Question: Where's the Beef? Answer: North Dakota

North Dakota has a bit of a size advantage on the offensive line when it faces Montana at the Badlands Bowl.

According to the story by Chris Aarhus, six of the Prairie Rose state's 10 hogs (offensive linemen) tip the scales at 270 pounds or heavier. Yeah...love the girth. When it comes to pushing the ball down someone's throat, there is nothing better than leaning on a defense with a couple of beefy boys.

Nice selection Aarhus, saving a story about the linemen for the final preview. I likey.

Click here for the story.

Zach Wentz named ND starting QB

Chris Aarhus takes over for the third day of Badlands Bowl previews for the Dickinson Press, reporting that Century grad Zach Wentz will, in all likelyhood, be named the starting quarterback for Team North Dakota.

I am shocked. That is sarcasm.

Wentz was, in my opinion, the state's finest senior signal-caller last season, and if it is a wide-open offensive game, he is a solid choice to direct a team. Heading to NDSU in the fall, Wentz is legit on talent and last season made the Patriots a very dangerous offensive team.

To check out the Aarhus submission, give right here a click.

Dickinson's Legion Baseball

Kind of an interesting situation going on in Dickinson. They have enough of a turnout for Legion baseball, they have added another team that will compete at the Class B level.

Sounds like there are 14 kids on the Class B team and a couple of them will also put in time on the team playing Class A teams.

All in all, I like it. I'm all for giving more kids a chance to play in meaninful games. And for the communities that have a larger population, put some more teams on the court.

Chris Aarhus on the call for the Class A link, and the Class B link.

Midgets Claim Third at State

So why am I posting about the third-place game at the Class A tournament and not the championship?


What Williston did at the state tournament was amazing, as they turned it on and won a state title with pitching, tossing three consecutive consecutive shutouts. But, I never saw it.

Instead, I found myself at the capital city watching 14 innings of baseball that turned out to be just one game. I arrived at the Mandan Memorial Field (or Ressler Field...I'm not positive on which is the official title of the ballpark) intent on watching a couple of games and then heading home.

That certainly wasn't in the plans as Dickinson and Century went at it, taking a 1-1 tie into the 8th inning...then into the 10th inning...then into the 12th and 13th and finally into the 14th frame. The Midgets finally won the exhausting affair on Ben Herauf's bases-loaded infield single, claiming a game in which there really wasn't a loser.

There wasn't much offense to speak of throughout the game as both teams' pitching and defense continually eliminated threat after threat. Still, the Midgets were able to take an early lead on Herauf's fourth-inning home run, only to see the Patriots knot the game on Evan Kendall's run-scoring single in the top of the fifth.

The rest of the game was donuts, though the two teams combined for 22 hits. While I prefer to see a little more offense in games it was still a fun game to watch and I certainly appreciated it. The only problem was, I had to be back home by a certain time, my backside was sore from the bleachers before the championship ever started and basically I was ready to pull the plug before the first pitch of the title game was thrown. Ah well...there was still people there covering the game and I could read about it later.

Anyway, if you want to get a recap from the Press' Chris Aarhus, I highly suggest giving this a click and you will be transported to sed recap.

DP Story on New Trinity AD

Chris Aarhus put together a story on Trinity High School getting a new activies director. Rick Gordon, who has been the long-time football coach for the Titans, will be taking over for Brad Foss, who is taking a job in Hazen.

To me it seems like a very natural choice. Gordon has been with the school and has seen the history with the programs. He knows the success, knows what goes into it and should be able to to enter the position with little problems.

It does appear as though Gordon is hanging it up as far as football goes, which does beg the question who will be coaching the Titans this fall, but really that is about the only question I can see popping up with this move.

To read the full story, click here.

DP State Track Previews

The Dickinson Press sports writer Chris Aarhus is one track writing machine as he cranked out three state track previews for one edition. That my friends is a good day's work.

To read the Aarhus story on Dickinson High's Skyler Beaudoin click here and to read the Aarhus story on Marcus Sickler click here. If you want to read the Aarhus story on Richardton-Taylor's Jadon Messer click here.