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The Grain Bin: Print the Damn Program
It’s safe to say that technology has made sporting events better in a lot of ways. Scoreboards are better. Sound systems are clearer and louder. Spotify and Apple Music have also been a godsend for whoever gets stuck running music at the scorer’s table. We’ve come a long way from the “2002 Football Pump Up…
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THE GRAIN BIN: Preseason Polls Are Stupid. I Also Need Them Immediately.
In the wake of our 9-man season preview, I need to get something off my chest. The first page of that masterpiece shared the NDAPSSA 9-man preseason football poll. There may not be a more pointless thing in high school sports than a preseason poll. The 9-man poll for the 2026 preseason looked as such:…
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The Top Nine 9-Man Storylines Heading Into 2026
Football is back. North Dakota high school football is back, which means it’s time for all of us to spend the next three months pretending we knew exactly what was going to happen all along. Those of you who think North Dakota lacks scenery, go to a September football game on a Friday night and…
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Hillsboro Has Hired Three Basketball Coaches Since 1960. Seriously.
Three coaches in 66 years. When Thomas Gieske takes the sideline this winter, he’ll become just the third new head boys basketball coach Hillsboro has hired in the past 66 years. Think about that for a second. The world looked completely different when Ed Beyer first took over. It looked different again when Elliott Rotvold…
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WATCH: 2026 North Dakota Boys & Girls Lions’ All-Star Basketball Games
The North Dakota Lions All-Star Basketball Games returned to Bismarck and Fargo this summer. This is continuing one of the state’s longest-running basketball traditions. Since North Dakota adopted the three-class basketball system, the Lions series has shifted from its longtime Class A vs. Class B format to the current AA vs. A/B matchup. This year,…
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WATCH: The 2026 ND Shrine Bowl Football Games
Mayville State hosted the Shrine Bowl once again this summer. The best 11-man and 9-man players around the state played one final game of high school football at Jerome Berg Field on the campus of Mayville State University. These games are important for the Shriner’s Children’s to raise money on behalf of the North Dakota…
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Wrestling Wednesday: The 2016 NDHSAA Team & Individual State Champions, Revisited
The 2025-26 high school wrestling season is getting underway this week. Here is a look back at the individual state champions from the 2015-16 season in Class A and Class B. TEAM CHAMPIONS: Class A – Bismarck High. Those of you not in the know about Class A wrestling, this is not a rare occurrence.…
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9-Man Monday: 9-Man Football Champions of the 90s
The 2025 state playoffs are underway as first round action started last weekend. Who will join the ranks of 9-man football state champs? Looks to be New Rockford’s year, but anything can happen. Today, we take a look through the 9-man football state champions from 1990-99. I apologize that this isn’t a Bleacher Report/Buzzfeed style…
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Both Student Sections Hospitalized Due To Final Score Being 6-7
BISMARCK, ND – Last weekend a high school football game ended in chaos. All it took was final score of 6–7 to trigger mass hysteria in the student sections. Witnesses say the bleachers turned into a “screaming asylum” the moment the scoreboard froze on the dreaded combination. Chants of “6-7! 6-7! 6-7!” echoing so loudly that several…
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ESPN GameDay Drops The Ball Ahead of Dakota Marker Game
Did you hear? ESPN is featuring another SEC school for GameDay on October 25th. Missouri goes to Vanderbilt this weekend and as the above tweet states, will get the Game Day treatment. Meanwhile, NDSU and SDSU, the top dogs in the FCS are meeting for the annual Dakota Marker game in Brookings, SD. This has…
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