Johnny Five

Was a good HS game. OT hockey, good back and forth. Some Tuesday night games to keep an eye on: out west, Minot and CHS. East side: GFC and Sheyenne, RR and North. Girls side…the restructured North and Davies teams go tonight.

Mandan girls with an eye popping win over a pre-season state favorite in WF. GF girls and Minot go 0-0 and to a shootout. LHS boys with 3rd OT loss in 5 games. Busy week coming up for HS hockey in ND. Saturday Boy's Games Bismarck Legacy 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 = 3 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 = 0 -SOG Fargo Davies 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 = 2 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 = 0 - SOG OT Final Williston 1 - 0 - 0 = 1 5 - 4 - 7 = 16 - SOG Bismarck High 0 - 2 - 1 = 3 7 - 6 - 9 = 22 - SOG Final Dickinson 2 - 1 - 4 = 7 9 - 8 - 10 = 27 - SOG Bottineau/Rugby 0 - 0 - 0 = 0 4 - 13 - 8 = 25 - SOG Final LOW-Baudette 0 - 1 - 0 = 1 10 - 11 - 17 = 38 - SOG Mayville/Portland-C-G 1 - 2 - 2 = 5 17 - 13 - 24 = 54 - SOG Final Devils Lake 0 - 2 - 1 = 3 6 - 9 - 7 = 22 - SOG Mandan 1 - 2 - 2 = 5 10 - 14 - 7 = 31 - SOG Final Saturday Girl's Games Minot High 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 = 0 4 - 13 - 6 - 2 = 25 - SOG Grand Forks 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 = 0 [1] 9 - 5 - 13 - 2 = 29 - SOG OT - Shootout [11th Round] Grand Forks wins SO W.F. United 1 - 0 - 0 = 1 11 - 4 - 12 = 27 - SOG Mandan 0 - 3 - 3 = 6 11 - 12 - 6 = 29 - SOG Final Fargo North/South 1 - 1 - 3 = 5 21 - 18 - 16 = 55 - SOG Dickinson 0 - 1 - 1 = 2 4 - 7 - 6 = 17 - SOG 6-Point Game Final Williston 4 - 1 - 1 = 6 9 - 10 - 9 = 28 - SOG Devils Lake 1 - 2 - 2 = 5 22 - 8 - 15 = 45 - SOG Final

Mandan had a good 5-6 minute stretch in the 1st to go up 3-0 taking advantage of some defensive lapses and they have 2 really good goalies. Legacy wore them down, SOG were 19-3 in the 3rd. Bad turnover in OT cost 'em, but Mandan is going to be tough in the WDA. Sheyenne must be for real. Nice win over the Spartans. Friday night on the girls side, surprised CHS took Davies to OT. Also Williston over GF 2-1. SOG favored GF 27-12, Willy must have a tendy. WF and Mandan on Saturday should be a great game and I think 2 of the best teams in the state. A lot of "new" on the girls side this season, will take some time to see which teams rise up.

Thursday night of note: South shuts out central. Mandan over Legacy in OT. Jamestown and Mandan pick up wins over the new Bismarck girls teams. Thursday Boy's Games Bismarck High 3 - 3 - 0 = 6 25 - 16 - 16 = 57 - SOG Hazen/Beulah 0 - 0 - 0 = 0 1 - 6 - 1 = 8 - SOG [6-Point Game] Final G.F. Central 0 - 0 - 0 = 0 13 - 2 - 8 = 23 - SOG Fargo South/Shanley 1 - 2 - 0 = 3 6 - 16 - 7 = 29 - SOG Final Devils Lake 1 - 0 - 0 = 1 6 - 3 - 0 = 9 - SOG G.F. Red River 2 - 4 - 3 = 9 19 - 22 - 15 = 56 - SOG Final Kittson Central 2 - 0 - 2 - 0 = 4 16 - 17 - 13 - 1 = 47 - SOG Mayville/Portland-C-G 1 - 1 - 2 - 1 = 5 17 - 14 - 9 - 1 = 41 - SOG Final - OT Bismarck Legacy 1 - 0 - 2 - 0 = 3 10 - 11 - 19 - 2 = 42 - SOG Mandan 3 - 0 - 0 - 1 = 4 12 - 12 - 3 - 1 = 28 - SOG Final - OT Thursday Girl's Game Bismarck High/Legacy 1 - 1 - 1 = 3 9 - 17 - 5 = 31 - SOG Mandan 1 - 1 - 3 = 5 10 - 14 - 14 = 38 - SOG Final Jamestown 1 - 2 - 1 = 4 10 - 2 - 6 = 18 - SOG Bismarck Century 0 - 2 - 1 = 3 11 - 11 - 15 = 37 - SOG Final

Hard to compare as one is a D and the other a C. Both big and getting stronger. Great hockey sense, compete and work ethic.

Looks a little old school for South and North to be legit and this season they sure appear to be so.

