to choose high school coaches of the year through the decades. Coaches listed in boldface are the overall Minnesota coach of the year. Coaches listed in italic are multiple winners of high school coach of the year honors.

1914 Harry Gammons, Stillwater
1915 Raymond Hanson, Red Wing (player-coach)
1916 Alfred Jackson, Virginia
1917 Endre Anderson, Rochester
1918 Leigh McQueen, Waseca
1919 Hartness Taylor, Albert Lea

1920 Art Rolfe, Red Wing
1921 Weston Mitchell, Mpls. Central just ahead of Roland Church, New Ulm
1922 Reginald Kraemer, Madison
1923 Harold Taylor, Aurora
1924 Louis Benson, Two Harbors
1925 Edwin McKee, St. Paul Mechanic Arts
1926 B.F. Borchert, Gaylor
1927 Otto Engenbrecht, Mpls. South ahead of Neal Heis, Faribault
1928 Glen Hanna, Moorhead
1929 Ed Buckley, Ely just ahead of Ray Parkins, Mpls. Edison

1930 Peter Deanovic, Columbia Heights
1931 Jack Sterrett, Glencoe
1932 Roger Dooley, Thief River Falls
1933 William Dammann, Brainerd
1934 Harvey Roels, Chisholm
1935 Thomas Antil, Glencoe
1936 Anthony Chermak, Wadena
1937 Ray Parkins, Mpls. Edison
1938 George Lee, Thief River Falls
1939 Sam Ettinger, South St. Paul

1940 Walt Mikulich, Breckenridge
1941 Muxie Anderson, Buhl
1942 Bernard Cole, Marshall
1943 Harry Falk, Alexandria
1944 Frank Cleve, Mpls. Patrick Henry
1945 Dick Buckley, Ely
1946 Chet Bisel, Lynd
1947 Len Espeland, Granite Falls
1948 Butsie Maetzold, Hopkins
1949 Sam Ruzich, Dawson

1950 Roger Isaacson, Canby
1951 Wayne Keto, Gilbert
1952 Butsie Maetzold, Hopkins over Bert Munson, Mountain Lake
1953 Mario Retica, Hibbing
1954 Fred Kellett, Brainerd
1955 Clarence Johnson, Esko
1956 Wayne Courtney, Mpls. Roosevelt
1957 Dick Reinhart, DeLaSalle
1958 Ove Berven, Austin
1959 Jack Thurnblad, Wayzata over Dick Nielsen, Carlton

1960 Richie Olson, Edgerton
1961 Bun Fortier, Bemidji
1962 Lloyd Holm, St. Louis Park
1963 Glenn Mattke, Marshall
1964 Ray Merry, Luverne
1965 Ron Eickhoff, Franklin
1966 Dick Beetsch, Windom
1967 Duane Baglien, Edina over Shocky Strand, Moorhead
1968 Orris Jirele, Rochester Lourdes over Duane Baglien, Edina
1969 Al Wold, Rochester John Marshall

1970 Dennis Christopherson, Sherburn
1971 Jim Hastings, Duluth Central  over Del Schiffler, Melrose
1972 Judge Veglahn, St. James
1973 Bob McDonald, Chisholm
1974 Del Schiffler, Melrose over Janet Willand, Glencoe girls
1975 Bob McDonald, Chisholm over Al Baumann, Little Falls
1976 Ed Prohofsky, Mpls. Marshall-U over Gene Biewen, Mankato Wilson
1977 John Nett, Winona Cotter
1978 Mike Jerabek, Prior Lake
1979 Jim Hastings, Duluth Central

1980 Tony Queen, Mpls. North over Jerry Cool, Little Falls girls
1981 Jerry Wohler, Bird Island-Lake Lillian
1982 Jack Evens, Bloomington Jefferson over Donna Mark, St. Cloud Apollo girls
1983 Del Schiffler, Woodbury
1984 Jerry Cool, Little Falls girls over Jim Galvin, White Bear Lake
1985 Ron Beachy, Staples-Motley girls
1986 Phil Frerk, St. Louis Park girls
1987 Jack Evens, Bloomington Jefferson
1988 Bob Brink, Rocori
1989 Len Olson, Owatonna over Dave Thorpe, Osseo girls

1990 Myron Glass, Rochester Lourdes girls
1991 Len Horyza, Cretin-Derham Hall
1992 Len Horyza, Cretin-Derham Hall over Dave Tank, Anoka
1993 Terry Hunst, Bloomington Jefferson girls
1994 Louis Boone, Mpls. Washburn
1995 Lynn Peterson, Staples-Motley
1996 Nikki Scholl, Hastings girls
1997 Mike Dreier, New London-Spicer girls
1998 Faith Johnson Patterson, Mpls. North girls
1999 Ziggy Kauls, Mounds View

2000 Lawrence McKenzie, Mpls. Patrick Henry over John Carlson, Litchfield
2001 Terry Culhane, Marshall
2002 Lawrence McKenzie, Mpls. Patrick Henry over Andy Berkvam, Lakeville girls
2003 Brett McNeal, Mpls. North
2004 Bob Vaughan, Braham over Brian Cosgriff, Hopkins girls
2005 Myron Glass, Rochester Lourdes girls over Percy Wade, Bloomington Kennedy girls
2006 Tom Vix, Rushford-Peterson
2007 Nicholas Guida, Buffalo
2008 Shannon Hartinger, Totino-Grace girls
2009 David Smart, Ada-Borup girls

2010 Vernon Simmons, St. Paul Johnson
2011 Dave Cresap, Perham

Announcing: Northstar Girls Hoops now open for business

I set out to cover Minnesota hoops. All of it. Everything. From the high schools to the pros. And I've done that.

