Thursday’s Recaps 11.21.2024
COLLEGE HIGH FIVE
Jo Langbehn, St. Thomas, Elk River 22
Amber Scalia, St. Thomas, Stillwater 22
Jade Hill, St. Thomas, Minneapolis South 12
Mikayla Aumer, North Dakota, Cambridge-Isanti 11
Piper Carlson, Idaho State, St. Michael-Albertville 10
Totals: 77
All five were AAAA players. St. Thomas provided three last night.
This is Aumer’s second time making this list this week.
HIGH SCHOOL
MILESTONES
Nevaeh Wacholz of Albert Lea reached the 1000 point mark in a loss to Dover-Eyota in the Eagles Tournament.
POINT PARADE
If you don’t see a name here it is because it was not reported or listed. Email kja8067@gmail.com with any additions. The cut off is 25 points.
AAAA
28 Tori Schlagel, Eden Prairie vs. Maple Grove
27 Jordan Ode, Maple Grove vs. Eden Prairie
25 Katie Boulanger, New Prague vs. Northfield
AAA
28 Kendra Harvey, Byron vs Mankato West
AA
34 Addi Mack, Minnehaha vs Andover
27 Chloe Johnson, Duluth Marshall vs Two Harbors
27 Nevaeh Wacholz, Albert Lea vs Dover-Eyota
25 Amaya Obi-Walker, St. Paul Academy vs. CHOF
A
28 Kadence Pierce, Ogilvie vs. Pine River-Backus
27 Mimi Bueckers, Pine River-Backus vs. Ogilvie
26 Olivia Hammer, MN Valley Lutheran vs Madelia
The youngest in that bunch is AOW….a 7th grader.
Pierce and Bueckers are juniors; Hammer is a soph; Johnson is a frosh. The rest are seniors.
ABOUT LAST NIGHT…
I started the season at Avail Academy, technically the first game in the state with a 5 pm start. They doubled up St. Paul Harding, a 3A school they beat last year by four. Thursday the Valor won 52-26. The pp100s in this game were 66.7-33.8. Avail starters shot 48.7 from 2s and their pp100 was 78.3. 32 offensive rebounds helped Valor’s cause. Only seven free throws were attempted in this game.
Samia Gomez led the Knights with a game high 16 points taking 31 shots. Ruth Peterson led Avail with 10.
Since I coach volleyball at Avail this was an easy segway into the season and I caught up on my players and their winter sports. Tuesday, I saw two more of my volleyball players play hockey with Mounds View-Irondale. It was strange not having a computer or notebook and watching that game. Of course, the computer may have froze up in that environment, not to mention a pen and paper.
IN OTHER ACTION
#3AAAA Maple Grove traveled to #5AAAA Eden Prairie and edged the Eagles 77-73 in the marquee matchup that lived up to the pregame hype. Tori Schlagel won the point scoring battle with Jordan Ode 28-27, but the Crimson prevailed.
Home cooking? There is no place like home? Visitors, like MG, grabbed some big road wins on opening day with home court advantages vanishing.
Wayzata more than doubled up #8AAA New Ulm 88-43.
#9AAA Rock Ridge topped Esko 82-48.
#2AA Minnehaha more than doubled up Andover 83-41.
#4AA Duluth Marshall scored the most points on the night with their 94-34 victory at Two Harbors.
#8AA Jordan topped Minneapolis North 44-40 in the home of the Polars.
Home teams that enjoyed home cooking.
#3AAA Stewartville stifled Mankato East 67-15. Audrey Shindelar outscored the Cougars with 24 points (just missing the parade).
The stingiest defense of the day was Littlefork-Big Falls in their 52-9 win over Silver Bay.
TODAY
There are 67 contests on tap today.
The Dover-Eyota Tournament wraps up today with the hosts taking on Rochester JM in the title match up.
Wabasso and Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s begin their events. Wabasso has six teams so it is more like a scheduled event while SESM’s has four teams.
Alexandria travels to Marshall. The Cardinals won the state volleyball tournament two weeks ago over the Tigers.