MBSLA High School Elite 8

[Gopherlax29]

Games are all on Saturday in Blaine I believe:

Jefferson vs Osseo
BSM vs TG
Edina vs Blake
Apple Valley vs AHA

4 Privates, 4 publics
All 8 metro area teams

I am personally excited, as well as Bryce Reme, to coach against old teammates and our alma matter in Jefferson. BSM vs TG in the private school match-up could be the best of the weekend. Look for AV to knock off AHA as my upset special.

Thoughts, predictions?

[Rob Graff]

And importanly - there are UMLL alumni either head coaching or top assistants for 7 of these 8 HS's

In no particular order (and if I've missed someone - I apologize - this is off the top of my head - no slight intended):

Totino Grace - Justin Hoban (UST) HC, John Mezzenga (UMD) Assistant Coach (AC)

Osseo - J. Ericksen (UofM) AC

BSM - Colin Mulcahy (UMD) HC, B. Finnvick (UMD) AC, R. Horn (UMD) AC

Blake - Hank Marotske (UST) HC

AV - Ben Uzlik (UMD) AC

AHA - Eric Overman (UMD) HC

Jefferson - Scott Cater (UMD) HC

[Pinball]

Dont forget Andrew Haychia (AC) over at Edina a 2004 graduate of SJU

[Gopherlax29]

So all 8 teams have atleast one, thats awesome. I'd be interested in how many teams have atleast one coach who has won a title in either the UMLL or the H.S. level (in MN) or both.

[mnref]

Game times for those interested

1:00 PM Apple Valley vs AHA
3:00 PM Jefferson vs Osseo
3:00 PM Edina vs Blake
6:00 PM BSM vs TG

And, yes, all remaining games will be played at the National Sports Center in Blaine. I haven't been told which fields will be in use.

For those keeping a calendar:
Semifinal #1 Tuesday, June 6 at 5:00 PM
Semifinal #2 Tuesday, June 6 at 7:00 PM

Consolation/3rd Place Saturday, June 10 at 2:00 PM
Championship Saturday, June 10 at 5:00 PM

Hope to see you there!

Matt

[troche]

H1 and H2 are the fields for this Saturday.

http://nscsports.org/news-info/directions.htm

Stadium U1 for June 6th and 10th...

[Rob Graff]

Unofficial results:

AHA beats AV
Blake beats Edina by about 7
Osseo beats Jefferson by about 10
Totino beats BSM

Final 4 are set.