D-LEAGUE

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Iowa 8 1 .889 -

Sioux Falls 9 4 .692 1

Erie 8 5 .615 2

Dakota 8 6 .571 2½

Fort Wayne 4 7 .364 5

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

Austin 10 3 .769 -

Colorado 9 3 .750 ½

Rio Grande Valley 6 8 .429 4½

Tulsa 3 11 .214 7½

Albuquerque 2 9 .182 7

West Division

W L Pct GB

Bakersfield 10 4 .714 -

Idaho 9 4 .692 ½

Utah 6 7 .462 3½

Anaheim 4 8 .333 5

Los Angeles 3 9 .250 6

Reno 1 11 .083 8

Wednesday's Games

Iowa 134, Bakersfield 131, OT

Dakota 113, Erie 89

Thursday's Games

No games scheduled

Friday's Games

Dakota at Los Angeles

Erie at Sioux Falls

Albuquerque at Rio Grande Valley

Tulsa at Colorado

Bakersfield at Idaho

Austin at Utah

Anaheim at Reno

NAHL

STANDINGS

Central Division

W L OTL Pts GF GA

North Iowa 18 10 2 38 113 93

BOBCATS 18 10 1 37 84 65

Alexandria 17 10 2 36 102 88

Owatonna 14 15 1 29 101 103

Albert Lea 2 26 3 7 62 146

North Division

W L OTL Pts GF GA

MahoningValley 19 7 2 40 97 72

Traverse City 16 6 5 37 90 78

Alpena 16 12 2 34 79 85

Marquette 15 14 4 34 96 102

USNTDP 15 11 2 32 103 78

Motor City 6 23 1 13 64 117

South Division

W L OTL Pts GF GA

St. Louis 25 6 3 53 134 80

Topeka 25 5 2 53 124 68

Wichita Falls 12 10 4 28 79 92

Springfield 9 16 5 23 87 111

West Division

W L OTL Pts GF GA

Fairbanks 20 4 4 44 113 72

Wenatchee 10 9 1 21 57 69

Kenai River 9 18 3 21 86 130

Alaska 9 15 1 19 83 102

Monday, Dec. 29

St. Louis 2, Topeka 1, SO

Mahoning Valley 4, Alpena 1

Wednesday, Dec. 31

BOBCATS 3, Owatonna 2

Topeka 5, Springfield 4

North Iowa 9, Albert Lea 3

Traverse City 6, Alpena 3

Friday, Jan. 2

BOBCATSat Owatonna, 8 p.m.

Fairbanks at Wenatchee

Mahoning Valley at Traverse City

Springfield at Topeka

Wichita Falls at St. Louis

Alexandria at North Iowa

Alpena at Marquette

Kenai River at Alaska

BOBCATS 3, OWATONNA 2

OWATONNA, Minn. Isaiah Bennis, on a pass from Tim Serratore, buried the game-winning goal in the third period to give the Bismarck Bobcats a 3-2 victory over Owatonna on Wednesday.

Cody Keefer and Jordan Singer also lit the lamp for the Bobcats. Serratore finished with two helpers.

Bismarck goalie David Bosner finished with 24 saves.

Bismarck 1 1 1 3

Owatonna 0 2 0 2

First period:1. B, Cody Keefer (Joel Lundstrom, Jeffrey Harris), 2:58. Penalties: O, Josh Daley (high sticking), 7:58. B, Lundstrom (tripping), 13:40.

Second period:2. O, Cory Thorson (Tony McDonald), 7:44 (pp). 3. B, Jordan Singer (Tim Serratore), 8:56. 4. O, Dmitry Lugin (Stephen Carew, Zach Vierling), 13:29. Penalties: O, Carew (delay of game), 7:36. B, Josh Nelson (tripping), 7:36. B, Will Aide (delay of game), 7:36.

Third period:Isaiah Bennis (Serratore), 7:43. O, Dane Erickson (hooking), 5:07.

Goalie saves:B David Bosner 24. O Jason Horstman 24.

Records:Bismarck 18-10-1; Owatonna 14-15-1.

College football

Purintun verbally commits to U-Mary

Two-time all-state quarterback Justin Purintun of Linton-HMB has made a verbal commitment to play football at the University of Mary.

