LAKEVILLE NORTH SUMMER LEAGUE

Lakeville North was a busy place on June 25, as the school hosted a boys’ basketball summer league.






Teams from across the area would play two twenty-minute halves in a league game. I was curious about the league myself so I decided to drive out and take a peek.

 

Teams brought their JV and varsity teams, as there was a preset schedule. The games were played at a time where head varsity

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ESTAN TYLER TO TRANSFER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA

According to Paul Walsh of the Minneapolis Star
Tribune, “Estan Tyler, a first-team all-metro basketball star from St. Paul
Johnson and a 2010 state champion, is transferring to the University of North
Dakota.”




Walsh said, “Tyler spent his first two collegiate
seasons at Div. I Missouri-Kansas City in the Summit League. As a sophomore
this past season, he led the Kangaroos in scoring,

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OSSEO’S WHEELER BAKER GETTING A LOT OF BASKETBALL COLLEGE COACHES’ INTEREST

Osseo boys basketball player Wheeler Baker has picked up a lot of interest from different basketball coaches. Baker will graduate in 2014.

 

According to Ryan James of North Star Hoops Report, Baker said, “Right now I am getting a lot of interest from the University of North Dakota; they have offered me a scholarship. Another school is Nebraska-Omaha, who recently became the third school to

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CHAD CALCATERRA WILL TRANSFER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA

According to Paul Walsh of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, “6-foot-10 center Chad Calcaterra, who played his prep ball at Cloquet and set that school’s single-season scoring record, will transfer to the University of North Dakota.”

 

“Calcaterra spent two seasons at Colorado State, then 2012-’13 at Western Nebraska Community College. Calcaterra is immediately eligible, and has two years of

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2015 Point Guard Jayson Edwards

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GOPHERS IN THE HOWARD PULLEY PRO CITY SUMMER LEAGUE

According to Marcus Fuller of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the following University of Minnesota Gophers will be playing in the Howard Pulley Pro City Summer League: Maverick Ahanmisi, Mo Walker, Wally Ellenson, Joey King, Andre Hollins, Charles Buggs, Austin Hollins, Elliott Eliason, Malik Smith, Daquein McNeal, Dre Mathieu, Kendal Shell, and Oto Osenieks.

 

Also Fuller said, “The three

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Rosenblum: Awarding a different kind of athletic scholarship

By Gail Rosenblum Minneapolis Star Tribune:







Camden Knuckles knows that football isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you hear he plays sports. It sometimes surprises him, too.

 

So when the 5-5, 130-pound Southwest High School receiver got word that he was to be honored at an end-of-year awards banquet, he couldn’t imagine why.

 

Turns out Knuckles, along with three fellow

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SMF'S THOUGHTS ON RASHAD VAUGHN MOVE TO PREP SCHOOL

When I read that Minnesota basketball player Rashad Vaughn was leaving Robinsdale Cooper High School it surprised me a little bit initially, but then again, it didn't really surprise me. To me, all of the three top recruits in the class of 2014 Tyus Jones, Reid Travis and Vaughn. Vaughn is a good player. Don't give get me wrong. I think that all of these players are very good player. What I think

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RASHAD VAUGHN TO DEPART FROM COOPER, HEAD TO PREP SCHOOL

According to Marcus Fuller of
the Pioneer Press, "Gophers recruiting target Rashad Vaughn decided with
his family to attend a prep school and not
finish his senior year at Cooper High School. Vaughn will decide in the
next couple weeks among four prep schools, including Huntington Prep
(W.Va.)
and Findlay Prep (Las Vegas). "Vaughn
is considered one of the three big national recruits from

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CLINTON VEE PARKER JR BASKETBALL AND LIFE

Clinton Parker played basketball for Dakota County and Technical College. Paker was born on the south side of Chicago on May 27 1992. Parker has three older brothers whom he looks up to.He started his high school basketball at Richfield High School and played for head coach Jim Dimick. Parker then transferred to Percy L. Julian high school in Chicago, where he graduated from in 2011. Parker has

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2013 INNER CITY ALL STAR BASKETBALL CLASSIC

Schoenecker Arena on the campus of St. Thomas University was the site of the 2013 Inner City All Star Classic. The first game was between Team Faith and Team Truth. Music was playing throughout the game and there were two anouncers doing play-by-play throughout the whole game to keep the fans involved in the contest.
The score went back and forth throughout the first half. Neither team went on a

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JOE BERGER HAS BEEN HIRED AS THE HEAD VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL COACH AT EDINA

Joe Berger, who was the head boys' varsity basketball coach at Holy Family high school, is now the head boys basketball coach at Edina high school.
 

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DANIEL SUMMERS WANTS TO EXCEL IN BASKETBALL

Daniel Summers was born on Sept. 23, 1998. He likes to hang out and shoot baskets with his friends. Summers played for Robbinsdale Middle School.

Summers will be attending DeLaSalle high school in Minneapolis, where he wants to play on the Islanders’ basketball and football teams.




He has played basketball his whole life. Summers started playing basketball when he was four years old.

 

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RASAAN ROLAND ROSS HOOPS MIX TAPE

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Metro Youth Sports Media: MYSM class 2014 Top15 Rankings

Check out the Metro Youth Sports Media class of 2014 top 15 Rankings

Metro Youth Sports Media: MYSM class 2014 Top15 Rankings: 2014: Minnesota's super class, the 2014 class is unparalleled Minnesota high school basketball recruiting history.

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DAN RUBISCHKO IS THE NEW HEAD BOYS' BASKETBALL COACH AT PRIOR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL

Prior Lake high school has hired Dan
Rubischko to be their new head varsity boys' basketball coach.
Robischo left St. Thomas Academy to become the head coach at Prior
Lake.

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NORTHSTAR HOOPS CLASH OF THE CLASSES BOYS' BASKETBALL GAME

Si
Melby Hall, on the campus of Augsburg College, was abuzz Friday night
as the top boys basketball players from Minnesota went up against
each other. Northstar
Hoops Report
put
on the “Clash Of The Classes” event for fans. In all, 44 of the
top basketball players from across the state were broken up into
recruiting classes. The first game was the class of 2016 taking on
the class of 2017. In

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STEVEN'S SPORTS REPORT TO COVER THE NORTHSTAR HOOPS REPORT “CLASH OF THE CLASSES” EVENT ON FRIDAY JUNE 7, 2013

Northstar Hoops Report will be hosting a “Clash of the Classes” event at Si Melby Hall on the campus of Augsburg College on Fri., June 7.






According to the Northstar Hoops Report web site, “Clash of the Classes is a showdown between the top 11 players from each of the four rising high school classes in Minnesota. Premier up-and-coming talent from around the state will collide for bragging

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AARON BATSON IS A WELL ROUNDED ATHLETE

Aaron Batson was born on February 21,
1999 in Mankato, Minnesota. He has one brother.








Batson has a passion for sports. During
the summer he plans on playing basketball in the Mankato area. He
also has a love for football and baseball. Batson would like to focus
on basketball.









Batson wants to play for the Mankato
East Cougars when he is in high school. He will graduate in 2017 .

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MINNEAPOLIS REGIN TOOK ON MINNESOTA HEAT DUBERRY IN A BOYS' BASKETBALL GAME

Minneapolis Regin and the Minnesota Heat squared off in a boys' basketball game on Saturday June 1, 2013. Regin looked to push the ball down the floor and get everyone involved in the offense early.

The Heat ran out to a 11-6 lead with 12:27 left in the first half.



Regin looked to get the bal into the hands of DJ Hunter. Hunter was all over the floor. He was able to get his teammates

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