MONDAY (September 18) NDHSAA Statistically Speaking

By Tom Mix
NDHSAA Media Specialist

VALLEY CITY, N.D. – Each Monday NDHSAA Media Specialist Tom Mix posts several interesting stats relating to NDHSAA Activities (past and present) on the NDHSAA NOW website. Keep visiting each Monday and learn more about the education-based athletics and activities sponsored by the NDHSAA.

  • 384: Receiving yards totaled by West Fargo High senior wide receiver Keyton McGregor through four games played during the 2023 high school football season. McGregor leads the Division AAA, East Region in receiving yards and has hauled in five touchdown catches this fall.

  • 705: Passing yards totaled by Grand Forks Red River junior quarterback Pearce Parks through five games played during the 2023 high school football season. Parks has a 62.5 completion percentage this fall with 10 touchdown passes.   

  • 99.5: Per game rushing average for Minot High senior running back Tyson Ruzicka through four games played during the 2023 high school football season. Ruzicka caught a touchdown and rushed for a touchdown in Minot High’s 30-0 win over Bismarck Century on Friday, September 15.  

  • 6: The number of undefeated 9-man football teams remaining in North Dakota. Through five weeks of play this fall, Sargent County (5-0), New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock (4-0), Westhope/Newburg/Glenburn (5-0), Alexander (5-0), New Salem-Almont (5-0) and South Border (5-0) all sport unblemished records.

  • 355: Total Strokes Team Score of the Kindred Girls Golf Team at the 2023 NDHSAA Class B, Region 2 Girls Golf Tournament played Friday, September 15 at Maple River Golf Club in Mapleton. The Vikings edged Fargo Oak Grove by four strokes to win the region title.

  • 76: 18-hole stroke play score turned in by Mandan senior standout Anna Huettl during the Minot Invite on Friday, September 15 at The Vardon Golf Club. Huettl scored a hole-in-one ace on Hole 17 on her way to earning individual medalist honors. 

  • 15:51: First-place 5,000 meter finish time posted by Bismarck High sophomore boys cross country standout Owen Hintz during the Anderson/Stavn Invitational held Saturday, September 16 in Bismarck. Hintz is currently the No. 2-ranked Class A boys cross country runner in the state. He edged No. 1-ranked Owen Sondag (Fargo North) by one second in the race on Saturday. 

  • 19:04: First-place 5,000 meter finish time posted by Bismarck High freshman girls cross country standout Izzy Dahl during the Anderson/Stavn Invitational held Saturday, September 16 in Bismarck. Dahl is currently the No. 3-ranked Class A girls cross country runner in the state. She edged No. 2-ranked Reagan Berg (Valley City) by three seconds in the race on Saturday. 

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