North Dakota Preps

Thoughts on the BIG EVENT this weekend at Rose Creek Golf Course in Fargo!?!

My Predictions:

CLASS A BOYS
Teams:
1. Bismarck


2. West Fargo
3. GF Central
4. Fargo Davies
5. Shanley/Oak Grove
Other possible teams: Fargo North, Dickinson, Century, GF Red River, Williston.

Individuals:
1. Jake Leingang (Bismarck)


2. Austin Todd (Bismarck)
3. Brandon Berg (Bismarck)
4. Chris Chamberlin (Davies)
5. Lane Kashur (Bismarck)

CLASS A GIRLS
Teams:
1. Fargo Davies
2. Bismarck
3. Century
4. West Fargo
5. Fargo North
Other possible teams: Fargo South, Minot.

Individuals:
1. Tarin Lachowitzer (Davies)
2. Madeline Strandemo (South)
3. Jordan Jacob (Century)
4. Alison Allmer (Jamestown)
5. Alex Backlund (Shanley/OG)

CLASS B BOYS
Teams:
1. Rugby
2. New Town
3. Lisbon
4. Beulah/Hazen
5. Central Cass
Other possible teams: Bowman County, Grafton.

Individuals:
1. Ken Wells (Parshall)
2. Donovan Lambert (Shiloh Christian)
3. Thomas Horgeshimer (Lisbon)
4. Jacob Gallagher (Lisbon)
5. Lincoln Larsen (North Star)

CLASS B GIRLS
Teams:
1. Hillsboro
2. Rugby
3. Watford City
4. Surrey
5. Carrington
Other possible teams: Velva, Grafton, Parshall, New Town.

Individuals:
1. Robyn Essler (Garrison)
2. Chandra Yankton (Dunseith)
3. Asha Smith (Watford City)
4. Tasha Heisler (Velva)
5. Brooklyn Zink (Hillsboro)

I'll be analyzing the Class B races more tonight...so those might change (mostly the team predictions). I've already analyzed the Class A races...those predictions are set.

My Predictions:

Class B Girls

1. Robyn Essler
2. Chandra Yankton
3. Asha Smith
4. Tasha Heisler
5. Brooklyn Zink
6. Leah Oien
7. Sydney Kraft
8. Abigail Walcoh
9. Kennedy Rude
10. Kade Ross

If I was to rank Top 10 for Class B Girls:

1. Robyn Essler (Garrison)
2. Chandra Yankton (Dunseith)
3. Asha Smith (Watford City)
4. Tasha Heisler (Velva)
5. Brooklyn Zink (Hillsboro)
6. Sydney Kraft (Rugby)
7. Abi Waloch (Southern McLean)
8. Kade Ross (Watford City)
9. Kennedy Rude (Langdon Area)
10. Miriah Forness (Shiloh Christian)

Run4Fun2009 wrote:If I was to rank Top 10 for Class B Girls:

1. Robyn Essler (Garrison)
2. Chandra Yankton (Dunseith)
3. Asha Smith (Watford City)
4. Tasha Heisler (Velva)
5. Brooklyn Zink (Hillsboro)
6. Sydney Kraft (Rugby)
7. Abi Waloch (Southern McLean)
8. Kade Ross (Watford City)
9. Kennedy Rude (Langdon Area)
10. Miriah Forness (Shiloh Christian)

Besides Essler you were way off!!!

butterbraids wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:If I was to rank Top 10 for Class B Girls:

1. Robyn Essler (Garrison)
2. Chandra Yankton (Dunseith)
3. Asha Smith (Watford City)
4. Tasha Heisler (Velva)
5. Brooklyn Zink (Hillsboro)
6. Sydney Kraft (Rugby)
7. Abi Waloch (Southern McLean)
8. Kade Ross (Watford City)
9. Kennedy Rude (Langdon Area)
10. Miriah Forness (Shiloh Christian)

Besides Essler you were way off!!!

Why thank you...I noticed that today at the meet!

Run4Fun2009 wrote:

butterbraids wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:If I was to rank Top 10 for Class B Girls:

1. Robyn Essler (Garrison)
2. Chandra Yankton (Dunseith)
3. Asha Smith (Watford City)
4. Tasha Heisler (Velva)
5. Brooklyn Zink (Hillsboro)
6. Sydney Kraft (Rugby)
7. Abi Waloch (Southern McLean)
8. Kade Ross (Watford City)
9. Kennedy Rude (Langdon Area)
10. Miriah Forness (Shiloh Christian)

Besides Essler you were way off!!!

Why thank you...I noticed that today at the meet!

How did you come up with your rankings? What did you think of the course?

{sarcasm}Hard to believe that predictions in a girls sporting event could be off.{/sarcasm}

Back to the topic -- a HUGE congratulations to the Burro girls!

butterbraids wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:

butterbraids wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:If I was to rank Top 10 for Class B Girls:

1. Robyn Essler (Garrison)
2. Chandra Yankton (Dunseith)
3. Asha Smith (Watford City)
4. Tasha Heisler (Velva)
5. Brooklyn Zink (Hillsboro)
6. Sydney Kraft (Rugby)
7. Abi Waloch (Southern McLean)
8. Kade Ross (Watford City)
9. Kennedy Rude (Langdon Area)
10. Miriah Forness (Shiloh Christian)

Besides Essler you were way off!!!

Why thank you...I noticed that today at the meet!

How did you come up with your rankings? What did you think of the course?

I liked the course...it had some "hills" for a Fargo course...I thought they made it as challenging as possible for a Fargo course. The times today (Leingang - 14:59.8; Lachowitzer - 14:16) among many others were awesome!

E@stern Executioner wrote:{sarcasm}Hard to believe that predictions in a girls sporting event could be off.{/sarcasm}

Back to the topic -- a HUGE congratulations to the Burro girls!

YES...CONGRATS to Hillsboro!! Very impressive day for the Burros!

AND CONGRATS to Rugby's boys on dethroning New Town from the Title!

NEW CLASS A BOYS STATE RECORD SET TODAY!!

Bismarck's 17 points in a NEW STATE RECORD! Quite Impressive...I think they are capable of scoring very low again next year!

OK, I really don't know much about xc, but how can Hillsboro be #5 in the poll and end up winning it? XC seems like a sport where you should have a really good idea on how it is going to finish. What happened to Zink from Hillsboro? When I saw the results I thought to myself "maybe she's not as good as she used to be," but when I see everyone else was picking her to finish high and she doesn't something must of happened. Injured? Nerves?

She had no injuries and no excuses -- just a bad day (in fact, a really bad day). If you look through past results, it happens to almost all girls -- you just hope that it doesn't happen this weekend. In response to your other questions, cross-country is one of the most difficult sports to predict (especially with girls). Some days you have it and some days you don't.

And your other question, Hillsboro probably wouldn't have been #5 in the last poll if there full team competed all year. They have 8-9 girls that play volleyball and travel with partial teams all year therefore getting much less recognition.

E@stern Executioner wrote:She had no injuries and no excuses -- just a bad day (in fact, a really bad day). If you look through past results, it happens to almost all girls -- you just hope that it doesn't happen this weekend. In response to your other questions, cross-country is one of the most difficult sports to predict (especially with girls). Some days you have it and some days you don't.

And your other question, Hillsboro probably wouldn't have been #5 in the last poll if there full team competed all year. They have 8-9 girls that play volleyball and travel with partial teams all year therefore getting much less recognition.

It is absolutely difficult to predict. I follow cross country very closely and I can tell you I got very few of my predictions right.