Articles

Steele’s curtain: Unorthodox style has been trademark of Beach native, who wraps up his DSU career this week

Brad Steele has never been the most orthodox wrestler on a mat.

• Brad Steele

No. 1 Beulah faces No. 3 Trinity for Region 7 championship

The game has been played countless times since they were in elementary school. It has been a battle every time.

• Trinity's Jacob Volk
• Jesse Hettich

Hawks hope for big things at national meet

The indoor season for the Dickinson State track and field team is quick and to the point.

Titans use inside presence to defeat Heart River 72-54 in Region 7 semifinals

Inside out. It’s the game plan Dickinson Trinity head boys basketball coach Gregg Grinsteinner has been preaching to his team all season. In order for the Titans to be successful, the coach feels they must go to their post players early to open up the perimeter game.

• Jacob Volk

Beulah throttles Mott-Regent 79-41 in Region 7 semifinals

All it takes is one mistake, one opening and the Beulah boys basketball team finds a way to make its opponents pay.

• Tyler Zentner and Jesse Hettich

Heart River blasts Richardton-Taylor in Region 7 quarterfinals

The Heart River boys basketball team desperately wants to upset the Region 7 apple cart this week.

• Seth Ewoniuk

No. 1-ranked Beulah cruises in Region 7 Tournament opener

It took a quarter for the No. 1-ranked boys basketball team in Class B to get its bearings. Once Beulah found its flow, there was little Hettinger-Scranton could do to stop it.

• Cody Nelson and Stephen Kristy

Monke: Beulah, Trinity on Region 7 title game collision course

All winter, the question has lingered throughout southwest North Dakota. “Who do you think is going to win Region 7 boys basketball tournament, Beulah or Dickinson Trinity?”

• Levi Hollinger
• Stetson Carr
• Jacob Volk and Trevor Zacher
• Seth Ewoniuk
• Taylor Zentner
• Lane Voltz
• Stephen Kristy

MSU-Northern hangs on to beat Dickinson State

In future years, Caleb Harrison hopes to look back on this season as the one in which he started building a successful women’s basketball program at Dickinson State.

• Ashley Jelly

Pride carries Blue Hawks past Argos

The Dickinson State men’s basketball team knows it is out of the running for the Frontier Conference Tournament.

• Ty Ackelson

Columns

Coaches say 2 schools, 1 man set foundation for success in New England

Today, New England has a population of 555. In the past four decades, the small southwestern North Dakota town has produced almost as many successful coaches.

Kyle Carlson to join father in Hall of Fame

Kyle Carlson estimates he has been to 30 North Dakota state track and field meets in his life.

Column: Hanstad will be remembered for his game, character

BISMARCK — Joe Hanstad went to hug his father, Bryan, after Dickinson High’s loss to Minot High in a West Region boys basketball tournament state-qualifying game.

• Joe Hanstad

Column: Pittsley played with heart

Brock Pittsley’s emotions overflowed into a stream of tears the moment the final buzzer sounded on Monday afternoon’s Region 7 tournament game against Heart River.

• Brock Pittsley

Monke: Postponements making scheduling difficult

There hasn’t been a true blizzard in southwest North Dakota this winter, but that doesn’t mean high school activities directors and coaches haven’t been scrambling to reschedule numerous postponed games.

Monke column: Hausauer hoping to ride back to NFR

Two years after making his first and only appearance at the National Finals Rodeo, Dusty Hausauer is working to find his way back.

Championships tell story of Dickinson High’s decade

If an athletic department’s success is measured by the amount of state championships it wins, then Dickinson High had its best decade in school history.

The ’00s were a great decade to be a Trinity Titan

When it comes to Dickinson Trinity athletics this decade, the proof is in the pudding.

Hawks shouldn’t dwell on defeat

Uff-da. That sure was a rough end to a decent season for the Dickinson State football team.

Column: Unimaginable tragedy brings positivity to light

The call woke me up on Monday morning.

• Jerseys of Gemar, Neufeld, Williamson