The Minnesota Hoops Weekend

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Where should you go to see basketball in Minnesota this weekend? We give you the breakdown of the weekend ahead!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Friday Metro Combo</strong>. Tonight is the perfect night to catch two in the metro. Start at Cretin-Derham Hall at Roseville which is listed as a 5:30pm start, and when that game is over head to South Minneapolis and go watch Cooper at Minneapolis Southwest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's Raiders vs Raiders and the first time they played, the purple won by 28 with four guys in double digits (Joseph Mitchell led with 17). CDH just lost two close games to good teams so they will not travel to Roseville overlooking anything. At 12-8 Roseville is no push over, they just beat Anoka. Junior [player_tooltip player_id='1617787' first='Noah' last='George'] leads Roseville. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After that game is over, head south on your favorite road and see Cooper and Southwest. Senior [player_tooltip player_id='2367918' first='Chance' last='Wicks'] and his 17 a game lead Cooper while [player_tooltip player_id='1297887' first='Liam' last='Farniok'] leads the Lakers with 24 a contest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Weekend's Best</strong>.  Shakopee vs Minnetonka is the game of the weekend. And there will be so so many guards. Sounds like [player_tooltip player_id='1284162' first='Jordan' last='Cain'] and his 19 points a game will be out. Or at least was injured, or got injured in the last contest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284083' first='Andy' last='Stefonowicz'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='1575342' first='Isaac' last='Cordes']. The playmakers. Andy's name is more known but neither of these guys is a flashy, boisterous type player. They are guys that never change expression and keep working to keep their team at the top five in the state. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1567964' first='Isa' last='El-Amin'] vs Isaac Snell. Snell is the second leading Shakopee scorer, El-Amin is the bench scorer that will likely start into the Skipper first five. Different players but good players.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288767' first='Greyson' last='Uelmen'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='1288706' first='Jalen' last='Langsy']. The leading scorers. Both are guys that can handle some but their teams need them to score. If one of these guys slips from the norm, especially with Cain out, their teams could slip. But if one of them goes off, that could mean a win.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574218' first='Duke' last='Richardson'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='1436821' first='Eli' last='Schroeder']. Junior shooters that score in that 9-10 a game range and they were AAU teammates with [program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1296153' first='Kayden' last='Wells'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='1575347' first='Luke' last='Wherley']. This is the size. Neither is a true five but both players will rebound, play some post defense, and score. Wells is more of an active scorer, Wherley can do that but he's also a skilled guy too as a junior. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bang For the Buck</strong>.  This weekend the state adds another border battle, this time as Minnesota vs North Dakota. The games will be in Moorhead tomorrow and it's five boys teams from Minnesota playing five from ND (two girls games as well). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The event is called the Red River Round Up and it will have:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Central Cass vs Hawley (should be good)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bismarck Century vs Fergus Falls (Century should roll)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fargo Davies vs Osseo (toss up)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>DeLaSalle vs Fargo North (De should win)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Moorhead vs West Fargo (not sure)</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>5AAAA Shakopee at 3AAAA Minnetonka </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>1AA Breck at 8AAAA Minneapolis Washburn </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>9AA Southwest Christian at 5AAA Delano</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Nevis at 1A Cherry</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Edina at 4AAAA Hopkins</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Owatonna at 2AAA Mankato East</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Esko at St. Paul Johnson</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Minnehaha Academy at Maranatha Christian Academy </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Eden Prairie at 1AAAA Wayzata</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Foley at Sauk Centre </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list -->