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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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OPINION: The Volleyball and Girls Basketball Overlap Is Easy to Fix — So Why Don’t We?
Every fall, volleyball and girls’ winter sports end up colliding. The overlap hits hardest for athletes who make the state volleyball tournament and then immediately have to jump into basketball or wrestling. It’s baffling that we keep letting this happen year after year. If you’re not sure what I mean, let me break it down.…
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Dad That’s Been To Travel Volleyball Tournaments For 9 Years Still Doesn’t Know What A Libero Does
Craig Burke has attended travel volleyball tournaments since his daughters picked up the sport in middle school 9 years ago. He has spent a small fortune on hotel rooms, tournament fees, merchandise, gas, and neon everything. The prized possession after all this time is his “Volleyball Dad” bleacher chair. He won it at a raffle…
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NDSU Should NEVER Move Up To The FBS, Here’s Why…
The run NDSUs football team has been on for the past 20 years is as impressive as anything we’ve seen as football fans in North Dakota. Every year the topic gets brought up of them moving up from the FCS level to the FBS level. Here is why I believe the NDSU football program should…
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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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2005 North Dakota High School Football Season Revisited: Cavalier, Velva, Dickinson Trinity & More
The 2005 North Dakota high school football season marked the end of an era in Cavalier. They had been riding a 36-game winning streak entering the season, winning three straight AA championships in a row. The Tornadoes started the year 11-0 as they faced the defending champions from the A division, The Velva-Sawyer Aggies. Their…
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Five Things You Can Say To “That Parent” At Your Next HS Sporting Event
“HOLDING!” “LIFT!” “THREEEEEE SECONDS!” And my personal favorite, “OVER THE BACK!” Every gym has them. It’s inevitable. Everyone is so used to it that we just kind of deal with it. No normal person one wants to be caught dead on a cell phone video confronting one of these people either. It’s one thing if…
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What Killed Girls Basketball?
Girls basketball in North Dakota has seen a steady decline in participation over the last 20 years. There are very few teams that can field a JV and Varsity without the aide of Junior High players. It’s fairly common to see 8th graders pulled up to play varsity on the girls side of things. That…
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