North Dakota Preps

STATE TOURNAMENT
@ Grand Forks
March 3rd, 4th & 5th

Thursday, March 3rd
G1: #2 Watford City def. Dickinson Trinity 39-23
G2: #3 Park River-FL def. Carrington 51-44
G3: #1 North Star def. Fairmount/CT 37-28
G4: Shiloh Christian def. #4 Rugby 47-40

Friday, March 4th
G5: Carrington def. Dickinson Trinity 40-29
G6: Fairmount/CT def. #4 Rugby 52-44
G7: #2 Watford City def. #3 Park River-FL 54-45
G8: Shiloh Christian def. #1 North Star 47-45

Saturday, March 5th
7th Place: Dickinson Trinity def. #4 Rugby 36-30
5th Place: Fairmount/CT def. Carrington 44-34
3rd Place: #1 North Star def. #3 Park River-FL 43-42
Championship: Shiloh Christian def. #2 Watford City 45-40

CHAMPS: Shiloh Christian (24-3)
Runner Up: Watford City (24-3)
3rd: North Star (25-2)
4th: Park River-FL (22-4)
Consolation Champs: Fairmount/CT (24-2)
6th: Carrington (21-7)
7th: Dickinson Trinity (21-6)
8th: Rugby (24-4)

Senior Athlete of the Year: Rylee Nudell, Maple Valley
Coach of the Year: Jon Zenz, Watford City

All-Tournament Team
Shiloh Christian: Krista Ulmer, Brittan Grubb
Watford City: Katie Mogen, Ricki Lindley
North Star: Stephanie Miller, Macey Kvilvang
Fairmount/CT: Harmony Burns
Carrington: Kauri Hochhalter
Dickinson Trinity: Alanna Sickler
Rugby: Shea Heidlebaugh

Tournament MVP: Katie Mogen, Watford City

If North Star loses in the 1st round I wonder if that would push the AA to seed the whole thing.

Going to be a great tournament! I think every one of the teams have a legit chance.

My order of best teams goes like this:
1 Watford City
2 North Star
3 Park River
4 Fairmount-C-T
5 Rugby
6 Dickinson Trinity
7 Shiloh Christian
8 Carrington

I'm surprised that FCT isn't in the top 3. I'm not a big girls basketball fan. I believe this FCT group is pretty much the same team that lost in close regional championship games the last two years, except they are now seniors. And the teams that beat them went on to finish 2nd and 3rd at state with their only defeats coming to Bishop Ryan in each tourney. FCT lost their only game of the year in their first or second game of the season in overtime against a strong Richland team. I heard that FCT played the game without their 6'3" girls in that game. I don't know this for certain, it is what I heard.

That being said, I think North Star got a horrible draw and think they will more than likely fall in the opening round. I have heard so many good things about Watford City, I think they are likely the favorites.

d_fense wrote:I'm surprised that FCT isn't in the top 3. I'm not a big girls basketball fan. I believe this FCT group is pretty much the same team that lost in close regional championship games the last two years, except they are now seniors. And the teams that beat them went on to finish 2nd and 3rd at state with their only defeats coming to Bishop Ryan in each tourney. FCT lost their only game of the year in their first or second game of the season in overtime against a strong Richland team. I heard that FCT played the game without their 6'3" girls in that game. I don't know this for certain, it is what I heard.

That being said, I think North Star got a horrible draw and think they will more than likely fall in the opening round. I have heard so many good things about Watford City, I think they are likely the favorites.

Has FCT played any top 10 teams?

Rivershark wrote:

d_fense wrote:I'm surprised that FCT isn't in the top 3. I'm not a big girls basketball fan. I believe this FCT group is pretty much the same team that lost in close regional championship games the last two years, except they are now seniors. And the teams that beat them went on to finish 2nd and 3rd at state with their only defeats coming to Bishop Ryan in each tourney. FCT lost their only game of the year in their first or second game of the season in overtime against a strong Richland team. I heard that FCT played the game without their 6'3" girls in that game. I don't know this for certain, it is what I heard.

That being said, I think North Star got a horrible draw and think they will more than likely fall in the opening round. I have heard so many good things about Watford City, I think they are likely the favorites.

Has FCT played any top 10 teams?

No...Richland & Kindred were in-and-out of the poll all year (lost to Richland in 2nd game of season 62-67 in OT; beat Kindred twice: 53-42 & 46-25).
Two of their best wins actually come from MN games (47-40 over 24-2 #10 Wheaton/HN (A) at home; 56-46 over 17-6 Breckenridge (AA) on a neutral court)

Fairmount/CT plays solid defense and is an opportunistic team and has played together for several years. Kvilvang won't tower over Kaehler...Kaehler is 6'3" and will cause Kvilvang some issues. In the end, I still think N. Star gets it done...but it won't be easy.

