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Monday, 3/3/08 @ SLP H.S.
Sophomores vs. Benilde

Park exploded in the second half, and beat Benilde, 65-50.

Park led by a single point at the half, 31-30, but out-scored the Red Knights 34 to 20 in the second, and won going away.

John Alston led Park with 20 points and Jarrod Berven scored 18.

The defensive highlight of the game was a monster block by Edwards, who swatted a shot from near the basket into the third row of the bleachers!

Stats:
John Alston 20 points
Jarrod Berven 18 points
Travis Gohman 10 points
Marquealis Edwards 10 points
Alex Piper 6 points
Dan Cain 4 points
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Friday, 2/22/08 @ Home
Sophomores vs. Spring Lake Park

Park won a great game, 64-55. At the half, Park lead 36-30, and didn’t look back.

John Alston and Marquealis Edwards led Park with 17 points apiece, Jarrod Berven added 12, Travis Gohman added 9, Cain 5, McKnight 2, and Harrison McClean 2.
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February, 2/19/08
Sophomores vs. Irondale

Park fell to strong Irondale club, 54-33. Freshman Marquealis Edwards had a fantastic game, with 17 points.

Stats:
Marqueallis Edwards—17 points
Dan Cain—6 points
Jarrod Berven—5 points
Travis Gohman—3 points
Alex Piper—2 points
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Tuesday, 2/12/08
Sophomores vs. St. Francis

The Park Sophomores beat St. Francis, 40-33, in a conference battle Tuesday afternoon.

Park led 21-18 at the half, and was never in trouble in the second half, consistently holding a comfortable lead.

John Alston led all Park scorers with 14, and Jarrod Berven added 12. Alex Piper scored 8, Travis Gohman 4, and Harrison Maclean 2.
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Tuesday, 1/29/08 @ SLP H.S.
Sophomores vs. North Branch

Park’s Sophomores started off a bit slow, but caught fire in the second half and held on to beat North Branch, 54-50.

Park led 25-20 at the half, despite Jarrod Berven, Park’s biggest scorer, having only two points. Travis Gohman picked up the slack with two first half three pointers.

Berven exploded in the second half, scoring 15 points, and, though the last few minutes were tense, Park hung on to win.

Berven led Park scorers with 17 points, Marquealis Edwards added 15, John Alston 11, Travis Gohman 6, Dan Cain 4, and Alex Piper 1.

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Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008 @ SLP H.S.
Park Sophomore Boys vs. Cooper

Park played Cooper close for most of the game, trailing by three at the half, 28-25, but Cooper caught fire in the second half and won 65-50.

Freshmen Jarrod Berven worked inside and out and led Park with 24 points, Freshmen Marquealis Edwards added 13, Sophomore Travis Gohman tallied 7, and John Alston 6.
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Friday, December 21, 2007 @ St. Louis Park Sr. High
St. Louis Park Sophomore Boys vs. Columbia Heights
Reported by Ryne McNary

I’ll be honest. I didn’t think Park had much of a chance to win this game. Columbia Heights had several big, strong low-post players, all with nice touches. It’s a testament to the great play of the Orioles that it took a late Heights’ spurt to pull the game out, 61-56.

Heights grabbed a 5-0 lead before Jarrod Berven found Marquealis Edwards inside for an easy hoop, and Alex Koch hit a long jumper, just inside the arc, to cut the lead to one. After two quick Heights’ baskets, Aaron Ziman hit a jumper for two, then Berven hit a fade-away to make the score 11-8 Heights.

Again Heights fought ahead, leading 16-8, then after a call went Park’s way, the Heights’ bench drew a double technical, and Koch hit three of four free throws to make the score 16-11. A Ziman three pulled Park within three, 17-14, and after another Heights’ basket, Berven grabbed an offensive rebound and hit the put-back for a 19-16 score. After two Heights’ free throws, Edwards hit one of two free throws, then made a steal and lay-up to pull within two with 1:30 left. Down the stretch, Dan Cain hit a free throw, and Koch tapped in a miss as the clock ran out, with Park within five, 27-22, at the half.