Tuesday was a busy one with some beauty matchups out east. 2 Girls games and 5 boys games coming up Thursday night. Tues. 29th: 4 Hazen/Beulah at Bismarck Century JV 5 1 West Fargo at Grand Forks Central 7 2 Dickinson at Williston 3 OT 3 Grafton/Park River at Devils Lake 5 1 Fargo Davies at Fargo North 4 4 Grand Forks Red River at Fargo South/Shanley 5 7 Bismarck Legacy at Jamestown 1 Girls Tues. 29th: 6 Grand Forks at Devils Lake 2 1 Dickinson at Mandan 8 2 Bismarck Century at Minot High 3

A couple girls teams got started this weekend with road trips to MN. WF lost to Crookston 2-0 and beat TRF 8-3. LHS/BHS first career game, 5-2 L to Fergus Falls. A couple good early season tests for those 2 teams. Sat. 26th: 9 Fargo North at Bismarck High 0 2 West Fargo at Bismarck Legacy 5 0 West Fargo Sheyenne at Roseau 7 2 Notre Dame Academy at Williston 3 1 Fargo Davies at Fargo South/Shanley 4 4 Dickinson at Mayville-Portland-C-G 0

Guessing the potential is there. He's only a SOPH so has time to develop yet. I'd say he isn't dominant at this point but he has a special ability to bury it. Vig (D - JR) at CHS seems to be the best player in the WDA this year. Put up a hatty againt WF in the 3rd period on Friday.

2 ADs don't have that power lol

I think the Demons had 6 SOG. South is picked where they are and Demons picked where they are for a reason. Looks like Davies and GFC had a tight one. Tues. 22nd: 7 Fargo North at Grafton/Park River 1 7 Fargo South/Shanley at Bismarck High 0 10 Mandan at Hazen/Beulah 0 5 Grand Forks Red River at West Fargo Sheyenne 3 4 Devils Lake at Bottineau/Rugby 2 3 Grand Forks Central at Fargo Davies 2 A couple nice games Friday night on the docket with North at Legacy & WF at Century. Good to see some early season cross over.

Jamestown over Hazen 8-4 last weekend. Minot over Devils Lake 6-2 last night. Busy night: Devils Lake at Bottineau FN at GPR FS at Bismarck High GFC at Davies GFRR at WF Sheyenne

Congrats on the playoff appearance and good luck against Weber!

Literally ridiculous when you think about it. UND and NDSU would have FBS loss, a loss to Jackrabbits, and UND would have head to head. What I'm wondering if UND wins is if there's gonna be a rematch asap.

He's on Izzo's podcast every week (tuesday I think) and they've been nothing but supportive of UND for a large majority of this season. Not a big deal...I don't even like the guy honestly...just sayin.

Perfect take. It is a cesspool, and IMO a represents a small fraction of NDSU fans. So don't mind me coming around here...just wanna chat football and other sports and guarantee most us would be able to throw down some beers and a good time together.

On Izzo's show yesterday he, Kolpack & Herder brought up your point about NDSU being the 5 if Samford and NDSU both win this weekend, that there's a valid argument for that. Can't assume wins this weekend, though. Win or lose this weekend, I can't see UND being out either.

A small, loudmouth portion. I'd put y'all just right behind SDSU and above UNI (which was a fantastic heated rivalry for awhile).

Smokescreen or not he's injured. Has been for awhile and took a blow on Saturday.

Fair point. Guessing more UND fans than SDSU fans. As I stated above, all it takes is one game to elevate it above....perhaps this one is it.

I think UND can score on this Bison defense. Physical RB has me a bit worried at least. But I agree, UND can give up points as well. As I said, everyone will assume Roehl is going to try pound the ball constantly. Didn't work very well at the Alerus last season in a slobberknocker type game but who knows how it'll be in the Fargodome. I am expecting a great battle, any NDSU fan that isn't in this season is lying to themselves.

Bison fan (not sure why I gotta announce that just feel it necessary). As per the "rival" thing. SDSU is definitely the main football rival, and it's really not close. HOWEVER, all it takes is one game...one play...one win/loss. That doesn't mean it's not a rivalry, it is, just not quite to that level. A loss in the dome however...woof...watch out. Not sure I'd play 44 and run the risk of him being knocked out for the season. Obviously this is going to be a physical game. On the flip side, they lose and there's no bye week either. He's obviously been limited for quite a few weeks now...Obviously NDSU is going to attempt to pound the ball, even gramma sitting at home knitting hats knows that. If Cam Miller 1st half SDSU shows up, NDSU will be fine (minus the idiotic penalty that helped changed the game lesson learned). Let's see if Roehl can screw this up or not... Definitely concerned with NDSU D on this end, especially the run game. UND will get theirs that's for sure. I really feel like this is going to be a great game, with a great crowd, and UND should feel like they owe NDSU after last season (basically that game was handed to NDSU IMO although NDSU didn't start rolling until November last year). If UND wins...damn a rematch would be fire and one of the biggest sporting events in a loooong time in this state (not sure committee would do that). Big crowd, great atmosphere...good tailgate, beer in the dome. Sad I couldn't make it to this one. Enjoy.

The season has started. Boys this week. Girls next week. New team for boys last season, new for girls this season. Going to be interesting to see how the split state tourneys turn out, I kinda enjoyed the shared venue in fargo. In the capital city, construction has finally started on VF3, at least the dirt. Nice to have another sheet whenever it gets finished, but still 2 sheets short.

I guess I do find myself login in often.

Cunningham to VC? what’s the story there? didn’t listen to his show since I’m in Bismarck but always enjoyed his play by play of sports. His twitter was a little piss and vinegar however. my paywall works for in inform company. Don’t mind paying for that, it’s better value than the Bismarck tribune and it’s not even close.