But from Day 1 it was obvious to me that what got the greatest readership was Minnesota girls basketball in the high schools and the clubs. You girls hoops fans just cannot get enough. Of course, there's the fact that the traditional media do a so-so job of covering girls hoops, at best, and the traditional media quite specifically does a totally crappy job of covering AAU ball.

So little by little at first--then by leaps and bounds with the addition of girls player rankings--Minnesota Hoops came to emphasize girls hoops quite a bit more than anything else. And don't get me wrong, I love girls hoops. But mainly, if it's what my readers wanted, I was happy to write about what got the strongest response.

Well, I'm not the only one who noticed this phenomenon. I mean, 1st and foremost you've got the dean, the deacon, the king, the jack, the ace, the foremost authority of Minnesota girls basketball, Kevin Anderson. (His Web site in case anybody doesn't know is kjasr.com.) I've had the privilege that past 2-3 years of working with Kevin. Right up to and including this summer's Tartan Meltdown, I send/sent my game reports to Kevin to publish on his Web site. Of course, you needed a subscription to read them.

Announcing North Star Girls Hoops Report

Some of you may be familiar with North Star Hoops Report. For the past year or so, they've been covering Minnesota boys basketball. But the fact is the North Star guys have a football site, too, and on Monday, October 21, they will launch a girls basketball site called North Star Girls Hoops Report. It will be located at:

www.northstargirlshoops.com

And the North Star guys have approached me and offered to pay me actual cash money to go to work writing for North Star Girls Hoops. Now I can assure you I'm not going to get rich doing it. Minnesota Hoops was a labor of love, totally. North Star Girls Hoops will still be 2 parts labor of love for every 1 part of anything else.

But I'm going to be writing about girls hoops--in the schools and in the clubs--for North Star Girls Hoops. And girls hoops is going to mostly disappear from Minnesota Hoops. And, yeah, you'll need a subscription to read my posts...and my player rankings.

Minnesota Hoops will continue. I'll be writing about everything except the girls. I hope you'll continue to visit, though I know that for many of you it's the girls that bring you here.

Thanks for visiting, thanks to everyone who sent in a comment. I think you know that your comments have influenced my player ratings and have influenced them for the better.

Again, I hope many of you will keep on coming. But for you girls hoops fanatics, I sure hope to see you over at North Star Girls Hoops.

EDIT: ONE MORE/Jasmyn Martin to Hopkins, and Other Transfers

EDIT 7-8-13: Lizzie Odegaard is leaving Cretin to play for Minnetonka.

As has been long rumored, 6-3 freshman sensation Jasmyn Martin will not return to Bloomington Kennedy in the fall. It has now been reported that she will be playing for 3-time defending state champion Hopkins.

Martin is of course a world-class volleyball player as well as basketball player, and it just so happens that Hopkins has an all-America volleyball setter in Samantha Seliger Swenson, rated as the #1 sophomore (class of 2015) last year in the state of Minnesota by Breakdown Sports USA. She will be a junior this coming year, as Martin enters her 9th grade season. Hopkins was 27-5 last year, 5-3 in the Lake Conference. Eden Prairie won the Lake Conference title at 7-1 and defeated Hopkins in the section final to earn a trip to the state tournament.

Turning to Hopkins girls basketball, Martin joins a star-studded roster. Hopkins of course lost Nia Coffey, Mikaala Shackleford, Taylor Anderson and Erin O'Toole to graduation--all 4 going D1, though Anderson doing so in track and field rather than in hoops.

But the cupboard remains fully stocked. Here's a guess as to the Hopkins lineup come this fall.

F- Jasmyn Martin--6-3 freshman,  9 ppg with 6 rebounds at Kennedy last year, rated #1 in her class
PF- Molly O'Toole--5-10 senior, rated #26 in her class
SG/SF- T.T. Starks--5-9 junior, #2 in her class, scored 6 ppg a year ago
PG- Viria Livingston--5-7 junior, rated #15 but as high as #3 before sitting out Jan.-July with a knee
SG- Nia Hollie--5-10 sophomore, rated #3 in her class, scored 9 ppg

Bench

C- Liz Bulver--sophomore, rated #27 in her class
F- Ashley Omete--5-11 junior #66
G- Ashley Bates--5-7 sophomore #12
G- Kaezha Wubben--5-7 sophomore #34
G- Deanna Winston--5-4 freshman #13
G- Evelyn Knox--5-6 sophomore #36
G- Sierra Bagstad--5-9 sophomore #86

Hopkins' bench could probably win a couple of sections. Its full roster would seem to be utterly incapable of NOT winning a 4th straight state title. I mean, Martin moves them from heavily favored to prohibitive.

Other Transfers

A whole bunch of transfers are rumored. The ones that have been confirmed are:

Lindsay Malecha from Lakeville North to Hill-Murray
Brooke Heggie from Crookston to Alexandria
Kiara Russell from Bloomington Kennedy to Osseo
Aejah Lockett from Simley to DeLaSalle

Among the rumors are additional girls to DeLaSalle.

