North Dakota Preps

The first district games are listed for tonight:

Friday, December 2nd

Maple Valley 43 @ Central Cass 74
Enderlin 52 @ Kindred 45
FSHP 37 @ Richland 65

Saturday, December 3rd

Northern Cass @ Oak Grove

What a fun game! The Squirrels were on fire in the first half... exciting basketball for sure! 50 to 15 at half-time - wow!

Central Cass 74, Maple Valley 43

MV 6 15 27 43
CC 21 50 59 74

MV: Sours 2, Smith 19, Lerud 1, Steidel 4, Haseleu 11, Richman 6.
CC: Zimmerman 19, Bresnahan 13, Sunquist 3, Lubbers 18, Rieniets 2, Utt 4, Ueland 7, Roesler 8.

Run4Fun2009 wrote:

baller55 wrote:got any reasons behind that?

I just think Oak Grove will come out hitting their shots. Northern Cass has not played well at Oak Grove in past years (NC's last win @ OG was in the 90s); this one will be closer than most. Oak Grove is always tough to beat at home. This year's team likes to run (which shouldn't be a surprise).

Everyone says Oak Grove won't be very good this year after losing 10 seniors from last year's State tourney team...I think they'll surprise alot of people. They are young, but very talented.

Oak Grove is bringing up three freshman onto varsity: Carter Kretchman, an excellent ball-handler which is Tanner Kretchman's (Davies) younger brother; Issac Olson, who played Freshman b-ball as an 8th grader and is the younger brother of Sam Olson, a high school standout who graduated from Oak Grove in 2010 and played basketball at Concordia in Moorhead, and Christian Adams, who is amazing all-around.

Run4Fun2009 wrote:Predictions:
1. Central Cass
2. Maple Valley
3. Oak Grove
4. Kindred
5. Northern Cass
6. Richland
7. Enderlin
8. FSHP

Players to Watch:
Matt Zimmerman (Central Cass)
Ellery Breshnahan (Central Cass)
Jordan Haselau (Maple Valley)
Ty Smith (Maple Valley)
Eric Bachmeier (Kindred)
Jack Plankers (Kindred)
Jordan Funfar (Oak Grove)
Alex Widmer (Oak Grove)
MacKenzie Cargile (Northern Cass)
Colton Hill (Northern Cass)
Austin Heyen (Richland)
Christian Thompson (Richland)
Thomas Lindgren (Enderlin)
Austin Archer (FSHP)

Intriguing Matchups (including ALL District matchups):
November
29th: Milnor @ Central Cass
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood @ Kindred

December
2nd: Maple Valley @ Central Cass
Enderlin @ Kindred
FSHP @ Richland

3rd: Northern Cass @ Oak Grove

6th, 8th, 10th: Barnes County Tourney (includes NC, FSHP, Enderlin, MV, GCC, BCN, L-M-M, VC)

6th: Oak Grove @ North Sargent

8th: Hawley (MN) @ Oak Grove

12th: North Sargent @ Central Cass
FSHP @ Larimore

15th: Central Cass @ FSHP
Northern Cass @ Kindred
Enderlin @ Maple Valley

17th: Kindred vs. Napoleon @ Jamestown
Richland @ Oak Grove
North Sargent @ Maple Valley

19th: Enderlin @ LaMoure

27th: Richland vs. Norman County West (MN) @ Hillsboro

28th: Richland vs. Larimore @ Hillsboro

January
6th: Central Cass @ Enderlin
Richland @ Northern Cass
Kindred @ FSHP
Oak Grove vs. Dickinson Trinity @ Shiloh Christian

7th: Kindred @ Richland
Oak Grove @ Shiloh Christian

12th: Oak Grove @ Enderlin
Northern Cass @ FSHP
Richland @ Maple Valley
Kindred @ Central Cass

16th: Kindred @ North Sargent

17th: Maple Valley @ Wyndmere-Lidgerwood

19th: Oak Grove @ Kindred
Northern Cass @ Maple Valley
FSHP @ Enderlin
Central Cass @ Richland

