Gold Plated Blowouts

With no trip to the 12th annual Border Battle (my 1st Border Battle miss in 8 yearsa) or the South Metro Showcase (I'll watch Park vs Simley later), its a pair of hosts with gold in their colors for my 2 games of the day.  From the big in #1AAAA Cretin-Derham Hall to the small in TCAC Division 3 leader Calvin Christian.  Both hosts win big to stay on top of their leagues.  You can never pass on the hot dogs at CDH but why not add one at Calvin Christian as well.  Coke and Pepsi for the day's beverages.  Kid pulls out an electric guitar and jams for the last 10 minutes of warmups at Calvin Christian.  That'll work.  But he didn't get a chance to bust out the Jimi Hendrix Woodstock National Anthem which was disappointing.

Game 1: #1AAAA Cretin-Derham Hall 69 Roseville 42
Gary Smith no longer on the Roseville roster.  CDH would sleep walk thru the 1st half but still hold a 9 point lead.  Jaeden King with 7 early points as CDH built a 10 point lead but didn't extend it.  Then the defensive intensity picked up in the 2nd half and the bigs Sy Chatman and Daniel Oturu totally dominated the paint.  Sy Chatman with 14 of his 19 in the 2nd half.  Ryan Larson and Jaeden King with 12 points each.  Roseville effectively doubled Daniel Oturu inside all day.  He was held to 9 points with at least 6 turnovers.  But he still contributed with rebounding and a couple of big blocks to go along with 3 assists to Chatman in the 2nd half.  Roseville held to only 4 field goals for the entire 2nd half as a 9 point halftime margin got out of hand.  Camryn Walker and Nolan Wald with 9 points each to lead Roseville.

Game 2: Calvin Christian 77 AFSA 47
Not much in the way of Seniors in this game with only 3 impact seniors between the rosters.  But Calvin Christian senior Jaedan Schaap is one of them.  He was honored before the game for reaching 1000 career points.  He reached that on Thursday at Hiawatha Collegiate.  The game was out of hand quickly as Calvin jumped out to a 19-3 lead at 10:20.  Too much everything for the Cougars.  42-13 Calvin at the half with 6 of those 13 points coming on banked in triples.  The big front line for Calvin Christian leads the way.  Hans Dykstra leads all scorers with 23 points in the middle, power forward Kaleb Swenson with 16.  Freshman PG Adam Labrie leads AFSA with 20 points.  Calvin Christian loses leader Jaeden Schaap but returns the rest of the rotation.  That includes his 8th grade brother Josiah who looks like he'll have a very good TCAC career.  4 other underclassmen also in the Cougars rotation.