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Community College
                                                DIVISION 1
                  1        HLA Main Court
                           Friday, 7:45pm
                           Fergus Falls 1                  Huck & Pray

                                                    7     HLA Main Court
                                                         Saturday, 11:45am
                          Triumph/NDSU                   Triumph/NDSU

                  2
                           HLA Main Court
                           Friday, 9:00pm
                            Slow Drivers

                                                                                               HLA Main
                                                                                  12       Saturday, 7:30pm

                          Triumph/NDSU

                  3       HLA Main Court
                          Saturday, 9:15am
                                                           Slow Drivers
                           Fergus Falls 3
                                                    8
                                                          HLA Main Court
                                                         Saturday, 1:00pm
                                                        Community College
                            Slow Drivers

                  4
                           HLA Main Court
                           Friday, 10:30am
                             Huck&Pray                                            Third Place Game
                                                                                        Loser Game 7
                                                                                       Kennedy Maroon A
                                                                             11         Saturday, 3:30pm
                                                                                        Loser Game 8

                          DIVISION 1 ROSTERS
    Huck & Pray                    Community College            Triumph/NDSU                         Slow Drivers
    HUCK & PRAY                    Nate Jensen                  Darin Rogness                        Josh Mohagen
    Danny Tungseth                 Mike Riewer                  Ben Bigaouette                       Nate Rund
    Devon Apgar                    Marcus Riewer                Matt Gehrtz                          Harrison Christenson
    Chris Tungseth                 Ben Kraft                    Tyler Knutson                        Isaiah Lemke
    Jack Jenson                    Jace Riewer                  Brandon Engelstad                    Jackson McAllister
    Granger Kingland               CJ Peters                    Jeff Risbrudt                        Donovan Wood
    Sam Priem                      Ryan Retzlaff                Tom Scheid                           Jake Kava
    Taylor Schuck                  Ben Herzog                   Sam Larson
    Darin Stanislawski             Joe Sevlie                   Kory Kowalski
    Calvin Teubner                 Daniel Nersten               Ben Engelstad

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Classic A                                                    CLASSIC A
                                                                               Dragons            Oak Hill Church
                                                                                              1
                                                                           Kennedy Maroon A
                                                                                                  Ben Bigaouette
                                                                             Friday, 5:15pm
                                                                                                  Vaughn Kavlie
                                                                             Fergus Falls 1
                                                                                                  Tory Brue
                                          Kennedy Maroon A
                                          Saturday, 10:30am     7                                 Andrew Hohncke
                                                                                                  Luke Hanson
                                                                            Grace Bismark         Josiah Larson
                                                                                              2
                                                                           Kennedy Maroon A       Nate Larson
                                                                             Friday, 6:30pm
                                                                                                  Tony Robinson
                                                                            Triumph West
                                                                                                  Fergus Falls 3
                                                                                                  Daniel Berge
           HLA Main                                                                               John Berge
       Saturday, 6:00pm        12                                                                 Michael Levang
                                                                                                  Tim Erickson
                                                                             Team Rocket          Titus Christianson
                                                                                                  Matt Johnson
                                                                           Kennedy Maroon A
                                                                             Friday, 7:45pm   3   Ryan Garvin
                                                                             Fergus Falls 3       Matt Erickson
                                                                8                                 Adam Berge
                                          Kennedy Maroon A
                                           Saturday, 11:45am
                                                                                                  Mark Henderson
                                                                          DWP Development         DWP Development
                                                                                                  Kory Fry
                                                                                              4
                                                                           Kennedy Maroon A
                                                                            Friday, 9:00pm        Dave Weinrich
      Third Place Game                                                      Oak Hill Church       Zayne Weinrich
            Loser Game 7                                                                          Zach Krelau
           Kennedy Maroon A                                                                       Eldridge McClathery
            Saturday, 3:30pm        11                                                            TJ Lowe
            Loser Game 8                                                                          Sammy Holmes
                                                                                                  Tory Johnson

       CLASSIC A CONSOLATION                                                                      Derek Parks
                                                                                                  Andrew McAllister
                                                                            Loser Game 1          Fergus Falls 1
                                                                                                  Derrick Clark
                                                                          Kennedy Maroon A
                                                                           Saturday, 8:00am   5   JP Stender
                                                                            Loser Game 2          Jake Wendland
                                         Kennedy Maroon A                                         Curtis Sandahl
                                          Saturday, 2:15pm     10                                 Nick Larson
                                                                            Loser Game 3          Chris Harig
                                                                                                  Matt Haydon
                                                                                              6
                                                                          Kennedy Maroon A
                                                                           Saturday 9:15am        Matt Draxten
      Toilet Bowl Game                                                      Loser Game 4          Derek Ludwig
           Loser Game 5
          Kennedy Maroon A
           Saturday, 1:00pm         9
           Loser Game 6

