The Rugby High School Panthers came into their quarterfinals game of the 2026 NDHSAA Region 3A Boys Basketball Tournament against the Stanley Blue Jays as the favorites. The Panthers had a record of 13-8 on the season coming into the game on Monday afternoon while the Blue Jays had a season ...

The talent was there. The game plan was there. The opportunity was there. But for most of the first three quarters, what was missing from the Bottineau boys basketball team’s game was effort. The Braves recaptured that effort late in the third quarter, forcing turnovers and knocking down ...

Next week, the city of LaMoure will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the boys basketball team winning its first and only state title. This week, however, is all about the girls program. LaMoure-Litchville-Marion has plenty to celebrate over the next couple of weeks, as the Loboes added ...

The Benson County girls basketball team was hoping to come to the Magic City and successfully defend their Class B state title. For the second straight season, the Wildcats ended their season with a victory, but it didn’t result in the program’s second championship. It still, however, put ...

Minot High senior post LeeLee Bell closed the book on her WDA girls’ basketball career on Saturday, penning a closing chapter that includes a third region championship, a scoring record and another trip to next week’s state Class AA tournament on the same Event Center floor. The 6-foot-4 ...

Whether it's in basketball or volleyball, Valley City continues to break the hearts of South Prairie-Max in the postseason. The Hi-Liners did it twice this year, the first coming in the fall on the volleyball court in Bismarck, when they upset the top-ranked Royals in four sets in the state ...