Week 2 Player of the Week
Our candidates this week are: Paige Bueckers, Hopkins, 5-9, sophomore, point guard Bueckers did exactly what was expected, which was lead Hopkins to a pair of impressive wins over Becker and Centennial. Bueckers scored 52 points in the 2 games.…
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Continue ReadingOur candidates this week are:
Paige Bueckers, Hopkins, 5-9, sophomore, point guard
Bueckers did exactly what was expected, which was lead Hopkins to a pair of impressive wins over Becker and Centennial. Bueckers scored 52 points in the 2 games.
Mary Burke, Mountain Iron-Buhl, 5-11, senior, post
Burke broke loose for 33 points against Mesabi East after scoring 23 in a big win over Cromwell, 75-64. She is the state’s #1 scorer for the moment.
Emma Grothaus, Mahtomedi, 6-3, senior, forward
Grothaus and her Zephyrs got out of the gate in a big hurry this week, beating East Ridge 77-45 and then Section 4AAA rival and #1AAA rated DeLaSalle 51-36 in a pretty much perfectly executed game. Grothaus scored 22 against East Ridge. Against DLS she scored an amazing 32 of her team’s 51 points.
Sam Haiby, Moorhead, 5-10, senior, combo guard
Already our Player of the Week for Week 1, Haiby forces us to consider her again with 45 points against Brainerd, then 20 more against Buffalo. Moorhead won both games.
Frannie Hottinger, Cretin, 6-1, junior, forward
Hottinger was unstoppable, especially on the offensive glass, on Saturday and finished with 31 points including 4 2nd half put-backs that really broke Mpls. South’s back.
Sara Scalia, Stillwater, 5-8, junior, guard
Scalia poured in 67 points in her 1st 2 games last week, 33 versus St. Paul Como and 34 versus River Falls. Hudson then held her to 17, but Stillwater won that game, too. She became Stillwater’s all-time #1 scorer and is the #3 scorer in the state behind Burke and Haiby.
Week 2 Player of the Week
This has got to be one of the best fields I’ve seen in the 5 years I’ve been doing this. But it’s got to be Emma Grothaus, whose 32 points out of just 51 for her team against a very tough, physical opponent in DeLaSalle, well, that seems like the best single game performance of them all.