BASEBALL

HARMON KILLEBREW IN BISMARCK

Former Minnesota Twins great and Hall of Famer, Harmon Killebrew will be the keynote speaker for the God's Child Project Dinner tonight at the Ramkota Hotel in Bismarck. A social begins at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are available for $50 ($35 tax deductible) and $30 for students and can be purchased at The Rainbow Shop, Divine Intimacy, and the God's Child office. For more information, call 255-7956.

D-LEAGUE

PLAYOFFS

FIRST ROUND

Tuesday, April 17

Sioux Falls 128, Fort Worth 105

Wednesday, April 18

Colorado 130, Albuquerque 100

SEMIFINALS

Friday, April 20

Colorado 94, Idaho 91, OT

Saturday, April 21

WIZARDS 115, Sioux Falls 113

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, April 29

Colorado at WIZARDS, 6 p.m.

NAHL

PLAYOFFS

DIVISION FINALS

(Best-of-5)

Tuesday, April 17

Mahoning Valley 2, USNTDP 1

Friday, April 20

Southern Minnesota 5, Fargo-Moorhead 1, Southern Minnesota leads series 1-0

Mahoning Valley 3, USNTDP 2

Texas 4, St. Louis 3, OT

Saturday, April 21

Southern Minnesota 4, Fargo-Moorhead 3, Southern Minnesota leads series 2-0

Mahoning Valley 6, USNTDP 2, Mahoning Valley wins series 3-0

St. Louis 4, Texas 3, OT

Tuesday, April 24

St. Louis 5, Texas 2

Wednesday, April 25

Texas 7, St. Louis 6, series tied 2-2

Friday, April 27

Fargo-Moorhead at Southern Minnesota

Texas at St. Louis

Saturday, April 28

Fargo-Moorhead at Southern Minnesota (if necessary)

Sunday, April 29

Southern Minnesota at Fargo-Moorhead (if necessary)

3 NOTES: Winners of division final series advance to the Robertson Cup tournament in Fairbanks, Alaska.

College softball

U-Mary 5-3, Northern State 0-1

ABERDEEN, S.D. - The University of Mary got solid pitching from Hatty Rossow and Sarah Moder in a softball doubleheader sweep of Northern State on Thursday.

Rossow tossed a three-hit shutout in the opener, won by the Marauders 5-0. The sophomore struck out seven and walked none.

Leslie Benavidez went 3-for-3 to lead a 10-hit U-Mary attack. She also drove in a run as did Meghan Ward, Sara Naglosky and Kaitlin Richardson.

In the second game, Moder allowed a run on five hits to lead the Marauders to a 3-1 victory and the sweep.

Moder, a junior, walked one and fanned five.

At the plate, Richardson singled twice and drove in a pair of runs. Benavidez singled in U-Mary's other run.

U-Mary 5, Northern State 0

U-Mary 040 001 0 - 5 10 0

NS 000 000 0 - 0 3 1

Hatty Rossow and Jessica Olson. Christi Schulte and Heather Olson. W - Rossow. L - Schulte. HR - None.

Highlights: U-Mary - Rossow 7 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 7 SO. Leslie Benavidez 3-for-3, R, RBI. Meghan Ward 2-for-4, R, RBI. Sara Naglosky 1-for-2, RBI. Kaitlin Richardson 1-for-1, R, RBI. Danelle Lunn 1-for-2, 2B, 2 R.

U-Mary 3, Northern State 1

U-Mary 000 300 0 - 3 8 1

NS 100 000 0 - 1 5 2

Sarah Moder and Andrew Brunskill. Audrey Decker, Christi Schulte (4) and Heather Olson. W - Moder. L - Decker. HR - None.

Highlights: U-Mary - Moder 7 IP, ER, 5 H, BB, 5 SO. Maegan Lunn 2-for-3, R. Kaitlin Richardson 2-for-3, 2 RBIs. Leslie Benavidez 1-for-3, RBI. NS - Caitlin Hodges 2-for-3, RBI.

