Our Podcast List For All The Games We Have Covered
NCAA D-II REGIONAL AUDIO COVERAGE From Mankato
Post Game Winona St. NCAA Regional Game 2 - MSU Moorhead Post Game Regional Game 2 - Fort Lewis Post Game Regional Game 2 - Mark Kellogg of Fort Lewis 1 on 1 Interview - Minnesota State Mankato Post Game Regional Game 2
Monday, March 31, 2008
Benilde-St. Margaret's 58 St. Thomas Academy 52
Benilde-St. Margarets Post Game Comments From -
John Moore - Head Coach
Armond Battle
Jordan Taylor
Matt Thomas
A Visit With Dan Brink
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Saturday, March 29, 2008
BENIDLE BEATS ST THOMAS IN THE REMATCH
BENILDE-ST. MARGARET'S IS YOUR 2008 BOYS STATE CLASS AAA STATE CHAMPION
BENILED-ST. MARGARET'S UP AT THE HALF
MIKE MAX IS IN THE BUILDING
New London-Spicer 59 Crosby-Ironton 51
New London-Spicer Post Game Comments From -
Matt Cordes - Head Coach
Skylar Wachter
Austen Lothert
Jordan Radel
NEW LONDON-SPICER IS YOUR 2008 CLASS 2A STATE BOYS BASKETBALL CHAMPION
NEW LONDON-SPICER BEATS CROSBY-IRONTON IN A GREAT GAME
I have enjoyed watching both of the class A and class AA championship games. This just goes to show that the smaller schools that are from different community's can also play strong basketball. This was Crosby-Ironton first loss of the season.
Ellsworth 81 Minnesota Transitions Charter 63
Ellsworth Post Game Comments From -
Cody Schilling
Markusn Okeson - Head Coach
Adam Van Der Stoep
Trevor Gruis
Class AA Is Tight At The Half
LARGE CROWD AT TARGET CENTER FOR CLASS A AND AA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
Ellsworth Wins
Congratulations once again to Ellsworth for winning there 2nd consecutive Minnesota State class 1A State title.
Congratulations to Ellsworth Cody Schilling for becoming the states all time leading scorer. Cody Schilling now has 3,428 points for his career.
ELLSWORTH IS YOUR CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPION
Ellsworth Is Up At The Half
Class 4A Final Preview
Class 3A Final Preview
Class A Preview
Class AA Preview
New London-Spicer 50 Maple River 49
New London-Spicer Post Game Comments From -
Matt Cordes - Head Coach
Skylar Wachter
Wade Powers
Friday, March 28, 2008
CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY SET
The championship match ups are
1A Minnesota Transitions vs Ellsworth 12:00 pm
2A Crosby-Ironton vs New London-Spicer 2:00pm
3A Benilde-St Margret's vs St Thomas Academy 6:00 pm
4A Minnetonka Vs Henry Sibley 8:00pm
Maple River New London Spicer Wins Tight Game That Was Decided At The End
MSHSL Board Member Lawrence A. Ellis Interview
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Looks Like Another Tight Game
Crosby-Ironton 66 St. Bernard's 60
Crosby-Ironton Post Game Comments From -
Bryce Tesdahl
Dave Galovich - Head Coach
Derek Swanhorst
Crosby Ironton Wins In A Hard Fought Game
A tight Game At The Half
CONFIRMED!!! ROYCE ALEXANDER WHITE TO HOPKINS HIGH SCHOOL
On Sunday, March 30th, Steven has confirmed the above item. It is the intention of Mr. Royce White to be enrolled at Hopkins High School for the 2008-2009 school year.
Ellsworth 66 Norman County East, Twin Valley 52
Ellsworth Post Game Comments From -
Cody Schilling
Markusn Okeson -Head Coach
Adam Van Der Stoep
Class AA Semifinals
ELLSWORTH ADVANCES TO THE FINAL
Ellsworth will try to defend their state title on Saturday when they play Minnesota Transitions Charter School at 12:00 pm on Saturday at the Target Center.
Who Will Pull It Out And Advance?
Ellsworth is shooting 11-19 57.9% from the field in the first half and Norman County East, Twin Valley is shooting 10-32 31.3% from the field.
