Anyway, last week I covered the very exciting District 11 boy's basketball tournament. There were many close games, but both Bottineau and Westhope-Newburg advanced to regions.
I also witnessed another exciting finish in the 5-4 OT upset Bottineau put on Bismarck Century last Friday. Though it didn't clinch them the top seed in the playoffs due to tiebreakers, it was the first time in 39 games Century lost in the regular season to a West Region opponent.
This week I will have four basketball games to cover, three of them girls. Then I'm going to be traveling to Bismarck to take in the final day of the West Region Tournament to find out who will be heading to the state tournament Feb. 23-25.
I have many pictures, as usual for this time of year:
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| Bottineau freshman Kameron Mooney dribbles up the court last Thursday against Sawyer in Dunseith at the District 11 tournament. |
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| Sioux senior Wyatt Kitzman fires a cross-court pass last Thursday against host Dunseith. |
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| Sioux junior Kodie Hancock goes up for a lay in last Thursday. |
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| Sioux guard Jon Sivertson fires one from beyond the arc against the Dragons. |
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| Sophomore Hunter Braaten sizes up a jumper on Thursday. |
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| Hancock has the ball knocked loose. |
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| Sioux forward Ethan Miller tries a jumper last Saturday against Towner-Granville-Upham in the region qualifier game. |
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| Braaten fights toward the basket after being fouled last Saturday. |
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| Karlie Hancock puts up a layup late in Saturday's 60-59 win over TGU. |
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| Both Kodie and Karlie Hancock wrestle with Stetson Brandt for a loose ball. |
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| Kitzman attempts some full court pressure. |
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| Chance Kitzman and Trevor Hulse celebrate last in overtime as the Sioux took the lead. Coach Bob Beaudrie (right) tries to bark out instructions. |
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| Bottineau's Justin McCloud hits a jumper over Rugby guard Jayden Welk in last Saturday's district title game. |
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| Braves senior Mark LaCroix tosses a pass. |
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| Garrett Pollman goes up for two of his 18 points, 16 of which came in the second half. It was a career high for Pollman, a sophomore. |
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| McCloud tries a pull up jumper in the second half Saturday. |
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| Miller tries a three-pointer. |
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| Kitzman looks to pass. |
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| Kitzman is fouled on his way to the hoop on a fast break. |
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| A youngster skates the flag around before seniors are announced last Friday against Bismarck Century. It was Bottineau's final home game of the season. |
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| Senior Logan Millican skates toward the net on a breakaway early in the game last Friday in Bottineau. |
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| Kyle Volk, a senior, controls a bouncing puck as he looks to pass or shoot last Friday. |
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| Junior Wyatt Johnson gathers the puck. |
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| Johnson fires a slapshot. |
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| Volk is swarmed as he tries to go after a puck in front of the Patriots net. |
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| Junior defenseman Cody Longie hits a slap shot that wound up past Devon Butz the Patriots goaltender. |
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| Millican just misses on a shot attempt off a pass in the second period. |
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| Millican tries to take control of a puck as he skates into the zone. |
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| Hoff talks with his team in the third period after he called time out. |
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| Soon after the timeout sophomore Harrison Aide scored and the team and fans celebrated the game-tying goal. |
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