The 15U Weekend: The Weekly Top 5

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minnesota teams played in St. Cloud, Bloomington and Des Moines this past weekend! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Top Five Teams of the Week!</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) [program_tooltip program_id='2075431' first='D1' last='Minnesota']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) [program_tooltip program_id='2075485' first='Gain' last='Elite']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Minnesota Lightning King</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) Minnesota Comets Elite</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) Minneapolis Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Undefeated</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075485' first='Gain' last='Elite'] moved into the 15u top ten this week winning another set of four games in Des Moines winning the second division. Three of the games were massive, massive blowouts and they likely should have been played in the top division as they crushed their opponents. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minneapolis Central continued their winning ways grabbing three wins in the Magic event held in Bloomington. Defeated the Minnesota [program_tooltip program_id='2075852' first='Spartans' last=''] by a 55-54 score in a good win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>WOTN Mould earned wins in all their games in Bloomington beating [program_tooltip program_id='2412152' first='East' last='Metro Wave'], Magic Black and the Sizzle Pumas team.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Impressive 3-1/4-1 Showings</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075431' first='D1' last='Minnesota'] played up at the 16u level and defeated Comets Petermeier as well as the better of the two ECI 16s teams before losing to Comets Elite by ten in the finals. Good showing for the young and talented bunch but could not pull it off in the final against a team of very good guards. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minnesota Lightning King knocked off a local, one team from North Dakota and one team from South Dakota before falling to Hoop City who is one of the best 15s teams in the five state area. Good showing putting the Lightning in the 15s top five. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minnesota Comets Thuok lost the initial placement game but then bounced back to beat third teams from SSA and ECI followed by a win over the Sartell freshmen earning the D2 championship in St. Cloud. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->