The 17U Weekend: The Weekly Top Five!

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Everybody was at Battle at the Lakes. Who was undefeated? Who had a big weekend? We break it down now!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Weekly Top Five!</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) [program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Antl</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) [program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Ohnstad</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Real Phenom</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) [program_tooltip program_id='2075674' first='Minnesota' last='Heat'] Conyers</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) [program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Mantey</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Undefeated</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075431' first='D1' last='Minnesota'] battled through a slugfest to beat SSA, they had a controlling win over the Playmakers, and then were beating RWE Elite in a fun battle before the game had to be shut down. Three more wins. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Fury Antl squad knocked off Team Warwick by 20 in the title cross pool title game, they beat UAA brand Martin Brothers, beat the Davis Brothers 17s by 30, and knocked off North Dakota by 15. Huge weekend for this team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Real Phenom improved to 18-2 on the year. They demolished a couple out of state teams and then won very close games against Sizzle Duberry and Fury DeLo (this one was a well designed buzzer beater out of a timeout). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] played their best basketball of the year beating Hoop Habits by a [player_tooltip player_id='1437598' first='Dane' last='Danielson'] buzzer beater, they knocked off SSA ND (ECI), controlled a team from Canada, and then crushed Hoop City 17s. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Staying with Select, Select Mantey won their cross pool game beating a nice list of locals including [program_tooltip program_id='2078859' first='Starks' last='Elite'], WOTN Kranz, and [program_tooltip program_id='2076003' first='West' last='Central United'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another team that has their best weekend of the year was Heat Conyers. Victories over the Suns, over the SW Stars, they beat the Swish by 20, and beat a Wisconsin team by 25. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075449' first='East' last='Metro Bounce'] Black won their cross pool by 20 over a South Dakota team plus beat Rise, Sizzle Cruz and a Colorado team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2076001' first='Wear' last='Out the Net'] Foley earned four wins beating the Wildcats, a Wisconsin team, and third teams from the Comets and Select. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minnesota Comets Petermeier was one of two top 30 teams to not play at Battle this weekend, instead they were in Madison and their first game on Friday night.... it was against [program_tooltip program_id='2076429' first='Minnesota' last='Lockdown'] for a 36 point win! They then beat TSS, Limitless (until the Comets showed up in Mad Town!) and the Swing second team for a 4-0 weekend in Mad Town!</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>Minnesota Comets beat Team 1848 from UA Rise, lost to Team Warwick by eight, they knocked off the Colorado Titans of P32, and then beat the very very good Davis Brothers 16s in double overtime. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] DeLo was in the crosspool title game and had a good weekend until the last play of their final game. Another 3-1 weekend though. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minnesota Lace Up continues to impress. They beat a Colorado team, a North Dakota team, they beat Minnesota Gold, and they lost to SSA North Dakota by a basket. Good weekend again</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>FSA crushed a Colorado team and a Wisconsin team, beat South Dakota Elite in a good game, and then lost to DeLo by a score. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075808' first='Powerhouse' last='MN'] crushed a Wisconsin team, crushed an IOwa team, beat the Suns by two scores and then lost to Swish. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Swish! They won their pool beating teams from Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota (Powerhouse), and then lost to Heat Conyers by 20. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Next Weekend!</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's live period weekend. That means [program_tooltip program_id='2075431' first='D1' last='Minnesota'] in Omaha for 3SSB, [program_tooltip program_id='2455790' first='Howard' last='Pulley'] in Memphis for EYCL, numerous teams making the trip down to KC, another big amount of teams going to Prep Hoops Live in Chicago, another solid helping of teams headed to Sioux Falls for Prep Hoops Stomping Grounds, and then some one offs traveling to Wichita, Dallas and some other spots. I have my work cut out for me finding all the records for next week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Local? The [program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Shootout! Minnesota Swish Dahl and some others will be there!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->