The Langdon-Munich Cardinals boys basketball team played their last game of the regular season in Leeds against Benson County on Feb. 20. The Cards played one of their best games of the season, winning 68-27. The victory puts Langdon-Munich's record over .500 to 10-9 on the year. They will enter the District 3 Boys Basketball Tournament as the number three seed. They will play sixth-seeded North Star at 7:30pm in the last game of the day in the opening round in Park River on Feb. 28. The tourney will then continue in PR March 3-4. The Cardinals started off hot in the Lions' Den against BC and did not cool down until the final buzzer sounded. The Cards jumped out to an early 10-2 lead and did not look back, leading 45-19 at halftime on their way to the 41-point win. It was their largest margin of victory this season.

It's been quite the season for the North Border Eagles boys basketball team. They have been ranked in the top 10 in the State Class B Boys Basketball media polls all season and have handled it well. They were a perfect 18-0 when they visited the Midway-Minto Mustangs in a big District 3 game to end their regular season schedule on Feb. 20. In a highly anticipated rematch between the second-ranked Eagles and seventh-ranked Mustangs, North Border won the game that was held at the Midway school 64-55. The Eagles are now 19-0 in the season. They will enter the District 3 Boys Basketball Tournament in Park River on Feb. 28-March 4 as the number one seed. They will play eighth-seeded Cavalier at 3:00pm on Feb. 28 to get the tourney started.

Going unbeaten in league games in the regular season, the Langdon-Munich Cardinals girls basketball team was a heavy favorite to win the District 3 Tournament held in Rolla Feb. 14-17. They showed why with three huge wins: 59-8 over Cavalier in the opening round, 50-38 versus North Prairie in the semifinals, and rolling over second-seeded Park River-Fordville- Lankin in the championship game, 63-32. Langdon-Munich improved their record to 15-7 with the victories. They also had four players make the All-District 3 team - Meredith Romfo, Aubrey Badding, Avery Lorenz and Hilary Haaven. Cards head coach Rob Scheer was named District 3 Coach of the Year. Things will get tougher for the Cardinals when they play in the Region 2 Tournament in Devils Lake Feb. 24-27. They play Griggs-Midkota in the opening round with top 10 teams in the state, #3 Benson County and #7 May-Port-C-G, also in the field. Here is a recap of the Lady Cards games at the District 3 Tourney: Langdon-Munich 59, Cavalier 8 Playing them for the third time this season, the Cardinals faced the Tornadoes and dominated the game from start to finish, sprinting out to a 24-1 lead after the first quarter. The Lady Cards defense was the best it has been all season, shutting out the overmatched Tornadoes in the fourth quarter. They held Cavalier to a shocking six percent from the field on 2 for 32 shooting.

The heart of Tournament Time Well, here we are, smack dab in the middle of Tournament Time for the winter. It’s good to hear that the temperatures will finally be rising, although that makes me a little nervous about how the roads are going to be. This is the biggest week of the year now and in the week ahead for basketball, hockey and wrestling tournaments. Let’s talk ‘em up.

The Langdon-Munich Cardinals boys basketball team is rolling towards the end of its regular season. They played in Munich versus #8 New Rockford- Sheyenne on Feb. 13, then took on St. John in an important District 3 game in Langdon on Feb. 18. The Cardinals lost a wild game with the Rockets 51-46 then beat a high-flying Woodchucks team 74-62. Langdon-Munich is now 9-9 on the season, and after playing at Benson County in a non-conference game at Leeds on Feb. 20, they will enter the District 3 Boys Basketball Tournament as the third seed. The tourney will be played at Park River Feb. 28-March 4. Here is a recap of their last two games: New Rockford-Sheyenne 51, Langdon-Munich 46 The Cardinals had a very rough start versus the Rockets, falling down 19-2 in the first quarter. They showed a lot of heart all night, as they went on a 7-0 run to end the first quarter and fought back to trail 28-19 at halftime. In the third quarter, Eastyn Schaefer hit several very tough shots; he scored 12 points in the third to get the Cards within four points at 39-35 after three quarters.

Grant Cosley goes over 1,000 points in his career at MPCG The North Border boys basketball team continued to stay busy in their last couple of games on their regular season schedule, winning at May-Port-C-G 69-62 on Feb. 13, beating Nelson County in Pembina Feb.

Here are Pembina County North wrestling place winners from the Region 2 Boys Regional in Grafton on Feb. 15, and the East Region Girls Tournament in Casselton on Feb. 14. They are all competing at the State Wrestling Tournament at the Fargodome Feb.

Langdon looks to be seeded fourth or fifth in State Junior Gold Hockey Tournament in Minot Feb. 27-March 1 As part of a very busy hockey weekend at Dakota Spirit Arena, the Langdon Blades Junior Gold hockey team played two games to finish their regular season schedule - beating Northwood 5-4 on Feb.

On Feb. 14, the Lake Region State College Royals had a home game at Dakota Spirit Arena in Langdon versus University of Minnesota-Crookston. Former Langdon Blades players Alex Gellner, Brady Regner and Brody Steinmetz played for the Royals, and Mason Romfo and Rudy Moser played for the Eagles. LRSC won an entertaining game 6-5 in overtime.

A super fun school day basketball game in Langdon We have many things to discuss this week, but let’s start by giving a big shout out to everyone who put together the first-ever school day basketball game in Langdon on Feb. 7. It’s a pretty cool story, actually. Langdon-Munich was supposed to host the North Star Bearcats in a District 3 game on Feb. 6, but blizzard conditions forced the game to be postponed. Well, this time of year make-up dates are very hard to find, so the schools involved decided to move it to Feb. 7. Being the Langdon-Munich Lady Cards had their Senior Night game that night, it was decided to have the boys game tip off at 1:30pm during school in Langdon. School day games are becoming more and more popular, as it promotes school spirit, the sport of basketball, and is just a good idea. The entire school population of Langdon was in attendance, and Munich bussed all of their kids for the game as well. You can imagine the scene, as the gym was packed and LOUD. It was fun to see kids that have never been to a high school basketball game slowly understand the goings on and getting into it, big time.