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The Grain Bin is the satire section of the North Dakota Sports Almanac. Please don’t take anything here too seriously. But if you do, you will not be.
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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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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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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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Local Man’s High School Football Lore Increased For 27th Year In A Row
FARGO, ND – Eyewitnesses at The Grain Bin dive bar on Tuesday once again heard Gary Schmidt, 45, expand on his legendary high school football career. This time, Schmidt claimed he ran for “25 touchdowns before the knee injury” during his senior year. “You guys remember that game against South? Four touchdowns in the first quarter…
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NDHSAA Creates Committee to Study Whether Current Committees Are Too Many
VALLEY CITY, ND — It was busy this week as the NDHSAA took a hard look at their committees, by creating a committee to examine the state of their committees. The North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA) Board voted to establish a new committee. The Special Unit for Committee Knowledge and Studies (S.U.C.K.S) this week. This committee is going…
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