MafiaMan

Belfield played Newburg in the '86 boys state basketball title game...by then, they were Kramer-Maxbass-Newburg Eagles. Found two more for Region 8 - Solen Sioux and the Flasher Bulldogs. Cannonball eventually combined with Solen but I'm assuming they had their own team at one time as well. I had some friends in the W-P-R Wolfpack group - Woodworth - Pettibone - Robinson. I think all three of those schools have been closed for a long time now.

Nice work. How about school nicknames? I know Kenmare was the Honkers - awesome name! Another one up that way was the Bowbells Eskimos. Region 7 consisted of schools a few miles north of where I grew up. I know the Killdeer Cowboys and Halliday Wolverines were in the same district and the region giant was the Watford City Wolves who were only a few miles from their rival, the Alexander Comets.

Yes, 8 regions with 4 districts in each one. Region 8 was the SW corner of the state and covered Districts 29-32. The Regional tournament was typically played at Dickinson State, U, although I recall the '86 tournament being played at Dickinson High School.

Mott to Regent to New Leipzig to Elgin encompasses four schools with about 45 minutes between them. They're all along Highway 21.

Region 8 consisted of Districts 29-32. Pretty sure that Hebron, Glen Ullin, Richardton, Taylor, New Salem, and Almont consisted of one of those four districts.

Yes, good ones. I can't place which district though. If I had to guess, I'd say Mott and Regent were district-mates of Elgin and New Leipzig.

Having grown up in the 1980's, it was truly the glory days of basketball out there. I had personal friends who played for the Golva Tigers and they were absolutely crushed when Golva closed and merged its school with Beach. Jeremy and Jason Schmitz were good basketball camp buddies of mine (the Sam Milanovich Camp at DSU). Richardton and Taylor were one of the very first mergers out there. So many more since then...

I didn't mean to hijack the girls' b-ball "Catholic" game coming up this season but it really got me thinking about the glory days of Class B sports in North Dakota, especially boys' basketball. Going off of memory, here's my short list of old district and region teams from yester-year... Old District 29 in Region 8: Golva Tigers Beach Buccaneers Belfield Bantams South Heart Eagles New England Tigers New England St Mary's Saints Some great team names there in Region 8...Glen Ullin Rattlers...Rhame Pirates...Bowman Bulldogs...Hettinger Black Devils...Scranton Miners...Reeder Rockets...New Salem Holsteins...Hebron Brickmakers...Almont Eagles...Elgin Dutchmen...Taylor Redbirds...Richardton Rebels...Center Wildcats...Standing Rock Warriors... Anyone care to help organize those into districts? Glen Ullin, Hebron, Almont, Richardton, Taylor, and New Salem were all in the same district at one time, I believe... Further SW, it was Bowman, Hettinger, Scranton, Rhame, Reeder, and ? Anyone else want to chip in and help out?

Am I the only non-fan of ND high schools and co-ops being called things like "South Prairie," "Dakota Prairie," "North Star," and "North Border," among many others? It's almost impossible to tell where these schools/co-ops are located given such generic-sounding names. At least Belfield and South Heart went with "Heart River," which actually flows past the two towns. Also, kudos to towns like Richardton and Taylor for keeping their names combined instead of being "Prairie Western" or something silly like that. End of rant. U of Mary is a good location for this girls' basketball event. Good call.

18 runs given up by the Tigers in 3 games with the Twins. Absolutely ridiculous.

DWI free since 03...comes to an end this weekend. That's MY prediction.

As far as where to watch the game in MSP on Saturday? You don't need to be a good ol' boy to answer that, Ricky Bobby.

http://www.undalumni.org/page.aspx?pid=946 This should answer any questions...

If Wes Welker was a Jacksonville Jaguar and not the favorite target of Peyton Manning, he'd be sitting another 3 weeks...

And AGAIN the Tigers are making the 2014 Twins look like the 1927 Yankees!

You aren't going to have any luck in DT Minneapolis. Joe Senser's in Bloomington will be showing the game.

12:13 am. You must be part of the SiouxSports.com Bison night-shift crew...

He totally pushed off Bryon Russell!

Jameis Winston...is this guy a total idiot or what?

Actually, I'm viewed as kind of a Bison football apologist around these parts...wasn't being pissy at all...just something I noticed this morning that some Bison fans get up pretty early in the morning to see what's going on over here...

The 2002 team would have been undefeated were it not for an early-season home loss to...you got it, the Iowa State Cyclones. That team wound up losing to USC in the Orange Bowl and finished with 2 losses on the season. That 2009 team was rolling along until losing to...wait for it...Northwestern...at home. The Hawkeyes followed that loss up with another loss at home the next weekend to Ohio State.

WYOBISONMAN...mj23...nd1sufan... 2011BisonAlumni...JohnboyND7...bison73... it's a good thing SiouxSports.com exists so Bison fans can enjoy the internet while eating their daily breakfast.

The Tigers should have had this thing wrapped up weeks ago. What was it, a 6 or 7 game lead at the All-Star break? A win last night would have been huge. Down 2-0 in the 9th with 2 outs and you get a 3-run jack to take a 3-2 lead going into the bottom half...and then Nathan blows it. Against the Twins. Not the Orioles, not the Angels. The Twins. Luckily the White Sox held on...

No secret that I'm a Tigers fan...I sweat bullets every time Joe Nathan takes the mound.

Talk about bungling this from the get-go...total organizational ineptitude. I wonder what new evidence came out between yesterday and this morning that led the Vikings to reverse their decision? Hint: none. I'm no fan of Keith Olbermann, but he's totally correct here: the National Free-fall League.