Gophers football coach Jerry Kill will speak to the C.O.R.E.S. group on Thursday, March 8.
Former Highland Park and Gophers player Tony Levine, now head coach at Houston, will be among the headline speakers at the MFCA Clinic in late March. The clinic is sponsored by the Minnesota Football Coaches Association. The MFCA is also sponsoring the “Everything but X’s and O’s Clinic” on Saturday at the University of St. Thomas.
Another MFCA event, the annual All-Star game, will be played on Saturday, June 30 at TCF Bank Stadium.
Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who died yesterday at 85, had an 8-4 record against the Gophers, including four straight wins.
The Gophers (3-4 in the Big Ten) played some of their best first half basketball in memory yesterday, building a 41-24 against Northwestern (2-5) and went on to win 75-52. Although Minnesota won its third straight conference game, coach Tubby Smith said the Gophers are “not close to where we need to be.”
The Gophers won road games at Indiana and Penn State before coming home to win yesterday. Michigan State (5-2) hosts Minnesota on Wednesday night. “I can feel us gaining confidence with each win,” Smith said.
This March will be the 100th anniversary of the Minnesota high school boys basketball tournament. Among those involved with the celebration planning is former Edgerton High School star Dean Verdoes.
High school basketball will lose one of its legends and best gentlemen when Mounds View coach Ziggy Kauls retires after this season.
ESPN in-studio NBA analyst Jon Barry ranked the Wolves’ Kevin Love as the league’s No. 1 power forward last week. Blake Griffin from the Clippers was ranked No. 2.
The Tapemark Annual Charity Pro-Am Tournament dates are June 8, 9 and 10 for the men’s event and June 5 and 10 for the women’s.
Happy birthday to KSTP TV’s Darren Doogie Wolfson who turned 32 on Friday.