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Baseball
Grand Forks Herald Link

GF Central 9,
North Border 2

Alex Kreis went 3-for-3 at the plate and struck out nine batters on the mound to lead Grand Forks Central to a victory over North Border on Friday in a quarterfinal game of the Sacred Heart Invitational baseball tournament at Stauss Park.

Kreis was a home run short of the cycle and drove in four runs. Alex Moe added a pair of hits and scored three times for the Knights, who were playing in their season opener.
“It went well for the first time out there,” Central coach Bill Lorenz said. “We have some work to do in the field, but that's expected. Overall, I was pleased.”
Tyler Lafferty led North Border with a pair of hits.

Park River Invitational Track Meet
April 20th

Boys team totals
Park River/Fordville-Lankin/Adams-Edmore-Edinburg 258, Cavalier 111, Grafton 84, North Border 80, Midway-Minto 58

Girls team totals
Park River/Fordville-Lankin/Adams-Edmore-Edinburg 216, North Border 162, Grafton 92, Cavalier 68, Midway-Minto 44

Individual winners
100 - 1. Brandi Lorz, North Border, :13.61
400 - 1. Morgan Beattie, North Border, 1:06.39
Long jump - 1. Lorz, North Border, 14-6½
Triple jump - 1. Lorz, North Border, 30-5

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Cavalier Invitational Track Meet

Cavalier, N.D., Tuesday
Girls team totals
Langdon 178.5, Park River Area 112, North Border 97, Drayton-St. Thomas-Valley 84.5, Grafton 64, Cavalier 62, Larimore 50, Thompson 40, Midway-Minto 7

200 -
1. Gallagher :26.78;
2. Brandi Lorz, NB, :27.87;
3. McKenzie Hart, Lang, :28.02

400 -
1. Gallagher 1:04.08;
2. Logan Dick, Lang, 1:04.87;
3. Morgan Beattie, NB, 1:06.30

800 -
1. Kelsey Adamsen, Graf, 2:30.35;
2. Toni Fritz, NB, 2:32.06;
3. Kathryn Kram, Lang, 2:37.90

3,200 -
1. Lopez 12:30.75;
2. Tweeten 12:53.84;
3. Hailey Longtin, NB, 13:10.78

4x200 relay -
1. Park River Area (Bylin, Katie Ralston, Tiffany McMillan, Thomas) 1:54.22;
2. North Border 1:58.50

4x400 relay -
1. Langdon (Dietrich, Julie Dinius, Stremick, Kram) 4:23.94;
2. North Border 4:24.56;
3. Park River Area 4:47.91

4x800 relay -
1. North Border (Longtin, Ellie Bjornstad, Ailee Chale, Fritz) 10:54.11;
2. Park River Area 11:25.05;
3. Cavalier 11:42.68.

Boys team totals
Langdon 158, Drayton-St. Thomas-Valley 121, Park River Area 121, Thompson 82, Cavalier 67.5, Larimore 63.5, North Border 50, Grafton 30, Midway-Minto 22

3,200 -
1. Delka 10:55.12;
2. Anthony Askew, Cav, 11:08.90;
3. Matt Chaput, NB, 11:55.62

When it was a game

On July 6th, 1923, the All Nation baseball team played the Neche(USA)-Gretna(Canada) Internationals in Neche. The All Nation team was owned by J.L. Wilkinson, who also owned the Kansas City Monarchs, winners of the first Negro League World Series in 1924. Manager of the All Nation team was all time great John Donaldson. Many of the All Nation players also played for the Monarchs.

















The Internationals also played such famous barnstorming teams as the bearded House of David from Michigan. Although there is no documentation, Satchel Paige was rumored to have also played in Neche, during his tenure with the Bismarck Barons in the 1930's. Bismarck won the National Semi-Pro Championship with Paige. On the way to the championship games, Satchel performmed one of his famous routines, where he had the fielders stay in the dugout, will he proceded to strike out the opposing team.

Track: Vern Schreiner Invitational

At UND, Tuesday

Boys team totals
Drayton-St. Thomas-Valley 120, Thompson 110, Park River-Fordville-Lankin-Adams-Edmore-Edinburg 79, Hatton-Northwood 65, Cavalier 45, Grafton 39, North Border 33, Midway-Minto 28, Nelson County 13, N.D. School for the Deaf 6

2-mile relay
1. Thompson (Shimek, Brorby, A. Monson, D. Monson) 9:12.60;
2. North Border 10:21.19;
3. Cavalier 10:59.89

Girls Team Totals
Park River-Fordville-Lankin-Adams-Edmore-Edinburg 114.5, North Border 74, Hatton-Northwood 72, Grafton 67.5, Drayton-St. Thomas-Valley 55, Cavalier 45, Thompson 43, Midway-Minto 32, Nelson County 24

440
1. Brandi Lorz, NB, 1:06.37;
2. Kelsey Adamsen, Graf, 1:07.08;
3. Samantha Brorby, Thomp, 1:07.23

880
1. Toni Fritz, NB, 2:36.38;
2. Chloe Tweeten, Graf, 2:46.18;
3. Lexi Furstenau, Cav, 2:56.64

Mile
1. Jessica Schanilec, M-M, 5:41.31;
2. Nicole Woinarowicz, Graf, 5:44.23;
3. Hailey Longtin, NB, 6:05.07

Mile relay
1. North Border (Emily Stremick, Ellie Bjornstad, Fritz, Morgan Beattie) 4:39.65;
2. Thompson 4:45.53;
3. Grafton 4:46.21

2-mile relay
1. Grafton (Woinarowicz, Lopez, Tweeten, Adamsen) 10:53.21 (meet record);
2. North Border 11:18.68;
3. Thompson 11:54.53

3-Class Basketball & Volleyball Moves Forward

KXMBTV Bismarck Link

The North Dakota Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Board of Directors has decided to continue their pursuit of a three- class system in Volleyball, and both boys and girls Basketball.The next step will be to convince a group of schools to sponsor a by-law change.After that, they will present their proposal to the General Assembly in October. If the idea is approved there, it will then be presented to the State Activities Association for approval.