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March Madness: High School Edition
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Last week, Kevin Garnett "scolded" (Star Tribune) some of his teammates for laughing after another loss.
It was difficult to not think about Garnett and the moribund style of basketball the NBA plays while watching two terrific high school basketball games Wednesday night. The gym in Maple Grove was packed with parents and students, all of whom had a stake in the outcome: win or go home. Gophers coach Dan Monson sat on the bleachers in the corner, eating popcorn and salivating over the raw and tough city kids before him (salivating, that is, if he's got an iota of coaching acumen left in him).
Greg Boone was there, too. Boone played for Minneapolis Central in the glory days of Minneapolis basketball, and is now an avid youth-sports organizer. He once told me that people often tell him that the '75-'76 Central team featuring Boone, William Henry, Greg Maddox, Duane Nelson, and Andre Griffin was the greatest high school basketball team they've ever seen. They once beat Edison, 100-25.
Continue reading "March Madness: High School Edition"
Posted by Jim Walsh at March 15, 2006 10:53 AM | Comments (13)
Comfrey softballers attempt world record for longest softball game
Filed under: Amateur
Softball players in rural Comfrey, Minnesota, recently attempted a new world record for longest softball game. Eighty participants played softball from noon on Thursday to 8:01 p.m. on Sunday. No word yet if they officially beat the record.
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Posted by Corey Anderson at June 22, 2005 9:05 AM
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