If you follow North Dakota sports (reading this blog you must) you've no doubt heart, read about the debacle sucking the life out of Hankinson, North Dakota. I'm not going to repost the newspaper facts. You can find those at www.in-forum.com or on www.ndpreps.com or other places.
With the coaches on the defensive and players divided the community a buzz...I venture to say no one will win. Not the parents, players, coaches, fans, city or North Dakota sports for the matter.
We can't make it disappear, but what it does is make me think that getting rid of HS sponsored sports just takes another step forward. Overbearing parents already pick and choose which AAU/ECI teams kids play on. Why stop there?
Moving to club sports and the school is off the hook, the parents can choose the team and coaches. Hmm....not such a bad idea. I think I'd call this deregulation of sports in North Dakota.
Think how much money this would save taxpayer and school districts?
Monday, April 28, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
ECI and high school sports
I've taken some blogging time off after the ND State basketball tourneys and this is a good topic to dive back in with.
Darin Erstad, Phil Hansen, Rick Helling, Jim Kleinsasser, Chris Coste
a list of some of the most successful modern day North Dakota athletes. And you know what? They all played multiple sports throughout HS and even college for some. So when it comes to current HS players wanting to specialize, I sigh. ECI, AAU and whatever...great...nice..fine...give kids more opportunity to hone one specific sport. But let's get real. How can you argue with history?
I know it won't happen, but I wish the tide would turn and athletes would say NO.
here's the story from Wahpeton Daily News
ECI will hold their third annual Spring Preview Basketball Showcase in Wahpeton on April 19 and 20. The preview will showcase some of the best high school boys and girls basketball talent from North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.
There are six divisions that are playing this year, beginning on Saturday, April 19 at 8:30 a.m., at Blikre Activities Center on the North Dakota State College of Science campus and at Breckenridge High School.
On Saturday night starting at 5 p.m., four games will be highlighted as the games of the day. First, the South Dakota Schoolers will play ECI Minnesota. The Schoolers have two players who have already committed to attend and play at South Dakota State University and have one of the best sophomores in the Midwest. The ECI Minnesota team includes 6-foot-9-inch Jordan Aaberg, from Rothsay, Minn., who has verbally committed to play basketball at North Dakota State University, and 6-foot-10-inch Kurtis Mickelson from Ashby, Minn.At 6:10 p.m., the South Dakota Heat will face ECI West (ND), followed by ECI East (ND) against Minnesota Comets North. The final game of the night will have ECI 19U playing against Minneapolis Grass Roots. The ECI 19U team includes North Dakota Class A Player of the Year, Jordan May from Fargo North, Luke Martinez from Bismarck High School and Wahpeton’s Tyler Miller.
The Spring Preview will continue Sunday at 8:10 a.m., with tournament play and the beginning of the girls division. “We would encourage all basketball fans to attend,” said Joe Kittell, ECI coach and assistant men’s basketball coach at NDSCS. “It will be a great weekend of basketball and a chance to see the best the area has to offer.”
The boys divisions of the tournament have been approved by the North Dakota High School Activities Association to allow NCAA Division I teams, along with all the other area colleges to attend and watch the top area talent in action. The girls divisions have been approved by the NCAA to be NCAA division I viewing eligible as well.
For more information, visit www.eciyouth.org.
Darin Erstad, Phil Hansen, Rick Helling, Jim Kleinsasser, Chris Coste
a list of some of the most successful modern day North Dakota athletes. And you know what? They all played multiple sports throughout HS and even college for some. So when it comes to current HS players wanting to specialize, I sigh. ECI, AAU and whatever...great...nice..fine...give kids more opportunity to hone one specific sport. But let's get real. How can you argue with history?
I know it won't happen, but I wish the tide would turn and athletes would say NO.
here's the story from Wahpeton Daily News
ECI will hold their third annual Spring Preview Basketball Showcase in Wahpeton on April 19 and 20. The preview will showcase some of the best high school boys and girls basketball talent from North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.
There are six divisions that are playing this year, beginning on Saturday, April 19 at 8:30 a.m., at Blikre Activities Center on the North Dakota State College of Science campus and at Breckenridge High School.
On Saturday night starting at 5 p.m., four games will be highlighted as the games of the day. First, the South Dakota Schoolers will play ECI Minnesota. The Schoolers have two players who have already committed to attend and play at South Dakota State University and have one of the best sophomores in the Midwest. The ECI Minnesota team includes 6-foot-9-inch Jordan Aaberg, from Rothsay, Minn., who has verbally committed to play basketball at North Dakota State University, and 6-foot-10-inch Kurtis Mickelson from Ashby, Minn.At 6:10 p.m., the South Dakota Heat will face ECI West (ND), followed by ECI East (ND) against Minnesota Comets North. The final game of the night will have ECI 19U playing against Minneapolis Grass Roots. The ECI 19U team includes North Dakota Class A Player of the Year, Jordan May from Fargo North, Luke Martinez from Bismarck High School and Wahpeton’s Tyler Miller.
The Spring Preview will continue Sunday at 8:10 a.m., with tournament play and the beginning of the girls division. “We would encourage all basketball fans to attend,” said Joe Kittell, ECI coach and assistant men’s basketball coach at NDSCS. “It will be a great weekend of basketball and a chance to see the best the area has to offer.”
The boys divisions of the tournament have been approved by the North Dakota High School Activities Association to allow NCAA Division I teams, along with all the other area colleges to attend and watch the top area talent in action. The girls divisions have been approved by the NCAA to be NCAA division I viewing eligible as well.
For more information, visit www.eciyouth.org.
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