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Jimmies final NAIA season Page 9
Blue Jays hope to translate experience into wins
Jimmies, Blue Jays taking lots of experience into this season - Page 23 Page 18
HWC Hornets excited for season 4
L/L-M working to go deep ......................................... 5-6
VCHS trying to stay healthy ....................................... 7-8
UJ preparing for important season .................... 9-10
KC Wolves hoping to continue rebuild ........... 12-13
E/E-K continuing to grow ...................................... 14-15
Linton/HMB come in ready to go 16-17
Blue Jays experience coming up big 18-22
Experienced Jays, Jimmies lead to high expectations......................................................23-26
Bickett leading Carrington into the season27-28
Mustangs trying to go back to Fargo ........... 29-30
Rockets flying out of the gates ..........................31-32
The Jamestown Blue Jays will be looking for seniors Caleb Schiele (26) and Thomas Newman (1) to play a big role in helping to lead the veteran squad. See page 23.
Photo by John M. Steiner / The Jamestown Sun
First Team Offense:
Jack Shaffer, 11, OL, Bismarck
Carter Henke, 12, RB, Bismarck
Carter Mitchell, 12, OL, Shanley
Luke Rogen, 12, OL, Shanley
Jordan Leninger. 12, WR, Shanley
Sam Ovsak, 12, WR, Shanley
Landon Meier, 12, QB, Shanley
Kade Pietrzak, 11, OL, West Fargo Sheyenne
Caleb Duerr, 12, WR, West Fargo Sheyenne
Derrick Arivett, 12, OL, Minot
Logan Conklin, 12, WR, Minot
Tyson Ruzicka, 12, RB, Minot
Logan Moore, 12, OL, West Fargo
Gavin Lill, 12, RB, Bismarck Century
First Team Defense:
Malachi Werremeyer, 11, Fargo Davies
Nick Hasbargen, 12, Fargo Davies
Anthony Brown, 12, Minot
Dylan Huber, 11, Minot
Rustin Medenwald, 12, Mandan
Hudsen Sheldon, 11, Mandan
Kaden Christmann, 12, Shanley
Isaac Butler, 12, Shanley
Isiah St. Romain,12, Williston
Alex Vyska, 12, Bismarck Legacy
Brady Medina, 12, West Fargo
Tyson Jangula, 12, Bismarck
John Richter, 12, Bismarck St. Mary’s
Kaden Olson, 11, West Fargo Sheyenne
Class AAA Senior Athletes of the Year: Tyson Ruzicka, Minot, Jordan Leininger, Shanley
Class AAA Coach of the Year: Chauncy Hendershot, Minot
First Team Offense:
Jack Simmers, 12, QB, Grand Forks Central
Tray Kuntz, 12, TE, Grand Forks Central
Pearce Parks, 11, QB, Grand Forks Red River
Lawson Lotysz, 12, OL, Grand Forks Red River
Peder Haugo, 12, RB, Fargo North
Xzavier Buckmiller, 12, OL, Fargo North
Jordan Zander, 12, OL, Fargo North
Damarion Semanko, 12, RB, Fargo South
Treyton Mauch, 11, RB, Wahpeton
Drew Hofstad, 12, WR, Devils Lake
Nate Walz, 11, WR, Jamestown
Bo Nelson, 12, OL, Jamestown
Ethan Halverson, 12, OL, Dickinson
First Team Defense:
Kaeden Krieg, 12, DL, Dickinson
Tristan Stallsworth, 11, LB, Dickinson
Carter Zeller, 12, DL, Fargo North
Sam Fritel, 12, LB, Fargo North
Parker Dosch, 12, DB, Fargo North
Erick Paye, 12, DL, Grand Forks Central
Tyler Whalen, 12, DB, Grand Forks Central
Will Schwehr, 12, LB, Valley City
Mason Johnson, 11, LB, West Fargo Horace
Charlie Leshovsky, 12, DB, West Fargo Horace
Jerry Gibson, 12, DB, Fargo South
Zach Oehlke, 12, DB, Grand Forks Red River
Second team:
Isaac Schulte, 11, Dickinson
Colin Tschetter, 12 Dickinson
Wylee Delorme, 12, Devils Lake
Joe Rose, 12, Fargo North
Peter Davis, 12, Fargo North
Brody Anderson, 12, Fargo South
Dorian Sandness, 12, Fargo South
Gabriel Tande, 12, Grand Forsk Central
Tyson Jorissen, 12, Jamestown
Jack Van Berkom, 12, Jamestown
Daeton Lafountain, 12, Turtle Mountain
Ethan Miller, 12, Valley City
Nick Lagenwalter, 12, Wahpeton
Josh Chavez, 11, Watford City
AA Senior Athlete of the Year: Peder Haugo, Fargo North
AA Coach of the Year: Adam Roland, Fargo North
First Team Offense:
Ben Schepp, 11, QB, Velva-Garrison-Drake-Anamoose
Hank Bodin, 12, RB, Velva-Garrison-Drake-Anamoose
Reggie Bruner, 11, WR, Velva-Garrison-Drake-Anamoose
Treyson Iglehart, 11, WR, Velva-Garrison-Drake-Anamoose
Jace Kovash, 12, QB, Dickinson Trinity
Ty Dassinger, 12, RB, Dickinson Trinity
Tanner Roers, 12, OL, Dickinson Trinity
Rayce Worley, 12, QB, Langdon Area-Edmore-Munich
Mason Romfo, 12, RB, Langdon Area-Edmore-Munich
Coy Okeson, 12, OL, Bishop Ryan
Riley Sunram, 12, OL, Kindred
Brock Jungels, 12, OL, Carrington
First Team Defense:
Tyler Cruchet, 12, DL, Central Cass
Marcus Biffert, 12, LB, Central Cass
Peyton Lemar, 12, DB, Central Cass
Cole Welsh, 12, DL, Langdon Area-Edmore-Munich
Cade Okeson, 10, DL, Bishop Ryan
Hugh Meyer, 10, DL, Dickinson Trinity
Jake Shobe, 12, DB, Dickinson Trinity
Luke Shobe, 12, DB, Dickinson Trinity
Jace Handy, 10, DL, Killdeer
Jake Starcevic, 11, LB, Kindred
Isaac Emmel, 12, LB, Shiloh Christian
Michael Fagerland, 12, DB, Shiloh Christian
Carson Haerer, 12, DB, Bottineau
Second team:
Matthew Hoppe, 11, Northern Cass
Brooks Bakko, 9, Kindred
Trey Skoglund, 12, Oakes
Joe Kramlich, 11, Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm
Wyatt Olson, 12, Lisbon
Isaac Wisnewski, 12, Central Cass
Brayden Mitchell, 12, Central Cass
Logan Weninger, 12, Carrington
Corbin Clifton, 11, Carrington
Keaton Keller, 12, Harvey-Wells County
Kayl Sieg, 11, Harvey-Wells County
Cody Amble, 11, Langdon Area-Edmore-Munich
Tony Villareal, 12, Grafton
Jett Lundeen, 11, Bishop Ryan
Logan Rist, 11, Des Lacs-Burlington
Ty Hughes, 12, Des Lacs-Burlington
Kole Knecht, 12, Des Lacs-Burlington
Keaton Cole, 12, Nedrose
Cody Rice, 12, Ray-Powers Lake
Gage Glaser, 12, Dickinson Trinity
Jeremiah Jilek, 12, Dickinson Trinity
Noah Jepson, 11, Killdeer
Birch Bang, 12, Killdeer
Samuel Benson, 12, Shiloh Christian
Carter Seifert, 12, Shiloh Christian
Simon Buchfinck, 12, Beulah
A Senior Athlete of the Year: Ty Dassinger, Dickinson Trinity
A Coach of the Year: John Odermann, Dickinson Trinity
First Team Offense:
Javin Friesz, 12, QB, Grant County/Flasher
Walker Braaten, 11, QB, Westhope/Newburg/Glenburn
Tyler Brandt, 12, QB, Wyndmere/Lidgerwood
Dane Hagler, 12, QB, North Star
Lucas Sims, 12, RB, Central McLean
Gunner Thielges, 10, RB, LaMoure/Litchville-Marion
Connor Kosiak, 12, RB, South Border
Blake Mattson, 12, RB, North Prairie
Nate Tastad, 12, OL, North Prairie
Luke Martinson, 12, TE, Sargent County
Deng Deng, 12, WR, Four Winds
First Team Defense:
Josh Wittich, 12, DL, Sargent County
Keaton Wehrman, 12, DL, Alexander
Michael Pingel, 12, LB, Alexander
Hunter Tolstad, 10, DL, Westhope/Newburg/Glenburn
Chase Cooper, 11, DL, Wyndmere/Lidgerwood
Easton Benz, 10, DL, New Rockford-Sheyenne/Maddock
Reuben Clay, 12, LB, North Star
Wyatt Kuhn, 11, LB, New Salem-Almont
Daniel Schumacher, 12, LB, South Border
Jaren Rafferty, 12, LB, Hettinger County
Second Team:
Riley Morlock, 12, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood
Treyton Lesmann, 11, Westhope/Newburg/Glenburn
Maddox Juntunen, 12, Westhope/Newburg/Glenburn
Brody Nordmark, 11, Westhope/Newburg/Glenburn
Jacob Wolf, 10, Central McLean
Beau Rider, 12, Alexander
Levi Kackman, 12, Wyndmere/Lidgerwood
Grady Wehlander, 12, Sargent County
Nick Hansen, 12, Sargent County
Parker Hubrig, 12, Hankinson
Nick Wulfekuhle, 12, Richland
Gentry Richter, 11, Linton/Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock
CL Weinberger, Grant County/Flasher
Cole Stock, 11, South Border
Berkley Frantz, 10, South Border
Levi Buchholz, 11, South Border
Matthew Huether, 12, Hettinger County
Tallen Binstock, 12, Hettinger County
Zachary Gibson, 12, Nelson County
Ross Thompson, 12, Nelson County
Carter Engebretson, 11, New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock
Logan Maddock, 12, New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock
Connor Knatterud, 12, New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock
Easton Simon, 10, New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock
Cole Henderson, 11, North Prairie
Brett Tastad, 11, North Prairie
Owen Lesko, 11, LaMoure/Litchville-Marion
Brock Norton, 11, New Salem-Almont
9-man Senior Athlete of the Year: Nate Tastad, North Prairie
9-man Coach of the Year: Evan Mellmer, South Border
BY MICHAEL HICKS, FOR THE JAMESTOWN SUN HARVEY, N.D.
Determined. Hungry. Those were just two of the words that senior running back Kayl Sieg verbalized when describing the makeup of the 2024 Harvey/Wells County football program and for good reason.
For starters, it’s been a while since the ever-consistent Hornets were more than a roughly .500 team like they were a year ago, finishing 5-5. But that’s not to say that 2024 may not be a serious contender when it’s all said and done. There is high optimism entering the season, and why not?
Summer camp provided a level of excitement for the upcoming season, and Harvey/Wells County is bringing back a bevy of talent from a season ago.
“Honestly, I think we’re going to be better this year. We’re returning a lot of kids and not all of our seniors were starters,” said head coach Bret Dockter, who is entering his 11th season as head coach and 28th season overall with the program. “Our whole skill set is back except for one receiver and guys have stepped up over the summer.”
Harvey/Wells County’s offense will be spearheaded by athletic quarterback Tallen Thorson, a 110-meter hurdle champion, along with second-team all-state tailback Sieg and a bevy of receivers that includes senior Tyler Swang.
The offensive line won’t be too shabby either, returning a trio of last year’s front five.
BY MAX O’NEILL
The Jamestown Sun
TLAMOURE, N.D.
he expectation of ending the season at the Fargodome remains for the LaMoure/ Litchville-Marion football team heading into the 2024-25 season.
“Our expectations are probably to go out and win a championship,” Loboes senior Owen Lesko said. “I think we have the guys to do it. I think we’re all capable as a team of getting it done.”
The Loboes went 12-0 and won the state championship in 2021 before going 10-1 and losing in the semifinals in 2022. Last year, the Loboes took a step back, going 8-3 and losing in the state tournament quarterfinals.
Lesko said his team’s goal is to have fun and win a state title.
“I truly felt and our team also felt like we were state title contenders last season,” Loboes head coach Andy DelaBarre said. “ … So to lose to New Rockford like we did, we’ve been through that before in semifinal games and I know that helped us come in stronger the next season. I feel like our guys are focused. I know it’s gonna be a grind this entire season. … We gotta continue to take each week like it’s another opportunity for us to sharpen our tools and to really expand the toolkit that we have as a team so that when we get into that situation again in the playoffs, we’re the one and we’re the team making the plays and advancing in the playoffs and making our way to the Fargodome.”
The Loboes open their season on Aug. 23 when they take on Griggs/Midkota. The Loboes and Titans have played 21 times since 1991 with the Loboes owning a 20-1 record.
“I know traditionally they’re big and they’re physical, that’s what I do remember,” DelaBarre said. “I know seeing them play other sports that they’ve always had physical athletes on their team. That’s a really good start for us to play a team like that out of the gate and just to really set the physicality of the game and know that we’re gonna be playing a team that is traditionally known for playing a traditional style of football.”