Team Rocket                     Grace-Bismark                       Dragons                       Triumph West
Matt Casperson                  Ryan Nordlund                       Esther Kjolhaug               Ben Aipperspach
Jacob Thompson                  Brandon Lewis                       Nick Franklin                 Andrew Aipperspach
Marshall Viland                 Donavan Stute                       Avery Nystel                  Phillip Aipperspach
Patrick Riewer                  Usman Mubaro                        Jacob Ambrose                 Melea Carter
Preston Ueland                  Klint Miller                        Darius Kleine                 Payton Leech
Lucas Gunkelman                 Joseph Akiri                        Carter Thiel                  Brady Swenson
Xander Grohman                  Matt Rask                           Addison Park                  Shawn Halverson
Kyle Viland                     Derek Frame                         Tiffany Kammer                Carrington Adams
Micah Tengesdal                 Bartholomew Ogmu                    Brooke Kammer                 Jared Person
                                Kitton Ademeso
                                Julio Hernandez
                                Dan Nordlund

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CLASSIC B
    HLA Alumni 3              HLA Alumni 3
                                                 CLASSIC B
    Trevor Undseth      1
                             Kennedy Maroon B
                               Friday, 5:15pm
    Quincy Undseth
    Reggie Undseth              Crusaders
    Tyler Tysver
    Josh Reinertsen
                                                  7     Kennedy Maroon B
                                                        Saturday, 10:30am
    Jacob Gustafson             Moorhead
    Jon Paul
                        2
                             Kennedy Maroon B
                               Friday, 6:30pm
    Kyle
    Andy Stender                  Rebels
    Jason Heckman
    Joice                                                                                  Kennedy Maroon B
    Nate Miller                                                                    12       Saturday, 4:45pm
    Andrew Miller
    Chad Eekhoff               Morning Ball
    Travis Dillavou
    Andy Stensrud       3    Kennedy Maroon B
                               Friday, 7:45pm
    Kyle Smidt                  Ebenezer
                                                  8
    Seth Beenken                                        Kennedy Maroon B
                                                         Saturday, 11:45am
    Austin King
    Hunter Kingland               Joice

                        4
                             Kennedy Maroon B
    Toronto                   Friday, 9:00pm
    Todd Johnson                 Toronto                                           Third Place Game
    Jacob Johnson
    Rich Iverson                                                                         Loser Game 7
                                                                                        Kennedy Maroon B
    Dave Iverson                                                              11         Saturday, 3:30pm
    Tony Rogness                                                Third Place Game
                                                                                         Loser Game 8
    Brent Rogness

                              CLASSIC B CONSOLATION
    Jason Rogness
    Tom Olson
    Todd Lenz
    David Runia                Loser Game 1

    Ebenezer            5     Kennedy Maroon B
                              Saturday, 8:00am
    Jerome Larson              Loser Game 2
    Devon Vandeneykel
    Jacob Patterson
                                                   10     Kennedy Maroon B
                                                           Saturday, 2:15pm

    Eddie Stone                Loser Game 3
    Thomas Stone
                        6
                              Kennedy Maroon B
    Lucas Maxwell              Saturday 9:15am
    Josh Patterson             Loser Game 4                                         Toilet Bowl Game
    Ronnie Johnson
                                                                                          Loser Game 5
    Rashad Bennet
                                                                                         Kennedy Maroon B
    Josh Hawkins                                                               9          Saturday, 1:00pm
    Ato Abdullahi                                                                         Loser Game 6
    Jedediah Jones
    Michael Morris
    Troy Woods

    Morning Ball        Moorhead                 Rebels                             Crusaders
    Matt Holmquist      Kip Johnson              Stoney Grant                       Erik Vestol
    Andy Larsen         Jordan Funfar            Antolino Doss                      Kurtis Vestol
    Andrew Gunther      Bill Kopp                Chancey Ames                       Shawn Synstelien
    Dustin Umlauf       Eric Hilber              Deandre Boswell                    Chris Synstelien
    Chad Smith          Colin Becher             Josh Jordan                        Ethan Townsend
    Jeremy Nelson       John Perez               Tom Branca                         Mike Swenson
    Joe Barfknecht      Wade L                   Nicolas David                      Philly Taylor
    Jorge Cruz          Joe Branca               Cory Pemberton                     Dan Johnson
    Jason Waasdorp      Steel Senske                                                Josh Overgaard
                                                                                    Jared Blanchet

