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North Dakota mashes Bengals to earn Potato Bowl victory – East Idaho News
POCATELLO — Head coach Cody Hawkins said his offense linemen “played their nuts off” in a season-opening, hard-fought loss to Oregon State. Idaho State University linemen shined again when the Bengals beat Western Oregon last week.
On Saturday, the University of North Dakota defense had its way with that unit — at least in the first half. The result was a 52-28 drubbing at the hands of the Fighting Hawks (2-1)
Senior quarterback Kobe Tracy spent much of his time on the field in Grand Forks scrambling for his life. He was sacked just twice but seemed to be on his back after every pass attempt.
Making matters far worse for the Bengals (1-2), Tracy was stripped both times he was brought down, and both fumbles were recovered by the Fighting Hawks. And after one of the hits he endured, Tracy suffered an injury serious enough to send him to the bench temporarily.
Jackson Sharman came in for two snaps, hading the first off. His lone pass attempt of the game was made across the field, from the left hash to the right sideline. As is often the case, that pass was picked and returned for UND a defensive touchdown.
ISU’s struggles were not contained to the offensive side of the ball. After forcing a three-and-out on their first effort, the Bengal defense struggled to even slow the Fighting Hawks, who scored on three consecutive possessions — not including the pick-six — and jumped out to a 38-0 lead.
Down huge, Hawkins went to the more mobile quarterback, Hunter Hays.
Tracy had completed just six of his 18 pass attempts for 72 yards, and Sharman did not see the field again. Wide receiver Adam Watts attempted one throw on a reverse pass — completing it for 15 yards.
Hays, though, ignited the offense with both his legs and arm.
He completed 18 of 23 attempts for 206 yards and four touchdowns, adding 62 rushing yards.
While Tracy struggled under the pressure of a collapsing pocket, Hays seemed to relish it. Things do seem to loosen up on both sides when the score is what it was, however, so Hays may have benefitted from that a bit as well.
Regardless of the situation, Hays’ ability to lead the offense to four scores added respectability to the final score.
Wide receiver Jeff Weimer hauled in six catches for 92 yards and two scores — including a perfectly thrown 30-yarder from Hays that dropped perfectly into Weimer’s hands to beat a declined defensive pass interference penalty.
North Dakota was paced by senior wideout Bo Belquist, who set a school Division I career receptions record en route to a eight-catch, 165-yard performance. He added a touchdown, the Fighting Hawks’ last of the day.
UND improved to 46-12 all-time in the Potato Bowl. ISU last won the rivalry game in 2018.
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BRECKENRIDGE — Coaches, teammates, friends and family gathered in the south parking lot of Breckenridge High School for another state tournament sendoff.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
This year, it was Troy Berndt taking the ceremonial convertible ride. He is headed to St. Michael-Albertville High School for the Minnesota Class A State Track and Field Meet on June 4-6.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
He will be running in the third heat of the 400-meter prelims, scheduled for 4:52 p.m. June 4. There are seven athletes in each heat, 21 total, and nine will advance to the finals at 6:20 p.m. June 5.
The top two finishers in each heat advance, along with the next three best times. Berndt’s personal best time of 50.67 has him seeded 13th, but the 10th-, 11th- and 12th-seeded runners are less than five hundredths of a second ahead of him. The eighth- and ninth-seeded runners are also close, at 50.33 and 50.39, respectively.
Berndt dropped nearly seven-tenths of a second from his previous personal best at the Section 6A West Subsection Meet on May 21, running 51.35, and shaved another 0.68 seconds off at the Section 6A Championships on May 28 with a time of 50.67. If he keeps lowering his time, he will have a shot at reaching the podium against the best runners in Class A.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
Results and photos will be available online immediately following the race June 4 and in the June 10 print edition of the Wahpeton Daily News.
Corbin Lee is a sports reporter for the Wahpeton Daily News and Richland County News-Monitor. Corbin can be reached by calling (701) 291-3551 or emailing corbin.lee@wahpetondailynews.com.
On this day in 1971, Rugby repeated as North Dakota’s high school sand greens golf champion behind medalist Dwight Stempson’s winning performance.
Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:
Rugby Repeats As Sand Greens Golf Champion
RUGBY, N. D. — Rugby repeated as North Dakota high school sand greens golf champion here Wednesday, posting a four-man total of 293 strokes for 18 holes.
Led by medalist Dwight Stempson’s medalist 36-35 — 71, the Panthers were eight strokes ahead of runnerup Stanley, which had a 301. Following were Garrison 311, Beulah 315, Leeds 322, Ashley 323, Bottineau 328, Pembina 329, Tioga 332, Parshall 341 and Hettinger 342.
Stempson and teammate Bruce Carlson each had one-under par 71s, but Carlson was unable to be at the regional and wasn’t qualified for individual honors.
Rounding out the Rugby totals were Delwin Wilson 40-37 — 77 and Dennett Hutchinson 35-39 — 74. Gary Kirchoffner, 41-39 — 80, was Rugby’s fifth entrant with the best four-of-five scores counted.
Runnerup Stanley was led by Steve Springan’s 34-38 — 72 and Joe Springan’s 36-38 — 74. Their two-man total of 146 strokes was good enough for the doubles title. Two strokes back with a 148 was the duo of Stempson and Wilson. Stan Saathoff and Mike Stepina of Garrison each had 76s for a 152 total and the Ashley combo of Steve Maier (76) and Dave Kretschmar (78) was fourth with a 154.
Stempson was the driving contest winner with a distance of 280 yards. Chris Knutson of Garrison headed the pitch and putt competition.
Kate Almquist is the social media manager for InForum. After working as an intern, she joined The Forum full time starting in January 2022. Readers can reach her at kalmquist@forumcomm.com.
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