KHRT SPORTS – SUNDAY – 03/03/24
MINOT, ND – Champions were crowned on Saturday.
High School Girls Basketball
Division A
Division A
State Tournament – Minot State Dome
7th Place
#6 Northern Cass def. #8 Watford City, 61-58
5th Place
#2 Bottineau def. #4 Shiloh Christian, 54-51
3rd Place
#1 Thompson def. #7 Valley City, 58-54
Championship
#3 Devils Lake def. #5 South Prairie-Max, 68-53
#6 Northern Cass def. #8 Watford City, 61-58
5th Place
#2 Bottineau def. #4 Shiloh Christian, 54-51
3rd Place
#1 Thompson def. #7 Valley City, 58-54
Championship
#3 Devils Lake def. #5 South Prairie-Max, 68-53
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High School Girls Basketball
Division B
Division B
State Tournament – Jamestown Civic Center
7th Place
#8 Kenmare-Bowbells def. #7 Maple River, 46-30
5th Place
#3 Central McLean def. #5 Our Redeemer’s, 62-36
3rd Place
#4 Sargent County def. #2 Bowman County, 45-44
Championship
#1 May-Port-CG def. #6 Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier, 55-41
#8 Kenmare-Bowbells def. #7 Maple River, 46-30
5th Place
#3 Central McLean def. #5 Our Redeemer’s, 62-36
3rd Place
#4 Sargent County def. #2 Bowman County, 45-44
Championship
#1 May-Port-CG def. #6 Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier, 55-41
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MINOT, ND – The Minot High girls and boys won the championship at the West Region Tournament.
High School Girls Basketball
Division AA
Division AA
WDA Tournament – Bismarck Event Center
State Qualifier
#2 Bismarck High def. #4 Bismarck Century, 67-51
#6 Bismarck St. Mary’s def. #5 Mandan, 75-72
Championship
#1 Minot High def. #3 Bismarck Legacy, 73-61
#2 Bismarck High def. #4 Bismarck Century, 67-51
#6 Bismarck St. Mary’s def. #5 Mandan, 75-72
Championship
#1 Minot High def. #3 Bismarck Legacy, 73-61
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High School Boys Basketball
Division AA
Division AA
WDA Tournament – Bismarck Event Center
State Qualifier
#6 Bismarck Legacy def. #4 Mandan, 89-70
#3 Bismarck Century def. #5 Dickinson, 76-66
Championship
#1 Minot High def. #2 Bismarck High, 69-63
#6 Bismarck Legacy def. #4 Mandan, 89-70
#3 Bismarck Century def. #5 Dickinson, 76-66
Championship
#1 Minot High def. #2 Bismarck High, 69-63
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MINOT, ND – The Boys State Swimming & Diving Meet saw Minot place seventh.
High School Boys Swimming & Diving
State Meet – Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo
1. West Fargo, 275
2. Grand Forks, 230
3. Bismarck High, 225
4. Bismarck Century, 204. 50
5. Fargo North, 184
6. Bismarck Legacy, 180. 50
7. Minot High, 178
8. Fargo Davies, 164. 50
9. Fargo South, 139
10. Jamestown, 115. 50
11. West Fargo Sheyenne, 113
12. Williston, 112
13. Dickinson, 101
14. Mandan, 69
1. West Fargo, 275
2. Grand Forks, 230
3. Bismarck High, 225
4. Bismarck Century, 204. 50
5. Fargo North, 184
6. Bismarck Legacy, 180. 50
7. Minot High, 178
8. Fargo Davies, 164. 50
9. Fargo South, 139
10. Jamestown, 115. 50
11. West Fargo Sheyenne, 113
12. Williston, 112
13. Dickinson, 101
14. Mandan, 69
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MSU BASEBALL
GOLDEN, Colo. (MSU) – Four Minot State players notched at least two hits, but the Beavers fell to the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers 27-6 on Saturday in non-conference baseball. Senior Craig Schmich (0-3) got the ball to start for Minot State (2-9 overall, 1-3 NSIC) and took the loss. Sophomore Colton Bagshaw was a bright spot for the Beavers, throwing one shutout inning, allowing no hits, with no walks and two strikeouts. Junior Brian Parry led the hit barrage for the Beavers, going 2-for-3 in the ballgame with a walk. Junior Miles Iverson put together a noteworthy effort as well, going 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and an RBI. The Beavers got the scoring started early, putting three runs on the board in the top of the first inning as senior Ricky Apodaca had an RBI single and scored on a wild pitch himself in the rally. The Orediggers then rallied to score 12 runs and take a 12-3 lead before the Beavers got back on the board in the fifth. Minot State scored once on an RBI single off the bat of Apodaca, which tightened the Orediggers lead to 12-4. Colorado School of Mines expanded their lead to 19-4 before the Minot State offense got back to work, reducing that lead to 19-5 in the seventh. The Beavers added a run on Iverson’s leadoff home run off senior Luke Folsom. The Orediggers expanded their lead to 27-5 before the Minot State offense got back to work, cutting into that lead in the ninth. The Beavers scored once on an RBI single off the bat of sophomore Noah Madas, tightening the Colorado School of Mines lead to 27-6. The Beavers play at Colorado Christian today.
