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The Top Nine 9-Man Storylines Heading Into 2026
Football is back. North Dakota high school football is back, which means it’s time for all of us to spend the next three months pretending we knew exactly what was going to happen all along. Those of you who think North Dakota lacks scenery, go to a September football game on a Friday night and…
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The Grain Bin: Print the Damn Program
It’s safe to say that technology has made sporting events better in a lot of ways. Scoreboards are better. Sound systems are clearer and louder. Spotify and Apple Music have also been a godsend for whoever gets stuck running music at the scorer’s table. We’ve come a long way from the “2002 Football Pump Up…
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THE GRAIN BIN: Preseason Polls Are Stupid. I Also Need Them Immediately.
In the wake of our 9-man season preview, I need to get something off my chest. The first page of that masterpiece shared the NDAPSSA 9-man preseason football poll. There may not be a more pointless thing in high school sports than a preseason poll. The 9-man poll for the 2026 preseason looked as such:…
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Hillsboro Has Hired Three Basketball Coaches Since 1960. Seriously.
Three coaches in 66 years. When Thomas Gieske takes the sideline this winter, he’ll become just the third new head boys basketball coach Hillsboro has hired in the past 66 years. Think about that for a second. The world looked completely different when Ed Beyer first took over. It looked different again when Elliott Rotvold…
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WATCH: 2026 North Dakota Boys & Girls Lions’ All-Star Basketball Games
The North Dakota Lions All-Star Basketball Games returned to Bismarck and Fargo this summer. This is continuing one of the state’s longest-running basketball traditions. Since North Dakota adopted the three-class basketball system, the Lions series has shifted from its longtime Class A vs. Class B format to the current AA vs. A/B matchup. This year,…
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WATCH: The 2026 ND Shrine Bowl Football Games
Mayville State hosted the Shrine Bowl once again this summer. The best 11-man and 9-man players around the state played one final game of high school football at Jerome Berg Field on the campus of Mayville State University. These games are important for the Shriner’s Children’s to raise money on behalf of the North Dakota…
