Snow, hockey and the end of football

As one sport ended another began this past week in Bottineau.

I started out tuesday enjoying the glorious snowfall and coaching the white team in the annual Green/White, Media Cup game. We lost 5-4 in overtime, but I had a good time.

Wednesday I went on the radio to talk about the game for a couple minutes. I had a pretty tough time getting there due to the approx. six inches of snow on the ground. In all we ended up getting about eight inches.

Thursday I travelled to Rugby to take pictures of the opening round of the District 11 volleyball tournament. It wrapped up Monday as the Bottineau Stars took home the title and the Newburg-Westhope Eagles failed to advance to regions.

Friday was the DCB hockey opener against the NDSU Bison at the Lumberdome, so I photographed that. They won 8-5.

Saturday was what turned out to be the Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn Sioux's final game, as they fell to Mott-Regent 20-8 to end their season in the quarterfinals.

Saturday night I went out for Halloween, dressed as a modern vampire. I had a lot of fun (maybe a little too much?).

Monday was a really long day, with all the hullabaloo that went down with the city council meeting. Didn't get out of the office until after 11:30 p.m.

I suprisingly went 10-3 on my NFL picks this week, maybe things are turning around?

Anyways I have a drastically large amount of pictures to share. Hope you Enjoy.

BHS junior Whitney Page goes up for the kill in the first round of the District 11 tournament against Dunseith in Rugby.

Stars sophomore middle hitter Katryna Hahn prepares to kill it to the Dunseith side last Thursday in Rugby.

Page and fellow junior Ashleigh Aufforth celebrate after Page got an ace last Thursday at districts.

Stars junior libero Heidi Artz serves against Dunseith last Thursday.

Stars junior Nora Ulrich receives a Lady Dragons shot last Thursday in Rugby.

Eagles senior Kendra Thom digs out a Drake-Anamoose shot last Thursday in the opening round of the District 11 tournament.

Eagles sophomore Bailey Tofteland hammers a shot to the Lady Raiders side last Thursday in Rugby.

Eagles senior Alisha Braaten digs out a Raiders serve last Thursday in Rugby.

Braaten menacingly sends a shot to the Raiders side last Thursday.

Sioux senior Brandon Brodehl carries the ball early in the third quarter last Saturday in Westhope.

Sioux sophomore Kodie Hancock returns a short kick in the third quarter last Saturday against Mott-Regent.

Hancock (left) and defensive tackle Devin Korynta (right) pressure Wildfire quarterback McCahen Schweitzer last Saturday in Westhope. The Sioux lost 20-8.

Sioux sophomore Karlie Hancock wraps up Schweitzer last Saturday.

Kodie Hanock attempts to hang on to Wildfire receiver Chad Mosbrucker in the fourth quarter last Saturday.

Sioux junior Jake Tengesdahl returns a kick past midfield early in the fourth quarter last Saturday.

Sioux freshman quarterback Hunter Braaten runs an option play late in the fourth quarter.

Lumberjack defenseman Jordan Kippen controls the puck in the DCB zone last Friday against NDSU at the Lumberdome.

Luke Cieklinski celebrates after scoring the Lumberjacks first goal last Friday.

Wayne Ferguson (left), Ben Hilsen (middle) and Cieklinski celebrate after Cieklinski's goal in the first period.



Lumberjacks wing Jake Plutowski takes a shot a the Bison net in the second quarter Friday.



Will Kinsman battles with the Bisons Cory Arones last Friday in the Lumberdome.

Kinsman holds two Bison on the boards as he and Plutowski watch the puck bound down the ice.

Lumberjack forward Kris Wiebe wrestles in the corner for the puck to try and clear it out of the zone.

Lumberjacks center Alec Burks takes a shot at Bison goaltender Eric Monsebraken last Friday.

Scott Walters threads a pass to Seth Cory to score into a wide open net late in the second period last Friday.

Lumberjacks goaltender Wylie Riendeau gathers a puck in the third period. He had 23 saves in the win.

Lumberjack fans chant during the third period last Friday.

Bison defenseman Blair Randall and Lumberjack defenseman Sam Jelleberg show good sportsmanship after the game Friday.