The Champlin Park Rebels: January 2009

Friday, January 30, 2009

Up Next Elk River

The Rebels (11-5) take on the Elks (6-10) Tuesday at 7pm at home. This is the teams first meeting of the year. The Elks are led by senior guard Jack Gavin who is averaging 12 points a contest.

The Rebels return home after a 3 game road trip as Anoka keeps this one interesting longer than a lot of people thought they would. The Rebels go on a couple of runs and look poised to blow this one wide open but some early substitutions in the first half keep the Tornadoes in the game. After enjoying a lead as high as 14 points, the Rebels let the Tornadoes cut the lead to 7 points and go into the locker room at the half 33-26.

The Rebels step up their defensive pressure and start to get some break out baskets and force the Tornadoes to call a timeout once the Rebels stretch their lead to 14. The Rebels continue to apply defensive pressure and get a couple more stops and breakout baskets to put this one away.

Jasper Duberry
Scott Theisen led the big four with 16 points, with all hitting double digits. The Rebels insert their bench at about the 4 minute mark and coast in for the victory. Nick Welle led the Tornadoes with 15 points as the Rebels hold Bernie Ward to 5 points.

With the win the Rebels remained in a three way tie for 1st place in the conference with Osseo and Centennial who both had easy wins tonight.

The Box:
Theisen 16
Zimmermann 15
Duberry 15
Munneke 2
Williamson 6
Davis 6
Reibling 6
Walker 2
Starck 2

Of Note:

Rebels best shooting night (55%) of the season
Theisen with 9 rebounds
Rebels winning streak reaches 4

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Scoreboard Watching:

Apple Valley 69, Rosemount 51 F RECAP

Bethany Academy 57, Providence Academy 36 F RECAP

Blaine 63, Maple Grove 56 F RECAP

Blake 69, Mounds Park Academy 45 F RECAP

Bloomington Jefferson 59, Lakeville South 42 F RECAP

Buffalo 64, Rogers 46 F RECAP

Cambridge-Isanti 66, Princeton 49 F RECAP

Centennial 89, Andover 74 F RECAP

Champlin Park 84, Anoka 60 F RECAP

Columbia Heights 57, Chisago Lakes Area 48 F RECAP

Coon Rapids 77, Park Center 76 F RECAP

Eastview 74, Chaska 56 F RECAP

Eden Prairie 70, Eagan 60 F RECAP

Edina 71, Robbinsdale Armstrong 43 F RECAP

Farmington 70, Northfield 46 F RECAP

Forest Lake 58, Park of Cottage Grove 50 F RECAP

Four Directions Charter 84, St. Paul Preparatory 40 F

Fridley 54, St. Francis 51 F RECAP

Hastings 65, Roseville 64 F RECAP

Holy Angels 73, Red Wing 58 F RECAP

Hopkins 92, Cretin-Derham Hall 58 F RECAP

Irondale 91, St. Louis Park 81 F RECAP

Lakeville North 64, Burnsville 43 F RECAP

Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity 70, Heritage Christian 59 F RECAP

