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Here are results from this weekend's Star of the North event in St. Paul. In Pool A, Tartan and Plainview-Elgin-Millville went 2-0. A 4...

Lots of teams at the Dakota Showcase that ended yesterday. Here's how they did. Pool Play MN Magic Robertson 3-0 MN Fury 1-2 94 Ft of G...

From Wishoops.net, the East Metro Showcase pairings have been announced. On the bad side these games are the same day as the Border Battle....

Rivals released their 1st top 100 for the 2010 class today ( read it here ). No Minnesota players included but some players that did appear...

Another event that I didn't mention for this weekend is Tubby Smith's team camp. BSM, Tonka, Hopkins amongst others will be represe...

Lots going on as we end June and start another college recruiting cycle. Lots of local teams at the Dakota Showcase Thursday-Saturday. In P...

How appropriate that we start year 2 of the blog with Quarterfinal action in all divisions at the state AAU tournament. Session 1 15U Quarte...

Only 16U action in the top 3 brackets tonight. Biggest humor moment of the night was a woman fully decked out as if it was the Kentucky Der...

If you missed the previews of the 15U, 16U and 17U divisions for the state AAU tourney, you can read them with the following links. 17U Prev...

This is the 3rd in a series of 3 previews of the MN AAU Boys District Championship at Bloomington Jefferson this weekend. We'll do the ...

This is the 2nd in a series of 3 previews of the MN AAU Boys District Championship at Bloomington Jefferson this weekend. We'll do the ...

This is the 1st in a series of 3 previews of the MN AAU Boys District Championship at Bloomington Jefferson this weekend. We begin with the...

(Czar's note 6/2/08, I found the ESPN link and updated the text to include it) Forgive me for being a sentimental type of guy, but ESPN ...

I incorrectly reported last weekend's Memorial Day results, here are the correct results. My apologies to the teams. 1st Place: MN Fury...

Thanks to all who voted in the 2 poll questions that I posted this week. 60% said that it would help Tubby's recruiting if the big local...

John Millea reporting today on the StarTrib preps blog that the new Chanhassen High School opening in fall 2009 will join the Lake Conferen...

Should be a fun Memorial Day weekend for many of the local teams. Howard Pulley has elite squads in Nashville for the big Nike event and Ne...

The new Scout.com rankings for 2009 have been released. ( Read them here ). Rivals just updated their rankings recently too, you can read ...

Today takes the Czar to North (St. Paul) High for MYAS action with the MN Magic 15U Elite squad. No Kyle Noreen or Brandon Siefert for the ...

I had the chance to take a couple of MN Wrath 15U games today at BSM. It was my 1st opportunity to see one of the top freshmen in the state...