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An Open Letter From a Referee

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The following open letter was sent to me by an official.  I think it encapsulates much of the perspective that is often missing in today...
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2015 EYBL Session 4 Howard Pulley Preview

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Memorial Day weekend is always a great weekend for local hoops with the EYBL circuit making its annual appearance.  As always its the 4th an...

2015 Comets Shootout Thoughts

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The Comets Shootout is always one of the most entertaining events of the season.  Its also hectic with the teams playing the games in a 2 da...

2015 Comets Shootout Predictions

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Its time once again for the Comets Shootout, one of the great events of our local grassroots season.  No shoe company teams showing up excep...

Small School Delight

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Prologue To Macalester for the 4A and 4AA championships.  Jammed packed house at the Leonard Center for both games.  The always fun 500 ml ...

Revenge is best served cold

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Prologue Off to Farmington for another epic section final matchup.  Its the 3AAAA final between #2 Apple Valley and #4 Cretin-Derham Hall. ...

Royals return to State

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Prologue Its the 2015 Section 6AAAA Championship game between #5 Eden Prairie and #6 Hopkins.  These teams played a classic to end the regul...

Trojans conquer the Crimson

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Prologue Its a rematch of a late January showdown between 3 seed Wayzata and 2 seed Maple Grove.  Wayzata gave away an 11 point lead in the...

Section Blowouts and Blowups

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Prologue A busy 24 hours of hoops.  I pull out the passport for a Friday trip outside The Kingdom to see Chisago Lakes 7AAA opener.  They s...

Pride of the Lions is strong

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Prologue To the eastern shore of The Kingdom for the 4AA 7 vs 10 matchup between St. Paul Humboldt and St. Croix Prep.  SCPA going with a b...

Falcons stop the buzz

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Prologue Its the 4 vs 5 game in loaded section 6AAAA with 20-6 Armstrong visiting 18-8 Edina at the Edina Community Center.  I save the sto...

Elks survive a Thundering Herd of Bison

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Prologue No finer time of year than playoff time.  Tonight's a 4 vs 5 game to open the section 8AAAA playoffs.  Its a rematch of Buffal...

Eagles soar over Knights

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Prologue Its the last night of my regular season and the record number of games pace continues.  Tonight I complete the sweep of the St. Pa...

2015 Section Predictions

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Now that seeding is done and the games have been played, some of the teams are who we thought they were (thanks Denny Green) and others were...

An amazing championship day

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Prologue A day of bragging rights.  First to the heavyweight showdown in the Twin Cities Game with Johnson at North.  The grill was going o...