BOYS BASKETBALL
Senior High 68,
Bagley 43
BAGLEY, Minn. -- Jim Warmack scored 19 points to help lift East Grand Forks Senior High over Bagley on Friday night.
The Green Wave improved to 21-5.
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"We had a good defensive effort, especially," said Senior High coach Travis Lindgren. "Holding them to 43 points was a good accomplishment.
Senior High is expected to play Thief River Falls in the first round of the Minnesota Section 8AAA on Tuesday.
BOYS SWIMMING
Murphy third
in prelims
BISMARCK -- Keelan Murphy's third-place finish in the 500 freestyle prelims highlighted the Grand Forks KnightRiders' showing Friday during the opening day of the North Dakota state meet.
Tyler Keehr was sixth in the 100 backstroke while Daniel Todorovic and Mike White finished eighth in the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly, respectively.
"We swam about as well as we could have hoped and expected today," Grand Forks coach Brent Newman said. "As a team everyone really stepped up and gave it their best effort. We have really been getting the guys focused on taking care of the things that they can control. That effort started in the practice pool 14 weeks ago, but the ultimate test was today where each guy needed to swim and dive their best before worrying about final places or points."
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Bismarck Century's Dylan Sether set state records in the 200 freestyle (1:42.76) and 100 butterfly (50.82).
The finals are today.
MEN'S SOFTBALL
Team USA loses
AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- The USA men's national fastpitch team dropped to 0-2 in pool play after losing 3-2 to Samoa on Saturday.
Gerald Muizelaar of Grand Forks was the losing pitcher for the USA team. He went the distance, allowing six hits and striking out five. All three Samoa runs were unearned.
The USA national team faces South Africa on Sunday.
BRIEFLY
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• Women's swimming: UND's Veronica Medon broke her school record in the 100 backstroke during Friday's WAC Championships in San Antonio, Texas. Medon's time was 55.01 seconds. That time was good for an NCAA B cut. Erin Grabanski won the "B" final in 55.39 to finish ninth while Kara Fisher added a 15th place showing as UND scored 27 points in the event. UND freshman Ali Church was 11th in the 200 freestyle. UND is in seventh place with 174 points. San Jose State leads the meet with 503 points. The WAC meet ends today.
n Softball: Baylor scored eight runs in the first to cruise past UND 20-4 on Friday at the Wilson/DeMarini Invitational in Tempe, Ariz. The Bears added 12 more runs before UND scored. "Embarrassing loss," UND coach Eric Oakley said. "We need to start putting together a seven-inning effort or it will be a tough season." UND, which was scheduled to play Arizona State late Friday night, dropped to 2-6.
-- Herald staff reports
