MINOT, ND – Our Redeemer’s and Rugby will meet in the championship of the Region 6 Girls Basketball Tournament. We’ll broadcast all of the Region 6 Tournament on 106.9 K-Heart, online at khrt.com, and through the Live 365 app.

 

 

Region 6 Tournament – Minot State Dome
Semifinal
(12-1) Our Redeemer’s def. (11-2) Bottineau, 63-43
(11-1) Rugby def. (12-2) South Prairie-Max, 59-32

 

Thursday’s schedule
3rd Place
(11-2) Bottineau vs (12-2) South Prairie-Max, 6 pm
Championship
(12-1) Our Redeemer’s vs (11-1) Rugby, 7:30 pm

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Region 8 Tournament – Williston State College
Semifinal
(16-1) Kenmare-Bowbells def. (15-2) New Town, 57-22
(16-2) Tioga def. (16-4) Powers Lake-Burke Central, 62-54

 

Thursday’s schedule
3rd Place
(15-2) New Town vs (16-4) Powers Lake-Burke Central, 6 pm
Championship
(16-1) Kenmare-Bowbells vs (16-2) Tioga, 7:30 pm

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Region 7 Tournament – Dickinson Trinity High School
Semifinal
#1 Bowman County def. #4 Glen Ullin-Hebron, 68-58
#3 Grant County/Mott-Regent def. #2 Beulah, 58-44

 

Thursday’s schedule
3rd Place
#2 Beulah vs #4 Glen Ullin-Heabron, 6 pm
Championship
#1 Bowman County vs #3 Grant County/Mott-Regent, 7:30 pm

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Region 5 Tournament – Mandan High School
Semifinal
#1 Shiloh Christian def. #4 Washburn, 64-26
#2 Garrison def. #3 Central McLean, 52-47

 

Thursday’s schedule
3rd Place
#3 Central McLean vs #4 Washburn, 6 pm
Championship
#1 Shiloh Christian vs #2 Garrison, 7:30 pm

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Region 4 Tournament – Devils Lake High School
Semifinal
#1 Langdon Area-Edmore-Munich def. #4 Four Winds-Minnwaukan, 59-37
#2 North Prairie def. #3 New Rockford-Sheyenne, 44-39

 

Thursday’s schedule
3rd Place
#3 New Rockford-Sheyenne vs #4 Four Winds-Minnewaukan, 6 pm
Championship
#1 Langdon Area-Edmore-Munich vs #2 North Prairie, 7:30 pm

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Region 3 Tournament – Jamestown Civic Center
Quarterfinals
(5-1) Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier def. (6-4) Medina-Pingree-Buchanan, 56-23
(5-3) Carrington def. (6-2) Napoleon-Gackle-Streeter, 62-45

 

Thursday’s schedule
Semifinals
(6-1) Kidder County vs (6-3) Linton-HMB, 6 pm
(5-1) Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier vs (5-3) Carrington, 7:30 pm

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Region 2 Tournament – Betty Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks
Semifinal
#1 Thompson def. #5 Hatton-Northwood, 60-43
#2 Grafton def. #3 May-Port-CG, 65-57

 

Thursday’s schedule
3rd Place
#3 May-Port-CG vs #5 Hatton-Northwood, 6 pm
Championship
#1 Thompson vs #2 Grafton, 7:30 pm

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Region 1 Tournament – SCHEELS Center in Fargo
Quarterfinal
#3 Kindred def. #6 Tri-State, 61-40
Semifinal
#1 Central Cass def. #4 Sargent County, 56-34

 

Today’s schedule
Semifinal
#2 Northern Cass vs #3 Kindred, 11:30 am

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MINOT, ND – Other scores from Monday:

 

High School Boys Basketball
Class A
Bismarck High def. Bismarck Legacy, 88-83 OT
Williston def. Watford City, 79-58

 

High School Girls Basketball
Class A
Bismarck High def. Bismarck Legacy, 65-52
Watford City def. Williston, 83-60

 

High School Girls Hockey
Bismarck Century def. Williston, 1-0 SO

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MINOT STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL

 

\MARSHALL, Minn. (MSU) – Cam’ron Dunfee hit a buzzer-beating shot with only one second left in the third overtime to lead the Minot State men’s basketball team past the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs 86-85 on the road Tuesday in the first round of the NSIC Tournament. The Beavers (11-16 overall) had three players score in double figures, led by Khari Broadway, who had 19 points and three steals. Ben Bohl added 18 points and three steals and Dunfee helped out with 15 points. The Minot State offense made hay from downtown, pouring in 13 threes on 32 attempts. Bohl hit four treys for the Beavers in the contest. Minot State forced 16 Southwest Minnesota State turnovers while committing 12 themselves in Tuesday’s game. The Beavers turned those takeaways into 11 points on the other end of the floor. Bohl’s three steals led the way for Minot State.

 

The win, which avenges a first-round home playoff loss last season by Minot State at the hands of the Mustangs, sends the Beavers into the NSIC Quarterfinals hosted at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Minot State takes on regular-season champion Northern State on Saturday, Feb 25, at 4:30 p.m. The Beavers beat the Wolves 82-62 in Minot in December, while the Northern State topped Minot State 74-71 this past Saturday in Aberdeen, S.D.