Minnesota Transitions 87 Cass Lake-Bena 77
Minnesota Transition School Post Game Comments From -
John Sherman - Head Coach
Virgil Baker
MINNESOTA TRANITIONS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL WINS
St.Thomas Academy 56 Willmar 35
St. Thomas Academy Post Game Comments From -
Mike Sjoberg - Head Coach
Fritz Waldvogel
Michael Fitzgerald
We Have A Tight One At The Half
Fast Action at Target Center
Thursday, March 27, 2008
St Thomas Wins And The Rematch Is Set For Championship Saturday
St. Thomas up at the Half
Benilde-St. Margarets 100 Minneapolis Patrick Henry 70
Benilde-St. Margarets Post Game Comments From -
John Moore - Head Coach
Armond Battle
Jordan Taylor
Patrick Henry Post Game Comments From -
Jerry Williams Jr. - Head Coach
Benilde-St.Margaret's Runs Away in Semi Final Action
This game was not even a contest from the Start. Benilde was up big at the half time break and they kept Minneapolis Patrick Henry at Bay. With the win tonight Benilde will be playing eather St. Thomas Academy or Willmar. Once again Jordan Taylor and Armond Battle were the guys that steped up and played well in the semi final game. Jordan finshed the game with 19 points and Armond Battle finshed with 21 points. And Matt Thomas ended the game with 15 points. Benilde waits the winner of the St. Thomas and Willmar game.
Second Class 3A Semi Final
Benilde-St. Margarets Up Big At Half
Top Teams Battle It Out In Semi Final Action
Ellsworth wins
Granada-Huntley-East Chain Ellsworth Update
Cody Schilling BREAKS SCORING RECORD
Cass Lake-Bena Beats Bertha-Hewitt
History Might Be Made Today
Tight at Half
Transitions beats Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
Minnesota Transitions not waits to see who they are going to play.
They will play Bertha-Hewitt or Cass Lake Bena Friday at 12:00 Pm at the Target Center in the Semi Final game.
Minnesota Transitions up big at Half
Basketball in a Hockey Arena
The Minnesota State High school League had a conflict with the University of Minnesota so they are having games played at Mariucci Arena. I think that it is a very interesting place to watch a game. I will be getting the players thoughts of playing in a hockey arena after the game.
Stevens Day 1 Recap
The 2008 boys State Basketball started off on Wednesday Morning with a slew of games. I was able to get into the Target Center about 9:00 in the morning. I went to the will call window at Target Center where I was told that the MSHSL would be leaving passes for the press. However I had to wait inside the lobby for the pass to be delivered. After I had the pass delivered I picked it up and I went in and had a lot of fun. I got to do a lot of exciting interviews which are up on the web site.
I look forward to another exciting day. On Thursday Morning I will be at the University of Minnesota for the Afternoon games and then I will be headed back to the Target Center for the night games.
Patrick Henry 72 St. Michael-Albertville 60
Patrick Henry Post Game Comments From -
Jerome Vaughn
Jerry Bright
Jerry Williams Jr. - Head Coach
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Benilde-St. Margarest 76 St. Paul Como Park 62
Benilde-St. Margarets Post Game Comments From -
John Moore - Head Coach
Armond Battle
Jordan Taylor
Robbinsdale Cooper 54 Burnsville 52
Robbinsdale Cooper Post Game Comments From -
Rodney Williams Jr.
Dave Johnson - Head Coach
Quincey Bethea
Joe Bright
Henry Sibley 68 Rochester Mayo 58
Henry Sibley Post Game Comments From -
Tom Dasovich - Head Coach
Peter Leslie
Noah Kaiser
Mike Bruesewitz
Chris Halvorsen
St. Cloud Tech 79 Cambridge-Isanti 68
St. Cloud Tech post game audio -
Nate Wolters
Randy Jordan - Head Coach
Collin Stinogel
Alex Hanks
Adam Johnson
Minnetonka 66 Bloomington Kennedy 59
Minnetonka Post Game Comments From
Anthony Tucker
C. J. Erickson
John Hedstrom - Head Coach
Sedrick McBounds
Andy Burns
Boy's Pre-State Tournament Interviews
Tom Dasovich - Head Coach Henry Sibley
Lewis Johnson - St Paul Como Park Player
Rodney Williams Jr. - Cooper Player
Dave Johnson - Cooper Head Coach
Girl's State Left Overs
I will be posting the Class AAA & AAAA post game interviews and game photos as the day moves along.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Beaking News....
