Killdeer football returns to state championship
Even after losing the state championship in 2014 and losing its opening game of the 2015 season, the Killdeer football team still knew it could get back to that state game.
The Cowboys did just that.
After losing to Dickinson Trinity at home to start the season, Killdeer (9-2) went on a nine-game winning streak to win the Region 4 championship in the regular season and earn a berth in the North Dakota Class 1A championship in November.
But like the season before, Killdeer lost to Park River-Fordville-Lankin, this time 38-14 in the Fargodome.
“It hurts. It hurts a lot,” Cowboys senior fullback Zeb Doe told The Press after the championship. “But all you can do as a good senior captain is encourage the juniors to get us back here next year.”
DSU softball returns to College World Series
The Dickinson State softball team didn’t go into the North Star Athletic Association as the top seed, but it sure came out of the tournament on top.
No. 2-seeded DSU swept top seed University of Jamestown 10-2 and 9-7 to claim the conference championship and punch its ticket to the NAIA Softball National Tournament Opening Round in May in Madison, S.D.
In the elimination round, the No. 6 seed University of Mobile (Ala.) edged the No. 10-seeded Blue Hawks 2-1 in the NAIA Softball World Series later in the month.
In the tournament, DSU outscored its opponents 46-12 and pulled off four straight elimination victories.
Seniors Claudia Torres and Regan Lawrence were named to the all-NSAA team along with juniors Alex Vargas and Monique Yslas, sophomore McKenzie Kenobbie and freshman Alexzandria Watson.
DSU head coach Kristin Fleury was named NSAA coach of the year.
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