Week 14 17U: Top Five Teams of the Week
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We are back to bring you the top five biggest success stories of the week from the 17U level. We had a few different Minnesota teams win championships, and others make some quality runs! One. Fury Zurn Goes 6-0. Winning…
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Continue ReadingWe are back to bring you the top five biggest success stories of the week from the 17U level. We had a few different Minnesota teams win championships, and others make some quality runs!
One. Fury Zurn Goes 6-0. Winning one championship is hard enough. Winning tough is quite difficult. Winning the Hard Work Region finals three years in a row? An 18-0 record in Hard Work Region Finals in three years? That’s what the Minnesota Fury kids did. Max Woods Max Woods 5'11" | PG Chanhassen | 2024 State MN , Charlie Theis Charlie Theis 6'5" | PF East Ridge | 2024 State MN , I recall the pair making huge plays two years ago in the 15u title game and here we are two years later with Owen Waldoch Owen Waldoch 6'7" | PF Forest Lake | 2024 State MN , Jalen Langsy Jalen Langsy 5'11" | PG Shakopee | 2024 State MN , Brandon Hrncir Brandon Hrncir 6'8" | PF Farmington | 2024 State MN and others joining them in making big plays for another title.
Two. Sizzle with the Big Time Bounce Back. Want to talk about a bounce back, about 20 hours ago the Grassroots Sizzle 17 and Under squad turned things around in a hurry and brought back Big Time gold to the Twin Cities from Vegas. On Saturday and Sunday the Sizzle played the Truth as well as three EYBL teams. They lost all four of those games BUT the losses to Team Thad and Florida Rebels were by a single basket. The Sizzle then turned things around in bracket play beating WACG, the Oakland Soliders ECYL team, Paul George, and most importantly, turned that earlier 14 point loss against the Truth, into a four point title game win! Later last night Midwest time the Sizzle was posing with the title trophy in the Big Time Vegas Tournament. Casmir Chavis Casmir Chavis 6'2" | PG Park Center | 2024 State #170 Nation MN and Chiang Ring Chiang Ring 6'8" | C Park Center | 2024 State #276 Nation MN once again led the way.
Three. Real Phenom in Final Four. The Real Phenom was not able to beat the Sanford Sports Academy top team for the second time this year but they did beat Minnesota Select Mantey in the quarters in a big win for their team. The win over Pride Roc out of Wisconsin was also a very nice victory for the Real Phenom team. They are out in Colorado this week looking to bring home an event championship.
Four. West Central Wildcats Take Gold. The second division of the Hard Work Region Finals included the West Central Wildcats and being in the second division worked out great for their team. Big man DeAndre Holloway DeAndre Holloway 6'7" | PF KMS | 2024 State MN was once again captivating bringing video guys and several college coaches to every game, and they had a nice win over a top 30 Powerhouse team along the way. The title game victory was over Wisconsin Hoops Select.
Five. WOTN. The WOTN Mitchell team surprised us several times last weekend! They beat a very good Colorado Titans team with a first round upset, they beat Border Select Basketball in round two in a mild upset, and then got hot and nearly took the eventual champions ( Minnesota Fury ) out of the event with a potential massive upset. The emergence of Lauson Schmidt Lauson Schmidt 5'11" | PG Lakeville South | 2024 State MN continues.