Trying to Stop Noga, Bigfork 56, Parkers Prairie 53

In the Consolation Championship game, the Huskies pulled off the win against Parkers Prairie, winning by 3 points. The Huskies' first 21 points were three pointers but Parker's Noga kept them in the game hitting many of her own. Noga is the daughter of the head coach and is a sophomore and is closing in on 2,000 points already. She never sits the bench and the ball usually goes to her although there were some other nice shooters on the team. As you can see in the pictures, it was all about trying to stop her in the second half as it was a close one....the halftime score was 31-32 in favor of Parkers Prairie.

The girls pulled it together and got their win as their record now sits at 9-1. Their QRF as of today is #15 with Wrenshall #13. Wrenshall suffered their first loss of the season against the Grand Rapids Thunderhawks in the Esko Coaches' Classic. Barnum is still undefeated with a record of 11-0.

The girls will take on the Eagles of Northland Remer next Thursday in Remer.

Huskies Defeat Nashwauk in Game 2

The girls beat the Nashwauk Lady Spartans in their second game of the Christmas tournament with a score of 67-49. Their were four Huskies scoring in double digits! Scoring was as follows:

Adrianna: 18
Annalise: 17
Jenna: 14
Megan: 10
Shelby: 7
Rachel: 2
Teresa: 1

Goble hits 1,000 points in 1st loss to Cambridge

Shelby Goble hit her 1,000 point on a free throw in the Huskies first game of the Hibbing Christmas tournament against AAAA Cambridge-Isanti. Cambridge had alot of height and foul trouble hurt us again as Adrianna and Megan both had to sit for awhile. The game was close and the lead changed several times but CI hit their free throws at the end of the game to help pull them out of reach for the Lady Huskies. This is their first loss of the season but they can hold their heads high as they played tough and almost pulled out the win against the four A school.

Here is a picture of Shelby's 1,000 point shot.

The score ended up being 62-54 and the points were as follows:

Lise: 17
Shelby: 15, 11/13 at the free throw line
Jenna: 15
Adrianna: 4
Megan: 2
Teresa: 1

Merry Christmas and a QRF ranking update

Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope everyone had/is having a wonderful holiday. The QRF ranking on the website Minnesota-Scores.net has really been fluctuating after each game. The Lady Huskies are now #20 with a rating of 36.6. Barnum has moved up to #8 at 45.3 and Wrenshall is one notch behind us at a tie #21 and 36.2. Barnum is 8-0, Wrenshall is 9-0 and the Huskies are 7-0.

The AP poll was updated on 12-19 and Bigfork is still ranked #5. The following is the ranking for Class A:

1. Ada-Borup
2. Barnum
3. New Life Academy
4. Wrenshall
5. Bigfork
6. Hancock
7. Granada-Huntley-East Chain
8. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
9. Kittson County Central
10. Maranatha Christian

The girls were troopers and had practice early Christmas eve morning....sounds like everyone was there that needed to be there! I'm sure Coach was pleased about that. They have one more practice Wednesday afternoon to prepare for Cambridge in the Hibbing Christmas Tournament.

Shelby is getting close to her 1,000 points and could possibly get them that game. She said she would rather win the game as it is an important one and has plenty of games left to reach her goal! If she's being covered really well it will open up the other girls, all who can easily score in double figures so that's a good thing! Regardless, it will be a fun game to watch as the girls lost to Cambridge in the first game of the tournament last year. They need to avenge that loss and stay undefeated.... They play at 5:30 at the Hibbing High School so everyone come out and cheer the girls on!

Where Are You From?

Just curious about how many people are looking at the blog on a regular basis and where you are from! Post a comment where you are from and I'll list them....you don't have to say who you are if you don't want to...but mention if you are a family member, friend, coach, opponent, etc. and where you are from...state, town, etc. It will be interesting to see where people are from and if they are family members, etc. Thanks!

Boys lose a close one in Blackduck, 53-50

The boys played a really good game against the Blackduck Drakes on their home turf...it was close all the way and the score was back and forth. The Drakes pulled ahead by 6 with seconds left and Allen Francisco chunked a half court shot at the buzzer that swished! I haven't seen one of those in a long time! Even though they lost, it was a hard fought game on the Huskies part and the half court shot made them all smile and high five each other! The 8th and 7th grade teams and the B-Squad all won their games.

Win #7 over the Cook Little Gophers

The girls took out the Little Gophers on our home court beating them at the half, 40-19 and the final score being 67-35. Shelby didn't get her 1,000 points but we didn't think it would happen as she needed quite a few. We'll have to wait until the Christmas Tournament in Hibbing after Christmas. They will be playing a tough Cambridge-Isanti team which is a AAAA school. We played them the first game last season also and lost by about 9 or so. Hopefully the girls can win this one and stay undefeated. There are a couple of pictures of Annalise that are funny as she looks like she's ballerina dancing!

