D1 HIGH FIVE

There were 30 teams playing on Saturday.

*Molly Lenz, North Dakota State, Eden Prairie 24-W

*Lily Fandre, Lehigh, Eagan 21-W

*Jenna Guyer, Green Bay, Centennial 21-W

*Amber Scalia, Miami OH, Stillwater 18-W

*Alayna Contreras, Middle Tennessee State, Hopkins 18-W

Totals: 102 points, 5-0

Lenz set a new personal best.

All five were AAAA players. All five made the state tournament. Contreras was a state champion.

D2

There were 38 teams in action on Saturday.

Kassandra Caron, Bemidji State, Holy Angels 24-W

Lydia Haack, Concordia St. Paul, Elk River 23-W

Emma Miller, UM Crookston, St. Michael-Albertville 23-L

Vivica Bretton, Winona State, Rochester Lourdes 22-W

Natalie Bremer, MSU Mankato, Lake City 21-W

Janie Tormanen, Michigan Tech, Menahga 21-L

Totals: 113 points, 4-2

Bretton and Tormanen set new personal bests.

Three were AA players, two AAAA and one AAA. All six made the state tournament. Haack won a state title.

D3

There were 38 games on Saturday.

Kyla Overskei, UW Eau Claire, Maple Grove 25-L

Emily Erickson, Bethel MN, Chisago Lakes 24-W

Natalie Beaver, Luther, Hayfield 20-W

Haylie Strum, Luther, Stewartville 20-W

Cady Davis, Macalester, Minneapolis Roosevelt 19-L

Totals: 108 points, 3-2

This was the first time on the D3 HF list for Davis and that pushes the totals to 77 players for the season.

Erickson, Overskei set new personal bests.

There were three AAA players, one each in AAAA and A.

All made state once except for Erickson.

MN GBB RESULTS

AAAA—no ranked teams in action.

AAA

#1 Benilde-St. Margaret’s 79, Andover 63

#6 Marshall 63, Mankato East 14

#7 Northfield 64, Rochester JM 17

AA

#1 Providence 99, #5 Rochester Lourdes 58

#3 New London-Spicer 74, West Central 40

#4 Duluth Marshall 69, Stevens Point, WI 68

#8 Perham 64, #6 Proctor 48

#10 Red Wing 48, Austin 14

A

#1 Mountain Iron-Buhl 72, #5 EGF Sacred Heart 39

Morris/Chokio-Alberta 66, #10 BOLD 58

POINT PARADE

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AAAA-no reports

AAA

Jailynn Sherrill, Hermantown 27

Lexi Lamppa, Rock Ridge 25

AA

Maddyn Greenway, Providence 42

A-no reports

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 99 Providence

Winner Low 48 St. Michael-Albertville; Red Wing; Edgerton

Loser High 73 Lanesboro

Loser Low 14 Fond du Lac Ojibwe; Austin, Mankato East

Biggest Margin 48 Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda v Red Rock Central

Smallest Margin 1 four times

Most Combined: 161 Rushford-Peterson v Lanesboro

Least combined: 62 Red Wing v Austin

Margins 30 or more 10 (27.03%)

Margins 5 or less 8 (21.62%)

Average 57.014

Winner Average 66.579

Loser Average 46.474

Ranked Average 64.231

Nonranked Average 55.597

Average margin 20.105

Average combined: 113.05

Ranked Losses: four

AAAA Ave 50.444

AAA Ave 56.308

AA Ave 63.88

A Ave 54.50

ABOUT LAST NIGHT….PROVIDENCE V ROCHESTER LOURDES

#1AA Providence left no doubt early in a battle of top five AA teams Saturday afternoon in a 99-58 thrashing at the home of the Lions den. It was a rough week for Lourdes. The Eagles lost three straight…all to quality teams, but Red Wing and Goodhue are section 1AA rivals and that will impact seeding. Providence came out with guns blazing in the first half. The Lions roared with six straight scoring possessions building a 14-2 lead. The Eagles called time after one minute and twenty seconds had elapsed then looking at an 11-0 deficit. Maddyn Greenway scored off the tip, then added two steals and lay ups in that mix. Another factor in the Providence run was the long ball. The hosts scored a dozen in the first half alone (they would notch 14 for the game). By break Providence had enough in the bank for victory leading 66-32. Running time was inevitable.

One thing that stands out watching Providence is the speed at which the ball moves. They are not playing at 33 or 45. They are playing at 78 (for those with vinyl memories). We can rename this group the Lightning Lions because several players touch the ball in the space of three seconds compared to the standard high school (and apparently sluggish) touch rate where a player holds the ball to long. Providence was 11/13 on transition yesterday…zip-zip-zip lay up. Too often I have to watch players use a bounce to make a decision. Just counting bounces Lourdes “won” (if that is the right word) 812-581. A stat I absolutely hate is the mega dribble stat and Lourdes won that 19-2 with one of the Providence megas coming after the starters were sitting down. If you have to bounce the ball ten times it means the offense is stagnant and/or the players are spectators, or the bouncer has no idea what or who is open. Providence starters were sizzling for the day at 143.3 pp100 scoring every 2.64 touches. Lourdes totals were 87.5 pp100 with 4.68 touches per point.

