The Schwab wrote:milton-meteor wrote:scc wrote:toughregion2 wrote:Cando lead North Border in the championship game???? what was the score 2-0. North Border lead from beginning to end.
2002 Thompson and North Border would of wond state also.
Cando led 6-0 to start the game. Cando led 15-8 late in the first quarter. North Border's big second quarter was the result of a beyond-half-court three-pointer at the first quarter buzzer by Warren Eagan. That's when the tide turned. North Border nearly coughed up a sizable lead when it got within five points at 55-50, but they didn't give up the lead. There you go...
yep the three pointer is what won North Border the game (come on), the tide turned and the Titanic sunk,
How did they get a sizable lead off of one three pointer, you mean after, a beyond the half court shot Cando just threw in the towel ,with a Kid that was 6'9" and a team that had harldy lost any games, if any all year long,
to tell you the truth those two team would beat any team that has won the state tounament since!! period.
it was a heavey wieght boxing match with tremendous talent !!!!!!!!!!!!
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roison33 wrote:About 2001 NB eagle....you didn't even mention Bonaime, who I thought played the best on the team that game. And I'm not sure, but I believe Oak Grove lost Nick Hall (1st All-State) that would be a big difference from the championship team. Another point is people think very highly of LIndahl and Cando. Lindahl is HIGHLY overrated on here. I've seen people mention him as one of the best ever and it actually makes me mad. He was a very good player, but Robert Lawrence from Warwick was a better player than Lindahl (but different topic). Cando was undefeated, but they almost lost in Regionals to Wells Co. in the first or second round. Not what I call a dominant team. I would take '03 Mayville against any team this decade: two MR. BB finalists (one being one of the best PG from the state EVER, the other is 6' 10" post) Side note: F-L was missing an all-district player (car accident before the game) in districts in 2002 when NB beat them. I think most people believe they were the better team that year. But like I said before, both could have won state that year. I'll even throw in some more from 2001: Griggs Co., Central Valley, DP, and F-L all could have won state. You probably guessed it already: I played those years in that region and thats my $.02.
GRIDIRON GURU wrote:I had to go back and read the whole thread but I did not see the 1985 Newburg team. They lost to Linton in overtime they were absolutly loaded with talent.
The 1986 Page team was loaded too, they were upset by Oak Grove in regionals.
north_border_eagles2106 wrote:1994 Fordville Lankin too. They were picked by the hoopster to win it all. Lost the region championship game to a team they had beat earlier in the year by over 20 I believe. I'm sure "Flying Wallenda" would know but I believe that's how it went down.
ndlionsfan wrote:Wasn't it St Thomas/Valley instead of Drayton/St Thomas? I think that coop came along many years later.
Flying Wallenda wrote:north_border_eagles2106 wrote:1994 Fordville Lankin too. They were picked by the hoopster to win it all. Lost the region championship game to a team they had beat earlier in the year by over 20 I believe. I'm sure "Flying Wallenda" would know but I believe that's how it went down.
Fordville-Lankin lost to Drayton/St.Thomas in regional title...they beat them twice in the regular season by about 20, lost to them once by a couple, then lost to them in the regional by about 5...Drayton/St. THomas didn't fair well at state, taking 6th I believe.
winner-within wrote:Flying Wallenda wrote:north_border_eagles2106 wrote:1994 Fordville Lankin too. They were picked by the hoopster to win it all. Lost the region championship game to a team they had beat earlier in the year by over 20 I believe. I'm sure "Flying Wallenda" would know but I believe that's how it went down.
Fordville-Lankin lost to Drayton/St.Thomas in regional title...they beat them twice in the regular season by about 20, lost to them once by a couple, then lost to them in the regional by about 5...Drayton/St. THomas didn't fair well at state, taking 6th I believe.
I have listened to allot of talk on this Forum about Fordville/Lankin, Fordville/Lankin and I will say this much, in regards to this particular Topic (best team etc. etc.) the 1983-84 Team of Lankin-Adams would blow any Fordville/Lankin team off the map!! No Question's asked.
north_border_eagles2106 wrote:winner-within wrote:Flying Wallenda wrote:north_border_eagles2106 wrote:1994 Fordville Lankin too. They were picked by the hoopster to win it all. Lost the region championship game to a team they had beat earlier in the year by over 20 I believe. I'm sure "Flying Wallenda" would know but I believe that's how it went down.
Fordville-Lankin lost to Drayton/St.Thomas in regional title...they beat them twice in the regular season by about 20, lost to them once by a couple, then lost to them in the regional by about 5...Drayton/St. THomas didn't fair well at state, taking 6th I believe.
