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Detroit Free PressDecember 2, 2003 Tuesday 2 EDITION

COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Michigan looks to prove its legitimacy

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The Michigan Wolverines saythey're for real. Tonight theycan prove it.

U-M has a chance to make animpression with a home gameagainst a team that's 3-0 butbeatable. North Carolina Statevisits Michigan at 7:30 at Cris-ler Arena.

Michigan has won its firstthree games, including a vic-tory at Butler, but the Wolver-ines face their biggest test intonight's ACC/Big Ten chal-lenge. N.C. State has playedin the last two NCAA tourna-ments.

U-M has the home-court ad-vantage but must overcome aquick turnaround; the Wol-verines played an overtimegame Sunday night at Indian-apolis and bused back to AnnArbor after the game.

The Wolfpack is led by 6-foot-6 guard Julius Hodge, one ofthe nation's best scorers.Hodge, averaging 18.3points, has no trouble gettingoff his shot and can shootfrom a variety of angles.

U-M normally puts senior Ber-nard Robinson Jr. on playerslike Hodge, but lately the Wol-verines have played a consid-erable amount of zone de-fense. Michigan struggled toestablish a fast tempo againstButler, but this game should

have a quicker pace. By Mi-chael Rosenberg

TOP 25 MEN

Kansas 85, Texas Christian66:Keith Langford scored 24points on 9-of-10 shooting inhis homecoming and sparkedthe deciding run in the sec-ond half for No. 1 Kansas. TheJayhawks (3-0) led for goodafter Langford's short jumperin traffic with 17:33 left broke a43-all tie. Host TCU (1-2) hadits only lead after Corey San-tee's three-pointer in the firstminute of the second halfmade it 41-39.

Connecticut 75, Lehigh 55:AtHartford, Conn., Ben Gordonscored 19 points and had acareer-high five steals for No.3 Connecticut. The Huskies(5-1) were playing their firstgame after relinquishing theNo. 1 ranking, which they heldin the preseason poll and forthe first two weeks of theregular season. Jose Oliveroled Lehigh (1-3) with 17points, and Ra Tiah was 3-of-5from behind the three-pointline and finished with 11.

Kentucky 89, Marshall 76:AtCincinnati, Gerald Fitchscored 24 points and No. 9Kentucky (3-0) withstoodMarshall's three-point flurry.Marshall (1-2) hit 10 three-pointers.

Marquette 71, Notre Dame58:At Milwaukee, Steve No-vak scored a career-high 21points, including five three-

pointers, for the No. 24Golden Eagles (5-0). TorinFrancis had 23 points andnine rebounds for No. 23Notre Dame (2-1). BIG TEN

Florida State 71, Northwest-ern 53:Anthony Richardsonscored 25 of a career-high 27points in the second half tolead host Florida State (5-0) inthe first game of the annualAtlantic Coast Conference-Big Ten challenge.Richardson, whose previouscareer high was 20 points, hit10 of 13 shots, including fourof five from three-point dis-tance. Jitim Young led North-western (2-3) with 17 points.T.J. Parker and Evan Seacathad 12 each. STATE

Saginaw Valley State91, Alma82:Tim Fralick, AnthonyParker and Maurice Brownscored 21 points each forhost Saginaw Valley (4-1). EricJones had 19 for Alma (0-4).

Northern Michigan 73, Fin-landia 55:Antwuan Holt andBilly Hill each scored 12 pointsfor host Northern Michigan (4-1).

WOMEN

Ohio State 96, Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis 48:CaityMatter sank eight of 12 threesand finished with 26 points tolead No. 14 Ohio State (4-0).Brandie Hoskins had 17points, eight rebounds andeight assists for the hostBuckeyes. The Jaguars are 1-4.


Texas Tech 76, California69:Jia Perkins scored 23 ofher 29 points in the secondhalf for No. 5 Texas Tech (7-0). Nihan Anaz and LeighGregory had 17 points eachfor visiting California (3-2).

Hillsdale 83, Siena Heights56:Lauren Fewis scored 14and Jenn Carlson 13 for visit-ing Hillsdale (2-4), whichoutrebounded Siena Heights,48-37. Nicole Coffey ledSiena Heights (3-5) with 20points.

Notebook:Indiana centerGeorge Leachwill be sidelinedindefinitely after injuring hisleft knee. The 6-foot-11 sen-ior was injured with about nineminutes left in regulation in

Saturday's overtime victoryover Xavier. He said he hurthis knee when he landed on aplayer's foot while trying toblock a shot. . . . Dukesophomore center MichaelThompsonhas decided totransfer, coach MikeKrzyzewskisaid.

Players of the week:Big Ten --Purdue senior guard KennethLowe(54 points in threegames); Iowa sophomore for-ward Greg Brunner(39 points,11 rebounds in two games);Minnesota junior center JanelMcCarville(66 points, 27 re-bounds in three games). Mid-American Conference Westwomen -- Western Michiganjunior guard Casey Rostof St.Johns (averaged 30.5 pointsin two games). Great Lakes

Conference North -- Michi-gan Tech junior forward JoshBuettner(averaged 20.7points and shot 58 percent inthree games) and Northwoodsophomore guard PaygeSalquistof Oxford (17 points,13 rebounds, eight steals inone game). Michigan Inter-collegiate Athletic Association-- Albion junior guard MichaelThomasof Saginaw (48 pointsin two games); Adrian seniorguard Brian Schaefer(47points, 12 rebounds, nineassists in two games); Kala-mazoo junior forward AshleyRileyof Sturgis (41 points, 25rebounds in two games). Mid-Continent -- Junior forwardRawle Marshallof DetroitMackenzie (averaged 25.5points in two games).


Aberdeen American News

November 30, 2003 Sunday South Dakota: D; Pg.

South Dakota 88, Bemidji State 79

BROOKINGS (AP) - JoshMueller scored 27 points tolead the University of SouthDakota to an 88-79 win overBemidji State Saturday nightin the Jackrabbit ThanksgivingClassic.

Mueller connected on eight of21 3-point tries and was 10 of14 in free throws.

Derek Pabben added 23points and Doug Hanson 17for the Coyotes (4-0). SteveAnderson had 10 reboundsfor USD.

For Bemidji (3-3), CharlesHanks had 16 points, Ken-neth Pointer 14 and ShawBellmon 12.

The Coyotes led 44-36 at half-time and shot 57 percent fromthe field compared to 43 per-cent for Bemidji.

South Dakota State 97

Tampa 77

BROOKINGS (AP) - AndyMoeller scored 23 points asSouth Dakota State openedup a 46-33 halftime lead andwent on to down Tampa ofFlorida in the JackrabbitThanksgiving Classic.

Moeller also grabbed five re-bounds and had three assistsfor the Jackrabbits (8-0). JakeWenig chipped in 20 pointsand Marquise Richardsonscored 13 points and hadeight assists.

Tampa (1-3) had 13 pointseach from Mark Borders andDenis Orlov.

SDSU outrebounded Tampa43-37.

Michigan Tech 75

Winona State 67

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - JoshBuettner had 27 points andJason Marcotte added 22 asMichigan Tech beat WinonaState in the American FamilyInsurance Classic.

Marcotte hit six 3-pointers forthe Huskies (6-0) who trailed39-37 at the half. They roaredback despite getting outre-bounded 41-30.

Travis Leech and David Zell-mann led four Winona Stateplayers in double figures with14 points each.

Michigan Tech shot 44 per-cent from the floor comparedto 36 percent for the Warriors(3-2).

Doane 115

Dakota State 98

CRETE, Neb. (AP) - Brian Ja-kubowski scored 29 points tolead Doane over DakotaState.

Jarred Royal added 21 pointsand 13 rebounds for the Ti-gers (4-4), who held a 58-55halftime lead. Adam Schuethhad 15 points and BryshonneBryant scored 12.

