The 17U Weekend: The Final Weekly Top Five!

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The best of the best from Week 5! We run things down for you today!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Weekly Top Five!</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) Minnesota Comets</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Real Phenom</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) [program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Mantey</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) [program_tooltip program_id='2075485' first='Gain' last='Elite']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) [program_tooltip program_id='2075449' first='East' last='Metro Bounce'] Black</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Undefeated</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Comets won the Scheels Prospect Series knocking off three teams that are second teams here in Minnesota, one quality team from Wisconsin, and then a good team from South Dakota. A second weekend championship in state for this program.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075449' first='East' last='Metro Bounce'] Black was in Pool B of the Cream City Milwaukee event and won all of their games. Four Wisconsin teams played, four Wisconsin teams defeated. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075485' first='Gain' last='Elite'] won all three games they played in the Meg Vang leading to an undefeated weekend and the Meg Vang top division title. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minnesota Lightning Hovland won the second division at this weekend's Des Moines event hosted by AIA. It was five wins in five games. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075310' first='Northstar' last='Titans'] Thompson had a big weekend in Milwaukee in a middle pool earning four wins against out of state competition. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Quality</strong> <strong>4-1/3-1 Run</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Antl defeated three of four teams in the Scheels series with three local wins and one defeated by a score to a Wisconsin team. Winning ways continue although the loss to a Wisconsin team is something that they will work to learn from. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Real Phenom continues to win games. Win win win and more wins. This weekend they were in the top pool of a KC event and took second. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the top pool of the Prep Hoops event in Milwaukee, Lace Up beat the brakes off of a NXT team, beat two Wisconsin teams including the Blizzard, and lost a close game to Team Rose. Nice weekend. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075808' first='Powerhouse' last='MN'] won three games in Sioux Falls including a win over a good Team Factory program and a couple wins over South Dakota teams. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Really nice weekend for Select Mantey avenging a Fury DeLo loss meaning they earned a top ten win. Overall they grabbed victories in three of their four Scheels games. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Next Weekend!</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's all about the Battle at the Lakes. "Battle" has 67 Minnesota 17 and under teams alone. Every college program that can be out in the five state area will be at this event to see talent because there will be that much talent. And there is going to be a national presence there too with some five star All Americans and several nationally ranked prospects. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->