Best JH player on Varsity?

[Run4Fun2009]

Anyone know of any really good JH players out there on Varsity? (please include stat averages if possible)

[Flip]

Kennedy Henningsgard starts for the 6th ranked team in the state, Central Valley.

[daking]

Karleigh Weber, Mckenna DeMoe and Bethany Ivesdal have all started for Thompson this year. They are real good 8th graders and will get better

[Run4Fun2009]

Tatum Holt has started at PG for the surprising Oak Grove Grovers this year and Rachel Osmundson has come of the bench and played some very successful minutes

[a-simple-fan]

Brenna Downs of Langdon, averaging about 10pts per game off the bench for the Cardinals.

[sportslover77]

Shaye Ronningen from Midkota is an 8th grade starter. She scored 22 points against Four Winds Warwick and according to the Minot paper, 36 against Maddock last week in a 1 point win. I was told she came off the bench for them last year (as a 7th grader) and was a consistent scorer, even hitting for 28 against BCN.

[dolphinfan20]

How about Karleigh Weber from Thompson? Sounds like she had a big game for them last night in the regional semi-finals.

[Indy5]

I don't know about best in the state, but a very good one is Anika Rovig from Bishop Ryan. She moved up after her 8th grade season was over. She was the best player on thier varsity (Although their varsity was awful)

[a-simple-fan]

Shaye Ronningen from Midkota is an 8th grade starter. She scored 22 points against Four Winds Warwick and according to the Minot paper, 36 against Maddock last week in a 1 point win. I was told she came off the bench for them last year (as a 7th grader) and was a consistent scorer, even hitting for 28 against BCN.

Watched her last week. She is going to be a very good player!

[GBBFan]

Hailee Farstveet from Beach - 8th grader but has the poise and maturity of a senior - very smart player watch for her in the state tournament!!

[ranger]

But, she's so little! She's got a good Grandpa to help her improve in the next 4 years! Go Bob and Beach!

[Indy5]

Hailee Farstveet from Beach - 8th grader but has the poise and maturity of a senior - very smart player watch for her in the state tournament!!

To me, she doesn't seem like she will be able to be a star in years to come, just a very reliable point guard. She doesn't score, but I guess she is an 8th grader on the best team in the state.

Another thing, did one of Beach's starting guards get hurt or foul out agianst Thompson? I just watched the last 4 minutes and overtime and Farstveet was in the whole time.

[sportsfan10]

Hailee Farstveet from Beach - 8th grader but has the poise and maturity of a senior - very smart player watch for her in the state tournament!!

To me, she doesn't seem like she will be able to be a star in years to come, just a very reliable point guard. She doesn't score, but I guess she is an 8th grader on the best team in the state.

Another thing, did one of Beach's starting guards get hurt or foul out agianst Thompson? I just watched the last 4 minutes and overtime and Farstveet was in the whole time.

emily hardy went down when she collided with another beach player and one central cass player. i believe it was in the 4th quarter and i'm not sure if she returned. that may be why farstveet was holding down the PG duties those last few minutes.

[Indy5]

Hailee Farstveet from Beach - 8th grader but has the poise and maturity of a senior - very smart player watch for her in the state tournament!!

To me, she doesn't seem like she will be able to be a star in years to come, just a very reliable point guard. She doesn't score, but I guess she is an 8th grader on the best team in the state.

Another thing, did one of Beach's starting guards get hurt or foul out agianst Thompson? I just watched the last 4 minutes and overtime and Farstveet was in the whole time.

emily hardy went down when she collided with another beach player and one central cass player. i believe it was in the 4th quarter and she didn't return. that's why farstveet was holding down the PG duties those last few minutes.

First of all I was talking about the opening round Thompson game, not the championship.

Second, Hardy did return. I was at the championship game. She was only out for a couple minutes.

[sportsfan10]

Hailee Farstveet from Beach - 8th grader but has the poise and maturity of a senior - very smart player watch for her in the state tournament!!