The points and stats are as follows:

Shelby: 19, 5 three's, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals
Jenna: 14, 3 three's, 8 assists, 4 steals
Megan: 12, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals
Adrianna: 12, 1 three, 10 rebounds, 3 assists
Annalise: 6, 6 rebounds, 3 assists
Theresa: 4, 6 rebounds

B-Squad win a close one against Cook!

The B-squad are now 6-1 after winning an exciting game against the Little Gophers. The girls were behind at half but came back and won in a thriller! Britt Hoyt hit a three to tie it up and then they came back and tied it and Ashley Koppelmann made a layup to seal it. It was exciting and fun to see the Varsity team at the door cheering them on....I didn't write the score down again so don't have the final!

Little Gophers in the House tonight, QRF change

The girls play the Cook Little Gophers tonight at 7:30....Cook's record right now is 1-4. They do have a 9th grader that is very good and I think their top scorer right now along with Krystal Hill, a senior. Other than that, I think the girls should get another win tonight....my prediction anyway!

Shelby is closing in on her 1,000 points but will have to have one heck of game to reach it tonight. I guess it happens when it happens! There are sure plenty of games left in the season to reach the milestone....

It is fun to see so many girls from this team reach the goal as Jenna Beckner reached it last year as a junior and Nicolle Worcester reached it near the end of the season and now Shelby. There should be 3 more from this team that reach that goal next year and the year after that....lots of Lady Huskies will be members of the 1,000 point club!

The QRF changed again and the girls moved from #9 to #11 with the same score of 37.0 (because they haven't played again) and Barnum moved up to #8 above us with a score of 37.5. Wrenshall is tied at #28.

I'll have to check tomorrow after the girls play tonight!

QRF Ranking and Poll Ranking

The first QRF came out on Monday, Dec. 17th and the girls were in a tie at #17. The next QRF came out after their game in Cherry and the girls moved up quite a few notches to the #9 spot with a score of 37.0. They are above Barnum, #13 and above Wrenshall, #26!!!!! Other Section schools ranked as follows:

Ely, #24
Nashwauk, #39
Hill City, #45
MIB, #47
Chisholm, #48 (they were in the top 10 the whole season last year)
Cherry, T-#52
Remer, #60
Cook, #92
Tower, T-#100
Cook County, #106
Northome, #125
Orr, #127
Littlefork, T-#135!!!! wow
Babbitt, #142
Blackduck, #145

The girls are still #5 as of 12/12/07 in the AP Polls for Class A schools. That is usually updated once a week. The QRF changes usually the day after game days so after the girls play Cook Thursday it will be updated again around noon on Friday and then again the following Monday for teams that played over the weekend. It's fun to watch the QRF fluctuate.

Of course if the girls were to beat Cambridge-Isanti in the Christmas Tournament, who is a AAAA school, that would definately help their QRF as that is the only AAAA school that they will play this year. Beating teams like Deer River helps also because they are a AA school and have a good record and ranking this year. The girls cannot back down!!!! Go Lady Huskies!

Fouls Galore But Lady Huskies Prevail

The girls won their sixth straight game last night against the Cherry Tigers. They had two big girls, 6'2" and 6' that couldn't draw a foul. Bigfork ended the game with 24 fouls to their 6! Shelby and Adrianna both fouled out and Lise and Megan each had 4. The girls still pulled out the win and the score at half was 34-19 and the final was 62-42. Crazy....

Shelby: 17
Annalise: 15, 3 three's
Jenna: 14
Adrianna: 6
Megan: 4
Theresa: 4
Brittney: 2

The girls play Cook at home this Thursday, Dec. 20th.

B-Squad Beats Cherry, Now 5-1

The B-squad girls rack up another win....the game was close at half, 22-19 but the girls ran over them and shots were fallin' in the second half. We forgot to write the score down but I believe the girls beat them by 20+. Brittney Hoyt had a great game with 17 points tonight....seemed like everything she put up was goin' in! Great job Britt!

It's Cherry Pickin' Time

The girls play their sixth game of the season tonight in Cherry. It seems like they haven't played in forever as their last game was a week ago at Orr. Let's hope the long break didn't make the girls lazy! I doubt it!

I'll post a little bit later when Minnesota Scores comes out with their first QRF ranking for the girls' season. It will be interesting to see where the girls end up!

The QRF is figured as follows: (for those of you that don't know or would like to know what in the world the QRF is!)

QRF Explained (taken from Minnesota Scores website)

The Quality Results Formula (QRF) was created to try and rank teams from different parts of the state. I won't go into specific detail about the formula, but can give you an idea of how it works.