Park went on an 8-3 run to start the second half to tie the game, highlighted by a Koch jumper, a drive and hoop by Edwards, and two hoops by John Alston, one on a nice assist from Berven.

After a 4-0 Heights’ run, Ziman was fouled while shooting, hit both free throws, then stole the ball and hit Edwards for a lay-up. On the next Park possession, “Q” Edwards hit a wild shot on a drive to the hoop and was fouled! “Q” hit the freebie, and Park was up a single point with 7:50 left. Koch nailed a three from the corner (where else?), and Park was up four!

After a Heights three-point play, Berven put Park up with a wild scoop shot in the paint and was fouled. The free throw missed, but Alston grabbed the rebound on the miss and fed Marcus Edwards for a three that gave Park a 45-39 lead with under four minutes to play! Marcus Edwards was Park’s leader in their big come-back, making several clutch plays.

After a Heights miss, “Q” Edwards scored on a Berven-like scoop shot, and a few seconds later Alston grabbed an offensive rebound and hit the put-back for a 10-point lead, 49-39. Just when the game looked to be in the bag, Heights scored the next 16 points to take a 55-49 lead with a minute remaining.

Koch was fouled and made one free throw to cut the lead to five, then Ziman made a steal and fed Alson for a lay-up, and the lead was down to three with 45 seconds left. When Park pressured the in-bounds pass, a Heights’ forward released up-court and was hit with a pass and a break-away. Much to the Heights’ coach’s horror, instead of laying the ball in, the player tried to dunk the ball and hit the back of the rim. Heights grabbed the rebound, missed, rebounded again, missed, and Park finally grabbed the rebound. With the score 55-52 with under :30 seconds on the clock, Park and Heights exchanged free-throws, with Ziman hitting four of four, and Heights hitting six of seven to make the final 61-56.

Park’s scoring was well-balanced, with Koch, Marquealis Edwards, Ziman, Berven, Marcus Edwards, and Dan Cain all in the scoring column.

Berven led Park with 3 blocks, Alston led with 8 rebounds, Ziman and Berven dished out three assists, and Koch had 3 steals.

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Wednesday, 2/7/08 @ SLP HS
Park Sophomores vs. Fridley

The Sophomores played a fine all-around game, and held on to beat Fridley, 60-58, Wednesday afternoon.

After a close first half, the second half was more of the same, and with 11:27 left in the game, Park clung to a one-point lead, 39-28. After a Fridley basket, Travis Gohman nailed a long three-pointer to put Park up by two, 42-40.

Fridley tied the game, but Park took back the lead on a nice pass from Tony Keller to Jarrod Berven for a layup. Again Fridley tied the game, but John Alton hit a fadeaway from the blcock to put Park up, then put them up again a minute later on a putback off an offensive board to give Park a two point lead with 5:30 left.

Fridley nailed a three to take a their first lead in more than six minutes, but Berven, who had left the game briefly with a bloody nose, hit a turn-around jumper in the paint to take a one-point lead, then hit Alston with a pass for a layup, had a steal and his own layup, and Park had a five point lead, 54-49, with two minutes left.

Alston scored off a nice pass from Marqeuallis Edwards, then “Q” scored himself off a nice pass from Berven, and the lead was again five, 58-52, with 1:11 in the game.

Down the stretch, Fridley was forced to make Park sew up the game from the line….and they did. Gohman hit two of two to five Park a seven-point lead, and Fridley hit two late baskets to make the game look slightly closer than it was, 60-58. Berven also had two big blocks in the last minute of play to thwart a pair of easy Fridley baskets.

Stats:
John Alston —18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal
Travis Gohman—12 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals
Jarrod Berven—11 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists, 3 blocks
Marqueallis Edwards—10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist
Tony Keller—9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal
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Friday, 1/25/08 @ Benilde High School
Sophomores vs. Benilde

The Sophomores won a nail-biter Friday, beating Benilde by a basket, 48-46.

