Northstar Top Performers Week #9
PGH scouts feature ranked athletes from Kansas.
Marc Hugunin
<p><strong>Lindsey Becher, Mounds View, 6-1, sophomore, center. </strong>Mounds View lost twice but not through any fault of Becher, who averaged 14 ppg, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks per game.</p>
<p><strong>Rachel Hakes, Woodbury, 5-10, senior, shooting guard.</strong> 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.</p>
<p><strong>McKenna Hofschild, Prior Lake, 5-3, junior, point guard. </strong>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.</p>
<p><strong>Olivia Lane, Pequot Lakes, 6-0, junior, forward. </strong>Pequot played just one game, beating Esko 54-35 as Lane scored 24 points.</p>
<p><strong>Paige Meyer, Albany, freshman, point guard. </strong>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.</p>
<p><strong>Masengo Mutanda, Armstrong, 5-9, junior, combo guard. </strong>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.</p>
<p><strong>Riley Perryman, Park, 5-7, senior, combo guard. </strong>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.</p>
<p><strong>Sam Pogatchnik, Proctor, sophomore, forward.</strong> 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.</p>
<p><strong>Lindsey Smitsdorff, Legacy Christian, 5-11, junior, forward. </strong>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.</p>
<p><strong>Grace Touchette, Northfield, 5-8, senior, point guard.</strong> 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.</p>
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