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Central McLean punches ticket to first state championship game appearance

Third place was the prize Central McLean and Berthold were playing for when the two teams met at last year’s Class B girls basketball state tournament. With all due respect to the third-place game, the stakes were much higher this year when the Cougars and Bombers renewed postseason ...

Majettes advance to West finals, Magi are in state qualifiers

The Minot High Majettes continued their winning ways on Friday night, Mar. 6, as they advance to the 2026 NDHSAA Division AA, West Region Girls Basketball Tournament Championship after their 75-51 win over the Bismarck High School Demons. Coming off the back of a historic quarterfinals game ...

Bell makes history, hits 3,000 points in WDA win

For just the third time in North Dakota history, a girls' basketball player has achieved 3,000 career points. First, it was Tanya Fischer of Bowman High School in the late 90's, then it was Rylee Nudell of Maple Valley High School in 2016. Now, Minot High's own senior Leelee Bell has cemented ...

Royals’ winning ways carry them to the semifinals

The South Prairie-Max Royals continued their post-season tear through the state as they dominated the eighth-seeded Watford City Wolves in their quarterfinals match of the 2026 NDHSAA Division A Girls Basketball State Tournament. Hot off the heels of their first ever region title after their ...

Loboes complete fourth-quarter comeback to advance to state semis

Its record might not indicate it, but the LaMoure-Litchville-Marion girls basketball team is no stranger to overcoming first-half deficits. The Loboes found themselves in a less than ideal situation on the biggest of stages, trailing by 12 points halfway through the fourth quarter in the ...

No. 1 seed Central McLean fends off Linton-HMB

The Central McLean girls basketball team isn’t afraid to mix things up when it feels like something isn’t working quite right. The old adage is that defense wins championships, so when the Cougars felt like their defensive strategy in the first half wasn’t championship worthy, they ...