Team	Pt	PP100	OR/DR	FTM/a	2M/A	3M/A	TO/TOTO
Providence	99	128.6	16/27	5/7	26/40	14/34	13/25.00
Rochester Lourdes	58	75.3	14/20	8/14	19/47	4/14	22/14.93

The Providence law firm of Greenway, Greenway and Millerbernd, the power troika, all made the 31 Club. Senior Maddyn made the 61 Club and is the second player this week to get her kicks with 66. Mya Moore of Orono also reached the same mark in the win over Benilde-St. Margaret’s on Tuesday. All three of the Lions also had lofty scores in the pp100 category with Maddyn again reaching the heights at 175. She and Millerbernd were both under 2 touches per point for the day (1.90 and 1.96). Millerbernd hit for six 3s, Maddyn five. Both Greenway sisters tallied nine distributions with Maddyn getting 15 d stops. So value added (subtract the points off the 31 Club score) means she had a value added of 24.

On the Lourdes side of the equation no one made the 31 Club, but three were in the upper 20s. Eighth grader Amelia Truty scored 24 points, but her value added was only three stalling out her quest for the 31 Club at 27. She did connect on four 3s for the day. Truty was the only Eagle over 100 pp100 with a 141.2.

Player	School	31Club	PP100
Maddyn Greenway	Providence	66	175.0
Emma Millerbernd	Providence	39	152.9
Beckett Greenway	Providence	34	115.8

It will be hard to wrest the AA crown from the Lighting Lions. Speed kills. And Speed Thrills.

WEEK THAT WAS

UNBEATEN

We lost one team but gained one(?!) Minnetonka was dropped with an overtime loss on Friday. The new team joining the undefeated ranks is CHOF, or Christ’s Household of Faith. They are now 1-0 in the year, at least as reported to MN Scores. They beat United Christian on Saturday 52-49. There are four games not reported prior to that.

Total undefeated left: 7 or is it 6

AAAA: 1  Rosemount

Leaving the list #1 Minnetonka in an overtime loss to #4 Maple Grove on Friday.

AAA: 0

AA: 2 Menahga; New London-Spicer

Leaving the list none

A: 4  Mountain Iron-Buhl; Pine River-Backus; Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s, CHOF

Leaving the list: none

STREAKING

There is a log jam for the lead now in A with four teams in the hunt. All classes are now in the double-digit zone.

AAAA: 12 Rochester Mayo

AAA: 10 Hill-Murray

AA: 12 New London-Spicer, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton

A: 12 NRHEG, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s, Hillcrest Lutheran, Mountain Iron-Buhl

QUEST FOR…

QRF

This week saw only three off the checklist and all lived in AA: #42 Foley, #60 Rochester Lourdes and #94 Milaca.

Biggest fish not seen? #10 Stewartville who jumped up seven spots (and spoiled my perfect score 1-10).

10: 9/10—-.900

25: 23/25—.920

50: 42/50—.840

75: 55/75—.733

100: 67/100—.670

125: 69/125—.552

150: 71/150—.473

TOP 10S

Crossed off the list this week was #5AA Rochester Lourdes. But with the shifts in the polls I lost one in A.

AAAA: 10/10-1.000

AAA: 9/10-.900

AA: 8/11 .727

A: 4/10-.400

Overall, it is 31/41 or .756  up .035 from the week before

#1S IN EACH SECTION

Big improvement in AA now over half complete. Seeing the Foley/Milaca game knocked off 6AA (for the moment).

AAAA: 8/8-1.000

AAA: 5/8-.625

AA: 5/9-.556

A: 3/11-.273

Grand totals: 21/36-.583.

SEEDING THE STATE

Meet the new boss….same as the old boss…the Hopkins Royals returns to the top of the throne in AAAA as the Skippers stumbled leaving them crimson faced after an overtime loss to Maple Grove. Orono overthrows Benilde-St. Margaret’s in 6AAA and therefore is the new #1 in AAA. Three changes in AA in sections 1, 6, and 8. Not one iota changes in A.

AAAA

1. Hopkins (6)
2. Rosemount (3)
3. Maple Grove (5)
4. Minnetonka (2)
5. Rochester Mayo (1)
6. East Ridge (4)
7. Monticello (8)
8. Forest Lake (7)

AAA

1. Orono (6)
2. Hill-Murray (4)
3. Stewartville (1)
4. Marshall (2)
5. Cretin-Derham Hall (3)
6. Rock Ridge (7)
7. Little Falls (8)
8. Totino-Grace (5)

AA

1. Providence (5)
2. Crosby-Ironton (7)
3. New London-Spicer (3)
4. Red Wing (1)
5. Minnehaha (4)
6. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (8)
7. Foley (6)
8. St. Clair (2)

A

1. Mountain Iron-Buhl (7)
2. Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s (2)
3. Kelliher-Northome (8)
4. Hillcrest Lutheran (6)
5. Central MN Christian (3)
6. Mayer Lutheran (4)
7. NRHEG (1)
8. Pine River-Backus (5)