North Dakota
Penguins Take Down No. 7 North Dakota, 41-40, in Overtime – Youngstown State University
Youngstown, Ohio – The Youngstown State defense denied No. 7 North Dakota’s game-winning two-point conversion attempt to lift the Penguins to a 41-40 overtime victory Saturday at Stambaugh Stadium.
The Penguins (3-6, 2-3 Missouri Valley Football Conference) began the extra period with the ball, and senior Tyshon King’s one-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-one gave the Penguins a 41-34 lead.
Sophomore quarterback Beau Brungard ripped off a 15-yard run to the UND 10 on the extra period’s first play, and a six-yard run by Ethan Wright and a three-yard carry by Brungard set up the Penguins at the North Dakota one. After being stopped on third down, King burst through the line for the game-winning score.
The Fighting Hawks’ Simon Romfo scrambled for 24 yards on third-and-12 down to the YSU three, and two plays later hit Bo Belquist on a one-yard touchdown pass to cut the deficit to one.
On the two-point try, North Dakota (5-3, 2-2 MVFC) quarterback Quincy Vaughn’s pass attempt touched an offensive lineman and fell incomplete securing the upset victory for the Penguins.
In a game that featured nine lead changes, the Penguins ran for 334 yards while accumulating 406 total yards against the Fighting Hawks. Devin Johnson recorded eight total tackles to lead the Penguins defense, which also had two sacks.
Brungard turned in an amazing day accounting for four touchdowns, including three on the ground, and ran for 176 yards. He also threw for 76 yards on 8-of-12 passing with a touchdown. He also broke the YSU single-season rushing record by a quarterback of 638 by Jeff Ryan in 2001. Brungard now has 777 on the year.
Wright ran for 93 yards while King added 65 yards on the ground. Cyrus Traugh led the Penguins receivers with five receptions for 27 yards and a touchdown.
On the game’s opening possession, the Penguins methodically moved the ball down the field capped by a seven-yard touchdown pass from Brungard to Traugh to take a 7-0 lead with 8:47 left in the quarter.
Brungard connected on 5-of-7 passes for 43 yards and rushed for another 15.
The Fighting Hawks answered quickly to knot the game at 7-7 in just four minutes. UND drove 75 yards in just seven plays, and Gaven Ziebarth’s five-yard scoring scamper evened the score.
After Avery Scott picked off Brungard at the UND 41, the Fighting Hawks took a 13-7 lead after Ziebarth’s one-yard scoring plunge capped an 11-play, 59-yard drive at the 13:04 mark of the second quarter.
Youngstown State regained the lead 14-13 after Brungard burst through for a 13-yard touchdown run on a quarterback draw. King busted a 30-yard gainer on the first play of the drive to get to the YSU 44. Brungard ran three times for 30 yards on the final three plays of the drive.
The Penguins pinned the Fighting Hawks back on their own 10 on the ensuing kickoff, but North Dakota retook the lead 20-14 after a 11-play, 90-yard drive. Romfo connected with Isaiah Smith on a 19-yard wheel route for the go-ahead score with 1:15 left before the intermission.
Youngstown State gained the lead for the third time after Brungard led a frantic last-minute drive to put the Penguins up 21-20 at the intermission.
Brungard hit Tomczak on a 12-yard gainer to get to the YSU 40. A pair of rushes by both Brungard and Wright set up the Penguins at the UND 28-yard line.
On third-an10, Brungard unleashed an electric, highlight-reel 28-yard touchdown dash to give the Penguins the lead with six seconds remaining.
A sack by Michael Voitus and Preston Zandier forced the Fighting Hawks to punt on their first drive of the second half, but the Penguins fumbled the ensuing punt and UND recovered at the YSU 19. Three plays later, Romfo hit Belquist on a six-yard touchdown pass for a 27-21 lead at the 10:10 mark of the third.
The Penguins answered on their next possession running nine straight times for 75 yards to take a 28-27 lead with 4:49 left in the third. Brungard capped the drive with his third rushing score of the game on a two-yard scamper.
A sack by Carston Marshall and a 21-yard punt return by Traugh set up a 34-yard field goal by Andrew Lastovka that gave the Penguins a 31-27 edge with 15 second to go in the third quarter.
The eighth lead change of the game came on Ziebarth’s third touchdown of the game, a two-yard run, that capped a 13-play, 65-yard drive to give the Fighting Hawks a 34-31 lead with 9:13 to go in the game.
After the team’s exchanged punts, Brungard broke off a 46-yard run to the North Dakota 21, but the Penguins settled for a Lastovka 35-yard field to tie the game at 34-34 with 15 seconds left and force overtime.
Youngstown State visits No. 20 Illinois State Saturday, Nov. 2. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Ill.
On this day in 1943, two North Dakota army officers, Second Lieut. Arthur B. Kuntz and First Lieut. Bernard A. Anderson, were killed in separate medium bomber training crashes in Florida and Georgia.
Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:
Army Plane Crashes Kill Two N. D. Men
Two North Dakota officers in the army air forces were killed Sunday in bomber crashes during training flights, Associated Press dispatches revealed Monday.
Second Lieut. Arthur B. Kuntz of Harvey (Wells county) was killed with 10 others from the Avon Park, Fla., army bomber base when two medium bombers collided during a routine formation flight. Both planes crashed and there were no survivors.
