Sonics-Storm HoopGurlz Challenge
February 7-9, 2003
Furtado Center
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| 8th Grade | 7th Grade | 6th Grade |
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|Rules | Master Schedule | Storm Workshops |
| Directions to Furtado Center | Concessions |
Oregon Triple Threat, 8th Grade Champions
Impact, 8th Grade Runners Up
8th Grade Girls
(Court 1 = Sonic Logo Floor; Court 2 = Storm Logo Floor)
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| Blue Pool |
W |
L |
| 1. Oregon Triple Threat |
2 |
0 |
| 2. East Bay Xplosion |
1 |
1 |
| 3. Kent Jayhawks |
0 |
2 |
*Seeds determined by win-loss; ties broken by head-to-head, overall point spread (max +15 per game), total points (max 50 per game), coin flip.
Friday Pool Play
Oregon TT 51, Kent Jayhawks 31
Saturday Pool Play
East Bay Xplosion 42, Kent Jayhawks 32
Oregon TT 43, East Bay Xplosion 30
Saturday Bracket Play
Game 8A, Emeralds 46, Jayhawks 29
Game 8B, Xplosion 52, Colts 37
Game 8C, Oregon T.T. 45, Rain 20
Sunday Bracket Play
Semifinal: Impact 31, Emeralds 30
Semifinal: Oregon TT 39, Xplosion 27
Championship: Oregon TT 44, Impact 34
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| Red Pool |
W |
L |
| Impact |
2 |
0 |
| 2. Puget Sound Emeralds |
1 |
1 |
| 3. Meadowdale Colts |
1 |
1 |
| 4. Mukilteo Rain |
0 |
2 |
*Seeds determined by win-loss; ties broken by head-to-head, overall point spread (max +15 per game), total points (max 50 per game), coin flip.
Friday Pool Play
Impact 33, Emeralds 27
Saturday Pool Play
Emeralds 57, Meadowdale Colts 29
Meadowdale Colts 35, Mukilteo Rain 32
Impact 42, Mukilteo Rain 27
Saturday Bracket Play
Game 8A, Emeralds 46, Jayhawks 29
Game 8B, Xplosion 52, Colts 37
Game 8C, Oregon T.T. 45, Rain 20
Sunday Bracket Play
Semifinal: Impact 31, Emeralds 30
Semifinal: Oregon TT 39, Xplosion 27
Championship: Oregon TT 44, Impact 34
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East Bay Xplosion, 7th Grade Champions
Snohomish Heat, 7th Grade Runners Up
7th Grade Girls
(Court 1 = Sonic Logo Floor; Court 2 = Storm Logo Floor)
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| Blue Pool |
W |
L |
| 1. East Bay Xplosion |
2 |
0 |
| 2. Emerald City JLP |
1 |
1 |
| 3. Sting (Tualitin, Ore.) |
0 |
2 |
*Seeds determined by win-loss; ties broken by head-to-head, overall point spread (max +15 per game), total points (max 50 per game), coin flip.
Saturday Pool Play
Emerald City 36, Sting 28
East Bay Xplosion 46, Sting 28
East Bay Xplosion 43, Emerald City 29
Sunday Bracket Play
Joker's Wild 44, Sting 36
Emerald City 40, Y.E.A. 21
Xplosion 47, Ladies Beware 21
Semifinal: Heat 32, Joker's Wild 18
Semifinal: Xplosion 45, Emerald City 28
Championship: Xplosion 43, Heat 37
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| Red Pool |
W |
L |
| 1. Snohomish Heat |
2 |
0 |
| 2. Joker's Wild |
1 |
1 |
| 3. Y.E.A. |
1 |
1 |
| 4. Ladies Beware (Tacoma) |
0 |
2 |
*Seeds determined by win-loss; ties broken by head-to-head, overall point spread (max +15 per game), total points (max 50 per game), coin flip.
Friday Pool Play
Heat 32, Joker's Wild 30 (OT)
YEA 25, Ladies Beware 17
Saturday Pool Play
Heat 31, Ladies Beware 17
Joker’s Wild 58, YEA 24
Sunday Bracket Play
Joker's Wild 44, Sting 36
Emerald City 40, Y.E.A. 21
Xplosion 47, Ladies Beware 21
Semifinal: Heat 32, Joker's Wild 18
Semifinal: Xplosion 45, Emerald City 28
Championship: Xplosion 43, Heat 37
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East Bay Xplosion, 6th Grade Champions
Valley Cats, 6th Grade Runners Up
6th Grade Girls
(Court 1 = Sonic Logo Floor; Court 2 = Storm Logo Floor)
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| Blue Pool |
W |
L |
| 1. Valley Cats (Snohomish) |
2 |
0 |
| 2. Advantage (Lynnwood) |
1 |
1 |
| 3. The Spartans (Stanwood) |
1 |
1 |
| 4. Avalanche (Snohomish) |
0 |
2 |
*Seeds determined by win-loss; ties broken by head-to-head, overall point spread (max +15 per game), total points (max 50 per game), coin flip.
