GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Drick Bernstine scored a career-high 20 points and had 10 rebounds to lead North Dakota to an 80-59 victory over NAIA’s Valley City State Thursday night.        Bernstine added three assists and four steals. Quinton Hooker had 17 points and Carson Shanks chipped in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – There’s been a shocking announcement in college basketball. Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan says he’s retiring, effective immediately. Ryan coached the Badgers to a school-record 364 victories and seven Big Ten titles. He coached Wisconsin into the national championship final last season before losing to Duke. His […]

The following is the list of the top ten teams in Class B Girls and Boys Basketball for the week of December 14, 2015 as voted on by members of the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. First place votes are in parenthesis, followed by the team’s overall record […]

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team enters the Christmas break as one of the top three teams in the country.        The Fighting Hawks are ranked No. 2 in this week’s USCHO.com poll and No. 3 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine […]

 UNDATED (AP) – Michigan State is spending its second straight week as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top-25 poll. The 11-0 Spartans received all but one first place vote from the media panel. Second-ranked Kansas received the remaining vote.        Completing the first five this week […]

MADISON, S.D.  (CSi) The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) selected Darryl Howell of Valley City State (N.D.) for this week Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week, the fifth edition was announced Monday by the conference office. l Howell is a 6’1″ – Junior – Guard – from Peoria, Ill. – Howell averaged 18 […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Serena Williams is Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year – the first female athlete honored on her own by the magazine in more than 30 years. Paul Fichtenbaum, editor of the Sports Illustrated Group, calls Williams “a terrific candidate in a year of terrific candidates.” Williams […]

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Medina-Pingree-Buchanon Thunder girls basketball team won the 2015 Stutsman County tournament championship Saturday, with a 49-27 victory over the Ellendale Cardinals. Third Place: Carrington 50  Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier (E-K-M) 41 South Border 50 Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter 39 (fifth place) Midkota/Kensal 62 Warwick 49 (7th place)

Valley City (CSi)  The VCSU men in overtime defeated Bellevue University  Saturday night. The nineteenth ranked Vikings won 66-60  over the thirteenth ranked Bruins. VCSU (11-2 overall, 3-0 NSAA). Next up  Thursday, VCSU travels  for an exhibition game, versus the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.