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<stew@s...> wrote:
>
> I got to see some
good players for teams
playing against St.
Louis
> Park this week.
>
> Bryce Webster had 30
points and (by my
count) 18 rebounds
Tuesday
> night for St. Thomas
Academy. Hard to say
how impressive this
was;
> Park's biggest
player, Michael
Williams, is 6-3.
Most of Webster's
> points came from
inside. I'm not much
of a judge of defense,
but I
> recall Williams
blowing right by
Webster in the lane
once.
>
> Tonight Park played
Shakopee and got
outrebounded by an
even bigger
> margin. Shakopee's
6-4 junior forward,
Eric Carlson, had 35
points
> and 19 rebounds (by
my count). He had
22/15 in the first
half.
> Like Webster, most
of Carlson's points
were in the paint.
>
> While these were
impressive
performances, I don't
think Park right
> now is providing
much of a challenge to
the opposition.
>
> Following a Gophers
game on the day that
Webster signed his
letter
> of intent, Dan
Monson said, "We're
partial, but we think
for our
> program Bryce is the
best player in the
state. We need the
size."
> (You can read more
at
>
http://southsidejournal
.org/basketball/umd05.h
tml)
>
> Stew
>




Stew,
I'll be at the mike
when St. Thomas
Academy faces Holy
Angels Saturday as
well as their games
against Shakopee and
Benilde. Sounds like
Shakopee hasn't missed
a beat since Jamal Abu-
Shamala graduated from
last season's Class
AAA title team. I'm
also looking forward
to seeing Bryce
Webster.

Howard