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MINOT STATE BASKETBALL-HONOR

 

MINOT, N.D. (MSU) – Minot State starting pitcher Bryant Bagshaw is starting a trend: Dominating victories on the mound followed by winning weekly awards. For the second straight week, Bagshaw was honored as the NSIC Pitcher of the Week after throwing six stellar innings at Newman on Saturday. Improving to 2-0 on the young season, Bagshaw allowed one run on one hit while striking out six opposing batters in a 16-1 Minot State win Saturday. Along with improving to 2-0, Bagshaw now has a team-best ERA of 0.75 in 12 innings on the hill, and 11 strikeouts on the season. Bagshaw and the Beavers are off this weekend and head to Missouri to play a three-game series at Southwest Baptist on March 3-4.

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MINOT STATE-ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

 

MINOT, N.D. (MSU) – Six Minot State basketball players have been honored for their efforts as all-around star student-athletes as men’s basketball players Ben Bohl and Jaxon Gunville, along with women’s players Kate Head, Breianna Smestad, Kennedy Harris, and Natasha Elliott all have been named to the College Sports Communicators – formerly CoSIDA – Academic All-District Team. With the honor, each now becomes eligible to be named an Academic All-American. The men’s CSC Academic All-American Team will be announced on March 14, and the women’s CSC Academic All-American Team will be announced on March 15. To be named to the Academic All-District Team, a player must maintain at least a 3.5 GPA in all of their undergraduate work, be in at least their second season with their team, and be a starter or major contributor who has played in at least half the team’s games this season.

 

Bohl is a sophomore guard from Bishop Ryan High School here in Minot, N.D., who is majoring in Finance and Accounting. This season he played in 16 games for the Beavers, starting 14, averaging 8.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per game while dishing out 20 assists.

 

Gunville is a sophomore guard from Minot High School here in Minot, N.D., who also is majoring in Finance and Accounting. Playing in all 26 games with 12 starts, Jaxon has averaged 10.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game while adding in 33 assists, 17 steals, and hitting a team-high 63 3-pointers.

 

For the women, Head is a senior guard from Brisbane, Australia who earned her Bachelor of Science in International Business in May and is working on her Master’s in Management. Starting all 28 games for the Beavers this season, Kate led the team in scoring, averaging 15.7 points per game, while adding in 4.2 rpg, 94 assists, 38 steals, and a team-high 40 3-pointers.

 

Smestad, a senior Biology major from Maranatha Christian High School in Plymouth, Minnesota, played in 26 games, starting three for Minot State as she averaged 1.8 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.

 

Harris, a senior Elementary Education major from Mandan High School in Mandan, North Dakota, played in all 28 games and started 13 for the Beavers. Second on the team in scoring, she averaged 9.3 ppg and 3.2 rpg, added 36 steals and 29 assists, and was second in 3-pointers with 39 this season.

 

And Elliott, a senior Corporate Fitness and Wellness Management major from North Lakes State College in Brisbane, Australia, started 27 games for Minot State. She averaged 9.0 points per game and a team-best 5.1 rebounds per game, while adding in 30 steals and 24 assists for the Beavers.

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UND-HOBEY BAKER

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND) – University of North Dakota freshman forward Jackson Blake has been added to the 2022-23 Hobey Baker Award nomination list, as announced by the award’s committee. Blake is one of three players from the Fighting Hawks nominated for the nation’s top men’s collegiate player, joining forward Riese Gaber and defenseman Chris Jandric on the list.

 

The Eden Prairie, Minn., native has emerged as one of the top rookies and scorers in the nation, pacing the Fighting Hawks with 36 points in 31 games this season. Those 36 points are the most by a rookie player at UND since Brock Boeser hit 60 in the national championship season of 2015-16 and is on pace to become only the third freshman in the program since 1980 to lead the team in points. The NCHC Rookie of the Month for January has been dynamic in league play, pacing all rookies in assists, points and points per game. He also sits second among all skaters in each of those categories and is on pace to potentially become only the third freshman in NCHC history to be named to the All-NCHC First Team. On a national level, Blake is currently tied for 13th in the nation and sixth among rookies for points and has gotten on the scoresheet in 24 of the 31 games this season.

 

Fans can vote for Blake, Gaber and Jandric through the voting portal at HobeyBaker.com/vote.

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NDSU TRACK-RODIN HONORED

 

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (NDSU) – For the fifth time in the last six weeks North Dakota State’s Jacob Rodin has been named Summit League Peak Performer of the Week. The Kenmare-native improved his own 800m school record for the third consecutive week, running 1:47.84 at the Alex Wilson Invitational hosted by Notre Dame. Rodin climbed to 29th on the NCAA performance list this season.

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WILD-KINGS

 

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Ryan Hartman scored twice and Filip Gustavsson made 33 saves as the Minnesota Wild beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1. Hartman’s goal 13 seconds into the second period was the 100th of his career. He has three goals in the last two games. Minnesota is tied with idle Colorado for third place in the Central Division with 67 points. Pheonix Copley made 18 saves for Los Angeles, which had won seven of nine. Anze Kopitar scored for the Kings with 20.5 seconds remaining to avoid the shutout. Gustavsson, who started the day second in the NHL in goals-against average (2.16) and tied for second in save percentage (92.6%), was a winner for the fourth time in five games as Minnesota won its third straight. The Wild ended a seven-game homestand with points in five of the games. The Wild play at Columbus on Thursday.