Orion Garo scored 22 pointsand went 10-of-10 from thefield to lead Dakota State.Garo was also 2-of-2 from theline.

Sal Raphael had 15 pointsand led with six rebounds. IanMcKeithen scored 12 pointsand had five assists while An-thony Scott had 11 points.

Dakota State (2-7) shot 65.6percent from the field, com-pared with 55.6 percent forDoane.

Chadron State 84

Black Hills State 73

RAPID CITY (AP) - JeremyWissing led three ChadronState players in double-figures with 21 points as theEagles defeated Black HillsState.

Elijah Collins scored 20 pointsand grabbed rebounds andDave Camadini added 14points for Chadron.

Black Hills State was led byKale Kovalski, who scored 21points. Scott Ferguson con-tributed 11 points.

Chadron held a 48-42 lead athalftime and held a 39-36edge in rebounding.

St. Cloud State 72

Wisconsin-River Falls 69

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) - NateMiller had 25 points to lead St.


Cloud State over Wisconsin-River Falls.

Alex Carlson added 11 pointsand 13 assists for the Huskies(4-1). Pat Weihert and SteveTrull each had 10 points.

Rich Melzer led all scorers with32 points for Wisconsin-RiverFalls (2-2).

St. Cloud State led 34-31 atthe half. The Huskies held a28-27 edge in rebounds.

Minnesota State, Mankato 72

Rockford 57

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - LukeAnderson posted his first ca-reer double-double to lead

Minnesota State, Mankatoover Rockford.

Anderson had 16 points and13 rebounds, and JoshZiemke added 12 points, ninerebounds and five assists forthe Mavericks (3-1).

Mankato used a 14-0 runmidway through the first halfto post a 39-25 lead at thehalf.

Lane Good led Rockford (1-3)with 20 points, including five3-pointers. Curtis Louisvilleand Geoff Wing added 14points each.

Mankato held Rockford to 29percent shooting and outre-bounded the Regents 52-34.

Hamline 62, Crown 46

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - JoshHanson scored 16 points andgrabbed 12 rebounds to leadHamline past Crown College.

The Pipers shot 48 percentfrom the field while holdingCrown (1-4) to 29 percentshooting on the game.

Hamline (1-2) led 34-22 athalftime.

Jordan Fleck scored 13 pointsand Jason McWilliams had 10points and 4 rebounds forCrown.

Jerome Williams scored 13points in 27 minutes for Ham-line.


Aberdeen American News

November 30, 2003 Sunday South Dakota: D; Pg. 4

Basketball: Winona falls to Michigan Tech

Dakota over Bemidji State in theJackrabbit Thanksgiving Classic.

Mueller connected on eight of 213-point tries and was 10 of 14 infree throws.

Derek Pabben added 23 pointsand Doug Hanson 17 for theCoyotes (4-0). Steve Andersonhad 10 rebounds for USD.

For Bemidji (3-3), Charles Hankshad 16 points, Kenneth Pointer14 and Shaw Bellmon 12.

The Coyotes led 44-36 at halftimeand shot 57 percent from the fieldcompared to 43 percent for Be-midji.

Michigan Tech 75

Winona State 67

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - JoshBuettner had 27 points and Ja-son Marcotte added 22 asMichigan Tech beat WinonaState in the American Family In-surance Classic.

Marcotte hit six 3-pointers for theHuskies (6-0) who trailed 39-37 atthe half. They roared back de-spite getting outrebounded 41-30.

Travis Leech and David Zellmannled four Winona State players indouble figures with 14 pointseach.

Michigan Tech shot 44 per-cent from the floor compared to36 percent for the Warriors (3-2).

Doane 115

Dakota State 98

CRETE, Neb. (AP) - Brian Jaku-bowski scored 29 points to leadDoane over Dakota State.

Jarred Royal added 21 points and13 rebounds for the Tigers (4-4),who held a 58-55 halftime lead.Adam Schueth had 15 points andBryshonne Bryant scored 12.

Orion Garo scored 22 points andwent 10-of-10 from the field tolead Dakota State. Garo was also2-of-2 from the line.

Sal Raphael had 15 points andled with six rebounds. Ian McKei-then scored 12 points and hadfive assists while Anthony Scotthad 11 points.

Dakota State (2-7) shot 65.6 per-cent from the field, comparedwith 55.6 percent for Doane.

Chadron State 84

Black Hills State 73

RAPID CITY (AP) - JeremyWissing led three Chadron Stateplayers in double-figures with 21points as the Eagles defeatedBlack Hills State.

Elijah Collins scored 20 pointsand grabbed rebounds and DaveCamadini added 14 points forChadron.

Black Hills State was led by KaleKovalski, who scored 21 points.Scott Ferguson contributed 11points.

Chadron held a 48-42 lead at half-time and held a 39-36 edge inrebounding.

St. Cloud State 72

Wisconsin-River Falls 69

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) - NateMiller had 25 points to lead St.Cloud State over Wisconsin-River Falls.

Alex Carlson added 11 points and13 assists for the Huskies (4-1).Pat Weihert and Steve Trull eachhad 10 points.

Rich Melzer led all scorers with32 points for Wisconsin-RiverFalls (2-2).

St. Cloud State led 34-31 at thehalf.

The Huskies held a 28-27 edge inrebounds.

Minnesota State, Mankato 72

Rockford 57

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - LukeAnderson posted his first careerdouble-double to lead MinnesotaState, Mankato over Rockford.

Anderson had 16 points and 13rebounds, and Josh Ziemkeadded 12 points, nine reboundsand five assists for the Maver-icks (3-1).

Mankato used a 14-0 run midwaythrough the first half to post a 39-25 lead at the half.

Lane Good led Rockford (1-3)with 20 points, including five 3-pointers. Curtis Louisville andGeoff Wing added 14 pointseach.

Mankato held Rockford to 29percent shooting and outre-bounded the Regents 52-34.

Hamline 62, Crown 46

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - JoshHanson scored 16 points andgrabbed 12 rebounds to leadHamline past Crown College.

The Pipers shot 48 percent fromthe field while holding Crown (1-4)


Saint Paul Pioneer Press

November 30, 2003 Sunday SPORTS; BRIEF; Pg. 11C

AREA ROUNDUP: Hamline romps over Crown

From news services

Josh Hanson scored 16points and grabbed 12 re-bounds to lead Hamline pastvisiting Crown College 62-46Saturday night.

The Pipers shot 48 percentfrom the field while holdingCrown (1-4) to 29 percentshooting.

Hamline (1-2) led 34-22 athalftime.

Jordan Fleck scored 13 pointsfor Crown.

Gustavus Adolphus 74, Car-thage 61: Tim Brown led Gus-tavus Adolphus (1-2) with the19 points, and the Gustiesended Carthage's 29-gamenonconference home win-ning streak.

Concordia (Moorhead) 80, St.Olaf 68: Soren Nelson scored25 points for the Cobbers (3-0, 1-0) in a Minnesota Inter-collegiate Athletic Confer-ence victory over visiting St.Olaf (1-1, 0-1).

Michigan Tech 75, WinonaState 67:Josh Buettnerscored 27 points, and JasonMarcotte had 22 as MichiganTech (6-0) beat Winona State(3-2) 75-67 in the AmericanFamily Insurance Classic atDuluth, Minn.

Marcotte made six three-pointers for the Huskies, whotrailed 39-37 at halftime.

Travis Leech and David Zell-mann led four Winona Stateplayers in double figures with14 points each.

Wis.-Stout 61, Carleton54:Jeff Vandenberghe ledStout (5-1) with 19 points in ahome victory over Carleton (2-1).

Kyle Beste scored 15 pointsfor the Knights.

