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3A final: Becker's Robinson ends a taut drama with DeLaSalle

Brianna Mastey, Becker's star forward, has carried her team on her back all season. But in Saturday night's Class 3A state title game against DeLaSalle, it was an unheralded sophomore who took -- and made -- the money shot.

By Pam Schmid, Star Tribune
Last update: March 17, 2007 – 10:53 PM

Brianna Mastey, Becker's star forward, has carried her team on her back all season. But in Saturday night's Class 3A state title game against DeLaSalle, it was an unheralded sophomore who took -- and made -- the money shot.
Rey Robinson, a 6-1 guard, swished a pull-up 10-foot jumper with 1.2 seconds remaining to vault the top-seeded Bulldogs to a dramatic 41-39 victory.

"I guess if you're going to win a state championship," Becker coach Justin Hegna said, "why not win it in the end?"

And why not win it in your first trip to the state tournament? That's what the young Bulldogs did, in spite of a starting lineup comprising three juniors and a pair of sophomores.

Becker (31-1) won its 30th consecutive game, prevailing in a tightly contested, physically pounding defensive battle. Neither team led by more than four points in a game that also included 13 ties.

Mastey had totaled 56 points in her first two tournament games, accounting for half of her team's offensive output. But the Islanders had bottled her up most of the evening, and that was the case again in the final seconds.

It took Robinson -- a player who had struggled offensively the whole game -- to break the final deadlock.

After Islanders junior Aaryn Booker's lay-in knotted the score at 39 with 56 seconds remaining, the Bulldogs ran down the clock for the final shot.

Hegna called a timeout with 26 seconds remaining, and drew up a play to get the ball to Mastey if she could get free.

But Mastey was double-teamed, so Robinson took the ball instead, dribbling past a defender and hitting an open, lefthanded jumper.

"That was just a great shot from her," said Mastey, who finished with 12 points -- eight below her season average. "She knew that it was her time, and she just took it."

Said Robinson, who had gone 1-for-5 from the field before hitting the game-winner: "I had full confidence that it was going in, and it did."

Shelly Stemper, a junior forward, scored 11 points for Becker. Rachel Booth, a 6-2 senior, led the Islanders (28-3) with 12 points, and Booker, a 5-11 junior, contributed 11.

"We knew we were the underdogs," said Booth, whose team had finished third in the state last season. "We went out and battled. The last 30 seconds, it could have gone either way."

As it happened, it went the way of the tournament neophytes, who never wilted under the bright lights.

"We've been working for this moment since fourth grade," Mastey said. "We've worked so hard, and it paid off."

Early Morning Parking Lot Rage

So I get back up to St. Cloud after our St. Patty's bash at Tiffy's and some Bastard is parked in my parking spot. Lisa didn't just see red, she also saw green, purple, tons of maroon, and got a damned head ache.

So I called public safety and the best they can do is ticket the car every four hours and it should move tomorrow. I guess if it doesn't then they'll tow it. But right now it's too late at night. So I get to park in the public safety lot, and the public safety boys took the groceries out of my car and brought them to my apartment for me.

But damn it I wanted my parking spot.

Damned maroon cars from Wisconsin.

One Of Those Days

I think I really dig Sarah Buxton's new song One of Those Days. I didn't think I was having one, but the more things I try and accomplish, the more it's looking like it...

Bribery

One of my bestest friends in the entire world decided to visit her family. Now normally I would be all, Woo-Hoo! for her, but she decided to do it not only over my Graduation from college ceremony, but also over my Graduation par-tay in NoDak.

She tried to make it better by buying me cake.

It might have worked.

Maybe I should have let her spring for the bread and milk...

I Love...

"magic" software that lets you click boxes until, BA-BOOM, you have a pre-assessment that you've spent the past five days freaking out about. I hope someday to own my own "magic" software.

Lazy Day in Shangri-La!

I woke up at quarter after 8. Decided to finally start reading Give Him the Slip by Geralyn Dawson which I bought back in October when I was strapped for cash and needed a bit of fun but never got around to it.

Got out of bed at 5:15 to shower. Didn't have any clean pants, so I pulled on my raggedy short cut-offs and dug through my stack of I Never Have Enough Down Time Where It's Appropriate To Wear These Shirts and pulled out my Blue Keith Concert T. Then cleaned the kitchen, living room, and did laundry while watching Hannah Montana and Las Vegas and wearing said outfit, damp hair, and my new dangly circle earrings I got from Toshia as a taking myPraxis test with out expiring from insane presure reward that clink.

Waiting for the last load of laundry to finish, I put on my pajamas, climbed in bed and read Dierdre Martin's Chasing Stanley until 4am.

I then proceeded to bawl for no apparent reason for half an our until I fell asleep.

I cannot believe that this is my senior year spring break. Weren't we supposed to go to Florida or Mexico or something?

Welcome To My New Baby!

Ryan James, 8lbs. 4oz. 22 in. March 8th, 2007.

Congrats!

Yea! New Joss Music!

This morning, when I didn't have to be awake, but couldn't sleep, I ate oatmeal and watched Saved By The Bell. During the commerical breaks I caught Joss Stone's new video! It's absolutely fabulous. I cannot wait for the new disc to be out.

Obnoxious Survey Forwards

You know those survey forwards that you always get, but never have any time to fill out unless your completely bored spitless, and just cannot bring yourself to try and sort your dirty clothes because you don't have any laundry money anyway?

We'll if there's anyone who can fess up to being busy it's me, so here was my favorite obnoxious survey question and my answer:

24. When was the last time you fell down?

Twenty minutes ago. Damned three hole punch tripped me. I swear the communists are trying to take me out. Or my students have put a mob hit out on me. Or maybe it just accidentally got shoved off the kitchen counter. Why was my three hole punch in the kitchen anyway?