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MARTIN BROS – ATTACK
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NOV 8TH & 9TH 2008
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
(PEC) BUILDING
CEDAR FALLS, IA
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Week 2 Results At The MBA League

TNL 70 - Minnehaha Academy 76
Team played well in a 76 – 70 lost to Minnehaha Academy. Team lead thru out until the last five minutes when some questionable calls were repeadetly made. Minnehaha got 7 straight points in the last 2 minutes to go from 1 down to 6 up. Taylor Sparkman with the 1st five of those points to lead the Redhawks to the 76-70 win. Big games by Duberry and Zimmermann.

TNL - 53 - Mpls Deamons 35
In their second game the team played with only six players do to prior commitments but had no problem knocking off the Mpls Deamons 53-35.

• Jauson Sewer (Richfield)
• Kyle Zimmermann (Champlin Park)
• Jordan Reibling (Champlin Park)
• Josh Pella (Champlin Park)
• Josh Pratt (St Anthony)
• Eric Sandstad (Champlin Park)

The team played good defense and kept the bigger Deamons off balance the entire game. Good game by Reibling who brought it on both ends reeking havoc on the Deamon guards. Sewer found his legs and knocked down a ton of shots with Zimmermann playing well. Pratt knocked down some long shots to answer a couple of Deamon runs. Eric Sanstad (6’7) who was a sub for the weekend made his size noticeable and played well in the paint.

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The Duberry Brothers FSN North Interview

Week 2 @ The MBA Fall League

Minnesota Basketball Association
Fall Basketball League
September 27, 2008

Varsity Boys Division
Edison Park Center Coon Rapids Armstrong Henry Sibley Maple Grove Hoops Training Redhawks TNL Express St. Peter Blake Dunwoody MPLS Demons St. Paul Central North Branch JV Mankato Mix Maple Grove JV NYA

Blake vs. NYA 10:00 AM CT 3
North Branch JV vs. Maple Grove JV 10:00 AM CT 2
Edison vs. Dunwoody 10:00 AM CT 1
Blake vs. North Branch JV 12:00 PM CT 3
NYA vs. Maple Grove JV 12:00 PM CT 2
Edison vs. Maple Grove 12:00 PM CT 1
NYA vs. Dunwoody 1:00 PM CT 3
TNL vs. Redhawks 1:00 PM CT 2
Armstrong vs. Henry Sibley 1:00 PM CT 1
Park Center vs. Hoops Training 2:00 PM CT 3
St. Paul Central vs. Maple Grove 2:00 PM CT 2
Coon Rapids vs. St. Peter 2:00 PM CT 1
TNL vs. MPLS Demons 3:00 PM CT 3
Mankato Mix vs. Coon Rapids 3:00 PM CT 2
Henry Sibley vs. Redhawks 3:00 PM CT 1
Park Center vs. St. Paul Central 4:00 PM CT 1
Hoops Training vs. Armstrong 4:00 PM CT 2
Henry Sibley vs. MPLS Demons 5:00 PM CT 1
Mankato JV vs. St. Peter 5:00 PM CT 2

All Games Played at:
Minnehaha Academy
3100 West River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55406

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Week 1 Resuts At The MBA Fall League

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Week 1 of the MBA Fall League
Fall leagues opened today with a full day of action at Minnehaha Academy as part of the Minnesota Basketball Assocation fall league. I attended the 1st half of the day (4 boys sessions) and here's what I saw.

Session 1: Coon Rapids vs TNL Express (Champlin Park based)
A battle of NW Suburban foes in the opening session. 28-24 TNL at the half and then a couple of Jay Sewer 3s in the 2nd half breaks the game open. TNL goes on to a 62-48 win. Sewer with 5 triples and a total of 22 pts in the win. Jasper Duberry with 20 points for TNL. Ben Baker with 10 pts and 7 rebs for Coon Rapids in the loss.