I have listened to allot of talk on this Forum about Fordville/Lankin, Fordville/Lankin and I will say this much, in regards to this particular Topic (best team etc. etc.) the 1983-84 Team of Lankin-Adams would blow any Fordville/Lankin team off the map!! No Question's asked.
Was Mitch Carlson on that team? He was AMAZING.
classB4ever wrote:To say that Evan Lindahl was overrated, is not fair in my book. If I remember correctly, he was up for Mr. Basketball with career numbers of +2000 points & +1000 rebounds. Not sure of how many years he started, but assume 4 years at an average of 25 games a year, for 100 high school games. That leaves a 20 point / 10 rebound average for 4 years. Kind of hard to be overrated with those kinds of numbers.
roison33 wrote:BTW, I am JUST talking about HS and haven't played Evan since HS, so if you include college he is definitely higher, but I wasn't. He did have a good career at UND and I'm proud to see a ND product do well in college.
north_border_eagles2106 wrote:roison33 wrote:About 2001 NB eagle....you didn't even mention Bonaime, who I thought played the best on the team that game. And I'm not sure, but I believe Oak Grove lost Nick Hall (1st All-State) that would be a big difference from the championship team. Another point is people think very highly of LIndahl and Cando. Lindahl is HIGHLY overrated on here. I've seen people mention him as one of the best ever and it actually makes me mad. He was a very good player, but Robert Lawrence from Warwick was a better player than Lindahl (but different topic). Cando was undefeated, but they almost lost in Regionals to Wells Co. in the first or second round. Not what I call a dominant team. I would take '03 Mayville against any team this decade: two MR. BB finalists (one being one of the best PG from the state EVER, the other is 6' 10" post) Side note: F-L was missing an all-district player (car accident before the game) in districts in 2002 when NB beat them. I think most people believe they were the better team that year. But like I said before, both could have won state that year. I'll even throw in some more from 2001: Griggs Co., Central Valley, DP, and F-L all could have won state. You probably guessed it already: I played those years in that region and thats my $.02.
Yeah Bonaime was huge, he had one of those games where at the end you didn't think he had that many points but had a quite double double. He got a lot of points at the free throw line and was our best free throw shooter that year.
I am pretty sure Nick Hall still played for Oak Grove that year but I guess unless I watched the tape (again) I couldn't say for sure. They still had Aaron Ankrum and Sean Keating who were 6'5 and 6'6. I forget the name of their swing man but he had like a 38 inch vertical (remember the announcers talking about that) and was the most athletic player in the tournament. They were still a good team. So Cando Cando had ONE close game in regionals, big deal! That doesn't mean they aren't a "dominant" team caues of one game. We only beat MPCG by 2 that year in the first round too. I'll agree with Griggs Co. Central I think they were ranked top 5 all year and got "upset" by Central Valley on a buzzer beater. CV had a great team that year with Hong and the Olsons. Dakota Prairie had loads of talent too.
2003 MPCG was a great team but Kyle Nelson was good because of Craig in HS. His numbers were impressive because all he had to do was catch the ball and turn with the ball by his head and shoot over everyone. If we would've done to Nelson what we did to Lindahl I know he'd get just as flustered and wouldnt've hit his average. People say Lindahl is overrated but I think Nelson is too. Lindahl had an all-around game. Nelson was good, but only from about 10 feet and in.
I will agree that Fordville-Lankin was more talented than us in 2002. The only thing we had going for us is that we are a tournament team and they had been notorious for getting upset come tournament time no matter how much talent they had. Had Chuck Helland been able to play normal during tournaments I guarantee they would've gone to state that year. He was so much better than most people knew and was a great all-around player. The only reason we could've won had we both won the semi-finals would've been coaching.
shilohskyhawk wrote:It was the 1986 GU rattlers 23-1 lost to belfield 74-72 in regional Championship. Beat Mandan and Bismarck St. Marys that season both qualified for State A.
Kevin Gerving - all state
Doug Gerving All state
Corey Wilhelm All state
Jeff Meissner - played at UND W
and a host of others that filled the 5 hole.
In 1987 The Rattlers made it to state and lost to eventual champ Mayport in 1st round at the buzzer. That team beat then Class A grafton by 14 (Herbel, Krajewski(LSU), Jacobson) that finished third at the state class A.
Starters were the same with exception of K. Gerving. All totaled for those 2 years 49-2.
Glen Ullin did go to state in 1984 and finished 4th with a lesser team than these. All totaled 1983-1991 GU had 9 straight district Champs (state record) 3 regional champs and 6 regional champ appearances not a bad run when regions had alot more teams in them at the time. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
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