All-Star Series 2012

Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association                                                                   All-Star Series 2012

The All-Star Series is of Minnesota’s top 40 seniors the class of 2012. 4 teams composed of 10 players a piece. 4 games 2 days 2 gyms and Minnesota high school basketball at it’s best.

     Blue Team:                                       Maroon Team:                       

Shawn Bear          G  Richfield                           Dwight Anderson G  Washburn

Connor Goodwin  F Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa   Joey Bartlett           F  St. Peter 

Charles Smith       G Washburn                          Kyle Bauman         C United South Central

Damien Reinke     F Becker                                Mike Busack          F Redwood Valley 

Rickey Suggs       G Woodbury                          Siyani Chambers    G Hopkins

Cortez Tillman     G Crentin-Derham Hall         Joey King               F Eastview 

Tyler Vaughan     G Braham                               Drew Osmundson G Owatonna

Mitch Weg           C Worthington                       Ryan Saarela          F Lakeville North               

Brody Ziegler       F Mankato East                      Taylor Stafford     G Duluth East

Anthony Hill        G Champlin Park                    Marcus Tyus         G Anoka 

     Gold Team:                                                 Green Team:

Joe Burt               G  St. Could Cathedral                  Anthony Brama   F St. Anthony Village         

Latrell Love         F/C  Minnetonka                           Tyler Flack          F Lakeville North

Sanjay Lumpkin   F Benilde-St. Margaret’s              Isaiah Gray    G Benilde-St. Margaret’s   

Nate Mayer         G Cold Spring Rocori                 Zach Huisken C Southwest MN Christian      

Austin Pohlen      G Grand Rapids                            Nate Kratch    F  Watertown-Mayer

Casey Bruggeman G Pelican Rapids                    Marcus Marshall G Johnson (did not play) 

Michael Schreiber  G Rogers                                   C.J. Neumann F  Crentin-Derham Hall

Carnell Sheppard  G Minneapolis South                 Justin Pahl     G/F East Ridge

Brady Wohler      F  Orono                                      Sean Scott    G/F Spring Lake Park

Johnny Woodard  G Duluth East                                Emeche Wells F Roseville       

Gold vs Green 101-90 – W Green

Green team: Marcus Tyus 19 7reb 4ast 2stl, Taylor Stafford 17 5ast 2stl, C.J. Neumann 17 9reb, Tyler Flack 10 9reb, Isaiah Gray 12 6reb 4ast

Gold team: Johnny Woodard 20 9reb 4ast, Latrell Love 15 3reb 2stl, Sanjay Lumpkin 11 5reb 2ast 1blk, Austin Pohlen 12 4reb 3ast

Maroon vs Blue 105-90 – W Maroon

Maroon team: Mike Busack 11/14 24 6reb 0 turnovers, Sean Scott 17 1ast 1stl 0 turnovers Joey King 13 4reb,

Blue team : Ricky Suggs 14 4reb 4stl 2ast 0 turnovers, Brody Ziegler 12 7reb 3ast 1blk ,

Maroon vs Green 112 -101 - W Green  

Green team: Tyler Flack 20 3reb, Taylor Safford 22 11ast 3stl 1turnover, Marcus Tyus 16 9reb 4ast 3stl, Isaiah Gray 7/11 3reb 2ast

Maroon team: Joey King 19 6reb, Siyani Chambers 19 6reb 3ast, Mike Busack 16 3ast

Gold vs Blue   107-102 - W Gold

Gold Team: Jonny Woodard 12/17 27 8reb 1ast 1blk 0 turnovers, Sanjay Lumpkin 24 13reb 3ast, Latrell Love 15 6reb 2ast

Blue Team: Tyler Vaughan 16 2reb 2ast, Ricky Suggs 14 9reb

 This Metro Youth Sports All-Star Series First and Second Team

      First-Team                                             Second-Team

  Taylor Stafford (MVP)                                 Siyani Chambers

   Marcus Tyus                                                    Isaiah Gray    

  Johnny Woodard                                               Ricky Suggs   

    Mike Busack                                                  Latrtell Love  

   Sanjay Lumpkin                                            Tyler Flack                  

                            

