North Dakota Preps

Region 1
@ Sanford Health Athletic Complex @ NDSU
Monday March 4th
G1 - #4 Central Cass def #5 Northern Cass 65-49
G2 - #2 Wahpeton def #7 Oak Grove 63-46
G3 - #3 Valley City def #6 Lisbon 70-60

Tuesday March 5th
G4 - #1 (1) Kindred def #4 Central Cass 57-49
G5 - #2 Wahpeton def #3 Valley City 47-44

Thursday March 7th
G6- 3rd Place - #3 Valley City def #4 Central Cass 68-53
G7 - Region 1 Title Game - #1 (1) Kindred def #3 Wahpeton 65-50

Region 2
@ Mayville State University
Monday March 4th
G1 - #4 Thompson def Hillsboro-Central Valley 76-60
G2 - #3 (4) Devils Lake def #6 Carrington 100-42

Tuesday March 5th
G3 - #4 Thompson def #2 (2) Grafton 60-57
G4 - #3 (4) Devils Lake def #2 (3) Four Winds-Minnewaukan 68-58

Thursday March 7th
G5 - 3rd Place - #2 (2) Grafton def #2 (3) Four Winds-Minnewaukan 70-62
G6 - Region 2 Title Game - #3 (4) Devils Lake def #4 Thompson 73-64

Region 3
@ Minot Auditorium
Monday March 4th
G1 - #1 Stanley def #9 New Town 57-39
G2 - #4 South Prairie-Max def #5 Turtle Mountain 51-44
G3 - #2 (RV) Des Lacs-Burlington def #7 Nedrose 72-28
G4 - #3 Bottineau def #6 Rugby 46-42

Tuesday March 5th
G5 - #1 Stanley def #4 South Prairie-Max 52-30
G6 - #2 (RV) Des Lacs-Burlington def #3 Bottineau 61-36

Thursday March 7th
G7 - 3rd Place - #3 Bottineau def #4 South Prairie-Max 61-51
G8 - Region 3 Title Game - #2 (RV) Des Lacs-Burlington def #2 Stanley 50-41

Region 4
@ Killdeer High School
Monday March 4th
G1 - #4 Killdeer def #5 Hazen 59-45
G2 - (15-6) #2 Shiloh Christian def #7 Watford City 67-40
G3 - #6 Standing Rock def #3 Dickinson Trinity 55-45

Tuesday March 5th
G4 - #1 (5) Beulah def #4 Killdeer 65-57
G5 - #2 Shiloh Christian def #6 Standing Rock 70-60

Thursday March 7th
G6 - 3rd Place - #4 Killdeer def #6 Standing Rock 63-58 OT
G7 - Region 4 Title Game - #2 Shiloh Christian def #1 (5) Beulah 75-70 OT

State Qualifiers
Saturday March 9th
@ Sanford Health Athletic Complex (NDSU)
R2#3 Grafton def R1#2 Wahpeton 48-36
R1#3 Valley City def R2#2 Thompson 77-69 OT

@ 4 Bears Casino in New Town
R3#2 Stanley def R4#3 Killdeer def R3#2 Stanley 61-59
R4#2 (5) Beulah def R3#3 Bottineau 68-41

Thompson upsets Grafton in the Region 2 semis, which means one of the big 3 in Region 2 (Grafton, Devils Lake, Four Winds) will not make it to state. Wild.

UncleRico wrote:Thompson upsets Grafton in the Region 2 semis, which means one of the big 3 in Region 2 (Grafton, Devils Lake, Four Winds) will not make it to state. Wild.

The two Region 2 games I watched last night seemed to be on completely different levels. Grafton must've earned the state #2 ranking somehow - they'll need to find that tomorrow or else they'll get blown off the floor by FWM.

Best Part of Class A is 75% of the teams can beat anyone.
Central Cass gave Kindred everything it could handle last night. CC packed it in and told Kindred that you will need to beat us from the outside shooting 3s. It threw Kindred off for sure...

airmail wrote:

UncleRico wrote:Thompson upsets Grafton in the Region 2 semis, which means one of the big 3 in Region 2 (Grafton, Devils Lake, Four Winds) will not make it to state. Wild.

The two Region 2 games I watched last night seemed to be on completely different levels. Grafton must've earned the state #2 ranking somehow - they'll need to find that tomorrow or else they'll get blown off the floor by FWM.

Its not like you cant simply search in YouTube and watch 95% of a teams games these days, do some research. Grafton has split with 4 winds and Devils Lake.

airmail wrote:

UncleRico wrote:Thompson upsets Grafton in the Region 2 semis, which means one of the big 3 in Region 2 (Grafton, Devils Lake, Four Winds) will not make it to state. Wild.

The two Region 2 games I watched last night seemed to be on completely different levels. Grafton must've earned the state #2 ranking somehow - they'll need to find that tomorrow or else they'll get blown off the floor by FWM.

Its not like you cant simply search in YouTube and watch 95% of a teams games these days, do some research. Grafton has split with 4 winds and Devils Lake.

The worst thing last night was to win between Valley and Wahp..... Now Valley has a better chance of going to state than Wahp....