Mahtomedi 82, St. Thomas Academy 74 F RECAP

Maranatha Christian 53, Southwest Christian 50 F RECAP

Meadow Creek Christian 60, West Lutheran 37 F RECAP

Minneapolis North 69, Minneapolis Edison 63 F RECAP

Minneapolis South 64, Minneapolis Southwest 54 F RECAP

Minnehaha Academy 95, Brooklyn Center 59 F RECAP

Monticello 73, Becker 37 F RECAP

Mound-Westonka 63, Litchfield 62 F RECAP

Mounds View 63, Woodbury 49 F RECAP

New Life Academy 52, Trinity School 50 F/OT RECAP

New Prague 66, Hutchinson 63 F RECAP

Orono 73, Dassel-Cokato 57 F RECAP

Osseo 67, Elk River 33 F RECAP

Richfield 73, Hill-Murray 66 F RECAP

Robbinsdale Cooper 87, North Branch 58 F RECAP

Rockford 55, Eden Valley-Watkins 53 F RECAP

Shakopee 56, Prior Lake 45 F RECAP

Sioux City North, IA 89, Minneapolis Henry 70 F RECAP

Spring Lake Park 62, Totino-Grace 43 F RECAP

St. Croix Lutheran 63, Breck 50 F RECAP

St. Michael-Albertville 68, Big Lake 64 F RECAP

St. Paul Central 79, St. Paul Como Park 56 F RECAP

St. Paul Johnson 79, St. Paul Highland Park 25 F RECAP

Tartan 46, North St. Paul 41 F RECAP

Waconia 61, Glencoe-Silver Lake 57 F RECAP

Watertown-Mayer 54, Annandale 52 F RECAP

Wayzata 86, Minnetonka 78 F RECAP

White Bear Lake 82, Stillwater Area 81 F RECAP

Next Big Game: Hopkins vs Cooper

Posted on January 30th, 2009 – 10:29 PM
By John Millea

Those two boys’ basketball teams both won tonight, so both will take undefeated records into Tuesday night’s game at Cooper.

I watched #1-4A Hopkins cruise past Cretin-Derham Hall 92-58 in St. Paul tonight. That put the Royals’ record at 15-0. Third-ranked Cooper beat visiting North Branch 87-58 and the Hawks are also 15-0.

Cooper has a very nice team and its star, Rodney Williams, is a tremendous talent. But I don’t see how an objective person can pick Hopkins to lose. All five starters scored between 10 and 17 points tonight, and the Hopkins bench is very strong. They just wear you down. If Cooper can get its running game cranked up and continually beat Hopkins downcourt, the Hawks might be able to pull this off. But if not, Hopkins’ defense is so strong that playing half-court game with the Royals is a tall order.

Have a good weekend, everybody.

Duberry Creating Interest @ Colorado College

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Up Next Andover

The Rebels (10-5) return home after a 3 game road trip (all wins) to face the Tornadoes (6-9). The Tornadoes have three players scoring in double digits and are led by senior Bernie Ward's 18 points a game. the game is at 7pm.

Star Tribune Conference Stat Leaders (All Games)

INDIVIDUAL SCORING LEADERS NAME (SCHOOL) PTS
1. #35 Sam Dower (Osseo) 25.1
2. #14 Ben Baker (Coon Rapids) 20.4
3. #40 Dylan Rodriguez (Blaine) 19.4
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INDIVIDUAL REBOUNDING LEADERS NAME (SCHOOL) REB
1. #20 Josh Pella (Champlin Park) 121
2. #21 Ebo Nana-Kweson (Coon Rapids) 119
3. #14 Ben Baker (Coon Rapids) 113
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INDIVIDUAL ASSISTS LEADERS NAME (SCHOOL) ASST
1. #15 Jasper Duberry (Champlin Park) 56
2. #41 Gavin, Jack (Elk River) 48
3. #21 Ebo Nana-Kweson (Coon Rapids) 46
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INDIVIDUAL STEALS LEADERS NAME (SCHOOL) STL
1. #41 Gavin, Jack (Elk River) 36
2. #20 Josh Pella (Champlin Park) 34
3. #32 Scott Theisen (Champlin Park) 32
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

CP 76 - Park Center 52

The Rebels run out to an easy 38-23 half time lead with Duberry sitting the last 8 minutes of the half with 2 fouls. With Theisen hitting from the outside and Zimmermann scoring at will, the Rebels maintain their lead and are up 61-40 with 6 minutes left as they clear the bench.

Kyle Zimmermann

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The team finish their 3 game road trip with an easy and uneventful win over the Pirates with a whisper of "Maple Grove is beating Osseo" traveling thru the gym.

The Box:
Theisen 17
Zimmermann 18
Duberry 10
Munneke 6

Williamson 10
Hager 2
Sanstad 4

Reibling 2

Davis 3

Of Note:

Pirate starter and leading scorer Justin Casey in street clothes
Marquardt returns
Hager with 4 assists
Rebels shoot 50% from the field and 60% from the arch

ScoreBoard Watching:

