STATE TOURNAMENT IS ABOUT ... FAMILY.(SPORTS)(PREP HUDDLE)(Column)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  March 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......high school teams would make it to a state tournament. We'd load into our Ford Fairmonts and...was time for them to learn what a WIAA state tournament is all about. The state tournament is about your middle-school daughter...

Victoria Advocate, Texas, Mike Forman column: LONGING FOR THE GOOD OLD...

Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX);  June 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ......coverage area failed to qualify for the state tournament, a rare occurrence for an area so...Fayetteville who had played in the state tournament. The same was true for a time in Wharton...Wharton, East Bernard and Boling made state tournament appearances. To put matters in ...

boys' basketball all-metro teams; At long last, a date at state;...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 20, 2007 ;     677 words ......Cole Aldrich finally will make his state tournament debut this week. But the 6-11, 250-pou...played at state, or as he calls it, state tournament part I. That's his term for the Class...what Aldrich calls - you guessed it - state tournament part II. We've had our first state...

Capital hopes to bounce back at state tournament: Prep volleyball

Charleston Gazette;  November 11, 2004 ;     511 words ......been too concerned about her team's state tournament opponent this week because she has...sets and sent the Cougars into the state tournament on a down note. Capital, fifth in...com state rankings, will open the state tournament at 6 p.m. today with a Class AAA quarterfinal...

SSAC board OKs new hoops format: ; Measure aimed at beefing up strength of...

Charleston Gazette;  June 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......sectionals and still live to see the state tournament. The Secondary School Activities Commission...region], possibly two can [reach the state tournament]," said Parkersburg athletic director...best schools, the best teams in the state tournament." The state will be divided into ...

Shakopee bows out in state quarterfinals; In their fifth state tournament...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 31, 2004 ;     248 words ......Writer In their fifth consecutive state tournament appearance, the Shakopee boys' basketball...year losing in the first round of the state tournament... . I really wanted a championship...and Matt Koenig, had gotten to the state tournament as starters for three years, but Shakopee...

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: ; -; STATE TOURNAMENT; Hilty making mat mark for...

Charleston Gazette;  February 21, 2008 ;     388 words ......school wrestler to compete in the state tournament since 1981. Hilty, competing at 140...was the last Dot to appear at the state tournament. He finished 38-2 that year and placed...finish and a qualifying spot in the state tournament. "He just really works hard and he...

BOYS' BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENT; NOTES; Chaska stays on even...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 25, 2004 ;     490 words ......highest-profile teams in the boys' basketball state tournament, but that doesn't mean the Hawks are...assistant on Chaska's five previous state tournament teams (between 1981 and 1993), and...to be downtown and have the whole state tournament experience. You worry about that a...

Arrowhead golfer back for more; Herrick prepares for state tournament

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ......back for more Herrick prepares for state tournament Nothing could have prepared Heather...said Herrick, who competed at the state tournament for the first time last year. "It...and Tuesday in the WIAA Division 1 state tournament. "The whole experience there is different...

At some high schools, basketball is family affair; At least seven teams in...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Kingsland to earn a spot in this week's state tournament. Suddenly, something dawned on him...My daughter is getting to go to a state tournament.' And it was the first time, because...one of at least seven coaches in the state tournament who have daughters on their teams...

BOYS BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENT: Buffalo's back...as an underdog; Bison...

Charleston Gazette;  March 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ...State tournament brackets, 5B rickryan@wvgazette...teams to advance to this year's state tournament, joining Capital and South Charleston...Catholic (A). The Bison ended a 44-year state tournament absence in 2005 and earned a favorable...

Big gloves to fill for champions ; The Little League state tournament...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  July 22, 2006 ;     584 words ......for champions ; The Little League state tournament starts, a year after Westbrook made...before it gets a chance to advance. The state tournament for 11- and 12-year-old baseball players...the first time, the six teams in the state tournament will engage in pool play before the...

Second time the charm for South Webster: Jeeps avoid last-second...

Lima News (Lima, OH);  March 24, 2006 ;     436 words ......title game on Saturday, is in the state tournament for the second time in three years...unpleasant flashback, playing in the state tournament again only helped, Aldridge said...semifinals took their teams to the state tournament in their first year at their schools...

Logan swings for state tournament, not fences

Charleston Daily Mail;  May 27, 2005 ;     488 words ......that because we expect to go to the state tournament every year," Logan assistant Kevin...different ball game when you get (to the state tournament)," Wildcats pitcher Lou Green said...Hoover Thursday 8-2 to advance to the state tournament. "Bunts, hit and runs, pitch outs...

Nitro wrestlers set for season: Wildcats gunning for top-five finish at...

Charleston Daily Mail;  December 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......top five in Class AAA at last year's state tournament. With a handful of individual state...All five qualified for last year's state tournament. Anthony Easter, Matt's younger brother...Steve Edwards Jr. didn't have any state tournament qualifiers last year but he's excited...