North Dakota Preps

Region 1
@ NDSCS-Wahpeton

Play-In
Thursday February 28th
G1 - #8 Wyndmere-Lidgerwood def #9 Northern Cass 60-54
G2 - #5 Hankinson def #12 Enderlin 69-38
G3 - #7 Richland def #10 Lisbon 40-33
G4 - #6 Maple River def #11 Tri-State 71-49

Monday March 6th
G5 - #1 (1) Central Cass def #8 Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 69-32
G6 - #5 Hankinson def #4 Oak Grove 75-69
G7 - #2 (6) Sargent County def #7 Richland 67-55
G8 - #3 Kindred def #6 Maple River 67-49

Tuesday March 7th
G9 - #1 (1) Central Cass def #5 Hankinson 79-71
G10 - #3 Kindred def #2 (6) Sargent County 62-58

Thursday March 9th
G11 - 3rd Place - #2 (6) Sargent County def #5 Hankinson 73-64
G12 - Region 1 Title Game - (1) Central Cass def #3 Kindred 44-40

Region 2
@ Betty Engelstad Arena

Play-In
Thursday March 3rd
G1 - #8 Park River-Fordville Lankin def #9 Larimore 52-46
G3 - #6 Midway-Minto def #11 Hatton-Northwood 84-44

Friday March 3rd
G2 - #7 Cavalier def #10 Drayton Valley-Edinburg 57-48

Monday March 6th
G4 - #1 (10) Thompson def #8 Park River-Fordville-Lankin 62-37
G5 - #5 May-Port-CG def #4 (7) North Border 56-51
G6 - #2 Hillsboro-Central Valley def #7 Cavalier 64-29
G7 - #3 Grafton def #6 Midway-Minto 86-53

Tuesday March 7th
G8 - (15-7) #1 (10) Thompson def #5 May-Port-C-G 62-60
G9 - #3 Grafton def #2 Hillsboro-Central Valley 75-64

Thursday March 9th
G10 - 3rd Place - #2 Hillsboro-Central Valley def #5 May-Port-C-G 73-65
G11 - Region 2 Title Game - #1 (10) Thompson def #3 Grafton 46-41

Region 3
@ Jamestown Civic Center

Monday March 6th
G1 - D6#1 Medina-Pingree-Buchanan def D5#4 Carrington 58-41
G2 - D6#3 Linton-HMB def D5#2 LaMoure-L-M 51-50 OT
G3 - D5#1 Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier def D6#4 Napoleon-Gackle-Streeter 69-35
G4 - D5#3 (RV) Ellendale def D6#2 South Border 62-40

Tuesday March 7th
G5 - D6#1 Medina-Pingree-Buchanan def D6#3 Linton-HMB (14-8) 47-39
G6 - D5#3 (RV) Ellendale def D5#1 Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier 68-46

Thursday March 9th
G7 - 3rd Place - D6#3 Linton-HMB def D5#1 Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier 68-66
G8 - Region 3 Title Game - D6#1 Medina-Pingree-Buchanan def D5#3 (RV) Ellendale 57-56

Region 4
@ Devils Lake High School

Play-In
Monday February 27th
G1 - #9 Lakota def #8 Langdon-Edmore-Munich 52-51
G2 - #5 North Star def #12 Benson County 69-39
G3 - #7 St. John def #10 Dakota Prairie 68-49
G4 - #6 Warwick def #11 New Rockford-Sheyenne 72-63 OT

Monday March 6th
G5 - #1 (2) Four Winds-Minnewaukan def #9 Lakota 79-29
G6 - #5 North Star def #4 Dunseith 71-55
G7 - #2 (10) North Prairie def #7 St. John 71-56
G8 - #6 Warwick def #3 Harvey-Wells County 65-56

Tuesday March 7th
G9 - #5 North Star def #1 (2) Four Winds-Minnewaukan 51-46
G10 - #6 Warwick def #2 (10) North Prairie 58-52

Thursday March 9th
G11 - 3rd Place - #1 (2) Four Winds-Minnewaukan def #2 (10) North Prairie 63-55
G12 - Region 4 Title Game - #6 Warwick def #5 North Star 56-52

