Was at Hamline yesterday (Friday 11-26) and today for the 11th Annual Hamline Pat Paterson Memorial Thanksgiving Tip-Off Tournament 12 teams in three different brackets. Since I was doing color commentary for Community Hoops/Grand Stadium with Tony Geer and Mike Peden, I'll just provide a summary of how the brackets panned out.
In Bracket "A", defending Class 4A Champion Lakeville North breezed to the championship title, easily defeating Minneapolis North on Friday and then taking down Northwest Suburban Conference foe Osseo today 68-47. This was a game that featured two future Minnesota Golden Gophers squaring off against one another - Lakeville North's standout senior Rachel Banham and Osseo junior Mikayla Bailey. Osseo hung tough early on but their lack of a true post player eventually did them in as the Panthers rolled to a decisive victory.
Bracket "B" provided the best games of this classic as St. Paul Central had to overcome a double-digit deficity to defeat DeLaSalle to get to the Championship of this bracket where they would face South Surbaban Conference powerhouse Eastview which easily dispatched Centennial in their opening game. This clash would be the game of the tournament as Eastview overcame foul trouble and a furious St. Paul Central comeback to hold on for a 58-54 victory. I personally had to give a lot of credit to the Eastview senior trio of Jen Dockter and the Beckman twins (Amanda and Alex) for this one.
Bracket "C" was known as the Hopkins show as the Royals were able to methodically mow down both Class 4A runner-up White Bear Lake and then Northwest Suburban Conference foe Blaine to claim the Championship in this bracket. The amazing thing about Hopkins is that they go deeper than most nuclear subs as they essentially have 2 1/2 starting line-ups. Will be VERRRY interesting this next weekend at the Breakdown Tournament this next weekend at Hopkins as they will face off against Lakeville North.
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