Notable Players Not here. Isaiah Zierden Benilde St. Margart's, Zach Stahl Hopkins, Ater Manyang Century Rochester, Zachary Lofton Columbia Heights, Jerry Phatt Washburn, Gage Deis Prairie Seeds Academy, Ben Glover MTS, Darrion Scott FAIR, Demitrius Martin Hopkins,

Executive Director – Tom Critchley 

Standings Sections Scary: Sectional Review

Standings Sections Scary: Sectional Review

This is a look into this year’s Minnesota State Tournament sections

Where potential meets opportunity and every game is big deal to somebody. Minnesota’s high school basketball regular season is at end and the winning steaks are at end too. All or nothing win or go home 1 and done and that’s the start. The sections schedule is out and the games are underway. I’m a little more upset minded to make things fun and giving more flavor to the selections. We won’t be looking at every section but we will take a look at some the best and the metro teams.

    4A: Minnesota’s largest schools and most talent producing programs are in “4A”.  This League consists mainly of public schools but have a select number of private schools.  With more skilled players in the league, this should be more quite a bit more interesting than past year’s, but likely with some of the same results.   

Section 3: This year this section has a lot of hype with #2 Eastview and #7 Apple Valley playing in a Section.  With a top ten match up in a Sectional final featuring class of 2014 Tyus Jones of Apple Valley a top 5 player and class of 2012 Joey King of Eastview top 5 player. This is the 3^rd time they would play this season with Eastview winning both, should be another high scoring sell out! Cretin-Derham Hall also is the 3 seed in this section featuring class of 2012 CJ Neumann and younger brother class of 2015 Sam Neumann and should play Apple Valley in the semifinals.

Section 4: This section should be very competitive with 3 teams really having a chance to make it to state out of this section. #6 Roseville comes in 22-4 and the #1 seed and they split their regular season games with #2 seed Woodbury this year. Tartan also is a 3 seed in this section and should be a great match up in the semifinals against Woodbury. This section features 3 of Minnesota’s top guards in the class of 2013. Most well know Tartan guard Darrion Strong, Roseville guard Logan Brown, and Woodbury Guard Renard Suggs.

Section 5: This section features one of Minnesota basketball powerhouses #4 Osseo. This should be Osseo’s section to lose after not making it to state last year. Class of 2014 Ian Theisen, class of 2012 D.J. Hebert and company should be competing for a State Title this year.. #13 Park Center is the 2^nd seed in this section and play Cooper. This will be the best first round match in all the State sections and could be one of the best games in sections, featuring 2 of the top scorers in the state. Future D1 player Class of 2014 Rashard Vaughn can take over a game and class of 2013 Quinton Hooker who can put up big numbers.

Section 6: If you love Lake Conference basketball then this is the section to watch with exception to 1 game Hopkins Vs Southwest. 1 vs. 8 match of the best team in the state vs. the worst coach in the state.. Edina is having a break out year and should be playing Minnetonka in the semifinals for the 3^rd time winning the first 2. Minnetonka’s front court duel class of 2013 Riley Dearring and class of 2012 Latrell Love have the potential make a run, but don’t count on it. #1 Hopkins is the favorite and do not look like they will be challenged, class of 2012 Siyani Chambers and Zach Stahl are winners and plan on winning it all for the 4^th year in a row.

4A Stat Tournament Appearance

Section 1: Lakeville North                               Section 5: Osseo

Section 2: Eden Prairie                                   Section 6: Hopkins

Section 3: Eastview                                        Section 7: Duluth East

Section 4: Tartan                                           Section 8: Rogers

   3A: Minnesota’s second largest school class has the top end of private schools class and the majority of the metro programs. This class has the best programs in the twin cities area. This class dose not a have depth in the sections as 4A, but still some of the best teams in the state.