Region 5
@ Bismarck St. Mary's High School

Play-In
Thursday March 2nd
G1 - #9 New Salem-Almont def #8 Center-Stanton 56-51
G2 - #10 Max def #7 Central McLean 54-47
G3 - #6 Flasher def #11 Solen 73-27

Monday March 6th
G4 - #1 (4) Shiloh Christian def #9 New Salem-Almont 65-33
G5 - #5 Washburn def #4 Wilton-Wing 67-66
G6 - #2 (9) Garrison def #10 Max 73-53
G7 - #6 Flasher def #3 (RV) Standing Rock 82-77

Tuesday March 7th
G8 - #1 (4) Shiloh Christian def #5 Washburn (11-11) 73-36
G9 - #2 (9) Garrison def #6 Flasher (12-11) 73-56

Thursday March 9th
G10 - 3rd Place - #6 Flasher def #5 Washburn 68-59
G11 - Region 5 Title Game - #1 (4) Shiloh Christian def #2 (9) Garrison 63-46

Region 6
@ Minot State Dome

Monday March 6th
G1 - D12#1 (3) Bishop Ryan def D11#4 Bottineau 67-37
G2 - D12#3 Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood def D11#2 Velva 56-51
G3 - D12#4 Our Redeemer's def D11#1 Westhope-Newburg 53-47
G4 - D12#2 (RV) Des Lacs-Burlington def D11#3 TGU 56-36

Tuesday March 7th
G5 - D12#1 (3) Bishop Ryan def D12#3 Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 68-44
G6 - D12#2 (RV) Des Lacs-Burlington def D12#4 Our Redeemer's 55-47

Thursday March 9th
G7 - 3rd Place - D12##3 Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood def D12#4 Our Redeemer's 42-30
G8 - Region 6 Title Game - D12#2 Des Lacs-Burlington def D12#1 (3) Bishop Ryan 80-77 OT

Region 7
@ Hazen High School

Play-In
Tuesday February 28th
G1 - #8 Killdeer def #9 Hettinger-Scranton 68-59
G2 - #5 Glen Ullin-Hebron def #12 Richardton-Taylor 78-39
G3 - #10 Heart River def #7 Grant County-Mott-Regent 56-49
G4 - #6 Beach def #11 New England 72-49

Monday March 6th
G5 - #1 (5) Bowman County def #8 Killdeer 88-82
G6 - #4 Hazen def #5 Glen Ullin-Hebron 74-56
G7 - #2 (8) Beulah def #10 Heart River 75-29
G8 - #3 Dickinson Trinity def #6 Beach 46-37

Tuesday March 7th
G9 - #1 (5) Bowman County def #4 Hazen 75-61
G10 - #2 (8) Beulah def #3 Dickinson Trinity 52-29

Thursday March 9th
G11 - 3rd Place - #4 Hazen def #3 Dickinson Trinity 58-52
G12 - Region 7 Title Game - #2 (8) Beulah def #1 (5) Bowman County 65-55

Region 8
@ New Town Event Center

Monday March 6th
G1 - D16#1 Powers Lake-Burke Central def D15#4 Mandaree 63-43
G2 - D16#3 Stanley def D15#2 Trenton 64-52
G3 - D16#4 Divide County def D15#1 White Shield 52-51
G4 - D16#2 Kenmare-Bowbells def D15#3 Trinity Christian 50-48

Tuesday March 7th
G5 - D16#1 Powers Lake-Burke Central def D16#3 Stanley 55-52
G6 - D16#2 Kenmare-Bowbells def D16#4 Divide County 61-55

Thursday March 9th
G7 - 3rd Place - D16#3 Stanley def D16#4 Divide County 62-53
G8 - Region 8 Title Game - D16#1 Powers Lake-Burke Central def D16#2 Kenmare-Bowbells 77-58

Will home court advantage be enough to help Hazen pull off the upset and come out of Region 7?