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DIVISION 2A                                     Mid MN
                                                                                                 DIVISION 2A

                                                                                             1
                                                                          Kennedy Gold A
                                                                           Friday, 5:15pm
                                                                                                  Christian Bros
                                                                          Straight Buckets        Bobby Schultz
                                                                                                  Hunter Moen
                                         Kennedy Gold A
                                        Saturday, 10:30am     7                                   Austin Miller
                                                                             Newmans              Blake Bloedorn
                                                                                             2    Trevor Dalbec
                                                                          Kennedy Gold A
                                                                          Friday, 6:30pm
                                                                                                  Wyatt Blomseth
                                                                        PCS Triumph Alumni        Carter Justesen
                                                                                                  Martin LaFond
                                                                                                  Skylar Soupir
           HLA Main
       Saturday, 4:45pm       12                                                                  Chandler Gramm

                                                                                                  Trust the Process
                                                                         Williston College
                                                                                                  Josiah Militzer
                                                                          Kennedy Gold A
                                                                           Friday, 7:45pm    3    Aaron Bigaouette
                                                                                                  Craig Bigaouette
                                                                         Trust the Process
                                                                                                  Micah Rogness
                                                              8
                                         Kennedy Gold A
                                         Saturday, 11:45am                                        Tyler Owen
                                                                                                  Noah Strom
                                                                            Splash Bros
                                                                                                  Isaac Erickson
                                                                                             4
                                                                          Kennedy Gold A          AJ Smith
                                                                          Friday, 9:00pm
                                                                                                  Joseph Wananda
       Third Place Game                                                    Christian Bros
            Loser Game 7
           Kennedy Gold A                                                                         Mid MN
           Saturday, 3:30pm        11                                                             Dallas Ehrmantraut
            Loser Game 8                                                                          Josh Gilb
                                                                                                  Jordan Brownlow
     DIVISION 2A CONSOLATION                                                                      Dawson Ebel
                                                                                                  Kyler Sonmor
                                                                          Loser Game 1            Isaac Sawyer
                                                                                                  David Thompkins
                                                                         Kennedy Gold A
                                                                         Saturday, 8:00am    5    Isaac Bumgardner
                                                                          Loser Game 2            Hunter Nickel
                                                             10
                                        Kennedy Gold A
                                        Saturday, 2:15pm

                                                                          Loser Game 3            PCS Triumph Alumni
                                                                                                  Tom Schwandt
                                                                                             6
                                                                         Kennedy Gold A
                                                                         Saturday 9:15am          Logan Olson
      Toilet Bowl Game                                                    Loser Game 4            Brett Harmelink
           Loser Game 5                                                                           Isaac Berge
          Kennedy Gold A
                                                                                                  Jacob Fletcher
          Saturday, 1:00pm         9                                                              Kyle Ulstad
           Loser Game 6

Newmans                        Splash Bros                        Williston College               Straight Buckets
Evan Newman                    Andrew Christenson                 Josiah Erickson                 Adam Gothier
Kyler Newman                   Elijah Colbeck                     Riley McGraw                    Kevin Carr
Evan Newman Jr                 Jordan Foss                        Coleton Nelson                  Abe Aho
Luke Newman                    Noah Raitz                         Calvin Brue                     Austin Carr
Andrew Rintala                 Spencer Breen                      Andrew Falcon                   Simon Kasper
Andrew Lee                     Gabe Enderle                       Carl Juhl                       Drew Pearson
Jaden Lee                      Tommy Thompson                     Luke Smith
Eric Salvesen
Kyle Rothschadl
Spencer Ewen

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HONORING LEGAC
                                                                           USING BASKETBAL