I could see all 4 seeded teams losing in the first round. I think this is a very balanced tournament and could go a number of ways.

ndlionsfan wrote:I could see all 4 seeded teams losing in the first round. I think this is a very balanced tournament and could go a number of ways.

Oh, and what do you base that on?

Rivershark wrote:

ndlionsfan wrote:I could see all 4 seeded teams losing in the first round. I think this is a very balanced tournament and could go a number of ways.

Oh, and what do you base that on?

Means anyone of the 8 teams could win it

Run4Fun2009 wrote:No...Richland & Kindred were in-and-out of the poll all year (lost to Richland in 2nd game of season 62-67 in OT; beat Kindred twice: 53-42 & 46-25).
Two of their best wins actually come from MN games (47-40 over 24-2 #10 Wheaton/HN (A) at home; 56-46 over 17-6 Breckenridge (AA) on a neutral court)

I don't think they got near the credit they should have by beating Wheaton. Wheaton is VERY good.

ndlionsfan wrote:I could see all 4 seeded teams losing in the first round. I think this is a very balanced tournament and could go a number of ways.

A Carrington win would be a large upset IMO.

Carrington has some losses, but their largest deficit was to North Star (at North Star) by 7. They played North Star closer than either Park River or Rugby, and those two games were road games for North Star. I don't see Carrington winning it all, but one or even two wins isn't out of the question.

Here is my predictions
Thursday
Watford City 55 Dickinson Trinity 49
Park River 48 Carrington 42
North Star 60 Fairmount 58
Rugby 49 Shiloh Christian 45
Friday
Dickinson Trinity 44 Carrington 40
Fairmount 54 Shiloh Christian 46
Park River 51 Watford City 47
North Star 65 Rugby 55
Saturday
Shiloh Christian 46 Carrington 43
Fairmount 51 Dickinson Trinity 41
Watford City 53 Rugby 46
North Star 60 Park River 56

My Thoughts

Thursday
Watford City def. Dickinson Trinity 65-39
Park River def. Carrington 44-38
North Star def. Fairmount/CT 51-45
Rugby def. Shiloh Christian 48-41

Friday
Carrington def. Dickinson Trinity 40-38
Fairmount/CT def. Shiloh Christian 52-41
Watford City def. Park River-FL 50-42
North Star def. Rugby 48-37

Saturday
7th Place: Shiloh Christian def. Dickinson Trinity 50-38
5th Place: Fairmount/CT def. Carrington 58-45
3rd Place: Rugby def. Park River-FL 42-40
Championship: Watford City def. North Star 66-60

d_fense wrote: I heard that FCT played the game without their 6'3" girls in that game. I don't know this for certain, it is what I heard.

She played in that game, just was on the bench in foul trouble for a good part of it. If I remember correctly, she might have been hobbled at times as well, but I know she fouled out of that game. I believe Burns, and possibly one other starter fouled out as well.

MTfan4life wrote:

d_fense wrote: I heard that FCT played the game without their 6'3" girls in that game. I don't know this for certain, it is what I heard.

She played in that game, just was on the bench in foul trouble for a good part of it. If I remember correctly, she might have been hobbled at times as well, but I know she fouled out of that game. I believe Burns, and possibly one other starter fouled out as well.

She hurt her ankle in that game.

Rivershark wrote:

ndlionsfan wrote:I could see all 4 seeded teams losing in the first round. I think this is a very balanced tournament and could go a number of ways.

Oh, and what do you base that on?

I meant nothing about the teams and how they were seeded. I just feel all 8 are very close this year and no team is a favorite really. It's a tossup who wins this thing and I think we will see a lot of close, exciting games.

FishingBoy09 wrote:Here is my predictions
Thursday
Watford City 55 Dickinson Trinity 49
Park River 48 Carrington 42
North Star 60 Fairmount 58
Rugby 49 Shiloh Christian 45
Friday
Dickinson Trinity 44 Carrington 40
Fairmount 54 Shiloh Christian 46
Park River 51 Watford City 47
North Star 65 Rugby 55
Saturday
Shiloh Christian 46 Carrington 43
Fairmount 51 Dickinson Trinity 41
Watford City 53 Rugby 46
North Star 60 Park River 56

I like when someone stick their neck out and makes predictions, so I will follow your lead

Watford City 53 Dickinson Trinity 43
Park River-FL 55 Carrington 44
Fairmount-C-T 57 North Star 51
Rugby 50 Shiloh Christian 49
Semis
Dickinson Trinity 45 Carrington 42
North Star 65 Shiloh Christian 49
Watford City 51 Park River-FL 46
Fairmount-C-T 67 Rugby 49
Finals
Shiloh Christian 49 Carrington 45
North Star 52 Dickinson Trinity 40
Park River-FL 57 Rugby 47
Watford City 57 Fairmount-C-T 53

I think this will be an exciting tourney and hard to predict, but going into the season, I personally had Watford City winning it all, so I will keep it that way, but it will be enjoyable to see how it all plays out.