St. Cloud St. 72, Wis.-RiverFalls 69: Nate Miller scored 25points to lead St. Cloud State(4-1) to a home victory overRiver Falls (2-2).

The Falcons' Rich Melzer ledall scorers with 32 points.

Wis. Lutheran 98, Northwest-ern (Roseville) 88: John Ur-banek scored 35 points, in-cluding eight three-pointers,to lead Wisconsin Lutheran(2-2) over Northwestern in theconsolation game of the Tur-key Shootout at Menomonie,Wis.

Joseph Sir scored 23 points,and Jeff VerSteeg had 21 forNorthwestern (2-5).

Minnesota St. (Mankato) 72,Rockford 57: Luke Andersonposted his first career double-double to lead MinnesotaState (Mankato) to a noncon-ference victory over Rockfordat Mankato.

Anderson had 16 points and13 rebounds, and JoshZiemke added 12 points, nine

rebounds and five assists forthe Mavericks (3-1).

Mankato used a 14-0 runmidway through the first halfto take a 39-25 lead at half-time.

Lane Good led Rockford (1-3)with 20 points, including fivethree-pointers.

South Dakota 88, Bemidji St.79: Josh Mueller scored 27points to lead South Dakota(4-0) to a victory over BemidjiState (3-3) in the JackrabbitThanksgiving Classic atBrookings, S.D.

Mueller connected on 8 of 21three-point attempts and was10 of 14 in free throws.

Charles Hanks led the Bea-vers with 16 points.

Wis.-La Crosse 56, St. Mary's50:_Casey Taggatz scored 18points as host La Crosse (2-2)defeated St. Mary's (0-2).

Terrence Smith led St. Mary'swith 14 points.

Wis.-Oshkosh 60, Luther 48:Dain Christensen scored 17points to lead Oshkosh (2-1)over Luther (1-2) at Oshkosh.

Drew Devine led the Norsewith 13 points.

Wis.-Whitewater 101, Colo-rado College 90:Matt Joinesscored 24 points to leadWhitewater (4-0) over Colo-rado College (2-2) at ColoradoSprings.


Michael Reich led ColoradoSprings with 36 points.

The Warhawks led 50-31 atthe half.

WOMEN'S GAMES

St. Thomas 85, Luther65:Host St. Thomas (1-0)broke a 12-year-old schoolrecord by making 12 three-pointers in a victory over Lu-ther (2-1) in the Elite WestTournament.

Kristi Huegel led the Tommieswith 17 points, going 3 of 3from three-point range.

Erica Svien scored 17 pointsand grabbed eight reboundsfor the Norse.

Northwestern (Roseville) 84,Augsburg 69:Lisa Neufeldscored 28 points to leadNorthwestern over Augsburgat the Ericksen Center.

Selina Theisen led the Aug-gies (0-1) with 23 points.

Concordia(Moorhead) 71, St.Olaf 49: Anne Keeley scored14 points to lead Concordia(3-0, 1-0 MIAC) over St. Olaf(0-4, 0-1).

Jill Johnson led the Oles with20 points.

St. Cloud St. 69, Minnesota-Duluth 56:

St. Cloud State (3-2) out-scored Minnesota-Duluth 39-27 in the second half and beattheBulldogs(3-1) in thechampionship game of theAmerican Family InsuranceClassic at Duluth.

Shannon Francis led the Hus-kies with 16 points.

Lindsey Dietz led Duluth with22 points.

North Dakota 90, Bemidji St.54: Mary Perrizo scored 26points, and North Dakotaopened with a 15-2 run enroute to a victory over hostBemidji State (2-2) in thechampionship game of theBemidji State ThanksgivingClassic.

Freshman Kelli Hooten re-corded her second consecu-tive double-double, 13 pointsand 10 rebounds, for Bemidji.

Carleton 76, George Fox70:Megan Vig scored 19points to lead five Carletonplayers in double figures asthe Knights won their seasonopener over George Fox atSchoenecker Arena.

Kellie Thomas led George Fox(2-1) with 24 points.

Michigan Tech 72, South-west Minnesota St.56:Andrea Novak scored 28points as Michigan Tech (4-1) beat Southwest MinnesotaState (3-2) at Duluth.

Michelle Bruns led Southwestwith 18 points.

Northwest Missouri State 100,St. Scholastica 57:St. Scho-lastica lost to Northwest Mis-souri State (4-1) to drop to 0-4.

Jackie Plesha led the Saintswith 13 points.

Wis.-Platteville 60, Loras44:Shannon Boatman had 14points and 10 rebounds, andTiff Flesch scored 13 points tolead Wisconsin-Platteville (3-2) to a nonconference victoryover Loras (1-1) on Saturdayat Platteville.

Erin Boxleiter scored 11points for Loras.

Grand View 63, Wis.-LaCrosse 60: Sarah Francisscored 18 points to leadGrand View (8-4) over host LaCrosse (3-2) in a nonconfer-ence game.

Amanda Cushman scored 13points to lead La Crosse.


The Associated Press State & Local WireNovember 29, 2003, Saturday, BC cycle

Michigan Tech 72, Minnesota-Duluth 57

Jason Marcotte and Josh Buettner scored 19 points each, helping Michigan Tech clincha 72-57 win over Minnesota-Duluth in the opening game of the American Family Clas-sic.

Marcotte claimed five of the Huskies 12 three-pointers during Friday night's game i nDuluth.

Michigan Tech dominated the first half, leading 42-25 by halftime.

Buettner added a game-high of seven rebounds and Bob Evans had 12 points on f o u r - o f -seven three-pointers.

Sean Seaman led Minnesota-Duluth with 13 points while Dusty Decker had 12 and JohnEmerson scored 11.

The Huskies take on Winona State in its final game of the tournament Saturday.


The Associated Press State & Local WireNovember 29, 2003, Saturday, BC cycle

Michigan Tech 75, Winona St. 67DULUTH, Minn.

Josh Buettner had 27 points and Jason Marcotte added 22 as Michigan Tech beat W i -nona State 75-67 Saturday in the American Family Insurance Classic.

Marcotte hit six 3-pointers for the Huskies (6-0) who trailed 39-37 at the half. Theyroared back despite being outrebounded 41-30.

Travis Leech and David Zellmann led four Winona State players in double figures.

Michigan Tech shot 44 percent from the floor compared to 36 percent for the W a r -riors (3-2).


Duluth News-TribuneNovember 29, 2003 Saturday SPTS

Dietz near flawless in Classic victoryNEWS TRIBUNE

Lindsey Dietz was near per-fect as the Minnesota Duluthwomen's basketball team im-proved to 3-0 with a 67-65victory over Michigan Techin the opening game of theAmerican Family InsuranceClassic on Friday at RomanoGym.

The sophomore forwardscored a game-high 35 pointsas she went 9 of 13 from thefield and 17-for-17 from thefree throw line.

After shooting only 35 per-cent from the field (7 of 20)and trailing 31-22 at halftime,the Bulldogs (3-0) came outstrong in the second half andshot 65 percent (13 of 20)and made 17 of 21 freethrows to get back into thegame.

Katie Pavlich scored 16 pointsfor the Bulldogs, includingtwo 3-pointers and was 4-for-4from the free throw line, whileNatalie Hopkins led UMD with10 rebounds.

Dietz was named the NorthernSun Intercollegiate Confer-ence player of the week lastweek, averaging 24.5 pointsand 12 rebounds in two victo-ries in the Concordia-St. PaulCrowne Plaza Classic.

The Bulldogs face St. CloudState at 6 p.m. today at Ro-mano Gym.