The Loboes play their first two games of the season at home before going on the road for the next two games.
“I think it’s good because you always set
that bar the first game and for us to play at home I know our energy is gonna be high and it’s gonna help us raise that bar a little bit higher,” DelaBarre said. “We’re gonna have something higher to shoot for and get ourselves playing in the highest standard that we possibly can.”
The Loboes graduated Max Musland, Ryder Wendel and Blase Isaacson after last season. DelaBarre said he is looking for a lot of his team’s sophomores to step in and
try to replace the three seniors. DelaBarre said the Loboes are returning 12 players from last year’s roster.
“I think some up-and-comers that we’re hoping to see make their stake, a couple young guys, I mentioned Colby Thielges,” DelaBarre said. “Another one that I think could play a big role for us is Mason Warcken, he’s only gonna be a sophomore but the reps that we’ve seen him take at team camp this summer, he throws a really nice ball, which allows us to spread out even more of our athletes with Gunner and Owen. I think those are two guys that are gonna be some guys to watch this year. Henry Lettenmaier is gonna be another one, he’s only a sophomore, he played a lot of linebacker for us last year, really hope to see him elevate his game from last year, not only a physicality side, but a mental side.”
After last season, the Loboes’ Lesko and Gunner Thielges were both named to the North Dakota High School Coaches Association All-State first team. DelaBarre is looking for those two to have big seasons alongside Cael Hebl and Brayan Karlgaard.
“Owen’s going into his senior year and all things currently right now he’ll be good to go from the start,” DelaBarre said. “His leadership when he came in late midseason last year, his leadership really upped our tempo and the way we played the game. Gunner’s gonna continue to be Gunner, great athlete, leader by example and just doesn’t get tired, he keeps on going and going. Those are two guys that are really gonna step into some big roles for us here.”
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Last year, the Loboes used three quarterbacks with Musland and Thielges taking the lion’s share of the snaps. Thielges completed 45.5% of his passes for 948 yards and 10 touchdowns, while Musland completed 55.6% of his passes for 223 yards and five touchdowns. The other quarterback who took snaps was Warcken, who completed one pass for 10 yards.
“I think with Gunner last year, he played a lot of quarterback for us, I think he still will,” DelaBarre said. “ ... He’s (Warcken) gonna allow us to expand our playbook even more than last year. So I don’t know if there’s necessarily a competition rather than a good set of rotations that we’re gonna be able to mix and match. I know Coach (Lucas) Isaacson has been thinking about this all summer. He’s been our offensive coordinator for at least five or six years, with the athletes that we’re gonna have on the field and the ability to put Mason at quarterback at times I think that’s really gonna extend our playbook.”
During his sophomore year, Lesko had three receptions for 29 yards and 53 total tackles, one pass breakup, three pressures and two sacks. While he said that he does not expect to be a big part of the offense
again this year, Lesko said he puts a lot of time and effort into his blocking.
“It’s a big thing for him (DelaBarre) and when we go over film he always praises good blocking,” Lesko said. “It’s always a good feeling to know when you have a few good ones that he points it out for you. I think it’s a big thing too with linemen, we have a special bond, whenever somebody gets a pancake (block), it’s a celebration for everybody. I know my buddies last year, they accepted me into the line by giving me a bottle of syrup.”
This summer, the Loboes participated in a team camp at South Dakota State University. DelaBarre said the team won the camp championship against approximately 20 other teams.
“I think going to that team camp was a big help,” Lesko said. “It helped us all get the message that we’re a good team and help us get the feeling after winning the team camp. Coach pointed out after the camp that the last time we won the team camp was the last time we won state and he helped remind us that’s our potential this year. It helps everybody get in the right mindset that we’re gonna go out and try to win ball games this year.”
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BY MICHAEL HICKS, FOR THE JAMESTOWN SUN VALLEY CITY, N.D.
If second-year head coach Travis Engen had one wish for the Valley City Hi-Liners for 2024, it would be that the team stays healthy. If he had a second wish, it would be that the team’s depth would grow exponentially so that his starters could catch a break here or there. And if he had a third, all of this would add up to another postseason playoff appearance. Who knows, maybe even a playoff win or two.
Those might be lofty aspirations for a team coming off a 4-6 season a year ago, but that’s where having a glass half-full mentality as opposed to a half-empty one comes into play. And with the 2024 season on the horizon, that’s where Valley City High School is right now.
The new season starts Aug. 30 at Lisbon.
2022 was quite successful. Valley City went 7-2, advancing to the state quarterfinals before bowing out to Fargo North — 2023 was disheartening by comparison.
The Hi-Liners were just 4-6. Yes, they made it back to the state playoffs and, yes, the season ended again with a playoff loss to Fargo North for a second consecutive season. But more than that, Valley City, which had started the year 4-1, concluded the campaign on a five-game losing streak. And not just five straight losses, but the Hi-Liners were outscored 143-49 in those defeats.
receiver Koltyn Grebel on offense.
The Hi-Liners adapted to a shotgun approach in 2023 with a zone-read concept because of the personnel change dictated by the graduation of that 2022 team,
which played more of a Wing-T approach. On defense, Engen traditionally runs a 4-3 alignment, which will be spearheaded by seniors linemen Scot Rohde and Brandt Mueller. Hunt will also play on the line at defensive end.
While most of those players will play offense and defense, Engen’s not making any excuses. He understands that injuries and fatigue are a part of the game. Still, overcoming those hurdles will be key if Valley City wants to be successful this season
“We’ve got to stay healthy. We’re forced to play both ways,” Engen said. “We have to play freshmen. It would be great if they’re good. But if we have a team full of freshmen playing varsity ball that’s not healthy.”
Heck agreed that avoiding injuries is the key.
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“We had a bunch of graduations. That team was senior-dominated,” Engen said of the 2022 class. “We lost a lot of kids, a lot of great players who went on to play college football.”
More than that, injuries took their toll on Valley City a year ago. Ethan Miller and Andrew Sykora, players Engen was counting on to shoulder the load for the Hi-Liners, suffered debilitating injuries that sidelined them for a significant portion of the season.
“It is what it is. You’ve got to overcome those things,” Engen said.
Valley City will look to do that this year behind the play of senior quarterback Bryson Heck, running back Caden Amann, fullback Dylan Hunt and wide
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“I think we need to stay healthy. That kind of hurt us last year and honestly the year before too,” Heck said. “We need to be in the best shape that we can be, take every practice serious. Not waste any reps.”
Having depth is crucial, according to Engen. But those numbers aren’t always there.
Engen figures to have anywhere from 30 to 35 players this season, with a half-dozen returning starters as well as others who saw some playing time back in the fold. But having more depth would be even better.
Because of those numbers, Engen and
“I think we need to stay healthy. That kind of hurt us last year and honestly the year before too. We need to be in the best shape that we can be, take every practice serious. Not waste any reps.”
— Hi-Liners senior quarterback Bryson Heck
in a position to succeed so that their starters who are playing both offense and defense can catch a breather here and there throughout the game.
If that happens and other chips fall into place another playoff appearance isn’t out of the realm of possibility for Valley City in 2024.
The University of Jamestown football team will be battling through a schedule littered with rivalry games this season.
It is also the Jimmies final season at the NAIA level after the University of Jamestown was accepted into the NCAA for the 2025-26 season on July 11. The Jimmies were accepted into the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference on Nov. 23, 2023.
“I think from my perspective, from an expectations standpoint, I want to see our guys have the confidence in their abilities that I know they have,” Jimmies head coach Brian Mistro said. “I think what’s really exciting about an older team, a group of guys that have been together for a few years, I think it’s fun to see when that defining moment happens. I’m hoping that happens earlier in the season. I think once we get to that point our guys are gonna be pretty special to watch. My expectations are the same every year, I want to go out and I want to compete in every game that we play in and I want to make sure that our guys have the experience they want to have. I think our guys are primed and ready for that experience to be better than
“I think from my perspective, from an expectations standpoint, I want to see our guys have the confidence in their abilities that I know they have.” — Jimmies head coach Brian Mistro
it has in the last few years.”
The Jimmies play Valley City State University, Dakota State University (South Dakota), Mayville State University and Dickinson State University each twice.
“I think from that standpoint, you like having a variety in your schedule,” Mistro said. “But the situation that we’re in and the transition that we’re in and the transition to going D2 and the stuff that goes along with it, I don’t know if it’s necessarily a good or a bad thing. I think it’s just you play the team on your schedule and if you play the same team twice in four weeks then you have to watch the games that happened after you played them to see what’s changed and what’s not. …. I think personnel is the only thing that doesn’t change, it’s
still gonna be the same kids. I think it’ll be good. I think our guys are excited to play in the North Star and see what we can do.”
The Jimmies open their season at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, against a future NSIC opponent, the University of Mary, at the Marauders’ MDU Resources Community Bowl.
“Their best players are their tight end, their wide receiver and their d-end
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(defensive) ... ,” Jimmies fifth-year senior linebacker Ezra Belingheri said. “ … I think our DBs (defensive backs) are gonna have to do well and I think if we play our game we’re gonna be able to compete well with them. I really think that we can’t get overwhelmed with the D2 feel, the D2, ‘Oh this is a big game, we’re playing against a school that is a D2 ranked school.’ I think that if we really keep that together we’re gonna do well against even their star players.”
I want to see our guys have the confidence in their abilities that I know they have. I think what’s really exciting about an older team, a group of guys that have been together for a few years, I think it’s fun to see when that defining moment happens.
The Jimmies are coming off a 2-9 season that includes going 2-8 in conference play. Mistro said the quarterback competition will be between sophomore Nick Martinez and senior Johnny Grann.
Martinez started the first two games last season before an injury forced him out of
BY MICHAEL HICKS, FOR THE JAMESTOWN SUN STEELE, N.D.
The year was 2019, and Kidder County was riding on cloud nine. The Wolves were state champions. A year later — Dave Silbernagel’s first year as head coach — saw a respectable 7-2 campaign.
Then hard times hit. Kidder County had to start over, posting just three wins combined in 2021 and ’22 before bouncing back a bit in 2023 with a 4-5 mark. A lot of that can be attributed to a senior-laden class having graduated, leaving a bevy of freshmen and sophomores to start the past three seasons.
Now those freshmen are seniors, and they’ve matured. They’re hungry to complete the turnaround in 2024.
“We’re really
at defending the football. Our coaches have a good defensive scheme that helps us to be successful.”
— Wolves’ quarterback, Trey Silbernagel
“The goal is always to get to the playoffs. That’s the goal for the football team this year,” said Silbernagel, who is in his fifth year at the helm after more than a decade as an assistant coach.
That’s the challenge set out for the Wolves, who’ve struggled with low turnout in recent years. Playing with 17 to 18
players has been a challenge, especially for a team that strives to play a physical brand of football.
Yet, that style showed up early in 2023, when Kidder County opened the season 4-1 following a season-opening loss at New Salem.
“We got back to being the football
team that we’re known for, hit you in the mouth,” Silbernagel said. “We play good defense, but we want to control the clock, run the football. We’re hoping to build on that this year.”
That ground-and-pound running attack starts with junior Bryce Larson, a 6-foot2, 205-pound all-region selection from a year ago who’s also an imposing force at defensive end. But he’s far from the only threat for Kidder County with the ball in his hands.
“We run the quarterback quite a bit,” Silbernagel said, noting that his team will dabble with the play-action pass throughout the game but don’t expect Kidder County to throw the ball 30 times. That’s not its modus operandi.
That signal-caller — Dave’s son, Trey Silbernagel – can hold his own. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound quarterback/linebacker, who is in his fourth season, was second on the team in tackles a year ago. On offense, he’s an intricate part of the ground attack.
“We run the ball. That’s how we play our football,” the younger Silbernagel said. “We like to push people around.”
Be it with inside runs or a quarterback sneak, Trey is, in the words of his father, “a load to bring down” as part of Kidder
County’s throwback, big-back, classic play-action attack.
Still, the Wolves rushing attack starts up front with a move-the-chains offensive line spearheaded by senior guard Drew Harr, a two-year starter.
Defensively, Kidder County’s bread and butter is a 3-2 alignment with two high safeties, but don’t be surprised if the Wolves show a different look by crowding the box. It’s that defense that the head coach said carried the team a year ago when the offense struggled at times, and it should be the strength of the program again in 2024.
“We’re really good at defending the football,” Trey said. “Our coaches have a good defensive scheme that helps us to be successful.”
Even though 2023 didn’t end as the Wolves would’ve liked — not with a fourgame losing streak to close out the season — it hasn’t deterred Kidder County from pondering a return to the playoffs in 2024.
If 2023 is any indication, then Kidder County just may be on its way back to the postseason this season.
“We’ve got a lot of talent coming up and quite a bit of young kids working hard, getting bigger, stronger and dominating on the line of scrimmage,” Trey said.
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“Success breeds success. To compete at this level, you have to have the athletes who’ve bought in (to the system). It takes time.” — Thunder Head Coach Garitt Irey
BY MICHAEL HICKS, FOR THE JAMESTOWN SUN ELLENDALE, N.D.