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MSU MENS WRESTLING
MINOT, N.D. (MSU) – It was a bittersweet day at the All Seasons Arena for the Minot State men’s wrestling team. The Beavers hosted the school’s first-ever NCAA Championship athletic event Saturday, putting on a show on the mats for 10 rivals at the Super Region V Tournament at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds. The bittersweet part came in the final two matches of the day as the Beavers’ Cannon Potts and Jake Swirple settled for fourth-place finishes, each, one place shy of a trip to the NCAA National Tournament in Wichita, Kansas in two weeks. Potts battled his way into the championship semifinals at 197 pounds before losing a 4-2 decision to Caden Steffen of Southwest Minnesota State, sending Potts into the consolation semifinals. Bouncing back strong the Minot State junior earned an 8-5 decision win over Treyton Cacek of Northern State, sending him into the third-place match. Competing for third place and a trip to nationals, Potts fell by pin to Augustana’s Max Ramberg. As for Swirple, he battled his way through the consolation bracket at 285 pounds after an overtime loss in the championship quarterfinals. First, he won an 8-4 decision over St. Cloud State’s Elijah Novak, then in the consolation semifinals he won a 4-2 decision over Minnesota State, Mankato’s Tanner Gaffey, earning a spot in the third-place match and a chance to compete for a national tournament berth. Battling hard with Augustana’s Zach Peterson, the match went into overtime tied 1-1 where a takedown for Peterson gave him the sudden victory and forced Swirple to settle for fourth place. They were two of the Beavers’ three placers on the day as Wayne Joint also battled deep into the 133-pound bracket, advancing to the championship semifinals before a loss by pin to Mary’s Reece Barnhardt sent the Beaver junior into the consolation bracket. After losing to Wisconsin-Parkside’s Matthew Chi 4-1 in overtime in the consolation semifinals, Joint finished off his run with a 5-4 decision win in the fifth-place match over Jack Huffman of Augustana. While that trio led the way, the Beavers also got wins on the mat from Ethan Wonser at 141 pounds, Brendan Barnes at 165 pounds, and Cayden White at 184 pounds. Wonser won a 10-2 major decision over Southwest Minnesota State’s Hunter Pfantz in a consolation match. Barnes picked up a pair of wins as he scored an 11-0 major decision victory over Southwest Minnesota State’s Ashton Labelle in the championship first round and earned a 4-0 decision win over Lincoln Fink of Sioux Falls in the consolation bracket. And White picked up a 10-4 win by decision in the championship first round over Upper Iowa’s Colter Bye, as well, wrapping up the day for Minot State. As a team, the Beavers finished ninth with 31 points. St. Cloud State won the Super Region V team title with 142 points.