MICHIGAN TECH (65)

Chelsey MacNeill 4-7 3-4 12,Andrea Novak 1-3 2-2 4,Sarah Magee 0-2 0-0 0, Cath-erine Rottier 3-9 0-0 6, JenaBartels 0-1 0-0 0, MeganSchaller 0-0 0-2 0, Randi Miller2-3 0-0 4, Kim Cameron 0-0 0-0 0, Maria Schneider 10-16 5-5 26, Amanda Sieja 6-10 0-112, Jennifer Swanson 0-0 1-21. Totals: 26-51 11-16 65.

MINNESOTA DULUTH (67)

Tanysha Scott 1-5 1-2 3, KatiePavlich 5-8 4-4 16, LindseyDietz 9-13 17-17 35, MeganO'Hern 1-3 0-0 3, Tasha Mar-tin 1-2 0-0 1, Jess Berglund 1-6 0-2 2, Molly Kissner 0-0 0-10, Katie Winkelman 0-0 0-0 0,Julie Bradt 0-0 0-0 0, NatalieHopkins 2-3 2-2 6. Totals: 20-40 24-28 67.

Halftime -- MT 31, UMD 22. 3-point goals -- MT 2-6 (MacNeill1-2, Magee 0-1, Rottier 0-2,Schneider 1-1), UMD 3-11(Scott 0-1, Pavlich 2-4, Dietz0-1, O'Hern 1-3, Berglund 0-2). Rebounds -- MT 21 (Mac-Neill 5), UMD 24 (Hopkins 10).Assists -- MT 5 (MacNeill 3),UMD 9 (Scott 4). Total fouls --MT 17, UMD 16.

BEMIDJI STATE 87, ST.SCHOLASTICA 64

The Saints remain winless (0-3) after losing Friday to thehost school at the BemidjiState Thanksgiving Classic.

Freshman Maggie Gern-bacher, who's averaging 24.0per game this year, led allscorers with 26 for Bemidji,while freshman Nicole Friendof International Falls hit three3-pointers on her way to 13points. Former Denfeld andScholastica player AllisonSanderberg had 15 reboundsto help the Beavers (2-1) to a55-35 advantage.

Jackie Plesha had 21 for theSaints and Jen Kne added20.

ST. SCHOLASTICA (64)

Jessica Heehn 3-8 0-0 6,Amanda Johnson 1-4 0-1 2,Sarah Klocke 1-8 2-2 4, JenKne 8-17 1-3 20, JackiePlesha 4-8 11-12 21, JessieStenberg 0-3 4-6 4, KimHuschle 0-1 0-0 0, HeatherSaralampi 0-0 3-4 3, JannaTodd 1-1 2-4 4. Totals: 18-5023-32 64.

BEMIDJI STATE (87)

Kris Carlson 5-10 0-1 10, Ni-cole Friend 4-8 2-4 13, AllisonSanderberg 2-11 3-5 7,Serena Nalls 3-9 0-0 6,Shawne Koch 0-5 0-0 0,Maggie Gernbacher 10-18 2-326, Tara Dockter 3-6 0-1 7,Nancy McConkey 2-4 1-2 5,Yontel Handford 0-3 0-0 0,Stacia Swanson 0-0 0-0 0,Kelli Hooten 4-9 5-7 14. To-tals: 33-83 13-23 87.

Halftime -- BSU 41, CSS 33.3-point goals -- CSS 5-13


9Kne 3-6, Plesha 2-4, Sten-berg 0-1, Huschle 0-1), BSU8-23 (Friend 3-5, Sanderberg0-3, Nalls 0-1, Koch 0-3,Gernbacher 4-9, Dockter 1-2).Rebounds -- CSS 35 (Kne 7),BSU 55 (Sanderberg 15). As-sists -- CSS 10 (Klocke 5),BSU 20 (Handford 5). Totalfouls -- CSS 24, BSU 24.Fouled out -- Plesha, Nalls,McConkey. A -- 76.

MEN

MICHIGAN TECH 72, MIN-NESOTA DULUTH 57

The Bulldogs couldn't recoverfrom a 42-25 halftime deficit inthe first game of the AmericanFamily Insurance Classic to fallto 0-3. Sean Seaman led UMD13 points, while Dusty Deckerhad 12 and John Emersonadded 11.

Despite outreboundingMichigan Tech 30-27, UMDcouldn't get its shots to fall,converting 29 percent (9 of31) in the first half and 33.3perccent (11 of 33) in thesecond half. Michigan Techshot 56.6 percent for thegame.

MICHIGAN TECH (72)

Bob Evans 4-9 0-0 12, Ste-phen Folson 3-4 0-0 6, JasonMarcotte 7-11 0-0 19, KelseyFors 0-1 0-0 0, RadaylRichardson 1-5 0-0 2, JeffMcHenry 4-6 0-0 10, KevinMaloney 0-1 0-0 0, Justin Wil-son 1-2 0-0 2, Eddie Ross 0-00-0 0, Jason Maes 1-1 0-0 2,Josh Buettner 9-13 0-0 19,Craig Genung 0-0 0-0 0. To-tals: 30-53 0-0 72.

MINNESOTA DULUTH (57)

Ryan Breidenbach 0-2 0-0 0,Dusty Decker 4-14 2-2 12,Matt Williams 1-4 0-0 3, JohnEmerson 4-11 0-0 11, NatePerry 1-3 0-0 2, Sean Seaman5-10 2-2 13, Matt Hockett 0-21-2 1, Bryan Foss 3-9 0-3 8,Hudson Denny 1-4 2-2 5, MattRawley 1-5 0-2 2. Totals: 20-64 7-13 57. Halftime -- MT 42,UMD 25. 3-point goals -- MT12-25 (Evans 4-7, Folson 0-1,Marcotte 5-8, Fors 0-1,Richardson 0-2, McHenry 2-3,Wilson 0-1, Buettner 1-2),UMD 10-29 (Breidenbach 0-1,Decker 2-8, Williams 1-4, Em-erson 3-8, Seaman 1-2, Foss2-4, Denny 1-2). Rebounds --27 (Buettner 7), UMD 30(Rawley 6). Assists -- MT 12(Richardson 5), UMD 9 (Foss3). Total fouls -- MT 11, UMD8. A -- 482.


Duluth News-TribuneNovember 28, 2003 Friday SPTS

UMD men, women host holiday tournament

NEWS TRIBUNE

The Minnesota Duluth women's basketballteam will have a chance to add to its p e r -fect start this weekend as the Bulldogs hostthe American Family Insurance Classictoday and Saturday at Romano Gym.

Southwest Minnesota State faces St. CloudState at 1 p.m. today in the opening game ofthe tournament, while UMD squares offagainst Michigan Tech at 6 p.m. OnSaturday, Southwest Minnesota State facesMichigan Tech at 1 p.m. and UMD playsSt. Cloud State at 6 p.m.

The Bulldogs (2-0), the preseason favor -ite in the Northern Sun IntercollegiateConference, opened the season last Fridaywith a 66-59 win over No. 25 North Da-kota State at the Concordia-St. PaulCrowne Plaza Classic. UMD finished off St.

Cloud State 85-75 on Saturday to win thetwo-day tournament.

Lindsey Dietz, named NSIC player of theweek, led all scorers with 24 pointsagainst North Dakota State and 25 againstSt. Cloud State. She also averaged 12 r e -bounds in the two games.

The UMD men are coming off an 0 - 2start, losing to South Dakota State 1 0 2 - 8 4and Minnesota State-Mankato 87-80 atthe MSU Pepsi Classic last weekend.

Winona State opens the men's tournamentat 3 p.m. today against Metropolitan State,while UMD plays Michigan Tech at 8p.m. On Saturday, Winona State andMichigan Tech meet at 3 p.m., whileUMD faces Metropolitan State in the 8 p.m.finale.


Duluth News-TribuneNovember 28, 2003 Friday SPTS

D-I hockey a long trip for HardwickDEFENSEMAN: Warroad'sJay Hardwick beat the odds,going from walk-on to toughblue-line contributor at UMD.

