finfam06 wrote:Marlee's parents did not want her to attend Four Winds anymore due to academic reasons so they transferred her to Mandan. She could have stayed there and played basketball but her parents did the right thing and transferred Marlee off that reservation. Too many Native American Athletes never make it to the College level to play basketball and the school's on many reservation never prepare them for life after high school. Sad but true.
My point here... is that attending high school off the reservation is a much better choice for some Native American Kids by giving them more opportunties to be successful. Its not all about basketball as some might want to think.
Indians Alumni wrote:finfam06 wrote:Marlee's parents did not want her to attend Four Winds anymore due to academic reasons so they transferred her to Mandan. She could have stayed there and played basketball but her parents did the right thing and transferred Marlee off that reservation. Too many Native American Athletes never make it to the College level to play basketball and the school's on many reservation never prepare them for life after high school. Sad but true.
My point here... is that attending high school off the reservation is a much better choice for some Native American Kids by giving them more opportunties to be successful. Its not all about basketball as some might want to think.
I am going to have to disagree. I graduated in 95' from Four Winds (Smack Dab int he middle of the Reservation) and I had a nice career at Jamestown College on the Jimmie football team. So don't play that "poor Natives on reservations."
You stated that Val and Amundson were great chums, that must have been an easy recruit to pick up? She was recruited, everyone in FW knows she was!
SDHoops wrote:All I can say is that Mandan is a powerhouse and no matter if they win or lose, they have my support because they get it done everywhere. Century, yeah they win on their home court but not every game is there. Mandan has won at State, in Wyoming, etc. They must be great to have a four-page letter written on a forum about them supposedly recruiting! If all you other basketball teams put as much into your off-season as you do these forums, maybe you can compete with Mandan!:duel:
finfam06 wrote:Great comments on the Mandan Braves Girls Basketball Team! Last night they destroyed Turtle Mountains on a 42-2 run according to the Bismarck Tribune. I am not speaking nor do I intend to speak on behalf of Marlee Finley's family, but you have to agree it was a great move.
Next week the Mandan Braves should be rated in the top 25 CNN/SI Prep High School Girls Basketball Teams, a first for any team in North Dakota! As was mentioned, it takes five girls on the floor at the same time to make a team great! If people are so worried about teams recruiting, why don't they do it, everybody does it in way or another and thats a fact!
there are NO RULES against recruiting just because people dont like it doesnt make it against the rules show me where it sais you can not talk to players from others schools...Ming01 wrote:finfam06 wrote:Great comments on the Mandan Braves Girls Basketball Team! Last night they destroyed Turtle Mountains on a 42-2 run according to the Bismarck Tribune. I am not speaking nor do I intend to speak on behalf of Marlee Finley's family, but you have to agree it was a great move.
Next week the Mandan Braves should be rated in the top 25 CNN/SI Prep High School Girls Basketball Teams, a first for any team in North Dakota! As was mentioned, it takes five girls on the floor at the same time to make a team great! If people are so worried about teams recruiting, why don't they do it, everybody does it in way or another and thats a fact!
because most teams like to play by the rules
cdub1 wrote:there are NO RULES against recruiting just because people dont like it doesnt make it against the rules show me where it sais you can not talk to players from others schools...Ming01 wrote:finfam06 wrote:Great comments on the Mandan Braves Girls Basketball Team! Last night they destroyed Turtle Mountains on a 42-2 run according to the Bismarck Tribune. I am not speaking nor do I intend to speak on behalf of Marlee Finley's family, but you have to agree it was a great move.
Next week the Mandan Braves should be rated in the top 25 CNN/SI Prep High School Girls Basketball Teams, a first for any team in North Dakota! As was mentioned, it takes five girls on the floor at the same time to make a team great! If people are so worried about teams recruiting, why don't they do it, everybody does it in way or another and thats a fact!
because most teams like to play by the rules
pretty obvious to make it illegalMing01 wrote:cdub1 wrote:there are NO RULES against recruiting just because people dont like it doesnt make it against the rules show me where it sais you can not talk to players from others schools...Ming01 wrote:finfam06 wrote:Great comments on the Mandan Braves Girls Basketball Team! Last night they destroyed Turtle Mountains on a 42-2 run according to the Bismarck Tribune. I am not speaking nor do I intend to speak on behalf of Marlee Finley's family, but you have to agree it was a great move.
Next week the Mandan Braves should be rated in the top 25 CNN/SI Prep High School Girls Basketball Teams, a first for any team in North Dakota! As was mentioned, it takes five girls on the floor at the same time to make a team great! If people are so worried about teams recruiting, why don't they do it, everybody does it in way or another and thats a fact!
because most teams like to play by the rules
if recruiting is legal, then why is their a petition being set up by the NDHSAA against Mandan?
Ming01 wrote:finfam06 wrote:Great comments on the Mandan Braves Girls Basketball Team! Last night they destroyed Turtle Mountains on a 42-2 run according to the Bismarck Tribune. I am not speaking nor do I intend to speak on behalf of Marlee Finley's family, but you have to agree it was a great move.
Next week the Mandan Braves should be rated in the top 25 CNN/SI Prep High School Girls Basketball Teams, a first for any team in North Dakota! As was mentioned, it takes five girls on the floor at the same time to make a team great! If people are so worried about teams recruiting, why don't they do it, everybody does it in way or another and thats a fact!
because most teams like to play by the rules
Ditka14 wrote:Ming01 wrote:finfam06 wrote:Great comments on the Mandan Braves Girls Basketball Team! Last night they destroyed Turtle Mountains on a 42-2 run according to the Bismarck Tribune. I am not speaking nor do I intend to speak on behalf of Marlee Finley's family, but you have to agree it was a great move.
Next week the Mandan Braves should be rated in the top 25 CNN/SI Prep High School Girls Basketball Teams, a first for any team in North Dakota! As was mentioned, it takes five girls on the floor at the same time to make a team great! If people are so worried about teams recruiting, why don't they do it, everybody does it in way or another and thats a fact!
because most teams like to play by the rules
Ming you ever watch mtv's two-a-days? Alot of the best players on that team have familys moving to hoover, Ohio to have there kid that is playing on a horrible team that is a standout get some recongnition. Sorry if Marlee Finley wants to get here college paid for. So would every athlete in the state that is a stnadout at there respective sport. It's not against the rules until they change it. Other teams can't do it becuase they don't have the track record like mandan does.
Deuce wrote:Is there a petition? All I've heard about is rumors. I heard they're on double secret probation though. But it's not over...was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
bcourtbraves wrote:Deuce wrote:Is there a petition? All I've heard about is rumors. I heard they're on double secret probation though. But it's not over...was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
The germans? Wasn't it the Japanese? Anyway Mandan girl's basketball if by far the best place for a girl to play highschool basketball in north dakota. I know they invite girls to join their traveling team during the summer. WHICH ISN'T ILLEGAL by any means. I don't blame girls for joining the team after they see hows successful the Braves are even outside the state.
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