Anoka 82, Andover 79 F RECAP

Apple Valley 61, Bloomington Kennedy 41 F

Bloomington Jefferson 59, Eden Prairie 50 F RECAP

Breck 69, Mounds Park Academy 57 F RECAP

Cambridge-Isanti 70, Big Lake 55 F RECAP

Cannon Falls 68, Montgomery-Lonsdale 56 F

Centennial 66, Blaine 59 F RECAP

Champlin Park 76, Park Center 52 F RECAP

Chaska 83, Burnsville 71 F

Chisago Lakes Area 68, St. Louis Park 58 F RECAP

Columbia Heights 76, North Branch 57 F RECAP

Coon Rapids 75, Elk River 62 F RECAP

DeLaSalle 57, St. Agnes 36 F RECAP

Delano 57, Watertown-Mayer 35 F RECAP

Farmington 69, Hutchinson 61 F RECAP

Forest Lake 55, Hastings 41 F RECAP

Henry Sibley 72, South St. Paul 29 F RECAP

Holy Family Catholic 81, Norwood-Young America 67 F RECAP

Irondale 54, Totino-Grace 52 F RECAP

Lakeville North 73, Lakeville South 57 F RECAP

Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity 53, Meadow Creek Christian 37 F

Mahtomedi 67, North St. Paul 46 F RECAP

Maple Grove 63, Osseo 61 F RECAP

Maranatha Christian 66, Heritage Christian 56 F RECAP

Minneapolis Roosevelt 63, Minneapolis Southwest 59 F/2OT RECAP

Minneapolis Washburn 84, Minneapolis South 45 F RECAP

Mound-Westonka 66, Orono 62 F RECAP

Mounds View 71, White Bear Lake 56 F RECAP

New Prague 59, Holy Angels 36 F RECAP

Park of Cottage Grove 49, Woodbury 48 F RECAP

Princeton 69, Zimmerman 54 F RECAP

Prior Lake 59, Red Wing 56 F

Robbinsdale Cooper 79, Benilde-St. Margaret's 68 F

Rosemount 70, Eastview 61 F RECAP

Shakopee 61, Northfield 48 F RECAP

Sibley East 82, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 68 F RECAP

Southwest Christian 79, Bethany Academy 45 F RECAP

Spectrum 85, PACT Charter 75 F/2OT RECAP

Spring Lake Park 67, St. Francis 45 F RECAP

St. Anthony Village 68, Concordia Academy 50 F RECAP

St. Bernard's 84, Blake 51 F RECAP

St. Michael-Albertville 67, Rogers 63 F RECAP

St. Paul Academy 61, Brooklyn Center 59 F RECAP

St. Paul Central 63, St. Paul Arlington 62 F RECAP

St. Paul Highland Park 63, St. Paul Humboldt 59 F/OT RECAP

St. Paul Johnson 79, St. Paul Harding 61 F RECAP

St. Thomas Academy 86, Richfield 78 F RECAP

Stillwater Area 70, Cretin-Derham Hall 65 F

Tartan 74, Hill-Murray 52 F RECAP

Trinity School 58, Providence Academy 35 F RECAP

Waconia 58, Annandale 56 F RECAP

Wayzata 76, Eagan 61 F RECAP

West Lutheran 64, Concordia Academy-Bloomington 56 F RECAP

Monday, January 26, 2009

Today’s meeting on conference realignment

Posted on January 26th, 2009 – 5:52 PM
By John Millea

–“There was tremendous dialogue and it’s really healthy.”

–“It’s really, really tangled when 10 schools are trying to look out for nine other schools’ interests. What’s been really nice is nobody is just looking out for themselves.”

–“I’m not sure we could have decided what to have for lunch.”

Those were some of the comments from people who attended Monday’s meeting of eight metro conferences, the second such gathering as people figure out how best to move forward after the demise of the Classic Lake Conference in spring 2010.

Twenty-seven people – principals, athletic directors and league executive secretaries – met at MSHSL headquarters in Brooklyn Center for a meeting that lasted around three hours.

After talking with several people who were there, I have three impressions:

1) There is unlikely to be major restructuring of conferences throughout the Twin Cities. Some have felt this was an opportunity to completely redraw the map, but sentiment doesn’t appear to be headed in that direction.

2) The key players in this are the Lake and Northwest Suburban conferences. If Edina, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Wayzata are unable to find leagues that will accept them as member, the MSHSL will place those schools into leagues. Placement would mean those four schools would most likely be thrown into the NW Suburban and the Lake, so it behooves those two leagues to be proactive.

3) Some people are already looking for scapegoats, so when bad things happen they can say, “We didn’t make this decision.”