When Garitt Irey took over as the head coach of the Ellendale-EdgeleyKulm program two years ago, he talked about the necessity of changing the culture. But he also knew that it would take time. The Thunder found that out the hard way in 2022.
That was Irey’s first season, and Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm went 0-9, ending the season with a 10-game losing streak that dated back to the 2021 campaign. Then last year, the Thunder finished 5-4 for its first winning season since 2018.
Now, with the 2024 season on the horizon, expectations are high.
“This is a make-or-break year for us,” Irey said. “The kids have bought into what
we’re preaching, and we’ve started seeing success.”
Winning does that, Irey noted. With that also comes confidence, and the Thunder have plenty of that. And why not? Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm returns 20 starters — all 11 on defense and nine on offense — with several talented underclassmen among the crew. No wonder Irey is exuberant about the upcoming season.
“I’m really excited. Every season is different, every team is different. They all have their own identity. We’ll figure out our identity early during training camp will all the returners we have,” Irey said. “There are always some new wrinkles that you have to account for. But our kids know the system. It will be nice that we won’t have to do so much teaching like we have the last couple of years.”
Instead, Irey and his staff can focus on the task at hand, starting with the Aug. 30 season opener against Shiloh Christian. And if the Thunder can build off last year’s winning season — the first one since 2017 — then the sky’s the limit this season.
“Success breeds success,” Irey said. “To compete at this level, you have to have the athletes who’ve bought in (to the system). It takes time.”
Even so, the mission since day one has been to establish a standard for the players to live up to.
The Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm football team is expecting to finish the rebuild this year.
“We want kids who want to be a part of it; we want kids who want to be here,” Irey said.
One of those who wants to be there is senior wide receiver/cornerback Joseph Kramlich, who noted that the Thunder not only have senior experience but also a talented underclassmen class returning.
“We’re going to be really solid,” said Kramlich, who has committed to play for Air Force next year.
Fellow seniors include a trio of returning offensive linemen Eli Klusmann, Tucker Hahne and Greg Suher. The Thunder will rely on that offensive line to pave the way for a physical backfield running the power-I attack. But don’t be fooled, Irey noted,
Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm can spread defenses out as well.
Defensively, the Thunder will lean on a standard 4-4 alignment with a cover 3 secondary with the occasional man-to-man coverage.
Even though that 0-9 season isn’t one Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm wants to revisit, it can — and has — served as a contributing factor in shaping the Thunder experience entering 2024, according to Kramlich.
“We’re all just driven to get over that hill. None of us want to go back to that feeling of losing all the time,” he said. “We’re all excited for the season. There’s an excitement that we’ve never had before.”
BY MICHAEL HICKS, FOR THE JAMESTOWN SUN LINTON, N.D.
The last time we saw the Linton/ Hazelton-Moffitt-Braddock football squad on the gridiron, the Lions were left with a bitter taste in their mouth.
The date was Oct. 20, and the opponent was Westhope/Newburg/Glenburn in the first round of the Class B nine-man playoffs. Linton/HMB had overcome a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit to take a late lead only to see it escape their grasp in the closing seconds thanks to a gutwrenching 65-yard Walker Braaten to Treyton Lesmann TD pass. The final score: a 48-42 defeat.
Yet as the 2024 season approaches, starting with the Aug. 23 season opener against Standing Rock, the Lions aren’t letting last year’s final chapter dictate
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this year’s story. No way. Instead, it’s serving as a motivator for better things — hopefully — to come.
“We have a chip on our shoulder,” senior tight end/defensive end Kashton Moser said. “I can still feel that.
“It pushes you more. You want to get out there more,” he added.
That’s all third-year head coach Kurtis Walls could ask for. Linton/HMB went 6-4 a season ago, including that playoff appearance. This was after a 4-4 campaign in Walls’ first season at the helm in 2022 when the Lions were playing 11-man.
“I think as a whole we’re hungry, looking for a change, looking to be better,” Walls said. “The last couple of years we’ve had some tough close games. Still, each year Linton/HMB takes a startfrom-scratch approach by going one day at a time,” Walls said.
“We can’t get ahead of ourselves,” he said. “We have to stay hungry. The moment you think you’re good, you’re not good enough.”
But that’s not to say the Lions don’t have some lofty expectations for 2024. With a half-dozen seniors among a roster expected to be in the neighborhood of 30 to 35 players deep, Linton/HMB may not be all that far off from repeating their nine-man state championship run in 2020 after all.
Championship aspirations all start with leaders like Moser, senior quarterback Gentry Richter and junior slot receiver/
running back Levi Kenney leading the way. Moser, for one, expects to shoulder a heavy load for the Lions in 2024.
“I’m looking to be a leader and make sure that they’re doing their job. I want to hold everyone accountable, push everyone as hard as they can go,” Moser said.
The Lions have the ability to run a variety of different packages on offense, Walls said, lining up in a four-wide spread set or pounding the ball with a two tight end-two running back alignment.
Whatever attack Linton/HMB elects to dissect the defense with, it will all start with Richter, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound senior, who was a second-team all-state selection in 2023. He could easily run the ball up the middle, serve as the lead blocker for one of his tailbacks or air the ball out on any given play.
Defensively, the Lions will set up in a base 4-2 alignment on most downs, playing a physical, swarm-the-ball approach that wants to keep the opposing quarterback in the pocket as much as possible.
Speaking of approach, the Lions have a simple one when it comes to tackling the 2024 season as a whole: Stay hungry. Be better, no matter what.
“I think as a whole we’re hungry, looking for a change, looking to be better,” Walls said. “The last couple of years we’ve had some tough close games.”
Those close encounters have created some lofty expectations, right?
“They’re a lot higher,” Moser said. “We’re looking to push a lot harder.”
A push that Linton/HMB hopes will lead not only to the playoffs but a better result than how 2023 ended.
The Jamestown High School football team is heading into the 2024 season with a veteran roster that looks to get back to the mountaintop.
“It’s (The expectations) the same every year,” Blue Jays head coach Bill Nelson said. “It hasn’t changed, have that same attitude, have that same mentality and every day we want to continue to get better and better. Yeah, it’s the football thing, it’s a mental thing, it’s everything top to bottom what do we have to do to continue getting better as a team as a program. We talk all the time about worry more about the name on the front of the jersey than the name on the back of the jersey.”
Last year, the Blue Jays lost 14-13 to Grand Forks Central in the 2023 NDHSAA Class A Football State Semifinals, which ended their dreams of a third consecutive state title.
“That hurt. We talk about it sometimes but that was last year,” Blue Jays quarterback Ryan Kallenbach said. “So we can’t really think about that but we’re gonna use it as fuel for this year to do better.”
Nelson said his players will be helped
“That hurt. We talk about it sometimes but that was last year. So we can’t really think about that but we’re gonna use it as fuel for this year to do better.”
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by the fact that they play other sports and work out all year. Despite the fact that the Blue Jays will be very experienced this year, Nelson said his team will need to continue to work every single day to improve.
“The potential is there, you’d like to think, to be pretty solid. But again, if you
don’t show up and you don’t put the work in necessary and come with the right mindset, any, in double a, triple a, anybody can beat anybody on a given night,” he said. “So we’ve gotta be doing those little things, day in and day out. It’s a year-round thing. We’re constantly trying to get better.”
The Blue Jays will be led under center by Kallenbach, who appeared in 11 games last year, completing 56.3% of his passes for 1,729 yards, 21 touchdowns and six interceptions.
This season, Kallenbach will play in front of almost an entirely new offensive line as four of the five starters from last season graduated.
“I think it’s good and it’s one where when you’re taking those first live varsity reps on a Friday night, bullets are flying pretty fast and he adapted and got better and better and now it winds up being understanding where the protections are or are not gonna be,” Nelson said. “If we’ve got six in pass protection and they’ve got seven lined up rushing you better know where your free rushers are coming from, where’s the hole, where’s the hot route gonna be, where’s my quick release point? It’s time under center … this summer he’s thrown the ball with quite a bit of conviction, put in a lot of time and we’re gonna do some added things in the quarterback position that we probably haven’t done a lot of.”
The only returner on the offensive line is Vaughn Romsdal, who is one of a group of seniors who Nelson said he expects to have a big season.
The Blue Jays’ Vaughn Romsdal (66) and Gage Freberg (58) play against Grand Forks Central on Nov. 3, 2023 at Jack Brown Stadium.
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“I’m really excited for our O-line (offensive),” Kallenbach said. “We got a bunch of guys, really fast, athletic guys that are gonna play to the whistle. I’m excited for it.”
Nelson said one of the recipes for a successful team is a group that likes each other and is friends with each other. Nelson said his veteran team needs lots of leaders and the best leaders tell their teammates the uncomfortable truths at different points. He said he is excited to see the “puzzle pieces” come together throughout the season and see how his team morphs together and how the young guys step up and do their jobs.
“It all comes down to your chemistry, how well do your kids get along,” Nelson said. “How well do they treat each other? How well do they take care of each other? How well do they work together? That’s a huge, huge part of it, that people don’t understand behind the scenes. It’s not just something that starts August 12th, you’re constantly doing stuff together.”
The coaching staff will look very familiar to Blue Jays and the University of Jamestown fans. Nelson hired former Jimmies and Blue Jays standout Paul Vandal
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and former Jimmies Steve Justice and Brady Birch.
Nelson said Justice will be the freshman team’s offensive coordinator and will assist with the varsity running backs while Birch will be an assistant for the freshman team. Former Jimmies wide receiver coach Tyler Spanton will also take over as the Blue Jays wide receiver coach.
“It speaks volumes,” Nelson said. “When I was introducing our coaches last week and who’s gonna be where he (Vandal) was standing in back and nobody had really turned around and seen him yet and when I said his name, the kids were excited. That’s pretty cool, the fact that they’ve watched him play for a number of years at UJ and be very successful and play at a high level. That stuff, the Pro
Day opportunity is obviously something that doesn’t happen very often, got a chance to develop in the UJ program and take it to a whole other level of where he competed in high school, you’re pretty proud and pretty excited too that he wants to give back and help out. You talk about him from the time when he was in high school to obviously the point he got to in high school is a pretty impressive thing.”
Those are not the only changes to the Jays’ coaching staff: Former wide receivers coach Phil Kroeber was promoted to offensive coordinator after Tom Maus’ departure. Nelson also said Kroeber will work with the Blue Jays quarterbacks this year. Nelson said the changes will be very minimal, though, as Kroeber will not be completely changing the playbook that Maus was running.
After the graduation of Sara Sletto, Nelson will be going back to the Blue Jays soccer teams to find his next kicker, Brady Harty.
“Obviously he has to earn it just like anybody else does,” Nelson said. “… I’ve known Brady since he was little, soccer is definitely his primary sport, he’ll kind of be like Sara and Louis were last year.”
Nelson said he thinks one of his team’s best skills will be the fact that they have as much skill as they do at the skill positions. The Blue Jays have four players returning who each rushed for over 100 yards on the season with Kelan Harstad leading the group with 88 carries for 391 yards and five touchdowns. Through the air, the Blue Jays’ Nate Walz led all PLUMBING, HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING
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“I’m just having to have a little bit better (season) than last year even though pretty good,” Walz said. “I’m trying to do the best I can.”
The Blue Jays open their season on Aug. 30 at Grand Forks Central. Nelson said it is still up in the air what the game plan for that matchup will be because the Knights lost 22 players from last year’s team. He did say it will be difficult to battle against what his team called, the “most physical team” they played all year.
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he biggest calling card of the University of Jamestown and Jamestown High School football teams will be their age.
The Jimmies have 10 fifth-year seniors and are expected to have 77 total upperclassmen this year, and the Blue Jays have between 13 and 15 seniors this year.
“I think it’s great,” Jimmies head coach Brian Mistro said. “It shows the commitment of the guys that have stuck around for their entire career. It’s really good for us as a coaching staff to have guys that we can lean on that know how things are done and know how practices are run and know the expectations and the standards that are set in place already so they can help out the young guys.”
During his conversations with his younger players, Blue Jays head coach Bill Nelson said he constantly encourages them to be leaders and learn from their senior leaders. He said that he wants them to learn what kind of leadership they like and dislike and mold the program in their own way.
“Every single one of them hears from me at the end of the year when we do our individual meetings,” Nelson said. “’You’ve seen leadership you like, you’ve seen you don’t like. What do we want next year’s squad to look like?’ Throughout the course of the winter, the spring and the summer, we do offer a lot of opportunities and many, many of those kids take advantage of them.”
The fact that the Jimmies are so experienced allows Mistro and his staff to be a little more hands-off but also presents unexpected challenges.
“It also allows myself and our staff to really help those old guys become and develop into better leaders,” Mistro said. “I think now it’s how do you lead leaders and I think that’s something that just changes the mindset of us as a coaching staff more so than making it easier by any means. But I think it’s just different but it’s a good and a fun experience.”
Mistro said his team’s experience helps give him an idea of what his expectations for the season should be.
