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American Legion Baseball roundup: Willmar leaves Fargo with a win
FARGO, N.D. — The Willmar American Legion baseball team was able to end its weekend tournament on a high note.
After dropping its first three games of the Jim Pettersen Fargo-Moorhead Invitational, Post 167 clinched a 4-0 victory against Tri-City Red on Sunday.
Tri-City Red is a team composed of players from Mounds View High School.
All four of Willmar’s runs came in the first inning. Cullen Gregory led Post 167’s offense, going 2-for-3. Braeden Fagerlie was 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI. Conlan Carlson, Blake Reiman and Connor Smith also scored runs in the victory.
Post 167 opened the tournament with an 11-0 loss to the St. Cloud Chutes on Friday. That was followed up by 2-1 losses to the Brookings (South Dakota) Bandits and the Bismarck (North Dakota) Governors on Saturday.
Willmar heads to Green Lake Diamonds in Spicer on Tuesday to play New London-Spicer. Game time is slated for 7 p.m.
Jim Pettersen FM Invitational
Willmar 4, Tri-City Red 0
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Hitting – Tri-City Red: Ryan Maylone 1-4, Sawyer Anderson 1-4, Hayden Sperbeck 2-4, Carter Byers 2-3, Robbie Price 1-3 … Willmar: Conlan Carlson 1-4 r, Blake Reiman 1-2 r hbp, Mason Thole 0-3 rbi, Braeden Fagerlie 1-3 r rbi, Connor Smith 1-3 r, Cullen Gregory 2-3, Gavin Banks 1-1
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Tri-City Red: Sam Moen (L) 6-7-4-1-0-2 … Willmar: Dylan Staska (W) 6-6-0-0-4-2, Tyler Madsen (Sv) 1-1-0-0-0-2
The Bismarck Governors’ Jace Groseclose and Gavin Lill combined to throw a no-hitter against Willmar.
Mason Thole scored Post 167’s lone run on a groundout by Jaxin Schirmers in the top of the seventh inning.
Hitting – Willmar: Mason Thole 0-0 r bb, Jaxin Schirmers 0-1 rbi … Bismarck: Lucas Vasey 0-1 r bb-2 sb, Charlie Vig 0-1 rbi, Gavin Lill 1-3 rbi, Michael Fagerland 2-3 2b sb, Jace Groseclose 1-2 2b hbp, Hank Barry 0-1 r hbp
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Willmar: Landon Ogdahl (L) 5-3-2-1-2-2, Thole 1-1-0-0-0-1 … Bismarck: Groseclose (W) 6-0-1-1-5-5, Lill (Sv) 1-0-0-0-0-0
Brookings’ Jack Merrit delivered a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning for a walk-off victory against Willmar.
Dylan Staska, Blake Reiman and Gavin Banks each finished with a hit for Post 167. Tyler Madsen scored the team’s lone run in the top of the second.
Connor Smith finished with four strikeouts over 6-1/3 innings.
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Hitting – Willmar: Dylan Staska 1-3, Tyler Madsen 0-1 r bb hbp sb, Blake Reiman 1-2, Gavin Banks 1-3 … Brookings: Breck Hirrschoff 1-2 hbp sb, Zach Struck 1-3, David Brink 1-3, Owen Schneider 1-1 r, Tane Friedrich 1-3 r sb, Jack Merrit 2-3 rbi-2
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Willmar: Connor Smith (L) 6.1-7-2-2-1-4 … Brookings: Schneider (W) 7-3-1-1-2-6
Glenwood-Lowry 5, Montevideo 3
Noah Jensen’s two-out, two-run RBI single drove in the game-winning run for Glenwood-Lowry as it secured the championship title against host Montevideo.
Nathan Dell pitched a complete game for Glenwood-Lowry and earned the win. He struck out four and walked one, allowing 10 hits, three runs and two earned runs over seven innings.
Cooper Dack and Ben Gunlogson both went 2-for-4 for Montevideo. Gunlogson added a run.
