K-HEART SPORTS – WEDNESDAY – 07/12/23
MINOT, ND – The 47th Annual Lions All-Star Basketball series finished last night at Fargo Davies High School. The Class A girls earned a split of this year’s series with a 97-88 overtime win. Bergan Kinnebrew of Bismarck Century led the way scoring 27 points while Mirily Simon of West Fargo added 24. The Class B All-Stars were led by Westhope-Newburg’s Ellie Braaten with 20 points. The Class B boys also earned a split with a 107-100 win last night. Carson Yale of Des Lacs-Burlington led the scoring with 16 points, while Tyson Enget of Powers Lake and Ayden Stainbrook of North Border each added 13. The Class was led by Connor Kraft of Fargo Shanley and Zach Kraft of Grand Forks Red River with 16 points a piece. Minot’s Darik Dissette at 15. The format next year will most likely change with North Dakota moving to a 3-class basketball system.
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MINOT, ND – It two extra innings, but Kellan Burke hit an RBI double in the bottom of the 9th inning and the Minot Vistas scored a walk-off win in the first game of their double-header against Jamestown on Tuesday.
American Legion Baseball
Class AA
Minot Vistas def. Jamestown Eagles, 3-2 (9)
Jamestown Eagles def. Minot Vistas, 3-2 (8)
Minot Vistas def. Jamestown Eagles, 3-2 (9)
Jamestown Eagles def. Minot Vistas, 3-2 (8)
Class A
Beulah def. Minot Metros, 8-3
Beulah def. Minot Metros, 8-3
Class B
Hazen def. Bismarck Capitals, 9-5
Hazen def. Bismarck Capitals, 5-3
Hazen def. Bismarck Capitals, 9-5
Hazen def. Bismarck Capitals, 5-3
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HOT TOTS
MINOT, ND – The Minot Hot Tots were swept by the MoonDogs last night to finish a two-game series in Mankato. The MoonDogs scored early and often in winning 18-2. John Lundgren got the win pitching 6 innings and surrendering 2 earned runs on 6 hits with not walks and 6 strikeouts. Saul Soto takes the loss for Minot giving up 5 earned runs on 6 hits over 4 innings. He recorded 1 strikeout and gave up 3 walks. Gavin Bennett and Thomas Rollauer each tallied RBI singles in the 5th inning for Minot’s only runs of the night. The Hot Tots begin a 4 game series in Willmar tonight.
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MSU WOMEN’S HOCKEY-SCHEDULE
MINOT, N.D. (MSU) – Coming off a stellar season that saw the Beavers get within a goal of a national title, the Minot State women’s hockey team is preparing for another run at the championship by playing the best in the nation this coming season. The Beavers announced their 2023-24 schedule today, a slate that with an early-season rematch of the ACHA Division I National Championship game as Minot State hosts Liberty (Va.) in the Beavers home debut at Maysa Arena on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14. Puck drops at 3:45 p.m. both days. The title-tilt rematch comes after the Beavers open the season on the road as Minot State plays an exhibition game each at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) on Sept. 22 and at the University of Regina on Sept. 23, then opens the season in earnest in Nebraska playing at Midland on Sept. 29 and 30.
Lake Superior State (Mich.) makes its Maysa Arena debut the weekend after the reigning ACHA Division I champion Flames visit as the Beavers host the 4th-year Lakers on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20-21. Puck drops at 3:45 p.m. both days. The Beavers then play 10 straight against National Tournament qualifiers, starting with a busy week with games at Indiana Tech on Oct. 26-27 and then games at Adrian (Mich.) on Oct. 28-29. Back home at the Maysa Arena for four in a row, Minot State hosts Maryville (Mo.) on Friday and Saturday, November 3-4, then Midland on Friday and Saturday, November 10-11. Puck drops at 3:45 p.m. for all four games. The Beavers then hit the road to renew their in-state rivalry with Jamestown, playing the Jimmies on Nov. 18-19 before closing out the 2023 home slate hosting another in-state rival in Division 2 Dakota College of Bottineau on Saturday, December 2, at Maysa Arena at 3:45 p.m. After playing on Dec. 3 at Bottineau, the Beavers play twice more at Jamestown, on Dec. 8-9, before taking a month off for Christmas and New Year’s.