“I don’t expect a group of older guys to fall flat on their face and have a terrible senior year,” Mistro said. “So I think it’s one of those where our expectations and our standards are high because they’ve made it that way. Our guys have made our jobs easier in the sense that we can push them harder because their expectations are higher. So I think it’s a good thing all around.”
The group of 10 fifth-year seniors for the Jimmies includes their second-leading rusher Carlos Julian. The Jimmies second-leading receiver, Isaiah Roebuck, is also set to return for his fourth year.
“Having experienced guys is really awesome because you come in and they know exactly what you need to do to be better,” Roebuck said. “My freshman year there wasn’t that many (seniors), there was a few that stayed there until my sophomore year and they were awesome, having those guys there, for the younger guys helps them exceed expectations for sure. It also helps you learn from those older guys and get ready for that upcoming year where you might have a breakout year.”
The decision for some of the Jimmies to come back was an easy one. Julian said he felt like he couldn’t leave his teammates and so he came back.
“Actually it was a team,” Jimmies defensive back Rashawn Benners said. “It’s a family that we have. The standard that
we have set for us, it made me feel like a family. So I wanted to come back. Another thing I wanted to do is put Jamestown on the map. That’s a big thing for me this year.”
Last year, the Jimmies’ defensive backs Parker Chaffee and Benners combined for 78 total tackles, one fumble recovery and two interceptions for 38 yards.
“It’s gonna be a big scouting for them I think,” Benners said. “I think that’s gonna be hard thing for them. The fact that me
being at corner and Parker being over the top, I think there’s gonna be a lot of interceptions gonna happen this year.”
As one of the older guys in the Jimmies’ running back room, Julian said he can help his younger teammates by teaching them everything he knows.
“I’ll put it like this, it’s like having the answers to the test before you take the test,” Julian said. “I teach all the young guys my tricks and secrets to help them not have as rough a time as I did.”
This season, the Blue Jays return their starting quarterback, second-leading rusher, leading receiver and leading tackler.
“I think it’s gonna help a lot because I just remember from my first game to my last game last year I grew a lot and got way more comfortable,” Blue Jays quarterback Ryan Kallenbach said. “So this year when we already have a lot of people that are already comfortable it will help a lot.”
While the Blue Jays’ offensive line is very young, they return their starting center from last season, Vaughn Romsdal. Romsdal said he expects to move around the offensive line as needed and has experience playing offensive guard.
“I would expect a lot, probably a lot of eyes just because I’ve been varsity for sophomore, junior and this is my senior season,” Romsdal said about being looked at as a leader on the offensive line. “So I’m ready to lead a younger O-line and probably D-line too. … We know that the young guys coming up can step in and it’s confidence and it’s working together and that’s what all O-line is about. I know we can and it’s gonna be good.”
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“We know that the young guys coming up can step in and it’s confidence and it’s working together and that’s what all O-line is about. I know we can and it’s gonna be good.”
— Blue Jays center Vaughn Romsdal
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Both teams’ veterans this year are a mix of vocal leaders and lead-by-example players. Mistro said Jed Rantz and Kole Mack are veterans who are more vocal leaders while Ezra Belingheri and David Diaz are quiet leaders for his squad.
“You’d like that everybody be vocal,” Blue Jays head coach Bill Nelson said. “Most are vocal in their own way, some are a little different than others. But if there’s a guy that’s not doing something right than help him fix it. We’ve got a really good group of coaches that obviously want to continuously move this thing along and try to do things as well as we can do them.”
Nelson said he received advice from former NDSU coach Tyler Roehl that leaders should be vocal and not afraid to speak up.
“Leadership is hard, there’s things you have to say, there’s times you have to do things and times you have to say things that you know what,” Nelson said. “Even from their standpoint, kids have a hard time sometimes telling their buddy, hey you need to do this or you need to get better here, have a short memory, it’s OK, just because I get after you about
something doesn’t mean I don’t care about you, doesn’t mean I don’t want what’s best for you.”
This season, the Blue Jays will continue their leadership council which sees the veterans be a middle man between their teammates and coaches.
“It’s kind of like the people between our team and our coaches,” Blue Jays quarterback Ryan Kallenbach said. “We make
decisions and we let the coaches know what’s going on and what would help best with our team.”
Benners said he is not a big vocal leader but if he needs to he will go to a teammate during practice or a game and tell them what he believes they did wrong.
Out of the 10 Jimmies fifth-year seniors who are returning, seven played at least one game during their freshman seasons. One of those players, Chaffee had a humorous response to the fans’ thoughts watching the Jimmies veterans.
“Obviously not all of us played as freshmen but for a couple of us that have been playing for a couple years now, there are probably some fans out there that are wondering how we have eligibility left and how much longer we’re gonna be here,” Chaffee said.
Off the field, the Jimmies have endeared themselves to the community through community service and spending time with the fans.
“It’s pretty cool I bet, being out in the community you meet and talk to people and they always say the same things, the team has definitely gotten better and they’re excited for what’s next,” Julian said.
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BY MICHAEL HICKS, FOR THE JAMESTOWN SUN CARRINGTON, N.D.
If there’s a word for Kyle Smith that he says exemplifies his Carrington Cardinals football program, it’s scrappy. The ninth-year head coach saw that as much in 2023. After all, the Cardinals, coming off a 3-5 campaign in 2022, displayed a never-say-die attitude a year ago.
“We might’ve got down, but the kids never quit. They got up and put their foot on the gas,” Smith said. “I heard that comment at football camp from other coaches. It’s a good label for these kids. They’re scrappy and competitive in every game.”
The result was a 6-4 record — Carrington’s first winning season since 2018 — and a return to the playoffs. And though the year didn’t end the way the Cardinals would’ve preferred with a 27-21 loss to Oakes, it provided a springboard to jump off moving forward.
So, what could 2024 have in store for Carrington? Well, that might depend on the play of senior quarterback Josh Bickett.
A three-year starter who also plays cornerback on defense, Bickett returns this season after passing for 1,141 yards and 13 touchdowns while rushing for an additional 305 yards in the run-first attack in 2023.
That attack was spearheaded by Logan Weninger, who dashed for a team-best 1,141 yards and 17 TDs last season. This year, however, it will be up to Bickett and senior running back Corbin Clifton to shoulder the load. Clifton was second on the team in rushing in 2023 with 538 yards and five scores, while also leading the defense with a team-high 100 tackles.
That said, this year is Bickett’s year to be the team leader, a role he relishes to take the reins of.
“It’s huge for me. I’ve lived here my whole life,” Bickett said.
And he’s been around the game the entire time, partially because his two older
brothers — Garrett and Brady — also played football. But now, in 2024, it’s Bickett’s time.
“Football has always been in the picture for me. This is my opportunity to become the leader of the team,” he said.
And that’s what Smith is counting on.
“(Josh) has grown physically and mentally,” Smith said. “He has the ability to throw the ball on a run-first team. … I’m excited to see what Josh can do at quarterback skill-wise (this year).”
While Carrington’s offense starts on the ground, Bickett will be just as big a part of that, if not more, than his passing prowess will be.
“Our run sets up the pass,” Bickett said. “Last year, if the run was working it was easier to pass. If all that stuff is working, the pass comes easier.”
Defensively, Smith has employed a 4-3
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formation in recent years, and that will be the same in 2024, though Carrington will sprinkle in a fourth linebacker in certain sets while playing man coverage in the secondary.
The Cardinals have won nine of their last 13 games dating back to 2022. That and veteran leadership on a squad that will roster anywhere from 25 to 30 players should be the catalyst for another
postseason push this season. Anything less than that would be a surprise.
“I think realistically we hope, we expect
to be one of four playoff teams,” Smith said. “The kids are very competitive and got a taste of playoff football last year. They’re hungry for the opportunity to prove themselves.”
Not just prove themselves but show that they not only belong in the playoffs again but that they can make some noise should they get there one more time.
“We’d love to get a win in the playoffs and see where we can go from there,” Bickett said.
BY MICHAEL HICKS, FOR THE JAMESTOWN SUN
WISHEK, N.D.
Last season ended with a gut punch for the South Border Mustangs. Undefeated all season long and going in as the No. 3 seed in the 9-man playoffs, Evan Mellmer’s team was driving inside the opposition’s 5-yard line when time ran out on a potential comeback in the state championship game.
The final score: North Prairie 16, South Border 8. The Mustangs, a perennial powerhouse in recent years with a 27-5 record the last three seasons, including 12-1 in 2023, had been denied the promised land — a state title just out of their grasp.
Yet, instead of licking their wounds after turning the ball over four times against North Prairie, including three fumbles, and moping over what could’ve been, those players — in particular the underclassmen — 10 to 15 freshmen and sophomores — who would be coming back in 2024 were in the weight room at 7 a.m. Monday working on getting better for another chance at a state title.
“They basically told me that they wanted to be able to get back there,” Mellmer said. “… The kids want to keep building on what we built last year.”
That build starts with the team’s four returning starters, including three returning all-state selections in senior running back/linebacker Cole Stock, senior wide receiver/safety Levi Buchholz and junior quarterback/cornerback Berkely Frantz. The fourth returning starter is junior offensive lineman/linebacker Luke Piatz. Stock rushed for a team-high 30 touchdowns in 2023, Buchholz caught 27 passes for 511 yards and seven scores while leading the team in interceptions with seven, and Frantz rushed for 709 yards from his QB position. This year, he’ll play on defense as well.
“With a 9-man team and returning three all-staters, we have a lot of pieces to work around. The expectation and the goal is the same. The new guys will need to step up to make it happen,” Mellmer said.
That said, South Border has several
“They basically told me that they wanted to be able to get back there … The kids want to keep building on what we built last year.”
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holes to fill, including replacing four of its top five tacklers from 2023. But maybe the biggest replacement is Connor Kosiak, who graduated after rushing for 1,198 yards and 18 touchdowns last season.
That, however, is easier said than done.
“I don’t think you ever replace a guy like that,” Mellmer said.
Every once in a while, Mellmer noted, you get generational players who ignite a team. Kosiak was one of those.
“The funny part is that before Connor took over, we were kind of in the same boat last year,” he said. “Connor was a slot receiver guy who had been hurt his junior year. We needed somebody to play running back and he stepped up.”
That’s the hope again this year, be it Stock, Buchholz or someone else. Someone to step up.
“We can’t replace Connor Kosiak. He’s hard to replace. But I think there are different ways we can use myself and Cole Stock in that role with hopefully the offensive line learning as we go,” Buchholz said.
Speaking of that offensive line, Piatz might be the anchor but Mellmer expects, even with the extra work in the weight room in the offseason, for South Border
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to field a smaller lineup this season. That, in turn, could lead to some new wrinkles offensively, including passing the ball out of a five-wide formation more than a couple of times a game Mellmer would prefer. But that may not necessarily be a bad thing. It’s all a matter of utilizing the weapons the Mustangs have at their disposal.
South Border typically lines up in an old-school, single-wing power formation.
Success defensively, like on offense, may be predicated on how fast a reshaped defensive line comes together this fall in the Mustangs’ standard 3-3-3 alignment. South Border brings back plenty of experience in the linebacking and secondary core.
“The defense has a chance to be pretty nasty. We pride ourselves on our defense,” Mellmer said. “We like to fly around and make plays.”
What the 2023 team couldn’t quite accomplish, Buchholz noted, left room for the 2024 squad to get the job done if it puts in the work to grind every day.
“We didn’t finish the ultimate goal of being state champions. That motivated
the younger guys as long as they buy into what the coaches are saying and what the older guys are doing. We should keep growing as the season progresses,” Buchholz said.
“They did everything they could (in the offseason). Now, they’re ready to see if it pays off,” Mellmer added.
BY MAX O’NEILL
The Jamestown Sun
NEW ROCKFORD, N.D.
The New Rockford-SheyenneMaddock football team is preparing for the 2024-25 season with expectations of bouncing back after a tough end to last year.
The Rockets lost to South Border 32-28 in the NDHSAA 9-man semifinals to finish the year at 10-1. Rockets head coach Elliott Belquist said he is hoping the loss helps remind his team to pay attention to the small details this season.
“It was a very, very painful and hard feeling, being that close, two yards or whatever it was from scoring a touchdown to probably win the game,” Rockets senior quarterback Easton Simon said. “Right away it was hard to deal with it, but I think everybody that was on the team last year is probably gonna use that for fuel coming into this season. We don’t want that feeling again. So I think it’ll help us out in the long run.”
The Rockets will attempt to have backto-back winning seasons for the first time since 2018-19.
“We have pretty high expectations,” Belquist said. “We have a lot of returners and a lot of juniors and seniors. We feel like we can compete with anybody and we hope to make a deep run. But we also know it’s a long season and just gotta go week by week.”
One player who the Rockets will be relying on the most this season is Simon, who played quarterback last year. Belquist said Simon’s experience allows the playbook to be more complicated because he knows the quarterback will be able to handle that.
Belquist also said he will look for a large group of players to be Belquist’s top targets, including Easton Benz, Bennett Meier, Paxton Neppl, Grant Engebretson, Tommy Allmaras and Kage Wolford.
The Rockets also return fellow NDHSCA All-State selections Benz and Carter Engebretson.
