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Packers top Edina in Tip-Off Classic

9 Dec

The Austin Packers traveled to Minnetonka Saturday to participate in the Breakdown Sports Tip-Off Classic, a day-long basketball feast featuring most of the top teams in the state, and came away with a 66-62 win over Edina.

The Packers, ranked #2 in Minnesota’s Class AAA, got off to a quick start against the Hornets, who began the season ranked #2 in Class AAAA, but are currently #7. Austin led 14-4 before Edina was forced to call time out. The Packers never trailed, although the Hornets did make two runs to tie the score.

Joe Aase paced the Packers with 27 points, while Zach Wessels added 15, Collin Weisert 10, Tom Aase 7, Ajuda Nywesh 4 and Bet Lukes 3. Here are the highlights:

The Packers, 2-0,  visit Albert Lea Tuesday night to take on the 1-1 Tigers before hosting Rochester Mayo on Friday night in their home opener.

Update: Here is the recap in the Austin Daily Herald. Here is the Austin Post-Bulletin story.

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Highlight DVD for Top of the Key Members

2 Dec

The Austin Packer Fast Break Club has a special gift for members of the 3-Point Club who are Top of the Key supporters:

DVD Cover

2011-12 and Beyond! contains highlights of the Packers’ Big Nine championship season and their historic return to the Minnesota State High School League State Tournament. It also gives you a preview of this year’s team, with action from summer team camps and the Breakdown Fall League, activities sponsored by the Fast Break Club.

Top of the Key supporters have contributed at least $100 in the current year to help the Packer Fast Break Club provide for needs of the boys basketball program.

To join, and to receive your DVD, send your check to:

Fast Break Club

2001 W. Oakland Ave.

Austin, MN 55912.

DVDs will be available for pick-up before the Packers’ home opener Dec. 14, or at the Pancakes with the Packers fundraiser on Saturday, Dec. 15. Any DVDs not picked up at those events will be mailed to Top of the Key members.

 

Packers Pound Kasson-Mantorville in Season Opener

2 Dec

The Austin Packers opened their 2012-13 season Saturday night in Kasson against the KoMets with a 88-54 win.

The second-ranked Packers used a balanced scoring attack, with four players in double figures and several others getting into the act, too. Tom Aase led the way with 18 points, while Zach Wessels had 17, Joe Aase 16 and Bret Lukes 14. Nik Gasner added 8 points, Gach Gach 7, Ajuda Nywesh 5 and Collin Weisert 3 to round out the scoring.

Here are the highlights:

Next up for the Packers will be Edina on Saturday, Dec. 8 in Minnetonka as part of the Breakdown Sports Tip-Off Classic.

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Packers Ranked 2nd in Class AAA Preseason Poll

28 Nov

The Austin Packers are ranked second in the state to defending champion DeLaSalle in the first NorthStar Hoops Report poll of the 2012-13 season.

See the complete Top 10 rankings.

The Packers open their season Saturday, Dec. 1 at Kasson-Mantorville (varsity tips at 7:30 p.m.), and then face Edina, ranked #4 in Class AAAA, on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. in Minnetonka at the Breakdown Sports Tip-Off Classic.

The Edina game figures to be one of the Packers’ stiffest tests of the year, as two of the Hornets have signed Division I scholarship tenders. For high school basketball fans, the day-long Tip-Off Classic is second only to the State Tournament, as it features all of the top 10 Class AAAA teams and four of the top eight Class AAA schools, as well as some top A and AA teams and two strong Wisconsin programs.

If you want to see a day of great basketball, make plans now to attend the Tip-Off Classic.

 

 

 

 

 

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Joe Aase and Tom Aase Sign National Letters of Intent

20 Nov

The Austin Daily Herald, Austin Post-Bulletin, KIMT-TV and KAAL-TV all were on hand Monday for the signing ceremony, as Joe Aase and Tom Aase sealed their deals with Davidson College and University of Sioux Falls.

Family members looking on couldn’t help remember Joe and Tom as Kindergarten YMCA teammates:

… as well as their First Grade YMCA action:

Moving forward 10 years, here are highlights from their state tournament appearance last March:

After the ceremony, the Aase cousins and their teammates began their bid for a return trip to Minneapolis in March with their first practice of the season. The Packers’ first regular-season game is Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Kasson. See their whole schedule.

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