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Bantams settle for top-4 state finish

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Comets drop 2 of 3 at home, including OT heartbreaker

Crosby’s Bantam hockey team allowed a season-ending goal at 4:11 of overtime in an elimination game at the state tournament Saturday, falling 3-2 to Mandan at Andrist Arena. Mandan scored off of a faceoff during a 4-on-4. Crosby was just seven seconds away from killing a hooking penalty on Jacob Reistad and going on the power play. The goal came […]

Barman, Wehrman, Falk are all-district

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Two players from Ray High School and one from Divide County High School were named to this year’s All-District 7 basketball teams, as announced at the conclusion of the district tournaments. Ty Barman, a Ray seventh-grader, averaged 15.8 points per game for the Jays boys’ team. Barman scored a season-high 31 points on Jan. 16 in a loss to Trinity […]

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Rancher boys fall at regionals The Powers Lake-Burke Central high school varsity boys’ basketball team fell 77-44 to Bishop Ryan in the Region 4 quarterfinals on March 4 at the 4 Bears Event Center west of New Town. Kyle Huseby led the Ranchers with 24 points, followed by Jaden Bullinger with nine, Grayson Rystedt with six, Lucas Parslow and Nic […]

19U girls end season with state tournament losses

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The Crosby girls’ 19U hockey team ended its season Sunday with a 5-1 loss to Richland in a consolation game at the NDAHA league tournament in Grand Forks. Aaliyah Bailey scored, and Anna Ames made 56 saves for the Comets (3-26- 1), who lost all three of their tournament games. Madison Schieber had a hat trick for Richland. Bailey gave […]

Junior Gold falls in OT of state 7th-place game

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It took overtime to decide the seventh-place game of the NDAHA Junior Gold tournament between Crosby and Northwood on Saturday, but Northwood scored with 51 seconds left in the first overtime period to beat the Comets. Addison Quitt scored twice, and Isaiah Rindel made a season-high 81 saves for the Comets (2-22-0), who fell short in all three of their […]

Ray boys fall behind in 2nd half, miss out on regionals

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The Ray High School varsity boys’ basketball season was ended by Kenmare-Bowbells 80-48 in a region tournament qualifier game Feb. 27 at the 4 Bears Event Center west of New Town. The Jays trailed by six at the break but were outscored 30-11 in the third quarter and didn’t get any closer in the fourth. “Our kids played hard,” Ray […]

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Bantams host state tourney Crosby’s Bantam hockey team is hosting the Gold Division of the NDAHA state tournament this week and has one of the top two seeds after finishing undefeated in league play in the regular season. The Bantam B Gold tournament will take place from Thursday to Sunday at the Crosby Community Center. The league’s top six teams […]

19U heads to state tournament on winning note

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Anna Ames made 43 saves to help the Crosby girls’ 19U hockey team win its second consecutive game, 2-1 against the Watford City 14U at Andrist Arena on Sunday. Kenley Sundberg and Emma Landsverk scored for the Comets (3-23-1), who won back-to-back games for the first time since March 2022. The two games against the Watford City 14U were scheduled […]

Junior Gold hits the road for state

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Crosby’s Junior Gold hockey team is set for the NDAHA tournament this weekend in Grand Forks, opening against top-seeded hosts on Thursday in the quarterfinals. The Comets (2-19-0, 2-12-0 NDAHA) will be facing the undefeated Grand Forks Stallions (14-0-0 NDAHA) for the third time this season. Grand Forks defeated Crosby 4-0 on Jan. 6 in Grand Forks and 8-1 on […]

DC boys suffer season-ending play-in loss

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Maroons allow 13-0 run in 2nd quarter, fall 69-47 to Tioga

The Divide County High School varsity boys’ basketball team gave up a big second-quarter run and fell to host Tioga 69-47 on Feb. 20 in a district tournament play-in game, ending its season. The 22-point margin matched the amount by which Tioga beat Divide County in their regular-season meeting, 60-38 on Jan. 18 in Crosby. “We worked hard the last […]


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