Wahp has to either beat Kindred or Grafton or Four Winds.....

Valley has to beat CC and Thompson....

maddog1971 wrote:The worst thing last night was to win between Valley and Wahp..... Now Valley has a better chance of going to state than Wahp....

Wahp has to either beat Kindred or Grafton or Four Winds.....

Valley has to beat CC and Thompson....

I'm going to say that 3 teams from Region 2(Devils Lake/Thompson/Four Winds) make it to state. If Grafton wins I'll say they go as well. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that 5 of the top 6 teams from region 2 would finish second in region 1. Region 2 is stacked this year.

Flying Wallenda wrote:

maddog1971 wrote:The worst thing last night was to win between Valley and Wahp..... Now Valley has a better chance of going to state than Wahp....

Wahp has to either beat Kindred or Grafton or Four Winds.....

Valley has to beat CC and Thompson....

I'm going to say that 3 teams from Region 2(Devils Lake/Thompson/Four Winds) make it to state. If Grafton wins I'll say they go as well. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that 5 of the top 6 teams from region 2 would finish second in region 1. Region 2 is stacked this year.

HCV lost to Wahpeton this season but did beat Central Cass (in OT), Valley City (tight), Oak Grove & Lisbon (15+) this season...HCV would be more 'in the mix' in R1 then they were in R2.

Still think OG/Carrington could have been a really good game for both teams. R1 coaches didn't run up those scores like R2 teams did to Carrington.

Flying Wallenda wrote:

maddog1971 wrote:The worst thing last night was to win between Valley and Wahp..... Now Valley has a better chance of going to state than Wahp....

Wahp has to either beat Kindred or Grafton or Four Winds.....

Valley has to beat CC and Thompson....

I'm going to say that 3 teams from Region 2(Devils Lake/Thompson/Four Winds) make it to state. If Grafton wins I'll say they go as well. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that 5 of the top 6 teams from region 2 would finish second in region 1. Region 2 is stacked this year.

That is impossible by the way. Either Grafton or Four Winds make it. Both Can not.

maddog1971 wrote:

Flying Wallenda wrote:

maddog1971 wrote:The worst thing last night was to win between Valley and Wahp..... Now Valley has a better chance of going to state than Wahp....

Wahp has to either beat Kindred or Grafton or Four Winds.....

Valley has to beat CC and Thompson....

I'm going to say that 3 teams from Region 2(Devils Lake/Thompson/Four Winds) make it to state. If Grafton wins I'll say they go as well. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that 5 of the top 6 teams from region 2 would finish second in region 1. Region 2 is stacked this year.

That is impossible by the way. Either Grafton or Four Winds make it. Both Can not.

I know. What I was stating was - If Four Winds beats Grafton, they'll beat the #2 seed from region 1.

If Grafton beats Four Winds, they'll beat the #2 seed from region 1.

Flying Wallenda wrote:

maddog1971 wrote:

Flying Wallenda wrote:

maddog1971 wrote:The worst thing last night was to win between Valley and Wahp..... Now Valley has a better chance of going to state than Wahp....

Wahp has to either beat Kindred or Grafton or Four Winds.....

Valley has to beat CC and Thompson....

I'm going to say that 3 teams from Region 2(Devils Lake/Thompson/Four Winds) make it to state. If Grafton wins I'll say they go as well. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that 5 of the top 6 teams from region 2 would finish second in region 1. Region 2 is stacked this year.

That is impossible by the way. Either Grafton or Four Winds make it. Both Can not.

I know. What I was stating was - If Four Winds beats Grafton, they'll beat the #2 seed from region 1.

If Grafton beats Four Winds, they'll beat the #2 seed from region 1.

Yeah I read it that way the first time too, Wallenda

Congrats to the DLB Lakers winning Region 3 over Stanley! Be great at State!

Grafton beats Four Winns. Deng held to only 13 points. It was tough to watch on TV. They just weren't themselves. Feel bad for Deng, the kid is a true baller. Their season is done.

Devils Lake wins it but good grief the defense is just not what I would think it would be with that much talent.

Oldman1974 wrote:Grafton beats Four Winns. Deng held to only 13 points. It was tough to watch on TV. They just weren't themselves. Feel bad for Deng, the kid is a true baller. Their season is done.

Devils Lake wins it but good grief the defense is just not what I would think it would be with that much talent.

I agree with you....They did not look the same. Give them credit however, they competed hard, even without Deng. They didn't have the outside threat like they have had in years past. Tremendous program, culture and coach.

Blackheart wrote:Congrats to the DLB Lakers winning Region 3 over Stanley! Be great at State!

That is great for them. Now onto the Show at the Dome.

All games last night were competitive.

Kindred VS Wahp was a very good game. Very physical game with some hard fouls. Kindred took over in the 4th quarter was all Kindred but the first 3 were a toss up. Hard to believe the little guards of Wahp were scoring over and rebounding with the much larger Kindred guards.

Devils Lake and Thompson was a good game. Thompson is playing great and after watching last night ... I am changing my vote to Thompson taking VC.

Four Winds-Minnewaukan was down a key injury (per the YLE broadcast; Nestell - Senior - injury).

DL wins it