BY KEVIN PATESNEWS TRIBUNE STAFFWRITER

Liz Hardwick was driving fromSt. Paul to Warroad last Sun-day when her 1993 Buick Le-Sabre pooped out in GrandRapids. She was driving alonein the middle of winter's firstsnowstorm and was still about175 miles from home innorthwestern Minnesota.

Hockey season had started.

Liz and her husband, Brian,have traveled a few snowyroads the last few years to seethree of their four children onskates:

Jay, 24, is a Minnesota Duluthsenior defenseman;Maureen, 19, is a University ofSt. Thomas sophomore for-ward; and Kyle, 17, is a War-road High School junior de-fenseman. The LeSabre, with220,000 miles on the odome-ter, had been in St. Paul andSt. Peter, Minn., whereMaureen's nationally-rankedDivision III women's teamplayed Gustavus Adolphus.The car became congestedwith wet snow, but ultimatelydried off and was able to limphome.

Brian's 1999 Chevrolet Sub-urban has logged 170,000

miles, including a trip to EastLansing, Mich., in Octoberwhen the UMD men openedthe season.

Warroad's schedule beginsnext week.

"Because of where we livethere really aren't any shorttrips," said Brian Hardwick, anattorney and public defenderfor five counties. "But our tripsmake the winter go by a lotquicker.

"As long as everyone'shealthy and playing, you lookaround at the end of Marchand say 'That wasn't that badat all.' "

"The only hard thing is decid-ing where we're going to go,"said Liz Hardwick, the book-keeper and office manager fora Warroad pharmacy. "Usuallywe have to split up the familyto get to as many games as wecan."

Brian Hardwick estimates hesaw nearly 200 hockey gameslast winter. HOCKEY FAMILY

The hockey genes came fromLiz Roberts, now Liz Hard-wick, who was born and raisedin Warroad, better-known asHockeytown USA.

Her dad, Dick, played at theUniversity of Minnesota andcoached at Warroad HighSchool for nine years.

Her four brothers played col-legiately -- John Roberts atthe U.S. Military Academy atWest Point, George at Gusta-vus, Peter at Michigan Techand Tom at Brown University.

"I grew up before there weresports for girls, but I went toevery hockey game when Iwas in high school and was atthe state tournament in 1969and 1970," said Liz Hardwick,a Warroad cheerleader duringthe era of star player HenryBoucha.

"It seems like we've beenwatching our children playforever. Each week it's 'Whereare we going now?' "

Brian Hardwick, a Detroit na-tive, provided the golf genes.He played basketball and golfat Michigan Tech, andMaureen and Jay each playedin a Minnesota Class A golftournament.

Maureen has also helped St.Thomas to two straight Min-nesota Intercollegiate AthleticConference women's golfteam titles, and an MIAChockey championship in2002-03 as the team's scoringleader.

Dick Roberts, 78, and his wife,Marty, 76, continue to provideencouragement. They oftencall to check results during thewinter, from their home in SunLakes, Ariz., and plan to re-turn to Warroad in February to


see some hockey in person.UMD WALK-ON

When Scott Sandelin was put-ting together his first UMDteam in 2000, Jay Hardwickreceived encouragementfrom UMD's coaches to walkon.

Hardwick made the team, wasa starter in the first game ofSandelin's career, and hasnow played in 100 games forthe Bulldogs.

He sees himself as a defen-sive defenseman who haspersevered.

"You realize what your role isand accept it, even if it's notglamorous," says Hardwick,who is 5-foot-10 and 190pounds, and played one sea-son for Lincoln (Neb.) in theU.S. Hockey League. "De-fensive hockey suits my styleand has allowed me to stay in

the lineup. That means beingsteady, and blocking shots,and doing whatever you canto help."

Much of the time that meansgoing unnoticed in games,which he says is OK. Hardwickhas no points this season,and just two goals and six as-sists in his UMD career.

Yet he's risen to a scholarshiplevel and was on the 2003Western Collegiate HockeyAssociation All-Academicteam with 3.4 grade-point av-erage in finance. Hardwick willgraduate this spring alongwith younger sister, Meaghan,21, who will earn a degree inelementary education.

"Jay is a consummate teamplayer," said Sandelin. "He's aheart-and-soul guy who playswithin himself and keeps thegame simple. He's a competi-

tor, he's reliable and has goodskating ability."

Brian Hardwick is making the256-mile drive from Warroadtoday to see Jay in UMD'sweekend games against Min-nesota State-Mankato at theDECC.

Liz Hardwick is staying homefor the holidays and will bevisited by her college daugh-ters, while Kyle has scrim-mages in Moorhead, Minn.

That doesn't mean the Bull-dogs will be forgotten by theHardwick women. They'll belistening to the games via theInternet.

KEVIN PATES covers UMDmen's hockey for the NewsTribune. He can be reached at(218) 723-5306, (800) 456-8181 or e-mailed [email protected]


Green Bay Press-Gazette

November 27, 2003 Thursday SPORTS; Pg. 3C

In Brief

staff

College wrestling

Fabry named WIAC wrestler ofweek

Troy Fabry, an AshwaubenonHigh School graduate, wasnamed Wisconsin IntercollegiateAthletic Conference wrestlingathlete of the week for the weekof Nov. 17-23.

Fabry, a senior (149 pounds) atthe University of Wisconsin- LaCrosse, recorded two wins overNCAA Division I opponents.

College football

Janeshek selected to All-GLIACfirst team

Brian Janeshek, a Green BayPreble High School graduate,was picked to the All-GreatLakes Intercollegiate AthleticConference first team as a widereceiver on Wednesday.

Janeshek, a sophomore atMichigan Tech University,ranked 19th in the nation in Divi-sion II in receiving yards pergame (95.7) and 21st in catchesper contest (6.0).

College soccer

Harpole chosen as academic all-American

Brenda Harpole, an Ashwaube-non High School graduate, wasnamed to the College Sports In-formation Directors of AmericaAcademic All-America team onWednesday. Harpole, a soccerplayer for Washington University,is a marketing major.

Prep soccer

Three area athletes honored asall-state

Kevin Fisher of Green BaySouthwest, Grant Fernstrum ofGreen Bay Preble and Nick Bonaof Green Bay Notre Dame havebeen honored by the WisconsinSoccer Coaches Association asall-state picks.

Fisher, a senior forward, andFernstrum, a senior goalkeeper,were both named to the secondteam. Bona, a senior, earnedhonorable mention honors.

College basketball

Buettner named to all-tournamentteam

Josh Buettner, a Shawano HighSchool graduate, was named tothe U.S. Bank Classic all-tournament team recently.

Buettner is playing for MichiganTech University's basketballteam, which is off to a 9-0 startthis season.

Hockey

De Pere hosting10-team tourna-ment

DE PERE -- The De Pere Voya-geurs' 30th Annual Mid-AmericaHoliday Cup will take place Fridaythrough Sunday.

The host Voyageurs will be joinedby the Green Bay Jaguars andeight other teams.

De Pere has two games (10 a.m.vs. Marquette and 8 p.m. vs.Woodridge) on Friday, and onegame (7 p.m. vs. Bartlett) onSaturday.

Green Bay plays one game onFriday (8 a.m. vs. West Bend)and two games (7 a.m. vs. LakeCounty and 1 p.m. vs. NapervilleNorth) on Saturday.

The semifinals are set for 7 a.m.and 9 a.m. Sunday with the finalsslated for 1 p.m.

Gamblers' Klubertanz named toTeam USA

Green Bay Gamblers defense-man Kyle Klubertanz was namedto the 2004 Viking Cup roster onTuesday.

Klubertanz and Team USA willface teams from Finland, Slova-kia, Germany, Norway, Switzer-land, the Czech Republic andCanada in the biannual tourna-ment, which will be held in Augus-tana, Alberta, in December andJanuary.

