Amateur golf: Skarperud leads GF all-city
Tim Skarperud is off to a good start in his attempt to defend his Grand Forks men's all-city title.
Skarperud shot a 27-hole total of 107 on the first day of the tournament to hold a two-shot lead over UND golfer Tyler Monda, the nephew of former Sioux hockey player Jim Archibald. Former all-city champion Matt Norby shot a 111 and is in a four-way tie for third.
Skarperud shot a 69 at King's Walk, the best round of the day on that course, and followed with a nine-hole round of 38 at Valley in East Grand Forks.
Josh Bergrud, who shot a total of 112, fired the best round at Valley with a 33.
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Play will conclude today at Grand Forks Country Club. The leaders are scheduled to tee off at 9:50 a.m.
Boys soccer: Central sweeps at East-West Crossover
JAMESTOWN, N.D. -- Alex Nagel scored three goals and led Grand Forks Central to a pair of wins at the East-West Crossover on Saturday.
Nagel had a pair of goals in a 4-0 Central win over Jamestown and he had the only goal of a 1-0 decision against Mandan.
Kris Scott added a goal and an assist against Jamestown, while Brett Lofthus had two assists. Goalkeeper Sean Cano made a total of five saves in the two games.
"It was nice to start off with two wins, but we have a lot of things to work on as a group," Central coach Mike Wilber said. "We generated some decent opportunities, but we didn't put the ball in the back of the net enough."
Red River splits at East-West Crossover
JAMESTOWN, N.D. -- Nick Meagher had two goals and one assist to lead Grand Forks Red River to a 5-0 win over Jamestown, helping the Roughriders gain a split at the season-opening East-West Crossover.
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Minot beat Red River 3-2 in the first game behind a pair of goals by John Wrona.
"Today was a day for us to try some different players in some different positions that they are maybe not used to," Red River coach Paulo Perez said. "The Minot game was disappointing at the end because we played a little better and then they scored a goal. In the Jamestown game, we played more as a team in the second half."
Jim Whetter also was a big scorer for Red River on Saturday, getting a goal and two assists on the day. Said Mohammed, Derek Schleicher and Nate Hollingworth also had goals for the Roughriders.
Auto racing: Crash ends RRVS races
WEST FARGO, N.D. -- A terrifying crash cut Friday night's races short at Red River Valley Speedway, as a car wiped out four sections of the protective fence on the homestretch.
With five laps to go in the modifieds feature, Jason Grimes tried to pass John Corell on the outside, and the gap between Corell's car and the wall closed in a hurry.
That pushed Grimes car up on the retaining wall, and it spun through the fence and back on the track -- thanks to the support cables in the fence.
"I was driving clean right up alongside of him and then he got into me and that drove me right into the wall," Grimes said. "It just goes to show what this race track can do to you."
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No one was injured, and all of the drivers involved walked away from the crash.
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College soccer:
Jessica Curl and Alyssa Deutscher each scored a goal to lead the University of Mary to a 2-0 win over UND in an exhibition game at Bronson Field. Deutscher scored at 16:24 of the first half and Curl scored at 51:09 of the second.
College volleyball:
Sophomore Devin Trefz of Bagley, Minn., had 18 kills to lead White over Green in UND's annual scrimmage.
