Pacesetter and Minnesota Basketball News

All Pacesetter Region Play-offs have been completed. The 2009 Minnesota Youth Basketball Championships will be held Sunday, June 14, for all girls in grades 5-6-7-8-9 and Sunday, June 21, for all boys in grades 5-6-7-8-9 at Clemens Field House and Claire Lynch gym on the campus of The College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, MN, four miles west of St. Cloud. See the eight regional champions at each age level here.

Teams with only one loss in the regionals have been invited to play in the 2009 Pacesetter Minnesota Invitational Tournament (MIT) on Saturday, June 13, for the girls and Saturday, June 20, for the boys. Each grade level tournament is limited to the first 16 teams to enter. See teams that qualified here.

Teams that won two or more games have been invited to play in the 2009 Pacesetter Open Championships on Saturday, July 11. Each grade level tournament is limited to the first 16 teams to enter. All teams that qualified are listed here.

If we have missed any teams, please let us know at info@psmbbn.com.

All players, coaches, and fans are invited to attend the 2009 Minnesota Youth Basketball State Tournaments, where ten state champions will be crowned in June.

*Regional Playoff Sites*
Region 1:	Rochester/Kingsland
Region 2:	Mankato
Region 3:	Marshall
Region 4:	St. Cloud
Region 5:	New London
Region 6:	Wadena/Fergus Falls
Region 7:	Eveleth/Virginia
Region 8:	Crookston/Fosston

*Varsity/JV Tournaments*

See current list of tournaments here.
Pacesetter Varsity MIT: July 25-26
Pacesetter Sweet Sixteen: August 1-2

*Summer Camps*

See current list of area camps:
basketball (click here) and volleyball (click here).

Overnight camps for boys and girls entering grades 6-9:
1) Best of Pacesetter, 2) Shooting and Offensive Skills, and
3) Championship Basketball.

*MN Basketball News*

The 64-page April issue recapping the state tournaments and the 2008-2009 season was published and released April 24.

Order your subscription for 2009-2010 here.

*MBBN Top 100 Expo Showcases*

Girls: July 7-9
Boys: July 14-16
Whitney Center, St. Cloud, MN
Invitations have been sent to a list of Minnesota’s top players. Players who have not received an invitation may contact Pacesetter Director Jeff McCarron at jmccarron@psmbbn.com.

Pacesetter Staff 
Jeff McCarron, Director; Tracey Haines, Office Manager;
   Ron Haggstrom, MBBN Editor; Dave Hill, Photographer; 
Joe McCarron, Web Designer
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 222, Paynesville, MN 56362, or
15282 300th Ave., Paynesville, MN 56362
   Phone: 320-243-7460  •  E-mail: info@psmbbn.com