2025 Season History

2025 Teams

AAU National Championships | June 11 – July 7, 2025 | Orlando, Florida | Girls 11’s – 17’s & Boys 16’s – 18’s

Northern Lights had multiple teams in the Gold Championship Brackets at the AAU National Championships and medaled 7 of them. We had 4 teams in their division finals, 3 of those resulting in being National Champs!  NL had 20 AAU All-American / All Star selections. It was a great run at AAU Nationals 2025 for Northern Lights!

20 Northern Lights AAU All Tournament & MVP Selections

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Molten Cup 2025

A big congratulations to our teams that competed in the Molten Cup; Northern Lights had 8 teams medal!

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NL May Freebie 2025

Our Northern Lights May Freebie was a full and successful tournament!

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18’s Italy Trip 2025

Our 18’s traveled to Italy for competition and adventure! All three teams started in Rome, competing in a scrimmage against local teams, but then ventured off to their own tournaments in the following cities…

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18-1 to Venice then Pordenone

18-2 to Ancona

18-Black to Verona

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18-2 and 18-Black  finished the trip in Venice for a day of shopping and exploring.

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18-Black placed 2nd at their tournament in Verona! 🥈

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MNL Challenge 2025

It was a successful tournament for our teams that competed in the Mizuno Northern Lights Challenge 2024! We had 7 out of 13 teams medal, two of those being 1st place! ☺️

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Team	Place	Division
10-1	9th	12U
11-1	7th	12U
11-2	8th	12U
12-1	2nd	12U
12-2	1st	13U
12-Black	3rd	13U
13-1	1st	13U
13-2	2nd	13U
13-Black	4th	13U
13-Red	5th	13U
14-Red	3rd	14U
14-White	2nd	14U
14-Xenon	5th	14U

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Show Me Qualifier 2025 | Kansas City, MO

Congratulations to our Northern Lights Teams that competed in the Show Me Qualifier at Kansas City, MO!

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Team	Place	Division
17-1	13th	17 Open
17-2	30th	17 USA
17-Black	9th	17 Liberty
17-Red	40th	17 American
17-White	31st	17 American
16-1	9th	16 Open
16-2	3rd	16 USA
16-Black	1st	16 Liberty
16-Red	39th	16 American
16-White	35th	16 American
15-1	10th	15 Open
15-2	17th	15 USA
15-Black	9th	15 Liberty
15-Red	5th	15 American
15-White	23rd	15 American
15-Xenon	36th	15 American
14-1	13th	14 Open

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Big South Qualifier 2025 | Atlanta, GA

Our 14-1 team placed 9th in GOLD out of 46 teams

Our 15-2 team placed 17th in GOLD out of 151 teams

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16th Annual Mizuno Northern Lights 12’s Cup

Six of our Northern Lights teams competed in the annual 12’s Cup tournament! Congratulations to our 12-1’s for placing 1st in the Open division!

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Team	Place	Division
10-1	3rd	12 Classic
11-1	–	12 Club
11-2	2nd	12 Classic
12-1	1st	12 Open
12-2	2nd	12 Open
12-Black	–	12 Club

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Mizuno Northern Lights Qualifier 2025 | 11’s – 16’s Qualifying Divisions and 17’s – 18’s Non-Qualifying Divisions

Over two back to back weekends, Northern Lights had 35 teams play in the Mizuno Northern Lights Qualifier in March! We had 4 teams medal. We are so #MNLproud!

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NCR Girls Regional Qualifier 2025

Congratulations to our teams that competed in the NCR Regional Qualifier 2025 and earned bids to the USAV Girls Junior National Championship 2025 in Dallas, TX!

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Team	Place	Qualification
14-1	1st	Qualified National
14-2	3rd	Qualified American
15-1	2nd	Qualified American
15-2	5th	–
16-1	1st	Qualified National
16-2	2nd	Qualified American
17-1	4th	Qualified Freedom
17-2	2nd	–

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MNL 14-1

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MNL 14-2

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MNL 15-1

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MNL 16-1

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MNL 16-2

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Our 14-1, 15-1, 16-1, 17-1 and 18-1 teams traveled to Kansas City, Missouri for the NIT to compete against the best in the country.

14-1 placed 2nd in the Select Division Bracket

15-1 placed 21st

16-1 placed 25th

17-1 placed 67th

18-1 placed 29th

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MNL 14-1

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Omaha Presidents’ Day Classic 2025

Northern Lights sent 27 teams to Omaha, Nebraska for the 2025 ASICS Omaha Presidents’ Day tournament.  Congratulations to the 9 teams that placed in the top three of their divisions!  Thank you to the athletes, coaches, chaperones, and parents for a great weekend! It was a very successful weekend!

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2025 January Thaw and 17’s and 18’s Mizuno Northern Lights National Qualifier

Congratulations to the 34 Northern Lights teams that participated in our annual January Thaw and the 17’s and 18’s Northern Lights National Qualifier in Minneapolis! We had 10 teams medal in their divisions! #MNLproud

Mizuno Northern Lights Qualifier

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MNL 14-1

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MNL 15-1

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MNL 16-1

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MNL 16-2

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MNL BOYS 16-1

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MNL 18-1

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MNL 18-2

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Brew City Battle 2025 | Boys | Milwaukee, WI

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Boys 15-1 placed 2nd in 15 Classic

Boys 16-1 placed 5th in 16 Classic

Boys 17-1 placed 7th in 17 Premier

Boys 18-1 placed 31st in 18 Premier

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Congratulations 2024 Ms. Baden Finalists & All-State Players

Northern Lights would like to extend our congratulations to all of the High School Players in Minnesota who were selected for the MN Coaches Association All State teams. The MNVBCA sponsors All-State teams for the top players in each class (1st team and honorable mention). 19 players from Northern Lights were selected:

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Congrats 2024 All-Minnesota Players – The Minnesota Star Tribune