I got this tip from one of my volunteers whom I would consider reliable enough to share this information with you folks.
There is more but without direct confirmation of the additional information I am unwilling to let you in on all of it. The StarTribune is likely to have the story published in the next 4 to 8 hours.
The Link is - http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/16803741.html
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Class A All-Tournament Team
Jenny Ramey New Life Academy
Cara Lutes New Life Academy
Breanna Rients Southwest Star Concept
Megan Myhre Barnum
Leah Nordvall Barnum
Katrina Newman Barnum
Nicole Smart Ada-Borup
Laura Kolness Ada-Borup
Katy Ness Ada-Borup
Albany 52 Hayfield 50
Due to technical issues we have not had audio for the last game on Thursday and Friday. These issues are now fixed and we look forward to providing complete coverage of all games at the Target Center on Saturday.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Totino Grace 48 Rogers 40
Due to technical issues we have not had audio for the last game on Thursday and Friday. These issues are now fixed and we look forward to providing complete coverage of all games at the Target Center on Saturday.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Minneapolis South 64 Chaska 49
Interviews -
Ahmil Jihad - South
Taqouia Hammick - South
Taylor Hill - South
Bob Downs - Chaska - no interview due to technical issue
Minneahaha Academy 49 Fergus Falls 44
Photos are by Minneapolis Community & Technical College Student Tim Davis
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Click on the name below for the interview you want.
Dave Rund
Amanda Lewis
Josh Thurow
Also - At Williams Arena
Grand Rapids | 38 |
Totino-Grace | 48 |
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
De LaSalle 51 Austin 38
Photos by Anna Radjl
Photos by Tim Davis
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For the interview of your choice click on the name below.
Brian Frye
Gary Peterson
Also - At Williams Arena
Marshall | 44 |
Rogers | 45 |
Eastview 70 St. Francis 50
Game Stats
For post game interviews click on the name below.
Paul Goetz - Eastview
Len Messerschmidt - St. Francis
Also - At Williams Arena
Albany | 70 |
Hinckley-Finlayson | 52 |
St. Paul Central 74 - St. Cloud Tech 47
To here the interviews for this game just click on the name.
Willie Taylor
Kris Hagen
Georgie Jones
Game Stats
Also - At Williams Arena
Hayfield | 55 |
Minnesota Valley Lutheran | 43 |
Chaska 50 Osseo 44
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A reminder that I am online and able to chat with you live via Yahoo. My id is ur_hoops.
Also - At Williams Arena
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South 57 Owatonna 46
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A reminder that I am online and able to chat with you live via Yahoo. My id is ur_hoops.
Also - At Williams Arena
Caledonia | 61 |
Jordan | 74 |
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
2008 Miss. Basketball Final 5 Announced
Kiara Buford, St. Paul Central
Briana Mastey, Becker
Kamille Wahlin, Crookston
Brittnye McSparron, Eastview
We found this list on Sue Shorts fan message board and confirmed it with a committee member.
Brackets Brackets And More Brackets
NCAA II - MEN
NCAA II - WOMEN
NCAA III - MEN
NCAA III - WOMEN
NCCAA I - MEN
NCCAA I - WOMEN
NCCAA II - MEN
NCCAA II - WOMEN
NAIA I - MEN
NAIA I - WOMEN
NAIA II - MEN
NAIA II - WOMEN
NJCAA I - MEN
NJCAA I - WOMEN
NJCAA II - MEN
NJCAA II - WOMEN
NJCAA III - MEN
NJCAA III - WOMEN
Monday, March 10, 2008
My Thoughts on the Upcoming State Tournament
Several people have e-mailed or called me asking for my thoughts on the upcoming State Tournament but I won't give them.
WHY?