Another Gopher 2014 Verbal: Rangie Bessard, Houston, TX

Here's what the Alvin Sun said about the Minnesota Gopher women's latest recruit. This was at the conclusion of a summer 2013 event.

"Rangie Bessard, 6-1 forward, Houston Elite White (Manvel HS)
 Bessard continues to improve and over the weekend she showed a consistent mid-range game. She’s hard to handle in the paint, she can  score easily and rebounds on both ends. She’s also knocking down the three with regularity, even capping things off with a couple of four-point plays.  She is currently being recruited by Texas Tech, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Oregon State, Southern Mississippi and Texas Southern."

Someday Gopher fans are likely to look back on 2014 as a watershed year for the Gopher women. 2014 is now a huge group as recruiting classes go--6 girls. 

And it's notable by the fact that only 2 of the recruits are Minnesotans. 6 of 8 women on the roster as of today are from Minnesota. Only 3 of 8 in the incoming classes of 2013 and 2014 are Minnesotans. 5 of 8 are from Texas (3) and Ohio (2).

And basically coach Pam Borton whiffed on what is regarded as one of the greatest graduating classes in Minnesota history, "the Mighty 2013s." And only Carlie Wagner among the 3 current Minnesota verbals is regarded as a "catch."

Why Ohio and Texas? Well, associate head coach Curtis Loyd's hometown in Dallas, TX, and he was associate head coach at Akron U. in Ohio for 2 years from 2009-2010. Assistant coaches Ted Riverso and Kelly Roysland have no known connection to either state. 

Right now the 2016-2017 depth chart looks like this:

C- Zahui Sweden (Sr), Buckingham Ohio (Jr)
PF- Stapleton Ohio (Jr), Bessard TX (Jr) 
SF- McDaniel TX (Sr)
PG- Coughlin MN (Jr), Hedstrom MN (Sr)
SG- Wagner MN (Jr), Jacob TX (Jr)

The 4 "bigs" average 6-3.5 so it looks like the Gophers are also getting bigger. 

With the addition of Bessard, the Gophers have 1 scholarship left to give to a 2014 if they should choose to do so. It is notable that 1 of 2 offers that are known to be "out there" is also a 6-1 forward, Cayla McMorris, of Park Center. On paper she is almost a carbon copy of Bessard. The other is even taller at 6-2 but is more of a perimeter type player, Tonoia Wade of Bloomington Kennedy.  

Minnesota is known also to have an offer out to Nia Hollie, Hopkins, a 5-10 sophomore guard (class of 2016; she would be a freshman in college in 2017). No other offers are known. Among the 2015s, the #1-rated Minnesotan is Sam Trammel, Eden Prairie, 6-2, post; #2 is T.T. Starks, Hopkins, 5-9, 4 position player; #3 is Maddie Guebert, Eastview, a 5-9 scoring guard. Among the 2016s Hollie is #3. Jamie Ruden, Rochester John Marshall, a 6-2 post/power forward is #1; and Courtney Frederickson, Minnetonka, a 6-1 forward, is #2. It is perhaps a moot point, however, to wonder which (other than Hollie) the Gophers are recruiting.

Girls Player Ratings 2018s

EDITED May 20, 2013
EDITED June 15, 2013

Class of 2018

Now in 7th grade, playing 12 & Under club  ball this summer. At the AAU championships, I saw 2 2018 games, 3 teams, all of them semi-finalists. I saw the champions from North Tartan 12U twice.

1. Carmen Backes, Chisago Lakes, 5-11, forward. North Tartan 13U. Played 14 minutes in the state tournament against champion DeLaSalle and scored 5 points with a rebound, an assist and 2 turnovers. Playing up and is a prime contributor on North Tartan's 13U AAU champions.

2. Christina Carr. Playing for her dad at 43 Hoops 12U this summer. Plays the post now but looks more like a forward longer term. Puts the ball on the floor and gets to the rim. Likely to end up at Eden Prairie, where her dad is also the coach.

3. Maesyn Thiesen, Becker, 5-5, guard, North Tartan 12U, the brains/the coach on the floor for the 12U state champs. Super court sense, protects the ball, makes the offense go, can score.

4. Kayla Mershon, Minnetonka, 6-1, wing, North Tartan 12U. A super basketball body, 6-1 already but mobile as you could want. Needs to get better at putting the ball in the hole while in motion and taking contact.

5. Sam Haiby, Moorhead, 5-6, guard, North Tartan 12U. Gotta ask, of course, if all the best kids play for Tartan, then why did they just win the final 2 rounds by 6 and 9 points? Fair question. Maybe it's just the "Tartan system" that makes the kids look good? Or is it the kids making Tartan look good? Whatever, the fact is they looked so well organized, so mature, with stuff like floor spacing. And along with Thiesen, it was Haiby and Erika Hicks, the 3 point guards, who really excelled in those things that make Tartan Tartan.

6. Katey Brattland. International School during HS season, 43 Hoops 12U now. I know some of the 43 Hoops/Eden Prairie parents are hoping she ends up at Eden Prairie, but I'm also hearing that, no, she'll be staying at International.

