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I too think it's great that

Thomas L. Johnson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:21:31 -0600

I too think it's great that we can even talk about girl's sports -- we from the era where only boys played basketball. And badly, by the way. Keep up the shameless promoting; it is a good thing.

Glad you're proud of the

Mama G — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:59:46 -0600

Glad you're proud of the girls. Me, too. Don't ask. Don't tell. Don't question. Settle for good enough. Let the girls shoot at peach baskets and in long skirts. It's all the same to me now. Enjoy your summer!

Leaders of what? I knew

Freshface — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:49:54 -0600

Leaders of what?

I knew girls' basketball was low scoring, but if the scoring leader only scored 121 points and the 67 rebounds is the best, that is saying something. It sounds more to me that the ax to grind is more important than finding or explaining the facts. I am proud of the girls, they had a good year and finally got the playoff monkey off of their back, no amount of re-hashing the details or explaining is going to change the fact that the season is over. Sounds to me like it is time to move on.

ALL CONFERENCE The Arrowhead

Mama G — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:09:37 -0600

ALL CONFERENCE

The Arrowhead conference has released their All Conference listing

GOOD JOB, HEAVEN! We are all so proud of you!

1st Team
Charlotte Overbye (11th) Mt.Iron-Buhl
Lashae Brooks (10th) Orr
Emily Youngstrom (11th) Cook
Mariah McDonald (10th) Ely
Taylor Sauter (10th) Cherry

2nd Team
Darby Youngstrom (8th) Cook
Dakotah Winans (10th) Mt.Iron-Buhl
Heaven Grinsell (12th) International Falls
Megan Vidas (10th) Eveleth-Gilbert
Sarah Eisenhuth (12th) Babbitt-Embarrass

Honorable Mention
Jessie LaValley (11th) Babbitt-Embarrass
Julie Elkins (9th) Tower-Soudan
Hailey Lislegard (10th) Mesabi East
Macey Etter (10th) Cherry
Hanna Heibel (10th) International Falls
Kate White (11th) Mesabi East

Congratulations boys on an

lakelover — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:11:36 -0600

Congratulations boys on an awesome season!!!! I know we will see even more next year!!!!

Before coach Gilbert stated

Mama G — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:44:35 -0600

Before coach Gilbert stated on the radio that he had no leadership and what poor players he had to work with, he should've checked out the stats. When all a coach sees is the negative side of everything, maybe it is his leadership we are lacking? What he fails to realize is that they are girls first and basketball players second. Basketball is what they do, not who they are. Get to know the girls first, give them kudos and their game will follow. These are your leaders. It might not be who you want it to be but it is what it is.

Points

1 Laicee Grahek - Hibbing 121
2 Hillary Bungarden - Hibbing 91
3 Heaven Grinsell - Int'l Falls 84
4 Brianna Zunich - Chisholm 70
5 Kate Lange - Hibbing 64
6 Katelyn White - Mesabi East 74
7 Hailey Lislegard - Mesabi East 74
8 Chelsea Perkins - Chisholm 42
9 Kendra Cappo - Chisholm 50
10 Hailey Smith - Hibbing 44

2-Point Field Goal Percentage

1 Hillary Bungarden - Hibbing 59.26%
2 Laicee Grahek - Hibbing 54.93%
3 Katie McLaughlin - Hibbing 50.00%
4 Kate Lange - Hibbing 48.39% 4
5 Olivia King - Int'l Falls 43.10%
6 Hailey Lislegard - Mesabi East 40.58%
7 Brianna Zunich - Chisholm 38.67%
8 Heaven Grinsell - Int'l Falls 36.84%
9 Megan West - Mesabi East 36.67%
10 Whitney Finco - Hibbing 36.36%

3-Point Field Goal

1 Katie McLaughlin - Hibbing 46.15%
2 Laicee Grahek - Hibbing 37.04%
3 Heaven Grinsell - Int'l Falls 35.29%
4 Hillary Bungarden - Hibbing 33.33%
5 Reva Renollet - Int'l Falls 28.57%
6 Katelyn White - Mesabi East 25.00%
7 Hanna Heibel - Int'l Falls 25.00%
8 April Viburg - Chisholm 25.00%
9 Christine Nyberg - Hibbing 21.43%
10 Kendra Cappo - Chisholm 20.00%

