Tuesday, August 30, 2011

AL KING NOLEN JR. HAS SIGNED WITH KYOTO HANNARYZ IN JAPAN


Former University of Minnesota men's basketball player Al King Nolen Jr. has signed with Kyoto Hannaryz in Japan.

LATRELL DIQUAN LOVE TRANSERS TO MINNETONKA HIGH SCHOOL


Former Minneapolis Patrick Henry basketball player Latrell Diquan Love has transferred to Minnetonka High School.

During his junior season Love was the leading scorer averaging18.5 ppg and second on his team in rebounds averaging 3.7 rpg in 26 games.

AL KING NOLEN AND RICK RICKERT WILL BE PLAYING BASKETBALL OVERSEAS


Former University of Minnesota Gophers basketball players Al King Nolen Jr. and Rick Rickert will be playing basketball on the same team in Kyoto, Japan, this season. Both have signed contracts and leave soon for training camp.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

SPORTS VIDEOS


MOUNDS VIEW HOLDS FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE

As the 2011 Minnesota State High School League football season gets underway teams have set up scrimmages to get some live action in practice.

Coon Rapids, Mounds View,  Rosemont and Tartan all participated in a scrimmage at Mounds View High School.

Each team went through drills. After the drills were over, all four teams went to different spots on the field and scrimmaged against each other.

After that all four teams ran different series on offense and defense.

I though it was a good way for the players to get out and show their skills and go up against different teams before they start the regular season. 

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

GET TO KNOW WESLEY LADELL WILLIAM TUCKER

Wesley Ladell William Tucker was born on December 22, 1992. He plays football, basketball and track at St. Croix Lutheran High School in West St. Paul.


Tucker is currently on the football, basketball and track team. Wesley says he wants to play football at the division one level. He thinks that he the potential and the skills to become a great player. Even though that he hasn't played football the longest he loves the game because it teaches him character and how to become a better person on and off the field.

He is very involved in his church and says that he attends church regularly and is very involved in activities in the church.


Tucker is  a leader both on and off the field and in the classroom. He would like to play football in college some day after high school.


Tucker will graduate in the spring of 2012.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

GET TO KNOW STEPHON ALEXANDER SHARP


Stephon Alexander Sharp was born in Minneapolis, MN on March 10th, 1996. He grew up in Bloomington, MN and Louisville Ky.

He plans on working on his game this up coming season at Hopkins High School. He will graduate from high school in 2014. Besides basketball Sharp in also involved in his books. Sharp carries a 3.8 GPA going into the 2011-2012 season.

Being around the game a lot helps him learn the game. His family is involved in the game. His relatives give him pointers on different aspects of his game.

He learned a lot from his freshman coach and the older players on the Hopkins team.

Sharp has a younger sister.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

WALLY ELLENSON COMMITS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA


Rice Lake, Wisconsin basketball player Wally Ellenson from Rice Lake High School has committed to the University of Minnesota.

This gives University of Minnesota Gopher head coach Tubby Smith his first commitment for the recruiting class of 2012. Ellenson is considered one of the top players in the midwest for the class of 2012. He shined this summer as a member of Minnesota Pump N Run AAU program.

IBRAHIM BASHIR ABUKAR WILL NOT BE ATTENDING COLLEGE IN THE FALL. INSTEAD HE WILL TAKE CARE OF HIS FAMILY


Ibrahim Bashir Abukar who graduated in the spring of 2011 from St. Cloud Apollo High School has decided not to attend college in the fall.

In March of 2011 during the boys' state basketball tournament his 13-year-old sister Zam Zam had received a blood transfusion. She suffers from aplastic anemia, a blood disorder. Ibrahim had to make a difficult decision of playing in the state or helping his sister with a blood transfusion. He decided to go with the blood transfusion.

He has planned to attend college at Moorehead State University. According to the Bemidji Pioneer he will not be attending this season because he wants to be closer to his family and his sister in the St. Cloud, Minnesota area.

According to Tom Elliot from the St. Cloud Times, he has applied to St. Cloud Technical College and St. Cloud State and will attend either if he is accepted. 

GET TO KNOW TYSEAN CURTIS MOORE

Tysean (Ty) Curtis Moore was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 30th, 1989. He has one brother and a sister. Basketball has been a part of his whole life. He started playing when he was very young.

Ty grew up on the north side of Minneapolis. He will be a senior at Gustavus Adolphus College and plays on the basketball team.

Basketball means a lot to him. It is his escape and he plays it in his free time.

This past summer he worked on his basketball game and he also had a part time job. He wants to have a good paying job out of college.

What are your plans for this upcoming summer? This summer I worked on my game a lot and prepared myself for the upcoming season. I also worked in order to prepare myself for a decent job after I graduate as well.

I asked him to tell me a little bit about himself and he said, “I’m 6’0. Play PG. Live in Brooklyn Park and enjoy watching movies and drawing in my free time. I am big on education and love math. I love being around family especially because mine is so big.”


Monday, August 15, 2011

MINNESOTA FALL SPORTS ARE UNDERWAY


August 15th, 2011 marks the start of the 2011-2012 Minnesota fall sports season. Football teams can begin practice.

Other sports that can start practice include girls' tennis, cross country running, volleyball, swimming & diving.

If you have information that you want to get out to the public please feel free to contact me at 612-203-5667 or stevenmgr@hotmail.com. Please leave me a message with your full name and contact information.

Thank you.

Steven MacDonald Froemming

Sunday, August 7, 2011

SANJAY LUMPKIN COMMITS TO NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Benilde St. Margaret's boys' basketball player Sanjay Lumpkin has verbally committed to Northwestern University.

Lumkin will graduate from Benilde St. Margaret's in the spring of 2012.