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PREP TENNIS: Red River senior decides to have fun in final season
Going into her senior high school season, Grand Forks Red River senior Samantha Anderson decided to have a little more fun. Instead of taking a run at a third state singles title, Anderson has opted for the opportunity to play doubles with her seventh-grade sister Maddie.
RELATED CONTENTUND BASEBALL: Sioux expect a pitchers duel in GW tournament
This year’s Great West Conference baseball tournament will be played at Brent Brown Ballpark, a hitter-friendly facility in the thin air of Orem, Utah.
RELATED CONTENTBamba follows Dressler’s star again
Ismael Bamba picked jersey No. 18 his first season at UND because then-assistant coach Paul Charbonneau told him the number was meant for big things. That was 2008 and the Sioux were set to begin their first season without the former No. 18 — Weston Dressler, a dynamic receiver that set 19 school records and earned the nickname Mr. Electricity. Earlier this month, Bamba learned that he’s once again heading to a new place where Dressler is a star and fan favorite. Bamba is preparing for his first season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. The Roughriders drafted the 24-year-old from Montreal in the sixth round (39th overall).
RELATED CONTENTSioux-Bison football rivalry renewal tentatively set for 2015 and 2017
The heated rivalry between the UND and North Dakota State football teams has been on hold since 2003. The nine-year drought appears to have an end in sight.
RELATED CONTENTUND MEN'S BASKETBALL: Sioux land Texas Tech transfer 
Former Texas Tech forward Jaron Nash has signed a letter of intent to transfer to UND.
RELATED CONTENTPREP BASEBALL: Red River shuts out Central in crosstown rivalry
Grand Forks Red River came into Tuesday night’s doubleheader against Grand Forks Central holding the No. 1 seed in the East Region baseball standings. Red River closed out its East Region regular season schedule with a convincing 15-0 win over Central at Kraft Field in a game shortened to five innings due to the 10-run rule.
RELATED CONTENTRerick named Grand Forks athletic director
Grand Forks Public Schools named Mark Rerick athletic director Monday. Rerick is a former Hillsboro (N.D.) High School football coach and current Dickinson (N.D.) High School athletic director.
RELATED CONTENTUND BASEBALL: Huskies sweep Sioux
UND’s hitters, fielders and pitchers all took a turn struggling as Houston Baptist picked up 7-4 and 6-2 wins in Great West Conference play at Kraft Field.
RELATED CONTENTUND BASEBALL: Unlikely power keeps Thome a winner
UND pitcher Andrew Thome’s streak of consecutive scoreless innings ended at 24 on Friday afternoon, but the unexpected power of second baseman Michael Anastasi kept the freshman hurler on a winning roll. Anastasi’s first career home run high into the wind in the seventh inning lifted the Sioux to a 3-2 win over Houston Baptist in the opener of a four-game Great West Conference series at Kraft Field.
RELATED CONTENTFormer Hillsboro coach, Mark Rerick, awaits Grand Forks School Board approval for athletic director position
Grand Forks Public Schools is close to hiring its new athletic director. Mark Rerick, a former Hillsboro football coach and current Dickinson athletic director, will go before the Grand Forks School Board for approval at a Monday meeting.
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TOM MILLER COLUMN: UND hockey team on a mission
Dave Hakstol and Mario Lamoureux were on a mission to keep focus. The UND coach and his captain stressed all week at every press obligation that they wouldn’t be distracted by the historical significance of the weekend. Anything taking place off the ice wasn’t given any thought, they said. They wouldn’t let the team get caught up in the Fighting Sioux nickname hoopla, a saga that’s latest turn meant UND’s spotlight sport hit the ice Saturday without being known as the Fighting Sioux for the first time since 1929.
RELATED CONTENTTOM MILLER: It's as though the rivalry never left us
It had everything a rivalry needs — insulting chants, a little scuffle, down-to-the-wire basketball and fans storming the court.
RELATED CONTENTPhilly fans put it all in perspective
This was one instance where sports can teach us something
RELATED CONTENTTOM MILLER: Burggraf piece misses the mark
The court of public opinion didn’t take long to come down with a verdict on the news that former UND hockey player Frank Burggraf had sent a scathing e-mail to Sioux athletic director Brian Faison, chiding the AD’s testimony on a piece of legislation requiring the school to keep its Fighting Sioux nickname and logo.
RELATED CONTENTCOMMENTARY: Easy on the panic button, Sioux fans
"This column isn’t about my hockey knowledge shortcomings," the Herald's Tom Miller writes. "Rather, this space is out to prove it doesn’t take a great puck mind to spot a hockey fan base’s unwarranted overreaction."
RELATED CONTENTGGF notebook: Senior High has new role of underdog
Green Wave likely a No. 7 seed for playoffs
Greater Grand Forks High School Notebook: Central runners expect a tight race for region crown
Knights' Harlow and West Fargo's Gehrig should have the race within the race
Greater Grand Forks High School Notebook: Central golfers are peaking at right time
Lund just misses all-conference honors
GGF notebook: Bauduin gives Green Wave 1-2 punch
East Grand Forks Senior High’s boys basketball opponents have centered their defensive game plan around stopping 6-foot-7 center Brandon Brekke this season. But the way junior guard Matt Bauduin has played recently, teams will have to worry about two big scoring threats.
Area notebook: Knights search for offense, rivalry win
On Jan. 27, 2005, Grand Forks Central’s Jake Stadstad scored three goals and added an assist to lead the Knights to a win over Grand Forks Red River.
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