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Today in North Dakota prep sports history:
Jan. 20.
2009
E Eric Driscoll hit a pair of clutch 3-pointers to lift the West Fargo boys basketball team to an 84-77 double-overtime victory against Fargo North. The Packers improved to 7-0 in the Eastern Dakota Conference with the win.
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E Fargo South's Caitlyn Haring finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds to lift the Bruins girls basketball team to a 77-49 win against Grand Forks Central.
2007
E Austin Christianson scored a fall at 103 pounds to lift the No. 2-ranked Fargo South wrestling team to a 40-34 win against No. 5 West Fargo. South earned the final 24 points of the dual to secure the win.
E A year after slipping past Grand Forks Red River 2-1 for the state title, the Fargo South boys hockey team suffered an 8-0 loss to the Roughriders at Purpur Arena.
2005
E Senior Lance Johnson of West Fargo pinned his opponent from Dickinson in the first period of the 189-pound match in the first varsity wrestling match of his career. An all-city wrestling champion in eighth grade, Johnson quit wrestling to focus on football. He found his way back for his senior year.
E Zack Larson finished with 32 points to lead Fargo Oak Grove to a 66-46 boys basketball win against Enderlin. Larson drilled 12 field goals.
2004
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E Andrew Larson posted a career-high 34 points, including a 3-pointer with 37 seconds remaining that put his team up for good, to help Moorhead to a 79-76 overtime boys basketball win against Fargo North. Larson finished with seven 3-pointers.
E Fargo Shanley's Brittany Geffre scored 32 points to lead the Deacons to a 67-44 win against Jamestown.
2001
E Tyler Koenig had 19 points, 15 rebounds and seven blocks to lift the top-ranked and undefeated Fargo North boys basketball team to a 74-48 win against Valley City.
2000
E Sophomore Kevin Smith scored at 9:19 of the first period to help the Moorhead boys hockey team to a 1-0 win against Fargo South.
1998
E Beth Howitz had nine ace serves to help the West Fargo volleyball team to a 3-2 win at Wahpeton. North Dakota played volleyball in the winter until switching to the fall in 2002.
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