The season is here for high school wrestling. The Pembina County North Grizzlies are ready to get on the mat and get after it. The Grizzlies girls already have had one dual under their belts, losing to Fargo North 42-27.

An unreal experience at the State B Volleyball Tournament We start this week by congratulating the Langdon-Munich Cardinals volleyball team on their 2024 State B Championship. It was fantastic to watch, broadcast and be a small part of watching the Lady Cards come back time and time, and even another time, again, to win their fifth state title on their 23rd State B Tournament appearance. It’s just amazing to say a team is a state champion when a majority of their team either can’t drive yet or just started to get behind the wheel. We congratulate and thank them all for some everlasting memories and a season that will not be soon forgotten. Congrats as well to Lady Cards senior Meredith Romfo for making the All-State team. It’s curious that she is the only one on the team that got that honor, as others seemed to be very deserving, especially Payton Hall and Hilary Haaven. All-State teams have and always will be political popularity contests, unfortunately. They will be all-staters to everyone around here.

The 2024 Class B All-State volleyball team has been released by the North Dakota High School Coaches Association. Senior Meredith Romfo from State B champion Langdon-Munich made first team, the only Cardinal to get an All-State honor.

December 2, 2024 – Now that Thanksgiving has passed, for those of us who aren’t early birds or late ducks, it’s time to get the Christmas cards sent out. You know the drill. Some people hate it, some people love it, but we just can’t stop the tradition. So sit down, write out those cards, slap on a stamp and an address, and use a little of your leftover Thanksgiving spirit to give thanks for the post offices and postal routes.

December 4, 2024 – It was this week in 1890 that Mayville State University first began classes as the Mayville Normal School with seventeen students and four teachers on the second floor of the city’s firehouse.

December 3, 2024 – North Dakota is no stranger to dinosaurs. The state has a fascination with them. Fourteen dinosaurs are on display at the Dickinson Dinosaur Museum, including a 37-foot tyrannosaurus rex. In June, 2014, “Discover the Dinosaurs” presented an exhibit of animated dinosaurs at the Bismarck Civic Center. It proved to be very popular. The Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota is well known for dinosaur discoveries. Fossils can be seen in museums all across the state. But the most spectacular North Dakota dinosaur was only recently put on display.

After suffering two heartbreaking losses in the title match of the Region 4 Volleyball Tournament the last two seasons, the Langdon-Munich Cardinals volleyball team came into the 2024 volleyball season with a lot of questions and a lot of youth. It all came together, and the Lady Cards capped a tremendous regular season by winning the Region 4 Championship at the tournament held in Devils Lake Nov. 11-14. The Cardinals got it done by sweeping their three regional opponents: Dunseith, New Rockford- Sheyenne and Benson County. Langdon-Munich took a 35-5 record into the State B Volleyball Tournament, running Nov. 21-23 at the Fargodome. They were voted in as the number one overall seed and played Dickinson Trinity in the opening round of the tourney on Nov. 21. Payton Hall, Meredith Romfo, Aubrey Badding and Hilary Haaven all made the All-Region 4 Team for the Cardinals. Madi Samuelson of North Prairie was named Region Senior Athlete of the Year, and Sara Myhre of New Rockford- Sheyenne was Coach of the Year. On winning the title, Cardinals coach Rich Olson, who is taking his 20th team to a State B Tournament in the 29 years he has coached the Lady Cards program, said 'Our senior leadership with Meredith Romfo and Payton Hall has been great for us. Every practice and every match, when they step on the court, our energy level and confidence levels go up. To reach a goal like this, you need teamwork, and that's what defines this team. I'm so proud of what this team has accomplished, but we aren't done. We are going to go to Fargo and play as hard as we can.'

Cody Amble, Jax Johnson, Theo Romfo from L-M on Class A team; Grant Cosley, Brody Berg from NB for 9-man Postseason honors continue for 2024 North Dakota High School football. The North Dakota Coaches Association released their All-State high school football teams this past week.