7. Kali Grimm, Norwood-Young America, forward. MN Fury 2018 Blue. A long, athletic scorer, What more do you want?

8. Sydney Stapleton, Centennial, 5-8, guard, North Tartan 12U. Not as big as Mershon, who is assumed to have more upside. But right now, today, Stapleton is more likely than Mershon to put the ball in the hole.

9. Marie Olson, 6-1, center-forward. North Tartan 12U. Pretty much of a ringer for Mershon.

10. Alexis Mathews, Centennial. North Metro Aftershock DuBois. #1 scorer in AAU Qualifier.

11. Erica Hicks, 5-2, guard. North Tartan 12U. See my comments for #3 Maesyn Thiesen and #5 Sam Haiby.

12. Audrey Gadison, Benilde-St. Margaret's, 5-5, guard. Playing up with Midtown Monarchs 13U. Another gym rat who plays like a veteran.

13. Zoe Hardwick, post. A big girl, works hard. 43 Hoops, where the parents think she'll end up at Eden Prairie.

14. Madison Kerzman, Becker, 6-1, center-forward. North Tartan 12U.

15. Elizabeth Edinger, Woodbury, forward. MN Fury 2018 Blue.

16. Amanda Pollard, Champlin Park, guard. MN Fury 2018 Blue. Strong, athletic.

17. Gabby Mocchi, Legacy Christian, forward. Not as long as Grimm but of similar maturity and skill.

18. Sidney Zieske, Waconia, 5-5, Metro Stars 12U.

19. Annika Rose, Maple Grove, 5-6, guard. North Tartan 12U.

20. Kari Macura, Lakeville North, guard. 43 Hoops.

21. Sophia Findell. MN Heat Soukop.

22. Megan Walstad, forward. 43 Hoops.

23. Jordan Ferrand, White Bear Lake. MN Fury 2018 Blue. Another nice long body.

24. Bailey Becker. North Tartan.

25 (tie), Heather Elfering, forward, and Anna Peters, guard, both Forest Lake. And both play for Fury 2018 Gold.

27. Lynnea Helman, Rogers. MN Fury 2018 Blue.
28. Mariah Alipate, Bloomington Jefferson, center-forward. 43 Hoops.

29. Lauryn Moline, Maple Grove, 5-9, guard. North Tartan 12U.
30. Megan Walker, Rogers, 5-7, guard. North Tartan 12U.

31. Jaclyn Jarnot, Maranatha, 5-6, guard, MN Stars 7th Blascziek.

32. Paige Favilla. MN Stars 7th Gardner.

33. McKenna Monahan, Glencoe-Silver Lake. MN Fury 2018 Blue.

34. Kelsey Peschel, Sauk Center, 5-6, guard, North Tartan 12U

35. Annika Holt, Northfield, 5-11. NT 12U SIlver.
36. Whitney Dold. North Tartan West.

37. Ellie Wolkow, Lakeville South, guard. MN Fury 2018 Blue.
38. Kira Mosley. 43 Hoops.

39. Courtney Carlson, Eastview, 5-9. Metro Stars 12U.
40. Taylor Brown, Lakeville North, 5-9, Metro Stars 12U

41. Linnea Bollum, 43 Hoops
42. Stephanie Braund, Braham, 5-7, forward

43. Imani Sa'eed-El, Bloomington Kennedy

44. Alyssa Wagner, 43 Hoops
45. Sydney Blandin, Farmington, 5-5, Metro Stars 12U
46. Taylor Rawstern, Lakeville North, 5-3, Metro Stars 12U
47. Maria Strom, Minnetonka, MN Fury 2018 Blue
48, Andrea Abrams, Eastview, MN Fury 2018 Blue
49, Taylor Zaugg, Champlin Park, 5-2, Metro Stars 12U
50. Lauren Blacsziek, MN Stars Blacsziek

Watch List in alpha order

Kari Benson, Becker 7th grade club
Peyton Bernstrom, Becker 7th grade club
Lauren Boike, Eagan, 5-7, NT 12U Silver
Mary Burke, Mountain Iron-Buhl, 5-7, post
Rachel Garvey, Waconia, 5-2, Metro Stars 12U
Rachel Hakes, Woodbury, 5-2, Metro Stars 12U
Heaven Hamling. MN Stars Blascziek.
Ellie Henry, Eden Prairie 7th grade club
Sydney Jones, Eden Prairie 7th grade club
Madeline Loder, Orono, 5-7, Metro Stars 12U
Hailey Moore, St. Agnes, 5-9, Metro Stars 12U
Terra Rhoades, Minnehaha, 5-4, guard. MN Stars Blascziek.
Emma Schultz, Eden Valley-Watkins, 5-6. NT 12U Silver
Renae Tripp, Becker 7th grade club

Girls Player Rankings--2014s

EDITED January 10, 2013
EDITED January 20, 2013
EDITED March 28, 2013
EDITED May 24, 2013
UPDATED June 7, 2013

Well, the "mighty 2013s" are just about recruited so the focus now shifts to the 2014s. The Gopher have tapped Carlie Wagner (#1) and Grace Coughlin (#12). They had also tapped Kenisha Bell (#3 ) but she de-committed in the fall of 2012. Maybe the Gophers are in fact tapped out on the 2014s but there's lots of intriguing talents still on the market. Cayla McMorris would seem to be the #1 remaining prize but somebody will be very fortunate also to get Norby, Lamberty, Grim and others. (Lamberty later announced for Creighton and the Big East.)

