North Dakota Preps

STATE TOURNEY
@ FargoDome/Bison Sports Arena

Thursday, March 8th
Quarterfinals
G1: W#1 Mandan def. E#4 West Fargo 67-62 F/OT
G2: E#2 GF Red River def. W#3 Bismarck St. Mary's 73-57
G3: E#1 Fargo Shanley def. W#4 Minot 74-62
G4: E#3 Wahpeton def. W#2 Bismarck High 66-64

Friday, March 9th
Consolation Bracket
G5: W#3 Bismarck St. Mary's def. E#4 West Fargo 66-61
G6: W#2 Bismarck High def. W#4 Minot 71-61

Championship Bracket
G7: E#2 GF Red River def. W#1 Mandan 69-55
G8: E#1 Fargo Shanley def. E#3 Wahpeton 73-41

Satuday, March 10th
5th Place: W#2 Bismarck High def. W#3 Bismarck St. Mary's 83-78 OT
3rd Place: W#1 Mandan def. E#3 Wahpeton 52-51
Championship: E#2 GF Red River def. E#1 Fargo Shanley 78-74

Senior Athlete of the Year: Dexter Werner (Bismarck)
Coach of the Year: Jeff Ralph (Wahpeton)

All-Tournament Team
Devin Schirado (Bismarck)
Justin Heisler (West Fargo)
Dylan Alderman (Fargo Shanley)
Patrick Strom (Fargo Shanley)
Mac Kroeplin (GF Red River)
Ben Weisbeck (St. Mary's) *
Dexter Werner (Bismarck) *
Jeremy Bontjes (Wahpeton) *
Devin Coyle (Mandan) *
AJ Jacobson (Fargo Shanley) *
Mack Arvidson (GF Red River) *
* = unanimous selections

MVP: Mack Arvidson (GF Red River)

Points Scored/Game
Fargo Shanley 73.7
GF Red River 73.3
Bismarck 72.7
St. Mary's 67.0
**Minot 61.5
**West Fargo 61.5
Mandan 58.0
Wahpeton 52.7

Points Allowed/Game
Mandan 58.7
Fargo Shanley 60.3
GF Red River 62.0
Wahpeton 63.0
**West Fargo 66.5
Bismarck 68.3
St. Mary's 72.3
**Minot 72.5

** = ONLY played two games

Who do you guys think could make a run at the championship?

Mandan looked very impressive in the WDA they have a good shot. Shanley and BHS are both talented too.

I think teams will have to watch out for Wahpeton. If they can get their shooters going, they are hard to beat. With Bontjes, Miller, and Pratt shooting like they can, its tough to beat them. And Medhaug is a freak athlete and is tough for big men to guard. If you put a big man on him, he goes by. Put a guard on him and he posts up. And they have Jack Christenson who is a key player to their success. He can go off for 20 points any night. And Blaze Irwin and Brandon Wetzel coming off the bench, they can also shoot the ball. Irwin can post up very well on smaller guys, and take a big man to the whole. Wetzel shot extremely well at edc, having 11 points in about 2 minutes versus Davies. If they can get going, watch out for Wahpeton.

bballer21, isn't any team hard to beat if they get going? BHS will be a tough game for wahpeton. Wahpeton hasn't yet seen a good post player like Werner. He will give them problems inside.

I think out of all the possible first round matchups for Wahp Bismarck is the worst one because of Dexter. Wahpeton doesn't have alot of big guys and this will be a problem. I hope Wahp can pull it out, they have the heart to do it, and they will be ready to play.

if Red River takes GOOD shots, they will win state

cast3 wrote:if Red River takes GOOD shots, they will win state

you can't just take the shot. gotta make it too.
they were taking very ill-advised shots in the EDC title game. almost every time they shot there was 20-25 seconds left on the shot clock, sometimes even more. that quick, fast-paced offense has been their style all year, but they have to realize when it's not working and try something a little different. they didn't do that against Shanley, and look at the results of that game.

