Congrats to Plymouth Men's champions

Congrats to  the 2018  SAMS LDS  Men's Champions   Plymouth

    It  was a well played game,  Good sportsmanship  with Eden   taking a big  early lead  than  EP  pressed and  rallied  closing to with in 4  points.   At  the end  Plymouth hit their  free throws  and won  69-63.

Tournament Update  -  

Congratulations to Chaska for winning the YM Championship.

EP and Plymouth will play at Anoka for the championship this Thursday @ 7:30.
(The MPLS stake center is unavailable due to prep for a dance)

Eligibility Notes:

• Any baptized member of your ward can play regardless if they played during the season.
• Any non-members must have played for their team at least once during the regular season.
• Before each game before the prayer lets establish who are member and who are non members and high school players. 
• Remember only two non members per team on the court at a time.

Overtime Note:

• In the tournament there is no sudden death.  
• 2 minute overtime periods will continue until there is a winner. 
• The first  overtime period starts with a jump ball, and the alternating possession arrow is reset. 
• Additional overtime periods will have starting possession determined by the alternating possession arrow.

	Playoffs	4/26/2018
	at Anoka	at St. Paul	at Minneapolis
6:30	xxx	xxx	xxx
7:30	EP v Plymouth	xxx	xxx
8:30	xxx	xxx	xxx
9:30	xxx	xxx	xxx

2018 Mens Tournament Bracket

	1) Eden Prairie
		Eden Prairie
8) Nikomis	Game 5
	N. Brighton
9) N. Brighton		Game 9	Eden Prairie
	4) Maple Grove
		Shingle Creek
5) SC	Game 6
	Shingle Creek
12) Anoka/And'vr
			Game 11
	3) Twin City 1
		Twin City 1
	Game 7
6) West St Paul
	West St Paul
11) Chaska/Waconia		Game 10	Plymouth
	2) Blaine
	Game 8	Plymouth
7) N. St Paul
	Plymouth
10) Plymouth

2018 Young Mens Tournament Bracket

March 22	March 29	April 5	April 12
	(2) Andover/Anoka
	YM 2	West St Paul
	West St. Paul
		YM 6	West St Paul
	(3) Shingle Creek
	YM 3	Shingle Creek
	Waconia
			YM 8	Chaska
	(4) Maple Grove
	YM 4	Maple Grove
	Plymouth
Nikomis		YM 7	Chaska
YM 1
Shoreview	YM 5	Chaska
	(1) Chaska

Week 11 (Tournament) Schedule

We will start the Men's tournament and continue the YM tournament this week.
I will be looking for volunteers to help officiate the YM games.  
If you believe you can help, please let me know.

	Playoffs	4/5/2018
	at Anoka	at St. Paul	at Minneapolis
6:30	xxx	AA v WSP (YM2)	SC v WAC (YM3)
7:30	xxx	MG v Ply (YM4)	SV v CHA (YM5)
8:30	xxx	NSP v Ply	Nik v NB
9:30	xxx	W. SP v CHA	SC v AA

Men's Tournament Bracket

	1) Eden Prairie
8) Nikomis	Game 5
	N. Brighton
9) N. Brighton		Game 9
	4) Maple Grove
5) SC	Game 6
	Shingle Creek
12) Anoka/And'vr
			Game 11
	3) Twin City 1
	Game 7
6) West St Paul
	West St Paul
11) Chaska/Waconia		Game 10
	2) Blaine
	Game 8
7) N. St Paul
	Plymouth
10) Plymouth

Eligibility Notes:

• Any baptized member of your ward can play regardless if they played during the season.
• Any non-members must have played for their team at least once during the regular season.
• Before each game before the prayer lets establish who are member and who are non members and high school players. 
• Remember only two non members per team on the court at a time.

Overtime Note:

• In the tournament there is no sudden death.  
• 2 minute overtime periods will continue until there is a winner. 
• The first  overtime period starts with a jump ball, and the alternating possession arrow is reset. 
• Additional overtime periods will have starting possession determined by the alternating possession arrow.

Season Postponed for Easter

A number of wards have notified us that they will have difficultly fielding a team due to Easter and General Conference plans.

In consideration of that, we will postpone games this week and pick up again on April 5th.

Week 9 Schedule & YM Tournament 1st Round

	Week 9	3/22/2018
	at Anoka	at St. Paul	at Minneapolis
6:30			Nik v SV (YM 1)
7:30	Chaska vs MG	NB vs St.Paul	TC1 vs SC
8:30	AA vs Nikomis	Ply vs W. SP	EP/BL vs Blaine
9:30
Men BYE	NSP
YM BYE	YM Tournament 1st round

We will begin the Young Mens tournament this week.  This will result in most teams having the week off. Please see the related post below.

The Mens Tournament is planned to begin next week, on March 29th.

YM Tournament

We will start the YM Tournament this upcoming week. 
As planned, it will conclude on April 12th.
Please see the Eligibility and Overtime notes below the bracket.


2018 Young Mens Tournament Bracket

March 22	March 29	April 5	April 12
	(2) Andover/Anoka
	YM 2	West St Paul
	West St. Paul
		YM 6
	(3) Shingle Creek
	YM 3	Shingle Creek
	Waconia
			YM 8
	(4) Maple Grove
	YM 4	Maple Grove
	Plymouth
Nikomis		YM 7
YM 1
Shoreview	YM 5	Chaska
	(1) Chaska

Eligibility Notes:

• Any baptized member of your ward can play regardless if they played during the season.
• Any non-members must have played for their team at least once during the regular season.
• High  school  players may play under the following conditions:
• The season must have ended for their HS team.
• They must be baptized members of your ward. 
• Only one may be on the court at a time.
• Before each game before the prayer lets establish who are member and who are non members and high school players. 
• Remember only two non members per team on the court at a time.

Overtime Note:

• In the tournament there is no sudden death.  
• 2 minute overtime periods will continue until there is a winner. 
• The first  overtime period starts with a jump ball, and the alternating possession arrow is reset. 
• Additional overtime periods will have starting possession determined by the alternating possession arrow.

Week 8 Schedule

	Week 8	3/15/2018
	at Anoka	at St. Paul	at Minneapolis
6:30			Nik v SV (YM)
7:30	MG v WSP (YM)	Ply v AA (YM)	CHA v SC (YM)
8:30	MG v Nik	AA v St Paul	WSP v Cha
9:30	SC v NSP	Blaine v TC1	EP v NB
Men BYE	Plymouth
YM BYE	Waconia

Week 7 Schedule

UPDATE:  SOME GAMES CHANGED AS OF MONDAY MORNING.  CHECK BELOW!!!

	Week 7	3/8/2018
	at Anoka	at St. Paul	at Minneapolis
6:30		WSP v PLY(YM)	CHA v AA (YM)
7:30	MG v SC(YM)	St. Paul  v Blaine	WAC v SV (YM)
8:30	MG v TC1	Nik v W.SP	Cha v NB
9:30	SC v Ply	AA v NSP
Men BYE	EP
YM BYE	Nik