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Reusse: Bryce Lance’s ‘famous’ catch propels North Dakota State into FCS title game against No. 1 Montana State
Quarterback Trey Lance and the North Dakota State Bison became the first team in modern college football history to go 16-0 when they defeated James Madison 28-20 in the FCS title game in January 2020.
The decisive touchdown was a 44-yard run by Lance; not surprising as he had 30 rushes for 166 yards, and only passed 10 times. Asked to explain the strategy, offensive coordinator Tyler Roehl said a team that has the best player in FCS should keep the football in his hands.
Roehl and head coach Matt Entz did not employ a similar strategy when receiver Bryce Lance, Trey’s younger brother, arrived in Fargo as a freshman in 2021. He was redshirted that season, mostly played special teams without catching a pass in 2022, and had one reception for 7 yards in 2023.
Entz took a job in December 2023 as assistant head coach and linebackers coach at Southern California. Last month, Entz was hired as the head coach at Fresno State. Roehl was hired as assistant head coach and running backs coach at Iowa State.
Clearly, Entz and Roehl have landed on their feet after leaving NDSU, while Bryce Lance was landing with one foot momentarily inside the end zone to put the Bison back in Frisco, Texas, for Monday’s FCS title game vs. Montana State.
Tim Polasek was hired as Entz’s replacement in mid-December. Six weeks later, he brought in Jake Landry from St. Thomas as the offensive coordinator.
“The top two wide receivers from 2023 were gone and we needed some guys to step up,” Landry said. “Bryce is 6-foot-3, over 200 pounds and fast. He was long and explosive.
“He had one catch for seven yards here, but he showed in the spring he probably could be a ‘guy’ for us. We started the season at Colorado; the player who won the Heisman Trophy [Travis Hunter] was in the secondary. Bryce had three catches.
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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.
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