21st: Milnor @ Richland
FSHP vs. F-C-T @ Fargo Civic
Maple Valley vs. Hankinson @ Fargo Civic
Kindred vs. W-A-O (MN) @ Fargo Civic
Central Cass vs. Hawley (MN) @ Fargo Civic
Oak Grove vs. D-G-F (MN) @ Fargo Civic

23rd: Wyndmere-Lidgerwood @ Richland

24th: Oak Grove @ Maple Valley
Milnor @ Kindred
Central Valley @ FSHP
Central Cass vs. Linton-HMB @ Jamestown

27th: Oak Grove @ Central Cass
Enderlin @ Northern Cass
Maple Valley @ FSHP

30th: Oak Grove @ Milnor

February
2nd: FSHP @ Oak Grove
Central Cass @ Northern Cass
Maple Valley @ Kindred
Richland @ Enderlin

4th: Central Cass @ Grafton

If anyone wants to know who the point guards in District 2 are, here they are:
Central Cass: Ellery Bresnahan, Ben Sundquist
Oak Grove: Jordan Funfar, Tyler Berg, Christian Adams, Carter Kretchman, Coulton Dangerfield, Nick Card
Richland: Kayne Griffith
Kindred: Nick Milbrandt, Tyler Holland, Brady Kappes
FSHP: Clay Montag, James Simpson
Maple Valley: Jordan Haseleu, Dylan Lerud, Dacotah McGough
Enderlin: Gareth Hanson, Tanner Groth, Daniel Lindgren, Aaron Hall
Northern Cass: McKenzie Cargile, Taylor Kyllo

Run4Fun2009 wrote:The first district games are listed for tonight:

Friday, December 2nd

Maple Valley 43 @ Central Cass 74
Enderlin 52 @ Kindred 45
FSHP 37 @ Richland 65

Saturday, December 3rd

Northern Cass @ Oak Grove

I think one of the main reasons Kindred lost to Enderlin is because there is no Tanner Kretchman. Enderlin also has a strong offensive and defensive player in Thomas Lindgren (averaged about 10 rebounds a game last year, and scored 33 points for Enderlin in a 61-76 loss against Oak Grove.) I am very shocked though that Maple Valley lost to Central Cass by 31 POINTS. It looks like Central Cass might dominate this year.

I am not down playing how Central Cass played last night but i just think Maple Valley just wasnt ready last to play last night.

GF85 wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:

baller55 wrote:got any reasons behind that?

I just think Oak Grove will come out hitting their shots. Northern Cass has not played well at Oak Grove in past years (NC's last win @ OG was in the 90s); this one will be closer than most. Oak Grove is always tough to beat at home. This year's team likes to run (which shouldn't be a surprise).

Everyone says Oak Grove won't be very good this year after losing 10 seniors from last year's State tourney team...I think they'll surprise alot of people. They are young, but very talented.

Oak Grove is bringing up three freshman onto varsity: Carter Kretchman, an excellent ball-handler which is Tanner Kretchman's (Davies) younger brother; Issac Olson, who played Freshman b-ball as an 8th grader and is the younger brother of Sam Olson, a high school standout who graduated from Oak Grove in 2010 and played basketball at Concordia in Moorhead, and Christian Adams, who is amazing all-around.

Carter would be in the same position as his brother Tanner. He should not be able to play varsity sports this year. He just transferred from Kindred.

ClassBEast wrote:

GF85 wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:

baller55 wrote:got any reasons behind that?

I just think Oak Grove will come out hitting their shots. Northern Cass has not played well at Oak Grove in past years (NC's last win @ OG was in the 90s); this one will be closer than most. Oak Grove is always tough to beat at home. This year's team likes to run (which shouldn't be a surprise).

Everyone says Oak Grove won't be very good this year after losing 10 seniors from last year's State tourney team...I think they'll surprise alot of people. They are young, but very talented.

Oak Grove is bringing up three freshman onto varsity: Carter Kretchman, an excellent ball-handler which is Tanner Kretchman's (Davies) younger brother; Issac Olson, who played Freshman b-ball as an 8th grader and is the younger brother of Sam Olson, a high school standout who graduated from Oak Grove in 2010 and played basketball at Concordia in Moorhead, and Christian Adams, who is amazing all-around.