Cross country

Baye to compete in midwest re-gional

KENOSHA -- Bay Port juniorTrista Baye will compete with toprunners at the Foot Locker CrossCountry Championships MidwestRegional at the University ofWisconsin-Parkside on Satur-day.

Baye, who was the Press-Gazette's prep girls cross coun-try athlete of the year, will com-pete in the 5,000-meter race,which begins at 10:45 a.m.

The top eight runners will ad-vance to the national finals onDec. 13 in San Diego, Calif.

-- Press-Gazette


Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

November 27, 2003 Thursday FINAL EDITION SPORTS; Pg. 02C

Shermans' ongoing fight gains national interest

BOB WOLFLEYof the Journal Sentinel staff

The cause Green Bay Packersassistant coach Ray Shermanand his wife, Yvette, havetaken up received nationalattention in recent days.

Whether this will bring themthe result they seek isn't at allclear.

In May, the Shermans' 14-year-old son, Ray Sherman II,died of a self-inflicted gunshotwound to the head. Themedical examiner ruled thedeath a suicide.

The Shermans contend theirson died an accidental death.They want the official cause ofhis death to be changed toaccidental death.

The Brown County medicalexaminer did change thecause of the boy's death fromsuicide to undetermined, butthe Shermans say that isn'tenough. They have filed a civilpetition in circuit court toamend the record.

Ray Sherman, the receiverscoach of the Packers, used tobe quarterbacks coach andthe offensive coordinator forthe Minnesota Vikings whenwide receiver Cris Carterplayed there. Carter inter-viewed the Shermans for afeature which ran on HBO's"Inside the NFL."

ESPN also aired a feature lastSunday about the issue. Cor-respondent Andrea Kremer

handled the story for "Outsidethe Lines" show.

"Ray and Yvette Shermanhave spent tens of thousandsof dollars pursuing a judge'sruling," Kremer reported."They have no financial incen-tive in this matter. Three fo-rensic experts whom theyhave hired concluded youngRay was not suicidal, merely arisk taker."

Ray Sherman said he takes"total responsibility for whathas happened," because RayII used a handgun his fatherkept high on a shelf in his ga-rage. "I know I should havehad a lock on them or not hadthem at all," Ray Shermansaid.

Sherman said his family hasnever had a chance to grieveover the loss of Ray II.

"We went from making funeralarrangements to burying ourson to fighting this issue,"Sherman said. "That's whatwe have been dealing with.So there's no grieving for thefamily. We haven't had achance to grieve."

Alan Klimek, the medical ex-aminer who determined theboy's cause of death, did notspeak on camera to ESPN butissued a statement.

"All we know is that (Ray II)obtained the gun, loaded thegun, chambered the round,put the gun to his head andpulled the trigger," Klimeksaid. "They keep saying they

want me to do the right thing. Iam doing the right thing. Ican't help but believe that ifthis was another kid in GreenBay, this would have beenover five months ago."

The family is aiming for a judgeto hear the petition and rule toamend the death certificate.

Tie most famous

ESPN Classic is to rebroad-cast the 1966 college footballgame between MichiganState and Notre Dame whichended 10-10 at 6 tonight.Notre Dame coach AraParseghian ran out the clockat the end to preserve the tie.

The host Spartans wereranked No. 2 in the nation andthe visiting Irish were No. 1.There were more viewers forthat game than the first SuperBowl, which was played twomonths later.

Appleton's Rocky Bleier willoffer commentary about thelegendary game. Bleier was arunning back for the Irish.Bubba Smith will offer theSpartans side of the story.

Cha-ching and thanks

Thanksgiving is a day to sharea meal with family and friends,to give thanks for the bless-ings in your life.

And if you are the NFL,Thanksgiving is a darn perfecttime to get nostalgic. It's aneven better time to move themerch.


The four teams playing today,Green Bay at Detroit, followedby Miami at Dallas, all will bewearing throwback uniforms.The sideline personnel will bewearing throwback stuff. Eventhe ball will be a throwbackball.

All of this stuff will be availablefor sale at nfl.com or theteams' Web sites.

None of it can be purchasedat throwback prices.

DayLights

Clemson beat host SouthCarolina on Saturday, 63-17.Quarterback Charlie White-hurst threw four touchdownpasses to tie a school record.Charlie is the son of formerPackers quarterback DavidWhitehurst. . . .

Michigan Tech beat LewisUniversity, 81-74, in women'sbasketball on Saturday.

Michigan Tech was led byBrown Deer's Andrea Novak,who scored 34 points. An-drea's brother is Steve Novak,who plays for Marquette.

Lewis' point guard was Fonddu Lac's Brittney Diener, thesister of Travis Diener, whoalso plays for MU.

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Star TribuneNovember 27, 2003, Thursday, Metro Edition SPORTS; Pg. 10C

Major college hockeyINSIDERYoung defenseman makes major leap

Rachel BlountStaff Writer

A.J. Thelen couldn't changethe fact that, at age 17, hewould be the second-youngest player in collegehockey this season. He could,however, affect how hisMichigan State teammatesthought about him.

Thelen, of Savage, embracedthe idea that he could make asmooth leap to CCHA compe-tition with the proper amountof effort. His summer in theweight room _ and his run-away enthusiasm _ trans-formed him into one of theCCHA's freshman sensations.After 13 games in the bigtime, Thelen has three goalsand 10 assists and is the thirdhighest-scoring defensemanin NCAA Division I.

The Spartans have beentroubled by injuries during aninconsistent season. That'sgiven Thelen and fellowrookie Tyler Howells, an EdenPrairie native, plenty of oppor-tunity to show their stuff. Theyhope to make a bigger im-pression this weekend whenMichigan State plays the Go-phers and Wisconsin in theCollege Hockey Showcase.

"The guys still give me a hardtime about being young," saidThelen, who played during hisprep years with Shattuck-St.Mary's and the U.S. national

team development program. "Iknew I had to prove on the icethat no matter how old I am, Icould still play with them."

Thelen, who is 6-3 and 210pounds, expected he wouldbe needed. The Spartans'duo of John-Michael Liles andBrad Fast, two of the nation'stop defensemen last season,completed their eligibility.That left a wide void on theblue line and promptedThelen to ramp up his work-outs in Edina.

He also wanted to make coachRick Comley proud. "I knewpeople would look at me andsay, 'Why is he bringing in a17-year-old?' " said Thelen,who is two months older thanBoston College forward AdamPineault. "I wanted to make astatement right away."

Howells is only 5-8 and 171pounds, but he has the versa-tility to play both forward anddefense. A two-time all-stateforward at Holy Angels, he hasfour assists in his past twogames and eight for the sea-son.

"This is one of the closestteams I've ever been on,"Howells said. "We also have alot of speed coming in withthe freshman class. I feel likewe're playing really goodhockey now."

Tech runs dry

Little guy Chris Conner madea big name for himself by pil-ing up the points for Michi-gan Tech last month. Sincethe calendar page turned,Conner hasn't been able tofind the goal, which hasspelled huge trouble inHoughton.

Conner, a 5-7 sophomore, ledthe national scoring statisticsfor a few weeks with 12 goalsand six assists in his firstseven games. His line _ whichalso includes Colin Murphyand Taggart Desmet _ rang up47 points as the Huskiesstarted with a 2-2-2 record.Conner was named the na-tional player of the month forscoring a team-record 14points in October, but he'sbeen blanked in his past fivegames, the longest droughtof his career.

New coach Jamie Russell saidConner and his teammateshave to remain optimistic de-spite going 0-5-1 in their pastsix games. "We're a younggroup, with 13 underclass-men," Russell said. "We haveto learn and continue to de-velop. This is a very resilientgroup that never quits work-ing, which is a real positive."

