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Championship Game Appearances by Team Grand Forks Central - 31 Grand Forks Red River - 28 Fargo North - 12 Grafton / Park River - 10 Fargo South - 8 Bismarck - 6 Grafton - 5 Minot - 4 Fargo South / Shanley - 1 Bismarck Century - 1 Grand Forks St. James - 1

South Shanley over Minot 5-1 Central over Bottineau 14-0 Century over West Fargo 3-1 Red River over Williston 10-0

Unfortunately, no being the surrounding communities are also facing one of the same problems I mentioned earlier - declining enrollment. This year's GPR varsity team is made up of 12 players from Grafton, 4 from Park River, 3 from Cavalier, and 1 from Minto. Grafton has always had the vast majority of players since the coop started - some years were almost entirely Grafton players. If Park River wanted to go solo, they would have to convince those who are currently feeding the Grafton program (Minto, Drayton, Cavalier, etc.) to join them and probably Langdon. I don't see that happening. I agree the Spoiler name needs to stay.

Yeah, now that Grafton has kids from the surrounding area in their youth program they decided a couple years ago that it's necessary to make everyone happy so, they chose North Stars. Apparently the animosity up there is off the charts. It's gotten so bad that parents and kids outside of Grafton are pushing for the Spoiler name to be dropped all together. It's obvious most parents and kids no longer care about the tradition and winning. It's now all about their feelings.

Haha. It isn’t “cool” to play hockey in Grafton anymore?? This couldn't be further from the truth. You are right about one thing though - the money that was behind it is no longer there.

AA and A schools based on grades 7 - 10 male enrollment (2021 - 22) AA East: West Fargo Sheyenne – 843 West Fargo – 746 Fargo Davies – 708 Fargo South / Shanley – 690 (502 / 188) Grand Forks Central – 637 Fargo North – 612 Grand Forks Red River – 540 AA West: Minot – 1,133 Williston – 675 Bismarck Century – 699 Bismarck High – 675 Dickinson – 611 Mandan – 611 Jamestown / Valley City – 587 (394 / 193) A: Watford City – 305 Devils Lake – 251 Wahpeton – 235 Hazen / Beulah – 215 (98 / 117) Bottineau / Rugby – 186 (91 / 95) Grafton / Park River – 178 (118 / 60) Langdon Area – 83 MayPort - 75 Crosby (Divide County) – 57

Declining enrollment, changing demographics, animosity towards Grafton, politics, parents, and loss of pride has hurt Grafton hockey. Also, North Dakota high school hockey isn't what it used to be.