Friday Pool Play
Valley Cats 29, Spartans 11
Saturday Pool Play
Advantage 41, Avalanche 26
Valley Cats 31, Advantage 23
Spartans 34, Avalanche 30
Saturday Bracket Play
Game 6A, Xplosion 51, Avalanche 32
Game 6B, Valley Cats 38, Outlaws 12
Game 6C, Mt. Baker 29, Spartans 23
Sunday Bracket Play
Advantage 24, Lake Stevens 12
Semifinal: Xplosion 52, Advantage 23
Semifinal: Valley Cats 26, Mt. Baker 22
Championship: Xplosion 38, Valley Cats 35
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| Red Pool |
W |
L |
| 1. East Bay Xplosion |
2 |
0 |
| 2. Mt. Baker |
1 |
1 |
| 3. Lake Stevens |
1 |
1 |
| 4. Outlaws (Marysville) |
2 |
1 |
*Seeds determined by win-loss; ties broken by head-to-head, overall point spread (max +15 per game), total points (max 50 per game), coin flip.
Friday Pool Play
Lake Stevens 14, Outlaws 11
Saturday Pool Play
East Bay Xplosion 32, Mt. Baker 19
Mt. Baker 31, Outlaws 16
East Bay Xplosion 46, Lake Stevens 16
Saturday Bracket Play
Game 6A, Xplosion 51, Avalanche 32
Game 6B, Valley Cats 38, Outlaws 12
Game 6C, Mt. Baker 29, Spartans 23
Sunday Bracket Play
Advantage 24, Lake Stevens 12
Semifinal: Xplosion 52, Advantage 23
Semifinal: Valley Cats 26, Mt. Baker 22
Championship: Xplosion 38, Valley Cats 35
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Tournament Rules
- Each grade division is divided into two pools. Each team will play two pool games. All teams advance to single-elimination bracket play with seedings determined by pool finish.
- Ties in pool broken by (in order): 1. Head-to-Head Results, 2. Overall Point Differential (+/- 15 points maximum per game), 3. Overall Points Scored (50 points maximum per game), 4. Coin Flip.
- Games are 20-minute running clock halves. Clock is stopped during the last two minutes of each half and during timeouts.
- Three (3) one-minute timeouts per game.
- Two-minute, stop-clock overtime if teams are tied after regulation; one-minute, stop-clock overtime if teams are tied after subsequent overtime periods. One timeout (one-minute) per team for each overtime period. No carry over on timeouts.
- No shot clock.
- Championship games will be 16-minute, stop-clock halves with three (3) one-minute timeouts and one 30-second timeout for regulation play. Overtimes will be two-minute, stop-clock.
- In the event of time constraints, tournament directors reserve the right to reduce the above stop-clock criteria.
- With the exception of the above, high school rules apply. All disputes will be resolved by the tournament directors. There will be no further protest.
- Tournament directors are: Glenn Nelson and Chris Bown.
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Master Schedule
Friday, Feb. 7 (facility opens 5:40 p.m.)
8th Grade, Oregon TT 51, Kent Jayhawks 31
6th Grade, Lake Stevens 41, Outlaws 11
8th Grade, Impact 33, Emeralds 27
6th Grade, Valley Cats 29, Spartans 11
7th Grade, Heat 32, Joker’s Wild 30 (OT)
7th Grade, YEA 25, Ladies Beware 17
Saturday, Feb. 8 (facility opens 8:10 a.m.)