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Hitting – Glenwood-Lowry: Jack Majerus 1-4 rbi sb, Alex Panitzke 1-4 r-2 bb 2b, Dylan Alexander 2-4 rbi bb, Noah Jensen 1-3 rbi-2 bb, Riley Dell 0-3 bb, Connor Erickson 1-3 bb, Levi Johnson 1-4 r, Austin Ballhagen 1-3 r-2 bb, Nathan Dell 1-1 rbi bb … Montevideo: Griffin Epema 1-4, Ben Gunlogson 2-4 r, Cooper Dack 2-4, Gannon Reidinger 1-4, Landon Olson 0-3 rbi, Jackson Baldwin 1-2 r rbi, Sam Knoop 1-3, Cameron Kibler 1-3 r rbi, Dan Gunlogson 1-3
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Glenwood-Lowry: N. Dell (W) 7-10-3-2-1-4 … Montevideo: Dack (L) 5-8-5-4-4-, Epema 1-1-0-0-3-2, D. Gunlogson 1-0-0-0-0-1
New London-Spicer out-hit Holdingford 10-3 in a victory at Holdingford.
Nolan Johnson was 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs for Posts 545/537. Chi Schneider was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and an RBI.
Grant Paffrath tossed all seven innings for the win, striking out five.
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Hitting – NLS: Garret White 1-4 r, Luke Knudsen 1-4 r, Chi Schneider 2-3 2b r-2 rbi hbp, Carson McCain 1-3 r bb, Nolan Johnson 2-3 hr r-2 rbi-4 hbp, Grant Paffrath 1-3 r bb, Cole Laughlin 0-4 rbi, Fisher Glauvitz 1-3, Eli Jacobson 1-3 2b rbi-3 … Holdingford: Masyn Patrick 1-4 rbi, Dierks Opatz 0-3 r bb sb, Luke Bieniek 1-4 2b r rbi, Dominick Hoikka 1-3 2b rbi-2
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – NLS: Paffrath (W) 7-3-4-1-4-5 … Holdingford: Chase Lyon (L) 2-5-5-5-2-1, Hoikka 5-5-4-4-0-3
Montevideo 9, Breckenridge 0
Montevideo secured a win over Breckenridge at its home tournament.
Leading Post 59’s offense was Sam Knoop. He went 1-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs.
Gannon Reidinger and Cooper Dack combined to strike out seven and hold Breckenridge to one hit and one walk.
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Hitting – Breckenridge: Cooper Roberts 1-2… Montevideo: Ben Gunlogson 1-2 r rbi bb, Cooper Dack 1-3 rbi-2, Landon Olson 0-0 r bb-2 hbp, Jackson Baldwin 0-2 r-2 bb, Brendan Koosmann 0-3 r rbi, Cameron Kibler 0-2 r hbp, Sam Knoop 1-2 r-2 rbi-2 sb, Dan Gunlogson 1-2 rbi
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Breckenridge: Gabe Armitage (L) 2-2-5-4-3-0, Alejandro Sanchez 2-2-4-0-2-2 … Montevideo: Gannon Reidinger (W) 4-1-0-0-0-5, Dack 1-0-0-0-1-2
Montevideo 3, Prinsburg 0
Sam Knoop struck out 14 in Montevideo’s victory over Prinsburg in Montevideo.
Cooper Dack finished 1-for-1 with a double and two runs scored for Post 59. Landon Olson drove in two runs in a 1-for-3 effort.
Payton Meyer had Prinsburg’s lone hit.
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Hitting – Prinsburg: Payton Meyer 1-3 … Montevideo: Cooper Dack 1-1 2b r-2 bb-2, Gannon Reidinger 0-3 r, Landon Olson 1-3 rbi-2, Dan Gunlogson 1-2
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Prinsburg: Wesley Fussy (L) 6-3-3-0-2-3 … Montevideo: Sam Knoop (W) 7-1-0-0-2-14
Glenwood-Lowry 9, Anoka 8
Noah Jensen led a trio of Glenwood-Lowry players with multiple hits in a victory over Anoka in Montevideo.
