I have a little something for boys Class B basketball fans in the area.
The Crary team that won the state Class C basketball title in 1960 will be recognized at the state Class B tournament in Minot later this week.
Twenty years from now, when members of the Starkweather-Munich and New Rockford-Sheyenne basketball teams gather for their school reunions and discuss the third-place game of the 2010 Region 4 tournament, the word defense will certainly not enter into the conversation.
After struggling in the early part of the second half, Carrington’s Devin Barton emerged as the hero of the night as his basket with 6.6 seconds remaining in overtime helped lift Carrington to a 66-65 win over top-ranked North Star in the Region 4 championship game Thursday at the Devils Lake Sports Center.
Tickets will be punched and hotel operators will be flooded with calls beginning late Thursday as champions will be crowned in eight regions across North Dakota, while a new state champion will be crowned next week in Minot.
MUNICH, N.D. – As the 2009-10 high school basketball season winds down its final two weeks of play, Travis Beck is keeping his focus on the task at hand as his Starkweather-Munich team looks to close the season on a winning note.
For the second straight night North Star turned a relatively close game into a clinic, of sorts, as the Bearcats broke away from a narrow 28-25 halftime advantage and went on to defeat New Rockford-Sheyenne 65-51 in a semifinal round game at the Region 4 tournament Tuesday at the
Much as he did one week earlier, Jackson Unruh simply loaded his Carrington teammates on his shoulders and carried the Cardinals to a key victory as the Class B high school basketball season continues to draw to a close.
With his team in control of the game as the first half was nearing an end, Ben Tohm proved how this night apparently was going to belong to Tohm and his Starkweather-Munich teammates.
North Star’s performance in its quarterfinal round game against Warwick in the Region 4 tournament Monday bordered on being more of an exhibition than a game.
David Bitz, head coach of the Devils Lake Firebirds boys basketball team has resigned. The announcement came Monday morning and was announced by DLHS acitivies director Kent Dennis.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – As Fargo Shanley continued to build on the narrow 41-39 lead it held at halftime, somehow you got a feeling that Devils Lake would eventually make a run and push the Deacons to the limit.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The streaks continued to plague the Devils Lake girls basketball team. And for one day, the streaks came at the most inopportune of times.
WILLISTON, N.D. — Duane Schwab’s game plan heading into Lake Region State College’s Region 13 championship game likely centered around keeping Williston State’s Meagan Anderson in check.
At 6-feet, 6-inches tall and weighing a tad more than 270 pounds, Carrington’s Devin Barton is certain to get his share of points against his prep counterparts, who are considerably shorter and smaller than the CHS senior standout.
Carrington entered the District 7 tournament at the Devils Lake Sports Center as the top seed and was expected to have a relatively easy time in advancing through the tournament and into the region tournament.
Mitchell Owlboy and Shandy Brown both scored six points in the opening period to help set the tone as Warwick scored the lone upset of the first day of the District 7 tournament Saturday at the Devils Lake Sports Center.
After splitting their two previous meetings this season, much was expected of the matchup between Carrington and Harvey as the two state powers battled for the Region 4 championship.
Heading into the start of the Region 4 tournament, it was a foregone conclusion that a very talented team was going to be left on the outside looking in when the tournament dust had settled and the state tournament prepared to get under way.
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