Session 2: Maple Grove vs Redhawks (Minnehaha Academy)We continue the NW Suburban theme here as they take on the home team. No Taylor Sparkman for the Redhawks. I believe it was David Burnham on the bench watching and Greg Meyer playing but I may have them reversed. I'm going with Meyer and an apology if I mixed them up. 23-22 Maple Grove at halftime. Nothing for Meyer in the 1st half. MG comes out in a 2-3 zone in the 2nd half after playing man in the 1st half. This gets them out to a 41-33 lead with 9:10 to play. Them Meyer hits a 3 and gets a 3 pt play and Parker Hines knocks down a 3 to complete a 14-0 Redhawks run. 47-41 Minnehaha with 3:20 left. MG only gets 1 FG and 3-6 FTs in the last 9:10. Minnehaha goes on to win 56-47. Meyer with 9 pts, all in the 2nd half. Hines with 7 late points to put the game away.

In other session 2 action, Maple Grove JV def Blake 65-62.

Session 3: TNL Express vs Park Center
Tied at 26 at the break. Devon Knopke comes out and has a great 2nd half and we're tied at 46 with 5:20 to play. A 4 point play and a TNL technical foul give PC a 54-49 lead with 2 minutes left. But TNL gets the next 6 as Knopke gets the assist on a 3 with 45.2 seconds to play to give TNL a 55-54 lead. PC gets a layup with 28 seconds left to regain the lead. TNL then gives Knopke the ball again on a clear out and he delivers with a nice floater in the lane with 3 seconds left to give TNL the 57-56 win. Jasper Duberry made a living at the FT line in this game (7-9 FTs) and finished with 11 points. Jay Sewer quiet with 10 points.

In other session 3 action, Edison defeats Coon Rapids 58-46 after the scoreboard operator flipped the teams on the scoreboard. A shame to see situations like that. Armstrong blew out Maple Grove 86-67.

Session 4: Armstrong vs St. Paul CentralNo Ted Vogt for Armstrong but their guards were out in force in this game. Armstrong out to a quick 11-4 lead after 2 and a half minutes. 42-28 Armstrong at halftime. Central gets as close as 51-45 with 12 minutes to play, but a 17-4 Armstrong run puts the game away. Falcons win 77-57.

A typical Armstrong game with at least 9 triples. That includes a very cold shooting game for Damarius Cruz who started 2-12 before making a couple in the 2nd half. 4-15 shooting overall with 9 points. Andy Seidlitz with 3 triples and 15 points. David Weber with a real nice game of 4 triples and 16 points. Seidlitz had 9 triples in a JV game vs Hopkins last season. A real sniper and you know coach Miller will get him good looks over the next 2 seasons.

In other session 4 action, Dunwoody Academy blew out Blake 50-27. Minnehaha held off the Mpls Demons 72-65 after leading by 13 at halftime. The Demons squad has Jalen Jaspers and Jonah Travis of De La Salle as players of note.

Random thoughts from the day's action:
TNL's running game is fun to watch in addition to their trapping style defense. The long outlet pass off of a score or rebound is what makes it go and it appears they really work on that.

Along similar lines, Champlin Park had better be a running and trapping team this year as Josh Pella and Kyle Zimmermann will be their biggest players. The loss of Calvin Nolte and Emeka Okafor is definitely something big for the Rebels.

Dunwoody Academy has some athletes, but they too are a small team.
Sloppy play all day and a surprising amount of playground antics like behind the back passes.
Henry Sibley joins the party next week. Should be real interesting to see how they look.

Posted by Twin Cities Hoops Czar at 3:27 PM
Labels: 2008 Fall Leagues

Week 1 At The MBA Fall Basketball League

Saturday September 20th

Minnesota Basketball Association
Fall Basketball League
September 20, 2008

Edison Park Center Coon Rapids Armstrong Henry Sibley Maple Grove Hoops Training Redhawks TNL Express St. Peter Blake Dunwoody MPLS Demons St. Paul Central North Branch JV Mankato Mix Maple Grove JV

