Brianna Turner Leads Manvel To First State Title

Notre Dame's top women's basketball recruit Brianna Turner (Manvel High School) just led her team tonight to their first ever STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!  Beating two time defending Texas 5A State Champion and MAXPREPS #1 ranked team in the country -- Duncanville 58 - 53!!!

In the process they broke Duncanville High School's 105 game winning streak!!!

Brianna -- who many think is the #1 incoming recruit in the country -- led her team with a "double-double" scoring 17 points and grabbing 17 rebounds.  She was also named PLAYER OF THE GAME for the State Championship Final!

CONGRATULATIONS BRIANNA!

Key game stat: four of the five Duncanville starters fouled out in this game -- I'm sure the locals will not be happy about this!

LINK:  BOX SCORE

Eleven Notre Dame Teams Ranked in Top 25 !!!

Took a look at the national rankings of all of the Notre Dame sports teams that are currently in season -- pretty impressive!

ELEVEN NOTRE DAME TEAMS ARE RANKED IN THE TOP-25!!!

• Women's Basketball:  #2 in the country
• Men's Fencing:  #3 in the country
• Women's Fencing:  #4 in the country
• Men's Tennis:  #10 in the country
• Men's Indoor Track & Field:  #10 in the country
• Men's Lacrosse:  #11 in the country
• Women's Lacrosse:  #12 in the country
• Men's Hockey:  #14 in the country
• Women's Softball:  #24 in the country
• Women's Swimming:  #24 in the country
• Women's Tennis:  #25 in the country
• Men's Swimming:  #26 in the country

FALL SPORTS -- FINAL RANKINGS

• Men's Soccer:  NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! 
• Women's Rowing:  #13 in the country
• Women's Soccer:  #14 in the country
• Men's Cross Country:  #19 in the country
• Men's Football:  #20 in the country
• Women's Cross Country:  #23 in the country

Notre Dame's Men's Lacrosse Beats #2 UNC!

Kevin Corrigan's Fighting Irish traveled to Chapel Hill today to take on the #2 ranked North Carolina Tarheels -- and #11 Notre Dame beat them 11 - 10  !!!  The Irish were down 7 - 3 at halftime but rallied for the big win in their first ever ACC game!

Here are the highlights along with a link to photos of the game:

LINK:  ND BEATS UNC!

LINK:  PHOTO GALLERY -- ND vs. UNC

ND Hockey Beats #1 Boston College in OT!!!

Jeff Jackson's 14th ranked Fighting Irish traveled to Boston to take on the #1 team in college hockey tonight -- and they beat the Eagles of Boston College in OT 2 -1 !!!

It was a huge win for Notre Dame as they make a late run at a NCAA Tournament selection. 

The win also broke BC's nineteen game unbeaten streak!  Here's a replay of the winning goal and the game highlights:

LINK:  ND OT GAME WINNER

LINK:  GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Incoming ND Hoops Recruit -- McDonald's AA!

It's Notre Dame Women's Basketball day at the ND GO IRISH BLOG...

The second highest rated recruit in Muffet's 2014 recruiting class is Kathryn Westbeld from Fairmont, OH.  Westbeld was recently selected to play in the McDonald's All-American game along with fellow Irish commit Brianna Turner.

Here's a local Ohio TV station's news story on Kathryn's selection:

LINK:  A MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN!

Video of ND Women's Hoop Recruit's Back Flip!

Notre Dame women's basketball will welcome point guard Mychal Johnson to the Fighting Irish this August.  Johnson, in a recent ESPN interview, was filmed doing a standing BACK FLIP!  She's going to be a great addition to our women's basketball program!

LINK:  BACK FLIP

ND Football and Golf Team Visit YMCA

The folks at WNDU-TV caught up with Jaylon Smith and Greg Bryant as they joined some fellow student-athletes from the Notre Dame football and men's golf teams at the South Bend YMCA yesterday...

Here's a link to their interviews:

LINK:  SMITH AND BRYANT

Muffet's #1 Recruit Takes on Winning Streak!

Brianna Turner -- arguably the #1 women's high school basketball recruit in America -- has one more high school game tonight before she heads to the University of Notre Dame...

And, what a game it is.

Turner and her Manvel HS teammates are taking on Duncanville HS -- one of the top ranked high school girls team in the country on a 105 game winning streak -- at 8:30 PM in the Texas Class 5A State Championship game.

Duncanville has won back-to-back state championships.

The two teams played earlier this season and Manvel lost to Duncanville 56 - 50 after leading 32 - 18 at halftime.  Should be a great game on the campus of the University of Texas!

Here's the media coverage:

LINK:  A FIRST FOR MANVEL

LINK:  DUNCANVILLE GOES FOR THREE-PEAT

LINK:  PREVIOUS MEETING

LINK:  HOUSTON TV STATION

Winter Workouts -- Notre Dame Football Style!

The Fighting Irish have been training this off-season (outdoors and indoors) as they get ready for the 2014 season opener against Rice -- 182 days from today!

Watch it right here!

LINK:  WINTER CONDITIONING