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Women’s Hockey: Beavers post second shutout of Gophers in sweep

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The Minot State women’s ice hockey team kept the University of Minnesota off the scoreboard for the entire 120 minutes the two teams were on the ice this weekend, culminating with a 4-0 victory on Saturday, Feb. 14, at Maysa Arena to close out the regular season. The Beavers (15-5-7) outshot the Gophers 78-9 en route to their ninth shutout of the season. Journey Miller opened the scoring at 15:54 of the first period and added her second at 7:20 of the second period. Miller has a team-high 14 goals on the season Paige Kozak gave the Beavers a 3-0 advantage halfway through the ...

Girls Gymnastics: Minot United wins dual with Northwest Stars

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The Minot United girls gymnastics team completed a home-and-home season sweep of the Northwest Stars on Friday, Feb. 13, with a 134.100-115.200 victory in the final dress rehearsal before the West Region meet. Minot United coach Cassie Davis said she handed the reins to the gymnasts themselves in their final dual of the season, allowing them to pick and choose which events to take part in. As a result, not all of them competed for the all-around title and sat out some of the events. The Stars – a co-op consisting of Ray, Stanley and Tioga – took the top three spots in the ...

Men’s Wrestling: Beavers drop duals to Augustana, Sioux Falls

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The Minot State men’s wrestling team closed out the regular season with a pair of conference dual losses to Augustana and Sioux Falls. The Beavers fell 43-12 to the No. 11 Vikings on Friday, Feb. 13, and 31-14 to the Cougars on Saturday, Feb. 14. Cole Faircloth won both of his matches over the weekend for the Beavers at 133 pounds, pinning Augustana’s Braiden Kort In 3:34 and won a 12-6 decision over Sioux Fall’s Bray Skinner. The Beavers won two matches against the Vikings, the only one coming via Ethan Wonser at 141 after Alex Mentzer was forced to retire 1:30 into the match ...

Boys Swimming & Diving: Magicians win trio of duals over weekend

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The Minot High boys swimming and diving team won all three of its duals across two locations over the weekend, opening with a 114-72 victory over Mandan at Magic City Campus on Friday, Feb. 13. The Magicians traveled to Williston on Saturday, Feb. 14, coming away with a 103-82 victory over the host Coyotes and a 134.5-45.5 victory against Bismarck High. Minot North also took part in the double dual on Friday, falling to Mandan 104-80. The Magicians claimed the top spot in nine of the 12 events on Friday, including a pair of victories in the relays. The Sentinels won the 100-yard ...

Men’s Hockey: Beavers close out regular season with sweep of Calvin

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Playing in their final home series in a Beavers sweater, the six seniors did what they have been doing since they first took the ice as freshmen – win. The Minot State men’s ice hockey team skated to a pair of victories against Calvin University (Mich.) to close out the regular season, winning 5-0 on Friday, Feb. 13, and 5-1 on Saturday, Feb. 14, at Maysa Arena. The senior class accounted for one goal and four assists in the win on Friday and two goals and four assists in the victory on Saturday. Colby Joseph netted three goals and Jay Buchholz added two goals and an assist over ...

Girls Hockey: Minot United routed twice, maintains final postseason spot

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There was good news and bad news this weekend for the Minot United girls hockey team. The bad news was they were unable to pick up any points in the standings after a pair of lopsided home losses. Minot United opened the weekend with a 9-1 loss to Fargo North/South on Friday, Feb. 13, and followed that up with a 12-1 defeat at the hands of West Fargo United on Saturday, Feb. 14. The good news is that Minot United continues to hold the eighth and final spot in the state tournament field at the moment with two games remaining in the season. Minot United can’t finish higher than the ...