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The Beulah, North Star and Dickinson Trinity boys basketball teams will go into the postseason ranked the same as they have been most of the season. The top six teams in the Class B boys media poll remained unchanged Monday in the 11th and final rating of the season. Beulah, the...

Beulah and Minot Ryan aren't giving up wins, which means they aren't giving up their respective No. 1 rankings in the Class B basketball polls. The Beulah boys (16-0) and the Minot Ryan girls (13-0) held onto their unanimous top spots in the state media polls released Monday. Dickinson...

By the Press Staff sports@thedickinsonpress.com Beulah and Minot Ryan remained the No. 1-ranked teams in the Class B boys and girls basketball media polls, respectively, on Monday. There were few changes in the boys poll as North Star (12-0) and Dickinson Trinity (13-1), whose...

Beulah is the new No. 1-ranked team in Class B boys basketball following its wins over previous No. 1 North Star and No. 8 Four Winds-Minnewaukan last Thursday and Friday, respectively. The Miners (7-0) are followed in the rankings by North Star (6-1) at No. 2 and Dickinson Trinity...

CANDO -- The last time the No. 2-ranked Beulah boys basketball team faced top-ranked North Star was during the Class B state championship game. The Miners didn't leave much doubt Friday, beating the Bearcats 68-63 on the wings of Trevor Zacher's 25-point performance Friday. Cody...

The Class B boys basketball media poll was unchanged this week as North Star hung on to the No. 1 ranking heading into its showdown with No. 2 Beulah in Cando on Thursday night. North Star (4-0) remained four voting points ahead of Beulah (5-0) while they received eight and four...

North Star still No. 1, Beulah again at No. 2, Trinity moves up to No. 4 North Star remains the No. 1-ranked team in the Class B boys basketball media poll, released Monday, while Beulah is still the No. 2 team. North Star is 3-0 and Beulah is 4-0. Dickinson Trinity moved up one...

The teams who played in last season's Class B state championship game are at the top of the first boys basketball media poll of the season, though their rankings don't are the opposite of how they finished last March. Defending state champion Beulah received two first-place votes...

By The Press Staff sports@thedickinsonpress.com CANDO -- Jacob Hagler threw for 226 yards and three first-half touchdowns as No. 5-ranked North Star upended Beach on Saturday afternoon in the first round of the 9-man playoffs. Daniel Grande had eight receptions for 111 yards, including...

GRAND FORKS -- Daniel Grande admits he may have gotten away with one. It was late in the fourth quarter when Grande intercepted a pass near midcourt and drove for a layup. As he neared the basket, to elude a defender, he went behind his back from right hand to left hand with the...

GRAND FORKS -- Jake Hagler doesn't rank his performance Thursday as one of his better ones. "It was probably a little below average," said Hagler, a North Star junior said. "I didn't shoot very well. But a win is a win." And, despite his struggles, Hagler was a key factor as North...

CANDO -- Basketball can be a humbling experience for Daniel Grande and Jake Hagler. The two are dominant players on the North Star team that brings an undefeated record to the Class B boys basketball tournament, which begins Thursday at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. Both were...