“We obviously look to those three to make some big things happen out there,”
Belquist said. “ … Bennett Meier, he’s had a nice summer. Carter ... he’s gonna have more opportunities this year to show himself. Paxton Neppl, he went through a knee injury last year so he didn’t get to play but I’m excited to see him on the field. Alex Weissenburger, another kid that went through a knee injury. I’m excited to see some of the new guys that we didn’t get to see last year because of injury and or not playing as much as maybe they should be this year, with upperclassmen gone. Those are a few of the guys that I’m excited to see on the skill positions.”
Belquist said it will be of the utmost importance this season for his team to
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replace the production they lost from Connor Knatterud, Macyn Olson, Logan Maddock, DJ Mudgett and Cole Knudson.
According to the team’s page on Hudl, the Rockets have 20 upperclassmen on the roster this year. Belquist said the team’s experience helps the coaches feel confident their players know the playbook and how to play the game.
“We’ve had a lot of guys play and that’s been a big part,” Belquist said. “We’ve got a lot of upperclassmen, juniors, seniors and in the nine-man game when you don’t have to put freshman, sophomores on the field in positions as starters, it’s huge. You get 17-, 18-year-olds on the field, the majority of the game and then I feel like our depth, I think we have 18 juniors and seniors so we roll pretty deep. When an older kid gets tired, we can bring in another older kid so that’s gonna be the biggest advantage that we have.”
Last season, the Rockets went 3-1 in one-score games.
“You hope that all those games, all those tight games you play in, those close losses and those close wins with LaMoure, you hope all those games, you build the toughness of your team, the mental toughness of your team where they get in those games again you figure out to play through them,” Belquist said. “I’d say
“You
— Head coach Elliott Belquist
with any older team you always feel good about that situation, you just have to get it done. …. Our kids are ready for those big games, ready for those close ones.”
Simon and 14 of his other teammates went to the Valley City State University team camp this summer in preparation for their season. The Rockets have won the last two VCSU team camps.
“It was a very good camp,” Simon said. “It helped us a lot just getting ready, new team, had a lot of seniors that graduated. That was our first look at the team we’ll
have this year and it helped us a lot to be able to just see what we’ve got and where we’re able to put guys and I felt it will help us a lot to start the year because we’re already one step ahead so we don’t need to figure it out right away to start the year.”
The Rockets open their season on Aug. 23 when they take on St. John. This year, the Rockets play three teams that made it to the state playoffs last year and five teams that finished .500 or better.
“I like our matchups with that region (Region 1) over there,” Belquist said. “We play St. John and Cavalier and North Prairie, those are gonna be some fun non-conference games. Our region, we saw some of them in camp this summer, and they have some nice players out there. It’s nine-man football, the games are gonna be good. These coaches out here in our region, I feel like they all get their teams ready to play no matter who they lost or what they get back. So every team’s gonna present a little different challenge. So we look forward to playing all of them.”
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the second game. He was replaced by Ty Monson, who is no longer with the team. An injury to Monson forced Grann into action.
In total, Martinez appeared in four games throwing for 195 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. He also had 22 carries for 94 yards.
Grann also appeared in four games, completing 50.7% of his passes for 1,008 yards, nine touchdowns and six interceptions.
“Just play consistently is the main thing for me,” Grann said. “I know I can do some good things on the field. I just have to make sure to stay consistent and not do negative things like turn the ball over and whatnot.”
After having 10 total tackles in his freshman year, Jimmies junior linebacker Mason Parker exploded in his second season for 70 total tackles.
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cope with early on, however, will be the absence of talented all-region sophomore running back Christian Merts. The 6-foot, 210-pounder might miss the start of the season after having his knee scoped this offseason. Even so, his eventual return to the backfield only adds additional firepower to an offensive attack that Dockter says can do just about anything.
“Our offense I think can do a little bit of everything. We have a quarterback who is very versatile with a strong arm. … And if he gets in the open, he’s gone,” Dockter said. “We can spread teams out a little bit, but we can try and go at them a little bit, too.”
Defensively, the Hornets return their entire secondary, as well as their front four in their usual 4-3 alignment. But it will be replacing the linebacking core that will serve as Harvey/Wells County’s biggest challenge in the preseason.
Last season didn’t exactly end the way Harvey/Wells County would’ve liked. Sure, all was well early on, jumping out to a 5-1 mark, but the Hornets lost their final four games, including a first-round thumping
“Team goals would be to win of course and make the playoffs; personal goals would be to have a better season than last year, more tackles, maybe have a bigger influence on the field,” Parker said. “I try to keep those goals reasonable and I’m just trying to have a better version of myself every year I step foot on the field.”
The Jimmies are expected to have 13 upperclassmen offensive linemen returning to help a ground attack that averaged 65.4 rushing yards per game last season.
“I think it’ll help us out a lot,” Jimmies junior running back Zach Hammett said. “We have a great bond going on between us and I think that’ll carry out onto the field and it’ll really help us out in the run game.”
Throughout this summer, over 70 Jimmies worked out at Charlotte and Gordon Hansen Stadium to prepare for the upcoming season.
“I think the summer practice is a lot of help,” Grann said. “I think it helps build a lot of camaraderie with the rest of the players. It’s just important to see a defense all
summer. As a team we get together and we play some seven-on-seven. It just helps to be able to see stuff and know what you can do in certain situations.”
Through Mistro’s six seasons as the head coach, he said this is year’s squad is his best team so far.
“Top to bottom, yeah I do,” Mistro said. “I think this is the best team that we’ve had. I think overarchingly it’s a testament to the guys that have stuck around and stayed in the program. I think we had 80-some players that stuck around this summer. We have over ... 65 juniors and seniors this year, third and fourth-year guys, fifth-year guys. So we have an older team and a team that understands how to play together a little bit more than years past. So I would say it should be, that doesn’t mean it’s going to be.”
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Wells County opens up on Aug. 23 with Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm before playing at Velva-Garrison-Drake-Anamoose on Aug. 30 and then back home a week later against Langdon. But Dockter is embracing the challenge.
“We’re all in,” Dockter said.
“There’s high optimism around the team and really around the community,” he added. “I can’t wait. We’re hoping that can give them something to see.”
Sieg echoed those sentiments.
“We’re really excited for the season,” Sieg said. “We want to bring something to Harvey that we haven’t done a for a while. We haven’t had a home playoff game or won a playoff game.”
The last Hornets team that wasn’t middle of the pack would’ve been the 2011 squad that went 8-1 with the lone defeat coming in the first round of the postseason. Yes, there have been other teams who’ve done quite well for themselves, including the 7-3 squad of 2021, but there appears to be a level of enthusiasm around this year’s team.
at the hands of Kindred, 49-6, in the Class A playoffs.
And 2024 won’t exactly be easy for the Hornets either, at least not when Harvey/
“I think we’re going to surprise some teams and show that we’re able to play with some of them,” Sieg said.
Fargo Davies:
Fargo Davies vs. Bismarck Century–8/23/24
Fargo Davies vs. Bismarck Legacy–9/6/24
Fargo Davies at Minot Magicians–9/13/24
Fargo Davies at Mandan–9/20/24
Fargo Davies vs. Williston–9/27/24
Fargo Davies at Fargo North–10/4/24
Fargo Davies vs. West Fargo–10/11/24
Fargo Davies at West Fargo Sheyenne–10/17/24
Fargo Davies vs. Shanley–10/25/24
Fargo North:
Fargo North vs. Bismarck–8/23/24
Fargo North at Bismarck Legacy–8/30/24
Fargo North at Bismarck Century–9/6/24
Fargo North vs. Mandan–9/13/24
Fargo North at Williston–9/20/24
Fargo North at West Fargo High School–9/27/24
Fargo North vs. Fargo Davies–10/4/24
Fargo North vs. West Fargo Sheyenne–10/11/24
Fargo North at Shanley–10/17/24
Bismarck:
Bismarck at Fargo North–8/23/24
Bismarck vs. West Fargo–8/30/24
Bismarck vs. West Fargo Sheyenne–9/13/24
Bismarck at Fargo Shanley–9/20/24
Bismarck at Minot–9/27/24
Bismarck vs. Bismarck Century–10/4/24
Bismarck at Bismarck Legacy–10/11/24
Bismarck vs. Williston–10/17/24
Bismarck vs. Mandan–10/25/24
Bismarck Century:
Bismarck Century at Fargo Davies–8/23/24
Bismarck Century vs. Fargo North–9/6/24
Bismarck Century at West Fargo–9/13/24
Bismarck Century vs. West Fargo Sheyenne–9/20/24
Bismarck Century vs. Bismarck Legacy–9/27/24
Bismarck Century at Bismarck–10/4/24
Bismarck Century vs. Williston–10/11/24
Bismarck Century at Mandan–10/17/24
Bismarck Century at Minot–10/25/24
Bismarck Legacy:
Bismarck Legacy at West Fargo–8/23/24
Bismarck vs. Fargo North–8/30/24
Bismarck Legacy at Fargo Davies–9/6/24
Bismarck Legacy vs. Fargo Shanley–9/13/24
Bismarck Legacy at Bismarck Century–9/27/24
Bismarck Legacy at Mandan–10/4/24
Bismarck Legacy vs. Bismarck–10/11/24
Bismarck Legacy vs. Minot–10/17/24
Bismarck Legacy at Williston–10/25/24
Mandan:
Mandan vs. Fargo Shanley–8/23/24
Mandan vs. Williston–8/30/24
Mandan at West Fargo Sheyenne–9/6/24
Mandan at Fargo North–9/13/24
Mandan vs. Fargo Davies–9/20/24
Mandan vs. Bismarck Legacy–10/4/24
Mandan at Minot–10/11/24
Mandan vs. Bismarck Century–10/17/24
Mandan at Bismarck–10/25/24
Minot:
Minot vs. West Fargo Sheyenne–8/30/24
Minot at Fargo Shanley–9/6/24
Minot vs. Fargo Davies–9/13/24
Minot at West Fargo–9/20/24
Minot vs. Bismarck–9/27/24
Minot at Williston–10/4/24
Minot vs. Mandan–10/11/24
Minot at Bismarck Legacy–10/17/24
Minot vs. Bismarck Century–10/25/24
West Fargo Sheyenne:
West Fargo Sheyenne vs. Williston–8/23/24
West Fargo Sheyenne at Minot Magicians–8/30/24
West Fargo Sheyenne vs. Mandan–9/6/24
West Fargo Sheyenne at Bismarck–9/13/24
West Fargo Sheyenne at Bismarck Century–9/20/24
West Fargo Sheyenne vs. Fargo Shanley–9/27/24
West Fargo Sheyenne at Fargo North–10/11/24