Jarrod Berven got Park on the board with an offensive rebound and putback, and John Alston hit a layup to put Park up 4-0. Alston scored Park’s next two baskets, one on a power move to the hole, the other on a put-back off an offensive board.

Benilde’s shooting was also hot early, and they took an early 10-8 lead. Berven hit Alex Piper with a nice pass and he nailed a jumper to tie the game at 10-10.

Over the last seven minutes of the half, Berven took over. He hit a fadeaway from the block, put in a basket off an offensive rebound, hit another fadeaway, scored on a drive, and hit a three-pointer. Marquealis Edwards had a key steal and layup, Travis Gohman nailed a long jumper from just inside the arc, and then hit a three with time running out in the half. With all that offensive action, you might think Park would have a huge lead at the half. In fact, their lead was one point, 28-27.

The second half was more of the same back and forth action, with the lead changing several times.

Alston scored Park’s first second half points on a jumper off a Berven pass, then Berven hit a jumper to make the scored 32-29. Berven got hit on the elbow going for a rebound, and had to come out of the game for several minutes, but Gohman picked up the slack and nailed another three to put Park up 35-31. After Benilde cut the lead to one, Berven, back in the game, made a steal and layup to make the score 37-34.

Benilde went on a mini-run, and went up 39-37 before Berven hit another fadeaway from the post to tie the game. Benilde went up 43-39, then Berven hit a fadeaway off the glass to pull Park within two point with five minutes left in the game.

Dan Cain hit Alston with a nice pass for a hoop-and-one, and when he made the free throw Park was up a point with 3:37 left, 44-43.

Berven hit one of two free throws to put Park up two, but Benilde tied the scored with 2:09 left. Marquealis Edwards scored on a nice drive to put Park up 45-43, and, after Benilde miss, Gohman was fouled—he made one of two for a 48-45 lead with 1:07 left.

Benilde made one of two free throws to pull within two, and when they got the ball back with 15 seconds left it looked like the game was headed for overtime…but…Benilde actually ran the clock out! Down two, Benilde passed the ball around until the clock was down under five seconds, then couldn’t even get a shot off, and Park won 48-46.

Stats
Jarrod Berven—22 pts, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, 3 assists, 1 block
John Alston—11 pts, 6 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal
Travis Gohman—9 pts, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
Marquealis Edwards—4 pts, 3 rebound, 4 steals
Alex Piper—2 pts, 1 rebound, 1 steal
Dan Cain—4 reb, 2 assist, 1 steal
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Friday, December 14, 2007 @ SLP High School
St. Louis Park Boys Sophomore Basketball vs. Totino Grace Eagles

All eight Park players contributed in a big way, and the Orioles beat the Eagles in the battle of the birds, 55-44.

Park jumped to a 6-0 lead with Jerrod Berven leading the way with a basket, a steal and a give-and-go to Travis Gohman for a lay-up.

Totino’s center had a few inches on Berven, and scored a few points early, but Berven eventually ate his lunch, beating him up-court on fast breaks, and beating him off the dribble in the half-court game.

Park led 32-17 at the half: Berven had 12 points, three rebounds, three steals and two assists, and John Alston was also hot with seven points and seven rebounds.

The highlight of the half was a great behind-the-back pass by Berven, on the fast-break, to Alston for a lay-up.

The second half was more of the same, and Park took a 35-17 lead early when Dan Cain made a great steal falling out of bounds, threw a blind pass to a streaking Berven, who threw down a dunk to complete the play!

The closest Totino got to Park in the half was on their final basket of the game, to make it 55-44.

Berven ended the game with 21 points, seven rebounds three assists, four steals and a blocked shot. Alston added 15 points and 10 rebounds, Marquealis Edwards had a great all-around game with 9 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and a block, Travis Gohman had 8 points, and Alex Piper tossed in 2. Eric McKnight had a fine game, with two steals and an assist, and Harrison McLean grabbed two boards. The unsung hero of the game was Dan Cain, who, despite not denting the scoring column, did a bit of everything, with 5 steals, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
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