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Minnesota Ripknees Weekly

August 22, 2007 - Premier Basketball League (PBL)
Minnesota Ripknees News Release


Your True Hometown Team

The Ripknees do not only represent Minnesota by name, but six of our players are from Minnesota, mostly from the Twin Cities. Johnnie Gilbert and Tyrell Sledge both played for Coach McKenzie at Minneapolis Henry. Gilbert was on the All-State first team and was the Minneapolis City Player of the Year, scoring over 1,000 points and grabbing over 1,000 rebounds in his high school career. Levy Jones and Jamel Staten went to Minneapolis North High School. Jones was on All-Conference team, played in the Inner-City Classic, and led the team to the State Tournament. Staten was on the All-State first team, averaging 18 points and 14 rebounds his senior year. Staten transferred from the University of Northern Illinois to play for Minnesota State Mankato and received first team All-American honors his senior season. Jerry Holman played ball at Humbolt High School in St. Paul. He went on to become an All-American at Minneapolis Community and Technical College and decided to stay in town and play for the University of Minnesota after receiving offers from Cincinnati, Iowa State, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. Mitch Ohnstad went to Faribault High School, where he was awarded Minnesota's "Mr. Basketball" in 1996 and racked up 2805 career points to place him fifth all-time in the state of Minnesota. He then went on to star for the Minnesota Gophers. Everyone has watched, played against, or played with at least one Minnesota Ripknee, so come out and support your hometown boys this season.

Open House Moved Back

After we moved our office up a floor, we are now we are moving the open house. The open house was scheduled for August 23, but we are now moving it back. We will let you now the new date when everything is scheduled. The date will be sometime in mid-September. We're having the open house as an opportunity to see the Ripknee headquarters and to socialize with the Ripknees players.

State Fair

Hopefully you saw the Ripknees ad in last Sunday's Star Tribune State Fair section. Even if you didn't, be on the lookout for the Ripknees at the Fair. We will be walking around and talking basketball. The Fair starts tomorrow and goes through Labor Day.

Ripknees Tryouts

The Minnesota Ripknees will be holding team tryouts this week on August 25th and 26th. The tryouts will be held at the Salvation Army in downtown St. Paul. Registration is from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m on the 25th and the cost for the two day tryout is $100. Make checks and money orders payable to Minnesota Ripknees. For more information please call Larry McKenzie at 651-647-5633 or email him at Larry.mckenzie@ripknees.com. Tickets

Season tickets are on sale now for the 2007-2008 season! General Admission tickets are $216 for adults and $144 for youth, VIP seating costs $324, and Courtside tickets are $450. There is always the option of single tickets which General Admission costs $12 per game for adults and $8 per game for youth, VIP are $18, and Courtside are $25. Call (651)647-5633 or stop by our website mnripknees.com to order!

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