Lake Region sports roundup: Sept. 19-22

Sept. 19

High school football

Fargo South 23, No. 4 Devils Lake (3-1) 39

• Firebirds’ third straight win; last game of non-region play
• Mason Palmer: 252 passing yards, 4 TD passes (58 yards to Weston Nelson, 17 yards to Will Heilman, 37 yards to Rylan Samuelson, 15 yards to Max Palmer), 1 TD rush (2 yards)
• Bryar Exner: 93 rushing yards, 17 receiving yards

Nelson County (3-2) 20, Four Winds (4-1) 36

• Dayson Dubois (Four Winds): 176 rushing yards, 2 TD rushes (11 yards, 1 yard)
• Marial Deng (Four Winds): 72 receiving yards, 2 TD receptions (24, 14 yards, both from Kaleb Keja), 1 TD rush (3 yards)
• Brody Rainsberry (Nelson County): 105 rushing yards, 57 passing yards, 2 TD rushes (37, 9 yards), 1 TD pass (17 yards to Zane Anderson)
• Zane Anderson (Nelson County): 46 rushing yards, 19 receiving yards, 1 TD reception (17 yards)

No. 1 New Rockford-Sheyenne/Maddock (5-0) 62, North Prairie 36

• Most points Rockets have allowed since Aug. 18, 2023; snapped streak of 16 wins by 30-plus margins
• 17th straight win, each by 26 or more points
• 310-88 in passing yards, 96-267 in rushing yards
• Easton Simon: 310 passing yards, 3 TD passes (37 yards to Easton Benz, 30 yards to Koy Zieman, 8 yards to Thomas Allmaras), 1 TD rush (5 yards)
• Easton Benz: 133 receiving yards, 1 TD reception (37 yards)
• Grant Engebretson: 63 receiving yards
• Thomas Allmaras: 59 receiving yards, 1 TD reception (8 yards), 1 TD rush (1 yard), 1 kickoff return for TD (71 yards)
• Koy Zieman: 55 receiving yards, 1 TD reception (8 yards)
• Layton Jacobson, Malaki Kukowski: 5 tackles each
• Malaki Kukowski: 1 fumble return for TD (27 yards)

No. 1 Langdon Area/Munich (5-0) 42, Rugby 12

• Jax Johnson: 2 TD rushes (2, 76 yards), 1 TD pass (43 yards to Theo Romfo)
• Sam Davis: 3 TD rushes (5, 52, 4 yards)

Trenton 70, Warwick (0-5) 6

High school volleyball

North Star (6-4, 2-0) 1, Cavalier 3

• 15-25, 25-20, 21-25, 24-26
• Annabelle Staus: 11 kills, 4 blocks, 1 dig
• Claire Jorde: 9 kills, 18 digs
• Genevieve Ahlberg: 7 kills, 18 digs
• Ashley Nikolaisen: 19 assists, 7 digs
• Avery Elsperger: 24 digs, 2 aces, 16 assists
• Teegan Knudson: 18 digs, 3 aces
• Claire Weber: 13 digs, 3 kills

Sept. 20

High school cross country

Blue and White XC Invite

Boys’ 5k

Devils Lake: 212 (6th place out of 19 teams)

• Isaac Kraft: 17:41.10 (15th out of 174 runners)
• Zane Bennett: 17:51.40 (17th)
• Aiden Ackerman: 19:01.30 (42nd)
• Rylan Bennett: 19:37.20 (60th)

Girls’ 5k

Devils Lake: 189 (8th place out of 15 teams)

• Brooklyn Johnson: 19:47.40 (5th out of 188 runners, personal record)
• Riley Schmiess: 21:07.90 (28th)
• Livia Nelson: 21:42.50 (37th)
• Tenley Triepke: 22:16.10 (52nd)
• Dottie Goss: 22:46.10 (67th)

College volleyball

Lake Region State College (17-5, 2-0) 3, Central Lakes College-Brainerd 2

• Kaitlyn Erickstad: 16 kills (returned from injury)
• Anne Stroklund: 13 kills
• Lexie Shearer: 12 kills
• Torri Fee: 25 digs, 1 ace
• Sydney Schwabe: 16 digs, 45 assists
• Daisy Mabin: 16 digs, 5 kills

College football

Valparaiso 7, North Dakota (2-2) 58

• Deng Deng: 1 TD reception (2 yards), third TD of season
• Simon Romfo: 2-for-3 passing for 25 yards, 2 rushes for 9 yards

Sept. 22

High school volleyball

Griggs/Midkota 0, Benson County (13-0, 2-0) 3

• 25-11, 29-27, 25-16
• Aubrey Kenner: 14 kills, 3 aces, 11 digs
• Lacie Fautsch: 13 kills, 2 aces
• Liberty Streyle: 6 kills, 34 assists, 10 digs
• Isabella Engstrom: 5 kills, 8 digs
• Addisyn Faul: 4 kills, 10 digs
• Delaynee Schwanke: 10 digs

Nelson County (1-8, 0-1) 2, North Border 3

• 24-26, 25-23, 27-29, 25-22, 6-15

Drake-Anamoose 3, Four Winds/Minnewaukan (2-10, 0-2) 0

• 13-25, 19-25, 17-25

High school cross country

Harvey Hope Invitational (Langdon)

Boys’ 5k

Langdon Area/Munich: 79 (4th place out of 6 teams)

• Prestyn Bodnar: 19:16.60 (6th out of 64 runners, personal record)
• Chase Girodat: 20:25.52 (13th)
• Ty Ramberg: 20:53.54 (19th)
• Dyson Askvig: 21:00.77 (21st)
• Kaleb Foster: 21:12.87 (22nd)
• Noah Foster: 21:35.44 (27th)

Four Winds/Minnewaukan: 178 (6th place out of 6 teams)

• Oscar Thompson: 21:58.81 (31st out of 64 runners)
• Cass Longie: 23:32.87 (43rd)

Girls’ 5k

Langdon Area/Munich: No place

• Olivia Lorenz: 22:59.51 (10th out of 27 runners)

Four Winds/Minnewaukan: No place

• Anna Young: 24:48.12 (17th out of 27 runners)

High school girls’ golf

East Region meet

Devils Lake: +107 (11th place out of 11 teams)

• 25-stroke improvement from this meet last year
• Head coach Chris Fixen: “With the season now complete, the improvement individually and as a team was very clear!! They will continue to get better going into next year. We unfortunately will lose our one and only senior, Abby Troy. It has been great seeing her progress throughout the season and set her personal record!! The girls golf team and program wish her all the best for the rest of her senior year and future endeavors!!”
• Charly Black: 92
• Tylie Brodina: 97
• Rebecca Tohm: 100 (personal best)
• Camila Quinonez: 102
• Brynlee Homan: 104
• Abby Troy: 104

College volleyball

Jamestown JV 3, Lake Region State College (17-6, 2-0) 0

• 19-25, 15-25, 16-25
• Lexie Shearer: 8 kills, 4 digs
• Katie Leece: 8 kills, 4 digs
• Sydney Schwabe: 12 digs, 18 assists
• Torri Fee: 12 digs