Bazin still critical

Colorado College assistantcoach Norm Bazin remains incritical condition after a car


accident during a recruitingtrip last Friday.

Bazin, in his fourth season atCC, suffered multiple injurieswhen his rental car collidedwith a sport utility vehicle on asnow-covered highway nearSpokane, Wash. He under-went several surgeries and isin intensive care.

It's been a rough season forthe Tigers, who have had fourkey players sidelined byhealth problems. ForwardBrett Sterling had a cast re-moved from his broken thumblast week and hopes to play inthis weekend's non-conference games against AirForce and Findlay. GoalieCurtis McElhinney (mononu-cleosis) and forwards ColinStuart (shoulder) and Bran-don Polich (lacerated spleen)still are recovering.

Around the WCHA

- Alaska-Anchorage forwardAles Parez, the team's sec-ond-leading scorer won'tmake the trip to St. CloudState this weekend. He in-jured a shoulder Nov. 15 andcould be out as long as sixweeks.

The Seawolves never havewon at the National HockeyCenter, compiling an 0-23-1record there, and they are 0-15-3 in their past 18 gamesagainst the Huskies.

- Wisconsin's eight-game un-beaten streak (5-0-3) is thenation's longest. The Badgershaven't gone this long withoutlosing since an eight-gamewinning streak four years ago.

They have another streakthey would like to end in thisweekend's College HockeyShowcase: four consecutivelosses against each opponent(Michigan on Friday, MichiganState on Saturday). TheBadgers have not beatenMichigan since 1993 and are2-17-1 in the Showcase.

AT A GLANCE

Series of the week

College Hockey Showcase

Everybody's got an agenda inthis cross-conferenceThanksgiving staple. Wiscon-sin wants to show it's no fluke.The Gophers want to con-tinue their first winning streakof the season. No. 6 Michiganis trying to move up in therankings, and Michigan Stateseeks consistency. The Spar-tans play the Gophers on Fri-day and the Badgers on Sat-urday; the Wolverines getthem in reverse order.

Hobey watch

Paul Caponigri, Ohio State

Buckeyes fans feared theworst when two key playersturned pro last summer. Ca-

ponigri has come to the res-cue, leading Ohio State to aNo. 9 ranking. The senior isthe nation's 12th leadingscorer with 16 points, is plus-16 and has scored in all butone game.

Going up ...

- Dartmouth: The 11th-rankedBig Green scored 15 goals ina sweep of Yale and Prince-ton, then experienced theirfirst loss this season on Tues-day to No. 2 Boston College.

- Boston College: The Eagleshave the best offense (fourgoals per game) and defense(two GPG) in Hockey East.They're the only unbeatenteam in league play and havenot lost in their past seven.

... And down

- Cornell: All three of the BigRed's victories have comeagainst sub-.500 teams. Theyhave five losses or ties in theirfirst eight games, comparedwith six during the entire2002-03 season.

- Vermont: At 0-10-2, theCatamounts have the worstrecord in college hockey andare one of two teams (joiningNortheastern) that hasn't wona game.

GRAPHIC: PHOTO


The Associated Press State & Local WireNovember 26, 2003, Wednesday, BC cycle

Michigan Tech 68, Wis.-Parkside 58By The Associated Press

Jason Marcotte and Josh Buettner each scored 19 points to lead Michigan Tech to a68-58 win over Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha, Wis.

The Huskies (4-0) were down seven points Tuesday at the half, but rallied with 48 i nthe second. Buettner grabbed a game-leading seven rebounds, while Radayl Richardsonadded 13 points.

For Wisconsin-Parkside (2-1), Jerome King and Gareth Malkowski scored a team-leading 12 points.


The Canadian PressNovember 25, 2003 Tuesday

A look at how Canadian hockey players fared in the NCAAlast week

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Atlantic Hockey Association: Holy Cross senior Greg Kealey of Ottawa set up three goals,including the overtime winner, in Saturday's 6-5 win over Sacred Heart after scoringonce to go with an assist in Friday's 4-2 win over Connecticut.

Goalie Jamie Holden, a junior from Telkawa, B.C., stopped 71 of 74 shots as Quinnipiacskated to a 2-2 tie with Army on Friday and 1-1 tie with Connecticut on Saturday.

Mercyhurt junior David Wrigley of Orillia, Ont., collected three assists as the Lakersposted a 7-4 victory over Western Michigan on Saturday.

Central Collegiate Hockey Association: Junior goalie Jordan Sigalet of Surrey, B.C.,stopped 60 of 63 shots, including six in overtime, as Bowling Green State Universityskated to a 1-1 tie at Cornell on Friday and a 2-2 deadlock at Colgate on Saturday.

Goalie Mike Brown, a junior from Calgary, set a new Ferris State University recordwith his seventh career shutout Saturday when the Bulldogs blanked Nebraska-Omaha4 - 0 .

Freshman forward Matt Christie of Ajax, Ont., had a goal and two assists in Friday's 7 - 1win by Miami (Ohio) University over Alaska Fairbanks before scoring the overtimewinner in Saturday's 5-4 decision. Christie is Division I hockey's freshman goal-scoring leader with 11 on the season.

Sophomore forward Vince Bellissimo of Toronto had four assists in Western Michigan'sweekend split with Mercyhurst, taking over the team scoring lead.

Freshman goalie Chris Holt of Surrey, B.C., made 47 saves, the second-highest in Ne-braska-Omaha history, in a 4-1 win Friday over Ferris State.

College Hockey America: Sophomore forward Ryan Huddy of Stony Plain, Alta., had a goaland an assist in Sunday's 3-2 loss at Merrimack.

Junior forward Barret Ehgoetz of Kincardine, Ont., is the CHA's offensive player of theweek after scoring two goals and four assists in a pair of Niagara wins at Air Force.

Sophomore goalie Jeff VanNynatten was the CHA's defensive player of the week aftermaking 68 saves in the two Niagara victories.

Freshman goalie Will Hooper of Woodbridge, Ont., is the CHA's rookie of the week afterposting his first shutout for Findlay in a 5-0 win Friday over Canisius.


Senior goalie Grady Hunt of Vernon, B.C., has allowed just four goals in his last 2 6 8minutes for Bemidji State.

Eastern College Athletic Conference: Sophomore forward Matt Moulson of Mississauga,Ont., had a three-point weekend in two games for Cornell.

Sophomore forward Jon Smyth of Markham, Ont., had a three-point weekend in twogames for Colgate.

Sophomore goalie Dustin Traylen of Kirkland, Que., stopped 36 of 37 shots in Clarkson's3-1 victory over rival St. Lawrence.

Senior goalie Nathan Marster of Grimbsy, Ont., stopped 64 shots for Rensselaer, helpingthe Engineers to 3-2 and 2-1 victories over St. Cloud State.

Hockey East Association: Freshman forward Brett Hemingway of Surrey, B.C., scored thefirst two goals of his NCAA career for New Hampshire in a weekend sweep of Northeast-ern, earning Hockey East rookie of the week honours.

Junior forward Justin Aikins of Surrey, B.C., had four assists for New Hampshire in thetwo wins while freshman teammate Daniel Winnik had two goals and one assist.

Junior goalie Casey Guenther of Boissevain, Man., made 37 saves in Merrimack's 3 - 3tie at Boston College.

Western Collegiate Hockey Association: Freshman goalie Matt Zaba of Yorkton, Sask., wasstellar in back-to-back 2-2 ties for Colorado College at Wisconsin. He owns a league-leading 1.68 goals-against average and .933 save percentage.

Junior forward Tyler Brosz of Medicine Hat, Alta., had a hat trick for Minnesota-Duluthin a 7-4 win at Union College on Saturday night and also assisted on both of the Bulldogs'goals in a 2-2 overtime tie at Union on Friday.