West Fargo Sheyenne vs. Fargo Davies–10/17/24
West Fargo Sheyenne at West Fargo–10/25/24
Williston:
Williston at West Fargo Sheyenne–8/23/24
Williston at Mandan–8/30/24
Williston vs. West Fargo–9/6/24
Williston vs. Fargo–9/20/24
Williston at Fargo Davies–9/27/24
Williston vs. Minot–10/4/24
Williston at Bismarck Century–10/11/24
Williston at Bismarck–10/17/24
Williston vs. Bismarck Legacy–10/25/24
Fargo Shanley:
Fargo Shanley at Mandan–8/23/24
Fargo Shanley at Fargo South–8/30/24
Fargo Shanley vs. Minot–9/6/24
Fargo Shanley at Bismarck Legacy–9/13/24
Fargo Shanley vs. Bismarck–9/20/24
Fargo Shanley at West Fargo Sheyenne–9/27/24
Fargo Shanley vs. West Fargo–10/4/24
Fargo Shanley vs. Fargo North–10/17/24
Fargo Shanley at Fargo Davies–10/25/24
West Fargo:
West Fargo vs. Bismarck Legacy–8/23/24
West Fargo at Bismarck–8/30/24
West Fargo at Williston–9/6/24
West Fargo vs. Bismarck Century–9/13/24
West Fargo vs. Minot–9/20/24
West Fargo vs. Fargo North–9/27/24
West Fargo at Fargo Shanley–10/4/24
West Fargo at Fargo Davies–10/11/24
West Fargo vs. West Fargo Sheyenne–10/25/24
Jamestown at Grand Forks Central—8/30/24
Jamestown vs. West Fargo Horace–9/6/24
Jamestown vs. Devils Lake–9/13/24
Jamestown at Grand Forks Red River–9/20/24
Jamestown vs. Valley City—9/27/24
Jamestown at Dickinson–10/4/24
Jamestown at St. Mary’s–10/11/24
Jamestown vs. Minot North–10/17/24
Jamestown at Watford City–10/25/24
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Dickinson:
Dickinson at Grand Fords Red River– 8/23/24
Dickinson vs. West Fargo Horace–8/30/24
Dickinson at Fargo South–9/6/24
Dickinson vs. Grand Forks Central–9/13/24
Dickinson at Watford City–9/27/24
Dickinson vs. Jamestown–10/4/24
Dickinson at Minot North–10/11/24
Dickinson vs. Valley City–10/17/24
Dickinson at St. Mary’s–10/25/24
Minot North:
Minot North vs. Wahpeton–9/6/24
Minot North at West Fargo Horace–9/13/24
Minot North at Grand Forks Central–9/20/24
Minot North vs. St. Mary’s–9/27/24
Minot North at Watford City–10/4/24
Minot North vs. Dickinson–10/11/24
Minot North at Jamestown–10/17/24
Minot North vs. Valley City–10/25/24
St. Mary’s:
St. Mary’s at Grand Forks Red River–8/30/24
St. Mary’s vs. Grand Forks Central–9/6/24
St. Mary’s at Fargo South–9/13/24
St. Mary’s vs. West Fargo Horace–9/20/24
St. Mary’s at Minot North–9/27/24
St. Mary’s at Valley City–10/4/24
St. Mary’s vs. Jamestown—10/11/24
St.Mary’s at Watford City–10/17/24
St. Mary’s vs. Dickinson–10/25/24
Watford City:
Watford City at Devils Lake–8/30/24
Watford City at Hazen–9/6/24
Watford City vs. Grand Forks Red River–9/13/24
Watford City at Wahpeton–9/20/24
Watford City vs. Dickinson–9/27/24
Watford City vs. Minot North–10/4/24
Watford City at Valley City–10/11/24
Watford City vs. St. Mary’s–10/17/24
Watford City vs. Jamestown–10/25/24
Valley City:
Valley City at Lisbon–8/30/24
Valley City vs. Devils Lake–9/6/24
Valley City at Wahpeton–9/13/24
Valley City vs. Fargo South–9/20/24
Valley City at Jamestown–9/27/24
Valley City vs. St. Mary’s–10/4/24
Valley City vs. Watford City–10/11/24
Valley City at Dickinson–10/17/24
Valley City at Minot North–10/25/24
Devils Lake:
Devils Lake at Central Cass–8/23/24
Devils Lake vs. Watford City–8/30/24
Devils Lake at Valley City–9/6/24
Devils Lake at Jamestown–9/13/24
Devils Lake vs. Wahpeton–9/27/24
Devils Lake vs. Fargo South–10/4/24
Devils Lake at Horace–10/11/24
Devils Lake vs. Grand Forks Central–10/18/24
Devils Lake vs. Grand Forks Red River–10/25/24
West Fargo Horace:
West Fargo Horace at Dickinson–8/30/24
West Fargo Horace at Jamestown–9/6/24
West Fargo Horace vs. Minot North–9/13/24
West Fargo Horace at St. Mary’s–9/20/24
West Fargo Horace at Grand Forks Central–9/27/24
West Fargo Horace vs. Wahpeton–10/4/24
West Fargo Horace vs. Devils Lake–10/11/24
West Fargo Horace at Grand Forks Red River–10/17/24
West Fargo Horace vs. Fargo South–10/25/24
Fargo South:
Fargo South vs. West Fargo Shanley–8/30/24
Fargo South vs. Dickinson–9/6/24
Fargo South vs. St. Mary’s–9/13/24
Fargo South at Valley City–9/20/24
Fargo South vs. Grand Forks Red River–9/27/24
Fargo South at Devils Lake–10/4/24
Fargo South at Grand Forks Central–10/11/24
Fargo South vs. Wahpeton–10/17/24
Fargo South at West Fargo Horace–10/25/24
Grand Forks Central:
Grand Forks Central vs. Jamestown–8/30/24
Grand Forks Central at St. Mary’s–9/6/24
Grand Forks Central at Dickinson–9/13/24
Grand Forks Central vs. Minot North–9/20/24
Grand Forks Central vs. Horace–9/27/24
Grand Forks Central at Grand Forks Red River–10/4/24
Grand Forks Central vs. Fargo South–10/11/24
Grand Forks Central at Devils Lake–10/17/24
Grand Forks Central at Wahpeton–10/25/24
Wahpeton:
Wahpeton vs. Kindred–8/30/24
Wahpeton at Minot North–9/6/24
Wahpeton vs. Valley City–9/13/24
Wahpeton vs. Watford City–9/20/24
Wahpeton at Devils Lake–9/27/24
Wahpeton at West Fargo Horace–10/4/24
Wahpeton vs. Grand Forks Red River–10/11/24
Wahpeton at Fargo South–10/17/24
Wahpeton vs. Grand Forks Central–10/25/24
Grand Forks Red River:
Grand Forks Red River vs. Dickinson–8/23/24
Grand Forks Red River vs. St. Mary’s–8/30/24
Grand Forks Red River at Watford City–9/13/24
Grand Forks Red River vs. Jamestown–9/20/24
Grand Forks Red River at Fargo South–9/27/24
Grand Forks Red River vs. Grand Forks Central–10/4/24
Grand Forks Red River at Wahpeton–10/11/24
Grand Forks Red River vs. West Fargo Horace–10/17/24
Grand Forks Red River at Devils Lake–10/25/24
Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm:
Ellendale/Edgeley/ Kulm at Harvey/Wells County–8/23/24, 7 p.m.
Ellendale/Edgeley/ Kulm vs. Shiloh Christian–8/30/24, 7 p.m.
Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm vs. Oakes–9/6/24, 7 p.m.
Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm at Thompson—9/13/24, 7 p.m.
Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm vs. Hillsboro/Central Valley–9/20/24, 7 p.m.
Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm vs. Lisbon (at Kulm HS)--10/4/24, 7 p.m.
Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm at Northern Cass— 10/11/24, 7 p.m.
Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm at Central Cass–10/18/24, 7 p.m.
Oakes:
Oakes vs. Langdon–8/23/24
Oakes at Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm–9/6/24
Oakes at Northern Cass–9/13/24
Oakes vs. Thompson–9/20/24
Oakes vs. Lisbon–9/27/24
Oakes vs. Hillsboro/Central Valley–10/4/24
Oakes vs. Central Cass-10/11/24
Oakes at Kindred–10/18/24
Kindred:
Kindred vs. Velva-Drake-AnamooseGarrison–8/23/24
Kindred at Wahpeton–8/30/24
Kindred vs. Lisbon–9/6/24
Kindred at Hillsboro/Central Valley–9/13/24
Kindred at Central Cass–9/20/24
Kindred vs. Ellendale/Edgeley-Kulm–9/27/24
Kindred at Northern Cass-10/4/24
Kindred at Thompson–10/11/24
Kindred vs. Oakes–10/18/24
Central Cass:
Central Cass vs. Devils Lake–8/23/24
Central Cass at Langdon/Edmore/ Munich–8/30/24
Central Cass vs. Northern Cass–9/6/24
Central Cass at Lisbon–9/13/24
Central Cass vs. Kindred–9/20/24
Central Cass at Hillsboro/Central Valley–9/27/24
Central Cass vs. Thompson–10/4/24
Central Cass at Oakes–10/11/24
Central Cass vs. Ellendale/Edgeley-Kulm
Lisbon:
Lisbon at Park River Area–8/23/24
Lisbon vs. Valley City–8/30/24
Lisbon at Kindred–9/6/24
Lisbon vs. Central Cass–9/13/24
Lisbon vs. Northern Cass-9/20/24
Lisbon at Oakes–9/27/24
Lisbon at Ellendale/Edgeley–Kulm–10/4/24
Lisbon vs. Hillsboro/Central Valley–10/11/24
Lisbon vs. Thompson–10/18/24
Hillsboro/Central Valley:
Hillsboro/Central Valley at Grafton–8/22/24
Hillsboro/Central Valley at Park River Area–8/30/24
Hillsboro/Central Valley vs. Thompson–9/6/24
Hillsboro/Central Valley vs. Kindred–9/13/24
Hillsboro/Central Valley at Ellendale/EdgeleyKulm–9/20/24
Hillsboro/Central Valley vs. Central Cass–9/27/24
Hillsboro/Central Valley at Oakes–10/4/24
Hillsboro/Central Valley at Lisbon–10/11/24
Hillsboro/Central Valley vs. Northern Cass–10/18/24
Northern Cass:
Northern Cass at Heart River–8/24/24
Northern Cass vs. West Fargo Sheyenne JV–8/29/24
Northern Cass at Central Cass–9/6/24
Northern Cass vs. Oakes–9/13/24
Northern Cass at Lisbon–9/20/24
Northern Cass at Thompson–9/27/24
Northern Cass vs. Kindred–10/4/24
Northern Cass vs. Ellendale/EdgeleyKulm–10/11/24
Northern Cass at Hillsboro/Central Valley–10/18/24
Thompson:
Thompson vs. Grafton–8/29/24
Thompson at Hillsboro-Central Valley–9/6/24
Thompson vs. Ellendale/EdgeleyKulm–9/13/24
Thompson at Oakes–9/20/24
Thompson vs. Northern Cass-9/27/24
Thompson at Central Cass–10/4/24
Thompson vs. Kindred–10/11/24
Thompson at Lisbon–10/18/24
Carrington vs. Southern McClean–8/23/24
Carrington at. Beulah–8/30/24
Carrington at Grafton–9/6/24
Carrington vs. Harvey/Wells County–9/13/24
Carrington vs. Park River Area–9/20/24
Carrington at Turtle Mountain–9/27/24
Carrington at Langdon–10/4/24
Carrington vs. Rugby–10/11/24
Carrington at Bottineau–10/18/24
Turtle Mountain:
Turtle Mountain at Surrey–8/23/24
Turtle Mountain vs. Hazen–8/30/24
Turtle Mountain vs. Bottineau–9/6/24
Turtle Mountain vs. Langdon/Area/EdmoreMunich–9/13/24
Turtle Mountain at Grafton–9/20/24
Turtle Mountain vs. Carrington–9/27/24
Turtle Mountain vs. Park River–10/4/24
Turtle Mountain at Harvey/Wells County–10/11/24
Turtle Mountain at Rugby–10/16/24
Grafton:
Grafton vs. Hillsboro/Central Valley–8/22/24
Grafton at Thompson–8/29/24
Grafton vs. Carrington–9/6/24
Grafton at Rugby–9/13/24
Grafton vs. Turtle Mountain–9/20/24
Grafton at Park River Area–9/27/24
Grafton at Harvey/Wells County–10/4/24
Grafton vs. Bottineau–10/11/24
Grafton vs. Langdon/Edmore/Munich–10/17/24
Langdon/Edmore/Munich: Langdon/Edmore/Munich at Oakes—8/23/24
Langdon/Edmore/Munich vs. Central Cass–8/30/24
Langdon/Edmore/Munich at Harvey/Wells County–9/6/24
Langdon/Edmore/Munich at Turtle Mountain–9/13/24
Langdon/Edmore/Munich vs. Rugby–9/20/24
Langdon/Edmore/Munich at Bottineau–9/27/24
Langdon/Edmore/Munich vs. Carrington–10/4/24
Langdon/Edmore/Munich vs. Park River Area–10/11/24
Langdon/Edmore/Munich at Grafton–10/17/24
Bottineau:
Bottineau vs. Beulah–8/23/24
Bottineau vs. Kildeer–8/30/24
Bottineau at Turtle Mountain–9/6/24
Bottineau vs. Park River Area–9/13/24
Bottineau at Harvey/Wells County–9/20/24
Bottineau vs. Langdon/Edmore/ Munich–9/27/24
Bottineau at Rugby–10/4/24
Bottineau at Grafton–10/11/24
Bottineau vs. Carrington–10/18/24
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Rugby:
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Rugby at Nedrose–8/23/24
Rugby vs. Des Lacs-Burlington–8/30/24
Rugby at Park River Area–9/6/24
Rugby vs. Grafton–9/13/24
Rugby at Langdon/Edmore/Munich–9/20/24
Rugby vs. Harvey/Wells County–9/27/24
Rugby vs. Bottineau–10/4/24
Rugby at Carrington–10/11/24
Rugby vs.Turtle Mountain–10/16/24
Harvey/Wells County:
Harvey/Wells County vs. Ellendale/EdgeleyKulm–8/23/24
Harvey/Wells County at Velva-DrakeAnamoose-Garrison–8/30/24
Harvey/Wells County vs. Langdon/Edmore/ Munich–9/6/24
Harvey/Wells County at Carrington–9/13/24
Harvey/Wells County vs. Bottineau–9/20/24
Harvey/Wells County at Rugby–9/27/24
Harvey/Wells County vs. Grafton–10/4/24
Harvey/Wells County vs. Turtle Mountain–10/11/24
Harvey/Wells County at Park River Area–10/19/24
Park River Area:
Park River Area vs. Lisbon–8/23/24
Park River Area vs. Hillsboro/Central Valley–8/30/24
Park River Area vs. Rugby–9/6/24
