For a second consecutive year, the Ms. Hockey Award Banquet will be held outside of St. Paul.
Ms. Hockey sets up for its annual banquet, again outside of its traditional site in St. Paul
Olympic gold medalist Karyn Bye Dietz will be the keynote speaker Feb. 27 at Inwood Oaks in Oakdale.
February 9, 2022 at 9:18PM
The 27th annual Ms. Hockey winner and Senior Goalie of the Year Award winner will be announced during a program beginning at 11 a.m. Feb. 27 at Inwood Oaks in Oakdale.
Organizers at Let's Play Hockey Magazine moved the event from its traditional home at the St. Paul RiverCentre because St. Paul requires customers to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to enter restaurants, bars and other entertainment venues.
Last year, the event took place at the Coon Rapids Ice Center.
The keynote speaker will be Olympic gold medalist Karyn Bye Dietz.
A total of 27 girls were nominated by their coaches for the Ms. Hockey Award, which goes to Minnesota's best senior high school hockey player.
A panel of high school and college coaches will narrow the list to 10 semifinalists, which will be announced Friday, Feb. 11. The five finalists will be named Feb. 18.
Admission for the 2022 Ms. Hockey Awards Banquet is $40 and includes a meal. Parking is free. To order tickets, contact Bryan Zollman at 320-333-3279 or e-mail him at bryan@letsplayhockey.com.
Boys' basketball
Southwest Christian senior point guard Jake Berg tied a school record with 15 assists in a recent victory against Hutchinson. He averages 7.5 assists per game.
Girls' basketball
Crosby-Ironton eighth-grader Tori Oehrlein scored 43 points and surpassed 1,000 points for her career on Tuesday in the Rangers' 69-35 win over Aitkin in Aitkin. Oehrlein, a 5-11 forward, reached the milestone in her 40th career game. She is averaging 28.7 points per game in 19 games this season. As a seventh-grader, she averaged 21.7 points in 21 games. The all-time leading scorer in state girls' basketball history is Rebekeh Dahlman of Braham. Dahlman, who finished her career with 5,060 points, reached the 1,000-point plateau in her 61st career game, early in her freshman season.
Hutchinson senior guard Alyssa Stamer recently surpassed 1,000 career points. She averages 19.4 points per game and is committed to St. Cloud State.
Park of Cottage Grove senior guard/forward Justine Jameson recently eclipsed 1,000 career points. She leads the Wolfpack with 16.5 points per game.
Miss Basketball watch list
The Miss Basketball Committee announced a list of 29 names on its watch list for the 2022 award. They are Amaya Battle, Hopkins; Nicole Bowlin, Holy Family; Mara Braun, Wayzata; Kassie Caron, Holy Angels; Ellie Colbeck, Fergus Falls; Maria Counts, Providence Academy; Champ Danso, Simley; Lily Fandre, Eagan; Taryn Frazer, Cass Lake-Bena; Callin Hake, Chanhassen; Hannah Herzig, Totino-Grace; Mallory Heyer, Chaska; Lizzie Holder, Stillwater; Nia Holloway, Eden Prairie; Lexi Karge, Mankato East; Adeline Kent, Becker; Charita Lewis, Minnehaha Academy; Kiani Lockett, Minnetonka; Madison Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary's; Lilly Meister, Rochester John Marshall; Emma Miller, St. Michael-Albertville; Maya Nnaji, Hopkins; Ronnie Porter, St. Paul Como Park; Natalie Rolbiecki, Minneota; Ella Runyon, Hill-Murray; Amber Scalia, Stillwater; Mackenzie Schweim, Mankato East; Desiree Ware, Minnetonka; Savannah White, DeLaSalle.
Wrestling tournament in the city
For the first time in nearly four decades, the Minneapolis and St. Paul City conferences joined forces to conduct a Twin City Individual wrestling meet Saturday at Minneapolis Henry.
Ten wrestlers from Minneapolis won their weight classes, four of them from Edison: Jaylen Grimes won as 106 pounds, Zytavius Williams at 113, Vicente Lopez Marsh at 120 and Tremayne Graham at 152. South had three individual winners, Washburn had two and Henry had one.
St. Paul Humboldt, Harding, Como Park and Johnson had one weight-class winner apiece.
Minneapolis South finished with the most team points, and St. Paul Como Park took second.
MSHSL news
The Minnesota State High School League held a Board of Directors meeting Thursday, and for the first time in the COVID era it flew under the radar.
The most noteworthy items to come out of the meeting were largely league housekeeping issues. The league:
- Announced it sent $450,000 to more than 270 schools in order to help alleviate costs that can hinder a student's ability to participate.
- Approved posting of an associate director job position. The league now has two positions open.
- Approved a recommendation to discontinue the state tournament reimbursement policy that provided financial support to schools that had individuals and teams participate in state tournaments.
- Approved a recommendation to change the language of a league bylaw that addressed the number of consecutive semesters an athlete is allowed to participate so that it more closely aligns with the national standard of four years beginning in ninth grade as opposed to the current guideline of six years starting in seventh grade.
Six players plus head coach Garrett Raboin and assistant coach Ben Gordon are from Minnesota. The tournament’s games will be televised starting Monday.
