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Five Valley City High School teams were recognized as Team Scholar recipients from the North Dakota High School Athletic Association.
To qualify for the award, teams must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher.Â
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Teams that qualified were:
Volleyball
team GPA of 3.40
Boysâ Cross Country
team GPA of 3.39
Girlsâ Cross Country
team GPA of 3.77
Girlsâ Golf
team GPA of 3.40
Student Congress
team GPA of 3.50
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Maple Valley boys get weekend sweep
The Maple Valley boys basketball team had few problems offensively or defensively last weekend with home wins over Enderlin and North Sargent.
Thursday the Raiders beat Enderlin 60-39.
Maple Valley allowed only ten points in each of the first three quarters and had a 39-20 lead by halftime.
Ethen Preston led the Raiders with 16 points, including a 4-4 performance at the free-throw line, and was one of four players to score in double digits for the team.
In a 61-54 win last week against Fargo South, the Valley City girls basketball team played the epitome of a balanced game.
The Hi-Liners five starters âguards Megan McDaniel and Amanda Tangen, forwards Jenna Jacob and Mariah Olstad, and center Allyson Suhr â combined for all but 56 of the points.
Not only did all of them hit double digits in scoring but the lowest scoring starter, Tangen, finished with only two less points than the teamâs leaders in scoring, Suhr and Olstad, who had 12. The other two starters had 11.
By
Janie McCauley, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â Ben Roethlisberger threw a few extra passes in near darkness after the lights went out at Candlestick Park.
The additional throws were all for naught. Big Ben never found his groove playing on a bum ankle â and the San Francisco 49ersâ top-ranked defense wasnât about to let the most unique of home-field advantages get away in a 20-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night.
âJust wondering how this happens at a professional stadium,â Roethlisberger said of not one but two blackouts.
Monday Night Football nearly became a Monday Night Fiasco.
David Schelkoph has accepted the position as Valley City's new City Administrator.
After screening over 30 applicants, Valley City Mayor Bob Werkhoven announced Tuesday morning that Schelkoph will start as early as the third week in January.
Schelkoph, currently of Williston, N.D., is a graduate of Valley City High School and works at Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing of Dickinson. He brings 8 years of military service with the Air Force and Air National Guard and a Bachelor's degree in engineering from NDSU to the administrator's chair.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) â Williston's City Commission is mulling whether to buy a stake in a newly built apartment complex to provide housing for city employees.
The commission is expected to take up the proposal Dec. 27. Commissioners asked for a delay last week to consult other property developers.
Mayor Ward Koeser said the city could spend $300,000 to $350,000 to buy control of 12 to 15 apartments. They're part of a 36-apartment project being built by Valley City developer George Gaukler.
Williston city administrators say the idea would help them recruit new employees.
As Shane Undem neared the end the 145-pound championship wrestling match at the Valley City Holiday Tournament Saturday, even he had his doubts over whether heâd be able to pull out a win.
With the clock ticking down into the final 20 seconds against Wahpetonâs Wyatt Meyer, the Valley City High School junior trailed 6-5 and Meyer wasnât giving him much to work with.
âHeâs a strong defensive wrestler and when you get someone like that itâs hard. Theyâre good at what they do on defense and itâs hard to generate any moves against him.â
For as long as Molly Willson can remember, sheâs been a gymnast.
And the way Valley City High School senior looks at it, the sport has given her abilities that very few others possess.
âItâs different, itâs not like the usual sport that everyoneâs in,â Willson said. âEveryoneâs in basketball and those sports. Itâs nice to be in something that not everyone can do because anyone can go shoot a basketball. Not anyone can flip on a floor.â
By
DAVE CAMPBELL, Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) â The Minnesota Vikings faced a quarterback they simply couldnât stop. Christian Ponder saw a future role model.
Drew Brees threw for 412 yards in a little more than three quarters for New Orleans and got his fifth touchdown pass before Ponderâs fifth completion, leading the surging Saints to their sixth straight victory, 42-20 over the Vikings on Sunday.
By
Dave Kolpack, Associated Press
FARGO, N.D. (AP) â North Dakota State coach Craig Bohl received a present from the president of the university after his team's first game of the season. It was an atlas of Texas.
He put in on display Saturday after quarterback Brock Jensen accounted for 231 total yards despite playing with the flu and receiver Warren Holloway scored twice to help the Bison defeat Georgia Southern 35-7 in a Football Championship Subdivision semifinal.
