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Prep Softball: Minot North drops doubleheader to Mandan

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Mandan scored the bulk of its runs over the final few innings in a pair of victories over the Minot North softball team on Wednesday, April 22, at Scheels Complex. The Braves plated 13 runs in the last three frames for a 15-7 victory in Game 1 and completed the sweep with five runs in the seventh of an 11-6 win in game 2. The Sentinels (6-6 overall, 4-6 WDA) led 6-2 after three innings in the opener, scoring a run in the first, two in the second and three in the third. Minot North scored half of those runs via walks with the bases loaded. Mandan’s offense came to life in the ...

Prep Baseball: Magicians sweep doubleheader against Demons

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The Minot High baseball team outslugged Bismarck High, 15-13, in the opener and won a pitcher’s duel in the nightcap, 5-2, for a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday, April 21, at Sanford Sports Complex. Trailing 13-12 heading into their final at-bat, the Magicians scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning and held the Demons off the board for the first time in the bottom half to complete the comeback. Minot High scored three runs in each of the final four innings and recorded 13 hits. The Magicians (6-4 overall, 5-3 WDA) took advantage of seven Bismarck High errors. They scored ...

Prep Softball: Defending champion Williston sweeps Majettes

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The Minot High softball team was held to one run on two hits in a pair of losses to defending state champion Williston on Tuesday, April 21, at Williston State College. The Coyotes no-hit the Majettes in the nightcap. The Coyotes needed just three innings to end the opener, scoring 20 runs on 13 hits in a 20-0 victory. They followed that performance with a 21-1 victory in the finale. Williston had 33 hits over the two games. Williston (11-0 overall, 8-0 WDA) put up five runs in the first, seven in the second and eight in the third to reach the mercy rule threshold in Game 1. Eight ...

Beavers, Wolves split pair of close games

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The Minot State Beavers entered their Wednesday afternoon games against the Norther State Wolves off of a hot streak. After sweeping the St. Cloud State University Huskies in their weekend/weekday series on the road, the Beavers found themselves back home at Corbett Field for another day of ...

Girls Track & Field: Lade wins 800m at BPS River City Invite

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Minot High senior Sophia Lade ran a season-best time of 2 minutes, 22.01 seconds to win the 800 meters as the Majettes finished fifth overall with a score of 86 at the BPS River City Invite on Tuesday, April 21, at the MDU Resources Community Bowl. Lade finished a half-second ahead of Bismarck St. Mary’s Ella Selensky, who ran a 2:22.51. Bismarck High’s Bryar Jahner was third with a time of 2:22.79. Lade also won the 800m at the Mandan Kiwanis Invite last Wednesday. She also served as the third leg of the 4x400 relay team that took third at 4:11.89. She teamed up with Marlie ...