The 6-foot-1, 200-pound Linton High School senior led the Lions to two Class A state championship game appearances in three years. He had a 28-7 record as a starter and set 10 school records, including career marks for most pass completions (258), pass attempts (485) and passing yards (4,532). He threw 42 touchdown passes and 27 interceptions.

Last fall, Purintun completed 84 of 171 passes for 1,385 yards, 12 TDs and six interceptions. He was named to the Class A all-state first team for the second year in a row.

Purintun also was a standout in the defensive secondary.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

NDSU 67, IPFW 60

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Ben Woodside scored 21 points and North Dakota State held off IPFW's second-half rally for a 67-60 Summit League victory Wednesday.

Brett Winkelman added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the visiting Bison (7-4, 2-0 Summit), Mike Nelson added 13 points and Lucas Moorman had 10 points.

N. DAKOTA ST. (8-4)-Winkelman 5-11 4-4 14, Tveidt 1-7 0-0 2, Moormann 5-7 0-0 10, Woodside 6-19 7-8 21, Nelson 5-12 0-0 13, Flowers 0-0 4-6 4, Coleman 0-2 0-0 0, Carlson 0-1 0-0 0, Vaughan 1-5 0-1 3. Totals 23-64 15-19 67.

IPFW (5-9)-Carson 8-19 8-10 25, McCorkle 3-4 0-0 6, Daniels 1-4 0-0 2, Plackemeier 1-4 3-3 5, Botts 4-8 3-3 13, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, A.Richie 0-1 0-0 0, Peckinpaugh 1-2 0-0 2, Mixon 0-0 0-0 0, Yearby 2-6 3-4 7. Totals 20-48 17-20 60.

Halftime-N. Dakota St. 34-20. 3-Point Goals-N. Dakota St. 6-23 (Nelson 3-8, Woodside 2-5, Vaughan 1-4, Moormann 0-1, Winkelman 0-1, Tveidt 0-4), IPFW 3-9 (Botts 2-2, Carson 1-4, Plackemeier 0-1, Daniels 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-N. Dakota St. 42 (Winkelman 11), IPFW 31 (Carson 10). Assists-N. Dakota St. 13 (Woodside 7), IPFW 7 (Plackemeier 3). Total Fouls-N. Dakota St. 14, IPFW 15. A-1,156.

NSIC

NSIC Overall

W L W L

St. Cloud State 4 0 9 2

Concordia-St. Paul 4 0 6 5

Northern State 3 1 10 1

Minnesota-Duluth 3 1 9 5

MSU-Mankato 2 1 11 2

Augustana 2 1 8 2

Winona State 2 2 9 4

Bemidji State 2 2 3 7

SW Minnesota State 1 2 8 4

Wayne State 1 2 5 5

U-Mary 1 3 3 7

MSU-Moorhead 1 3 3 5

Minnesota-Crookston 0 4 2 9

Upper Iowa 0 4 1 9

Monday, Dec. 29

MSU-Moorhead 81, Mayville State 72

Tuesday, Dec. 30

St. Cloud State 82, St. Mary's 58

St. Thomas 72, Concordia-St. Paul 69, OT

North Dakota 79, Minnesota-Crookston 60

Minnesota-Duluth 100, Northland 60

SW Minnesota State 68, Sioux Falls 67

Friday, Jan. 2

U-Mary at Upper Iowa, 8 p.m.

Minnesota-Duluth at Wayne State

Northern State at Winona State

MSU-Moorhead at SW Minnesota State

Minnesota-Crookston at MSU-Mankato

Bemidji State at Augustana

Saturday, Jan. 3

U-Mary at Winona State, 8 p.m.

