Boys Tennis: Magicians, Sentinels solidify West Region seeding in decisive victories

Both the Minot High and Minot North boys tennis teams closed out their respective regular seasons with convincing victories and locked in their playoff seeding for next week’s dual tournament as a result.

The Magicians swept all three doubles matches and claimed all but one singles match in an 8-1 victory over Bismarck Century to lock in to the No. 3 seed for the dual tournament. The Sentinels will be the No. 5 seed in the dual tournament following their 7-2 victory over Bismarck High on Thursday, Sept. 25.

Minot High (15-5 overall, 5-2 West Region) got back in the win column after dropping a close match to Bismarck Legacy on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Century’s lone victory came at No. 1 singles, with Ryan Mullally defeating Nolan Moore, 6-4, 6-0. But Moore got revenge in his doubles match, teaming up with Henrik Evanoff to play a marathon match against Mullally and Cullen Satrom, 1-6, 6-4, 12-10.

Oliver Thompson, Connor Ressler, Evanoff, Tyson Barden and Aiden Bye all won their singles matches in straight sets, as did Thompson-Barden and Ressler and Calvin Olson in their doubles matches.

Minot North (6-8, 3-4) closed out the season winning three of its final four conference matches and five of its final six matches overall to head into the postseason with a bit of momentum. The Sentinels won three of their seven matches without dropping a single game. Brayden Callahan at No. 2 singles, Lucas Griffith at No. 4 singles and Parker Vigestad and Reece Blikre at No. 3 doubles all won 6-0, 6-0.

Vigestad, Blikre and Peyton Opp also won their singles matches, as did Callahan-Lucas Griffith and Colton Griffith-Opp in doubles.

The West Region dual tournament begins on Thursday, Oct. 2, in Mandan. The Magicians will play sixth-seeded Jamestown and the Sentinels will play fourth-seeded Bismarck Century. Both matches are at 10 a.m. Minot High defeated Jamestown, 7-2, on Sept. 15. Minot North dropped a 7-2 decision to Century on Aug. 26.

Boys Soccer: Dickinson stuns Sentinels on late goal for first win

Health Zimmerman netted his second goal of the match in the 70th minute to break a tie and Dickinson held on for a 3-2 victory over Minot North on Thursday, Sept. 25, earning its first win of the season while handing the Sentinels their fourth straight loss.

The two teams went back and forth in the opening 40 minutes, combining for four goals. Jayden Marshall gave the Sentinels (6-8-1 overall, 6-6-1 West Region) an early lead, scoring unassisted in the ninth minute, but Zimmerman tied the game in the 15th minute on his first tally of the match.

Emerson Ries put Minot North back in front, converting a penalty kick in the 28th minute. The Mavericks (1-10-1, 1-10-1)) again pulled even just before the half, as Marlon Harding-Smith found the back of the net off a feed from Wilmer Molero in the 37th minute as the two teams went to the half tied 2-2.

The Sentinels outshot Dickinson 12-5. Dickinson goalkeeper finished with 10 saves, while Griffin Wald made two saves for Minot North.

The Sentinels will attempt to end their losing skid when they host Bismarck Century on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 p.m.