Jensen finished 3-for-3 with a double, three RBIs and a run scored. Dylan Alexander was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run. Alex Panitzke was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.
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Hitting – Anoka: Sam Poser 1-3 2b rbi bb, Hunter Brunner 0-3 r bb, Brayden Cherry 1-3 2b r bb, Logen Jaeger 0-2 rbi bb-2, Clay Bernard 0-2 r-2 bb-2, Trevor Lang 2-3 rbi, Marshal Rassatt 2-4 2b r rbi-2, Parker Seaman 1-4 r rbi … Glenwood-Lowry: Jack Majerus 1-4 3b r, Alex Panitzke 2-4 2b r-2, Dylan Alexander 2-4 2b r rbi-2, Noah Jensen 3-3 2b r rbi-3 bb, PJ Johnson 1-4, Connor Erickson 1-3 2b r, Levi Johnson 1-3 rbi, Austin Ballhagen 1-3 r sb, Zach Guggisberg 0-2 r
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Anoka: Parker Nedland 1.2-6-5-1-0-1, Jackson Provoncha (L) 4.1-6-4-3-1-1 … Glenwood-Lowry: Panitzke 4-5-6-6-3-2, PJ Johnson (W) 3-2-2-2-4-3
Glenwood-Lowry 9, SH/MACCRAY 0
Austin Ballhagen struck out five while giving up just two hits and one walk in Glenwood-Lowry’s win over Sacred Heart/MACCRAY at Montevideo.
Connor Erickson finished 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run for Posts 187/263.
Wyatt Swenson and Trevor Peterson both had hits for the Scarlets.
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Hitting – SH/MACCRAY: Wyatt Swenson 1-1 hbp, Trevor Peterson 1-2 … Glenwood-Lowry: Jack Majerus 1-3 r rbi-2 sb, Alex Panitzke 1-1 r-2 bb-2, Dylan Alexander 0-2 r hbp, Noah Jensen 1-2 r rbi-2 hbp, PJ Johnson 0-2 r bb, Connor Erickson 2-3 2b r rbi-2, Austin Ballhagen 0-2 r bb, Levi Johnson 1-3 2b rbi, Zach Guggisberg 0-1 r bb
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – SH/MACCRAY: Grayson Ahrenholz (L) 3.2-5-8-8-4-3, Blake Grimsley 0.1-1-1-0-1-0 … Glenwood-Lowry: Ballhagen (W) 5-2-0-0-1-5
Kalamazoo — There’ll be a new champion in the NCHC.
Will Zellers scored the game-winning goal in the third period as No. 3 North Dakota downed No. 4 Western Michigan, 5-3, Friday night at Lawson Arena. The Broncos never led and trailed all of the third period, though a late push nearly tied the game with the net empty.
“Overall in the game, I thought it was a pretty tightly contested effort. I thought they just scored too easy,” Western Michigan coach Pat Ferschweiler said. “You know, for us, we had a couple breakdowns, and they’re so talented, so good, they took advantage when we broke down.”
The teams finish the regular season Saturday night. Western Michigan came into Friday’s game tied with Denver in standings points and five points behind North Dakota, needing that many to get a share of the Penrose Cup it won last season en route to an NCAA championship, too.
As far as regular season results go, the Broncos will play for second seed in the NCHC Tournament, needing to outpace Denver, which plays Arizona State this weekend.
Western Michigan (23-9-1, 15-7-1 NCHC) goaltender Hampton Slukynsky made 16 saves on 20 shots in the loss while North Dakota’s Jan Spunar stopped 22 of 25 shots. It was a battle of two of the NCHC’s top netminders, and each made key stops in a tight-checking, physical game.
Zellers put North Dakota (25-7-1, 17-5-1) up 4-2 4:42 into the third period off an assist from Detroit Red Wings draft choice Dylan James.