Edison vs. Park Center 10:00 AM CT 1
Coon Rapids vs. TNL 10:00 AM CT 2
Redhawks vs. Maple Grove 11:00 AM CT 1
Blake vs. Maple Grove JV 11:00 AM CT 2
Edison vs. Coon Rapids 12:00 PM CT 1
Park Center vs. TNL 12:00 PM CT 2
Armstrong vs. Maple Grove 12:00 PM CT 3
Armstrong vs. St. Paul Central 1:00 PM CT 1
Dunwoody vs. Blake 1:00 PM CT 2
Redhawks vs. MPLS Demons 1:00 PM CT 3
Maple Grove JV vs. Mankato Mix 2:00 PM CT 1
St. Peter vs. North Branch JV 2:00 PM CT 2
St. Paul Central vs. Hoops Training 2:00 PM CT 3
MPLS Demons vs. Hoops Training 4:00 PM CT 1
North Branch JV vs. Mankato Mix 4:00 PM CT 2
St. Peter vs. Dunwoody 4:00 PM CT 3

All Games Played at:
Minnehaha Academy
3100 West River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55406

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The Future Of North Dakota State University Basketball ...

Another great recruiting tool, City of Fargo approved the new NDSU basketball arena project to expand the FFD!!

Jauson Sewer Creating Interest At Kent State

New #1 In Rivals 150 For The 2010 Class

Josh Smith is the new No. 1 in the 2010 class.

HEAD OF THE CLASS

Move over Jeremy Tyler. There is a new player sitting atop the junior rankings ... (the rest of the story). TNL to play against most of these players next year.

Due To Prior Commitments ... Sewer To Miss NDSU Elite Jr Event

Big Weekend Set For Minnesota Hoopers

Ryan James
MinnesotaPreps.com Senior Writer

In a year that could see between 16 to 20 Minnesota prospects go division one several of these athletes will be traveling next weekend around the nation. Official visits have been scheduled and that includes Osseo's Sam Dower traveling to Gonzaga.
Already nine Minnesotans have made commitments to division one programs.

The most high profile visit could be that of Rodney Williams to Minnesota. This weekend Rodney said that he believes he is visiting the Twin Cities campus the first week of September and while it's not set in stone there is a good chance he could be there along with Illinois point guard Darius Smith and committed five star forward Royce White.

Also visiting a high major program this weekend is Hopkins power forward Mike Broghammer. The 6-foot-7 bruiser will take in Notre Dame and some feel there is a good chance he could make his decision after the trip.

Rivals 150 member Sam Dower went to Marquette last weekend and this weekend he will be going west to Gonzaga. This will be Sam's second trip to the Spokane campus. Next week he is going to George Mason and a trip to Minnesota should soon follow.

Eden Prairie's Ethan Wragge is headed out to Creighton this weekend for an official visit. The 6-foot-6 shooting guard recently saw the Marquette campus and was also recently playing in an open gym at Minnesota on an unofficial. While on the Twin Cities campus Wragge also took some time to sit down and chat with Tubby Smith.

Some feel St. Cloud Tech point guard Nate Wolters is a favorite to land at South Dakota State. Favorite or not going into the visit it sure speaks volume to the SDSU chances that Nate is visiting the Brookings campus first.

Henry Sibley's Chris Halvorsen was at Yale and Harvard last week and this weekend he has two more destinations panned for viewing. He will first take an official visit to Valpo followed potentially by a trip to Lehigh in Pennsylvania. Chris has also scheduled a visit to North Dakota State in early October.

NDSU could also see Emmanuel Addo on campus this weekend. The Northfield forward is scheduled to go to Albany on the 13th and then Northern Colorado the third weekend of September.

For sure this weekend the Bison have an elite junior event that will include eight Minnesota 2010 prospects. Those include Marshall Bjorklund of Sibley East, Dyami Starks of Duluth East, Jake Kreuser of Henry Sibley, Cole Steffan of Minnetonka, Taylor Filipek from Willmar, Max Rosenbloom of St. Paul Johnson, Ben Buchholz of Perham, and Tor Anderson from Prior Lake.

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4th Annual Boys Fall Basketball Warm Up Camp

TNL National 17U Team To Attend!

4th Annual Girls Fall Basketball Warm Up Camp