Jadyn Iverson was groomed all season for this moment. Trailing 6-4 in the Class A softball state championship game, the sophomore slugger got her number called, picked up a bat and headed to the plate. “The umpire tried to tell me it was our No. 3 hitter (due up) and I said, ‘I ...
JAMESTOWN (FNS) — It was rare for the Fargo Shanley girls soccer team to face serious adversity during an undefeated run this season. But when those rare situations occurred, Hadley Huber made a habit of getting the Deacons out of them. With 17 minutes, 29 seconds to play, a redirected ...
GRAND FORKS (FNS) — The night before the North Dakota girls state singles tournament, Shaelyn Johnson sat at home thinking about what just happened. The defending state champion had lost three singles matches in a row to three different opponents. Two of them came during the team portion of ...
FARGO (FNS) — The first hugs Central Cass senior pitcher Lexi Buhr gave after the Squirrels locked up their second straight North Dakota Class B state softball title Saturday were to fellow seniors MacKenzie McKinnon and Payton Richter. "They're my best friends," Buhr said. "The feeling is ...
FARGO (FNS) — Kindred-Richland made sure there is going to be a familiar North Dakota Class B state softball champion. Coralie Schwartzwalter had three hits and drove in three runs to help spark the Vikings to an 8-4 victory against Des Lacs-Burlington-Lewis & Clark in the state ...
West Fargo couldn’t crack the code. Nearly every at-bat seemed to end in the same result for the East Region No. 3-seeded Packers on Friday during their 3-0 loss to West Region No. 4-seeded Minot High School in the Class A baseball state semifinals. The primary cause of West Fargo’s ...
With a trip to the title on the line, the Patriots were seeing red. To be fair, everybody was seeing red. In every fashion-forward individual’s nightmare, West Region No. 3-seeded Century stepped onto Corbett Field on Friday only to see that East Region No. 4-seeded Shanley was also wearing ...
JAMESTOWN (FNS) - Minot’s Emelea Miller was at a loss for words Friday night at Rotary Field. But that’s what happens to a freshman goalkeeper after she takes down the two-time defending state champions with a game-winning shootout penalty kick. Miller’s shot low and to the left beat ...
West Fargo found out why Minot is called the Magic City. Stellar defense behind sophomore pitcher Maddy Zander had the Bismarck Century Patriots ahead 2-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning. With three more outs left to get to secure a spot in the Class A softball state ...
Alex Eisen/MDN Minot High senior Hailey Espe (center) smiles after rounding all the bases for an inside the park home run Friday afternoon against West Fargo Sheyenne. It was Minot's second inside the park home run of the game, Jaycie Rostad had the other one, as the Majettes topped the ...
Body sore and hands hurting, but with one lethal swing of the bat, all that pain was wiped away. The only thing Logan Gronberg felt in the moment was complete happiness. “It felt so good, it hit the sweet spot,” Gronberg said. “I knew it was over the second my bat touched the ball.” ...
FARGO (FNS) — With no hits in his first six official at-bats in the state tournament, Wil Gaarder was in one of his longest hitless streaks of the season. But the senior broke out in a big way here Friday. Gaarder's single in the bottom of the seventh inning drove in the game's lone run as ...
FARGO (FNS) — Clay Odenbach got a pitching win Friday. Unofficially, he also got a save on the mound. The junior left-hander threw six innings — five at the start of the game and one at the end — as Thompson defeated Enderlin-Maple Valley 5-4 in the semifinals of the North Dakota Class B ...
The road to the title is officially underway. Day 1 of the Class A baseball state tournament is now in the books, as eight teams duked it out in the opening round on Thursday at Corbett Field. Here’s a look at how each of the four games played out: Minot High 6, West Fargo Sheyenne 4 ...
There weren’t any surprises. All the higher seeds advanced Thursday in first round of the Class A softball state tournament in Minot. Game recaps below. West Fargo 12, Minot High 2 (6 innings) West Fargo opened strong, dipped into a lull and finished with a bang. The Packers (22-5) ...
JAMESTOWN (FNS) — All-state senior Allison Lepp buried two second-half goals in a 5-1 victory over West Fargo in Thursday’s state quarterfinals at Rotary Field. The Majettes will play Fargo Davies in Friday’s semifinals at 6:45 p.m. “Coming in as WDA champ we definitely wanted to ...
FARGO (FNS) — Enderlin/Maple Valley pitcher Jacob Johnson admits he often feels a bit worn down when he gets to the midway point of games. Unfortunately for the Falcons’ opening-round opponent in the North Dakota Class B state baseball tournament, such wear and tear wasn’t visible on ...
FARGO (FNS) — Hillsboro-Central Valley junior Saige Forseth was in the pitching circle for the dramatic final moments Thursday at Tharaldson Park. Sophomore Noella Kritzberger tagged out a Velva-Drake-Anamoose runner at third base for the game’s final out as the Burros rallied for an 8-7 ...
GRAND FORKS — The Minot High School girls tennis team finished the year strong as a team and took third place in the State Dual Meet team championship Thursday at Choice Health & Fitness in Grand Forks. The West Region No. 1-seeded Majettes took on the East’s No. 4-seeded Grand Forks ...