The Minnesota Hoops Weekend

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Where should you be looking to watch high school basketball games this weekend in Minnesota? We give you the weekend run down now!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Friday Combo</strong>. The early metro kickoff to see is Park Center vs Osseo. The game is at Park Center at 6pm. Osseo has struggled but they do have some talent to make the game competition. [player_tooltip player_id='962202' first='JJ' last='Ware'] of Park Center has really caught fire from the arc with recent high games of 28 against Rogers, 25 against Armstrong, and 24 against Spring Lake Park. Ware is one of five Pirates scoring in double digits and he is putting up a team high 18.7 points a game. [player_tooltip player_id='1220406' first='Trey' last='Smith'] leads Osseo at his 19 points a contest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>You could catch that early game and then get in the car and drive (SAFELY, it's cold as hell, windy as hell and slippery as hell, fun times!) to West Lutheran in Plymouth for an 8:15 tip off against Eagle Ridge. [player_tooltip player_id='1284144' first='Isaiah' last='Ronning'] is having a nice 17ppg season for West Lutheran. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Friday's Best</strong>. We have the Lake again! Usually on a Friday night in late January the top Friday game will be in the lake and with #3 Wayzata hosting #4 Minnetonka it is the situation again!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>One</strong>. [player_tooltip player_id='1167554' first='Hayden' last='Tibbits'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='1284083' first='Andy' last='Stefonowicz']. Elite PG battle. Tibbits is making a Mr. Basketball surge while Stefonowicz is one of the top PGs in the junior class. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Two</strong>. [player_tooltip player_id='1436435' first='Jake' last='Schmitt'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='962207' first='Ibrahim' last='El-Amin']. Tonka's top scorer has had some big games recently, Schmitt is likely part of the group that will be chasing him.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Three</strong>. [player_tooltip player_id='1201757' first='Spencer' last='Hall'] vs vs [player_tooltip player_id='962205' first='Jalen' last='Cain']. A couple of hard working seniors that play hard and move well at 6'2/6'3</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Four</strong>. [player_tooltip player_id='1564640' first='Isaiah' last='Habte'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='962220' first='Alex' last='Jones']. Two more seniors head to head, both are 4/5 basket a game games.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Five</strong>. [player_tooltip player_id='1287438' first='Jackson' last='McAndrew'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='1284162' first='Jordan' last='Cain']. The big name juniors who are the second leading scorers for their teams. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bang For the Buck</strong>. Looking for a full day of games? The Breakdown Community Clash offers three different locations with a full day of games: STMA HS, Mound-Westonka HS, and Holy Family HS. Here are the top five players to see at each site!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>STMA: [player_tooltip player_id='1284083' first='Andy' last='Stefonowicz'], [player_tooltip player_id='1284162' first='Jordan' last='Cain'], [player_tooltip player_id='1139197' first='Adam' last='Jenkins'], [player_tooltip player_id='962207' first='Ibrahim' last='El-Amin'], [player_tooltip player_id='1451792' first='Colton' last='Hagen'], </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mound-Westonka: [player_tooltip player_id='1220381' first='Anish' last='Ramlall'], [player_tooltip player_id='1544927' first='Kevin' last='Armstrong II'], [player_tooltip player_id='1617685' first='Bailey' last='Mcdonald'], Isaiah Dow-Hilliard, [player_tooltip player_id='1585944' first='Max' last='Kraay']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Holy Family: [player_tooltip player_id='962212' first='Boden' last='Kapke'], [player_tooltip player_id='962200' first='Jack' last='Janicki'], [player_tooltip player_id='1287442' first='Kole' last='Hanson'], [player_tooltip player_id='1484016' first='Brady' last='Wooley'], [player_tooltip player_id='1189958' first='Isaiah' last='Hagen'] </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Saturday's Best.</strong> 6AAA DeLaSalle at 5AAAA Hopkins is the best game to see on Saturday if you are not parked in a gym watching a full day of games. The Islanders and Royals are always a great match-up to take in. [player_tooltip player_id='962218' first='Nasir' last='Whitlock'] against [player_tooltip player_id='1550877' first='Jayden' last='Moore'] is senior vs frosh, but its really two very talented guards going head to head in a great match-up. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten Weekend Games</strong>!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>4AAAA Minnetonka at 3AAAA Wayzata (Friday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>6AAA DeLaSalle at 5AAAA Hopkins (Saturday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Watertown-Mayer at 9A Perham (Saturady) at STMA at the <strong>Breakdown Community Clash</strong></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Moorhead at 4AAAA Minnetonka (Saturday) at STMA at the <strong>Breakdown Community Clash</strong></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fosston at 5A Cherry (Friday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>7AAA Mankato East at Austin (Friday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>10AAAA East Ridge at Cretin-Derham Hall (Friday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Princeton at 9AAA Hermantown (Saturday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Osakis at 4AA Albany (Friday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>7AAAA Lakeville South at Farmington (Friday)</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->