                                                                            BY: CAROLINE GRACE
                                                                           Gregg Preston recounted the significance of echoing basketballs in a        The
     BY: JACKSON NORDICK                                                   filled gym from the perch of his history classroom. The evergreens moved    Pre
    There’s a small number of          achieve her goal.                   peacfully outside his classroom windows as he reminisced on bellylaughs     the
    Hillcrest basketball players       Foss says that the goal of          and screams from fans echoing in the bleachers of standing-room-only        the
    that have plaques in the “1000     reaching 1000 points is very        gymnasiums. As the lights switch off on Gregg Preston’s thirty years as     bas
    Point Club” trophy case.           attainable. “Play as much           Hillcrest’s head boys basketball coach something eternally significant is
    There’s one that stands out.       one-on-one as you can, play         flickering in the hearts of his players, past and present.                  In M
    Olivia Foss is the first female    against people who are better                                                                                   hea
    Comet to reach the milestone.      than you. So what if you lose,      Coach Preston’s interest in basketball started before he could lace his     you
                                       they will make you better.          own sneakers. His dad was a coach, and encouraged Coach Preston             hav
    Foss’s 1000th point came just      Sign up for summer camp or          to analyze the game at an early age. The polyester jerseys were stylish     man
    before halftime in a weekend       summer leagues, and shoot           in the 70’s, when basketball carried stronger roots in team play than       oth
    game against the Wheaton           around before and after             individual stats. Coach Preston carried this throwback style into the new
    Warriors. She needed two free      practice. Getting in the gym as     millennium with great success.                                              Coa
    throws to reach the 1000 point     much as you can is a big part of                                                                                rete
    plateau. She drained both.         becoming a better player. If you
    The gym erupted in cheers. It      put in the work and desire to
    was only then, as she looked       score when game time comes,
    bewildered at the stands,          you’ll be the next 1000 point
    that she realized what had
    happened. “I was so confused,”
                                       scorer.”
                                                                                          &
    she said, “and then surprised      Though she is the first female
    and then happy. I can definitely   player to join this group, Foss
    say it was one of the best         does not think she will be the
    feelings ever.”                    last. “I don’t doubt that my
                                       cousin Mackenzie will get
    Getting to 1000 points takes       1000 by her senior year. I really    5K WALK/RUN                     COMET SPORTS CAMP
    hard work, dedication, a love      hope that this is just the start     The Bread and Jam Dash          Hillcrest is running
    for the game, and a lot of         of many 1000 point scorers           is a fundraiser inspired by     summer sports camps for
    scoring. Olivia makes the most     to come. Taylor Brue had 997         the memory of Diane Ihrke       any student in grades K-12.
                                                                            After Diane’s passing in        The sports are basketball,
    of opportunities to attend         points to end her season, so I’m     2017 her two sons, Sam          volleyball, and football.
    basketball camps, where            really not the only one that is      and Zeke, together with         Students in 7-12th grade
    coaches and skilled players        deserving of this honor. There       others from the community       may sign up for the Comet
    hone her skills. “Each of them     were many that were close            formed the Bread and Jam        Combine, a summer
    has pushed me to be better         and hopefully many more to           Dash to fund a scholarship      workout program that
                                                                            account at Hillcrest.           charts student progress.
    and to work harder.” She has       come that will totally crush my
    been on the Varsity roster at      record.”                                REGISTER AT                       REGISTER AT
    Hillcrest for five years, giving                                       WWWW.GOHILLCREST.COM/ WWWW.GOHILLCREST.COM/
    her more than enough time to                                             BREADANDJAMDASH         COMETCAMP

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CY
LL

 e journey as the Comets head boys basketball coach in 1987 for Coach      it seems his teams begin fragile. They struggle with mental toughness
eston. Players wore jerseys with the names Johnson and Bird on             and lack emotional and physical strength. Coach Preston says he finds
  practice court. Coach Preston held a standard of Jesus in place of       incredible satisfaction watching God transform his players to strong and
  pros. That discipline transformed his players from thinking about        courageous young men. His hope is that they continue to grow in God and
sketball to Biblical manhood.                                              in the teachings they receive at Hillcrest. He hopes all players learn what
                                                                           it means to truly honor their mother and father, and to treat their female
March, Coach Preston prayed over his final regular season game as          peers as sisters in Christ.
ad coach. He recounted his prayer saying, “Whether you eat or drink,
u are to do it for the glory of God. I have noticed that young men don’t   “The Lord placed me as a coach here for a long time. These boys have
ve areas they can be discipled or a place to learn what it means to be a   changed my life.” Team Bible studies and meetings most poignantly
 n of god. Basketball is a place to teach young men how to serve God and   reveal the impact Basketball has had on Coach Preston. “If I taught the
hers, to push and work for something beyond yourself.”                     boys anything, I hope it was to love one another. I pray that they continue
                                                                           to encourage each other in their faith, and that they continue to grow with
ach Preston’s inspirational lessons in the locker room are often           each other in the glory of God, and honor him with everything they do.”
ellings of stories from his dad and past teams he’s coached. Each year