Carter would be in the same position as his brother Tanner. He should not be able to play varsity sports this year. He just transferred from Kindred.

Carter is eligible because he transferred at a "natural" break with him being a freshman.

Oak Grove defeated Northern Cass tonight 62-53

I know its early but here are the standings after week #1

District (Overall)
Central Cass 1-0 (2-0)
Richland 1-0 (2-0)
Oak Grove 1-0 (1-0)
Enderlin 1-0 (1-1)
Maple Valley 0-1 (2-1)
Kindred 0-1 (1-1)
Northern Cass 0-1 (1-1)
FSHP 0-1 (0-3)

Run4Fun2009 wrote:

ClassBEast wrote:

GF85 wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:

baller55 wrote:got any reasons behind that?

I just think Oak Grove will come out hitting their shots. Northern Cass has not played well at Oak Grove in past years (NC's last win @ OG was in the 90s); this one will be closer than most. Oak Grove is always tough to beat at home. This year's team likes to run (which shouldn't be a surprise).

Everyone says Oak Grove won't be very good this year after losing 10 seniors from last year's State tourney team...I think they'll surprise alot of people. They are young, but very talented.

Oak Grove is bringing up three freshman onto varsity: Carter Kretchman, an excellent ball-handler which is Tanner Kretchman's (Davies) younger brother; Issac Olson, who played Freshman b-ball as an 8th grader and is the younger brother of Sam Olson, a high school standout who graduated from Oak Grove in 2010 and played basketball at Concordia in Moorhead, and Christian Adams, who is amazing all-around.

Carter would be in the same position as his brother Tanner. He should not be able to play varsity sports this year. He just transferred from Kindred.

Carter is eligible because he transferred at a "natural" break with him being a freshman.

OK, just curious... if Carter had played varsity for Kindred last year as an 8th grader, would he still be able to play varsity this year for Oak Grove?

ClassBEast wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:

ClassBEast wrote:

GF85 wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:

baller55 wrote:got any reasons behind that?

I just think Oak Grove will come out hitting their shots. Northern Cass has not played well at Oak Grove in past years (NC's last win @ OG was in the 90s); this one will be closer than most. Oak Grove is always tough to beat at home. This year's team likes to run (which shouldn't be a surprise).

Everyone says Oak Grove won't be very good this year after losing 10 seniors from last year's State tourney team...I think they'll surprise alot of people. They are young, but very talented.

Oak Grove is bringing up three freshman onto varsity: Carter Kretchman, an excellent ball-handler which is Tanner Kretchman's (Davies) younger brother; Issac Olson, who played Freshman b-ball as an 8th grader and is the younger brother of Sam Olson, a high school standout who graduated from Oak Grove in 2010 and played basketball at Concordia in Moorhead, and Christian Adams, who is amazing all-around.

Carter would be in the same position as his brother Tanner. He should not be able to play varsity sports this year. He just transferred from Kindred.

Carter is eligible because he transferred at a "natural" break with him being a freshman.

OK, just curious... if Carter had played varsity for Kindred last year as an 8th grader, would he still be able to play varsity this year for Oak Grove?

Not 100% sure...but I believe so.

Would love to see another Northern cass oak grove matchup with everyone playing...

1. Central Cass

2. Maple Valley
2. Richland
2. Kindred
5. Oak Grove
5. Enderlin
5. Northern Cass

8. FSHP
After watching the first couple games of the season this is the order i find fitting
-MV, Richland, and Kindred i feel could go any way but this is the order I feel they finish
-OG, enderlin, northern cass could are also very close teams but i feel they finish in this order...don't know why everyone has been putting enderlin at 7 and 8...they are a decent team and i could easily see them beating northern cass and OG possibly even an upset with MV or Richland

ClassBEast wrote:

GF85 wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:

baller55 wrote:got any reasons behind that?

I just think Oak Grove will come out hitting their shots. Northern Cass has not played well at Oak Grove in past years (NC's last win @ OG was in the 90s); this one will be closer than most. Oak Grove is always tough to beat at home. This year's team likes to run (which shouldn't be a surprise).

