K-HEART SPORTS – SUNDAY – 11/19/23
MINOT, ND – West Fargo Sheyenne and Northern Cass each repeated as state champs at the State Volleyball Tournament.
High School Girls Volleyball
Class A
Class A
State Tournament – Fargo Dome
7th Place
(W3) Bismarck Legacy def. (W4) Bismarck High (3-2) 25-17, 21-25, 12-25, 25-15, 15-13
5th Place
(E3) Fargo North def. (W1) Bismarck Century (3-0) 25-19, 25-22, 25-20
3rd Place
(E4) Fargo Davies def. (W2) Jamestown (3-0) 25-18, 25-22, 25-21
Championship
(E1) West Fargo Sheyenne def. (E2) Fargo Shanley (3-1) 25-14, 10-25, 25-17, 25-18
7th Place
(W3) Bismarck Legacy def. (W4) Bismarck High (3-2) 25-17, 21-25, 12-25, 25-15, 15-13
5th Place
(E3) Fargo North def. (W1) Bismarck Century (3-0) 25-19, 25-22, 25-20
3rd Place
(E4) Fargo Davies def. (W2) Jamestown (3-0) 25-18, 25-22, 25-21
Championship
(E1) West Fargo Sheyenne def. (E2) Fargo Shanley (3-1) 25-14, 10-25, 25-17, 25-18
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High School Girls Volleyball
Class B
Class B
State Tournament – Fargo Dome
7th Place
Shiloh Christian def. Trenton (3-0) 25-14, 25-19, 25-14
5th Place
#5 LaMoure-Litchville-Marion def. New Rockford-Sheyenne (3-1) 25-13, 25-15, 19-25, 25-19
3rd Place
#3 Our Redeemer’s def. #1 Dickinson Trinity (3-2) 25-23, 20-25, 25-19, 21-25, 15-13
Championship
#4 Northern Cass def. #2 May-Port-CG (3-1) 25-23, 25-14, 21,25, 25-13
7th Place
Shiloh Christian def. Trenton (3-0) 25-14, 25-19, 25-14
5th Place
#5 LaMoure-Litchville-Marion def. New Rockford-Sheyenne (3-1) 25-13, 25-15, 19-25, 25-19
3rd Place
#3 Our Redeemer’s def. #1 Dickinson Trinity (3-2) 25-23, 20-25, 25-19, 21-25, 15-13
Championship
#4 Northern Cass def. #2 May-Port-CG (3-1) 25-23, 25-14, 21,25, 25-13
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MSU MENS HOCKEY
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (MSU) – The Beavers ran into a hot goalie Saturday afternoon who simply could not be beaten. UNLV’s Zach Wickson stopped all 25 shots he faced, helping the fourth-ranked Rebels pull off a 3-0 upset of the No. 1 Minot State men’s hockey team on day two of the ACHA Showcase. UNLV (12-3-0 overall) scored late in the first period of what proved to be a close contest, which stayed a 1-0 game until midway through the third period when the Rebels tacked on a pair of goals to help ice the win. Jake Anthony finished with 19 saves in goal for the Beavers (12-2-0), who wrap up the weekend playing No. 11 Ohio at noon today.
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MSU WOMENS HOCKEY
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (MSU) – For the first time this season, Minot State women’s hockey matched up against the No. 9 Jamestown Jimmies with hopes of getting back on track. They did so in a big way, as the No. 10 Beavers scored four goals in the first period that propelled them to a 6-1 victory over the Jimmies at Wilson arena on Saturday night. Jamestown ended the shutout streak late in the second period, but the lead was far too great, and Minot State picked up the win. The Beavers (6-9-0 overall) scored four goals in the opening frame, the first one at a minute and 26 seconds into the game. Minot State would go on to add one in the second and one in the third, with Jamestown (9-3-0) scoring once in between. Both teams will meet again at Wilson Arena at 2:00 p.m. for a Sunday matinee.
Paige Ackerman scored twice in the first period for the Beavers, netting her second and third goals of the year. Erica Fijala registered her first goal of the season on an assist from Gillian Gervin. Speaking of Gervin, she was the other goal scorer in that opening period who collected her third tally of the young season. Aspen Cooper and Cameron Schmidt notched two assists, along with Olivia Opheim who also racked up a helper. Makena Welby stretched the lead to five, as she also scored her first of the year. After the Jimmies got on the board once, captain Riley Ball would chip in another for good measure. Morgan Baker was stellar in net for the Beavers making 29 saves on 30 shots. The Beavers came out firing and never looked back. It was a breakout game for Minot State offensively, as they handled Jamestown convincingly scoring six goals in regulation. Minot State grabs the first win of the 2023-24 season between these two squads.
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MSU MENS BASKETBALL
BILLINGS, Mont. (MSU) – The Minot State men’s basketball team got a 21-point performance from the bench, but fell 82-64 to the Montana State Billings Yellowjackets on the road Saturday. The Beavers (2-1 overall) had four players score in double figures, led by Michael Jok, who had 11 points. Jaxon Gunville added 11 points and Kameron Givens chipped in as well with 10 points and two steals off of the bench. Led by Khari Broadway’s three offensive rebounds, Minot State did a great job crashing the offensive glass, pulling down 10 boards that resulted in nine second-chance points.
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MSU WOMENS BASKETBALL
MINOT, ND (MSU) -The Minot State women’s basketball team went into the half beating Montana State-Billings 33-31, but could not pull away in the second half and fell 79-62 to the Yellowjackets at home Saturday. The Beavers (1-5) had two players score in double figures, led by Sydney Gustavsson, who had 15 points. Taylor Goss tacked on 12 points and Jaime Skeggs added four points and seven assists. Minot State forced 17 Montana State-Billings turnovers while committing 11 themselves in Saturday’s game. The Beavers turned those takeaways into 21 points on the offensive end of the floor. Maya Aguilar led the way individually with one steal.
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MINOTAUROS-BULLS
MINOT, ND – The Minotauros got goals from Will Dawson, Niklas Ketonen, Joel Lehtinen and Pavol Funtek as Minot swept the two game weekend series against North Iowa with a 4-1 win on Saturday. Brady James tallied 20 saves for the Tauros as they increase their lead in the NAHL Central Division to four points over Austin.
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UND HOCKEY
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND) – No. 2/4 North Dakota struck four times in the first period before adding a final tally in the third to polish off a sweep over Miami with a 5-1 victory on Saturday night in front of another sellout crowd at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks. UND (9-2-1, 4-0-0 NCHC) rolled to its second straight sweep and fifth consecutive win overall, matching the longest winning streak for the team since a stretch of seven straight victories from Feb. 11 – Mar. 4, 2022. Despite forward Owen McLaughlin out of the lineup due to an illness, the top line of Riese Gaber, Jackson Blake and Louis Jamernik V did not miss a beat. The trio combined for three goals and an assist, with Gaber striking for a pair of goals to notch his 11th and 12th career goals against Miami in his career. For the 11th time this season, North Dakota jumped out to a 1-0 lead. On only its second shot of the game, Gaber collected a loose puck in the crease following a Garrett Pyke chance and potted it home to give the Fighting Hawks the early advantage just 8:27 into the opening period. Miami (4-7-1, 0-6-0 NCHC) was able to pull even just past the halfway point of the evening on a strike from PJ Fletcher, but it was the home team who seemed to take control of the momentum following the goal.
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NDSU FOOTBALL
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (NDSU) – Cam Miller passed for 238 yards and two touchdowns to lead ninth-ranked North Dakota State to a 48-27 victory over No. 22 Northern Iowa in the Missouri Valley Football Conference on Saturday, Nov. 18. Cole Wisniewski had a 75-yard interception return touchdown and made nine tackles to lead the NDSU defense, which recorded five sacks and intercepted four passes. The Bison finished the regular season 8-3 overall and 5-3 in the conference. Miller completed his first eight pass attempts and had 115 yards in the first quarter, including a 36-yard touchdown to Eli Green on fourth down to cap NDSU’s opening drive. Miller scored on a 1-yard run and hit RaJa Nelson on a 15-yard touchdown pass as NDSU opened a 21-3 lead early in the second quarter. Griffin Crosa added field goals of 34 and 37 yards to lift the Bison to a 27-10 halftime lead. Quarterback Cole Payton’s 65-yard touchdown run on his first snap of the game gave NDSU its biggest lead of the game midway through the third quarter, 34-13. Payton added a 23-yard rushing TD in the fourth quarter. Nelson had a career-high six receptions and 113 yards to lead seven Bison receivers. Linebacker Oscar Benson recorded the first two interceptions of his career, and Sam Jung got his first interception of the season. The 24-team bracket for the NCAA Division I Football Championship will be announced on an ESPNU selection show beginning at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 19. Eight first-round games will be played Saturday, Nov. 25.