In the Lake, discussions are ongoing about forming a Dakota County Conference. Seven Lake schools are in that county, so that would be a natural change. The Lake probably has the most sway in this entire discussion, and the Lake needs to take the lead. There are no easy answers, of course, but having the MSHSL simply say, “Wayzata and Minnetonka, you go to the Northwest Suburban, and Edina and Hopkins, you go to the Lake,” would make no one happy. The Lake and NW Suburban have already made it clear they don’t want to accept those schools as members.

The NW Suburban has taken a positive step by accepting Armstrong as a member when the Classic Lake dissolves. As for the Lake, I’m hearing that some officials in that league are ready to step aside, let placement happen and then lay the blame elsewhere. They would be able to say, “Hey, we had a great conference going until the MSHSL dumped Edina and Hopkins in our laps. Don’t blame us.”

If bad things happen, there will be plenty of blame to go around. A lot of it will be directed at people who had a chance to do something positive, but stood back and did nothing at all.

Coach Of 100-point Win Fired, Says He's Not Sorry

DALLAS (AP) — The coach of a Dallas high school basketball team that beat another team 100-0 was fired Sunday, the same day he sent an e-mail to USA TODAY and other news media outlets saying he will not apologize "for a wide-margin victory when my girls played with honor and integrity."
Kyle Queal, the headmaster for Covenant School, said in The Dallas Morning News online edition that he could not answer if the firing was a direct result of coach Micah Grimes' e-mail disagreeing with administrators who called the blowout "shameful."

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Streaking Rebels Staring Down Osseo In Northwest Suburban

BY NICK CLARK - SUN NEWSPAPERS
(Created: Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:42 PM CST)

As the month of December ran out of days, simultaneously signaling the coming of a New Year, the Champlin Park boys basketball team was running out of options.

Leading up to the last day of 2008, the Rebels had played six games with just two wins to show for it.

The last of those losses in a 90-71 showing against Hopkins, the state's best team and one that has been mentioned as possibly the best high school team ever in Minnesota.

Regardless, Champlin Park needed to pick a direction. They could curtail and pack in the rest of the season, or they could use the remaining days of 2008 to get better.

A month later, their choice is obvious. Starting with a 78-50 win over Irondale New Year's Eve, the Rebels have won seven of their last eight ball games, including five of six in Northwest Suburban Conference play.

Mark Tuchscherer
"Since we played Hopkins, we've been a different team mentally," said head coach Mark Tuchscherer. "The biggest thing has been our defensive intensity. We lost by 20, but we brought some intensity, and I think some of the kids realized we could play with those guys. Ever since then, our defensive intensity has been outstanding."

There has been one hiccup in the form of a 75-54 loss to Osseo, but that setback has a lot in common with each of Champlin Park's defeats.

All five losses have come against teams that at the time were rated in the top-10 of Class 4A.

Osseo has been ranked fifth most of the year, Hopkins is the clear No. 1, and there have also been a pair of setbacks to No. 8 Wayzata and another to defending state champion Minnetonka.

But other than those games, Champlin Park's been perfect.

"We are winning the games we should win, and we've lost a couple close games with those ranked teams," Tuchscherer said. "We are happy with where we are at."

And they are happy on both ends of the court. Tuchscherer alluded to the defensive effort, and offensively, Champlin Park has four players averaging in double figures, and two more scoring at least five points a night.

Scott Theisen
"That's a good thing," said senior guard Scott Theisen, who at 17.4 points per game leads the team in scoring. "We have so many scorers on the team, and when we play certain teams, they can't just shut down on person. It's a benefit for us that we have five players that can get double figures any given night."

Kyle Zimmermann
Out of that group, Theisen was expected to score. As was junior forward Kyle Zimmerman (14.3 points per game) and junior guard Jasper Duberry (12.8).
Jasper Duberry
Likewise, the Rebels have been winning just as consistently as of late, and that could continue.

They beat Andover 46-43 Friday, Jan. 23 to move to 9-5 overall and 5-1 in the Northwest Suburban. This week, they were scheduled to play at Park Center Jan. 27 before hosting Anoka Jan. 30. From there, the Rebels will face Elk River, Centennial and Maple Grove before settling into a rematch with Osseo at home on a night (Friday, Feb. 13) known for the unknown.

