KHRT Sports – 05/26/24

KHRT SPORTS – SUNDAY – 05/26/24
 

MINOT, ND – Minot High will head to the State Baseball and Softball Tournaments as the #2-seed from the West.
 
High School Baseball
Class A
 
West Region Tournament – Corbett Field in Minot
 
State Qualifier
#6 Williston def. #8 Bismarck High, 14-2
#5 Mandan def. #3 Dickinson, 9-6
Championship
#2 Bismarck Legacy def. #1 Minot High, 3-1
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High School Girls Softball
Class A
 
West Region Tournament – Dickinson
 
State Qualifier
#4 Bimarck High def. #7 Williston, 16-8
#3 Mandan def. #5 Jamestown, 4-3
Championship
#2 Dickinson def. #1 Minot High, 6-1
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WEST REGION TENNIS
 
MINOT, ND – The individual portion of the West Region Girls Tennis Tournament finished in Minot. In the singles tournament Sophia Felderman of Mandan defeated Ava Thuner of Minot High in the championship 6-2,6-3. In the doubles tournament, Bismarck Legacy wins the title. The 3rd place match was an all Minot High contest as Kyllie Fettig/Sienna Ronning defeated Grace Olson/Lila Olson, 3-6,6-4,7-6(4).
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STATE TRACK MEET
 
MINOT, ND – The three day State Track Meet finished on Saturday in Bismarck. The Class A Boys team completition saw Bismarck High win the championship for the first time since 2014, which was the final of 11 consecutive titles. The Demons scored 170 points, while Bismarck Century came in 2nd at 72.5, then Minot High at 3rd with 72 points.
 
Bismarck High swept the Class A competition by winning the girls event with 100 points. It was their first state title since 2010. Fargo Davies came in second with 93 points, while Grand Forks Red River was third at 65 points.
 
Individual champions included:
– Logan Conklin of Minot High wins state high jump title with a jump of 6-8
– Grayson Schaeffer of Minot High wins state triple jump title with a jump of 47 feet…1 inch. John Williams III of Minot North was runner up with a jump of 46 feet…5 inches.
– Haleigh Carr of Minot High wins the State Triple Jump title with a jump of 37 feet…3-3/4 inches.
– Benjamin Harris of Minot High finished runner up in the State A 800 Meter Run with a time of 1:55:56
 
In Class B, the Bowman County boys takes home the title for the first time as a coop. Bowman won the championship five times with the last of those in 1993. Kindred was second and Hazen was third.
 
The Bulldogs made it a clean sweep by winning the girls title for the first time since 2008. That was the only other state title as a coop. Bowman won six title between 1978 and 1990. Central Cass came in second and Fargo Oak Grove was third.
 
Individual champions included:
– Brynn Hanson of Des Lacs-Burlington-Lewis & Clark defends her title in the 3200 Meter run
– Anya Olson of Velva-Drake-Anamoose wins the State 400 Meter Dash title with a time of 56.39
– Brynn Hanson of Des Lacs-Burlington/Lewis & Clark defends her state title in 800 with a time of 2:17.20
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MINOT STATE TRACK & FIELD
 
EMPORIA, Kan. (MSU) – The first-ever trip to the nationals for Minot State freshman Jasiah Hambira provided a successful
finish to a stellar season. Hambira cleared his opening height of 6 feet, 8 inches on Friday, but did not advance any further and finished 14th in the nation to earn 2nd Team All-American honors at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Emporia State. An incredible finish to the year for Hambira who in his debut collegiate season won the NSIC Championship in the high jump earlier this month clearing 7 feet, 0.25 inches and set the all-time outdoor school record in the event at Minot State. That after he set the NCAA Division II-era school record in the indoor high jump during the winter for the Beavers, as well. Hambira was one of just four freshmen to qualify for nationals where four of the qualifiers also failed to clear the opening height of 6-8. Jaivon Harrison from Grand Valley State won the national title in the event by virtue of fewer overall misses as he and Hamdi Ali from West Texas A&M both cleared 7-3.25 in Friday’s competition. Hambira becomes Minot State’s fifth NCAA track and field All-American, joining Leif Nelson who was an All-American in 2022 and 2023, Cody Schmidt in 2015, and Kirk Capdeville in 2014.
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TWINS-RANGERS
 
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Kirilloff hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 5-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Kirilloff, who also hit a go-ahead home run in the Twins’ series-opening victory over the World Series champions on Friday night, drove a 1-0 pitch from David Robertson (2-2) into the bullpen in left-center, helping Minnesota win its fourth straight game. After a 7-for-59 skid dropped his batting average to .202, Kirilloff has rallied the past eight days, going 5 for 16 with three home runs. It was just the second multi-hit game of the season for Kirilloff, who also singled and scored leading off the seventh inning. Cole Sands (2-0) pitched two perfect innings to earn the victory. Jhoan Duran worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his sixth save. Michael Lorenzen pitched six strong innings for the Rangers, who have lost six straight and 12 of their last 14 games. Lorenzen gave up one run on three hits over six innings.
 
UP NEXT
Twins RHP Pablo López (4-4, 4.72) will try to bounce back from his worst start of the season, when he gave up seven earned runs in five innings in a 12-3 loss to the Nationals on May 20. The Rangers have not named a starter.

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