Here are my predictions:

1. Central Cass
2. Thompson
3. Ellendale
4. Four Winds-Minnewauken
5. Shiloh Christian
6. Bishop Ryan
7. Beulah
8. Stanley

1. SC
2. NB
3. MPB
4. NP
5. W/W
6. DLB
7. BC
8. PL

Region 4
@ Devils Lake High School
G5 - (20-1) #1 (2) Four Winds-Minnewaukan vs #9 Lakota (10-12)
G6 - (14-6) #4 Dunseith vs #5 North Star (15-7)
G7 - (18-3) #2 (RV) North Prairie vs #7 St. John (11-9)
G8 - (15-6) #3 Harvey-Wells County vs #6 Warwick (16-6)

FWM should coast into the semifinals, but game 2 should be a good one. Dunseith beat North Star (w/o Hagler) in the season finale by 20. Hagler didn't play in the play-in game against BC. I haven't heard but would assume he might be back for the region. Should be a close game, but I've got NS by 10.

NP against SJ is also interesting. SJ struggled off and on this season (losing to the 11 seed, but beat NP as the 2 seed at the end of the season). NP should handle the Woodchucks but that last loss plays into it as well. Going with NP by 15.

Warwick was my preseason pick for the team to make a run in the postseason, but they struggled the last week against the 11 and 12 seeds of Region 4 and probably should have lost both those games. HWC has been on a roll so I'll take them by 15 as well.

1. Kindred
2. Grafton
3. EKM
4. 4Winds
5. Bismarck
6. Minot
7. Bowman County
8. Stanley

1. Central Cass
2. Thompson
3. EKM
4. Four Winds
5. Shiloh
6. Bishop Ryan
7. Bowman
8. Powers Lake

My Top 4
R1: Central Cass, Sargent County, Kindred, Oak Grove
R2: North Border, Hillsboro-Central Valley, Thompson, Grafton
R3: EKM, LaMoure-LM, Ellendale, Medina/Pingree-Buchanan
R4: FW-M, North Prairie, Harvey-Wells County, North Star
R5: Garrison, Shiloh Christian, Wilton-Wing, Standing Rock
R6: Bishop Ryan, Des Lacs-Burlington, Westhope-Newburg, Velva
R7: Bowman County, Beulah, Dickinson Trinity, Hazen
R8: Powers Lake-Burke Central, Kenmare-Bowbells, Stanley, White Shield

1. Central Cass, Sargent County, Kindred, Oak Grove
2. North Border Grafton, Thompson, Hillsboro-CV,
3. Medina-Pingree-Buchanan, Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier, LaMoure-L-M, Ellendale
4. FWM, North Prairie, Harvey-Wells County, North Star
5. Shiloh, Standing Rock, Garrison, Wilton-Wing
6. Bishop Ryan, DL-B, Velva, Westhope-Newburg
7. Beulah, Bowman County, Trinity, Hazen
8. Stanley, Kenmare-Bowbells, Powers Lake-Burke Central, White Shield

R2, R5, & R7 are toss ups to me. Would like to be wrong and have Wilton-Wing come out of R5. Out of Garrison, Standing Rock, and W-W, the Miners were within five points of knocking off Shiloh. Like I said would like to be wrong, but Shiloh has too much size.

Region 1 - Central Cass, Sargent Co, Oak Grove, Kindred
Region 2 - North Border, HCV, Thompson, Grafton
Region 3 - MPB, Ellendale, EKM, LLM
Region 4 - North Prairie, 4 Winds, Dunseith, Harvey-WC
Region 5 - Shiloh, Standing Rock, Garrison, Wilton-Wing
Region 6 - Bishop Ryan, DLB, Westhope-Newburg, Velva
Region 7 - Bowman Co, Beulah, Hazen, Dickinson Trinity
Region 8 - Stanley, White Shield, Powers Lake-BC, Trinity Christian

Upset Alert
Killdeer leads Bowman County 41-29 at the Half

WalkingStick wrote:Upset Alert
Killdeer leads Bowman County 41-29 at the Half

Big 3rd Quarter for Bowman; tied at 59 going to 4th

Bowman came back to win

A lot of seed upsets in Game 2 across all regions

I'm watching Region 5. It must be packed in that little gym on nights 2 and 3 of the tournament. Seems too small to host a regional IMO.

ndlionsfan wrote:Region 4
@ Devils Lake High School
G5 - (20-1) #1 (2) Four Winds-Minnewaukan vs #9 Lakota (10-12)
G6 - (14-6) #4 Dunseith vs #5 North Star (15-7)
G7 - (18-3) #2 (RV) North Prairie vs #7 St. John (11-9)
G8 - (15-6) #3 Harvey-Wells County vs #6 Warwick (16-6)

FWM should coast into the semifinals, but game 2 should be a good one. Dunseith beat North Star (w/o Hagler) in the season finale by 20. Hagler didn't play in the play-in game against BC. I haven't heard but would assume he might be back for the region. Should be a close game, but I've got NS by 10.

