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Minnesota Amateur Winter/Spring 2008 Official Publication of the Minnesota Sports Federation Vol 1, No. 1 “Amateur Sports Review” now Moorhead and Rochester to host nationals this summer online Our thanks to the Rochester Amateur Sports Commission By Perry Coonce, Executive Director and Red River Valley Softball Association for hosting ASA Northern Nationals this summer. Rochester will host the MAPLE GROVE — After several years of not publishing the Class A 18-U and Class B 10-U Girls Fastpitch ASA Northern “Amateur Sports Review” due to staff size and printing/ Nationals on July 30-August 3 at McQuillan Fields. The Red mailing costs, an online version has been initiated. Two is- River Valley Softball Association will host the Class C Men’s sues will be published each year; one in May and one in No- Slowpitch Northern Nationals on August 28-September 1. vember. Members will receive a postcard notification via U.S. Both cities will realize substantial economic impact and give mail when the publication has been posted online. Minnesota teams a chance to compete close to home. With gas prices continuing to rise, that’s a big plus! Winter/Spring tournaments a major success Team classification Plenty of amateur sports participation opportunities were pro- Based on the number of team classification protests we’ve vided to the membership this past winter and spring. By the already had this spring, team managers/coaches are either time the last volleyball was spiked on May 4th, over 10,000 not reading the classification rules in the guidebook or ignor- basketball, volleyball, and broomball participants, youth and ing them. Regardless, following the rules is a necessity for adult alike will have taken the court or rink. A major thank you fair play. to all the tournament hosts, personnel and game officials who made it all possible. Adult tournament hosts included St. Bats, bats, bats Cloud State University, Ron Seibring; Hutchinson Park & Rec, For the latest on which bats for the latest on which bats are John McRaith, Marv Haugen and Raquel Bushman; Chaska legal and which ones are not, please see www.asasoftball. Park & Rec, Jason Kirsch; National Sports Center, Brandon com. The ASA continues to have the safest bat standards Radeke; and Redwood Falls, Tim Prahl. Supervisors of offi- and is working toward a safer ball, if that’s possible. cials included Mark Herman, Mike Kaufman, Pat Clarkin, and Bob Wesely. 20th Annual All-Star Series The 20th Annual Girls High School Fastpitch All-Star Series, National Qualifiers galore this summer co-sponsored by Minnesota High School Girls Fastpitch Adult and JO fastpitch softball participants will have many op- Coaches Association and ASAUSA-MSF will be held on Sun- portunities to qualify early for national tournament play this day, June 8 in North Mankato at Caswell Park. This is a summer. In this issue of the “Amateur Sports Review” are prestigious, talent-laden event featuring the top 72 high flyers/entry forms for both. school girls fastpitch players in the state. MSF1.org website packed with Board Meeting information The next ASA♦USA-MSF board meeting is Thursday, Octo- Whatever you want to know about the Minnesota ASA♦USA- ber 16 at Sports Federation Offices in Maple Grove. As al- MSF program is located on our website at www.msf1.org. ways, any member is welcome to attend. Until next time, play Please take the time to check it out and direct your players/ fair and play safe! teammates there, too! IN THIS ISSUE… MINNESOTA SPORTS FEDERATION Youth State Championships…………….…..2 JO National Qualifier Entry Form ….40 10701 93rd Ave N, Suite D Boys Basketball State Championships.…... 3 South Dakota Qualifier ……………..41 Girls Basketball State Championships ….. 11 Ways to Qualify for JO Nationals ....42 Maple Grove, MN 55369 Youth Volleyball State Championships ..…16 Rochester Nationals ...……………...44 (763) 488-9995 Adult Broomball State Results……………..27 Girls’ Talk ...………………………….46 USA Broomball Nationals…………………..29 Adult Softball Schedule …………….47 Fax: (763) 488-3712 Men’s Basketball Results…………………..30 Cambridge Complex Release ……..48 www.msf1.org Adult Volleyball Results ...………………….31 Men’s C Northern National ………...50 [email protected] Junior Olympic Chatter ………………. …...37 National Qualifiers Entry Form …….51 JO Tournament Schedule ...