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<p>The Battle at the Lakes had three top pools of seven teams each and it included 21 of the best teams/programs in the Upper Midwest. Only four teams went undefeated out of those 21 teams and that was Michigan Ignition, Martin Brothers, Hoop Habits and Bearstail representing Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota respectively.</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Weekly Top Five!</strong></h2>
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<p>(1) Hoop Habits</p>
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<p>(2) [program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Ohnstad</p>
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<p>(3) Minnesota Crossfire Frederickson</p>
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<p>(4) [program_tooltip program_id='2888391' first='Minnesota' last='Comets'] Elite</p>
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<p>(5) Minnesota Crossfire Ratte</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Undefeated</strong></h2>
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<p>This was a really big weekend for Hoop Habits. They beat Team Warwick out of South Dakota by six points, knocked off P32 team 24:up by ten, and then handed big losses to traditionally good programs PJ Hoops and Team 1848. </p>
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<p>It was also a really big step forward for the Select Ohnstad team. They had a close game win over Rush and then put a spanking on Apex Elite from E32, they hammered Colorado Titans who is P32, and beat a team from Michigan by 15. Looks like this group is starting to come together. </p>
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<p>Another team coming together is Minnesota Crossfire Frederickson. They had a serious battle with WOTN Erickson to the end and then they beat up their other opponents which includes wins over Sizzle Hall, Milwaukee Young Bucks, and All Wisconsin. A team moving on up!</p>
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<p>The theme of teams needing a big weekend continued with Comets Elite 15s! They also went undefeated beating the Playmakers second team by two scores, had a nice win over the Sanford SD Black team, and then knocked off Colorado Next Level and [program_tooltip program_id='2076003' first='West' last='Central United'] in blowout fashion. </p>
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<p>Do you know who wins games? Fury De Los Reyes! The DeLo Teams always have a good record! This weekend they had a great record with a four win run. They beat the Comets Landquist team by a basket, defeated Foundation North by 14, they won a two score game against Minnesota Gold, and then beat Grand Forks Swish by 19. They now are at 13-7 on the season. </p>
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<p>Minnesota Crossfire Ratte and Minneapolis Central were in the same pool and they both went 4-0 in the pool. Crossfire won their games by 30 points on average, and Central won their games by a 25 point average. Now these teams need to face some better teams in the next event, and watch out for them in bracket play!</p>
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<p>Minnesota Rise, Elevate, [program_tooltip program_id='2075674' first='Minnesota' last='Heat'] Jones, Start Strong, Heat Sanda, and [program_tooltip program_id='2859102' first='Hoop' last='Habits Elite'] Red all won their pools at 4-0 as well. </p>
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The Battle at the Lakes had three top pools of seven teams each and it included 21 of the best teams/programs in the Upper Midwest. Only four teams went undefeated out of those 21 teams and that was Michigan Ignition, Martin Brothers, Hoop Habits and Bearstail representing Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota respectively.
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