Records: U-Mary 9-7 Northern Sun, 26-18 overall. Northern State 4-14 Northern Sun, 6-36 overall.

CLASSABOYSBASEBALL

WESTREGION

Region Overall

W L W L

Williston 4 0 6 2

Minot 3 0 4 0

Bismarck 4 2 7 3

Jamestown 5 3 6 4

St. Mary's 2 2 4 4

Century 2 2 6 4

Dickinson 2 2 5 3

Mandan 1 4 2 8

Turtle Mountain 0 2 0 2

Beulah 0 4 0 8

Monday: Bismarck 2-1, Century 0-6. Williston 5-10, Beulah 0-2

Tuesday: Dickinson 9-3, Century 0-0. St. Mary's 4-15, Mandan 2-0. Minot 10-10, Beulah 0-0. Bismarck 9-6, Jamestown 2-5

Thursday, April 26:Jamestown 6-6, St. Mary's 5-4.

Friday,April 27:Beulah at Century, 4:30 p.m. Mandan at Williston(2 WR), 3:45 p.m. Minot at Dickinson, 4:30 p.m. MDT. FargoNorth at Bismarck, Haaland Field, 4:15 p.m.

Saturday, April 28: Bismarck at Mandan, 11 a.m. Minot at St. Mary's, 1 p.m. Beulah at Dickinson (2 WR), 10 a.m. MDT. Turtle Mountain at Williston (2 WR), 12:45 p.m.

Monday, April 30: Century at Mandan, 4:15 p.m. Bismarck at Turtle Mountain(2 WR), 4:30 p.m.

Jamestown 6-6, St. Mary's 5-4

JAMESTOWN - Jamestown swept a pair of West Region baseball games from visiting St. Mary's on Thursday.

The Blue Jays took the first game 6-5 after scoring three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Saints had taken a 5-3 lead in the top of the eighth.

Kyle Walden led Jamestown's seven-hit attack with two singles. Zach Klabo and Tom Seifert had two hits apiece for St. Mary's.

In the nightcap, Jamestown opened up a 2-0 lead and held on for a 6-4 victory to complete the sweep.

Ross Hogan went 2-for-3 with a double for the Blue Jays. Jon Herold singled twice and scored for the Saints.

Jamestown 6, St. Mary's 5, 8 innings

STM 002 000 12 - 5 9 2

JHS 010 010 13 - 6 7 1

Drew Eichele, Matt Chuppe (7) and Zach Klabo. Ross Hogan, Ben Walker (8) and Brady Schoeler. W - Walker. L - Chuppe. HR - None.

Highlights: St. Mary's - Zach Klabo 2-for-4, 2B, R. Tom Seifert 2-for-3, R. Chuppe 1-for-4, RBI. Cody Erhardt 1-for-4, RBI. Matt Loomis 1-for-4, R, RBI. Jamestown - Kyle Walden 2-for-2, R, RBI. Zec Tahran 1-for-4, RBI. Garret Hillius, 1-for-3, RBI.

Jamestown 6, St. Mary's 4

JHS 210 101 1 - 6 6 1

STM 100 001 2 - 4 7 3

Ben Walker, Zec Tahran (7), Nick Walden (7) and Andrew Lick. Jon Herold, Zach Klabo and Drew Eichele. W - Walker. L - Herald. S - Walden.

Highlights: St. Mary's - Herold 2-for-3, R. Seifert 1-for-3, RBI. Chuppe 1-for-3, RBI. Jamestown - Hogan 2-for-3, 2B, 2 R.

CLASS B BASEBALL

Midkota 4, Carrington 1

Midkota 100 201 0 - 4 2 1

Carrington 000 000 1 - 1 3 2

T. Duffy and Preston Hoffman; J. Lura and Cameron Roundy. W - Duffy. L - Lura. HR - None.

Highlights: Midkota - Duffy 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 5, SO, 1-for-4. 1 RBI; Hoffman 1-for-3, 1 R. Carrington - Roundy 1-for-2, 1 RBI.

