K-HEART SPORTS – TUESDAY – 08/22/23
MINOT, ND – The Class AAA and AA football polls remain unchanged this week. The polls are voted on by the North Dakota AP Sportscasters & Sportswriters Association.
Class AAA Football Poll
Team (First Place Votes) Points Last Week
1. Fargo Shanley (18) 101 1
2. West Fargo Sheyenne (2) 75 2
3. Mandan 42 3
4. Bismarck Century 35 4
5. Fargo Davies (2) 33 5
1. Fargo Shanley (18) 101 1
2. West Fargo Sheyenne (2) 75 2
3. Mandan 42 3
4. Bismarck Century 35 4
5. Fargo Davies (2) 33 5
Other teams receiving votes: Minot High, Bismarck Legacy, West Fargo
Class AA Football Poll
Team (First Place Votes) Points Last Week
1. Fargo North (19) 103 1
2. Jamestown (2) 77 2
3. Fargo South 54 3
4. Grand Forks Red River 47 4
5. Grand Forks Central 26 5
1. Fargo North (19) 103 1
2. Jamestown (2) 77 2
3. Fargo South 54 3
4. Grand Forks Red River 47 4
5. Grand Forks Central 26 5
Other teams receiving votes: Dickinson, Valley City
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MINOT, ND – Class A girls golf featured the Dickinson Invite on Monday. Mandan won for the third time in four meets.
High School Girls Golf
Class A
Class A
Dickinson Invite – Heart River Golf Course in Dickinson
1. Mandan, 319
2. Bismarck St. Mary’s, 355
3. Minot High, 364
4. Bismarck Legacy, 364
5. Bismarck Century, 377
6. Jamestown, 382
7. Minot North, 382
8. Williston, 389
9. Dickinson, 392
10. Watford City, 468
1. Mandan, 319
2. Bismarck St. Mary’s, 355
3. Minot High, 364
4. Bismarck Legacy, 364
5. Bismarck Century, 377
6. Jamestown, 382
7. Minot North, 382
8. Williston, 389
9. Dickinson, 392
10. Watford City, 468
Medalist: Anna Huettl of Mandan, 72
Kinzey Welstad of Minot North finished in the top 10 at #4.
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LEGACY HOCKEY-COACH RESIGNS
BISMARCK, N.D. – Bismarck Legacy is looking for a new head boys hockey coach after Mario Lamoureux resigned on Monday to become the Bismarck Capitals youth hockey director. Lamoureux led the Sabers for the last two seasons. They made state tournament appearances the past two seasons along with earning a 2nd place finish in the West Region Tournament in 2022 and won the tournament in 2023.
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MINOT STATE WBB-SCHEDULE
MINOT, N.D. (MSU) – The Minot State women’s basketball team will be tested this season against several of the nation’s best teams and the Beavers look to make an impact against those foes on the hardwood. Third-year head coach Mike Brandt is pleased to announce his team’s 2023-24 schedule which features 14 home contests as well as eight games against NCAA Division II National Tournament qualifiers. The Beavers will prep for the season with a pair of scrimmages against in-state junior college foes in October – versus Lake Region State College on Oct. 24 and North Dakota State College of Science on Oct. 28 – then hit the road for two neutral-site tournaments to open the season.
Action tips off in earnest on Nov. 3 in Billings, Montana with Minot State taking on the University of Tampa (Fla.) – which advanced to the Elite Eight – in the D-II Tip-off Classic. The Beavers will play Florida Tech on Saturday, then wrap up Sunday, Nov. 5, against Angelo State (Texas) – which advanced to the South Central Regional semifinal. The early-season road trip continues for Minot State with a pair of games in St. Joseph, Missouri as the Beavers play Fort Hays State (Kan.) on Nov. 10 at the Central Region Showcase, then Southern Nazarene (Okla.) on Nov. 11. SNU fell to Minnesota Duluth in the Central Region quarterfinals.
After opening with five neutral-site games, the Beavers make a quick appearance at the MSU Dome hosting West Region semifinalist Montana State Billings at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, before hitting the road for four more games. The next road trip tips off NSIC play as Minot State visits Minnesota Crookston on Tuesday, Nov. 21. The Beavers are back in-state for a huge battle one week later, playing at the University of North Dakota on Tuesday, Nov. 28, then it is back to Minnesota for more league action as Minot State plays at Bemidji State on Dec. 1, then at St. Cloud State on Dec. 2.
