Northstar Top Performers Week #9
Lindsey Becher, Mounds View, 6-1, sophomore, center. Mounds View lost twice but not through any fault of Becher, who averaged 14 ppg, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks per game. Rachel Hakes, Woodbury, 5-10, senior, shooting guard. Hakes has…
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Continue ReadingLindsey Becher, Mounds View, 6-1, sophomore, center. Mounds View lost twice but not through any fault of Becher, who averaged 14 ppg, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks per game.
Rachel Hakes, Woodbury, 5-10, senior, shooting guard. Hakes has almost single-handedy lifted an otherwise young Woodbury team into 3rd place in the Suburban East. The Royals had won 5 straight before running into 1st place Cretin on Friday night. Last week, Hakes scored 40 in a 70-59 win over Mounds View, then scored 26 in the loss to Cretin.
McKenna Hofschild, Prior Lake, 5-3, junior, point guard. Like Hakes, Hofschild is an experienced guard charged with bringing along an otherwise young and inexperienced team. That formula went very well on Tuesday night, as the Lakers surprised #8-ranked Lakeville North 76-71. Hofschild did her part with 33 points. Later in the week, she added 25 points in a loss to Apple Valley.
Olivia Lane, Pequot Lakes, 6-0, junior, forward. Pequot played just one game, beating Esko 54-35 as Lane scored 24 points.
Paige Meyer, Albany, freshman, point guard. Meyer scored 56 points as Albany won 2 of 3 last week. She scored 25 and 22 in wins over Foley and St. Cloud Cathedral, then was held to just 9 in a loss to #1AA Sauk Centre. She leads the young Huskies in scoring with 14 ppg.
Masengo Mutanda, Armstrong, 5-9, junior, combo guard. Mutanda continued her stellar play since returning from a knee injury with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals vs. Prior Lake, followed by 38 points against Spring Lake Park and 16 vs. Andover. She is now scoring 24 ppg with 11 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals in 8 games since her return.
Riley Perryman, Park, 5-7, senior, combo guard. Perryman led Park’s balanced attack last week, scoring 39 points in a pair of wins—22 in a 59-38 win over White Bear, and 17 in a 48-27 win over East Ridge.
Sam Pogatchnik, Proctor, sophomore, forward. Proctor won 3 games with Pogatchnik leading the Rails in all 3 games with 26, 22 and 14 points, plus 13 rebounds in the 1st win 81-73 over Crosby-Ironton in OT.
Lindsey Smitsdorff, Legacy Christian, 5-11, junior, forward. Smitsdorff broke loose for a career high 36 points against New Life, raising her averages to 16 ppg and 13 boards and her team to 6-9.
Grace Touchette, Northfield, 5-8, senior, point guard. Touchette helped keep Northfield on top of the Big 9 Conference and highly-ranked in Class AAA statewide with 41 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists in 2 wins over Red Wing 63-46 and Rochester John Marshall 62-41.