Everyone says Oak Grove won't be very good this year after losing 10 seniors from last year's State tourney team...I think they'll surprise alot of people. They are young, but very talented.

Oak Grove is bringing up three freshman onto varsity: Carter Kretchman, an excellent ball-handler which is Tanner Kretchman's (Davies) younger brother; Issac Olson, who played Freshman b-ball as an 8th grader and is the younger brother of Sam Olson, a high school standout who graduated from Oak Grove in 2010 and played basketball at Concordia in Moorhead, and Christian Adams, who is amazing all-around.

Carter would be in the same position as his brother Tanner. He should not be able to play varsity sports this year. He just transferred from Kindred.

Even though I've seen him play varsity this year, you have a very good point. In my opinion, I think the reason he playing is because he was in middle school last year. I might be wrong though.

GF85 wrote:

ClassBEast wrote:

GF85 wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:

baller55 wrote:got any reasons behind that?

I just think Oak Grove will come out hitting their shots. Northern Cass has not played well at Oak Grove in past years (NC's last win @ OG was in the 90s); this one will be closer than most. Oak Grove is always tough to beat at home. This year's team likes to run (which shouldn't be a surprise).

Everyone says Oak Grove won't be very good this year after losing 10 seniors from last year's State tourney team...I think they'll surprise alot of people. They are young, but very talented.

Oak Grove is bringing up three freshman onto varsity: Carter Kretchman, an excellent ball-handler which is Tanner Kretchman's (Davies) younger brother; Issac Olson, who played Freshman b-ball as an 8th grader and is the younger brother of Sam Olson, a high school standout who graduated from Oak Grove in 2010 and played basketball at Concordia in Moorhead, and Christian Adams, who is amazing all-around.

Carter would be in the same position as his brother Tanner. He should not be able to play varsity sports this year. He just transferred from Kindred.

Even though I've seen him play varsity this year, you have a very good point. In my opinion, I think the reason he playing is because he was in middle school last year. I might be wrong though.

Taken straight from the NDHSAA Constitution and By-Laws:

A ninth grader beginning high school for the first time is immediately eligible for interscholastic competition

Central Cass def. FSHP 86-40
Kindred def. Northern Cass 71-51
Maple Valley def. Enderlin 60-39

Saturday: Oak Grove def. Richland 68-44

Standings Thru 12/17/11

District (Overall)
Central Cass 2-0 (6-0)
Oak Grove 2-0 (3-2)
Maple Valley 1-1 (6-1*)
Richland 1-1 (3-2)
Kindred 1-1 (3-2*)
Enderlin 1-1 (3-3*)
Northern Cass 0-2 (2-4)
FSHP 0-2 (1-7)

Run4Fun2009 wrote:Standings Thru 12/17/11

District (Overall)
Central Cass 2-0 (6-0)
Oak Grove 2-0 (3-2)
Maple Valley 1-1 (6-1*)
Richland 1-1 (3-2)
Kindred 1-1 (3-2*)
Enderlin 1-1 (3-3*)
Northern Cass 0-2 (2-4)
FSHP 0-2 (1-7)

what does an asterisk mean?

ND_beast wrote:

Run4Fun2009 wrote:Standings Thru 12/17/11

District (Overall)
Central Cass 2-0 (6-0)
Oak Grove 2-0 (3-2)
Maple Valley 1-1 (7-1)
Richland 1-1 (3-2)
Kindred 1-1 (3-2*)
Enderlin 1-1 (3-4)
Northern Cass 0-2 (2-4)
FSHP 0-2 (1-7)

what does an asterisk mean?

Sorry it meant I didn't have scores from today in the overall records:

Standings Thru 12/17/11

District (Overall)
Central Cass 2-0 (6-0)
Oak Grove 2-0 (3-2)
Maple Valley 1-1 (7-1)
Kindred 1-1 (4-2)
Richland 1-1 (3-2)
Enderlin 1-1 (3-4)
Northern Cass 0-2 (2-4)
FSHP 0-2 (1-7)

Kindred beat Napoleon today in Jamestown.

Standings Thru 01/12/12

District (Overall)
1. Central Cass 4-0 (12-0)
2. Maple Valley 2-1 (9-1)
2. Oak Grove 2-1 (5-4)
4. Kindred 3-2 (8-4)
5. Enderlin 2-2 (4-8)
6. Richland 2-3 (7-5)
7. Northern Cass 1-3 (5-8)
8. FSHP 0-4 (2-11)

Central Cass rolls past Kindred in boys basketball
By: Heath Hotzler, INFORUM

CASSELTON, N.D. – The Central Cass boys basketball team runs so much during games that scores tend to get lopsided, junior varsity players regularly get quality varsity minutes and referees get winded.

Yes, even the officials are wondering how the Squirrels keep it up.

Such is life in the fast lane.

Matt Zimmerman had 25 points to lead No. 5 Central Cass to a 79-41 North Dakota Class B, District 2 victory against rival Kindred on Thursday at Central Cass High School.

“Kindred is a big rival,” Zimmerman said. “We had a full gym. We just wanted to do what we do. Put on a good show.”

The Squirrels (12-0) put the pedal to the floor from the start, bursting to a 20-6 first quarter lead.

Zimmerman led the way with seven points in the opening frame, but Central Cass’ depth was evident throughout.

Guard Ellery Bresnahan found open teammates and hit open shots, Josh Roesler chipped in with a few buckets, and the Squirrels combined to hit eight 3-pointers in the game.

Kindred (8-4) couldn’t get out from under the thumb of Central Cass’ athletic defenders.

“A key coming in here was to limit their transition baskets, and we obviously didn’t do that,” Vikings coach Brad Woehl said. “We came out a little sluggish offensively, and didn’t rebound as well as I would have liked. We just have to get better.”

Vikings senior post Jack Plankers, a 6-foot-8 North Dakota State football recruit, was unstoppable on the boards. He scored 18 points – mostly on putbacks – and finished with 21 rebounds.

Central Cass held a 39-18 halftime lead.

The Squirrels continued to go up-and-down the court in the second half.

Central Cass senior Jon Lubbers scored nine of his 11 points in the fourth quarter.

Kindred managed just one basket in the fourth.

Sophomore Eric Bachmeier had 12 points and four rebounds for the Vikings.

Both teams emptied their benches for the final two minutes.

“We like to push the ball,” Zimmerman said. “We are very up-tempo, and that seems to be working for us this year. … Refs get tired, too. They are talking to us the entire time, asking if we always push the ball this much. We condition really hard in practice, and you can tell by the third and fourth quarters that teams are really worn out.”

Kindred 6 18 35 41

Central Cass 20 39 52 79

KINDRED: Bachmeier 3 4-6 12, Reinke 2 0-0 5, Plankers 9 0-1 18, Holland 2 0-0 5, Moffet 0 1-2 1. Totals: 16 5-9 41.

CENTRAL CASS: Bresnahan 7 2-3 19, Sundquist 1 0-0 3, Ieland 2 0-0 4, Roesler 3 3-6 9, Zimmerman 9 5-7 25, Lubbers 4 1-1 11, Ebach 2 2-2 6, Breske 1 0-0 2. Totals: 29 12-19 79.

3-pointers: Bachmeier 2, Reinke, Holland, Bresnahan 3, Sundquist, Zimmerman 2, Lubbers. Total fouls: K 17, CC 12. Rebounds: K 36 (Plankers 21), CC 36 (Zimmerman 7).

My ditrict standins after the tourny how they will end up
1.MV Kocka and the boys over CC by 3 in the district title Region 1 Title game preview
2. CC
3. OG
4. Richland
5. Enerlin
6. NC
7.Kinderd
8.FSHP

In my mind 3-7 are up for grabs MV and CC are the class of the district and the region

NDSU95 wrote:My ditrict standins after the tourny how they will end up
1.MV Kocka and the boys over CC by 3 in the district title Region 1 Title game preview
2. CC
3. OG
4. Richland
5. Enerlin
6. NC
7.Kinderd
8.FSHP

In my mind 3-7 are up for grabs MV and CC are the class of the district and the region

That's a bold statement...we'll see.