Concordia-St. Paul at St. Cloud State

Bemidji State at Wayne State

Minn.-Crookston at SW Minnesota State

Northern State at Upper Iowa

MSU-Moorhead at MSU-Mankato

Minnesota-Duluth at Augustana

DAC Overall

W L W L

Black Hills State 2 0 12 1

South Dakota Mines 2 0 11 3

Dickinson State 1 0 8 6

Valley City State 1 0 6 8

Minot State 0 1 10 5

Jamestown College 0 1 7 7

Dakota State 0 2 6 9

Mayville State 0 2 5 10

Tuesday, Dec. 30

South Dakota Mines at Regina

Black Hills State 82, Johnson & Wales 62

Dakota State 80, Morningside 60

Carroll 74, Dickinson State 57

Northwestern 65, Jamestown 56

Minot State 85, Fraser Valley 58

Concordia 66, Valley City State 57

Wednesday, Dec. 31

South Dakota 99, Mayville 63

Friday, Jan. 2

Black Hills State at Montana Tech

Saturday, Jan. 3

Black Hills State at MSU-Northern

Providence at Jamestown

Chadron State at South Dakota Mines

WOMEN'SBASKETBALL

SUMMITLEAGUE

Summitt Overall

W L W L

South Dakota State 2 0 13 1

North Dakota State 2 0 4 6

IUPUI 1 0 7 5

Oakland 1 1 9 4

UMKC 1 1 6 7

Southern Utah 1 1 4 7

IPFW 1 1 2 9

Western Illinois 0 1 2 10

Oral Roberts 0 2 7 6

Centenary 0 2 2 10

Tuesday, Dec. 30

Jamestown at North Dakota State, ccd.

Oakland 88, Rochester College 23

Kentucky 82, IUPUI 60

Wednesday, Dec. 31

UMKC 67, Central Missouri 53

Thursday, Jan. 1

Westminster College at Southern Utah

Saturday, Jan. 3

North Dakota State at Oakland

Centenary at Oral Roberts

UMKC at Western Illinois

South Dakota State at IPFW

Southern Utah at IUPUI

NSIC

NSIC Overall

W L W L

MSU-Moorhead 4 0 11 0

MSU-Mankato 3 0 10 0

St. Cloud State 3 1 10 1

Concordia-St. Paul 3 1 11 3

Wayne State 2 1 5 5

U-Mary 2 2 7 4

Minnesota-Crookston 2 2 6 4

Northern State 2 2 6 5

Minnesota-Duluth 2 2 4 6

Augustana 1 2 7 3

Winona State 1 3 8 3

Upper Iowa 1 3 5 6

SW Minnesota State 0 3 8 5

Bemidji State 0 4 2 9

Monday, Dec. 29

Northern State 74, Mesa State 58

SW Minnesota St. 79, Cardinal Stritch 52

MSU-Moorhead 86, Mayville State 47

Concordia-St. Paul 79, South Dakota 69

Upper Iowa 82, William Penn 72

Tuesday, Dec. 30

St. Cloud State 72, Minot State 61

N. Michigan 93, Minnesota-Duluth 76

Friday, Jan. 2

U-Mary at Upper Iowa, 6 p.m.

Minnesota-Duluth at Wayne State

Northern State at Winona State

MSU-Moorhead at SW Minnesota State

Minnesota-Crookston at MSU-Mankato

Bemidji State at Augustana

Saturday, Jan. 3

U-Mary at Winona State, 6 p.m.