………………39 MSF Youth Baseball ………………..55 Winter/Spring Minnesota Amateur 2 Youth Basketball State Championships Boys’ Basketball Wrap-up Girls’ Basketball Wrap-up By Steve Ketter, Program Administrator By Anne Strong, Program Administrator MAPLE GROVE — 2008 marked the 20th Anniversary of MAPLE GROVE — First off a huge thanks to all the par- MSF Youth Basketball State Championships and it was ticipating players, coaches, and parents. Without you another successful year. Over 600 basketball games there would be no opportunities for the girls to play. We were played in this year’s boys’ state tournaments. applaud the time and energy that you dedicate to the Thousands of participants from teams across the state sport and your daughter's success. were able to see how they measured up against a com- This year Rockford and Becker hosted strong teams from petitive field. Congratulations and thank you to all play- all communities around the state. Officials, parents, ers, coaches, and parents. coaches and tournament managers witnessed a high A special thanks to all of the tournament hosts who made level of play and even better sportsmanship amongst the it all possible. Boys’ state tournament hosts included: girls. A special thanks to the Rockford Community and Hastings, Geoff Maltby; Buffalo, Scott Greenfield, Tim the Becker Girls Fastpitch Association! Thank you for be- Speckel; Monticello, Duane Gates; Concordia University, ing wonderful hosts and allowing us to have a place to Bob Bartel; and Irondale High School, Larry Beck. An- play. Dave Wisnieski and Rick Baker were our Supervisor other thanks to our supervisors of officials who provided of Officials for the weekend and we thank them and their our tournaments with qualified officials: Steve Fischer, officiating crew that made the tournament possible. Dave Wisnieski, Don Bowman, and Dave Maher. On that note, coaches and players get ready for the 2009 The 2009 Boys’ State Championships are scheduled for Girls’ State Championships on February 27-March 1. March 6-8. Enjoy your summer and fall seasons and we Rockford and Becker have committed as host sites and will see you next year! we are in the processing of acquiring one more site. Mark your calendars because it is just around the corner! Enjoy your summer and we will see you next winter! (see page 11 for the Girls State Championships) Congratulations to all State Champions! Age/Class Team Age/Class Team Boys 5A Brooklyn Park Pirates Boys 8C Watertown-Mayer Royals Boys 5B Mahtomedi Zephyrs Boys 9A Hopkins Royals Boys 5C Minnesota Bulldogs Boys 9B Minneapolis Hustlers Boys 6AA Champlin Park Rebels Boys 9C Irondale Knights Boys 6A Woodbury Royals Girls 5A Park Center Boys 6BB Mahtomedi Zephyrs Girls 5B Chaska Hawks Boys 6B Centennial Cougars Girls 5C Albany Boys 6C Wayzata Girls 6A Minneapolis Farview Boys 7AA Chaska Hawks Girls 6BB Monticello Black Boys 7A Waconia Wildcats Girls 6B Waconia Wildcats Boys 7BB Stillwater Red Girls 6C Woodbury Boys 7B Centennial Cougars Girls 7A Woodbury Royals Boys 7CC Jordan Girls 7BB MLK Boys 7C Hastings Raiders Girls 7B Chaska Boys 8AA Chaska Hawks Girls 7C Woodbury II Boys 8A Burnsville Blaze Girls 8A Minneapolis Farview Boys 8BB Bloomington Jefferson Girls 8B St. Joseph’s Boys 8B Mounds View Mustangs Girls 8C Benilde - St. Margaret’s Winter/Spring Minnesota Amateur 3 Youth Basketball State Championships (continued) Boys 5th Grade Division A State Tournament Champion Community Coach Tournament W-L Championship Game Pirates Brooklyn Park Sam Anim 5-0 Brooklyn Park 46 Woodbury 33 BROOKLYN PARK Brooklyn Park takes top division Marty Hill 11 Halen Hunter 32 HASTINGS — In a championship game that featured the Sean Burns 41 top two seeds from the 5th Grade Division A Tournament, Brandon Oganda 35 Brooklyn Park prevailed over Woodbury. Both Brooklyn Joel Roehl 13 Park and Woodbury marched through pool play and Jerome Dixon 10 bracket play unscathed to meet in the championship Kwaku Bodom 40 game. Brooklyn Park averaged over 41 points per game, Sacar Anim 23 Adam Buirge 12 the highest by a wide margin. Boys 5th Grade Division B State Tournament Champion Community Coach Overall W-L Championship Game Zephyrs Mahtomedi Randy Stone 20-12 Mahtomedi 23 Mounds View 22 MAHTOMEDI Team defense ignites championship run Bryant Stone 4 HASTINGS — Team defense was Mahtomedi’s focus and pri- Alex Maxner 35 ority from the first practice. The season started slow playing David Sierakowski 32 under .500 ball but continued to improve each week. Samuel Newman 12 John Morgan 15 The turning point was mid-season in the Brooklyn Park tournament. In the Championship game, Mahto- Matt Zink 13 medi fell behind early by double digits, but continued to play strong defense, and eventually came back Sam Mustar 10 to win. The team gained confidence; understood defense kept them in position to win, and learned the Adam Birky 11 Sean Hjelle 30 games are 4 full quarters. Jackson Bell 33 State was certainly a reach knowing the strong teams in the bracket; including some we had tight games Assistant Coach: with during the season. The comeback win from over 10 points down in the semi vs. Chaska and the Mike Mustar narrow one point win over Mounds View in the Championship was a team effort. As coaches and par- ents, we were proud to see every player make a key play to contribute to the State Championship. Boys 5th Grade Division C State Tournament Champion Community Coach Tournament W-L Championship Game Bulldogs Brooklyn Dedric Willis 5-0 Bulldogs 38 Center Chaska 34 BULLDOGS Bulldogs win division C title Willis 1 Kirkwood 21 HASTINGS — The Bulldogs from Brooklyn Center Smalls 2 Yabbra 32 won the 5th Grade Division C State Championship.