More Week 2 Awards

<p><strong>Week 2 Breakout Player of the Week</strong></p> <p>Our candidates are:</p> <p>• Julia Dammann, Sauk Centre, 5-11, sophomore, post. Arrived on Saturday at the Breakdown Tip-Off with 17 points against Annandale.</p> <p>• Adalia Mackenzie, Park Center, 5-10, freshman, forward. We knew Mackenzie was a pretty awesome athlete. We didn’t think her skills would come along this fast. But 23 points in her 1st 2 varsity games gets her on this list.</p> <p>• Analiese Tschida, Lakeville North, 5-10, junior, shooting guard. A very mature offensive player who can drain it from anywhere while also fitting into a very versatile Lakeville team offense.</p> <p>• Alex Walker, Holy Angels, 5-8, sophomore. The Stars have 4 starters back from last year’s state tournament team. Walker is making a pretty good case for that 5th spot with 17 points in a game twice this past week.</p> <p>• Nurjei Weems, DeLaSalle, 6-0, sophomore, power forward. Like Mackenzie, Weems is an impressive athlete who is still learning how to play basketball. Still, she was DeLaSalle’s best and most consistent offensive threat against Mahtomedi the other night. She finished with 14.</p> <p><strong>Week 2 Team of the Week</strong></p> <p><strong>Anoka </strong>started 2-0 with wins against a pair of ranked teams—Grand Rapids 66-59 at home, and 58-52 at Forest Lake.</p> <p><strong>Hayfield</strong> started 2-0 with a pretty incredibly successful road trip, also beating a couple of rated teams—Minneota 70-60 and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 66-45.</p> <p><strong>Mahtomedi</strong> played pretty much a perfect game, beating #1AAA DeLaSalle 51-36, after also beating East Ridge 77-45. Emma Grothaus scored 55 points in the 2 wins.</p> <p><strong>Sauk Centre </strong>looked every inch the #1AA team in beating Long Prairie-GE 72-38, BOLD 79-47 and Annandale 63-36. 2 of the 3 victims were rated at the time.</p> <p><strong>Wayzata </strong>also beat a pair of rated opponents including Maple Grove 59-53 and Lakeville North 72-71 in OT.</p> <p><strong>Week 2 Breakout Team of the Week</strong></p> <p><strong>Concordia </strong>moved up from #20AA to #15AA after beating Southwest Christian 47-45 to move to 2-0.</p> <p><strong>Duluth Marshall </strong>is still unrated but opened 4-0 including a tough, tough road win at Esko 58-46.</p> <p><strong>Faribault </strong>is also unrated but they got our attention with wins over Rochester Mayo and Mankato West, just after West had surprised Waseca.</p> <p><strong>Sacred Heart </strong>played in the state tournament 2 years ago but was expected to be rebuilding this year. They’re still unranked but off to a solid 3-0 start, including a clear win over AA Crookston.</p> <p><strong>Worthington</strong> is expected to be very solid this year, and so they’ve been in beating Windom and St. Peter.</p> <p><strong>Zumbrota-Mazeppa</strong> lost to Lyle/Pacelli but upset Minnehaha 69-67 en route to a 3-1 start.</p> <p><strong>Week 2 Coach of the Week</strong></p> <p><strong>Scott Bergman, Sauk Centre</strong>, has his team playing in mid-season form. They’re not just 3-0, they’ve beaten some good teams by an average score of 71-40.</p> <p><strong>Andy Bromeling, Zumbrota-Mazeppa, </strong>pulled the season’s biggest upset so far, beating Minnehaha 69-67. Thyey’ve also beaten Lake City and lost to Lyle/Pacelli.</p> <p><strong>Fred Kindschy, Hayfield,</strong> engineered that successful road trip in which Hayfield opened with wins at Minneota and at Tracy-Milroy-Balaton.</p> <p><strong>Eric Prose, Mahtomedi, </strong>somehow coaxed his team into playing the nearly perfect game in upsetting DeLaSalle 51-36. How do you follow doing that in your 2nd game?</p> <p><strong>Zach Vogelsberg, Anoka, </strong>has his team playing hard and getting hard-earned wins over Grand Rapids and Forest Lake, both rated opponents.</p> <p><strong>Envelope Please!?</strong></p> <p>So, those are the candidates. The winners are:</p> <p><strong>• Breakout Player of the Week—</strong>Adalia Mackenzie, Park Center, 5-9, freshman, forward</p> <p><strong>• Team of the Week—</strong>Mahtomedi</p> <p><strong>• Breakout Team of the Week—</strong>Duluth Marshall</p> <p><strong>• Coach of the Week—</strong>Eric Prose, Mahtomedi</p>