To me, she doesn't seem like she will be able to be a star in years to come, just a very reliable point guard. She doesn't score, but I guess she is an 8th grader on the best team in the state.

Another thing, did one of Beach's starting guards get hurt or foul out agianst Thompson? I just watched the last 4 minutes and overtime and Farstveet was in the whole time.

emily hardy went down when she collided with another beach player and one central cass player. i believe it was in the 4th quarter and i'm not sure if she returned. that may be why farstveet was holding down the PG duties those last few minutes.

First of all I was talking about the opening round Thompson game, not the championship.

Second, Hardy did return. I was at the championship game. She was only out for a couple minutes.

oh, ok. my mistake.

[gbball]

Hailee Farstveet from Beach - 8th grader but has the poise and maturity of a senior - very smart player watch for her in the state tournament!!

To me, she doesn't seem like she will be able to be a star in years to come, just a very reliable point guard. She doesn't score, but I guess she is an 8th grader on the best team in the state.

Another thing, did one of Beach's starting guards get hurt or foul out agianst Thompson? I just watched the last 4 minutes and overtime and Farstveet was in the whole time.

No, Beach's starting guard, Kayla Dolyniuk, was not fouled out in the Thompson game nor was she hurt. Hailee was in for Kayla during the last 4 mins and OT.

[brockstar41]

idk maybe Paige Meyer from FCT

[COACHWEST]

Hannah Jacobs from Divide County. Not looking forward to seeing her for the next 5 years.

[Topgun]

I dont think 8th graders should play high school basketball it is High School Basketball not JH Basketball

[Indy5]

I dont think 8th graders should play high school basketball it is High School Basketball not JH Basketball

A lot of schools have to out of necessity due to numbers. And if they are better than the older players, why not play them? Your job as a coach is to win games, so play the best players.

[brockstar41]

I dont think 8th graders should play high school basketball it is High School Basketball not JH Basketball

A lot of schools have to out of necessity due to numbers. And if they are better than the older players, why not play them? Your job as a coach is to win games, so play the best players.

A lot of people might not agree but i believe there is only two reasons by junior high players should be brought up. 1) If the team doesn't have the numbers like stated before, and 2) if the player is going to immediately contribute on the varsity level. If you bring up an eighth grader to play jv, then it will only hurt the players in their own grade.

[ndlionsfan]

I dont think 8th graders should play high school basketball it is High School Basketball not JH Basketball

A lot of schools have to out of necessity due to numbers. And if they are better than the older players, why not play them? Your job as a coach is to win games, so play the best players.

A lot of people might not agree but i believe there is only two reasons by junior high players should be brought up. 1) If the team doesn't have the numbers like stated before, and 2) if the player is going to immediately contribute on the varsity level. If you bring up an eighth grader to play jv, then it will only hurt the players in their own grade.

I completely agree. Back when I was coaching I wouldn't even give a freshman a varsity uniform unless I felt they could contribute to help us win. I didn't give out jerseys just to sit at the end of the bench. I wanted it to be something to work hard towards and improve your game. I usually had 18-20 kids out for bball in 9-12 and usually had only 10-11 dress varsity even though 15 could dress. The year after I left the new coach gave 5 freshmen varsity jerseys ahead of 4 sophmores. The sophomores were ok players that could have at least contributed a bit at that level but the freshmen were way out of their league when they got in a varsity game. What happened? All the sophomores didn't go out the next year, they struggled to field two teams because numbers dropped and 2 years later they joined a co-op even though there are still enough kids in the school to field a team if they played.

[slugger4life]

Delaney Selvig from Rolette. She starts point guard for them as a 8th grader. Probably the best all around player on there team. I've seen her play a couple times. Fun to watch. Bright future for this young gal.

[ClassBEast]

Rylee Nudell from Maple Valley (7th grader). Granted, their team is very poor, but she is their leading scorer... 15 to 20 points a game.

[Run4Fun2009]

52 points through 3 games - good for 17.3 ppg. MV is probably only averaging 40 points as a team per game.