North Tartan 2021 roster confirmed
This past summer North Tartan won the 2018, 2019 and 2020 state titles. The 2021s were split among 3 different groups, none of which was quite able to contend for the title. So the best of the best are being…
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Continue ReadingThis past summer North Tartan won the 2018, 2019 and 2020 state titles. The 2021s were split among 3 different groups, none of which was quite able to contend for the title. So the best of the best are being combined into one team coached by Ruth Sinn. The Tartan folks have now confirmed that the following is the group of girls who will take the court for Tartan and coach Sinn. You tell me if this is a group that will contend for a state title…?! Of course, it is.
Haleigh Timmer 5-8 Point Guard St Thomas More, Rapid City, SD
Ellie Dague 5-9 Shooting Guard Henning
Caroline (C.J.) Adamson (2022) 5-8 Combo Guard Rochester Lourdes
Sophie Haydon 6-1 Post Minnetonka
Mara Braun (2022) 5-10 Point Guard Wayzata
Johanna Langbehn 6-0 Forward Elk River
Jordyn Lamker 5-10 Wing Maple Grove
Jenna Johnson 6-1 Forward Wayzata
Kendal Cox 5-9 Wing-Shooting Guard St. Michael-Albertville
Cassidy Carson 6-0 Wing Eastview
Sharp-eyed readers will note that all of these girls except one were with Tartan last summer. Cox moves back to her own class after playing up with the 9th last year. And, Cassidy Carson moves over to North Tartan from Stars Hersch.
Many of the other girls from Kuppe and West will be playing for Tartan’s 2021s under Grace Dickman. We don't have that roster yet, but we do know that Ellie Hasz and Gianna Kneepkens will be on the Dickman team.
A Look Ahead
As Grant has reported, the one loss from the Tartan 2021 family is Rosemount post Helen Staley who moves to the Fury. Erin Lamb also joins the Fury Elite after playing with So Minn Fury a year ago. Well, that’s not quite accurate. Most of last year’s Tartan 8th Coley moves over to the Suns where they will be Suns 9th Coley.
But the other big changes among the 2021s that we know about so far are the additions to Stars Hersch. The Stars lost Cassidy Carson but they have added Adalia Mackenzie from Tayler Hill, Paige Kindseth from Top Flight and Tartan Coley, and Faith Alberts from Tartan Coley. The Coley team is moving from Tartan to the Suns en masse.
• So, last year’s state champion and #1-rated in Northstar Girls Hoops, Tayler Hill Elite, loses Mackenzie. Any other roster moves are unknown at this time, but our 2021 Player of the Year for both the winter and summer seasons, Jade Hill, returns.
• Second at the AAU (#3 in our rankings) last summer was Fury 2021 Blue and they’ve added Staley to a roster already featuring Kaylee Van Eps.
• Stars Hersch took 3rd at state last year and was rated #2 in our final rankings, and returns Katie Borowicz, Tamia Ugass and more. They lose one major contributor, but adds 3.
• Tartan West was 4th both in the AAU and in our rankings. Tartan 9th Sinn will be significantly better.
• Tartan Coley was 5th (and 5th) and moves en masse to the Suns, losing only Faith Alberts as far as we’re aware.
• Tartan Kuppe was 7th (and 6th) and Tartan 9th Dickman won’t be quite as good but it will be good.
So an educated guesstimate for next summer might look like this: 1) North Tartan 9th Sinn, 2) Tayler Hill 9th Elite, 3) Stars 9th Hersch, 4) Fury 2021 Blue, 5) Suns 9th Coley.