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MINOTAUROS
MINOT, ND – The Minot Minotauros finished a sweep of visiting Aberdeen on Saturday with a 4-1 win. The Tauros scored four times before the Wings got on the board. Jack O’Hanisain notched a first period goal. Chad Muller, Niklas Ketonen, and Colby Bear each found the back of the next in the second. Riley Sharun scored the only Wings goal in the third. Lukas Swedin in net for Minot made 25 saves. The Bobcats also won, so the Tauros lead in the NAHL Central Division remains six points. Minot and Bismarck will meet Tuesday night at Maysa Arena.
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UND HOCKEY
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND) – Senior goaltender Ludvig Persson stopped all 35 shots fired his way to help No. 3 North Dakota defeat No. 12/11 Western Michigan, 3-0, and capture the Penrose Cup for the sixth time in program history on Saturday night from the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks. UND (24-8-2, 15-6-1 NCHC) wins its 21st conference crown in program history and league-leading sixth Penrose Cup in 11 years. The Fighting Hawks have won four of the last five league titles and will host Miami in the best-of-three NCHC Quarterfinals beginning on March 15. Persson shined between the pipes once again to register his NCHC-leading fifth shutout of the season with 35 saves. The Swede was dialed in the final 40 minutes, stopping all 27 shots fired his way to earn his 21st win of the season. Similarly to last night, North Dakota jumped out to an early lead on a breakaway goal as Louis Jamernik V got sprung on a great feed from Dylan James to give the senior his second tally of the weekend and a 1-0 UND lead just over four minutes into the game. UND held strong through the opening 40 minutes, carrying the 1-0 lead into the final period before Jackson Blake put his mark on the contest with a highlight-reel goal to extend the advantage to 2-0 with just over 13 minutes to play. Owen McLaughlin put the finishing touches on the victory with his 12th of the season, dancing around the Western Michigan (18-13-1, 9-13-0 NCHC) goaltender and tucking it home on the breakaway to seal the 3-0 win. North Dakota will close the regular season at Omaha for a weekend series beginning on Friday night at 7:07 p.m. from Baxter Arena.
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UND MENS BASKETBALL
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND) – With a 50-25 margin in the second half, the North Dakota men’s basketball team defeated South Dakota 95-66 in the final regular season game. Tsotne Tsartsidze was honored pregame and scored 14 points with seven rebounds and two steals. Tyree Ihenacho led the team with a career high 24 points and tied his career high with eight assists, while Amar Kuljuhovic led the green and white with eight rebounds. B.J. Omot led with three steals and two blocked shots. NoDak got off to a fast start with a 7-3 lead, but the Yotes fought back and took the lead shortly after. UND trailed for about seven minutes in the middle of the half but went back on top with a Treysen Eaglestaff three to make it 24-22. After USD tied it at 24, UND reeled off seven straight points to go back on top; but USD answered with ten straight to retake the lead. Eaglestaff answered with a three to knot it up at 34—it was the start of a 13-2 run that propelled the green hosts to a 45-41 halftime lead. Coming out of the locker room USD got the first three point of the half, but a 12-2 run propelled the Fighting Hawks to a 57-46 lead, and from there NoDak would pull away as the second half went on; never allowing the Yotes to get within single digits again. The Fighting Hawks will await their seeding and opponent in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament. Pending the result of Kansas City’s game tomorrow the Fighting Hawks will be either the two seed with a Roos loss or three seed with a Roos win.
