Category: High School Sports
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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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WATCH: Ed Beyer vs Jack Demaine at the 1992 State “B” Boys Basketball Tournament
Ed Beyer and Jack Demaine are two of the most known basketball coaches in North Dakota history. Legends in their own communities, the two met at the 1992 State “B” Boys Basketball tournament. Beyer’s Hillsboro Burros took on Demaine’s Munich Magicians. At the time of the game the two coaches had combined for 1,016 career…
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NDSA Spotlight: Jim Kleinsasser
This weeks feature athlete, Jim Kleinsasser, hit the athlete triple crown starting in Carrington, ND all the way to a 13-year career in the NFL.
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NDSA Spotlight: Darin Erstad
Most people remember Erstad for baseball, but his athletic career really took off in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Pour One Out For NorthDakotaPreps.com
North Dakota Preps disappeared about a year ago. If you’re here, you probably know what it was. If not, the short version is simple: it was an online forum for people who cared about high school sports in North Dakota. Fans posted scores, shared memories, debated historical teams, and argued about just about everything. It…
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