Each game is given an individual QRF based on four things (listed in order of importance)

- Win or Loss
- Opponent wins
- Class differential between the teams
- Margin of victory (or defeat) with a cap on both ends

Logically, the more wins an opponent has, the higher your opponents Class is, and the more you win by the higher your iQRF is for that game.

When all of a team's iQRF's are added together and divided by the number of MN games played, you come up with a team's QRF. *only MN vs. MN games count.

This number is then compared to other teams in the state to come up with an overall ranking.

So there it is...the QRF Explained courtesy of Minnesota Scores.

Boys Lose to Tower

I was unable to make the home game as we were on our way to Fargo for our Christmas shopping trip, but did hear that the boys lost. I don't even know what the score was as I cannot find it posted anywhere.

The 8th and 7th grade boys played in a tournament on Saturday in International Falls and came away with a fourth place (7th) and a third place (8th). I understand the third place 8th grade game was a very exciting one with Bigfork winning on a free throw in the last few seconds and holding Warroad off for the win! Good job boys!

Our shopping trip was successful and I was completely amazed at the new HUGE Scheel's store that was built in Fargo. It had an operating ferris wheel in the middle of the store and a float plane and sail boat hung in the ceiling. Tons of wild game mounts, some full mounts, and wax figures of the Presidents everywhere. It was interesting just to walk around and look at everything!

We also ate at the BEST restaurant called Texas Roadhouse. We got there at 5:30 and could barely walk through the door it was so packed. They said the wait would be an hour and we waited about 40 minutes, but it was so worth the wait! Peanuts to shell and throw on the ground while waiting for your meal, delicious hot rolls (kind of sweet), great steak and the waitresses even line danced a little! The young hockey team loved that! When we left we still had to fight our way through the door as it was still jam packed with people waiting to get in! Next time you go to Fargo, you have to eat there!

C, B & A-Squad Photos from Boy's Orr Game

Here are a few pictures from the three boys' games against Orr. I included a few C-squad photos as their were little boys flying around everywhere! Fun to watch...

Enjoy...

Jake Nelson Hits 1,000 points!!

Jake Nelson reached a milestone at the home game against the Orr Braves on Tuesday night. He needed 9 points and made everyone wait until the second half as he ended up with 8 at the halftime break. He could have had the 9 points but missed the last one. I was glad he got his 1,000 on a drive to the basket though instead of a free throw! That was more fun and makes for a much better picture opportunity!

The game was an exciting one that went down to the wire with Bigfork losing by three points, 57-54. A heartbreaker to lose their first game of the season, but it was an exciting game for the fans.

I have added a link to the article in the Grand Rapids paper on Jake's milestone and here are a few pictures of "The Shot" and of Jake after hitting his shot.

Lady Huskies Take Win #5 against Orr Braves

The Lady Huskies continue to add another W in the win column. They defeated the Braves on their home court with the score at the half, 44-16 and the final score being 78-37. There were a couple of Cook girls in the audience and looked like some refs or coaches from another team...fun to see who comes out.

The girls are still ranked 5th in the State in Class A as of 12/5/07. A new one should be coming out soon. They are averaging 76.0 total points scored, 39.8 points allowed and a 36.2 point differential between the five games now.

JV loses first game, now 4-1

The JV squad lost their first game this season to the Orr Braves. Orr had a big 8th grader that could rebound the ball and put it back up. She only played the first half and the girls played a better second half without her in the game, but could not recover. The final score being 43-27. The Orr girls hustled and had some good shooters....

Grand Rapids Herald Review article on Chisholm game

Here is a link for an article on the Bigfork/Chisholm game....written by Ted Anderson of the Hibbing paper. The same article was in the Hibbing paper and the Mesabi Daily paper.

Grand Rapids Herald Review

Bigfork Stomps the Streaks!!! What fun was had...

What saweeet revenge the Lady Huskies had beating Chisholm last night!!! The girls came out fierce and on fire! They stole the ball again and again and at one point I believe it was 14-1! Hehehe! What an early Christmas present that was for the many Huskie fans in the audience! The score was 41-12 at the half, but the Streaks came out in the second half more aggressive and pretty mean actually. Interestingly enough, the Hibbing newspaper guy was there taking pictures upon pictures, but there was NO article in the paper the day after the game like normally there is...wonder why? Their was also a camera man there taking video, don't know what happened of that or if it was on the news or not. The Huskies ended up winning the contest 69-40...a 29 point difference! WooHoo!!! That was nice and they should be very proud of themselves....here are some fun pictures of the game. Stats are:

Annalise Klamm: 23 points

Jenna Beckner: 21

Shelby Goble: 9

Adrianna Ivanovic: 7

Brittney Stewart: 4

Rachel Kacon: 3

Megan Powell: 1

Theresa Stewart: 1