There should be a dozen or more 2014s who will verbal a college from now through next fall. The 1st spring verbal is Maddie Dean of Jordan (#19 below) who is going to Drake.

1. Carlie Wagner, NRHEG, 5-10, combo guard. Nobody has ever made such a dramatic introduction of herself to Minnesota girls high school basketball fans. Wagner set state tournament records with 48 points in a state tournament game and 112 in a tournament in 2012, then scored 48 and 50 in 2013. Gets to the rim at will, and finishes, and drains 3s, too. Verballed the Gophers this winter. Playing for MN Stars 11th Borowicz this summer.

2. Cayla McMorris, Park Center, 6-1, post/power forward. Strong, aggressive, scores inside and out. Pounds the boards. Playing for North Tartan 17U Elite. Going to Wisconsin.

3. Kenisha Bell, Bloomington Kennedy, 5-9, point guard. Somewhat more geared toward shooting and scoring than to distributing but does both with aplomb. Super quick. Missed part of 2013 with a hand injury. De-committed the University of Minnesota in the fall of 2012, going to Marquette. North Tartan 17U Elite.

4. Ta'Kendra (Tia) Elbert, Tartan, 5-7, combo guard. Gets to the rim with ease, finishes strong. Top scorer in the state (among the girls) at 36 ppg. North Tartan 17U Elite. Moves up from #8. Also going to Marquette.


5. Chase Coley, Mpls. Washburn, 6-3, forward. Still developing her feel for the game, but you heard right that she averages 11 blocks a game. She blocked 16 in 2 state tournament games. North Tartan 17U Elite, looks physically stronger this summer than I remember her in March. Has verballed Iowa.

6. Taylor Thunstedt, New London-Spicer, 5-8, combo guard. Had a remarkable winter with several 40 and 50 point games. Metro Stars Black. Going to North Dakota State.

7. Ellie Thompson, Chaska, 6-2, post. Not a late bloomer really, but rated below Fernstrom, Alt and Norby initially, but has come on strong. South Dakota State recruit. MN Fury 2014 Elite.

8. Sydney Lamberty, Park, 5-10, combo guard. Her length sets her apart from some of the other guards. MN Stars 11th Borowicz. Just announced on May 29--she's going to Creighton to compete for playing time at guard with Marissa Janning and MC McGrory. Go Bluejays.

9. Bryanna Fernstom, Chisago Lakes, 6-5, post. You can't teach 6-5. Knows how to use her body. Nice soft hands and soft shooting touch. MN Stars 11th Borowicz. Going to Iowa State.

10. Bailey Norby, Forest Lake, 6-2, post. A scrapper, plays hard, finds a way to put the ball in the basket. MN Stars 11th Borowicz. Going to Creighton, who is rapidly displacing South Dakota State as the top recruiter of Minnesota girls.

11. Grace Coughlin, Benilde-St. Margaret's, 5-7, point guard. Quick, protects the ball, more of a ball distributor and less of a scorer than the other guards at the top of this list. Minnesota Gopher recruit. MN Stars 11th Borowicz.

12. Kylie Brown, Simley, 6-3, forward. I've seen her rated as high as #3 in this class, and in this class that is impressive, but she's maybe a bit tentative.... MN Fury 2014 Elite. Going to Creighton.

13. Hannah Grim, Rosemount, 5-9, combo guard. Small but hard-nosed, scores from anywhere on the court. MN Fury 2014 Elite. Another Marquette guard.

14. Madison Dean, Jordan, 5-9, combo guard. MN Stars 11th Borowicz. Think Sari Noga. Verballed Drake (D1 Missouri Valley Conference, one of the top mid-major conferences).

15. Grace Sawatzke, Monticello, 5-9, guard. Aggressive, understands the game. North Dakota.

16. Michaela Rasmussen, Holy Family, 6-1, forward. Fluid, athletic, finishes. Metro Stars Black. Toledo.

17. Tonoia Wade, Bloomington Kennedy, 6-2, forward. North Tartan 17U Elite. St. John's (NY).

18. Clare Lundberg, Anoka, 6-1, small forward. Fluid, athletic, a scorer. MN Fury 2014 Elite.

19 (tie). Bailey Strand, 5-10, combo guard and Brianna Rassmussen, 6-0, combo guard, both Fergus Falls. Can anybody in Minnesota have a more dynamic duo than Fergus with Strand and Rasmussen? Well, 8th grade guards Chelsea Mason and Mya Buffetta of Mountain Iron-Buhl outplayed them over the 2012-2013 holidays. Still, terrific clutch players, not as quick as some, but get the job done. Both are with Metro Stars Black, it will be fascinating to see how they stack up to Taylor Thunstedt. Both are going to the state of North Dakota: Strand to UND to play basketball, Rasmussen to NDSU to play volleyball.

21. Alexis Alexander, Champlin Park, 5-8, point guard. A step slow? Verballed South Dakota State. North Tartan 17U Elite, and has looked better than expected playing next to Bell and Elbert.

