Monday, January 28, 2013

New #1 in AA girls basketball?

After the ESPN 99.1/Kelo/KBHB polls came out we have a new number one... Sort of... After their victory Friday night the Golden Eagles of Aberdeen Central (13-0) claim a tie for #1 with SF Washington (13-1). In the win for the Eagles Samantha Knecht had 18 points and 7 rebounds and Brynn Flakus had 17 points vs the Sturgis Scoopers. They have 6 games left on their schedule to run the table but have to play at Mitchell and at SF Roosevelt to close out the regular season.

For the Warriors they also have 6 games remaining on their schedule. They have a tough schedule to end the season; O'Gorman twice and at SF Roosevelt. After coming off the loss to Lincoln and being down by 14 to the Riders they had a great second half and a good start vs Bellevue East to win two straight. They also have Emma Hanson back in the lineup after she missed two games (Lincoln, and Roosevelt) with a concussion.

Mitchell is right on the heels of everyone else with 7 of their last 9 games at home. Kerri Young and Macy Miller have been playing great and the defense has been outstanding holding teams to under 30 points (29.25) in the last 4 games.

Three teams that have been flying under the radar a little bit this season are SF Roosevelt (12-3), SF Lincoln (8-4) and SF O'Gorman (10-6) The injury to Darby Huginin hurts the Patriots. Darby is out with a broken arm she got chasing a loose ball during the win vs SF Washington on Tuesday Jan 22nd.  She had surgery Friday and got 6 screws and a plate put in and is likely done for the season.

The Roosevelt loss to Washington on Friday stopped a 7 game winning streak. They have to travel to Brookings on Friday before hosting Aberdeen Central and Washington in Febuary.

The O'Gorman Knights have 4 games remaining in the regular season with a big test on the road at SF Washington Thursday night. (1/31/13) Three out of the next four games are at home for the knights so it's important to get momentum going into district play.


District Standings as of 1/28/13

District 1

SF Roosevelt 12-3
SF OGorman  10-6
Watertown     3-10
Brookings      2-12

District 2

SF Washington 13-1
SF Lincoln           8-4
Brandon Valley  4-10
Yankton               2-9

District 3

Aberdeen Central 13-0
Mitchell                   9-2
Pierre                        6-5
Huron                      2-11

District 4

RC Central    7-5
RC Stevens   5-8
Sturgis          4-10
Douglas        6-7

Some games of interest coming up:

1/29/13
Pierre (6-5) @  Mitchell (9-2)

1/31/13
SF O'Gorman (10-6) @ SF Washington (13-1) 1/31/13
Watertown (3-10) @ SF Lincoln (8-4) ESPN 99.1 FM with Brad Peterson 7:20pm

2/1/13

SF Roosevelt @ Brookings
Sturgis@ Mitchell
Pierre @ Yankton

Les Schroeder
ESPN 99.1


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