Regional Sports Summary for Friday, October 18th – InForum

FARGO – Wahpeton scored four touchdowns in the first half to beat Fargo South in the Eastern Dakota Conference on Friday at South High School.

Wahpeton’s Treyton Mauch scored two of his three touchdowns before halftime. He ran 60 yards for the game’s first touchdown with 4:27 left in the first half, then jogged in from a yard out to make it 14-0 with 2:01 left in the first.

South kicker Keaton Docken hit a 25-yard field goal with 9:44 left in the first half, but the Huskies twice took advantage of missed coverages and scored on long passes before halftime.

Wahpeton quarterback Bjorn Kubela threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Omar Martinez running down the middle of the field with 2:37 left. On the first play of the Huskies’ interception, Kubela found Brayden Steffens uncovered on the right sideline and he ran 53 yards untouched for the score and a 28-3 lead with 1:07 left in the first half.

The Huskies’ Mauch ran 3 yards for his third touchdown with 6:34 left in the third quarter. South quarterback Brevin Wark threw a 32-yard scoring pass to Carter Shambaugh with 4:06 left in the game.

Wahpeton improved to 2-2 in the EDC and 4-4 overall, while South fell to 0-4 in the EDC and 0-8 overall.

PEORIA, Ill. – The North Dakota State men’s cross country team won the team championship at the Bradley Pink Classic on Friday afternoon, securing the title ahead of 30 NCAA Division I schools.

The Bison posted a team score of 139 points, beating Kentucky (160), Iowa (165) and Michigan (165) to finish atop the podium.

Senior Hunter Klimek led the Bison men, placing fourth overall in the 8-kilometer race in 23 minutes, 52.3 seconds. NDSU senior Jake Arason placed 14th in 24:09.7.

Klimek has led the Bison in all four meetings this season. His time Friday is the fifth-fastest 8K time in NDSU’s DI era.

On the women’s side, NDSU senior Reagan Baesler placed fifth in the 6-kilometer race with a personal best time of 20:23.1. It was the fastest performance ever by a Bison runner at the Pink Classic and the seventh fastest overall performance in school history.

As a team, the Bison women placed ninth out of 35 Division I schools at the meet. NDSU finished with 246 points, finishing just ahead of Iowa and Kansas State in the team standings.

The Bison teams will next compete at the Summit League Championships on November 2nd in Vermillion, SD

FARGO – Fargo’s Peter Cisar scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Force defeated Waterloo on Friday at Scheels Arena.

The Force swept the two-game series against the Black Hawks and have won three games in a row.

Fargo’s Ty Mason scored the first goal at 12:04 of the first period off an assist from Masun Fleece. Just 1:16 minutes later, Reid Daavettila gave the Force a 2-0 lead when he scored 13:20 minutes into the first half off assists from Cisar and Gavin Kor.

Waterloo gathered all their strength to equalize in the second period. Nicholas Kosiba scored at 11:18 of the second minute off an assist from Samuel Huck, and Teddy Mallgrave scored the game-winning goal at 18:12 of the second minute off assists from Bradley Walker and Brock Schultz.

The Force regained the lead when Cisar scored on assists from Daavettila and Kor at 1:15 of the third period.

Force goalie Damian Slavik made 19 saves and Waterloo goalie Calvin Vachon stopped 12 shots.

The Force have the weekend off and open a two-game set in Omaha on Friday, October 25 at 7:05 p.m.

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