Park River Area at Bottineau–9/13/24
Park River Area at Carrington–9/20/24
Park River Area vs. Grafton–9/27/24
Park River Area at Turtle Mountain–10/4/24
Park River Area at Langdon/Edmore/ Munich–10/11/24
Park River Area vs. Harvey/Wells County–10/19/24
Bishop Ryan:
Bishop Ryan at Dickinson Trinity–8/30/24
Bishop Ryan vs. Nedrose–9/6/24
Bishop Ryan at Des Lacs-Burlington–9/20/24
Bishop Ryan vs. Surrey–9/27/24
Bishop Ryan at Velva-Drake-AnamooseGarrison–10/4/24
Bishop Ryan at Ray/Powers Lake–10/11/24
Bishop Ryan vs. Stanley–10/18/24
Des Lacs-Burlington:
Des Lacs-Burlington vs. Dickinson Trinity–8/23/24
Des Lacs-Burlington at Rugby–10/30/24
Des Lacs-Burlington vs. Ray/Powers Lake–9/6/24
Des Lacs-Burlington at Stanley–9/13/24
Des Lacs-Burlington vs. Bishop Ryan–9/20/24
Des Lacs-Burlington at Nedrose–10/4/24
Des Lacs-Burlington vs. Surrey–10/11/24
Des Lacs-Burlington at Velva-DrakeAnamoose-Garrison–10/18/24
Nedrose:
Nedrose vs. Rugby–8/23/24
Nedrose at Southern McLean–8/30/24
Nedrose at Bishop Ryan–9/6/24
Nedrose vs. Velva-Drake-AnamooseGarrison–9/13/24
Nedrose vs. Ray/Powers Lake–9/27/24
Nedrose vs. Des Lacs-Burlington–10/4/24
Nedrose at Stanley–10/11/24
Nedrose at Surrey–10/16/24
Stanley:
Stanley at Kildeer–8/23/24
Stanley vs. Bowman County–8/30/24
Stanley vs. Des Lacs-Burlington–9/13/24
Stanley at Surrey–9/20/24
Stanley vs. Velva–Drake-AnamooseGarrison–9/27/24
Stanley at Ray/Powers Lake–10/4/24
Stanley vs. Nedrose–10/11/24
Stanley at Bishop Ryan–10/18/24
Velva-Drake-Anamoose-Garrison: Velva-Drake-Anamoose-Garrison at Kindred–8/23/24
Velva-Drake-Anamoose-Garrison vs. Harvey/ Wells County–8/30/24
Velva-Drake-Anamoose-Garrison at Surrey–9/6/24
Velva-Drake-Anamoose-Garrison at Nedrose–9/13/24
Velva-Drake-Anamoose-Garrison vs. Ray/ Powers Lake–9/20/24
Velva-Drake-Anamoose-Garrison at Stanley–9/27/24
Velva-Drake-Anamoose-Garrison vs. Bishop Ryan–10/4/24
Velva-Drake-Anamoose-Garrison vs. Des Lacs-Burlington–10/18/24
Ray/Powers Lake:
Ray/Powers Lake at Shiloh Christian–8/23/24
Ray/Powers Lake at Heart River–8/30/24
Ray/Powers Lake at Des LacsBurlington–9/6/24
Ray/Powers Lake vs. Surrey–9/13/24
Ray/Powers Lake at Velva–Drake-AnamooseGarrison–9/20/24
Ray/Powers Lake at Nedrose–9/27/24
Ray/Powers Lake vs. Stanley–10/4/24
Ray/Powers Lake vs. Bishop Ryan–10/11/24
Surrey:
Surrey vs. Turtle Mountain–8/23/24
Surrey vs. Velva-Drake-AnamooseGarrison–9/6/24
Surrey at Ray/Powers Lake–9/13/24
Surrey vs. Stanley–9/20/24
Surrey at Bishop Ryan–9/27/24
Surrey at Des Lacs-Burlington–10/11/24
Surrey vs. Nedrose–10/16/24
Dickinson Trinity:
Dickinson Trinity at Des LacsBurlington–8/23/24
Dickinson Trinity vs. Bishop Ryan–8/30/24
Dickinson Trinity at Hazen–9/6/24
Dickinson Trinity vs. Beulah–9/12/24
Dickinson Trinity vs. Kildeer–9/20/24
Dickinson Trinity at Shiloh Christian–9/27/24
Dickinson Trinity vs. Bowman County–8/3/24
Dickinson Trinity vs. Heart River–10/11/24
Dickinson Trinity at Southern McLean–10/18/24
Beulah:
Beulah at Bottineau–8/23/24
Beulah vs. Carrington–8/30/24
Beulah vs. Bowman County–9/6/24
Beulah at Dickinson Trinity–9/12/24
Beulah at Southern McLean–9/20/24
Beulah vs. Hazen–9/27/24
Beulah at Heart River–10/4/24
Beulah at Killdeer–10/11/24
Beulah vs. Shiloh Christian–10/18/24
Bowman County:
Bowman County at Stanley–8/30/24
Bowman County at Beulah–9/6/24
Bowman County at Killdeer–9/13/24
Bowman County vs. Shiloh Christian–9/20/24
Bowman County vs. Heart River–9/27/24
Bowman County at Dickinson Trinity–10/3/24
Bowman County vs. Southern McLean–10/11/24
Bowman County vs. Hazen–10/17/24
Hazen:
Hazen vs. Watford City–8/23/24
Hazen at Turtle Mountain–8/30/24
Hazen vs. Dickinson Trinity–9/6/24
Hazen at Southern McLean–9/13/24
Hazen vs. Heart River–9/20/24
Hazen at Beulah–9/27/24
Hazen vs. Killdeer–10/4/24
Hazen at Shiloh Christian–10/11/24
Hazen at Bowman County–10/17/24
Heart River:
Heart River vs. Northern Cass–8/24/24
Heart River vs. Ray/Powers Lake–8/30/24
Heart River vs. Southern McLean–9/6/24
Heart River vs. Shiloh Christian–9/13/24
Heart River at Hazen–9/20/24
Heart River at Bowman County–9/27/24
Heart River vs. Beulah–10/4/24
Heart River at Dickinson Trinity–10/11/24
Heart River at Killdeer–10/18/24
Killdeer:
Killdeer vs. Stanley–8/23/24
Killdeer at Bottineau–8/30/24
Killdeer at Shiloh Christian–9/6/24
Killdeer vs. Bowman County–9/13/24
Killdeer at Dickinson Trinity–9/20/24
Killdeer vs. Southern McLean–9/27/24
Killdeer at Hazen–10/4/24
Killdeer vs. Beulah–10/11/24
Killdeer vs. Heart River–10/18/24
Shiloh Christian:
Shiloh Christian vs. Ray/Powers Lake–8/23/24
Shiloh Christian at Ellendale/EdgeleyKulm–8/30/24
Shiloh Christian vs. Killdeer–9/6/24
Shiloh Christian at Heart River–9/13/24
Shiloh Christian at Bowman County–9/20/24
Shiloh Christian vs. Dickinson Trinity–9/27/24
Shiloh Christian at Southern McLean–10/4/24
Shiloh Christian vs. Hazen–10/11/24
Shiloh Christian at Beulah–10/18/24
Southern McLean:
Southern McLean at Carrington–8/23/24
Southern McLean vs. Nedrose–8/30/24
Southern McLean at Heart River–9/6/24
Southern McLean vs. Beulah–9/20/24
Southern McLean at Killdeer–9/27/24
Southern McLean vs. Shiloh Christian–10/4/24
Southern McLean at Bowman County–10/11/24
Southern McLean vs. Dickinson Trinity–10/18/24
LaMoure/Litchville-Marion:
LaMoure/Litchville-Marion vs. Griggs/ Midkota–8/23/24
LaMoure/Litchville-Marion vs. Enderlin–8/30/24
LaMoure/Litchville-Marion at Maple River–9/6/24
LaMoure/Litchville-Marion at MayvillePortland-Clifford-Galesburg–9/13/24
LaMoure/Litchville-Marion vs. TriState–9/20/24
LaMoure/Litchville-Marion vs. Hankinson–9/27/24
LaMoure/Litchville-Marion at Wyndmere/ Lidgerwood–10/4/24
LaMoure/Litchville-Marion at Sargent County–10/11/24
Sargent County: Sargent County at Maple River–8/23/24
Sargent County at Griggs/Midkota–8/30/24
Sargent County vs. Mayville-Portland-CliffordGalesburg–9/6/24
Sargent County vs. Wyndmere/ Lidgerwood–9/13/24
Sargent County at Hankinson–9/20/24
Sargent County vs. Richland–9/27/24
Sargent County at Tri-State–10/4/24
Sargent County vs. LaMoure/LitchvilleMarion–10/11/24
Wyndmere/Lidgerwood: Wyndmere/Lidgerwood at Mayville-PortlandClifford-Galesburg–8/23/24
Wyndmere/Lidgerwood at Richland–8/30/24
Wyndmere/Lidgerwood vs. Griggs/ Midkota–9/6/24
Wyndmere/Lidgerwood at Sargent County–9/13/24
Wyndmere/Lidgerwood vs. Enderlin–9/20/24
Wyndmere/Lidgerwood at Tri-State–9/27/24
Wyndmere/Lidgerwood vs. LaMoure/LitchvilleMarion–10/4/24
Wyndmere/Lidgerwood vs. Hankinson–10/11/24
Hankinson:
Hankinson at Richland–8/23/24
Hankinson vs. Mayville-Portland-CliffordGalesburg–8/30/24
Hankinson at Enderlin–9/6/24
Hankinson vs. Tri-State–9/13/24
Hankinson vs. Sargent County–9/20/24
Hankinson at LaMoure/LitchvilleMarion–9/27/24
Hankinson vs. Maple River–10/4/24
Hankinson at Wyndmere/Lidgerwood–10/11/24
Tri-State: Fairmount-CampbellTintah-Rosholt:
Tri-State at Enderlin–8/23/24
Tri-State vs. Maple River–8/30/24
Tri-State vs. Richland–9/6/24
Tri-State at Hankinson–9/13/24
Tri-State at LaMoure/Litchville-Marion–9/20/24
Tri-State vs. Wyndmere/Lidgerwood–9/27/24
Tri-State vs. Sargent County–10/4/24
Tri-State at Griggs/Midkota–10/11/24
Maple River:
Maple River vs. Sargent County–8/23/24
Maple River at Tri-State–8/30/13
Maple River vs. LaMoure/LitchvilleMarion–9/6/24
Maple River at Griggs/Midkota–9/13/24
Maple River at Richland–9/20/24
Maple River vs. Mayville-Portland-CliffordGalesburg–9/27/24
Maple River at Hankinson–10/4/24
Maple River vs. Enderlin–10/11/24
Mayville–Portland-CliffordGalesburg:
Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg vs. Wyndmere/Lidgerwood–8/23/24
Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg at Hankinson–8/30/24
Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg at Sargent County–9/6/24
Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg vs. LaMoure/Litchville-Marion–9/13/24
Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg at Griggs/ Midkota–9/20/24
Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg at Maple River–9/27/24
Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg vs. Enderlin–10/4/24
Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg vs. Richland–10/11/24
Richland:
Richland vs. Hankinson–8/23/24
Richland vs. Wyndmere/Lidgerwood–8/30/24
Richland at Tri-State–9/6/24
Richland at Enderlin–9/13/24
Richland vs. Maple River–9/20/24
Richland at Sargent County–9/27/24
Richland vs. Griggs/Midkota–10/4/24
Richland at Mayville–Portland-CliffordGalesburg–10/11/24
Griggs/Midkota:
Griggs/Midkota at LaMoure/LitchvilleMarion–8/23/24
Griggs/Midkota vs. Sargent County–8/30/24
Griggs/Midkota at Wyndmere/ Lidgerwood–9/6/24
Griggs/Midkota vs. Maple River–9/13/24
Griggs/Midkota vs. Mayville-Portland-CliffordGalesburg–9/20/24
Griggs/Midkota at Enderlin–9/27/24
Griggs/Midkota at Richland–10/4/24
Griggs/Midkota vs. Tri-State–10/11/24
Enderlin:
Enderlin vs. Tri-State–8/23/24
Enderlin at LaMoure/Litchville-Marion–8/30/24
Enderlin vs. Hankinson–9/6/24
Enderlin vs. Richland–9/13/24
Enderlin at Wyndmere/Lidgerwood–9/20/24
Enderlin vs. Griggs/Midkota–9/27/24
Enderlin at Mayville–Portland-CliffordGalesburg–10/4/24
Enderlin at Maple River–10/11/24
Four Winds:
Four Winds vs. North Border–8/23/24
Four Winds at North Star–8/29/24
Four Winds vs. St. John–9/6/24
Four Winds at Larimore–9/13/24
Four Winds vs. New Rockford-Sheyenne–Maddock–9/20/24
Four Winds at Hatton–Northwood–9/27/24
Four Winds vs. Nelson County–10/4/24
Larimore:
Larimore at North Prairie–8/23/24
Larimore at St. John–8/30/24
Larimore vs. Midway-Minto–9/6/24
Larimore vs. Four Winds–9/13/24
Larimore at Nelson County–9/24/24
Larimore vs. New Rockford-SheyenneMaddock–9/27/24
Larimore vs. Hatton-Northwood–10/4/24
Larimore at Nelson County–10/11/24
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Nelson County:
Nelson County vs. Cavalier–8/23/24
Nelson County at Midway-Minto–8/30/24
Nelson County at North Border–9/6/24
Nelson County at New Rockford-Sheyenne–Maddock–9/13/24
Nelson County vs. Hatton-Northwood–9/20/24
Nelson County vs. Larimore–9/24/24
Nelson County at Four Winds–10/4/24
Nelson County vs. Larimore–10/11/24
New Rockford-SheyenneMaddock:
New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock at St. John–8/23/24
New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock at Cavalier–8/30/24
New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock vs. North Prairie–9/6/24
New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock vs. Nelson County–9/13/24
New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock at Four Winds–9/20/24
New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock at Larimore–9/27/24
New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock vs. North Star–10/4/24
New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock vs. HattonNorthwood–10/11/24
Hatton-Northwood:
Hatton-Northwood vs. North Star–8/23/24
Hatton-Northwood at North Prairie–8/30/24
Hatton-Northwood vs. Cavalier–9/6/24
Hatton-Northwood at Nelson County–9/20/24
Hatton-Northwood vs. Four Winds–9/27/24
Hatton-Northwood at Larimore–10/4/24
Hatton-Northwood at New RockfordSheyenne-Maddock–10/11/24
Cavalier:
Cavalier at Nelson County–8/23/24
Cavalier vs. New Rockford-SheyenneMaddock–8/30/24
Cavalier at Hatton-Northwood–9/6/24
Cavalier at North Prairie–9/13/24
Cavalier vs. St. John–9/20/24
