Gatorade POY, Top Soph, Winter Carnival Tourney Results

#1 posting 1.24. 2007
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GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Hailey Cowles of Eden Prairie was named MN Gatorade Player of the year. Here is a Gatorade list of all the states.
Recent players to make the MN Gatorade POY include
2001: Kelly Bowman, Osseo, JR--Minnesota
2002: Kelly Bowman, Osseo---Minnesota
2003: Betty Slinger, Bethlehem Academy--UW Green Bay
2004: Kelly Lopez, DGF---North Dakota State
2005: Lauren Gibbemeyer, Cretin-Derham Hall, JR---Minnesota

Brittany Chambers of Jordan was named Sophomore of the year in the nation at prepvolleyball.com site. You will need to be a subscriber to read the story.

WINTER CARNIVAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS
The North Star 18s competed in the Winter Carnival Tournament this past Sunday. Their first match was against the Burnsville Badgers. After a bit of a slow start, North Star came out on top in two games.
Their second match was a forfeit.
Their third match was against the best team they had seen all day, River Falls. But even they we no match for North Star, who won in two.

Onto bracket play: North Star played and defeated the Burnsville Badgers once again, and then faced River Falls for the Championship. After a rocky start, North Star pulled ahead and won game one 25-22. The second game had about the same results, making North Star 18s the Champions of the Winter Carnival.

Next up: tomorrow