Red Team won the 32 team Miss Basketball Dakota Showcase

Subject: Dakota ShowcaseDate: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:16:50 -0500
For Immediate Release
The IBCA (Iowa Basketball Coaches Association) Girls Select Red Team won the 32 team Miss Basketball Dakota Showcase over the weekend in Sioux Falls, SD. The tournament featured 32 all-star teams from 8 states. IBCA Select previously won the took the championship in 2005 and is the only Iowa team to ever win the event. They finished 6-0 cruising through pool play and surviving 2 tough bracket play games before blowing out Nebraska Bison Select 72-49 in the final.
Players include Trisha Nesbitt (Ames), Jaime Printy (Linn-Mar), Katelyn Sunde (DM East), Katie Gustafson (S.Hamilton), Riley Norman (DM Roosevelt), Brittany Peterson (Spencer), Katie Schechinger (IKM-Manning), Kionna Kellogg (Ames), Jess McDowell (AGWSR), & Amber Kirschbaum (Spirit Lake). The team is coached by Adam DeJoode (SE Polk), Joel Sullivan (Ames), & BJ Mayer (Iowa City West).
Nesbitt and McDowell were named to the All-Tournament Team with Schechinger being named tournament MVP. The IBCA Select Team will next play at the Nike End of the Trail Tournament in Portland, Oregon July 6-9.