22. Katie Quandt, Lakeville South, 6-2, post/power forward. MN Fury 2014 Elite. Verballed Boston College.

23. Brooke Yaggie, Thief River Falls, combo guard. Big time scorer for her high school team, and a crack distributor for her summer team.

24. Darby Youngstrom, North Woods, 5-10, combo guard.

25. Claire Ziegler, Mankato East, 5-11, forward. MN Stars 11th Nelson. Going to Mankato State.

26. Anna Monke, Fergus Falls, 6-0, forward. Tough. North Tartan 17U Elite. UMD.

27. Anne Hamilton, Minnetonka, 6-0, forward. MN Fury 2014 Elite. Verballed Valparaiso.

28. Kayla Miller, Detroit Lakes, 5-9, guard. MN Fury 2014 Elite.

29. Molly O'Toole, Hopkins, 5-10, power forward. North Tartan 16U. 6 inches shorter than her sister so a very different player. Relies a lot more on skill and finesse.

30. Ayo Porte, Osseo, 5-10, strong forward. And I mean strong.

31. Mikayla Miller, Goodhue, 5-7, point guard. 21ppg.

32. Jordyn Alt, Cretin-Derham Hall, 6-2, post. Was regarded as the best 2014 post at one time. Reminds me of Laura Melquist of Rochester Lourdes a couple years ago. MN Stars 11th Borowicz. We'll see how she and Norby and Fernstrom all shake out. Has verballed Denver.

33. Chelsey Guetter, Wabasso, 6-0, post-forward. Verballed Augustana.

34. Kate McKay, Henry Sibley, 6-1, center-power forward. Scoring 16.5 ppg with 14 rebounds on an otherwise terrible team.

35. Rayna Sherow, St. Paul Central, 6-2, power forward. Great upside, could rank higher. MN Suns 16U Arbogast.

36. Shelby Kaster, Win-E-Mac, forward.

37. McKenna Happke, Providence, 6-1, post/power forward. North Dakota State. Metro Stars Black.

38. Andi Gayner, Dassel-Cokato, 5-10, center-forward. Mayville State.

39. Daijzah Morris, 5-8, wing, Centennial. Verballed Army. MN Stars 11th Borowicz.

40. Nicole Fokken, 6-2, post, Pine Island.

41. Kenzie Beekman, Marshall, 5-11. forward. Going to Southwest State for volleyball.

42. Georgi Donchetz, forward, Burnsville. MN Fury 2014 Elite. Moved up based on summer play. Verballed Valparaiso.

43. Amazih Eickhoff, Albany, 5-8, combo guard. North Tartan 16U.

44. Kyrah Fredenburg, Anoka, 5-11, forward. MN Suns 16U Arbogast. Verballed D2 Concordia St. Paul.

45. Emily Wimmer, St. Croix Lutheran, 6-2, forward. North Tartan 16U.

46. Lindsay Dorr, Rogers, 6-2, power forward. Fury Gold. Going to Toledo.

47. Destinee Morris, Centennial, 5-9, wing. Verballed Army. MN Stars 11th Borowicz.

48. Amanda Christianson, Alexandria, 5-10, forward. St. Cloud State.

49. Bryn Woodside, Albert Lea, 5-3, guard. MN Stars Hersch.

50. Micaela Noga, Parkers Prairie, 5-7, combo guard. NorthTartan 17U Elite. going to Minnesota-Crookston.

51. Anna Pfefferle, Northfield, forward. Long, lots of upside.
52. Abby Hawkinson, McGregor, 5-5, guard. 22 ppg.
53. Kendall Babb, Chaska, 6-2, post. North Tartan Elites. Marist.
54. Erin Autio, St. Michael-Albertville, 6-2, forward.
55. Naja Woods, Mpls. Southwest, scorer. MN Stars 11th Woods.
56. Maddie Wolkow, Lakeville South, 5-6, guard. MN Fury 2014 Elite.
57. Mia Anderson, Duluth East, forward. 13ppg scorer in the school season, having a good summer as well.

58. Shelby Gracik, Elk River, guard. MN Stars 11th Hewitt.

59. Kayla Nickles, Braham, 5-8, forward-guard. Gets things done. North Tartan 16U.
60. Kate Banovetz, Holy Angels, 6-1, post. Active. MN Fury 2014 Gold.

61. Jill Conrad, Centennial, 5-11, post. Lit up Hopkins and Erin O'Toole.
62. Maddy Kempf, Burnsville, 5-8, guard. North Tartan 16U.
63. Maddy Lee, Maranatha, 5-9, shooting guard. Smooth. MN Stars 11th Borowicz. Mankato State.
64. MaKenna Panning, Chaska, 5-6, guard. Fury Gold. Going to Winona State.

65. Vanessa Lane, Pequot Lakes, forward.
66. Jamie Swanson, East Ridge. MN Stars 11th Nelson.
67. Monica Vega, 5-3, Ada-Borup, guard. Part of the world's smallest backcourt.
68. Allie Knuti, Mountain Iron-Buhl, 6-2, post-power forward. Bemidji State.
69. Tori Mekash, Badger-Greenbush-Middle River, guard.
70. Siri Sviggum, Kenyon-Wanamingo, 6-1, forward.

