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 first-place votes, respectively.
Dickinson Trinity kept the No. 4 spot behind No. 3 Cavalier after winning the 42nd annual Roughrider Tournament on Saturday.
The Titans (5-0) visit Beach on Tuesday and play Heart River on Thursday night in a rematch of the Roughrider semifinal game Trinity won by just three points last Thursday.
The Trinity girls basketball team, after starting the season 2-0 and receiving votes in the first Class B girls basketball media poll, is preparing for an even bigger game this week.
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The Titans face No. 1-ranked girls team Minot Bishop Ryan at 1 p.m. Saturday. Ryan is 2-0 and received all but one first-place vote in the first poll.
Beach, which received the No. 2 ranking in the Miss Hoopster magazine's preseason power poll, was not ranked after dropping its first games of the season to No. 2-ranked Napoleon (1-0) and defending state runner-up Linton-HMB (2-0).
The Buccaneers, who received votes defeated Harding County (S.D.) 79-29 on Tuesday night to improve to 1-2.
It is the first time since the final poll of the 2008-09 season that Beach has not been ranked in the top 10.
Grant County begins the season ranked No. 8.
Class B Boys Rcd Pts LW
1. North Star (8) 4-0 116 1
2. Beulah (4) 5-0 112 2
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3. Cavalier 4-0 87 3
4. Dickinson Trinity 5-0 78 4
5. Fargo Oak Grove 4-1 73 5
6 (tie) Des Lacs-Burlington 3-0 54 6
6 (tie) Four Winds-Minn. 4-1 54 7
8. Carrington 5-0 40 8
9. Rugby 5-0 26 9
10. Turtle Lake-M-M 3-0 7 10
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Others receiving votes: Central Cass (5-0), Trenton (4-0), Minot Our Redeemer's (6-0), Maple Valley (5-1).
Class B Girls Rcd Pts
1. Minot Ryan (11) 2-0 119
2. Napoleon (1) 1-0 99
3. Kindred 1-0 95
4. Shiloh Christian 2-0 78
5. Lakota-Adams-Edmore 2-0 74
6. Grafton 2-0 51
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7. Hillsboro-Central Valley 2-0 42
8. Grant County 2-0 34
9. New Town 1-1 33
10. Central Cass 1-0 15
Others receiving votes: Thompson (1-1), Beach (0-2), Linton-HMB (2-0), Dickinson Trinity (2-0), Kidder County (1-0), Velva (0-0).