Back in action after the winter break, Minot State will host Jamestown for the first time this season on Saturday and Sunday, January 13 and 14, with puck-drop Saturday at 3:45 p.m. and at 1 p.m. on Sunday. The Beavers then continue their brief homestand by hosting Midland on Friday and Saturday, January 19-20, with puck drop both days at 7:30 p.m. Minot State then heads East for the Women’s Midwest College Hockey (WMCH) All-Star Game, playing at Maryville on January 25, at McKendree (Ill.) on January 26, and at Lindenwood (Mo.) on January 27 prior to the All-Star Game, which is scheduled for Sunday, January 28. February finds Minot State back at the Maysa Arena to close out the regular season as first-year Lake Region State College (N.D.) visits on Wednesday, February 7, for a 7:30 p.m. game, then Division 2 Assiniboine Community College – which has won 2 of the last 3 ACHA Division 2 National Titles – plays the Beavers on Saturday and Sunday, February 10 and 11. Puck drop is at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday and at 1 p.m. on Sunday. The Beavers then finish the home slate and regular season hosting Jamestown on Friday and Saturday, February 16 and 17, with both games starting at 3:45 p.m.
Postseason play gets underway with Liberty hosting the WMCH Tournament on Feb. 22-24 in Lynchburg, Virginia, then the 2024 ACHA Division I Women’s National Tournament will be March 13-17 in St. Louis, Missouri.
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MLB DRAFT-FEENEY
FARGO, N.D. (NDSU) – Junior right-handed pitcher Cade Feeney has been selected by the Boston Red Sox with the 388th pick in the 13th round of the 2023 MLB Draft on Tuesday afternoon. Feeney started all 41 games he appeared in on the mound over three seasons at NDSU. The Bismarck, N.D., native totaled 196 strikeouts over 229.2 innings. His 196 strikeouts and 229.2 innings pitched are both slotted sixth in NDSU history. Feeney ranks third in Bison history in wins after compiling a 21-9 overall record on the mound and is one of only four pitchers in NDSU history to win at least 20 games. Feeney tossed a career-high 78 strikeouts over 80.2 innings last season. He tallied a 5-1 mark on the hill in Summit League play and led the conference with a 2.03 ERA. Feeney, who was selected to the All-Summit League First Team in 2021 and 2023, went on to earn a team-high six wins and compiled a 6-5 overall record in his junior season. Additionally, Feeney joins his brother, Dalton Feeney, as an MLB Draft pick after he was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 40th round in 2016 and played at North Carolina State from 2017-21.
Feeney becomes the 13th NDSU player selected in the MLB Draft dating back to 1968 when John Renhowe was picked in the 28th round by the Oakland Athletics. He is also only the eighth Bison pitcher to be picked in the draft. NDSU has had seven players selected since 2013, including Jonah Tong, who was picked in the seventh round by the New York Mets last season. Tong was drafted out of Bill Crothers Secondary School after signing his National Letter of Intent with NDSU.
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MLB-ALL STAR GAME
SEATTLE (AP) — Shining brightly in the Emerald City, the National League snapped a losing streak that lasted more than a decade. An unheralded catcher from Colorado delivered the big blow. Elias Díaz hit a two-run homer off Félix Bautista in the eighth inning, and the NL snapped a nine-game losing streak in the All-Star Game with a 3-2 win over the American League on Tuesday night. The NL won for the first time since an 8-0 victory in 2012 in Kansas City, and Díaz became the first Rockies player to win the All-Star MVP award.
Both of the Minnesota Twins All-Stars got in the game as Sonny Gray pitched the third inning surrendering a walk and recording two strikeouts. Pablo Lopez pitched the 9th inning giving up two hits and getting two strikeouts.