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Pitching gems lead Beavers to doubleheader sweep of Huskies

On most days, two runs wouldn’t be enough offensive support for a pitching staff to come away victorious. Not only was it enough in one win, but it was plenty for a doubleheader sweep as Minot State starting pitchers Ayden Sauerbrei and Wyatt Toth pitched a pair of gems on the mound to carry the Beavers to a pair of 2-0 victories over St. Cloud State on Sunday, April 19, at Joe Faber Field. Sauerbrei opened the doubleheader with a complete-game four-hitter, tossing seven innings of scoreless baseball. He struck out six and walked two, allowing just seven batters to reach base. He ...

MSU softball splits with Northern State

After allowing a lead to slip away late in the opener, the Minot State softball team wasn’t about to make the same mistake twice in the finale. The Beavers scored six runs over the first two innings in Game 2 and the MSU pitching staff held Northern State to five hits in a 7-2 victory on ...

Girls Soccer: Jayva McKibben nets 2, Majettes shut out Demons

Jayva McKibben scored a goal in both halves as the Minot High girls soccer team recorded its fourth shutout win of the season, topping Bismarck High, 4-0, on Thursday, April 16, at Duane Carlson Stadium. Kaylee Jackson put the Majettes (5-1-0 overall, 5-1-0 WDA) up early, netting a goal in the third minute. Bianca Cofell served a ball into the box that hit off the head of a Bismarck High defender and back toward goalkeeper Gabby Bruer. Jackson won the battle with her defender to the ball and buried a shot into the back of the net. McKibben scored her first goal of the match in the ...

Prep Baseball: Minot High’s bats go quiet in losses to Legacy

The Minot High baseball team collected 10 hits over the course of its doubleheader against Bismarck Legacy, but could only turn that into a single run in a pair of losses on Thursday, April 16. The Sabers won the opener, 3-1, before capturing the nightcap, 9-0, to secure the conference sweep. The Magicians (4-4 overall, 3-3 WDA) produced seven hits in Game 1 – all singles. Drew Jordan led the way with a 2-for-3 night. Oliver Deschamp drove in the lone run on a single to right field in the sixth to score Remington Anderson. Before Deschamp got the Magicians on the board, the Sabers ...

Boys Track & Field: Legacy’s Horne breaks 100m state record

On any other day, Minot High’s James Pallotta’s performance in the 100-meter dash at the BPS Invite at the MDU Resources Community Bowl on Thursday, April 16, would have been good enough to put him on top of the medal stand. However, Bismarck Legacy’s Zayden Horne broke his own state record in the event, running a 10.27 to win the 100-meter dash over Pallotta, who finished second in 10.77. Horne set the previous state record when he ran a 10.37 last season. The Sabers finished third at the 11-team event with 100 points, while the Magicians placed eighth with 51 points. Bismarck ...

Girls Track & Field: Majettes win pair of events, place 5th at Kiwanis Meet

Sophia Lade and Chinagozi Ugobi took the top spot in their respective events, helping the Minot High girls track & field team to a fifth-place finish at the Mandan Kiwanis Meet at Starion Sports Complex on Thursday, April 16. Lade won in the 800 meter event, crossing the finish line in 2 minutes, 25.08 seconds. She finished two seconds ahead of Bismarck High’s Hannah Hintz (2:27.08). Lade was the lone victor for the Majettes in a track event. Eve Knutson placed fifth in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 53.72. In the field events, Ugobi captured the triple jump title with a leap ...