AAU Minnesota: 17U Reports Across the Nation (May 16)

<p>Minnesota teams represented well in the Midwest this past weekend.  Who stood out and what were the big wins?  We run through that now! </p> <p><strong>Maple Grove, Minnesota</strong>.  The biggest eye popping win of the Howard Pulley Showcase at the 17u level would be Real Phenom defeating Howard Pulley with six guys winning .  Former Panthers [player_tooltip player_id="850729" first="Muja" last="Burton"], [player_tooltip player_id="958648" first="Hassan" last="Kamara"], and [player_tooltip player_id="958650" first="Jon" last="Haakenson"] are playing as unsigned seniors with Real Phenom and the Heights duo (Kamara and Burton) helped lead their squad over their former team (Haakenson was not available for that game).  Robbinsdale Armstrong 2025 guard [player_tooltip player_id="1448601" first="Desmond" last="Ware"] and Totino-Grace 2024 Zy'lerre Stewart combined for 34 points while [player_tooltip player_id="958665" first="Jacob" last="Butler"] had 16.  Phenom also knocked off the Minnesota Lightning with Butler scoring 16 and Kamara scoring 15.  </p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962214" first="Nolan" last="Winter"] and [player_tooltip player_id="1151197" first="Daniel" last="Freitag"] teamed up to lead the Howard Pulley 17s to wins in four of games including wins over both All Iowa Attack teams. </p> <p><strong>Des Moines, Iowa</strong>.   The top two 17s divisions at the Kings of the Court event were won by Minnesota teams:  D1 Minnesota 3SSB and Minnesota Fury Dahl each went undefeated in five games.  D1 opened with a seven point win over Martin Brothers and then beat Martin Brothers by 20 in the title game.  D1 Minnesota also knocked off Sizzle Caldwell, 78-42. </p> <p>What a great weekend for Minnesota Lightning Dahl who smashed four teams and then beat Kingdom Hoops Navy by two scores. [player_tooltip player_id="1225638" first="Kayden" last="Rodrick"] of Zumbrota-Mazeppa and Denton Kingland of Lake Mills are two guys that continue to have great seasons for the Lightning Dahl squad. </p> <p><strong>St. Cloud, Minnesota</strong>.  So far this spring the 17u division of the SPTS has been controlled by the Wisconsin Swing and Minnesota Fury.  They played on Sunday afternoon with both teams being undefeated at 7-0.  The Fury squad had defeated the Rise (by eight points), the Dakota Schoolers (by a dozen), and the Comets Elite team (by 24) heading into that mid-year showdown with the Swing.  The Fury came up short falling 81-74 but a potential rematch later in the year should be a ton of fun. </p> <p>Minnesota Select Mantey and Minnesota Heat PVR are tied for third with 5-3 records while Playmakers North is the other team at .500 or above with their 4-4 record.  </p> <p><strong>Appleton, Wisconsin.  </strong>It was a big weekend for WOTN who was in Pool B of the Midwest Showdown along with Minnesota Chill and [program_tooltip program_id='2078859' first='Starks' last='Elite'] and WOTN beat both teams leading to a perfect 4-0 weekend.  Minnesota-Crookston offered [player_tooltip player_id="1288833" first="Kayser" last="Hassan"] and Mid-season All State candidate [player_tooltip player_id="1220381" first="Anish" last="Ramlall"] each had 16 while [player_tooltip player_id="1226395" first="Baiden" last="Bean"] had ten assists in the win over [program_tooltip program_id='2078859' first='Starks' last='Elite']. Ramlall had 23 in the win over the Blizzard and in the overtime win over the Illinois T-Wolves, both Ramlall and Bean had 16.   [player_tooltip player_id="1220354" first="Soren" last="Richardson"] of Northfield also had a solid weekend. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p>