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Panthers fall in close bout, Dragons, Braves advance

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Tuesday night's semifinals matches of the 2026 NDHSAA Region 3A Boys Basketball Tournament saw thew top four teams in the region duke it out for a chance at the region championship game. The fourth-seeded Rugby Panthers and the first-seeded Turtle Mountain Community High School Braves took to ...

Fricke seeks another state title to complete comeback campaign

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Hoisting the WDA Championship banner high above her head after helping the Minot High girls basketball team capture their third region tournament title in the last four years, senior guard Maggie Fricke wasn’t going to bottle up her emotions. For Fricke, Saturday’s victory over Bismarck ...

Panthers pounce, advance to region semifinals

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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 ...

Braves avoid upset bid from Royals to advance to region semis

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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 ...

Majettes win third WDA Tournament title in four years

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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 ...

Benson County bounces back; defeats Berthold for 3rd place

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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 ...