First Lieut. Bernard A. Anderson of Warwick (Benson county) was one of six killed when a medium bomber from MacDill field, Tampa, Fla., crashed near Savannah, Ga. Lieutenant Anderson was co-pilot of the plane.
None of the other victims of either accident was from the Dakotas or Minnesota.
Lieutenant Kuntz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kuntz of Harvey, was graduated from the army air force navigation school at Hondo, Texas, as a second lieutenant last October, and received his wings as a navigator.
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(Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
(North Dakota Monitor) – Two North Dakotans are semifinalists for the Bismarck State College president’s job as North Dakota State University narrows its presidential candidate list.
Valley City State University also is searching for a new president, with an application period closing this month..
Kevin Black, chair of the State Board of Higher Education and co-chair of the North Dakota State University Presidential Search Committee, said the committee reviewed over 60 applications. The committee is planning off-site interviews with candidates March 9-10 and campus visits with semifinal candidates March 23-27.
“We’re really excited about taking the next step and there’s some very quality people in there,” Black said.
FARGO — One season ago, a Cinderella run for the West Fargo United girls hockey team came up just short in the state championship game.
United, the No. 7 seed, fell to Legacy/Bismarck in the 2025 final.
This time around, the team had momentum swaying in its favor, riding nine consecutive wins into Saturday’s title game against Grand Forks at Scheels Arena.
Led by goals from a pair of senior captains, United capped its redemption season with a 10th straight victory, fending off the KnightRiders 2-1 to claim the North Dakota girls hockey state tournament championship.
“It just means everything,” said United’s Payton Stocker, whose goal at the 12:31 mark of the second period gave her team a 1-0 lead. “We’ve worked so hard and throughout the season, it’s just been such a battle. Winning and coming out on top is just such a great feeling.”
Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald
Stocker was followed up in scoring by United captain Rachel Spanier. The defenseman fired a slap shot from the left point that beat Grand Forks goaltender Kylie Schmaltz to make it 2-0 with 35 seconds remaining in the middle frame.
Reagan Wilson locked things down in net for United, finishing with 23 saves and picking up an all-tournament team nod.
“This is my first year of high school hockey,” the sophomore goaltender said. “I can’t believe coming in here and winning a state title with all of these girls. I just love them so much.”
While it was the senior duo of Stocker and Spanier finding the net for United on Saturday, contributions were seen across the board.
Sophomore Emma Hassler also put forth an all-tournament campaign with five goals and an assist for six points over the three-day stretch.
Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald
Freshman Kaylee Augdahl finished the tournament with four points — including
a double-overtime winner
over Fargo North/South in Friday’s semifinals — and junior Liana Williamson added three assists.
“It wasn’t just us (seniors),” said Stocker, who joined Hassler and Wilson on the all-tourney team. “It was everyone collectively. Being seniors, it feels a lot better. It was a great feeling.”
United, the No. 5 seed this year, capped its season with a record of 17-9-0.
“These girls are awesome,” first-year United head coach Kennedy Blair said. “They’ve worked super, super hard since last April. Wake up early in the mornings, go into off-ice training, on-ice training and all that.
“This group of girls is really special. They’re a really close-knit group, and they trusted our coaching staff coming in as a first-year group.”
Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald
Blair knows a thing or two about winning championships. She was a North Dakota state champion goaltender with the former Bismarck Blizzard co-op and also won an NCAA Division I national title with the Wisconsin women’s program in 2021.
Yet, she never imagined ending her first year as a high school varsity coach with a state championship.
“No, I didn’t,” said Blair, who also won North Dakota High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year honors. “But I had belief in these girls that we could get to the state championship again.”
It’s the United co-op’s first-ever state title — which consists of West Fargo, West Fargo Sheyenne and West Fargo Horace high schools.
Prior to Saturday, the last time a West Fargo girls program won the state title was in 2014 when it was still a standalone program competing as the Packers.
“It’s amazing considering United hockey has never won a championship game,” Wilson said.
Grand Forks, the tournament’s No. 2 seed, ended its campaign with a 21-5-0 record.
Ella Yahna’s fourth goal of the tournament — which came on a 2-on-1 rush with the assist from teammate Reese Meagher, put the KnightRiders within one shot with 8:17 remaining in the third.
Grand Forks, however, was unable to find the equalizer as its bid for a first state championship came up just short.
“I thought we came out in the first and we had a tough time,” Grand Forks head coach Kelly Kilgore said. “I felt we battled some nerves. I really liked our second period … We carried the play and tilted the ice a little bit back in our favor. The shots kind of started to really turn in our favor.”
Stocker said she wouldn’t have wanted to win a state title as a senior with any other group of teammates.
“(They mean) everything,” Stocker said. “We’re so tight and they’re all my friends. Leaving them is going to be hard. But they mean everything to me. We’re all so close and I love them a lot.”
FIRST PERIOD: No scoring.
SECOND PERIOD: 1, WFU, Stocker (Augdahl, Hassler), 12:31. 2, WFU, Spanier (Augdahl, Stocker), 16:25.
THIRD PERIOD: 3, GF, Yahna (R. Meagher), 8:43.
SAVES: WFU, Wilson 7-13-3—23. GF, Schmaltz 7-3-14—24.
Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald
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