CLASS A: Big
Inning Carries Vistas by Govs Bismarck -- Bismarck
Governors pitcher James Carroll had a gem going Friday
night. Then the Minot Vistas hitters put together a
gem of an
inning. No-hit through four frames, the Vistas erupted
for seven runs in
the bottom of the fifth to key a 10-2 victory over the Governors at
Bismarck’s Municipal Ballpark in a game that pitted the two
remaining unbeaten teams in the Class A American Legion baseball
state tournament. FULL
STORY
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CLASS B:
Casselton Knocks Out Washburn Grafton -- For two days,
Washburn had the loudest bats at the
Class B American Legion state baseball tournament. On
the third day, however, Washburn left quietly. Casselton
handed Washburn a 10-4 setback here Friday in the losers’
bracket of the state tournament. Casselton 16-year-old right-hander
Jonathan Lubbers limited Washburn to seven hits and two earned
runs. That same Washburn team opened the tournament with
14 hits in a
first-round loss, the most hits by any team in the first two days.
FULL
STORY
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2010 15th
Annual Dakota Walleye Classic Results Beulah -- The results
for the 2010 DWC are in.
Similar to the Governor's Cup the 2005 walleye year class
dominated. Very fish fish brought in were under 17 inches and it showed
as
weights were very competitive up and down the board. While
many anglers brought in their 10 weigh fish the fishing
wasn't bang-bang-knock-em-dead. Lots of anglers worked hard
for their
5 fish each day limits. Some did, however, manage to have superb days
with bigger numbers of fish caught per day. Sakakawea is on the
rebound and seeing the health of fish in the system
is encouraging. In
the next three years we'll see the "Big Lake" back to her
prime. Of
course, dependent on Mother Nature but at this moment she
appears to be
kind. FULL
STORY
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Lions
All-Star Series:
Class A Boys Beat Class B Fargo -- Nik Savageau
capped the Lions all-star series with an
all-star play. The Fargo North guard drained an 18-foot
jumper with four
seconds remaining to lift Class A to a 92-91 boys basketball
victory against Class B on Wednesday at the Fargo Civic Center.
"I just knew Savageau at the end was going to make a play," said
Class A and Bismarck High head coach Steve Miller. Class
A rebounded from a 35-point defeat in the first game of
the series. Class B rolled to an 88-53 victory Tuesday at the
Bismarck Civic Center. "I think (Class A) came out a
little more looking like they
wanted to go at us a little more, a little more aggressive," said
forward Harrison Weber, a 6-foot-7 forward from Central Cass.
FULL
STORY
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Head
Softball Coach Darren Mueller Receives Three-Year Contract Extension Fargo-- North
Dakota State University head softball coach Darren
Mueller has agreed to a three-year contract extension,
formalizing the
university's commitment to his coaching success, leadership and
professionalism. Details of the contract are being finalized. The
announcement was made by director of women's athletics Lynn Dorn. Mueller led the Bison to
their second straight NCAA Regional
appearance and Summit League tournament championship during the 2010
season. FULL
STORY
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DAC's Future
is Up in the Air Dickinson -- Representatives
of the five remaining schools in the
Dakota Athletic Conference will meet in early August to talk about
the DAC's future, commissioner LaVern Jessen says. Longtime NAIA
institutions Black Hills State and South Dakota
School of Mines and Technology have been accepted into NCAA
Division II and will be making the transition over the next three
years. Jessen said that comes as no surprise, but the departure of the
two South Dakota schools will leave only five DAC schools: Dakota
State in South Dakota, and Dickinson State, Jamestown College,
Mayville State and Valley City State in North Dakota. FULL
STORY
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Former Dickinson
State Baseball
Player Signs Pro Contract Dickinson-- Former Blue Hawk Dan Morari signed
a pro contract to
play for Calgary Vipers of the Golden Baseball League. He has become
the 5th Blue Hawk to sign a pro contract since 2002. Morari was a
standout left handed pitcher for the Blue Hawks during the 2006 and
2007 seasons. He helped lead the Blue Hawks to regular season and
conference tournament titles in 2006 and 2007. The Blue Hawks had an
overall record of 67-32 during his two seasons. Morari was a 2nd team All Dakota
Athletic Conference
selection following the 2007 season after ending the year with a 4-0
record with an ERA of 2.62 in 79.0 innings. FULL
STORY
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.