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DIVISION 2B
                                    Hilly
                                                  DIVISION 2B
                         1
                               Kennedy Gold B
     Hilly                      Friday, 5:15pm

     Sam Ihrke                  Goon Squad
     Sander Frustol
     Nate Frustol                                  7      Kennedy Gold B
                                                         Saturday, 10:30am
     Thomas Zwiers               Hendricks
     ZaK Zwiers
                         2
                               Kennedy Gold B
     Gabe Preston              Friday, 6:30pm
     Camden Hoganson              Marietta

     LeSueur                                                                                Kennedy Gold B
     Eric Smith                                                                   12       Saturday, 4:45pm
     Steve Smith
     Andrew Smith
                                  LeSueur
     Luke Hansen
     Josiah Kahlow       3     Kennedy Gold B
                                Friday, 7:45pm
     Noah Koller
                                Living Word
     David Gupton
                                                   8
                                                         Kennedy Gold B
                                                         Saturday, 11:45am

     Christenson Plus         Christenson Plus
     Josh Christenson
                         4
                               Kennedy Gold B
     Art Christenson           Friday, 9:00pm
     Clayton Taylor             Bison Nation                                      Third Place Game
     Cody Aasness
     Logan Erickson                                                                     Kennedy Gold B
     Ty Rostvedt                                                             11        Saturday, 3:30pm
     Jared Ronningen
     Chris Mortenson

                             DIVISION 2B CONSOLATION
     Hendricks
     Justin Campbell     5      Kennedy Gold B
                               Saturday, 8:00am
     Ethan Coners
     Darren Shaw
     Brandon Berndt                                10     Kennedy Gold B
                                                          Saturday, 2:15pm
     Trent Johnson
     Keith Johnson
     Brock Sheffield
                         6
                                Kennedy Gold B
                                Saturday 9:15am
     Mason Shaw
                                                                                   Toilet Bowl Game

                                                                                        Kennedy Gold B
                                                                              9         Saturday, 1:00pm

     Bison Nation        Marietta                 Living Word                      Goon Squad
     Kelsey Nersten      John Wold                Greg Pavek                       Andrew Ebeling
     Micah Jones         Kenny Wold               Erika Pavek                      Alex Helmeke
     Connor Aasness      Jared Wold               Bryce Paulson                    Seth Bercier
     Ashley Reinertson   Israel Cyabukombe        Josh Deines                      Colin Dusek
     Jenaya Wentz        Seth Kreutzfeld          Jaden Deines                     Will Joeger
     Caleb Lee           Derek Wynia              Brett Wartner                    Kaleb Thalmann
                         Ben Meyer                Zach Matzner                     Kolby Thalmann
                         Cassius Pond             Kaitlyn Matzner                  Zach Torgerson
                         Nathan Ryenhoult         Ashton Schnaser                  Patrick Dilly
                         Andy Fredrick            Zach Devaan
                         Barrett Loehrer          Madie Rowe

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DIVISION 2C                                 Fossome Sauce
                                                                                                DIVISION 2C

                                                                                            1
                                                                          Kennedy Gold C
                                                                           Friday, 5:15pm
                                                                                                 Fossome Sauce
                                                                          Inspiration LBC        Nick Foss
                                                                                                 Kevin Foss
                                         Kennedy Gold C
                                        Saturday, 10:30am     7                                  Micah Foss
                                                                             True Life           Olivia Foss
                                                                                            2    Debi Foss
                                                                          Kennedy Gold C
                                                                          Friday, 6:30pm
                                                                                                 David Foss
                                                                        Clearbrook/Gonvik        Jordan Foss
                                                                                                 Mackenzie Foss
                                                                                                 Madison Foss
        Kennedy Gold C
       Saturday, 4:45pm       12                                                                 Inspiration LBC
                                                                                                 Michael Anderson
                                                                            Show Time            Jenna Seibold
                                                                                                 Julya Seibold
                                                                          Kennedy Gold C
                                                                           Friday, 7:45pm   3    Tim Welder
                                                                          Bethany Ballers        Melea Carter
                                                              8
                                         Kennedy Gold C
                                         Saturday, 11:45am                                       Peyton Green
                                                                                                 Winston LeJesse
                                                                          Wold Codgers           Alaina LaJesse
                                                                                                 Garett Lathrop
                                                                                            4
                                                                          Kennedy Gold C
                                                                          Friday, 9:00pm         Ethan Manock
       Third Place Game                                                    Mom Squad             Zach Manock
            Loser Game 7
            Kennedy Gold C                                                                       True Life
           Saturday, 3:30pm        11                                                            Mark Nienow
            Loser Game 8                                                                         Luke Nienow
                                                                                                 Titus Christofferson