After starting the season with 9-of-10 away from home, Minot State is back in the MSU Dome for five straight, hosting the “Education Game” on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 11:30 a.m. against in-state non-conference foe Valley City State, then hosting another in-state rival in the University of Mary on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 3:30 p.m., as Minot State returns to NSIC play. The Beavers then host Northern State on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m., and Minnesota State Moorhead on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 3:30 p.m. Minot State then wraps up the 2023 calendar year on New Year’s Eve hosting South Dakota Mines at 1 p.m. The Beavers are back on the road to start the new year playing at Concordia, St. Paul on January 5, then they play at NCAA runner-up national champion Minnesota Duluth on January 6.
Back home for two straight weekends, the Beavers host Sioux Falls at the MSU Dome on Friday, Jan. 12, at 7:30 p.m., host
Southwest Minnesota State on Saturday, Jan. 13, at 5:30 p.m., host NCAA Tournament qualifier Minnesota State, Mankato on Friday, Jan. 19, at 5:30 p.m., and Winona State on Saturday, Jan. 20, at 3:30 p.m. Back on the road, the Beavers play their final NCAA Tournament opponent, playing at Augustana on January 25, then at Wayne State on January 27. Then it’s a Battle of the Beavers at the MSU Dome on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 5:30 p.m. as Minot State hosts Bemidji State before Minot State heads to the University of Mary on February 3, then to MSU Moorhead on February 8. Minot State wraps up its home slate hosting St. Cloud State on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 1:30 p.m., then Minnesota Duluth on Friday, Feb. 16, at 5:30 p.m., and Concordia, St. Paul, on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 3:30 p.m.
The regular season then concludes with games at Southwest Minnesota State on February 23 and at Sioux Falls on February 24 before the NSIC Tournament opens with first-round games hosted at campus sites on Wednesday, February 28. The final eight teams then head to Sioux Falls for the NSIC Tournament at the Sanford Pentagon, March 2-5.
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MINOT STATE MBB-SCHEDULE
MINOT, N.D. (MSU) – Last spring, the Minot State men’s basketball team made a strong charge to get to the Sanford Pentagon and the quarterfinals of the NSIC Tournament. This season, the Beavers are ready to charge past that point, but before getting there Minot State looks forward to a revamped NSIC slate as 12th-year head coach Matt Murken is excited to announce Minot State’s 2023-24 schedule which features 14 home contests. Things get underway with a few tune-up scrimmages as the Beavers host Lake Region State College on Oct. 12, then play another scrimmage at Black Hills State on Nov. 4.
After those tune-ups, it’s time to tip off the season in earnest in Wichita, Kansas at the Conference Challenge hosted by Newman University as Minot State opens on Saturday, Nov. 11, against Rogers State (Okla.) then plays Newman on Sunday, Nov. 12. Minot State then travels to Montana to play at Montana State Billings on November 18 before opening NSIC action at Minnesota Crookston on Tuesday, Nov. 21. The Beavers home opener is next on the schedule as Jamestown comes to town on Saturday, Nov. 25, to play at the MSU Dome at 3 p.m., then the Beavers hit the road again to play at Bemidji State on Dec. 1 and at St. Cloud State on Dec. 2. After spending almost all of the opening month of the season on the road, Minot State returns for five straight at home starting with Valley City State playing at the MSU Dome on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 6 p.m.
The Beavers then focus on NSIC action hosting the University of Mary on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 1:30 p.m., Northern State on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 5:30 p.m., Minnesota State Moorhead on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 1:30 p.m., and wrap up the homestand hosting a non-conference game against Minnesota Crookston on Saturday, Dec. 30, at 3 p.m. Back on the road, Minot State plays at Concordia, St. Paul on January 5 and at Minnesota Duluth on January 6 before returning to the MSU Dome for four more in a row. That homestand starts against Sioux Falls on Friday, Jan. 12, at 5:30 p.m., and includes a visit from Southwest Minnesota State on Saturday, Jan. 13, at 3:30 p.m., then the Beavers host Minnesota State, Mankato on Friday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m., and Winona State on Saturday, Jan. 20, at 5:30 p.m. Minot State then plays at Augustana on January 25 and at Wayne State on January 27 before a brief trip back home for the Battle of the Beavers, hosting Bemidji State on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m.