NP against SJ is also interesting. SJ struggled off and on this season (losing to the 11 seed, but beat NP as the 2 seed at the end of the season). NP should handle the Woodchucks but that last loss plays into it as well. Going with NP by 15.

Warwick was my preseason pick for the team to make a run in the postseason, but they struggled the last week against the 11 and 12 seeds of Region 4 and probably should have lost both those games. HWC has been on a roll so I'll take them by 15 as well.

First day went about how I figure it would. Warwick over HWC was a bit of a surprise but wouldn't call it an upset. My original top 4 from midseason are still in play. Tonight I see FWM and NP each winning by 15-20.

Semi-Final Predictions

Region 1
(21-0) #1 (1) Central Cass vs #5 Hankinson (16-6)- CC beat Hankinson by 1 earlier in the year on the road. I think CC comes out ready to roll tonight. CC by 8
(19-2) (6) Sargent County vs #3 Kindred (14-7)- Teams split during the regular season. I would love to see SC make the state tournament, but I'll take Kindred and the big game experience their program has to win by 5

Region 2
G8 - (15-7) #1 (10) Thompson vs May-Port-C-G (16-6)- MPCG won the first one, I'll take Thompson tonight by 7
G9 - (15-7) #2 Hillsboro-Central Valley vs #3 Grafton (16-6)- HCV won the first two. Grafton wins the one that matters most. Grafton by 3

Region 3
G5 - (19-4) D6#1 Medina-Pingree-Buchanan vs D6#3 Linton-HMB (14-8)- MPB got them a couple of weeks ago in Linton. I think Linton will get them tonight. Carr makes one more run to the state tournament.
G6 - (13-9) D5#1 Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier vs D5#3 (RV) Ellendale (13-9)- Ellendale got them earlier this year. I'll say Ellendale by 8

Region 4
G9 - (21-1) #1 (2) Four Winds-Minnewaukan vs #5 North Star (16-7)- North Star is the trendy pick. Four Winds is still Four Winds. I'll take FWM by 15+
G10 - (19-3) #2 (10) North Prairie vs #6 Warwick (17-6)- North Prairie by 10

Region 5
G8 - (18-4) #1 (4) Shiloh Christian vs #5 Washburn (11-11)- Shiloh by a lot.
G9 - (19-3) #2 (9) Garrison vs #6 Flasher (12-11)- These teams played before Christmas. I'll take Flasher in the upset. Flasher is a tournament team.

Region 6
G5 - (21-2) D12#1 (3) Bishop Ryan vs D12#3 Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood (12-11)- Minot Ryan by a lot.
G6 - (17-6) D12#2 (RV) Des Lacs-Burlington D12#4 Our Redeemer's (11-12)- DLB by 12

Region 7
G9 - (19-2) (5) Bowman County vs #4 Hazen (15-7)- Bowman has struggled the last couple of weeks. I think Hazen gets them tonight. Location plays a factor here.
G10 - (19-3) #2 (8) Beulah vs #3 Dickinson Trinity (15-7)- Miners take advantage of the neutral floor and win by 6

Region 8
G5 - (17-4) D16#1 Powers Lake-Burke Central vs D16#3 Stanley- Stanley got them earlier in the year. I'll take Powers Lake to win the rematch by 4
G6 - (13-10) D16#2 Kenmare-Bowbells vs D16#4 Divide County (15-8)- DC won earlier, i'll take them to win again by 2

I'm looking forward to the Beulah vs. Dickinson game. Brandt knows what he's doing. Scoring 71 against Dickinson on their home floor was impressive. That was the most points Dickinson has allowed at home all year. The 2nd most points they've given up at home was 54 to Bismarck the first game of the season. These coaches know each other very well and this game will continue to add to this great rivalry.