I prefer not to start a new topic, so I will ask here:
Can someone provide the most likely starters for each team?
Of course I can predict on my own 2 or 3 for each team with no problem , but harder to look at stats and know who is the 4th and or 5th starter, Thanks in advance

Run4Fun2009 wrote:My Thoughts

Thursday
Watford City def. Dickinson Trinity 65-39
Park River def. Carrington 44-38
North Star def. Fairmount/CT 51-45
Rugby def. Shiloh Christian 48-41

Friday
Carrington def. Dickinson Trinity 40-38
Fairmount/CT def. Shiloh Christian 52-41
Watford City def. Park River-FL 50-42
North Star def. Rugby 48-37

Saturday
7th Place: Shiloh Christian def. Dickinson Trinity 50-38
5th Place: Fairmount/CT def. Carrington 58-45
3rd Place: Rugby def. Park River-FL 42-40
Championship: Watford City def. North Star 66-60

Watford 63 Dickinson Trinty 49
PRFL 42 Carrington 39
FCT 55 Northstar 54
Rugby 46 Shiloh 35

Carrington 47 Trinity 40
Northstar 60 Shiloh 38
Watford 50 PRFL 45
FCT 51 Rugby 47

Trinity 39 Shiloh 38
Northstar 50 Carrington 40
PRFL 51 Rugby 38
FCT 54 Watford 53 (OT)

STATE TOURNAMENT
@ Grand Forks
March 3rd, 4th & 5th

Thursday, March 3rd
G1: #2 Watford City (22-2) vs. Dickinson Trinity (20-4)
G2: #3 Park River-FL (21-2) vs. Carrington (20-5)
G3: #1 North Star (23-1) vs. Fairmount/CT (22-1)
G4: #4 Rugby (24-1) vs. Shiloh Christian (21-3)

Watford City over Dickinson Trinity by 4
Park River over Carrington by 8
North Star over Fairmount/CT by 12
Rugby over Shiloh Christian by 10
(Only thing I really know about these teams is that Rugby beat Velva twice soundly and Velva beat Turtle Lake, and Shiloh Christian barley beat TL twice.) I also do not think that FCT has play a very tough schedule.

Thursday, March 3rd
G1: Watford City 62 Dickinson Trinity 40
G2: #3 Park River-FL 47 vs. Carrington 43
G3: #1 North Star 44 vs. Fairmount/CT 51
G4: #4 Rugby 51 vs. Shiloh Christian 41

Friday, March 4th
G5: Dickinson Trinity 44 Carrington 40
G6: North Star 54 vs. Shiloh Christian 39
G7: Watford City 50 vs. Park River-FL 44
G8: Fairmount/CT 47 vs. Rugby 38

Saturday, March 5th
7th Place: Carrington 45 Shiloh Christian 42
5th Place: North Star 48 Dickinson Trinity 45
3rd Place: Park River-FL 58 Rugby 44
Championship: Watford City 46 FCT 42

nolan4 wrote:I prefer not to start a new topic, so I will ask here:
Can someone provide the most likely starters for each team?
Of course I can predict on my own 2 or 3 for each team with no problem , but harder to look at stats and know who is the 4th and or 5th starter, Thanks in advance

These are not confirmed, but my best guess base on what i saw this year.

Rugby - Shea Heidlebaugh, Ashley Schmaltz, Breanna Thompson, Maddie Uhlenkamp, Lauren Kraft
North Star - Macy Kvillvang, Brenna Logie, Peyton Halverson, Stephanie Miller, Madison Borstad
Watford City - Katie Mogen, Ricki Lindley, Alli Mogen, Lea Arndt, Mackenzie Sparby

Dickinson Trinity Starters: Madi Jahner, Abby Jones, Jordie McNeilly, Alanna Sickler, Brianna Soehren
FCT: Burns, Rittenour, Grefsrud, Kaehler

domination wrote:Dickinson Trinity Starters: Madi Jahner, Abby Jones, Jordie McNeilly, Alanna Sickler, Brianna Soehren
FCT: Burns, Rittenour, Grefsrud, Kaehler

FCT only going with 4 starters. That's a bold move Cotton, let's see if it pays off.