71. Brooke Berger, Mound, 5-7, point guard. MN Fury 2014 Gold.
72. Sam Forslund, Chisago Lakes, 5-8, guard. 36ers Keys.
73. Alyssa Lentner, Monticello, 5-9, forward. MN Fury 2014 Gold.
74. Kellie Tonn, Moorhead, guard. MN Fury 2014 Gold.
75. Audra Clark Kenyon-Wanamingo, guard.
76. Destinee Villebrun, North Woods.
77. Molly Hennen, Minneota, 5-10, point guard.
78. Laurie Bohler, Cooper, 5-6, guard. New to the list, understands the game.
79. Haydn Becker, Andover, guard. Metro Stars Black.
80. Shaina Stevenson, Ada-Borup, 5-1, guard.

81. Kaila Burroughs, St. Cloud Tech, 6-0, forward. Going to Denver.
82. Aunikah Bastian, Mankato Loyola, 5-5, guard.
83. Katrina Reeves, Hopkuns, 5-10, forward.
84. Kelsey Kennedy, Nashwauk-Keewatin, 5-3, point guard.
85. Jasmine Bretoi, Centennial, 5-9, guard.

86. Rianna Eckert, Forest Lake, 5-10, forward. Stars Hersch.
87. Vanessa Spohn, Albany, 5-6.
88. Anita McCoy, Roseville. MN 36ers.
89. Taylor Karge, Mankato East, 6-0, center. MN Stars 11th Nelson.
90. Grayson Schroeder, 5-6, guards, Lakeville South. MN Suns 16U Arbogast.

91. Amber Bray, Anoka, 6-2, post. MN Suns 16U Arbogast.
92. Samantha Connolly, Burnsville, 5-10, forward. 2014 MN Fury Gold.
93. Brooke Brommenschenkel, Norman County West, 5-6, guard.

94. Gabby Smith, Bloomington Jefferson, forward.

95. Sarah Overbye, Mountain Iron-Buhl, 5-7, shooting guard.
96. Hannah Louiselle, Trinity, guard.
97. Jayla Mayes-Jackson, Eden Prairie, 5-8, guard. A transfer, finding her place in EP system.

98. Daron Mainville, Barnum, center. MN Stars 11th Hewitt.

99. Briana Virnig, St. Paul Highland Park, forward-post.

100. Emily Peters, Forest Lake, guard. On MN Fury 2014 Elite roster but would seem unlikely to play yet due to knee injury suffered late in the high school season. New Hampshire.

101. Becca Burns, LeRoy-Ostrander, 5-7, forward.
102. Jaiden Cofield, Cloquet, forward.
103. Erika Rozell, Lakeville North, 5-8, shooting guard.

104. Jen Michalke, LaCrescent, 5-6, guard.
105. Tabitha Anderson, Minnesota School for the Deaf, 5-8, forward.
106. Lizzy Swanson, East Central, 5-9, guard.
107. Joelle Ertl, Holdingford, 5-5, guard.
108. Annalise Savegeau, Osakis, 5-8, guard. Ertl and Savegeau are teammates on MN Comets Peterson.
109. Jade Schultz, NRHEG, guard. MN Stars 11th Nelson.
110. Courtney Scoblic, Lester Prairie-Holy Trinity.

111. Arianna Karsky, Wheaton, 5-9, post.
112. Carly Sigurdson, BOLD, 5-8, guard. MN Suns 16U Jefferson.
113. Taylor Holicky, Cleveland, center.
114. Audrey Scharmer, Winona, 5-11, wing.
115. Paige Gravenhof, Worthington, guard.

116. Nicki Ellingson, Spring Grove, 5-9, forward. Fundamentally solid.

117. Kelsey Schlenk, East Grand Forks, guard.

118. Bailee Bartunek, Lake Park-Audubon, center-power forward.

119. Lyric Williams, St. Paul Central, 5-5, guard.
120. Brooke Gould, MACCRAY, 5-5, guard.

121. Olivia Baker, Minnetonka, 6-3, post. North Tartan 16U. North Dakota State. Scored 5 ppg last year and has been hurt this summer, so you'd kinda hafta say that a D1 scholarship is a bit of a surprise.
122. Daitryanna Mixson. 36ers Keys.
123. Jordan Meyer, Anoka, 6-2, post. Metro Stars Black.
124. Angie Wenning, Chaska, 5-8, guard, Fury Gold.
125. Kendall Naatjes, Lakeville North, 5-5, guard.

126. Amber Schultz, Martin Luther, 5-9, forward.
127. Katie Waller, LaCrescent, 5-11, center-power forward.
128. Jordyn Foley, White Bear Lake, combo guard.
129. Megan Norby, Nevis, 5-11, guard.
130. Melissa Gehl, Fulda, 5-8, forward.

131. Mikayla Payne, Maranatha, 5-11, power forward.
132. Chyna Stull, Maranatha, 5-11, small forward.
133. Katie Werth, Centennial, 5-7, guard. North Tartan 16U.
134. Christine Piwnica, Southwest Christian (Chaska), guard
135. Camille Scholberg, Ortonville, 6-2, post.
136. Allison Riemersma, Bloomington Jefferson, forward.
137. Kari Skersick, Bagley, 5-11, power forward.
138. Jaelin Beachy, Staples-Motley, 5-10, forward. Metro Stars Black.