West River Action
with Jeff
Baranick
Beulah--As
the end of July approaches, baseball, basketball, & fishing grabbed
the
spotlight on the North Dakota summer
sports
scene. In American Legion diamond action, Class B sectional
tournaments
commenced this past week, although severe thunderstorms & steady
rain
wreaked havoc with tourney schedules. The twice-delayed Section 7
tournament
was hosted by Hettinger and finally concluded Sunday afternoon with
some
improvisational scheduling. This past Thursday, in opening-day
contests,
Hettinger blanked BowmanCounty
12-0, Washburn—seeded
second—edged out 3rd-seeded Hazen 5-4, & top-seeded Beulah routed
Hettinger
13-0. In the Hettinger Bears’ first-game victory, the big
highlight was
Ryan Yates’ 5th-inning grand slam for Hettinger which terminated that
matchup
early due to the 10-run rule. In the game that followed, both
Washburn
Post 12 and the Hazen Astros got on the board early before starting
pitchers
Cole Bender (Washburn) & Tanner Borlaug (Hazen) settled down to
string together
several shutout innings. Post 12 finally tallied the game-winning run
in the
bottom of the 7th frame. Sparkling offensively were McKeon Meyhoff
of
Hazen & Jeff Rasmussen of Washburn. Meyhoff went 3-for-4 at
the plate,
smashing a home run and double and garnering two RBI. Meanwhile,
Rasmussen was
2-for-4 at the dish, also blasting a homer and plating the game-winning
run
with a single while picking up three RBI of his own. In 2nd-day
action—postponed to Saturday, Hazen drubbed BowmanCounty
17-5 to oust the Blue Sox from further tourney play. The Astros,
behind a
complete-game pitching performance turned in by Alex Barfield, blitzed
Hettinger 11-1 to eliminate the Bears from the
tournament. Meanwhile, in
the showdown of first-day unbeatens Washburn & Beulah, Post 12
downed the
Cyclones 5-2--riding the outstanding mound effort of starting hurler
Mitch
Wachendorf. With the victory, Washburn moved into Sunday’s
championship
round. In Saturday’s final tilt—a loser-out matchup between arch-rivals
Beulah
& Hazen—the Cyclones outlasted the Astros 9-7, benefitting from a
two-run
homer from 1B Keanon Serna. Going the distance on the mound for
Beulah to
claim the victory was Logan Kessler. The Beulah win set up a rematch
between the Cyclones & Post 12 on Sunday afternoon with a sectional
title
and state tournament berth at stake; and claiming that coveted
championship and
state tourney appearance was Washburn. The Post 12 contingent eked
out a
6-5 win over Beulah to improve its season ledger to 16-7 and earn a
trip to
Grafton this upcoming week for state tournament competition. The
Cyclones
concluded their summer campaign with an overall record of
28-12. Turning our attention indoors, the annual Lions’ All-Star
basketball series resumed for another edition this past week, pitting
Class B
girls & guys against their Class A counterparts in games played in
Bismarck
& Fargo. In a rather rare turn of events in the CapitalCity
this past Tuesday, the B girls and guys won their respective games
versus their
Class A opponents with relative ease. The ladies prevailed by 11
points 83-72 behind the sharp-shooting of North Border’s Hailey Longtin
who
netted 19 points. The boys romped to an 88-53 win with five
different
players reaching double figures in scoring, including Adam Randall of KidderCounty
and Grant Singer of Turtle Lake-Mercer. Finally, Lake
Sakakawea north of Beulah was the site this
past weekend for the
15th annual Dakota Walleye Classic fishing tournament sponsored by the
Beulah
Chamber of Commerce. There were 141 two-person teams entered,
vying for a
variety of cash prizes approaching $30,000 total. The first-place
finishers—determined by the total weight of a maximum of 10 fish caught
over
two days--were guaranteed $10,000 for their efforts. Winning the
2010 DWC
were Jeff Enzminger & Jordan Binstock of Bismarck with a total two-day catch
weighing
a shade over 26 lbs. Runners-up were the first-day leaders DJ
Erickson of
Beulah & Jason Erickson of Dickinson
who netted for themselves a $5,000 award plus additional money for
catching the
biggest fish of the tourney (6.9 lbs). The Ericksons’ total catch
also
tipped the scale at 26+ pounds. FSR 1410 was on the scene
extensively for
both days of fishing with Danger Russ providing frequent updates on
both Friday
& Saturday of tournament highlights and developments.
Filed
by Fox Sports
Radio 1410 sportscaster Jeff Baranick Listen forJeff on Fox Friday Night Live - Friday
Nights 9pm
August
7th-8th Outdoor 3-D Archery ChampionshipJoin the live action at the Hazen Bay
Recreation Area. For more information
call: 888-464-2936
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August 20th-22nd Master Walleye Circuit Fishing Tournamenta professional
walleye tournament in Devils Lake, pulling professional anglers from a
national level broadcast on television. Teams will compete for cash
prizes. Tournament will launch out of Graham's Island and will move to
the Burdick Arena for the weigh-in each day. For more information
call: 1-800-233-8048
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August 28th Badlands Trail Run - 5-K/10-K Join
us for the fourth annual event that winds its way through the
breath-taking North Dakota Badlands on portions of the Maah Daah Hey
Trail. Run 5-K or 10-K or walk 5-K in Medora. For more information
call: 800-633-6721