One of the goals of Community Hoops Productions to give the fans a chance to think for themselves. We will try to give you complete post game comments from the coaches and maybe some players. The audio clips will include questions from all media in the given gathering as well as the answers unedited.
This year, to add to this, I will chat on line with anyone during the tournament. I use Yahoo and my ID is ur_hoops. Right now it will be just a one on one thing but I will also try to set up a chat room for this as well.
I have shared a couple of thoughts within this blog over the past few weeks but do not expect more unless something extraordinary happens.
'I've always liked being the boss' - says Willie Taylor
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Sunday, March 9, 2008
Mn Tournament Seeds Announced
Saturday, March 8, 2008
NSIC Conference Finals
I was on the Wayne State College radio coverage as a halftime guest and some second half time-out fill. Click Here to listen to the halftime interview.
Wayne State College Coach Ryun Williams talks to KCTY about his teams loss in the NSIC finals.
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Coach Fessler of Concordia St. Paul breifly talks about his teams victory and NCAA D2 automatic birth. Click Here to listen to this interview.
Fessler Praises His Seniors
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Twin City Game Video Finally Ready
Yours truly was one of the announcers for this contest.
1st half
2nd half
And for kicks, here's a link where someone got a very happy birthday
Friday, March 7, 2008
NSIC Conference Semi Finals
St. Paul Concordia women's basketball coach Paul Fessler following the Golden Bears NSIC Semi-Final win. Click Here to listen to this interview.
Wayne State College women's basketball coach Ryun Williams following the Wildcats NSIC Semi-Final win. Click Here to listen to this interview.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Interview with Brian Frye of DeLaSalle
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Mike Durbin from St. Ben's interview
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Theresa Grentz visits with us
Coach Grentz currently is Assistant to V.P. for Student Affairs at IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY
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Gutless Ref's on Display
I went to Concordia College in St. Paul tonight to watch what turned out to be 2 fun games to see. At the end of the first game, which was won by Woodbury on a shot that was clearly before the final buzzer, I was reminded of last year when Albany was denied the opportunity to question a call that was reversible and it cost them a chance at the state title. They were denied this because the ref's ran off of the floor without at least making sure that the coach's were happy with the scorekeeping and everything else for that matter.
I guess as a whole the ref's for tonight’s game didn't get the memo on this one. Although the correct call was made, all 3 of these gutless wonders ran from the floor and an assistant coach was left to run after them while the head coach (correctly I might add) held her team back from the traditional hand shake that follows the game. Also, I would like to add that when this move from the losing team became obvious the winning coach had his team do a quick cheer on the floor and then had his team leave (quickly I might also add).
Now to the average fan this whole thing looked like the losing team was displaying poor sportsmanship when in reality the coach wanted to make sure the call was correctly made, nothing more, nothing less.
It is true that ref's can make a game look good or bad by how they call a game and to be fair to this crew, up until this cowardly act they were fine.
I hope that these guys send letters to both teams about their conduct on this call. They got the call right but their actions ruined a great game for the average fan.
I hate cowards like that.
You can go to Kevin Anderson's website to see a report from another observer on this game.
Monday, March 3, 2008
UW-River Falls Coach Cindy Hovet
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St. Paul Central 80 - White Bear Lake 74
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Amy Ruley Steps Down at NDSU
Read more by clicking here.
PDF link to NDSU Write up
Coach Ruley's NDSU Web Site Profile
NDSU Women's Basketball Home Page
Story from WDAY TV/Radio
Story from the IN-FORUM News
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Chaska Coach Bob Downs Interview
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Disappointing News Coming Soon
There is a rumor that a local player on the boy's side has been removed from the high school he is attending for cheating on a test. I have 2 thoughts on this.
First - If true, I have trouble believing that this is the first incident with this young man if he is being kicked out of the school. To my knowledge, almost every school has some sort of 2 or 3 strike policy (if not more).
Second - If true, I hope that all students use this as a wakeup call even if you have your college plans set up or not. It is not worth the trouble to cheat. I personally know of 4 hockey players that lost out on their pro contracts for this very issue while attending school at UMD back in the day. Ask for the help. If told no keep asking, someone will help you understand the material.
Mavericks Finish Season in Region Semi's
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