MBR all star weekend 2008

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Random thoughts from class D game: by Carl Parker, for MBR.ORG:
St. Joe's is a great campus and atmosphere for playing basketball.....the women's college game, a buzzer beater by the home team was a great kick-off to the event.....the class D girl's game was just an indicator of how much the girl's game has improved over the last 25 years..... 2 point guards that stood out in the class D game were Olivia McNally a junior from Kathadin and Shelby Seales a senior from Lubec.....Woodland's Julia Nicholas and Ariel Knights are aggressive hardnose players......there is talented size in the class with 6' Audra Eaton from Deer Isle, 5'11" Kelly Robinson from Bangor Christian, and 5"10" Kasi Parker from Greater Houlton Christian Academy all of who are seniors......Jonesport has another talented Beal in BreAnna a talented big guard.....Valley will have 3 with years two hardworking aggressive sophomores, Cindy Schultz a point guard whose game looks to be modeled after the Baker girl who played at Valley a few years ago, and Jocelyn Laweryson avery tenacious competitor who seemed to get every loose ball......Megan Deraps and Megan Christy proved that Richmond will be a team to contend with in the west..... Buckfield with 4 girls Ashlee Hamman a good little point guard, Emily Eastman a big guard with good shooting range, Lindsey Henderson a solid inside out player and Abby Jones a post presence on the defensive end may be the west favorite.

Random thoughts class A, by Carl Parker, for MBR.ORG:
Wow, the west has alot of talent, they are athletic and strong with good overall size.....they have 2 outstanding sophmores in 6' Kayla Burchill and 5'8" Keila Grigware.... Burchill is a big wing who runs the court well,has good quickness and is also comfortable inside....Grigware displayed great poise and confidence on the court, good shooting ability and the skill to play the point.....Junior 5'10 Claire Ramonas is a strong physical athlete, good release on her shot and can play inside....Scarborough has a couple of talented players in Sr. point guard Reegan Brackett who can handle and defend and Jr.5'11' Christy Manning a big who has good hands and runs the court well..... Brianna Hawkins SP 5'11" runs court well can play inside or out, has good quickness, and defends well....Michelle Williams a senior from Marshwood is a combo guard who can shoot...... and if Burchill and Ramonas were not enough Deering has a talented point in Diana Manduca....Georgia Boisse from Massabesic is a good stationary shooter.....the East appeared undermaned but that was more the depth and overall talent of the west....Kristin Prue from EL is a talented guard....6'2" junior Kenzie Smith from Skowhegan has good size and is an inside presence on D.....Whitney Jones from Skowhegan is a hardworking sophmore who is only going to get better and has good defensive agility...... Tara Burr a sophmore from Brunswick is an excellent defender.....6'2" Mardi Artis can step out and shoot the ball.... Megan Joyce has good footwork and surprises people with her quickness.....Alexa Dearborn from Brunswick is willing to take a charge and is one of those lunch pail players every team needs to be successful.