6th Grade, Advantage 41, Avalanche 26
6th Grade, East Bay Xplosion 32, Mt. Baker 19
8th Grade, Emeralds 57, Meadowdale Colts 29
7th Grade, Emerald City 36, Sting 28
6th Grade, Valley Cats 31, Advantage 23
6th Grade, Spartans 34, Avalanche 30
12:00 p.m., Storm Pavilion, Storm’s Amanda Lassiter, “Education & Goal-Setting”
6th Grade, Mt. Baker 31, Outlaws 16
6th Grade, East Bay Xplosion 46, Lake Stevens 16
1:10 p.m., Storm Pavilion, Storm’s Amanda Lassier, “Teamwork & Being Active”
8th Grade, East Bay Xplosion 42, Kent Jayhawks 32
7th Grade, Heat 31, Ladies Beware 17
2:10 p.m., Storm Pavilion, Storm’s Daniel Shapiro (conditioning coach), “Off-Court Training”
7th Grade, East Bay Xplosion 46, Sting 28
8th Grade, Meadowdale Colts 35, Mukilteo Rain 32
6th Grade Game 6A, Xplosion 51, Avalanche 32
8th Grade, Oregon TT 43, East Bay Xplosion 30
6th Grade Game 6B, Valley Cats 38, Outlaws 12
8th Grade, Impact 42, Mukilteo Rain 25
6th Grade Game 6C, Mt. Baker 29, Stanwood 23
7th Grade, Joker’s Wild 58, YEA 24
7th Grade, East Bay Xplosion 43, Emerald City 29
8th Grade Game 8A, Emeralds 46, Jayhawks 29
8th Grade Game 8B, Xplosion 52, Meadowdale 37
8th Grade Game 8C, Oregon TT 45, Rain 20
Sunday, Feb. 9 (facility opens 9:10 a.m.)
6th Grade Game 6D, Advantage 24, Lake Stevens 12
7th Grade Game 7A, Joker's Wild 44, Sting 36
7th Grade Game 7B, Emerald City 40, Y.E.A. 21
7th Grade Game 7C, Xplosion 47, Ladies Beware 21
8th Grade Semifinal: Impact 31, Emeralds 30
8th Grade Semifinal, Oregon TT 39, Xplosion 27
6th Grade Semifinal, Xplosion 52, Advantage 23
6th Grade Semifinal, Valley Cats 26, Mt. Baker 22
7th Grade Semifinal, Heat 32, Joker's Wild 18
7th Grade Semifinal, Xplosion 45, Emerald City 28
6th Grade Championship: Xplosion 38, Valley Cats 35
8th Grade Championship: Oregon TT 44, Impact 34
7th Grade Championship: Xplosion 43, Heat 37
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Storm Workshops
At the Storm Pavilion
(Tournament admission required)
Saturday, 10:50 a.m. - 11:50 a.m., Sheri Hedlund - (Storm Athletic Trainer): "Benefits of Sports Participation"
 Sheri Hedlund is in her third season as the Storm’s athletic trainer after spending the previous four years with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF). She brings more than 20 years of experience as an athletic trainer to the Storm staff and is responsible for the day-to-day health of the team, including evaluation therapy and rehabilitation. Before her tenure with the USTA, Hedlund taught sports medicine at Kentlake High School and developed personalized training programs for student-athletes. She also served as a trainer at the Virginia Mason Sports Medicine Center in Seattle.
Saturday, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m., Storm player Amanda Lassiter: "Importance of Education, Goal Setting, and Facing Adversity"
Saturday, 1:10 p.m. - 2:10 p.m., Storm player Amanda Lassiter: "Teamwork, Being Active, and the Benefits of Participating in Sports"
 Amanda Lassiter orginially was a first-round WNBA Draft pick by the then-defending-champion Houston Comets in 2001. She was traded to the Storm for point guard Sonja Henning and started 22 of 24 games for Seattle. In Houston, Lassiter had 34 assists in 2001, which was the most ever by a Comets rookie in one season. She also set the Comets rookie record for rebounds in a game with a career-high 13 at Sacramento on July 10, 2001. The Missouri 2001 grad was the San Francisco Player of the Year during her senior year in high school and would like to be a high school coach after her pro career is finished.
Saturday, 2:10 p.m. - 3 p.m., Storm conditioning/strength coach Daniel Shapiro: "Off the Court Training"
 Daniel Shapiro, a Newcastle, Wash., native, begins his fourth season designing and implementing on and off-season strength, conditioning, and flexibility programs for Storm players. He also assists with injury rehabilitation and advises players about nutrition. For the past six years, Shapiro has worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach under Dwight Daub, the player development coach for the NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics. A 2000 graduate of Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor of science degree in exercise science, Shapiro completed his master’s of science degree in physical education this spring.
