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23 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:
I wouldn't be surprised if they fold their program after this year. Not good news at all.
This is a down year for all of ND hockey but HB needs to be junior gold or something. Just a sign of the times with most sports here. Check out freshman boys n girls basketball numbers as another example. Maybe Rericks blog letter rant holds some truth.
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4 hours ago, OgieOgilthorpe said:
Elusive banner? If they hung banners, they would need to spread them out through the Purpur and the Gam to fit them all. Winning in 2010 really doesn't seem that long ago does it? Are you referring to their 2014 title getting robbed by BHS maybe?
Yes, elusive as in the last three years. RR has more banners once the high school was built. Let's hope Central can win it all this year!
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Tough game for EGF last night. Parents said Lund hasn't practiced in 2 weeks due to injury. He looked tired and Selk just came back from injury. Centrals good. Real speed and disrupt play. Central finally should get the elusive banner.
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6 minutes ago, MoSiouxFan said:
Who's the other DL kid, besides Cole Thompson?
Moser I think
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23 hours ago, siouxweet said:
It could be because of academics and when he got cut and wanted to re-enroll at Central he may not have taken enough classes in Bismarck to be eligible. Just speculating.
Here's what I was told of the Nick Lund story. He was told he was on Bismarck after main camp, during training camp and would play in 1/2-3/4 games. As the season progressed he played in 1/11 games but since he was still a senior had the opportunity to play in EGF and decided to go that route to actually play. ND has a rule that once you are living in another town and school starts you have to sit out the year of varsity sports. It's not an option or open to discussion. It's the rule. Now Bismarck and Minot get a competitive advantage with this rule because those kids don't leave home or school so if it doesn't work out they can go back to varsity hockey in those towns. MN has a 45 day period where you can leave and go back to the original school. If ND had a similar rule he would be at Central. It's a terrible rule that will affect more kids coming up. KIds want to play hockey at a higher level and don't feel ND hockey gives them that option. Someone should look up just how many HS eligible kids are playing elsewhere right now. In AAA hockey alone DL has 2 for sure, WF has 3, Grafton 1-2, South 2-3 and the list goes on. If all the kids stayed ND hockey would be competitive once again. The 2 future UND kids at RR and Central will be leaving after this year and maybe Salquist will join them. Possibly the Minot D guy and one from BHS also.
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16 hours ago, choyt3 said:
To be fair, shouldn't the baseball coach be able to expect his team to be there since it is baseball season? He is taking it seriously, since he signed up to coach the team, so why shouldn't the kids (parents)?
Yes you are right but to a point. 2 days for an entire summer is not enough. And then you have to decide what kind of team do you want. If you want a team that can compete for championships with kids who are there most but not all the time or do you want a team where the kids show up all the time that can win most games but have no chance at playoffs. That's what it depends on. Kind of the same as Sioux hockey..2 year players vs 4 year players. Which is the right way to go? Wow that was to much insight for one day!
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1 hour ago, 82SiouxGuy said:
I know at least a few of the Red River hockey kids played on the Blues last year, but I don't know about the Royals.
Yea some RR kids played Blues last year....possibly not this year though. But the age group mentioned above would have been first year Royals. They didn't play and they were awesome players. It's exactly like Yote was saying...good to have rules but it's forcing kids to make a choice. I've heard all the Fargo teams lightened up because kids were dropping BB for the lake, hockey etc. Unfortunately my son will join the ranks and not play legion I'm afraid. Good luck to your son Yote on Festival tryout!!
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2 hours ago, 82SiouxGuy said:
At least some of them do. I don't know how many because I didn't pay much attention to the legion teams this past summer.
I'm not sure if any of the RR kids still play legion at that age group. The local GF legion coaches are hard core 2 hour practices and be there an hour early. That's 3 hours a day. If u miss a practice u sit a game. He gives 2 personal days. Hard to go to other sport camps, go to the lake, church fundtion, vacation or whatever the case may be. If I sound bitter I am. All the better kids have quit and the younger ones will soon to be quitting.
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40 minutes ago, MoSiouxFan said:
That's a shame. The kid was a great punter and looked forward to having him for another two seasons.
It'll be out soon enough what he did. Remember these are young adults and mistakes are made. I'm older and I
guarantee everybody will makes mistakes along the road they regret. I'm sure he's already upset at himself for getting and messing up a second chance.
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Any grand forks/area players coming up to watch in the next few years? Thought i saw bemidji has a decent prospect. Also warroad, Roseau or anywhere up north? Thanks to anyone who may know.
This year on Central you've got F Grant Johnson, Nick Lund, Cam Olstad and at Red River you've got D Brock Montgomery and F Mason Salquist.All of those guys have done well at USA Festivals but that doesn't mean allot either.
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Anybody know if Nick Lund of Grand Forks Central HS is any relation to Billy Lund from SCSU? He seems to be having a decent U17 camp thus far.
Not that I know of.
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Selling 2 SRO $100 each text 218-779-9359
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I've also got 2 SRO south end tickets for tonight's game for sale..txt me at 218-779-9359
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Bemidji gets 2 goals in the first 45 secs of the 2nd period but Edina answers with a goal for a 4-2 lead with 13:00 left in the 2nd.
Are the games on a radio channel of some sort?
