North Dakota State
Softball Earns NCAA Division I
Midwest Region Co-Coaching Staff of the Year Honor Fargo --Head coach Heather Tarr and her
entire coaching staff at the University of Washington have been
selected as the NFCA’s NCAA Division I Coaching Staff of the Year, the
National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced on Monday night. Tarr
and her staff piloted the Huskies to the first NCAA Championship in
program history earlier this month.Under the direction of head coach Darren
Mueller,
North Dakota State won the Summit League tournament and NCAA Norman
Regional before falling to Arizona State in the NCAA Division I Super
Regional round. FULL
STORY Pair of Fighting
Sioux Recruits Selected in
2009 NHL Entry Draft
Grand Forks --University of North Dakota recruits Corban Knight and Mike
Cichy
were each selected today in the 2009 National Hockey League Entry Draft
in Montreal, Quebec.
Knight was drafted by Florida in the
fifth
round (135th overall) while Cichy was taken by Montreal in the seventh round (199th
overall). Cichy was named most valuable
player of the
United States Hockey League playoffs after leading Indiana to the league championship
and
scoring a playoff-leading 25 points in 16 games, including a USHL
playoff-record 16 assists. A native of New Hartford, Conn., Cichy was
acquired
by Indiana
during the season from Tri-City and went on to score 47 points (24
goals, 23
assists) in 30 regular season games for the Ice. He had scored 29
points (10
goals, 19 assists) in 26 games with Tri-City. FULL
STORY Fridley Named Coach
of the Year by NDAPSSA
Dickinson --Guy
Fridley has a simple recipe for success in coaching treat your players
right. The Dickinson State mentor has applied that
principle when he coaches the women's basketball and softball
teams. I
tell them in the recruiting process that they will be treated the right
way,"Fridley said. "Once you get kids on board and treat them the right
way, they will play their heart out for you. "We push everybody
treating each other the right way,"Fridley added. "That leads to good
team chemistry. Chemistry is another reason why we have been so
successful. FULL
STORY Mike Offerdahl
Exits
Post at Dakota Wizards
Joins Marauders
Bismarck --University
of Mary Athletic Director Roger Thomas has selected the
first Marauders Assistant Athletic Director for Advancement, naming
Bismarck, ND, native Mike Offerdahl to the post. Offerdahl joins U-Mary
after three seasons with the Dakota Wizards, recognized as one of the
model organizations in the NBA Developmental League.One of two
new positions created in the U-Mary athletic department, the
assistant athletic director for advancement will be responsible for
marketing, promotions and fundraising for Marauders athletics. FULL
STORY UND’s Brewster Elevated
to
Associate Head Coach
Grand Forks --University of North
Dakota athletic director Brian Faison announced today the
elevation of Travis Brewster from assistant
women’s basketball coach to associate head coach. Brewster
returned to the Fighting Sioux coaching staff for the 2008-09 season
and helped
UND usher in the Division I era with an 18-11 record and a 2009 UND
Spring Thaw
Tournament championship. “Travis not
only brings experience to our
coaching staff, but more specifically, he brings Division I
experience,” head
women’s basketball coach Gene Roebuck said. “His knowledge
of the game and quality recruiting will help us to continually grow as
a program." FULL
STORY
West River Action
with Jeff
Baranick
Beulah--
As
the calendar page flips to July, there's been a flurry of American
Legion
baseball games played in the WestRiver
region. In the
Class B ranks, the Beulah Cyclones have been exceptionally busy on the
diamond,
having faced four opponents in a total of 10 contests spanning six
days. Included
in that whirlwind week of baseball action, the Cyclones defeated
Washburn Post
12 four times, got swept in twinbills by both RenvilleCounty and
the Mandan
A's, and
fell to the Dickinson Volunteers last night 10-4. Among the
highlights in
the quartet of games against Washburn were two comeback wins (one
involving a
12-run outburst to rally from a six-run deficit) and a pair of home
runs off
the bat of Legion rookie Erik Ham. Against Mandan, Ham pitched four innings of
scoreless
relief, was 3-for-4 at the plate, and scored three runs in a 10-8
setback to
the A's. Meanwhile, SS Ben Maliske clubbed a 3-run homer in
hitting 4-for-5
and amassing five RBI. In the six-run loss to Dickinson, Beulah opened an early
four-run
lead as four of the first five Cyclone batters hit
safely. But
Beulah's defense faltered in the middle innings--committing
eight errors total--to allow the Volunteers to score 10 runs over the
last four
innings of that contest. Dickinson
improved to 14-9 on the season with their come -from - behind win,
while Beulah
dropped to 15-8 overall. The Cyclones are next in action this
Thursday
(July 2), hosting the Hettinger Bears in a Section 8 matchup at
Goldmann
Field. FSR 1410 will carry live coverage of game one of that
doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 pm MDT. The
Hazen
Astros were also in action last night (Tuesday) against Mandan, but we
have no results to report as
of this writing. Filed
by Fox Sports
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