Typical Jason Gregory team. Can't get it done in crunch time. Just like when he had Travis Mertens and they were 1 or 2 in the region and couldnt even get to the state tournament.

RR will make their shots if they take good shots. They have good shooters. Those kids have played enough ball to tell the difference between a good shot or a bad shot. They will clean it up, they want to win.

Predictions
W#1 Mandan over E#4 West Fargo
E#2 GF Red River over W#3 Bismarck St. Mary's
E#1 Fargo Shanley over W#4 Minot
W#2 Bismarck High over E#3 Wahpeton

Consolation Bracket
W#3 Bismarck St. Mary's over E#4 West Fargo
E#3 Wahpeton over W#4 Minot (however, I could see Minot winning this too)

Championship Bracket
W#1 Mandan over E#2 GF Red River
W#2 Bismarck High over E#1 Fargo Shanley

5th Place: W#3 Bismarck St. Mary's over E#3 Wahpeton
3rd Place: E#1 Fargo Shanley over E#2 GF Red River
Championship: W#1 Mandan over W#2 Bismarck High

knowitall17 wrote:Typical Jason Gregory team. Can't get it done in crunch time. Just like when he had Travis Mertens and they were 1 or 2 in the region and couldnt even get to the state tournament.

So typical that his teams are in championship game(Gregory). If you check History of him coaching in Class A.He has been in championship 4 times in 9 years. Thats not to bad. Also so typical the year they won it when they were picked 5th in the EDC with BJ Mertens as a Junior. Dont bash people without the facts. In state we all know the WDA has been better the last 5 to 6 years. Also how many of his teams have finished higher then pre-season rankings. Check in to it,you will be surprised. So easy to be critical when teams dont play the best ,but yet to give due cridit when its deserved. History of Class A that year before Travis Mertens was a senior West Fargo came into EDC #1 and guess what they didnt make it to state that year. Also the year Koenig and Liekas(sp) they were #1 and didnt make it to state. How about you give credit where credit is due. RR ended 18-1 when is the last time you have seen that in the EDC. LOOK AT THE GOOD RATHER THAN THE NEGATIVE you would be surprised.

Devils Lake Rules

E#4 West Fargo LEADS W#1 Mandan 57-49 with 3 minutes remaining!!

E#4 West Fargo leads W#1 Mandan 58-56 with 1:09 remaining

West Fargo 60
Mandan 60

OVERTIME!

West Fargo is already back at Packer high shooting free throws!

Score please

http://www.metrotournament.com/2012Supe ... WF62OT.pdf

Mandan 67
West Fargo 62

kingjames101 wrote:Score please

They will ALWAYS be added to the original post as soon as I receive a final score

4:50 remaining in Game
GF Red River 63
Bismarck St. Mary's 49

Halftime:

Minot 27
Fargo Shanley 23

13:53 remaining in 2nd Half
Minot 34
Fargo Shanley 33

AJ Jacobson has a monsterous dunk early in the 2nd half

Run4Fun2009 wrote:Halftime:

Minot 27
Fargo Shanley 23

13:53 remaining in 2nd Half
Minot 34
Fargo Shanley 33

AJ Jacobson has a monsterous dunk early in the 2nd half

9:06 remaining in 2nd Half
Fargo Shanley 50 (AJ Jacobson has turned it on offensively)
Minot 49

Does anyone know if these games are on tv like Class B or is it just the championship that is on tv?

Fargo Shanley 74
Minot 62

FINAL

sports for life wrote:Does anyone know if these games are on tv like Class B or is it just the championship that is on tv?

Today was just streamed online (its a small screen but its better than nothing):
http://www.metrotournament.com/2012Supe ... aming.html

Semifinals tomorrow (Boys & Girls) and both Championship Games on Saturday will be on Valley News Live (NBC North Dakota stations)