Sophomore forward Mike Prpich of Kenaston, Sask., recorded his first NCAA hat trick i nNorth Dakota's 8-2 road victory over Denver on Friday night.

Junior goalie Cam Ellsworth of Leamington, Ont., stopped 45 shots for Michigan TechUniversity in a 3-0 loss at two-time defending national champion Minnesota.


Lansing State JournalNovember 25, 2003 Tuesday SPORTS; Pg. 1C

Area's best get all-state honorBy Geoff KimmerlyLansing State Journal

Mid-Michigan's top offensiveleaders were named all-stateMonday.

Ashley quarterback JasonStoneman and receiver T.J.Good as well as Fulton run-ning back Jesse Bramer wereall named to the AssociatedPress' Class D all-state team.

The three seniors led the areain passing, receiving andrushing yards, respectively,during the regular season.

"I didn't even expect to getthe ball as many times as Idid," said Bramer, who fin-ished with school records of2,314 yards and 36 touch-downs on 257 carries. "Iguess coach had faith in me.You have to go with whatworks, I guess."

Stoneman and Good also setschool yardage records.

Stoneman was 84-for-147passing for 1,747 yards and19 touchdowns with five in-terceptions. He also ran fortwo scores.

Good caught 33 passes for875 yards and 11 touch-downs, with an average of26.5 yards per catch. He alsorushed 63 times for 448 yardsand five touchdowns.

Stoneman "just threw somuch and had such an armthis year," Good said. "Lastyear he wasn't as strong. And Igot a lot faster this year. Thefirst couple of games theywere trying to guard me oneon one, but later they woulddouble-team me."

Ashley also set a school re-cord by scoring 396 pointsthis season.

Stoneman will play at Alma,and Good also likes Alma - the

best of four Division 3 schoolsinterested.

Bramer wants to play atMichigan Tech and is hopingfor an offer.

Contact Geoff Kimmerly at377-1252 or [email protected].

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Jason Stoneman QB Ashley

T.J. Good WR Ashley

Jesse Bramer RB Fulton


Star TribuneNovember 25, 2003, Tuesday, Metro Edition SPORTS; Pg. 10C

2003-04 BOYS' HOCKEY PREVIEWMETRO TOP 10

Michael RandStaff Writer

Metro area rankings by Mi-chael Rand

All teams Class AA unlessotherwise noted. Records arefrom the 2002-03 season.

1. Centennial

RECORD: 22-5-1

Strong youth teams in recentyears make the Cougars theteam to beat. They are toughin all areas and will score a lotof goals, led by senior forwardTom Gorowsky.

2. Holy Angels

RECORD: 26-3-2

The Stars have talented for-wards and defensemen re-turning from Class AA third-place team. Replacing goalieJeff Frazee

RECORD: Under-17 devel-opment team in Ann Arbor)will be an early need.

3. White Bear Lake

RECORD: 23-7-1

The Bears don't have any flat-out stars, but they are deep atforward and defense. Theirgoalies are inexperienced buttalented.

4. Eden Prairie

RECORD: 22-5-3

The Eagles are talented anddeep, as usual, and their skillplayers have played biggames in high school andbantams. Their early questionmark will be goal-scoring.

5. Blake

RECORD: 22-5-1, Class A

The Bears have three playerscommitted to Division I in theEastern College Athletic Con-ference. They are among thedeepest teams in Class A.

6. Hill-Murray

RECORD: 19-7-2

The Pioneers return four oftheir top six defensemen andgoalie James Fangel from astrong team. Goal-scoring willbe a work in progress early on.

7. Breck

RECORD: 20-6, Class A

The Mustangs have a talentedgroup of forwards, even withprodigy Peter Mueller gone tothe development program inAnn Arbor. Juniors RobbieDee and Blake Wheeler com-bined for 87 points last sea-son.

8. Wayzata

RECORD: 16-8-2

The Trojans return five defen-semen and five solid forwardsfrom last year's up-and-coming squad. Goaltendingwill be a question mark early.

9. Elk River

RECORD: 20-6-1

The Elks always tend to begreater than the sum of theirparts. They will aided by trans-fers Chris Johnson(Park Cen-ter), Kyle Rogerszzz9St. Mi-chael-Albertville) and TrentGraham(Totino-Grace).

10. Roseville

RECORD: 25-4-2

The Raiders graduated a lot ofscoring off last year's Class AArunner-up squad, but theyshould be solid once again.Defenseman Sam Dorr will bea key player.

- Others to watch: Edina, Os-seo, Benilde-St. Marga-ret's(A), St. Louis Park(A).

WORTH WATCHING

Metro area players and gamesto keep an eye on during the2003-04 boys' hockey sea-son.

FORWARDS

- Justin Bostrom, jr., MoundsView: National Under-18player, committed to Gophers.


- Mike Taylor, sr., Holy Angels:Also a National U-18 player;had 72 points last season.

- Tom Gorowsky, sr., Centen-nial: 67 points last season,leads a talented offensivegroup.

- Chad Rau, jr., Eden Prairie:44 points last season, mem-ber of National U-17 team.

- Jason Wiley, sr., Kennedy:23 goals, 26 assists as a juniorplaying in the tough LakeConference.

- Robbie Dee, jr., Breck: 45points last season, strong inelite league in the fall.

- Joe Long, sr., Elk River:Two-time all-conferenceplayer, leading returningscorer for Elks.

- Ryan Thang, jr., Edina: Na-tional U-17 player with excel-lent scoring instincts.

- Will Engasser, sr., Blake:Strong two-way player, hascommitted to Yale.

- David Martinson, sr., St.Louis Park: Had 32 goals and73 points for the Orioles lastseason.

DEFENSEMEN

- Jack Hillen, sr., Holy Angels:Talented two-way playerheaded to Colorado Collegenext season.

- Jared Hummel, jr., Holy An-gels: Big and strong

RECORD: 6-5, 195 pounds)defenseman.

- Eli Vlaisavljevich, sr., St.Bernard's: 46 points last sea-son, going to MichiganTech.

- Blake Friesen, sr., Benilde-St. Margaret's: 41 points lastseason, committed to MSU-Mankato.

- Greg Flynn, sr., Centennial:30 points last season, strongtwo-way player.

- Jay Cascalenda, sr., Hill-Murray: 36 points last season,leads core of players for Pio-neers.

GOALTENDERS

- Matt Lundin, sr., Apple Val-ley: Returning All-Metro playerwas dominant in fall eliteleague.

- Max Dodds, jr., Eden Prairie:Select-17 festival player takesover in goal for the Eagles.

- Kyle Olstad, sr., Anoka: 1.37goals against average for theClass AA state champions lastseason.

- Brandon O'Brien, sr., Lak-eville: Instrumental in gettingPanthers to state last season.

- Tyler Brigl, sr., Eastview: Re-building Lightning will counton him.

IMPORTANT DATES

- Dec. 2: White Bear Lake atHill-Murray _ a good early testfor strong rival teams.

- Dec. 13: Warroad at Edina _the first meeting betweenthese two state powers sincethe 1969 state championshipgame.

- Dec. 27, 29-30: Schwan Cup_ 16 of the best teams in thestate meet in two separatedivisions at Xcel Energy Cen-ter and Roseville Skating Cen-ter.

- Jan. 24: Holy Angels at Shat-tuck-St. Mary's _ the teamsmet in one of the finest gamesof the season last year, a 4-3victory for Shattuck, a prepschool in Faribault.

- Feb. 5: Eden Prairie at HolyAngels _ two of the state'sbest teams meet in noncon-ference game.

- Feb. 21: Breck at Blake _ theco-No. 1 teams in Class Ameet in the regular seasonfinale.

- March 10-13: State tourna-ment at Xcel Energy Center.

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