Free Throw Percentage

1 Laicee Grahek - Hibbing 81.25%
2 Kelsie Foss - Int'l Falls 80.00%
3 Megan West - Mesabi East 78.57%
4 Hailey Lislegard - Mesabi East 75.00%
5 Heaven Grinsell - Int'l Falls 74.51%
6 April Viburg - Chisholm 69.23%
7 Rachel Foss - Int'l Falls 69.23%
8 Kendra Cappo - Chisholm 60.87%
9 Haylee Donnelson - Mesabi East 60.00%
10 Chelsea Perkins - Chisholm 52.17%

Rebounding

1 Brianna Zunich - Chisholm 61
2 Olivia King - Int'l Falls 67
3 Kate Lange - Hibbing 57
4 Hailey Lislegard - Mesabi East 63
5 Haylee Donnelson - Mesabi East 62
6 Laicee Grahek - Hibbing 40
7 Ellen Lescarbeau - Chisholm 39
8 Kendra Cappo - Chisholm 31
9 Whitney Finco - Hibbing 31
10 April Viburg - Chisholm 31

Steals

1 Laicee Grahek - Hibbing 31
2 Kendra Cappo - Chisholm 23
3 Chelsea Perkins - Chisholm 18
4 Whitney Finco - Hibbing 22
5 Brianna Zunich - Chisholm 21
6 Devin Smart - Chisholm 16
7 Heaven Grinsell - Int'l Falls 21
8 Megan West - Mesabi East 20
9 April Viburg - Chisholm 17
10 Kate Lange - Hibbing 16

How did Heaven go 12 for 12

Mama G — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:20:32 -0600

How did Heaven go 12 for 12 on the free throw line and make 13 points? That's an impossibility. Just keeping you on your toes, Jim! :-) (It is actually more annoying to me how her points got shaved and given to another player all season...film is a wonderful thing...but hey...I'm just a Mom who loves her kid...) Loved the picture--bought up all the papers! Ha ha! Anyways, the fat lady has sung!

They won but this was FAR

MamaG — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:56:35 -0600

They won but this was FAR from a "good game".

The relatives in Arizona

MamaG — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:22:13 -0600

The relatives in Arizona would love that, too! After she scored that many, she got totally repremanded (I know, right!?!) so we brought home an egg yesterday. (Can't say I blame her. Who gets in trouble for scoring?!? The boys get player of the week; go figure.) But, we did beat Virginia tonight 67-58!! (Shhhh. She made 20 in that one...) The Broncos played really well and you would've enjoyed it; they're really fun to watch.

That's too bad. Somewhere

Shannon Grinsell-Brade — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:01:08 -0600

That's too bad. Somewhere I'd like to read that my sister, Heaven, scored 25 points for the Broncos!!! Whooo-Hooo!!!

Apologies MamaG, but the

JJSportsEditor — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:25:12 -0600

Apologies MamaG, but the results of that game were never reported. Only the score was reported.

How about an article on the

MamaG — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:13:33 -0600

How about an article on the Mesabi East game that they won?

Look a little harder in the

bennemec — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:19:33 -0500

Look a little harder in the L-BF trophy cabinets and you will find the first year that the Viking football team played in the Metrodome was in 1990-one of the best Viking teams that I personally remember.

studies showed that joining

MiguelN — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:29:46 -0500

studies showed that joining any varsity may help academic financial matters.Myron Rolle has put the NFL on hold to pursue his studies. Myron Rolle, a safety for the Florida Seminoles, has put his NFL prospects and instant money on hold to pursue academic studies, which would sound odd except for that he is a Rhodes Scholar. Rhodes Scholars are invited to study at Oxford University, from nations all over the world. It is the most prestigious scholarship a person can receive. A previous Rhodes Scholar exchanged his NFL career for studies – Byron White, who later became a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. He will pursue a degree in medicine, and enter the raft in 2010, so Myron Rolle is likely to never need debt relief.

Not to mention the fact that

Freshface — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:11:36 -0500

Not to mention the fact that the road to a championship is only six games long in high school hockey. In basketball it can take almost six games just to get to the state tournament. Most kisd would be ahrd pressed to even get a sniff from a bigger school is basketball leaving hockey as the only way to "wealth and stardom".