“He kind of made a play out of nothing there,” said North Dakota coach Dane Jackson, who is in his first season as head coach after being on the coaching staff since 2006. “And that was a really nice kind of moment where you go OK, we got a little got a little leeway here, and we can just kind of play a little bit more free.”
North Dakota took a 3-2 lead into the third period with goals from defenseman Sam Laurila alongside forwards Ollie Josephson and Josh Zakreski. Defenseman Zach Bookman and forward Liam Valente scored for Western Michigan.
One too many times in the second frame, Western Michigan’s blue line let a North Dakota forward in all alone to face Slukynsky, who stopped a couple of rushes in the opening minutes of the period.
With four minutes until the intermission, the Broncos finally got burned. On a feed from linemate Anthony Menghini, Lakreski cut to the glove side of a sprawling Slukynsky and beat him with the backhand. The goal gave North Dakota the 3-2 lead, after a seeing-eye shot from Bookman along the right wall had tied it up two apiece 8:10 into the period.
“I actually thought the second period was our best period,” Ferschweiler said. “… We started to take over. We got the goal, tied 2-2, and are kind of just humming along. Four minutes left, we just hand them a goal. Blown coverage. That was inexcusable, honestly, with some of our better players on the ice.”
The opening period played out as a back and forth track meet through the neutral zone as each side settled in. Laurila put North Dakota up 1-0 with his first career goal. After Slukynsky denied him on a trio of tries earlier in the shift, he fired a shot to beat the Western Michigan netminder 4:40 into the game.
It took just a minute and 34 seconds after Laurila’s opener for Western Michigan’s top line to get it right back. A blue-collar shift from captain Owen Michaels fed linemate Will Whitelaw along the left boards, and he sprung Valente for a breakaway goal that evened up the score.
“I thought we gave it to them too easy a couple times tonight,” Whitelaw said. “And I think when you’re playing a team like that, obviously they’re gonna put it in your net. But I think it’ll be a big lesson for our group going forward.”
For the better part of the first period, the Lawson Lunatics peppered North Dakota defenseman Jake Livanavage with jeers, but he got his own licks in with 7:48 left in the first period as he fed Josephson right at the net for the 2-1 goal. That score held through the first period.
With 2:02 remaining and Slukynsky pulled, forward Zaccharya Wisdom pulled Western Michigan within one. He nearly had the equalizer with 40 seconds on the clock on a backdoor try, but he mistimed the shot. Mac Swanson scored an empty-netter with 20.7 seconds on the clock to clinch the win, and with it the Penrose Cup, presented to North Dakota in the locker room and then paraded around the ice.
“It’s the hardest regular season championship to win, in my opinion,” North Dakota forward Ben Strinden said. “So it’s awesome. Obviously, it’s not our end goal, but we’re going to enjoy it for sure.”
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Morton County did not violate North Dakota’s open records law when the County Auditor, within a reasonable time, informed the requester that the requested records were not in the County’s possession.. – North Dakota Attorney General
27 Feb Morton County did not violate North Dakota’s open records law when the County Auditor, within a reasonable time, informed the requester that the requested records were not in the County’s possession..
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February 27, 2026
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BISMARCK, ND – Karen Jordan requested an opinion from this office under N.D.C.C. § 44-04-21.1 asking whether Morton County violated N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18 by failing or refusing to provide records.
Conclusion: It is my opinion that Morton County’s response was in compliance with N.D.C.C. § 44-04-18.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – The North Dakota Court System threw a reception for a retiring member of the state Supreme Court.
Justice Daniel Cothers is leaving after serving for more than 20 years.
He plans to step down on Feb. 28.
Before Crothers became a judge, he served as a lawyer and as president of the State Bar Association of North Dakota.
Mark Friese is set to replace Crothers starting March 9.
“He knows what is important and what to keep focused on. Justice Friese will be an exceptional replacement to me on the bench,” said Crothers.
Crothers plans to keep up on teaching gigs and spend time at his family’s farm as he steps into retirement.
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