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You have no idea what you are talking about. I had 3 sons play for the Fargo Flyers, and 2 won state titles at Bantam A. It did not translate to State titles for Fargo South. Why? There are many reasons, but one reason is because several kids went to other schools. For example, a goalie and defenseman that played Flyers all the way through bantams went to Fargo North, where they won a state title. They also played 3 years of varsity at North, but would not have had that opportunity with Fargo South because Wade Storey has no clue what he is doing and plays favorites. Wade Storey could not win a title if you combined South, Davies and GF RR. Dean Wilson was a good coach, but the Flyers program was basically run by Wade Storey (who was the squirt coach and coordinator) and by his hand-picked coaches at Pee Wees and Bantams (like Andy Leapaldt). The Flyers had tons of talent, but were their own worst enemy. Don't blame the split--blame it on the fact that Grand Forks teams get better once they get to high school, and south Fargo teams lose good kids because of the politics and poor coaching/development. Give Rob Aasand at North the talent South had the past 2 years and he would win a few more titles.
It's funny you say that. I've heard lots of the complaints of Fargo people about this. One thing to consider is at least 5-7 kids left Fargo, regardless of the school, to play AAA hockey in Kansas City. And for the person who said keep state hockey at Scheels....the ice sucks and CAN NOT handle all of the games over a state tourney. Great facility, great atmosphere but only Minot thought the ice was good as they play a slow, trap, chip it out of the zone game.
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It's expensive and time-consuming. My 5 year old is just in an initiation program in Minot, but I have friends whose kids are in the pee-wee level. They're travelling overnight 10-12 weekends a season during USA Hockey season. One friend has his kid on a summer team and they're playing about 6 tournaments from May thru August; all out of town. They're also practicing ~ 3 times a week and playing tournaments/games in Minot pretty much every weekend they're not travelling.
uh yea it's expensive but how expensive is relative to each person. Like NDSU said above it's allot of travel and this goes on for a long time. Start at 7-8 ends at 16 ish for summer teams and then if they're good enough they still do things after 16. My thoughts...keep him in hockey but don't buy a lake place. I cringe whenever I think about the costs of a lake place I don't seem to get to often enough.
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For what it's worth, I skated at Scheels arena 2 days before the tournament and it was the slowest ice I had been on in a long time!
The ice was terrible....never got cold enough to set up. I liked the atmosphere for the kids but the ice was a joke.. Puck was bouncing for three days.
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His son is graduating, so it wouldn't surprise me. I believe Central absolutely has to have a "name" coach in order to remain competitive, which generally means an ex-UND player. Without getting south end kids through open enrollment, Central hockey likely won't be much better than Central football and basketball, which have been among the worst in the state over the last five to eight years.
Central will be fine for the next two years as they have a great Sophomore class in both baseball and hockey. Grant's son does graduate but I'm not convinced he quits yet. Still wants to win himself. With open enrollment it's tough for Central as GF is only growing south just like it is for Fargo North, then Fargo South as allot kids go to Davies.
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This may be the site you are looking for. It appears to be the next step up from Park Board. http://www.fargoll.org/
Also, don't keep track of his stats. He is 8. He will find out you are doing it and start to think he needs to get hits, etc. Worry about that when he gets to Legion.
HA!!! At legion you don't have to keep track of your sons stats....the other parents do it for you and then chatter about how their son is getting jobbed : ) Gotta love the parents!!! I was once told in mite hockey to enjoy these times as they're the best because as your son gets older and it's more competitive the parents get more difficult. Wow is that an understatement.
I also agree with the other comment...don't keep track of hits etc. as the kids know and they'll let you know how they did each game. Also don't keep track of goals, or yards, catches etc. It's all fun...enjoy the ride!! I've got 3 years left then we'll see what happens.
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Well...so much for that...Fargo has a website also...he will still be Cal Ripken and Fargo has a good BB program. Not sure but also check out fall ball.. I know they had it a few years ago for 12 year olds. And he could move up for that. Even check to see if he could jump on a team right now. Never hurts. If I remember right a lady runs the league and she's awesome with putting information out there.
Also....enjoy it now as it's a blast. Next year there's an all star team for your son in Fargo for 9 year olds so that'll be something for him to shoot for.
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We live in Fargo, so it won't be gfbaseball. He can't wait til next season, he's competitive.
Well...so much for that...Fargo has a website also...he will still be Cal Ripken and Fargo has a good BB program. Not sure but also check out fall ball.. I know they had it a few years ago for 12 year olds. And he could move up for that. Even check to see if he could jump on a team right now. Never hurts. If I remember right a lady runs the league and she's awesome with putting information out there.
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I was wondering if anyone has either done this or know someone who has/is played Babe Ruth baseball? My son is 8 and is playing ball for the Park District which is a good learning tool (no keeping score, 6 strikes, no three outs etc), but I think he is ready for competitive baseball. My neighbor has done Babe Ruth with all 3 of their sons and said they like the competitiveness of it.
Here's a link for you to check out. Your son will be Cal Ripken which is a great league and is fun for kids learning the game. My son played all the way up.
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Now that's funny. A friends kid recently had to do the same testing and he did 23 pull-ups and he weigh's 179 pounds
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Johnson has not talked to a college coach as of yet. He doesn't have a USHL team looking at him either. He will have to prove his skill is real in NAHL. Good saying is "guys with size have to prove they can't play while a smaller guy has to prove he can play". ND kids have a tougher road. If Grant was in MN he'd already be committed. Maybe same for Lund and Salquist.