UNLV WOMEN'S BASKETBALL'S ALANA CESARZ TO MISS REST OF SEASON WITH ACL INJURY

By Mark Wasik:



 Sophomore forward was top-six in the Mountain West in four categories



 LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV sophomore Alana Cesarz, who ranked
in the top six of the Mountain West in four categories, including points
and rebounds, will miss the rest of the women's basketball season after
suffering an ACL meniscus tear in her left knee.








Cesarz was ruled out when MRI

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NFHS Lends Support to U.S. Department of Education Ruling on Participation in Sports by Disabled Athletes

By: Bruce Howard

 As the national leadership organization for high school
sports and performing arts activities, the National Federation of
State High School Associations (NFHS) is in full support of the
policy of inclusion that underlies the guidelines issued by the U.S.
Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for K-12
schools to provide opportunities for disabled students to

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TONY JOHN GEER HAS PASSED AWAY

Twin Cities media member Tony John Geer
of Community Hoops has passed away. Tony Geer was a man with a
passion for people and sports.





Tony had many gifts and many
connections in the twin cities metro area. He was in the know in both
the basketball and the media world.





Jay Pivec the head mens basketball
coach at Dakota County Technical College said of Tony Geer's passing, “The

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Vaughn: 'Never satisfied'

By JASON GONZALEZ, Star Tribune 











Robbinsdale Cooper's Rashad Vaughn














In between shooting simulated jumpers with the Knicks' Carmelo
Anthony in NBA2K13, Rashad Vaughn imagined what it would be like to
have his name on an NBA roster.



The 16-year old Cooper junior, wearing a school sweatshirt with

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Prairie Seeds initiates corrective plan, cancels basketball season

By JASON GONZALEZ, Star Tribune



 Academic concerns led to the decision, and the charter school seeks a new AD to revamp its programs.



Prairie Seeds Academy's principal canceled its varsity boys'
basketball season and is looking for a new athletic director in the wake
of last fall's disqualification of the charter school's soccer team
from the state tournament.



"I can't go back
and

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Former Gopher Barker arrested in Houston on marijuana charge

By MICHAEL RAND Star Tribune:

 

Former Gophers wide receiver A.J. Barker, who quit the team midseason
after a dispute with head coach Jerry Kill, was arrested and charged
with suspicion of marijuana possession in Houston, according to the
Harris County District Clerk office.



Barker was arrested at 11:05 p.m. Sunday and booked at 8:08 a.m.
Monday, according to records. He posted a $500

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Unbeaten Warriors roll to ninth victory | BrainerdDispatch.com | Brainerd, Minnesota

 By Mike Bialka:



Tenacious defense and quality bench play were just two of the aspects
of the game at which the Brainerd Warriors excelled Tuesday night.




The unbeaten Warriors, who rolled to their ninth win with a 82-38
dismantling of the Pequot Lakes Patriots, scored 40 points off of 39
turnovers.



Brainerd, which is 9-0 for the first time since the 1965-66 season,
received 33

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AFCA Announces 2012 Coach of the Year Winners

According to the AFCA: The American Football Coaches Association capped its 2013 convention
by presenting its top coaching award — AFCA Coach of the Year — to five
outstanding coaches today.



Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly, North Dakota State’s Craig Bohl, Valdosta
State’s David Dean, St. Thomas’ Glenn Caruso and Morningside’s Steve
Ryan are the 2012 AFCA National Coach of the Year winners.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Brainerd finds way to remain unbeaten | BrainerdDispatch.com | Brainerd, Minnesota

By Mike Bialka:





Exactly two weeks had passed since the Brainerd Warriors’ last game
and that rustiness showed Thursday night against the Alexandria
Cardinals.



Brainerd shot just 37 percent from the field and 50 percent at the
foul line, but good teams find ways to win when they don’t play
particularly well. The Warriors did just that, securing a 62-53 Central
Lakes Conference

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Hooker has been groomed for this season

By David La Vaque, Minneapolis Star Tribune:



Park
Center senior guard Quinton Lee Hooker has averaged 24.2 points per game in
leading the undefeated Pirates basketball team (9-0) to the No. 1
ranking in Class 4A.






















Park Center
senior guard Quinton Hooker has averaged 24.2 points per game in leading
the undefeated Pirates

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