139. Olivia Wilder, Chanhassan, 5-7, guard. Fluid, graceful.
140. Mackenzie Dahl, Minnetonka. Going to Sioux Falls (D2).

141. Ashley Bray, Anoka, 6-2, post. MN Suns 16U Arbogast.

142. Lexi Hill, Duluth Denfeld, 5-11.

143. Rachel Sorenson, Windom, 5-7, shooting guard.
144. Abby Miller, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, 5-3, guard.
145. Jordan Weeding, Rockford, 5-10.
146. Brianna Hoffman, Lakeview, 5-11, center.

147. Mackenzie Uter, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winste, 5-6, shooting guard.
148. Jordan Lloyd, East Grand Forks Sacred Heart, 5-10, forward.
149. Bridget Bednar, Pierz, 5-10.
150. Abby Loken, Houston, center.

151. Jenny Skoog, Menagha, 5-9, small forward-shooting guard.
152. Jada Jones, St. Paul Central, 5-6, guard. Mn Suns 16U Arbogast.

153. Jessica Meidl, Lakeville North, 5-8, guard.

154. Katie White, Pequot Lakes, guard.
155. Rachel DeGardner, White Bear Lake, forward.

156. Heather Buerman, Rocori.
157. Caitlynn Simmer, Rothsay, 5-9.
158. Katie Yoder, Andover, guard.
159. Justine Larson, Cambridge-Isanti, forward.
160. Olivia Fixsen, Mounds View, 5-9, gaurd.

161. Savanna Sullivan, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley, 5-7, guard.
162. Ann Rysavy, Lyle-Austin Pacelli.
163. Karlee Pfaff, New Ulm Cathedral, 5-9, shooting guard.
164. Alex Funaro, Zimmerman, 5-5, guard.
165. Dakota Ellinghuysen, Peace, 5-9, forward.
166. Mariya Sampson, Champlin Park, post.
167. Jamie Schnell, Edina, 5-10, forward.
168. Elizabeth Scharber, Princeton, 5-11.
169. Lauren Mantueffel, Mayer Lutheran.
170. Ashley Hoene, Montevideo, 5-9, forward

171. Alexandra Peterson, St. Paul Como Park, 6-1, post.
172. Katie Buria, Chisholm, 5-5, guard.
173. Sarah Waldfogel, Blake, forward.
174. Libby Swanhorst, 5-11, forward, Lakeville South. MN Suns 16U Arbogast.
175. Alice Carlson, Cromwell, 5-5, guard.
176. Mikayla Wing, Staples-Motley, 5-5, guard.
177. Stacy Remer, East Grand Forks Sacred Heart, 5-10, forward.
178. Alissa Steueve, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley, 5-9, center.
179. Megan Kokett, Brandon-Evansville, forward.
180. Kiear Hunter, Mpls. North, forward.

181. Kate Thiese, Martin Coounty West, combo guard.
182. Maya DeLao, Simley, 5-8, guard.
183. Isieoma Odor, Bloomington Kennedy, 6-1, forward.
184. Meg Clark, Kenyon-Wanamingo, guard,
185. Taylor Dagon, Apple Valley, 6-0, center.
186. Hannah Bennett, Marshall, 5-8, guard.
187. Genevae Adkins, Champlin Park, guard.

188. Jas'Brail Brown, Peace, 5-4, guard.
189. Chelsea Wandersee, Watertown-Mayer, guard.
190. Madi Hahn, Andover, forward.

191. Carly Safranski, Stephen-Argyle, 5-7, guard.
192. Sami Schmidgall, Hancock, 5-8, forward.

193. Courtney Amirayan, Thief River Falls, 5-10, forward.

194. Abby Landgaard, Windom, 5-5, guard.

195. Andrea Zimpel, Isle, guard.

196. Kiana Ruf, Legacy Christian, 5-7, guard.
197. Cassidy Rahman, Moorhead, 5-5, guard.

198. Trisa Hutchinson, Detroit Lakes, forward.

199. Alexandra Washington, Mpls. Edison, 5-7, center.

200. Taylor Zupan, Prior Lake, 5-9, forward.

Watch List

Shelby Corbin, Minneota, guard.
Temi Orgnrinde, Park, 5-6, forward.

Lydia Kieft, New London-Spicer, 5-7, guard.
Kyann Nyhus, Staples-Motley, 5-4, guard.
Kaitlin Ptacek, Owatonna, forward.
Kyndal Cox, Owatonna, 5-10, forward.
Analea Erickson, Perham.
Kayla Lardy, St. Peter, 6-0, center.
Sydney Rehnelt, Albert Lea, guard.
Shanni Moorse,  Apple Valley, forward.
Karina Skov, Alden-Conger, 5-4, guard.
Brooke Reyerson, Alden-Conger, 5-9, forward.
Jennis Scislow, St. Croix Lutheran, 5-4, point guard.
Ashley Maack, Rothsay, 5-5.
Sam Martinson, Fridley, 5-11, power forward.
Cassidy Mercil, Warren-Alvarado-Oslo, 5-5, guard.
Jordyn Strombeck, St. Croix Lutheran, 5-5, guard.
Abbie Olson, Morris-Chokio-Alberta, 5-9, center.
Emily Whitesell, Annandale, forward.
Madison Foresell, Osakis, forward.
Georgie Brattland, International, guard.
Courtney Carr, Irondale, 5-9, guard.