KMOT preview T-G-U and Berthold

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NOW THE MINOT HIGH FOOTBALL TEAM ISN'T THE ONLY FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE NEWS TONIGHT. FOR THE LAST TIME THIS YEAR, I'LL TELL YOU THAT WE'VE GOT TWO MORE TEAMS TO LOOK AT TONIGHT IN THE KMOT GRIDIRON PREVIEWS AND WE START TONIGHT WITH THE BERTHOLD BOMBERS. LAST YEAR, THE BOMBERS WENT 4-3 IN THE REGULAR SEASON, AND THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO CLAIM THE 2ND PLAYOFF SPOT OUT OF REGION 8.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR SEASON CAME TO AN ABRUPT END WHEN THEY LOST TO WESTHOPE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS. THE BOMBERS LOST 10 SENIORS OFF THAT TEAM, BUT THEY ARE ALSO RETURNING ALMOST AS MANY STARTERS THIS YEAR. THE TEAM ALSO HAS A NEW HEAD COACH, BUT THEY SAY THAT SHOULDN'T AFFECT THINGS TOO MUCH.

BERTHOLD STARTS THEIR SEASON THIS SATURDAY WHEN THEY HOST NAPOLEON. THEN THE TEAM PLAYS TWO TOUGH NON-REGION GAMES AGAINST WESTHOPE AND ST. JOHN AND REGION PLAY STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 15TH WHEN THE BOMBERS TRAVEL TO PARSHALL. DURING THE 2ND HALF OF THE YEAR, BERTHOLD HAS BACK-TO-BACK HOME GAMES AGAINST MLS AND DIVIDE COUNTY AND THE REGULAR SEASON WRAPS UP ON OCTOBER 13TH WITH A ROAD GAME AT KENMARE AND OUR FINAL STOP THIS YEAR IS IN TOWNER.

IN 2005, THE TGU TITANS SUFFERED THROUGH ANOTHER TOUGH SEASON. PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE TITANS HAD A LOT OF YOUNG KIDS WHO HAD TO STEP INTO STARTING ROLES. THIS YEAR, THOUGH, THE TEAM RETURNS QUITE A FEW KIDS WITH EXPERIENCE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS FOR T-G-U LAST YEAR WAS THEIR OFFENSE, WHICH ONLY AVERAGED 16 POINTS A GAME AND THE TEAM SAYS THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO FIX DURING THE OFF-SEASON.

THE TITANS START THEIR SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN THEY HOST DRAYTON. THEN AFTER A ROAD TRIP TO LAKOTA AND A WEEK OFF, TGU PLAYS THEIR FIRST REGION GAME WHEN THEY HOST WELLS COUNTY. DURING THE 2ND HALF OT THE YEAR, THE TITANS WILL PLAY MADDOCK AT HOME, AND WILL TAKE ON NORTH CENTRAL BENSON AND SURREY ON THE ROAD AND THEIR SEASON FINALE IS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, WHEN TRI-COUNTY COMES TO TOWN.

SO, DURING THE GRIDIRON PREVIEWS, WE LOOKED AT 16 HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS AND MINOT STATE. THAT MEANS THERE WERE 7 SCHOOLS WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TO. HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT HOW EACH OF THOSE TEAMS DID LAST YEAR. IN DOUBLE A FOOTBALL, BOTTINEAU AND NEW TOWN BOTH HAD ROUGH YEARS IN REGION 2 AND IN CLASS A, DLB AND DUNSEITH STRUGGLED, WHILE STANLEY WENT 5-2 IN THE REGULAR SEASON, BEFORE FALLING TO WILLIAMS COUNTY IN THE STATE QUARTERFINALS.

DOWN IN THE 9-MAN RANKS, WE ONLY MISSED 3 TEAMS. PARSHALL HAD A GOOD YEAR IN REGION 8, BUT JUST MISSED THE PLAYOFFS. SURREY HAD A TOUGH YEAR THAT ENDED WITHOUT A WIN AND WESTHOPE WON THE REGION 4 REGULAR SEASON TITLE, THEN LOST IN THE STATE QUARTERFINALS TO DIVIDE COUNTY.