Impressive performance

How is this for a state-meet performance?

Bonnie Richardson of Rochelle High School scored 42 team points by herself to win the Texas 1A track title.

Richardson was the only athlete from her school to qualify for the state meet. Richardson's title march began with field events on Friday when she won the high jump (5 feet, 5 inches), placed second in the long jump (18-7) and was third in the discus (121-0).

On Saturday, she won the 200 meters in 25.03 seconds and nearly pulled off a huge upset in the 100 before finishing second (12.19) to the defending champion.

Posted by: fee on 5/13/2008 at 12:20 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink

Cherry on ESPN

Good news for those who don't get Hockey Night in Canada on their television sets.

Don Cherry, the popular analyst on Hockey Night in Canada, will join ESPN on Friday talking about the NHL playoffs.

The word is that Grapes will donate his ESPN salary to the Humane Society.

Cherry will do live postgame reports after Philadelphia-Pittsburgh games in the conference finals.

He'll also do pregame and postgame reports during the Stanley Cup Finals.

Posted by: fee on 5/07/2008 at 11:37 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink

NCC celebration set

The final North Central Conference event has been set.

The North Central Conference Celebration Dinner will be June 21 at the Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls, S.D.

The gala event will allow individuals to reunite and remember the 86 years of competition in the lague. A historical video will be shown.

Tickets are $50. They are available at northcentralconference.org or by calling the NCC at (605) 338-0907.

Posted by: fee on 5/06/2008 at 11:23 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink

Lee to Force

Roseau boys hockey coach Scott Oliver confirms that junior goalie Mike Lee won't return next season.

Lee plans to attend school in Fargo and play for the Fargo Force, the new United States Hockey league team.

Lee wants to play at a higher level before he goes to St. Cloud State. His ultimate goal, of course, is a job in the NHL.

It's a big hit for Roseau. Goaltending isn't a program strength.

Roseau has had several skaters make NHL rosters but no goalies.

The Force are coached by Dean Blais, former UND head men's hockey coach.

Posted by: fee on 5/02/2008 at 11:41 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink