North Dakota Preps

48-47 over Oak Grove.

What an exciting run they've had through the regional tournament.

Congratulations to the Hankinson Pirates and making it to the elite 8 in Bismarck. They played a hard fought Region championship and beat a Cinderella team in Oak Grove. Look for Hankinson to make some noise in Bismarck next week. Go Pirates!

The only way they will make noise is if there guards step it up bigtime otherwise if could be along night for them guarding the Packineaus

Congrats to coach Mike and his assistants and all the players and fans from Hankinson. Your hard work in the off season is paying off. I have had the chance to see most of the state qualifing teams play this year and this year has the making of one of the best in a long time. I wouldn't take any team lightly . Hankinson you have alot to be proud of and Good Luck!

Hakinson did play a good games during the regional run. They surpised me coming back in the last minute against northern cass. Oak grove gave them a really good "run for their money" and the shots taken at the end could have gone either way. I don't remeber who shot the last shot for hankinson but it could have rolled out easily and hvidstons shot could have rolled in too.

We (Parshall) are looking forward to playing you guys next Thursday, it is going to be a good game.

bballplayer09 wrote:Hakinson did play a good games during the regional run. They surpised me coming back in the last minute against northern cass. Oak grove gave them a really good "run for their money" and the shots taken at the end could have gone either way. I don't remeber who shot the last shot for hankinson but it could have rolled out easily and hvidstons shot could have rolled in too.

Ben Althoff took that shot with 20 seconds left.

Ben23 wrote:

bballplayer09 wrote:Hakinson did play a good games during the regional run. They surpised me coming back in the last minute against northern cass. Oak grove gave them a really good "run for their money" and the shots taken at the end could have gone either way. I don't remeber who shot the last shot for hankinson but it could have rolled out easily and hvidstons shot could have rolled in too.

Ben Althoff took that shot with 20 seconds left.

Ben Althoff, would that be that #23 from Hankinson, haha.

baller01 wrote:

Ben23 wrote:

bballplayer09 wrote:Hakinson did play a good games during the regional run. They surpised me coming back in the last minute against northern cass. Oak grove gave them a really good "run for their money" and the shots taken at the end could have gone either way. I don't remeber who shot the last shot for hankinson but it could have rolled out easily and hvidstons shot could have rolled in too.

Ben Althoff took that shot with 20 seconds left.

Ben Althoff, would that be that #23 from Hankinson, haha.

Yeah

Ben23 wrote:

baller01 wrote:

Ben23 wrote:

bballplayer09 wrote:Hakinson did play a good games during the regional run. They surpised me coming back in the last minute against northern cass. Oak grove gave them a really good "run for their money" and the shots taken at the end could have gone either way. I don't remeber who shot the last shot for hankinson but it could have rolled out easily and hvidstons shot could have rolled in too.

Ben Althoff took that shot with 20 seconds left.

Ben Althoff, would that be that #23 from Hankinson, haha.

Yeah

Haha sorry, I couldn't resist. Good luck this weekend.

baller01 wrote:

Ben23 wrote:

baller01 wrote:

Ben23 wrote:

bballplayer09 wrote:Hakinson did play a good games during the regional run. They surpised me coming back in the last minute against northern cass. Oak grove gave them a really good "run for their money" and the shots taken at the end could have gone either way. I don't remeber who shot the last shot for hankinson but it could have rolled out easily and hvidstons shot could have rolled in too.

Ben Althoff took that shot with 20 seconds left.

Ben Althoff, would that be that #23 from Hankinson, haha.

Yeah

Haha sorry, I couldn't resist. Good luck this weekend.

HAHA its alright and thank you

its nice seeing different teams in the state tournament. u got your usuals like dickinson-trinity who seem to be able to make it every year. but its nice to see hankinson there. they definately deserve it.

Congratulations!  Enjoy it.. the journey is the reward....

Will Hankinson have a full roster for the tournament? I hate rumors, but I have heard otherwise. Can anyone confirm the Pirates will be down atleast one man for the next 6 weeks?

Mailman_25 wrote:Will Hankinson have a full roster for the tournament? I hate rumors, but I have heard otherwise. Can anyone confirm the Pirates will be down atleast one man for the next 6 weeks?

Yes they will be down one man......

That's too bad. He was a major reason Hankinson made state. Great shooter. Always seemed to be in the right spot. Very composed.  Must be disappointed to no end.

Mailman_25 wrote:That's too bad. He was a major reason Hankinson made state. Great shooter. Always seemed to be in the right spot. Very composed.  Must be disappointed to no end.

was he a starter?

no, he actually was ineligible to play the first part of the season, became eligible, contributed, now is out....a shame....

Dfougie wrote:no, he actually was ineligible to play the first part of the season, became eligible, contributed, now is out....a shame....

he was a pretty big part of their deep bench.  The kid just seems to have the worst of luck.  He's very dissappointed like no other and feels bad.  I guess thats just how it goes.

Wouldnt have been all that impressed with 1989 had Midway-Minto made it. Minto hasnt been there since 1972 and midway has never been there since the school opened in the 60's. Some of the towns in the consolidation made it like in the 50's in Clas C but its been a LONG time and came up about 12 seconds short in regulation.