And if Champlin Park's current trend continues, that game could be for a share of first place in the conference.

Tyler Munneke (the other senior)
For a team that plays just two seniors, that would be frightening.

"I know, but we aren't thinking about Osseo yet," Theisen said. "That would be our goal though; run a bunch off before we get to them and hopefully win one there and have a split for first."

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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Taking In Jr Day And A Game At Southwest On Hawaiian Night

Mustang Men Win Defensive Struggle over Wayne State on Hawaiian Night

MARSHALL, MINN. - Kevin Andrews scored a game-high 14 points on 6 of 9 shooting to lead Southwest Minnesota State to a hard-fought 49-41 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference victory over Wayne State on Saturday night in Marshall in front of a packed house of 3,568 in the R/A Facility on "Hawaiian Night".

The victory was SMSU's fifth in a row and eighth in the last nine games. SMSU is now 15-5 overall, 8-3 NSIC, while Wayne State falls to 8-10 overall, 4-7 NSIC.

It was a defensive struggle for all 40 minutes as both teams struggled to score in the contest as SMSU was held to its second lowest scoring total of the season, while the 41 points was a season-low for WSC.

Wayne State jumped to an early 10-2 lead in the game's first six minutes and continued to hold the lead for the remainder of the first half including building a 24-15 lead with 25 seconds left in the half before SMSU's Andy Beilke closed out the first half with a critical three-pointer to cut the Wildcat lead to 24-18 at halftime.

SMSU shot just 29.2 percent in the first half (7 of 24) and committed 10 turnovers. WSC held a 22 to 6 scoring advantage in the paint in the opening 20 minutes.

SMSU started the second half fast cutting into the lead in the first 90 seconds to trail 24-22. The Mustangs continued to pour it on over the next few minutes as SMSU opened the half on a 17-5 run to build a 35-29 lead with 11:45 left in the game on a three-pointer by DeAnthony Zanders. WSC scored five straight points to pull within 35-34 with 10:22 left, before SMSU countered with its own run over the next five minutes to extend the lead to 42-36 with five minutes left.

Wayne State scored with 3:20 left to cut the SMSU lead to 42-38, but on SMSU's next possession Taylor Huseby got the SMSU home crowd rocking with a reverse dunk to give SMSU a 44-38 lead with just over three minutes left in the contest. The Wildcats' David Walters connected on three-pointer with 43 seconds remaining to make the score 44-41, but SMSU was able to make five of six free throws down the stretch to earns its 10th straight home victory over WSC.

Andy Beilke was the only other Mustang to score in double figures with 10 points off the bench on 3 of 7 shooting. Ross DeMasi, SMSU's second leading scorer, was held to just three points but did pull down a game-high nine rebounds. SMSU outrebounded WSC 32-24, marking the 17th time in 20 games this season the Mustangs have held a rebound advantage.

Jonathon Thomas led Wayne State with 12 points and had five blocked shots.

Southwest Minnesota State will continue conference play next weekend with a pair of road games at Minnesota Duluth on Friday, Jan. 30 and at Bemidji State on Saturday, Jan. 31.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Up Next Park Center

The Rebels (9-5) travel to Park Center (3-10) on Tuesday to face the Pirates at 7pm to complete a 3 game road trip. The Pirates are led by Osseo transfer post player Justin Casey who is averaging 15 points a game and Voltaire Nalls.

CP 46 - Andover 43

In easily the worse shooting performance (18 for 65 = 28%) for the Rebels this year, they quickly fall behind 10-2. They settle down and take a 10 point lead into the locker room at 30-20. The Rebels continue their horrible shooting in the 2nd half and crawl their way to a 42-34 when a lid is put on the basket. The Rebels do not score for about 7-8 minutes. The Huskies go on a 9-2 run to bring the game to 44-43 with 12 seconds left and set up to go for the last shot of the game.

Dillon Hager
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The Huskies turn over the ball and Hager is fouled ... he calmly makes both free throws (his only points of the game) and the Rebels ESCAPE with the win. Scott Theisen led the Rebels with 17 points in this low scoring affair.

The Box:
Theisen 17
Zimmermann 5
Duberry 8
Munneke 2
Hager 2
Reibling 2

Of Note: