My final girls game leading up to the start of the MN boys season takes me to Henry to see them take on North Branch. North Branch gets a late layup to win the 2nd half 16-14, woo who. None of it matters as the first half saw Henry go without a field goal until 1:10 left in the half for a halftime score of 40-3 North Branch. Needless to say we had 9 full minutes of mercy rule tonight. Props to the Henry PA guy for announcing that the clock would be running. North Branch wins 56-17.
So 7 out of 9 girls games were bad and 1 of the other 2 would have qualified if North hadn't made a 14-2 run to steal their game vs Andover. So enough of that. We begin the real season with boys games the next 2 days in the Old Kingdom. I'll join The Emperor for the 1st of many games with him this season for a battle of top Wisconsin bigs as Evan Anderson (#1 WI JR, top 40 nationally going to Wisconsin) leads his Eau Claire North squad into the Swamp to take on Trevor Jorgenson (#3 WI Soph, offered by UW-Milwaukee) and La Crosse Logan. Then a special game on Wednesday with the Crown Prince as a loaded Milwaukee Washington squad travels to Madison LaFollette for a battle of top 10 teams.
Then I hustle back here for Eden Prairie at Cretin-Derham Hall on Thursday night, Apple Valley hosting Sibley on Friday and I can't get Wisconsin out of my system as DC Everest (Wausau, WI) finishes their night/day adventure in the cities at Simley on Saturday afternoon. Should be a very interesting week. If you haven't read my MN Preps column yet, take a look (see the link in the upper right). This week's column is a closer look at 7 of the top games of the week. I think you'll enjoy it.
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