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5 days ago | 
thedickinsonpress.com | Gaylon Parker
DICKINSON — The second-annual Dickinson Diamond Classic is in the books, and while the Diamonds’ 14U team was the lone overall champion in their respective age-group, many of our local teams performed well and found their ways into the top-five of an overall 50-plus teams that traveled to Stark County to participate in the very-popular – and growing – yearly showcase.
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1 week ago | 
thedickinsonpress.com | Gaylon Parker
DICKINSON — While the weekend opened with a borderline flood, the Diamond Classic made hay while the sun shined on Saturday, June 21, with games at Sanford, Fisher and Gress sports complexes that helped balance the eventual Sunday finals and championships that await. Numerous Dickinson-area teams posted wins, and with more-than 50 teams and fans in attendance the action was plentiful on local diamonds as well.
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1 week ago | 
thedickinsonpress.com | Gaylon Parker
DICKINSON — At the Dickinson Diamond Classic on Friday, June 20, 2025, only a few games turned in results before the rains came for the opening day of the 50-team tournament. At Sanford Sports Complex, the Dickinson Diamonds 14U defeated the Jamestown Outlaws, 15-6, and the Minot Storm 14U Blue won, 4-3. Games also were hosted at Fisher Industries and Gress Sports complexes, and there will be dozens of competitions throughout Saturday and Sunday to make up for a little lost time.
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1 week ago | 
thedickinsonpress.com | Gaylon Parker
DICKINSON — With the Diamond Classic getting underway on Friday, June 20, The Sports Show staff wanted to briefly reflect on almost a year of episodes and some of the neat upcoming items on the summer 2025 calendar.
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1 week ago | 
thedickinsonpress.com | Gaylon Parker
Please allow me to explain myself …My life has been an endless series of magical moments. As a teenager, I had a few things I wanted to accomplish, and I wrote them down at the time while committing them to memory. While not going into details, I ticked every box by the time I was 30. I never cared about money … received all the attention I could by the time I graduated … and had no idea where my life would lead me.
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1 week ago | 
thedickinsonpress.com | Gaylon Parker
BELFIELD, N.D. — The American Legion baseball calendar is well underway, and Southwest North Dakota teams are already battling for position. Belfield’s Post 144 took control with a two-game sweep of the Hettinger/Scranton Varsity Bears during their Tuesday, June 18 home opener, improving to 5-1 on the season. The Knights opened the doubleheader with an 11-1 win, then followed with a 7-4 comeback in the nightcap. Hettinger/Scranton, previously unbeaten, dropped to 0-4.
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1 week ago | 
thedickinsonpress.com | Gaylon Parker
DICKINSON — With 108 competitors dropping in to participate in the 2025 installment of the Badlands Games on Saturday, June 14 at the Biesiot Activities Center, the all-ages track & field meet drew a solid 30% bump in runners, throwers and jumpers over the 76 who signed up for last-year’s event. In 2024, the event saw an increase of 50%, which is a sign for organizer Jay Dolechek that the event has legs and should continue to grow.
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1 week ago | 
thedickinsonpress.com | Gaylon Parker
DICKINSON — With a series of summertime activities available to Southwest North Dakota athletes, fans, enthusiasts and competitors, the Badlands Games keeps growing to the tune of roughly 30% each year over the first three years. Handsome Rob has the medals to prove it, having won the pentagenarian titles in the shot-put and long-jump, but came up short in a bet with his son, Noah.
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1 week ago | 
thedickinsonpress.com | RubyAnn Stiegelmeier |Gaylon Parker
Jun. 06, 1931 - Jun. 13, 2025 DICKINSON, N.D. - Robert G. Todd, 94, Dickinson, N.D. died Friday, Jun. 13, in Benedictine Living Community. Robert’s Celebration of Life Service will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 3, 2025 at Ladbury Funeral Service, Dickinson. Arrangements by Ladbury Funeral Service.
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1 week ago | 
thedickinsonpress.com | Gaylon Parker
BOWMAN, N.D. — The 2024–25 North Dakota high school rodeo state finals concluded last weekend at the Bowman County Fairgrounds from June 12–15. As a result of the competition and cumulative totals, numerous Southwest North Dakota riders, ropers and shooters will be moving on to the National High School Rodeo Finals in Rock Springs, Wyo.
