More than 50 local players selected for Minnesota Hockey High Performance festivals
Apr. 22—Sophia Buesking, Daisy Harens and Faith Humphrey have been on three section championship teams. They have all played in multiple state tournaments and helped the Dodge County girls hockey team win its first state championship in February of 2025.
The trio of Wildcats are now also among more than 50 local girls or boys hockey players who have a chance this spring to show that they are among the best in the state. Buesking, Harens and Humphrey all played so well at last weekend's Minnesota Hockey High Performance spring festivals that they have been invited to return this weekend for the HP Final 68 Tournaments. From this weekend's play, the top players in the state at different age groups will be selected to participate in USA Hockey national development camps this summer.
Humphrey, a goalie, and Buesking, a defender, will compete in the High Performance 17s Final 68, while Harens has been invited to the HP16s Final 68. The Final 68 tournaments involve 68 players, divided into four teams of 17. The HP17s tournament includes the top 68 players in the state with 2009 birth dates, and the HP16s features the top players with 2010 birth dates.
Players were selected for the Final 68 tournaments after last weekend's Spring Festivals, which featured all-star teams from each of the eight Minnesota State High School League sections in Minnesota. * Eight local players competed in the HP17s Spring Festival: Rochester Mayo's Olivia Dahl, and seven Dodge County players — Humphrey, Buesking, Josie Fulton, Maysie Koch, Bryn Spreiter, Taryn Wernecke and Grace Roethler. Humphrey played in two games and stopped 25 of 27 shots, posting a 1.
33 goals-against average and a . 926 save percentage. Buesking also played regular shifts in all three games for the Section 1 team, after a junior season in which she had 4 goals and 13 assists for the Wildcats.
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