Here are my updated predications after round 1:

Region 1 - Central Cass defeats SC in the championship by 10
Region 2 - Thompson beats Grafton by 3
Region 3 - Linton beats EKM by 2 in the championship
Region 4 - Four winds walks through North Prairie by 15
Region 5 - Shiloh outlasts Garrison with a big 4th quarter run winning by 8
Region 6 - Bishop Ryan over Des Lacs by 10
Region 7 - Beulah gets Bowman late and wins by 1
Region 8 - Powers Lake wins by 4 over Kenmare

Region 6 Recap in one sentence:

Ryan vs. Bottineau - It's Ryan's region to lose.
MLS vs. Velva - The team that wanted it more won.
W/N vs. ORCS - You had a hunch W/N was going to struggle shooting in the dome, but credit ORCS "D" as they always had Braaten's whereabouts accounted for.
DLB vs. TGU - DLB didn't expect the throat punch in the 1st half - regained their composure in the 2nd.

Oh boy…DOWN GOES FOUR WINDS-MINNEWAUKAN

WalkingStick wrote:Oh boy…DOWN GOES FOUR WINDS-MINNEWAUKAN

I would like to know their shooting percentage, it wasn't very good. They are definitely not the same team as last year.

sportsphenom wrote:

WalkingStick wrote:Oh boy…DOWN GOES FOUR WINDS-MINNEWAUKAN

I would like to know their shooting percentage, it wasn't very good. They are definitely not the same team as last year.

North Prairie fell tonight as well

Region 4 will be the #5 seed vs. the #6 seed to go to State!

Crazy night in Region 4! No one would have had picked the two teams in the championship. Warwick goes from almost losing the play-in game to the #11 seed to being one win from state. The Leftbear injury hurt FWM, but North Star did a great job of shutting down Deng and holding FWM to a season low in points to earn the win.

North Star edged Warwick 78-74 in the regular season. Should be another close game. Neither team has players that have played in a game of this magnitude before. Will anyone struggle with nerves or play tight? Could be the difference in the game.

RiverMiner99 wrote:I'm looking forward to the Beulah vs. Dickinson game. Brandt knows what he's doing. Scoring 71 against Dickinson on their home floor was impressive. That was the most points Dickinson has allowed at home all year. The 2nd most points they've given up at home was 54 to Bismarck the first game of the season. These coaches know each other very well and this game will continue to add to this great rivalry.

Defense must have showed up "#2 (8) Beulah def #3 Dickinson Trinity 52-29"

Region 1 Title Game - (22-0) (1) Central Cass vs #3 Kindred (15-7)
I'll take Central Cass in this game.

Region 2 Title Game - (16-7) #1 (10) Thompson vs #3 Grafton (17-6)
My gut tells me Grafton will win this game.

Region 3 Title Game - (20-4) D6#1 Medina-Pingree-Buchanan vs D5#3 (RV) Ellendale (14-9)
I'll take Ellendale to win this game.

Region 4 Title Game - (17-7) #5 North Star vs #6 Warwick (18-6)
I'll take North Star to win this game.

Region 5 Title Game - (19-4) #1 (4) Shiloh Christian vs #2 (9) Garrison (20-3)
I think Bismarck Shiloh Christian wins this game.

Region 6 Title Game - (22-2) D12#1 (3) Bishop Ryan vs D12#2 Des Lacs-Burlington (18-6)
I think Minot Bishop Ryan wins.

Region 7 Title Game - (20-2) #1 (5) Bowman County vs #2 (8) Beulah (20-3)
I think Bowman will win this one, seems like they have it figured out in their last 6 quarters.

Region 8 Title Game - (18-4) D16#1 Powers Lake-Burke Central vs D16#2 Kenmare-Bowbells (14-10)
I'll take Powers Lake/BC to win this one.

I think if CC, Minot Ryan, Bismarck Shiloh and Bowman win they are the 1-4 seeds. If any of those top 4 lose then seeding will be very interesting. I could see a case being made for seeds for 13 of the 16 teams playing for titles pending the results of the games!