Cavalier vs. North Star–9/27/24
Cavalier vs. Midway-Minto–10/4/24
Cavalier at North Border–10/11/24
North Star:
North Star at Hatton-Northwood–8/23/24
North Star vs. Four Winds–8/29/24
North Star at North Border–9/13/24
North Star vs. North Prairie–9/20/24
North Star at Cavalier–9/27/24
North Star vs. St. John–10/4/24
North Star at New Rockford-SheyenneMaddock–10/8/24
North Star vs. Midway-Minto–10/11/24
St. John:
St. John vs. New Rockford-SheyenneMaddock–8/23/24
St. John vs. Larimore–8/30/24
St. John at Four Winds–9/6/24
St. John vs. Midway-Minto–9/13/24
St. John at Cavalier–9/20/24
St. John vs. North Border–9/27/24
St. John at North Star–10/4/24
St. John at North Prairie–10/11/24
North Prairie:
North Prairie vs. Larimore–8/23/24
North Prairie vs. Hatton-Northwood–8/30/24
North Prairie at New Rockford-SheyenneMaddock–9/6/24
North Prairie vs. Cavalier–9/13/24
North Prairie at North Star–9/20/24
North Prairie at Midway-Minto–9/27/24
North Prairie at North Border–10/4/24
North Prairie vs. St. John–10/11/24
North Border:
North Border at Four Winds–8/23/24
North Border at Midway-Minto–8/27/24
North Border vs. Nelson County–9/6/24
North Border vs. North Star–9/13/24
North Border vs. Midway-Minto–9/20/24
North Border at St. John–9/27/24
North Border vs. North Prairie–10/4/24
North Border vs. Cavalier–10/11/24
Midway-Minto:
Midway-Minto vs. North Border–8/27/24
Midway-Minto vs. Nelson County–8/30/24
Midway-Minto at Larimore–9/6/24
Midway-Minto at St. John–9/13/24
Midway-Minto at North Border–9/20/24
Midway-Minto vs. North Prairie–9/27/24
Midway-Minto at Cavalier–10/4/24
Midway-Minto at North Star–10/11/24
Divide County:
Divide County vs. South Prairie-Max–8/23/24
Divide County at Tioga–8/30/24
Divide County at Mohall-LansfordSherwood–9/6/24
Divide County vs. Westhope-NewburgGlenburn–9/13/24
Divide County vs. Berthold–9/20/24
Divide County at Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central–9/27/24
Divide County vs. Dunseith–10/4/24
Divide County at Alexander–10/11/24
Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn: Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn at TGU–8/23/24
Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn at Berthold–8/30/24
Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn vs. KenmareBowbells-Burke Central–9/6/24
Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn at Divide County–9/13/24
Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn vs. Alexander–9/20/24
Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn at Dunseith–9/27/24
Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn vs. South Prairie-Max–10/4/24
Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn vs. MohallLansford-Sherwood–10/11/24
Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood: Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood vs. Alexander–8/23/24
Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood at South PrairieMax–8/30/24
Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood vs. Divide County–9/6/24
Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood at Dunseith–9/13/24
Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood at Tioga–9/20/24
Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood vs. TGU–9/27/24
Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood vs. KenmareBowbells-Burke Central–10/4/24
Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood at WesthopeNewburg-Glenburn–10/11/24
Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central: Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central vs. Berthold–8/23/24
Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central at Alexander–8/30/24
Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central at Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn–9/6/24
Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central vs. Tioga–9/13/24
Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central at TGU–9/20/24
Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central vs. Divide County–9/27/24
Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central at MohallLansford-Sherwood–10/4/24
Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central vs. Dunseith–10/11/24
Dunseith:
Dunseith vs. Tioga–8/23/24
Dunseith vs. TGU–8/30/24
Dunseith at Berthold–9/6/24
Dunseith vs. Mohall-LansfordSherwood–9/13/24
Dunseith at South Prairie-Max–9/20/24
Dunseith vs. Westhope-NewburgGlenburn–9/27/24
Dunseith at Divide County–10/4/24
Dunseith at Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central–10/11/24
Alexander: Alexander at Mohall-LansfordSherwood–8/23/24
Alexander vs. Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central–8/30/24
Alexander at South Prairie-Max–9/6/24
Alexander vs. Berthold–9/13/24
Alexander at Westhope-NewburgGlenburn-9/20/24
Alexander vs. Tioga–9/27/24
Alexander at TGU–10/4/24
TGU:
TGU vs. Westhope-NewburgGlenburn–8/23/24
TGU at Dunseith–8/30/24
TGU at Tioga–9/6/24
TGU vs. South Prairie-Max–9/13/24
TGU vs. Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central–9/20/24
TGU at Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood–9/27/24
TGU vs. Alexander–10/4/24
TGU at Berthold–10/11/24
South Prairie-Max:
South Prairie-Max at Divide County–8/23/24
South Praire-Max vs. Mohall-LansfordSherwood–8/30/24
South Prairie-Max vs. Alexander–9/6/24
South Prairie-Max at TGU–9/13/24
South Prairie-Max vs. Dunseith–9/20/24
South Prairie-Max at Berthold–9/27/24
South Prairie-Max at Westhope-NewburgGlenburn–10/4/24
South Prairie-Max vs. Tioga–10/11/24
Tioga:
Tioga at Dunseith–8/23/24
Tioga vs. Divide County–8/30/24
Tioga vs. TGU–9/6/24
Tioga at Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central–9/13/24
Tioga vs. Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood–9/20/24
Tioga at Alexander–9/27/24
Tioga vs. Berthold–10/4/24
Tioga at South Prairie-Max–10/11/24
Lewis and Clark-Berthold:
Lewis and Clark-Berthold at KenmareBowbells-Burke Central–8/23/24
Lewis and Clark-Berthold vs. WesthopeNewburg-Glenburn–8/30/24
Lewis and Clark-Berthold vs. Dunseith–9/6/24
Lewis and Clark-Berthold at Alexander–9/13/24
Lewis and Clark-Berthold at Divide County–9/20/24
Lewis and Clark-Berthold vs. South PrairieMax–9/27/24
Lewis and Clark-Berthold at Tioga–10/4/24
Lewis and Clark-Berthold vs. TGU–10/11/24
Region 7:
Beach:
Beach vs. Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter–8/24/24
Beach at Kidder County–8/30/24
Beach vs. Central McClean–9/6/24
Beach at Standing Rock–9/13/24
Beach at Hettinger/Scranton–9/20/24
Beach vs. Grant County/Flasher–9/27/24
Beach at Hettinger County–10/4/24
Beach vs. Richardton/Taylor/Hebron–10/11/24
Grant County/Flasher:
Grant County/Flasher at Central McClean–8/24/24
Grant County/Flasher vs. South Border–8/30/24
Grant County/Flasher at Linton/HazeltonMoffit-Braddock–9/6/24
Grant County/Flasher vs. Richardton/Taylor/ Hebron–9/13/24
Grant County/Flasher vs. Hettinger County–9/20/24
Grant County/Flasher at Beach–9/27/24
Grant County/Flasher vs. Standing Rock–10/4/24
Grant County/Flasher at Hettinger/ Scranton–10/11/24
Hettinger/Scranton:
Hettinger/Scranton vs. New SalemAlmont–8/24/24
Hettinger/Scranton at Napoleon/GackleStreeter–8/30/24
Hettinger/Scranton vs. Kidder County–9/6/24
Hettinger/Scranton at Hettinger County–9/13/24
Hettinger/Scranton vs. Beach–9/20/24
Hettinger/Scranton at Standing Rock–9/27/24
Hettinger/Scranton at Richardton/Taylor/ Hebron–10/4/24
Hettinger/Scranton vs. Grant County/ Flasher–10/11/24
Richardton/Taylor/Hebron: Richardton/Taylor/Hebron at South Border–8/24/24
Richardton/Taylor/Hebron vs. New Salem/ Almont–8/30/24
Richardton/Taylor/Hebron vs. Napoleon/ Gackle-Streeter–9/6/24
Richardton/Taylor/Hebron at Grant County/ Flasher–9/13/24
Richardton/Taylor/Hebron vs. Standing Rock–9/20/24
Richardton/Taylor/Hebron at Hettinger County–9/27/24
Richardton/Taylor/Hebron vs. Hettinger/ Scranton–10/4/24
Richardton/Taylor/Hebron at Beach–10/11/24
Standing Rock:
Standing Rock at Linton/HMB—8/24/24
Standing Rock vs. Central McClean—8/30/24
Standing Rock at South Border—-9/6/24
Standing Rock vs. Beach—9/13/24
Standing Rock at Richardton/Taylor/ Hebron—9/20/24
Standing Rock vs. Hettinger/ Scranton—9/27/24
Standing Rock at Grant County/ Flasher—10/4/24
Standing Rock vs. Hettinger County—10/11/24
Hettinger County:
Hettinger County at Kidder County—8/24/24
Hettinger County vs. Linton/HMB—8/30/24
Hettinger County at New Salem/ Almont—9/6/24
Hettinger County vs. Hettinger/ Scranton—9/13/24
Hettinger County at Grant County/ Flasher—9/20/24
Hettinger County vs. Richardton/Taylor/ Hebron—9/27/24
Hettinger County vs. Beach—10/4/24
Hettinger County at Standing Rock—10/11/24
South Border:
South Border vs. Richardton/Taylor/ Hebron–8/24/24
South Border at Grant CountyFlasher–8/30/24
South Border vs. Standing Rock–9/6/24
South Border at Napoleon/GackleStreeter–9/13/24
South Border at Linton/Hazelton-MoffitBraddock–9/20/24
South Border vs. Central McClean–9/27/24
South Border at New Salem-Almont–10/4/24
South Border vs. Kidder County–10/11/24
Linton-HMB:
Linton/HMB vs. Standing Rock—8/24/24
Linton/HMB at Hettinger County—8/30/24
Linton/HMB vs. Grant County/Flasher—9/6/24
Linton/HMB at New Salem/Almont— 9/13/24
Linton/HMB vs. South Border—9/20/24
Linton/HMB at Napoleon/GackleStreeter–9/27/24
Linton/HMB at Kidder County—10/4/24
Linton/HMB vs. Central McClean—10/11/24
Kidder County:
Kidder County vs. Hettinger County–8/24/24
Kidder County vs. Beach–8/30/24
Kidder County at Hettinger/Scranton–9/6/24
Kidder County at Central McClean–9/13/24.
Kidder County vs. Napoleon/GackleStreeter–9/20/24
Kidder County at New Salem/Almont–9/27/24
Kidder County vs. Linton/HMB–10/4/24
Kidder County at South Border–10/11/24
Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter:
Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter at Beach–-8/24/24
Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter vs. Hettinger/ Scranton–8/30/24
Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter at Richardton/ Taylor/Hebron–9/6/24
Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter vs. South Border—9/13/24
Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter at Kidder County—9/20/24
Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter vs. Linton/HMB— 9/27/24
Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter at Central McClean–10/4/24
Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter vs. New Salem/ Almont–10/11/24
New Salem-Almont:
New Salem-Almont at HettingerScranton–8/24/24
New Salem-Almont at Richardton/Taylor/ Hebron–8/30/24
New Salem-Almont vs. Hettinger County–9/6/24
New Salem-Almont vs. Linton/Hazelton-MoffitBraddock–9/13/24
New Salem-Almont at Central McClean–9/20/24
New Salem-Almont vs. Kidder County–9/27/24
New Salem-Almont vs. South Border–10/4/24
New Salem-Almont at Napoleon/GackleStreeter–10/11/24
Central McClean:
Central McClean vs. Grant County/ Flasher–8/24/24
Central McClean at Standing Rock–8/30/24
Central McClean at Beach–9/6/24
Central McClean vs. Kidder County–9/13/24
Cental McCleanvs. New SalemAlmont–9/20/24
Central McClean at South Border–9/27/24
Central McClean vs. Napoleon/GackleStreeter–10/4/24
Central McClean at Linton/Hazelton-MoffitBraddock–10/11/24
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