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Sports Columns

Austin Smith keeps level head after 53 point performance

In this day and age of athletics, humility is a characteristic that is easily lost among some athletes. But for Williston Trinity Christian School senior Austin Smith, it's all about keeping a level head. Smith scored a career-high of 53 points in a 75-62 win over Burke County on Jan. ...

EISEN: Magi basketball too reliant on the three-ball?

While having the privilege to sit press row – or, better put, the fold up table stationed behind the scorer’s table and in front of the opposing supporters – at Minot High School boys basketball home games, I hear things. By now I’m immune to the heckles of the crowd disputing ...

No need for excessive lopsided scores

People who know me will tell you I have a passion for high school athletics. I live for it. And in a way, I feel like covering high school athletics is my calling in life. When I see something in high school athletics, I view as a wrong, however, it kind of gets my blood boiling. Last ...

JONES: Race for boys Region 6 title is up for grabs

At the beginning of the boys basketball season last year, you kind of had a feeling Our Redeemer’s Christian School was going to have a special season. And the Knights did. Finishing second at state is nothing to hang your head over. And two years ago, the Rugby Panthers won the ...

Region 6 girls basketball figures to be dogfight

Bishop Ryan has been the talk of Class B girls basketball in recent years. And with good reason. The Lions have won three of the last four state titles. An upset at the hands of Velva last season in the semifinals of the Region 6 tournament prevented Ryan from making a run at a fourth state ...

A salute to the Knights

There are so many words that can be said to describe the Our Redeemer’s Christian School volleyball season. For starters, congratulations are in order. While the Knights fell short of the goal they had been eyeing for a few years now – a state championship, there is nothing to be ashamed ...