North Dakota
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
SIOUX FALLS — Ali Stephens had 17 points and 13 rebounds and 8th-seeded Omaha defeated 9th-seeded North Dakota 49-39 in the first round of the Summit League women’s tournament.
The Fighting Hawks had a tough time putting the ball in the hoop all night long, scoring just three points in the first quarter and having only marginally better luck from there.
UND (7-24) shot just 23.5 percent from the floor (12-for-51) and made 1-of-20 shots from outside the arc. Walker Demers and Mackenzie Hughes had 10 points each to lead the Hawks, with Demers adding eight rebounds.
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Regan Juenemann had 10 points and five rebounds for the Mavericks while Avril Smith had seven points and 16 rebounds and Sarai Estupinan eight points, five assists and three rebounds. Omaha (6-26) shot the ball slightly better than the Hawks, going 16-of-53 from the field (30 percent) and 8-of-23 (35 percent) on 3-pointers.
With the win, the Mavs earn a date with top-seed North Dakota State on Thursday at 2:30 p.m.
The Bison won both regular season matchups by more than 50 points.
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Oral Roberts 84, Kansas City 62 — Don’t look now but the team that started the conference season 0-10 and at one point lost 15 of 16 games might be the hottest in the Summit League.
Oral Roberts picked up their fourth straight victory on Wednesday night in the conference tournament opener, routing Kansas City at the Premier Center in the 8/9 “play-in” game.
Ty Harper had 22 points to lead the Golden Eagles (10-22), who took a 44-21 lead by halftime and never looked back. ORU shot 50 percent from the floor and made 13-of-27 3-pointers while the Kangaroos shot just 34 percent and made 6-of-24 from deep. Martins Kilups had 17 points for the Eagles and Connor Dow added 14.
Jayson Petty had 14 points to lead the Kagaroos, who finish the season 4-27. It was their final game under coach Marvin Menzies, whom the school announced earlier this season would not return next year.
With the win ORU advances to face top-seed North Dakota State on Thursday at 6 p.m.
The Golden Eagles lost to NDSU 86-58 in Tulsa on Jan. 24 but they took the Bison to overtime in Fargo on Jan. 3 in a 79-77 loss.
Matt Zimmer is a Sioux Falls native and longtime sports writer. He graduated from Washington High School where he played football, legion baseball and developed his lifelong love of the Minnesota Twins and Vikings. After graduating from St. Cloud State University, he returned to Sioux Falls, and began a long career in amateur baseball and sports reporting. Email Matt at mzimmer@siouxfallslive.com.
North Dakota
The North Dakota Attorney General issued an opinion to the ND State Auditor – North Dakota Attorney General
04 Mar The North Dakota Attorney General issued an opinion to the ND State Auditor
in Opinions
March 4, 2026
Media Contact: Suzie Weigel, 701.328.2210
BISMARCK, ND – It is the opinion that federal law does not prevent the state from auditing P&A and even though P&A possesses confidential records, N.D.C.C. § 54-10-22.1 and 42 C.F.R. § 51.45(c) authorize the state auditor and the employees of the auditor’s office, to review the records without detriment to P &A.
Also, whether Rule 1.6 of the North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct for licensed attorneys prohibits P&A from disclosing to the State Auditor the contents of a client file for the purpose of conducting a non-financial performance audit under N.D.C.C. ch. 54-10 when the requested file includes information about individuals and businesses in the private sector who chose to contact P &A.
This issue was already addressed in a 1995 opinion of this office regarding P&A. The 1995 opinion highlighted that P&A has authority to contract with private attorneys to represent private individuals. 17 During that performance audit, auditors asked to see billings from the contracted attorneys. 18 P&A redacted the names of the individuals represented by the contract attorneys under the rules for attorney-client privilege or attorney-client confidentiality. 19 The names of individuals seeking services of P&A are protected under N.D.C.C. § 25-01.3. The opinion stated:
Thus, P&A’s records which indicate to whom its services were provided are available to the State Auditor for performance audit purposes. The State Auditor has
been given access by P&A to its records other than the attorney’s billings. Therefore, the State Auditor already has access to the names of the persons to whom P&A
provides services. State law requires that the State Auditor and his employees must keep such information confidential.
Here, P&A has not identified a specific record. Given that, I rely on the past opinions declaring that records made confidential by N.D.C.C. § 25-01.3-10 are available under N.D.C.C. § 54-10-22 to the State Auditor and the Auditor’s employees for audit purposes.
Link to opinion 2026-L-01
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FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) – A Wisconsin angler may have reeled in a new North Dakota state record yellow perch on Devils Lake.
Alan Hintz of Stevens Point, Wis., caught the fish while fishing with Perch Patrol Guide Service’s Tyler Elshaug. North Dakota Game Warden Jon Peterson weighed the perch at 2.99 pounds and measured it at 16.5 inches at Woodland Resort.
The current state record perch of 2 pounds, 15 ounces was caught by Kyle Smith of Carrington, N.D., also on Devils Lake, on March 28, 1982.
The catch is still considered unofficial. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department requires a four-week waiting period to verify all details before officially recognizing a new state record.
Steve Dahl with Perch Patrol Guide Service confirmed the details to Valley News Live. Dahl said overall perch numbers on Devils Lake are down this year, but anglers are seeing more fish weighing over 2 pounds.
Devils Lake is one of North Dakota’s most popular ice fishing destinations, known for producing trophy-sized perch.
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