The Opening Tip (ND)

Ryan James November 25, 2015 @ 09:45 PM

<h2>Class A</h2>Class A in North Dakota starts their season on December 4th and on the opening night there are games of interest. Williston at Turtle Mountain. Williston had a rougher 14-15 season but brings back more than Turtle Mountain. Between De’Sean Allen-Eikens and Landyn Keplin, they may both go for 30 plus points in this game. Jamestown at Bismarck Legacy. Game one for Legacy at this level and they get the task of trying to limit the numbers of Noah Wanzek. Good luck to them stopping him in a somewhat sarcastic way, but good luck to them in a real was as they start the varsity journey. Dickinson at Bismarck. Between junior Aanen Moody and senior Connor Hellebust here are two guards that are going to light things up. Both are similar size and athletes so watching them defend each other would be fun Grand Forks Red River at Thief River Falls (MN). Thief River Falls is a Minnesota squad that usually has a good record but just isn’t quite good enough to make state or being ranked with the best. They are a quality program, so a good first game for GFRR. <h2>Class B</h2>Class B opens the night the following Friday, December 11th. There are a lot of teams waiting to get started but there are still some noteworthy opening weekend contests. Flasher vs Strasburg/Zeeland at Linton event. Have to love a first night match-up that has Brody Nieuwsma and Peyton Gabrielson playmaking on the floor will be tough to beat. Who gets their teammates more look in addition to 20 plus points? Benson County at Rugby. How will Rugby look this year with a new group defending the title? On night one they get a challenge from a quality lead guard in Lane Ritterman. Hettinger/Scranton vs Strasburg/Zeeland at Linton event. Brody and his team get Hayden Sadowsky and crew on the second night of the weekend event so its another chance for fans to see the best available guard in state (Brody) take on some of the other quality talent.