The 15U Weekend: The Weekly Top Five

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We've spoken about the variety of the 15u level, the talent spread of the players in this class, and the sheer amount of teams in this group that are really good, and just competitive as well. Who were the best teams last weekend?&nbsp; Here is our weekly top five and the undefeateds!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"></h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Weekly Top Five</strong></h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>(1) Southwest Minnesota Stars</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>(2) [program_tooltip program_id='2075674' first='Minnesota' last='Heat'] Conyers</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>(3) Grassroots Melzer</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>(4) [program_tooltip program_id='2075310' first='Northstar' last='Titans'] Strand</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>(5) Minnesota Rush<br></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Undefeateds&nbsp;</strong></h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stop me if you have heard this before (this week or the year before or the year before….) a Minnesota team went to Kansas City in May and demolished everything in their path.  This time it was the Southwest Minnesota Stars and they won 63-41, 60-36, 85-47, and 57-27.  A Stars demolition. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075674' first='Minnesota' last='Heat'] Conyers was undefeated in Sioux Falls playing a couple close games and then winning two games by big numbers.  The Heat played three different South Dakota teams from good programs and they won all of those games, and they beat a Nebraska team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The [program_tooltip program_id='2075310' first='Northstar' last='Titans'] stayed home and played up two levels in the Fury Shootout, and they won their bracket going undefeated.  The Titans defeated 17s teams from the Heat, Comets, WOTN and the Wave.  They won all those games by double digits. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Staying with the Fury Shootout, Minnesota Rush won the 15s level of the event.  They blew out their first two opponents 75-24 and 83-41 followed by a pair of wins over All Iowa Attack teams, and then a 56-52 win over [program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Greene 14s (who were playing up). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Reyes went into KC two games above .500 and they put together a great weekend to improve to 15-9 on the season. In Pool G they crushed their first Missouri opponent followed by a twelve point win against a second Missouri opponent. Next was a blowout win over a Kansas City team, and then a blowout win over an Iowa team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fury DeLo went down to KC and crushed everybody as well.  They had blowout wins over teams from Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Kansas and wherever APE Elite is from.  You can always count on Fury DeLo to win games as he is now three wins from 20 this season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of the most important items of this past weekend was the play of Grassroots Melzer who went to Sioux Falls and won all four of their games.  They have now won 16 of 19 games this season and the take note moment was winning their four games by a combined 102 points! A team that others in the Midwest need to watch closely for. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Elevate Skills went down to Dallas and won all four of their games including the win over Team Breakdown from Florida in a one point win  They also beat teams from Virginia, Delaware and Georgia in what was a great weekend for them. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075674' first='Minnesota' last='Heat'] Jones went to Sioux Falls and earned themselves four wins. They opened the event with a one point win over Southwest Stars second team.  The next three games were controlled wins over teams from Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->