The Beavers then play at Mary on February 3, and at MSU Moorhead on February 8 before making their final homestand, hosting St. Cloud State on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 3:30 p.m., Minnesota Duluth on Friday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m., and finally Concordia, St. Paul on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 5:30 p.m. Minot State closes out the regular season at Southwest Minnesota State on February 23 and at Sioux Falls on February 24, then looks to the postseason with the NSIC First Round at campus sites on Wednesday, February 28, and the final eight teams moving on to the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., for the conclusion of the NSIC Tournament, March 2-5.
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MINOT STATE CROSS COUNTRY
MINOT, N.D. (MSU) – Minot State’s Jacob Jensen and Sidra Sadowsky each were tabbed as Athletes to Watch this season while the Beaver men’s and women’s cross-country team each were picked to finish in the middle of the NSIC pack as the league announced its preseason poll. The Minot State men’s team was picked to finish seventh at the NSIC Championship meet held Oct. 21 at McDowell Dam in Bismarck, North Dakota, while the Beaver women were picked to finish 11th at the Championships in the NSIC Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coaches Polls. The NSIC also announced its Preseason All-NSIC Athletes of the Year and named an Athlete to Watch from each program, with Jensen being highlighted for the Minot State men and Sadowsky picked as one to watch for the Beaver women.
Jensen, a Belcourt, North Dakota product, is in his fifth year with the team and earned All-NSIC honors in 2021, is a two-time Elite 19 Award winner in cross country, and last fall he finished 23rd at the NSIC Championships and 44th at the NCAA Central Region Championship. As for Sadowsky, a junior from Hettinger, North Dakota, she had a break-out season in track and field last year setting NCAA Division II-era records in the indoor 500 meters and outdoor 800 meters for MSU. In cross country last fall, she was 92nd at the NSIC meet and 181 at the Central Region meet. They lead the way for the Beavers as the men were picked seventh with 82 points and the women earned 73 points in the preseason coaches’ poll to land at the No. 11 spot.
Augustana was favored to sweep the team titles with the men receiving 12 first-place votes and 144 points, while the Viking women garnered nine first-place votes and 191 points. Minnesota State, Mankato was picked second on the men’s side with 123 points, and Winona State was the No. 2 pick in the women’s poll with 184 points and the remaining six first-place votes. On the men’s side, Sioux Falls earned the league’s final first-place vote and was picked third with 119 points, then came Minnesota Duluth in fourth with 112 points, the University of Mary was fifth with 94 points, Minnesota State Moorhead was sixth with 85 points, Minot State was seventh with 82 points, Northern State was eighth with 72 points, Wayne State was ninth with 53 points, Winona State was 10th with 52 points, Concordia, St. Paul was 11th with 43 points, Minnesota Crookston was 12th with 19 points, and Southwest Minnesota State was 13th with 16 points.
For the women, Minnesota State, Mankato was third behind Augustana and Winona State as the Mavericks earned 167
points, Minnesota Duluth was fourth with 160 points, Sioux Falls was fifth with 142 points, Mary was sixth with 136 points, Northern State was seventh with 99 points, Bemidji State was eighth with 99 points, St. Cloud State was ninth with 90 points, MSU Moorhead was 10th with 83 points, Minot State was 11th with 73 points, Wayne State was 12th with 58 points, Southwest Minnesota State was 13th with 41 points, Concordia, St. Paul was 14th with 38 points, and Minnesota Crookston was 15th with 16 points.
Individually, Winona State senior Lindsay Cunningham was picked as the women’s Preseason Athlete of the Year. Cunningham is a two-time All-American and the two-time defending NSIC and NCAA Central Region Champion. Augustana junior Ryan Hartman was named the men’s Preseason Athlete of the Year. Hartman is an All-American who was second last fall at the NSIC Championships and eighth at the NCAA Central Region meet.