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PREP TRACK: Nagging injuries don’t slow Bothun

Nagging injuries have bothered Loren Bothun before and after races for most of the outdoor track season. One thing that does ease the pain is competition.

• Red River's John Hoplin won the javelin competition

PREP SPORTS: Class B tournament format faces changes as number of teams decline

The current format in volleyball, boys basketball and girls basketball throughout the state has each of the 16 districts advancing four teams from a district to a regional tournament. That format is in jeopardy because of the declining number of teams throughout the state.

AREA PREP NOTEBOOK: DL freshman explodes onto track scene

The transition from junior high to varsity track hasn’t been difficult for Bradley Davidson. The Devils Lake freshman has emerged as one of the top North Dakota Class A sprinters. He’s also been a big surprise to his coaches.

PREP BASEBALL: Red River sweeps Central

There was no win and no save for Ryan Richardson. But there was a lot of relief.The junior got Red River out of a big jam Monday, helping the Roughriders claim a 12-5 Eastern Dakota Conference baseball win Grand Forks Central. In the second, non-conference game, Red River won 9-1.

• Grand Forks Red River's Brady Regimbal slides safely into second base

Central golfer keeps pressing on despite future being set

The golf future for the next four years is set for Ty Kennedy. That doesn’t lessen his drive to do well now. The Grand Forks Central senior’s bid to gain medalist honors for the second time in his high school career came up one stroke short Monday.

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AREA PREP NOTEBOOK: East Grand Forks junior excels in two sports in the same season

Brock Amundson ended his junior year in school by participating in the Minnesota Section 8AA boys golf tournament. Now he’s started the spring sports season of his senior year at East Grand Forks Senior High by getting the win in the Green Wave’s first baseball game.

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Grand Forks and East Grand Forks golf preview

A team by team preview of golf teams in the Grand Forks and East Grand Forks golf area.

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AREA PREP NOTEBOOK: Crookston opens cold spring with hot bats

Ted Hasz, a former pitcher, gives the advantage to the pitchers over the hitters during the early part of the spring baseball season.

Crookston's Sanders plans to golf on the Dakota Tour this summer

Jake Sanders is 24 years old, married and a 2012 college graduate. And now he’s planning to spend most of the summer on the road in pursuit of a dream.

• Jake Sanders lines up for a putt

Local golf courses opening today

A year ago, King’s Walk Golf Course in Grand Forks was open on March 21. Fast forward and today King’s Walk is opening for the 2013 season — 40 days later than in 2012.

• A Grand Forks Park District employee hauls a load of branches off Lincoln Park Golf Course

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Area notebook: No region title to defend for Langdon-Munich

For the first time in seven seasons, Langdon-Munich doesn’t take the title of defending region champion into the boys track season. The Cardinals’ bid for a ninth consecutive region championship came up short last season. Harvey won the Region 3 title with 170 points, 22 ahead of the runner-up Cardinals.

Area notebook: State tournament results shoot down 3-class argument

A growing competitive disparity between large and small Class B schools was one reason why the North Dakota High School Activities Association’s board of directors proposed a three-class system earlier this winter. Results of the recent Class B boys and girls high school basketball tournaments refute that point.

Area notebook: Ponies’ goal to slow down Cass Lake-Bena

Warren-Alvarado-Oslo is a big offensive production on the basketball court. The Ponies average 73.9 points a game and have scored 75 or more 17 times this season.

Area notebook: Red-hot Prowlers are underdog in 8A title game

Thief River Falls is having one of its most successful boys hockey seasons in recent seasons with a 21-4-2 record. The Prowlers have been hot, with 11 wins and a tie in their last 12 games.

Area notebook: Eleven area wrestlers seek section repeats

Now is when wrestling coaches are looking for the next Jordan Sharp. Sharp went into last season’s Section 8AA tournament as the No. 3 seed at 215 pounds. He wasn’t in the top 10 in the final regular-season state rankings. All the Roseau wrestler did was not only win an 8AA championship but go on to cap his senior season by finishing second in the Minnesota state tournament.

Area notebook: Once-beaten Prowlers now are 8AA underdogs

Kenny Geiser calls this the best Thief River Falls wrestling team he’s coached in his seven seasons with the Prowlers. Whether that’s good enough to get the Prowlers back to the state tournament remains to be seen. At the Section 8AA dual tournament in Fosston on Friday, Geiser acknowledges that Thief River Falls is an underdog.

Area notebook: Adams-Edmore, Lakota plan to co-op on court

Lakota is defending North Dakota Region 4 girls basketball champion. Adams-Edmore won the region in the 2005-06 season. Next season, those two programs could become one.

Area notebook: Section 8A wrestling looks like a scramble

Section 8A wrestling appears to be as unpredictable as it’s been in several seasons.

Area notebook: Owens is MCC’s model of consistency

In a season of inconsistency for the Marshall County Central boys basketball team, Colby Owens has been a model of consistency.

Green Wave off to fast start

East Grand Forks Senior High set a school record for wins in its softball program last spring.

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