Concordia-St. Paul at St. Cloud State

Bemidji State at Wayne State

Minn.-Crookston at SW Minnesota State

Northern State at Upper Iowa

MSU-Moorhead at MSU-Mankato

Minnesota-Duluth at Augustana

DAC Overall

W L W L

Black Hills State 2 0 13 3

South Dakota Mines 2 0 6 9

Jamestown College 1 0 11 3

Dickinson State 1 0 9 4

Minot State 0 1 8 6

Valley City State 0 1 7 7

Dakota State 0 2 4 10

Mayville State 0 2 2 12

Tuesday, Dec. 30

Valley City State 95, Vitrebo 52

Black Hills State 58, Sioux Falls 55

Morningside 94, Dakota State 71

Menlo 72, South Dakota Mines 72

Wednesday, Dec. 31

South Dakota Mines at Dominican, n

Jan. 2

Dakota State at Doane

Dickinson State at Rocky Mountain

Jan. 3

Providence, Manitoba, at Jamestown

CLASSA BOYSBASKETBALL

WESTREGION

Region Overall

W L W L

Mandan 2 0 5 0

Williston 2 0 4 0

Bismarck 2 1 3 3

Minot 2 1 2 1

Century 1 2 4 2

Jamestown 1 2 4 2

Dickinson 0 1 1 1

Turtle Mountain 0 1 0 3

St. Mary's 0 2 1 3

Monday, Dec. 29

Brighton, Utah, 83, Bismarck 81

Century 69, West Fargo 64

Tuesday, Dec. 30

Bismarck 54, Vancouver Prairie 48

G.F. Central 68, Turtle Mountain 55

Mandan 71, West Fargo 58

Wednesday, Dec. 31

Kelly Walsh 50, Bismarck 38

Friday, Jan. 2

Turtle Mountain at Saint Mary's

Minot at Grand Forks Central

Saturday, Jan. 3

Williston at Dickinson

GILLETTE ENERGY CLASSIC

GILLETTE, Wyo. _ Jalen Finley had 13 points and 13 rebounds, but it wasn't enough for Bismarck, which fell to Casper Kelly Walsh 50-38 in the fifth-place game of the Gillette Energy Classic. Trevor Young led the Trojans with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Kelly Walsh 16 30 45 50

Bismarck 5 19 33 38

KW (50): Luke Nolan 4-8 3-5 11, Joe Munsell 3-11 2-2 8, Casey Brauchie 0-3 0-0 0, Kendal Hutchinson 1-2 0-0 2, Clint Becker 0-3 1-2 1, Tom Manning 3-5 0-0 6, Matt Willfong 2-4 0-0 4, Codi Eskew 6-14 5-5 18. Totals 19-50 11-14 50.

BISMARCK (38): Austin Gunderson 0-2 0-0 0, Jake Miller 1-8 0-0 3, Esley Thorton 2-11 0-0 4, Jordan Pintar 2-8 0-0 4, Leighton Talmadge 0-0 1-4 1, Jordan Kleinjan 1-3 0-0 2, Caley Fox 2-5 2-2 7, Jalen Finley 6-16 0-0 13, Eric Klein 1-3 0-1 2, Dexter Werner 1-3 0-2 2. Totals 16-59 3-9 38.

3-pointers: KW 1 (Eskew 1), B 3 (Miller 1, Fox 1, Finley 1). Rebounds: KW 42 (Eskew 11), B 37 (Finley 13). Fouls: KW 14, B 13. Fouled out: None. Turnovers: KW 15, B 15.

CLASSA GIRLSBASKETBALL

WESTREGION

Region Overall

W L W L

Century 3 0 5 1

Bismarck 3 0 4 2

Dickinson 1 0 1 1

Jamestown 2 1 4 2

Mandan 1 1 2 3

Turtle Mountain 0 1 1 1

St. Mary's 0 2 1 3

Williston 0 2 0 4

Minot 0 3 0 4

Monday, Dec. 29

Lynnwood, Calif., 55, Mandan 45

Century 78, West Fargo 61

Bismarck 76, Minot 66

Tuesday, Dec. 30

Mandan 50, Crescent Valley 35

Turtle Mountain at G.F. Central, n

Bismarck 70, West Fargo 53

Wednesdy, Dec. 31

Kelly Walsh 46, Mandan 29

Friday, Jan. 2

Turtle Mountain at St. Mary's

Saturday, Jan. 3

St. Mary's at Minot

Williston at Dickinson

GILLETTE ENERGY CLASSIC

GILLETTE, Wyo. _ Kayla Fakelman had 14 points and 13 rebounds as Casper Kelly Walsh downed Mandan 46-29 in the fifth-place game of the Gillette Energy Classic.

The Braves trailed by just one point (25-24) at the half, but managed just five points the rest of the way. Ali Collins had 12 points for the Braves.

Kelly Walsh 12 25 39 46

Mandan 14 24 28 29

KW (46): Lauren Hoppe 3-5 0-0 8, Colby Cassel 0-1 0-0 0, Carole Brazier 0-0 0-0 0, Bailey Kremke 4-8 0-0 10, Emily Rochelle 1-3 0-0 2, Kayla Fakelman 7-12 10-12 24, Nicolle Dvorak 0-2 0-2 0, Alexi Layton 0-1 0-0 0, Kelsey Schiller 1-2 0-0 2, Jacque Trost 0-0 0-0 0, Sky Gabel 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-34 10-14 46.

