Boys Basketball

For a while, the Eden Prairie High school boys basketball team had Cooper, the No. 3 ranked team in the state, just where it wanted it.

Problem is; the Eagles couldn’t hit what they were aiming at.

Saturday, during the Timberwolves/Gatorade Shootout, Eden Prairie fell to Cooper by a score of 57-50.

The stat of the game was Eden Prairie’s field goal percentage, a paltry 29 percent. “We had uncontested shots,” said Eden Prairie Head coach David Flom; “we just couldn’t hit them.”

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

The Prior Lake boys basketball team scored only 18 points in the second half in its non-conference game versus Chaska on Jan. 3.

The result was a 51-45 loss to the Hawks.

Prior Lake dropped to 5-4 overall with its second straight defeat.

Senior Ben Synder led the Lakers with 12 points, while junior Jake Bolks and senior Deryck Ludwig each had 10. Senior Bo Holte added nine points.

Prior Lake led 27-24 at the break.

The Lakers will be back in action on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at unbeaten Burnsville starting at 7:15 p.m.

When a basketball team can start two forwards and a center that are 6-9 or taller, its best run your offense from the perimeter.

Tuesday, Eden Prairie tried to that against Henry Sibley in the Olive Garden Holiday Tournament (Bethel tournament) championship game.

It didn’t work.

Awakened from a tournament sleepwalk that had the Warriors playing close games against Minnehaha Academy and Maple Grove, Henry Sibley played up to its No. 2 ranking in beating Eden Prairie 64-43.

The Jordan boys basketball team won its own tournament on Tuesday, Dec. 30 by defeating Byron 71-51.

"Defensively, it was our best performance of the year," head coach Greg Dietel said. "We made them work for everything. To hold a team that scores around 70 every game to 50 points is pretty good."

Senior T.J. Oakes led all scores with 26 points.

"We had success inside," Dietel said.

Dietel pointed to Colin Lammers as be a key contributor to the win.

"Today, he did really nice job for us," he said. "He gave us some really good minutes in both the first and second halves."

Lakeville North denies Shakopee the title at the Lakeville Rotary tournament.

SITE: Away DATE: 12/30/08
SHAKOPEE 31 40 ---- 71
LAKEVILLE NORTH 38 42 ---- 80

Shakopee scorers:

Betsinger, Nick 3
Hergott, Joel 21
Korthour, Matt 2
Perkins, Jason 10
Petrill, Ethan 5
Ragan, Ryan 3
Timm, Max 6
Ulferts, Dylan 0
Zager, Matt 21

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

Chaska was on the wrong end of a frustrating defeat at the hands of Waconia on Monday.

But the Hawks had to get past it quickly, as there was another game to play.

The Hawks got back on the winning track on Tuesday, downing Bloomington Kennedy 64-59 in the final round of the Edina Tournament.

The Eagles had a 35-30 halftime lead before the Hawks took over.

Chaska moved to 7-1 on the season with the win, while Kennedy fell to 0-7.

Matt Zager 24
Matt Korthour 16
Joel Hergott 14
Jason Perkins 10
Ethan Petrill 6
Max Timm 3
Dylan Ulferts 3

Minneapolis Edison 17 32 - 49
Jordan 33 27 - 60

SCORING SUMMARY:
Minneapolis Edison: Davis 4, E. Williams 8, Baez 15, Porter 5, Wise 4, Conner 13.
Jordan: Garnhardt 6, Buresh 2, Oakes 29, Hynes 5, Malz 5, Malashenko 13.