Section 3: This section was won by Columbia Heights last year who played in the title game. This section should be fun to watch with Henry and Columbia Heights having sub-par years. While Spring Lake Park is having a breakout year led by class of 2012 Sean Scott and Bryce Williams. De La Salle the 2^nd seed won out the season on an 8 game win streak their longest of the season. Class of 2014 Reid Travis is on a roll, freshmen phenom Jarvis Johnson with a full season of game experience.  The Islanders last lost 60-59 was to Benilde-St. Margret’s and last season win was 79-39 over a good 4A Moorhead team. Should be a great sectional final with the experience of Spring Lake Park against De La Salle’s athleticism and upside.

Section 4: This Section has the majority of the St. Paul public schools. The 2^nd seed St. Thomas Academy and class of 2012 Thomas Sjoberg slit the regular season match up with 3^rd seed Hill-Murray and should be a competitive semifinals game on a neutral floor. 1^st seed Johnson last 3 loses where 2 Washburn, Onalaska (WI) and Hopkins dropping the last 2 by a combined total of 3 points. There are no teams close to that caliber in this section, or the caliber of class 2012 Marcus Marshall a top 5 player in the class. Johnson won this section last year and where the 1 seed at state and look to make state for the 4^th year in a row.    

Section 6: This Section by far is the strongest in class 3A this year, with 3 of the top 10 team in the class playing in it. Blake the 3^rd seed would be worthy of making State in 3A but don’t have the talent to match up with the top seeds in this section. 1^st seed Benilde St. Margaret’s lost last year in the section finals in a upset to Waconia, and have not made it to the Taget Center since they won the title in the 07-08 season. D-1 commits Class of 2012 Isaiah Zierden and Sanjay Lumpkin look to make it to state and win it this year. Washburn is the 2^nd seed in this section and also where beat by Woconia last year in sections. Washburn led by class of 2012 Nick Anderson is Minneapolis’s most talented program a few teams have the depth and athleticism of the Miller’s. This sectional final really should be the state final as the 2 best teams in the class are in the same section.     

3A Stat Tournament Appearance

Section 1: Austin                             Section 5: Delano

Section 2: Waconia                      Section 6: Benilde St. Margaret’s

Section 3: De La Salle                      Section 7: Grand Rapids

Section 4: St. Paul Johnson              Section 8: Little Falls

2A: Section 8 has the 2 best teams in in the class #1 Pelican Rapids and #2 Preham in the and only one can make state. In section 3 to other of the best team in 2A Montevideo and Redwood Valley and should play in the section final. Also in section 2 Waterville-Elysian-Morristown and St. Peter should play in section final but both are worthy of a state appearance. After sections 4 of the top 10 teams in the class won’t make state.

2A Stat Tournament Appearance

Section 1: Plainview-Elgin Millville Section 5: Watertown-Mayer

Section 2: St. Peter                      Section 6: Litchfield  

Section 3: Redwood Valley          Section 7: Braham

Section 4: St. Croix Lutheran        Section 8: Perham   

1A: The smallest schools are in state are in 1A and has the fewest amount of talented programs. This year there is more talent at these smaller programs and should be fun to see who wins their section and make it too state.

Section 4: This section has 5 of the top 15 schools in the class this year and should be some of the better games in sectional. Maranatha Christian is the #1 seed in this section and won it last year and should be favored with the experience on their side. The 2^nd seed F.A.I.R downtown lost to Maranatha in section last year but is a much improved team with only 2 loses. Prairie Seed Academy is the 3^rd seed in this section and is arguably the most talented team in the class. The sectional semifinal could be the state final with Prairie Seeds Academy led by class of 2012 Trent Pollard and 2013 Devin Buckley facing F.A.I.R led by class of 2012 Darrion Scott and Deonta Blackmore. The winner of that game should give Maranatha Christian all the can handle in the section finals.

1A Stat Tournament Appearance

Section 1: Spring Grove                                Section 5: Browerville  

Section 2: Mankato Layola                       Section 6: Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa   

Section 3: Southwest MN Christian  Section 7: Lakeview Christian Academy

Section 4: Prairie Seeds Academy                  Section 8: Cass Lake-Bena