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Heitkamp signs at Minot State

The Minot State = University=20 men=E2=80=99s basketball team has added local prep standout Gary = Heitkamp to its=20 list of recruits for the 2008-09 season.

Heitkamp, a senior = at=20 Minot High School, averaged 10.6 points, 6.5 rebounds per game and = shot 76=20 percent from the foul line in leading the Magicians to a 19-6=20 record.

=E2=80=9CWhen you work Gary out individually you = see all the tools=20 he has,=E2=80=9D MSU head coach Mike Hultz said. =E2=80=9CThose = tools started to show=20 through this season as he made significant progress. A big key for = him=20 will be how he develops physically. The great thing is Gary is = dedicated=20 to the weight room and not afraid of hard = work.=E2=80=9D

Heitkamp is a=20 three-year letter winner for Minot High and was a part of three = teams that=20 advanced to the Class A state tournament. Along with basketball, = Heitkamp=20 plans on competing in track and field for MSU. He placed at the = North=20 Dakota state track and field meet in each of his first three = season and=20 qualified for this year=E2=80=99s meet in the 800 meters. Heitkamp = is a 4.0 honor=20 student, a National Honor Society member and the president of = Minot High=20 FBLA.

Montgomery signs with MSU = track

Minot=20 State University track and field has announced the sigining of = Minot=20 native Kayla Mont-gomery.

Mont-gomery, a senior at Minot = High=20 School, has been a state place winner in the 100-meter dash the = past two=20 years and has been a member of the state placing 400 and 800=20 relays.

=E2=80=9CKayla will be a great addition to our = school and program,=E2=80=9D=20 MSU head track and field coach Stu Melby said. =E2=80=9CKayla is a = very hard=20 worker and competitor and she will help greatly with our short = sprints and=20 relays.=E2=80=9D

Epperson earns player of the = week=20

WILLISTON =E2=80=94 Colby Epperson, a Williston State = College=20 sophomore, is this week=E2=80=99s Mon-Dak baseball player of the = week.

In=20 six games this week, the Cody, Wyo., native went 8-for-17 at the = plate=20 with two home runs, three doubles, six runs batted in and six = scored=20 runs.

Tourney deadline approaches

The = deadline for the Ramstad Rockets Last Chance 3 on 3 Youth = Basketball=20 Tournament is Monday. The tournament, which will be May 3-4, is = being used=20 as a fundraiser to purchase a new floor for the Ramstad gymnasium. = There=20 are divisions for boys and girls grades 3-8 and cost is $40 per = team.=20 Contact Bob Daws at (701) 720-3244 for more=20 information.

New Town=E2=80=99s Wolf to compete = for=20 DSU

DICKINSON =E2=80=94 Patrick Wolf, a three-sport = star from New Town,=20 has signed to continue his athletic and academic career at = Dickinson State=20 University.

Wolf plans to participate in cross country, = basketball=20 and track and field for the Blue Hawks.

=E2=80=9CWe are = extremely pleased=20 to have Patrick join our programs,=E2=80=9D DSU track and field = coach Pete Stanton=20 said. =E2=80=9CPatrick is very talented in all three sports. We = really like his=20 attitude and his work ethic. We feel he will make a big impact for = us in=20 several of the distance events.=E2=80=9D

Wolf was the 2006 = and 2007 Class B=20 state champion in cross county and the 2007 Class B state champion = in the=20 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs. In basketball, Wolf averaged 19 = points, 5.5=20 steals and 5 assists per game, while being selected to the = all-district,=20 all-region and The Minot Daily News All-Area = teams.

MSU=20 grad Horner to lead Mandan

MANDAN =E2=80=94 Jason = Horner, a Minot State=20 University graduate, has been selected as the head boys basketball = coach=20 at Mandan High School. Horner replaces Kurt Miller, who resigned = his=20 position this spring.

Horner graduated from MSU in 1998 and = is a=20 1993 graduate of Bismarck Century. He has served as the assistant = men=E2=80=99s=20 basketball coach at the University of Mary, head men=E2=80=99s = coach at United=20 Tribes Technical College and is currently the head boy=E2=80=99s = coach at Napoleon=20 High School.

=E2=80=9CWe are really excited to name Jason = Horner as our=20 head boys basketball coach,=E2=80=9D Mandan Activities Director = Lorell Jungling=20 said. =E2=80=9CCoach Horner has played and coached basketball at = both the high=20 school and collegiate level. He is passionate about the game of=20 basketball. With his experience, I am confident that he can = continue to=20 build the Mandan High School boys basketball=20 program.=E2=80=9D

Tetons get Milwaukee=20 guard

WILLISTON =E2=80=94 Devon Jackson, a 6-foot-1 = guard from Rufus=20 King High School in Milwaukee, has signed a national letter of = intent to=20 play for Williston State College. Jackson led King to an 18-6 = record=20 averaging 15 points, five assists and four = rebounds.

=E2=80=9CHe is a=20 versatile guard who can defend, handle the ball and has a great = knack for=20 scoring,=E2=80=9D Tetons head coach Hunter Berg said. = =E2=80=9CDevon really improved his=20 game to become an important player for the King program and we = believe he=20 will continue to improve and = mature.=E2=80=9D

Bollinger earns=20 win for Magi

BISMARCK =E2=80=94 Minot High = School=E2=80=99s Ryan Bollinger=20 pitched a complete game Thursday, giving up just one run on two = hits as=20 the Magicians topped Bismarck St. Mary=E2=80=99s 3-1 in Class A = West Region=20 baseball.

Bollinger, who also 1-for-2 at the plate, struck = out 10=20 Saints on his way to his second win of the season. He improved to = 2-1=20 overall on the mound, while the Magi improved to 5-3 in the region = and 9-6=20 overall.

=E2=80=9CRyan Bollinger got his second win of the = season. He mixed=20 speeds very well and had a little trouble mid-game, but he = finished very=20 strong,=E2=80=9D Magi head coach Pete Stenberg said. =

Minot=E2=80=99s Derek=20 Somerville was 1-for-3 with a double and an run batted = in.

MHS and=20 St. Mary=E2=80=99s played just one game Thursday due to cold = weather conditions.=20 The Magi play host to Beulah on Tuesday at Corbett Field beginning = at 4=20 p.m.

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