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UND FOOTBALL
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND) – No. 13/17 North Dakota used late-game heroics to defeat Illinois State, 22-21, inside the Alerus Center on Saturday afternoon. The Fighting Hawks trailed 21-16 with under five minutes remaining but traveled 76 yards over the next 4:28 to secure the victory. NoDak (7-4, 5-3 MVFC) trailed 21-16 with 4:53 remaining and went to work right away from its own 24. On the second play of the drive, Bo Belquist had a highlight-reel worthy play, toe-touching the sideline to secure a catch at the UND 41. Later in the drive with 1:11 remaining, Tommy Schuster found Belquist again for a 17-yard reception and then Jack Wright for a 15-yard grab that put the ball all the way down to the ISU 12 with under a minute to go. On the next play, Schuster scrambled and made it 11 yards all the way down to the ISU 1 to give the Fighting Hawks four chances to score with under 30 seconds remaining. Gaven Ziebarth powered ahead on the next play to put UND up 22-21 with 25 seconds left. The Hawks then attempted a two-point conversion that was unsuccessful. Illinois State (6-5, 4-4 MVFC) had a chance to reclaim the lead late and made it down to the ISU 40 but C.J. Siegel secured the victory for UND with a fumble recovery at the end when the Redbirds were trying to lateral the ball.
In the win, North Dakota put up 338 yards of offense with 169 yards both rushing and passing. Illinois State had 466 yards of
offense with 241 yards through the air and 225 yards on the ground. The Redbirds ate up over 31 minutes of clock in the game. Schuster went 14-for-22 for 169 yards passing and a score. He also had three rushes for 22 yards, highlighted by his 11-yard rush on the final drive. Belquist was his top receiving target with eight catches for 72 yards. Ziebarth paced NoDak on the ground with 16 carries for 74 yards and two scores, averaging 4.6 yards per carry. Isaiah Smith also saw time in the backfield and had 45 yards on 12 carries. Malachi McNeal led the defense with nine tackles and one tackle-for-loss. Nineteen other Fighting Hawks recorded at least one tackle in the win, while Dylan Boecker also had a TFL.
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TIMBERWOLVES-PELICANS
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns capped a 29-point performance with a running floater off the glass with 5 seconds left, and the Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a 14-point deficit in the final 7:32 to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 121-120 on Saturday night. Anthony Edwards scored 23 points before fouling out with 10 seconds left while guarding Brandon Ingram along the perimeter. But Ingram missed one of his two free throws, allowing Towns to put Minnesota in front from close range. The Pelicans still had a shot to win it as time ran out, but Ingram, who had a game-high-30 points, missed a mid-range jumper. Towns scored 12 in the fourth quarter, including a 3 that gave Minnesota its first lead of the second half at 119-117. Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the T-Wolves. Jaden McDaniels added 12 points. Jonas Valanciunas had 26 points and 11 rebounds for the Pelicans, who played without Zion Williamson. Williamson was being rested on what was the second of three games in four nights.
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WILD-MAPLE LEAFS
STOCKHOLM (AP) — William Nylander scored at 3:09 of overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs extended their winning streak to four with a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday in the final game of the NHL’s Global Series in Sweden. Nylander collected the puck, skated toward the net and fired a shot past Marc-Andre Fleury for his 12th goal of the season. He also extended his franchise-record season-opening point streak to 17 games. Nylander had five points (two goals, three assists) in Toronto’s two games in Stockholm. Auston Matthews added a goal and an assist for Toronto. He tied Kyle Connor of the Winnipeg Jets for the league lead with 14 goals. Matthew Knies scored his fifth of the season, Morgan Rielly added a goal and two assists and Joseph Woll stopped 33 shots for Toronto, which was playing outside North America for the first time in its more than 100-year history. Mitch Marner had two assists for the Maple Leafs to surpass 400 for his career. Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist and defensemen Jon Merrill and Jake Middleton also scored for Minnesota, which lost its fifth straight (0-3-2). Fleury stopped 21 shots. This was the 10th season the NHL has played in Europe with a total of 36 regular-season games on the continent (16 in Stockholm) to connect with hockey-mad fans in Scandinavia and elsewhere. The Wild host the Colorado Avalanche on Friday.