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Cardinals break win streak

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The Nedrose Cardinals girls’ basketball team broke their win streak with their 50-56 home game loss against the 6-1 Tioga Pirates on Monday night, Jan. 5. Tioga won the first tip off and was the first to put points on the board. The Pirates went up to a 4-0 lead before Nedrose junior guard Hannah Beuchler sank a three-pointer for the Cardinals’ first points on the board. The Pirates quickly ran up another four points with the Cardinals close behind. Both teams fought neck and neck through the end of the first quarter, where the Cardinals brought the game within a single point, the ...

Women’s Basketball: Beavers unable to overcome big night from U-Mary’s Kinnebrew

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The Minot State women’s basketball team surrendered 38 points to U-Mary’s Bergen Kinnebrew in a 79-64 loss to the Marauders at the Minot State University Dome on Saturday, Jan. 3. The Beavers jumped out to a 12-11 lead at the end of the first quarter, but were outscored by 17 in the second quarter to find themselves trailing 43-25 at halftime. Kinnebrew scored 18 points in the second quarter. Leading 23-19, U-Mary (13-4 overall, 6-2 NSIC) went on an 18-6 run to close out the first half. Minot State (7-8, 4-4) cut the deficit down to 10 in the third quarter, but that was as ...

NAHL: Tauros swept by rival Bobcats

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A venue change didn’t equate to a different result for the Minot Minotauros against its rival over the weekend. Following a loss to the Bobcats in Bismarck on New Year’s Eve, the Tauros welcomed the defending NAHL champions to Maysa Arena for a weekend series to ring in 2026. The Bobcats felt right at home, sweeping the weekend with a 6-2 victory on Friday, Jan. 2, and a 3-0 win on Saturday, Jan. 3. Bismarck has won all four meetings this season. The Bobcats (22-8-1) scored the first five goals of the series on Friday, all coming in the final two periods. Bismarck outshot the ...

Boys Swimming & Diving: Magicians drop home dual to Century

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Andrew Francis won a pair of individual events and Tayson Solper claimed victory in the 1-meter diving, but it wasn’t enough for the Minot High boys swimming and diving team, as they dropped its dual meet to Bismarck Century, 112-71, at Magic City Campus on Friday, Jan. 2. The Magicians won four total events, with their 200-yard freestyle relay team of Gavin King, Hunter Barnard, Josiah Reiss and Talmage Pehrson taking first place in a time of 1 minute, 37.03 seconds, finishing just over a second ahead of Century’s top relay team. Francis delivered the first victory of the ...

Prep Gymnastics: Minot United takes 2nd at Jamestown Travel Meet

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Gracyn Bergan finished third in the vault and third in the all-around and Keira Davis and Pavyn Peterson went 2-3 in the floor exercises as the Minot United gymnastics team took second at the seven-team Jamestown Travel Meet at the Jamestown Gymnastics Academy on Saturday, Dec. 3 Minot United finished with a team score of 142 points. Dickinson won the event with 146.125 points. Jamestown (137.15), Bismarck Century (133.725), Bismarck Legacy (116.025), Northwest Stars (88) and Bismarck High (61.775) rounded out the standings. Minot United has finished second to Dickinson in all ...

Knights open district play with win over Lions

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During pregame warmups, Our Redeemer’s boys basketball coach Brock Teets and Bishop Ryan coach Broderick Bosch jokingly stipulated to one another that whichever team won had to do so in regulation. No overtime. The Knights and Lions met five times last season and the final three matchups ...