GIRLS SOCCER

WEST REGION

Region Overall

W L T Pts W L T

Century 4 1 0 12 4 1 0

Jamestown 2 1 0 6 2 1 0

St. Mary's 2 2 0 6 2 2 0

Minot 1 2 1 4 1 2 1

Bismarck 1 2 1 4 1 2 1

Mandan 1 2 0 3 1 2 0

Saturday, April 21

Jamestown 2, Minot 0

Tuesday, April 24

Century 3, Jamestown 0

Bismarck 1, St. Mary's 0

Minot 2, Mandan 1

Thursday, April 26

Century 3, Minot 0

Bismarck at Mandan, 6 p.m.

St. Mary's 1, Jamestown 0

Friday, April 27

Mandan at Jamestown

Century 3, Minot 0

Bekah Marcis and Brittany Mayer each contributed a goal and an assist to lift Century to a 3-0 shutout of Minot on Thursday. The first-place Patriots improved their record to 4-1.

At Minot

First half: No scoring

Second half: 1. C, Bekah Marcis (Andrea LaFrance), 47:20. 2. C, Brittany Mayer (Marcis), 48:37. 3. C, Mayer (Erika Jossart), 52:04..

Halftime: Century 0, Minot 0.

Keeper saves: Century - Carli Peterson 3-0 - 3. Minot - Megan Buchholz 9-4 - 13.

Yellow cards: None.

Records: Century 4-1 overall.

Mandan 0, Bismarck 0

Bismarck and Mandan played a scoreless match on Thursday and finished tied 0-0. Goalkeeper Alison Wanner turned away 17 shots for the Braves.

At Mandan

First half: No scoring

Second half: No scoring

Halftime: Mandan 0, Bismarck 0

Keeper saves: Bismarck - Bailey Mahlum, 2-1 - 3. Mandan - Alison Wanner, 9-8 - 17.

Yellow cards: None.

Records: Mandan 1-2-1 overall; Bismarck 1-2-2 overall.

ST. Mary's 1, Jamestown 0

Anna Bury netted the only goal St. Mary's would need to defeat Jamestown 1-0 on Thursday. St. Mary's goalkeeper Annie Hessinger fended off all five of Jamestowns shots in the match. The win is St. Mary's second of the season.

At Jamestown

First half: 1, SM, Anna Bury (Laura Maddock), 8:16.

Second half: No Scoring.

Halftime: SM 1, Jamestown 0

Keeper saves: SM - Annie Hessinger 1-4 - 5. Jamestown - Chelsea Johnson 5-6 - 11.

Yellow cards: None.

Records: SM 2-2 overall.

Girls tennis

Dickinson 9, Bismarck 0

Singles:1. Amanda Sticka, D, def. Lisa Reinbold, 6-3, 6-2. 2. Kendra Hutchins, D, def. Katie Deisz, 6-0, 6-2. 3. Tiff Reisenauer, D, def. Carly Hansen, 6-2, 6-2. 4. Chelsey Gallipeau, D, def. Erin Haugen, 6-1, 6-2. 5. Caitlin Dunn, D, def. Carly Lenihan, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. 6. Sarah Anderson, D, def. Katy Nord, 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles:1. Reis-Gallipeau, D, def. Reinbold-Deisz, 6-2, 6-3. 2. Sticka-Dunn, D, def. Hansen-Lenihan, 6-2, 6-1. 3. Hutchins-Anderson, D, def. Haugen-Nord, 6-2, 6-0.

JV: Bismarck 6, Dickinson 3.

Records:Bismarck 0-4.

Awards

MAR CLUB HONORS

Mandan High School's Jessica Kielpinski and Justin Beholavek have been named senior athletes of the year by the MAR Club.

Kielpinski was named Miss Basketball after leading the Braves to their fifth consecutive Class A state championship. She also was an all-state selection in volleyball and is excelling in track and field.

Beholavek was named as a Mr. Basketball finalist after averaging 25 points per game for the Braves. In football, he was one of the top wide receivers in the West Region, earning all-region honors. He also is a top-notch hurdler in track and field.