MANDAN (29): Mic Longtin 0-0 0-0 0, Kristi Zachmeier 0-1 0-0 0, Amber Riopelle 0-0 0-0 0, Anna Helmers 1-8 0-0 2, Sadie Berger 0-3 0-0 0, Ali Collins 3-11 4-6 12, Steph Pedersen 1-7 3-4 5, Breanna Levi 1-3 0-0 2, Brooke Sandau 0-2 0-0 0, Brittaney Zander 2-6 1-1 6, Amanda VanderWal 0-0 0-0 0, Elizabeth Meyer 0-0 0-0 0, Emily Helmers 0-5 2-2 2, Brittni Winkler 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 8-48 10-13 29.

3-pointers: KW 4 (Hoppe 2, Kremke 2), M 3 (Collins 2, Zander 1). Rebounds: KW 35 (Fakelman 13), M 24 (Zander 5). Fouls: KW 12, M 14. Fouled out: None. Turnovers: KW 27, M 18.

CLASS B BOYS BASKETBALL

LINTON HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT

Thursday, Jan. 1

Quarterfinals

Game 1: Richardton-Taylor vs. Bismarck Sophomores, 1:15 p.m.

Game 2: Napoleon vs. Strasburg-Zeeland, 3 p.m.

Game 3: Linton vs. South Border, 6:15 p.m.

Game 4: Herreid vs. Beach, 8 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 2

Consolation semifinals

Game 5: Losers Games 1 and 2, 1:15 p.m.

Game 6: Losers Games 3 and 4, 3 p.m.

Semifinals

Game 7: Winners Games 1 and 2, 6:15 p.m.

Game 8: Winners Games 3 and 4, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 3

Seventh place

Game 9: Losers Games 5 and 6, 1:15 p.m.

Fifth place

Game 10: Winners Games 5 and 6, 3 p.m.

Third place

Game 11: Losers Games 7 and 8, 6:15 p.m.

Championship

Game 12: Winners Games 7 and 8, 8 p.m.

BOYS HOCKEY

ST. CLOUD CATHEDRAL 7, CENTURY 1

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Alex Koopmeiners had two goals and two assists as St. Cloud Cathedral downed Century 7-1 in the third-place game at the Granite City Classic. Dan Kovar netted the lone goal for the Patriots.

Century 0 0 1 - 1

SCC 1 3 3 - 7

First period:1. SCC, Nate Schmidt (Alex Koopmeiners, Andrew Hammer), 8:05 (pp).

Second period:2. SCC, Koopmeiners (Jon Rowe), 3:44. 3. SCC, Jordan Palusky (Koopmeiners), 8:20 (pp). 4. SCC, Koopmeiners (Schmidt), 14:44 (sh).

Third period:5. SCC, Kyle Kudak (Koopmeiners), 1:50. 6. SCC, Kudak (Andrew Thome, Tyler McMorrow), 5:29. 7. SCC, T.J. Bruce (Jordan Revler), 7:35. 8. C, Dan Kovar (Logan Rauhauser, Jace Kusler), 15:29.

Goalie saves:C - Aaron Nelson 10-17-15-42. SCC- Nick Maiers 5-7-8-20.

Penalties:C 7 minors, 1 10-minute misconduct (checking from behind). SCC 6 minors.

Mandan 6, Morten County (Saskatchewan) 0

WILLISTON Kyle Roberts scored twice and Austin Riopelle scored once and assisted on another to lead Mandan to a 6-0 victory over Morten County on Wednesday.

Mandan 3 1 2 6

MC 0 0 0 0

First period: 1, Man., Kyle Roberts (Jon Dobier), 12:22. 2. Man., Dave Dobier (Brandon Austad), 13:23. 3. Man., Casey Mischel (Austin Riopelle), 13:46.

Second period:4. Man., Mischel (Dwight Mack, Riopelle), 10:89.

Third period:5. Man., Riopelle (D. Dobier), 3:49. 6. Man., Roberts (Trevor Huck, Mitch Helbling), 13:28.

Goalie saves: Mor. Aarren Hoochuck, 11-5-x16; Al Grenier, x-7-613. Man., Nick Helmers, 6-6-1224.

Penalties:Mor. 11 minors; Man. 5 minors.

Record:Mandan 3-4 overall.