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UND WOMENS BASKETBALL
VERMILLION, S.D. (UND) – Kacie Borowicz became the fourth player in North Dakota women’s basketball history to reach 2,000 career points, but the Fighting Hawks fell in their regular season finale 65-54 to South Dakota Saturday. The Coyotes opened the second half with a 10-0 run, forcing a UND timeout at the six-minute mark. A Borowicz midrange bucket would end the 12-point USD run, but the Coyotes answered with a basket of their own on the next possession. With just under five minutes, UND used a 9-1 run to cut the lead back to single-digits, 47-38 with 54 seconds left in the third. However, USD scored the final four points of the quarter, all off free throws, to carry a 51-38 lead into the final period. Borowicz ended the day with a game-high 25 points, six rebounds and was a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line. Pemberton notched a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. The Fighting Hawks cut the lead to two, 19-17, early in the second quarter, with points from three different players. USD would stretch its lead back to seven points at the three-minute mark of the second period, but back-to-back buckets from Kiyah Hurst and Kiera Pemberton would pull the Hawks with four, 29-25, heading into the halftime intermission. The rim wasn’t kind to either team in the opening 20 minutes, as they both shot 1-for-11 from beyond the three-point line and rather found the majority of their points in the paint. UND scored 16 of its 25 in the lane, while South Dakota tallied 20 of its 29 first half points in the paint. A low scoring first quarter saw the Coyotes leading 15-9 after 10 minutes of play. Kacie Borowicz had seven of the Hawks points in the frame, with Kiera Pemberton scoring the other bucket. The two teams combined to shoot 9-of-34 in the first period, and each had one three-pointer. South Dakota grabbed its largest lead of the game, 56-38, after two straight buckets three minutes into the fourth quarter. The Fighting Hawks deficit would move into the single digits with 1:28 remaining in the game following two free throws from Hurst. UND did over half of its scoring in the fourth from the free throw line, going 10-for-12 from the charity stripe. UND will be the six seed in next week’s Summit League Tournament and will face Oral Roberts in the quarterfinals round on Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
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NDSU MENS BASKETBALL
FARGO, N.D. (NDSU) – South Dakota State built a 25-point lead in the first half on its way to a 78-61 victory over the North Dakota State men’s basketball team on Saturday afternoon inside the Scheels Center. The Jackrabbits went on a 23-3 run over a seven-minute stretch late in the first half to lead 50-27 at halftime. The Bison never cut the deficit to less than 16 points over the final 20 minutes. Junior Jacari White led NDSU with 16 points, making 4-of-5 from three-point range. SDSU’s Zeke Mayo led all players with 19 points. SDSU shot 55 percent for the game and made 8-of-21 (38 percent) from beyond the arc. The Bison shot 48 percent overall and 41 percent from downtown (9-of-22). NDSU committed 14 turnovers, compared to just five by the Jackrabbits. The Bison had won three of the previous four against SDSU, including a win in Brookings on Feb. 1 of this season. NDSU is locked into the 4/5 quarterfinal game of the Summit League Tournament, which will be played on Sunday, Mar. 10, at 6 p.m. in Sioux Falls.
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NDSU WOMENS BASKETBALL
BROOKINGS, S.D. (NDSU) – The North Dakota State women’s basketball team fell short at South Dakota State, 89-74, on Saturday afternoon in the final game at Frost Arena in front of 3,768 fans. The Bison secured the second seed in the Summit League Tournament for the second straight season and finished regular season play with a 19-10 (13-3 Summit) overall record. The Summit League Tournament is scheduled for March 8-12 in Sioux Falls, S.D. Heaven Hamling paced the Bison with 23 points on 4-of-7 shooting from three. It marked her fifth 20-point game of the season. Elle Evans also added in 19 points on 4-of-6 shooting from three, while Abbie Draper grabbed a team-high seven rebounds with four points. As a team, the Bison shot 44.8 percent (26-58) from the field and 50.0 percent (12-24) from three. NDSU also connected on 10-of-13 free throws. After neither team led by more than nine points in the first half, South Dakota State (19-10, 13-3 Summit) finished the third quarter on a momentum-shifting 7-0 run capped off by a triple from Ellie Colbeck to make the score 67-58. The Jackrabbits then slowly pulled away in the fourth quarter stretching their edge into double digits, 83-72, following a jumper from Paige Meyer with 2:19 to play. NDSU wasn’t able to get anything going the rest of the way and dropped the contest, 89-74.
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WILD-BLUES
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jake Neighbours and Alexey Toropchenko scored as the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1 Saturday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Torey Krug had a goal and an assist, and Jordan Binnington stopped 21 shots to help the Blues win for just the second time in seven games (2-4-1). St. Louis now sits three points ahead of Minnesota and entered play seven points behind Nashville in the race for the final Western Conference wild card. Jon Merrill scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves for Minnesota in its third straight loss. The Wild host San Jose on Sunday.