Sunday, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Coaches Chris Bown and Tom Newell: "Sports Parents"
 Chris Bown is in his fourth season as assistant to Lakeside girls basketball coach Sandy Schneider. A graduate of the University of Washington, Bown last season worked for the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, where he was an Assistant
Coach/Coordinator for Individual Player Development. He has also been the head coach for girls varsity basketball teams at Holy Names Academy, Seattle Academy and American Indian Heritage School. In addition to basketball, Bown has coached soccer, track and field,
cross-country and football, and has been a math and physical education instructor at St. Paul School and Seattle Academy.
 Tom Newell, recently an assistant with Portland in the WNBA, has more than 20 years in professional and international basketball programs. Formerly the Head Coach of the Japan National Men's Team, Newell has co-authored "Offensive Post Play" with his father, legendary coach Pete Newell. After working for several NBA teams, including a stint as assistant with the Sonics, and coaching and conducting clinics worldwide, he founded Coaches Who Care Intl., which assists volunteer coaches with a proper teaching model and development programs that enable coaches and kids to have a positive experience with youth sports.
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Concessions, Extras
Available in the Storm Pavilion:
- Asian box lunches (fried rice, chow mein, egg roll), $5.00; Chinese hum bow, $1.00; Egg rolls, $1.00; Water, $1.00; Gatorade & Juice, $1.25; Soda, $0.50; Mocha Frappacino, $2.00
Cookies, Chips & Gardettos, $0.50; Tootsie pops, gum, $0.25; Luna bars, Beef Jerky, $1.25; Cornuts, M&Ms, Hershey bars, $0.75.
- www.HoopGurlz.com “All girls. All ball. All the Time.” long-sleeved t-shirts for $18.00. (Shirt design is below).
- Sally Greaby's famous personalized game towels for $5.00. Have your name, team name or custom message on a game towel!
- Sonics and Storm official merchandise.
- Silent auction items from the Sonics and Storm, including a basketball autographed by the Sonics team, jersey autographed Michelle Marciniak, photo autographed by Desmond Mason photo, bobblehead doll autographed by Sue Bird, pair of $95 tickets to the Sonics-Celtic game and four tickets to the Storm-Sacrament game.
- Game ball raffle tickets for $1.00. Grand prize will be a Baden Lexum Composite BX446 official women’s game ball used in the tournament. There also will be several drawings for tickets to the remaining home games for the Husky’s Pac-10 championship-contending women’s basketball team. Ticket winners will remain eligible for grand-prize drawing. Winning numbers will be posted inside the Furtado Center.
- RB Sports apparel.
T-Shirt logo
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Daily Top Guns
Kent's Courtney Vandersloot (3) uncorks two of her game-high 16 points against the defense of Oregon Triple Threat's Paige Halberg.
Friday's Top Guns
Jeni Guertin, Snohomish Heat, 16 points vs. Joker's Wild
Courtney Vandersloot, Kent Jayhawks, 16 vs. Oregon Triple Threat
Mikayla Harshman, Impact, 15 vs. Emeralds
Madison Yakaboski, Joker's Wild, 14 vs. Heat
Ana Haberman, Y.E.A., 11 vs. Ladies Beware
Ally Schmitt, Valley Cats, 11 vs. Spartans
Saturday's Top Guns
Shawnte King, East Bay Xplosion (8th), 24 points vs. Meadowdale Colts
Kelly Marchant, Oregon Triple Threat, 18 vs. Mukilteo Rain
Madison Yakaboski, Joker's Wild, 17 vs. Y.E.A.
Emily Guthrie, Avalanche, 16 vs. East Bay Xplosion
Tianna Chaidez, East Bay Xplosion, 16 vs. AvalancheMakayla Beucherie, Meadowdale Colts, 13 points vs. East Bay Xplosion
Samantha Gipson, East Bay Xplosion, 15 vs. Sting
Natalie Davis, Avantage, 14 vs. Avalanche
Amber White, East Bay Xplosion, 14 vs. Kent Jayhawks
Makayla Beucherie, Meadowdale Colts, 13 points vs. East Bay Xplosion
Jacki Muscat, Mukilteo Rain, 13 points vs. Meadowdale Colts
Sunday's Top Guns
Madison Yakaboski, Joker's Wild, 22 points vs. Sting
Kim Veale, Xplosion, 16 vs. Heat
Akanna King, Xplosion, 15 vs. Valley Cats
Shawnte King, Xplosion, 15 vs. Oregon Triple Threat
Mikayla Lyles, Xplosion, 14 vs. Advantage
Jeni Guertin, Heat, 13 vs. Xplosion
Paige Halberg, Oregon Triple Threat, 13 vs. Impact
Erika Ramstead, Mt. Baker, 13 vs. Valley Cats
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