     DIVISION 2C CONSOLATION                                                                     Ben Carson
                                                                                                 Ben Kraft
                                                                                                 Jace Kraft
                                                                          Loser Game 1
                                                                                                 Tonya Anderson
                                                                         Kennedy Gold C
                                                                        Saturday, 8:00am    5
                                                                                                 Clearbrook/
                                                                         Loser Game 2
                                                                                                 Gonvik
                                                             10
                                        Kennedy Gold C
                                        Saturday, 2:15pm                                         Sam Lavin
                                                                                                 Hanna Lavin
                                                                         Loser Game 3
                                                                                                 Rachel Lavin
                                                                                            6
                                                                         Kennedy Gold C
                                                                         Saturday 9:15am
                                                                                                 Adam Krog
                                                                         Loser Game 4
                                                                                                 Luke Burgess
      Toilet Bowl Game
                                                                                                 Danae Stenzel
           Loser Game 5                                                                          Madi Stenzel
          Kennedy Gold C                                                                         Rachel Spray
          Saturday, 1:00pm     9
           Loser Game 6

ShowTime Sheppards Mom Squad                                      Wold Codgers                   Bethany Ballers
Ashwin Stratton                Julie Stender                      John Wold                      Zach Smith
Zane Stratton                  Kara Johnson                       Sarah Wold                     Deron Sunwall
Bauer Rogelstad                Jess Swedberg                      Luke Wold                      Toby Simonsen
Matt McKinney                  Hannah Clark                       Jacquie Wold                   Eli Nessa
Erik Traiser                   Michelle Klinnert                  Allen Wold                     Jack Nelson
Mike Millard                   Heidi Retzlaff                     Chris Wold                     Nathan Dunt
Brock Kotschevar               Jess Price                         Jim Wold                       Alex Tweed
                               Cathy Johnson                      Steven Wold                    Ryan Tweed
                               Laura Pearson                      Lowell Kruse
                               Jenna Noland                       Connor Kruse
                               Jess Knudson                       Madison Selchert
                               Kelsey Fuestol                     Karrissa Hoyles

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CLASSIC B
                                Hillcrest Hoopers
                                                         DIVISION 3
     Team Korea
                           1
                                 HLA New East
     Justin Hwang                Friday, 5:15pm
     HeeTae Nam                 Honey Badgers
     James Cho
     Yuchan Ha                                            7      Hillcrest Old Gym
                                                                 Saturday, 10:30am
     Kevin An
                                    Z-Squad
     Christenson 2         2
                                 HLA New West
                                 Friday, 5:15pm
     Lee Christenson
                                  Team Korea
     Sid Christenson
     Spencer Christenson
     Dallas Barry                                                                                        Hillcrest Old Gym
     Nate Christenson                                                                       12       Saturday, 4:45pm
     Kyle Geary
     Sam Esary                 Seminary N Friends
     Tyson Pfingston
     Jason Dillon          3     HLA New West
                                 Friday, 6:30pm
     Hunter Pfingston             Dahl Family
                                                          8
                                                                   Hillcrest Old Gym
     Hillcrest Hoopers                                          Saturday, 11:45am
     Zeke Ihrke
     Ben Christenson             Christenson 2
     Caden Fischer         4
                                 HLA New East
                                 Friday, 6:30pm
     Elliot Pribbernow
                                Williston Coyotes
     Ethan Ness                                                                             Third Place Game
     Josh Haus                                                                                   Loser Game 7
     Jowell Seymour                                                                                  Hillcrest Old Gym
     Noah Fischer                                                                      11        Saturday, 3:30pm

     Steven Ness                                                                                  Loser Game 8

     Dahl Family
     Tony Dahl                   DIVISION 3 CONSOLATION
     Courtney Dahl
                                  Loser Game 1
     Nathanael Dahl
     Tyler Hanson          5         Hillcrest Old Gym
                                 Saturday, 8:00am
     Clancy Hanson                Loser Game 2
     Nathan Engebretson
     Ben Engebretson
                                                          10        Hillcrest Old Gym
                                                                 Saturday, 2:15pm
     Chris Nordlund
                                  Loser Game 3
     Rachel Nordlund
                           6
                                     Hillcrest Old Gym
                                  Saturday 9:15am
     Seminary N Friends           Loser Game 4                                               Toilet Bowl Game
     Isaiah Bai
     Christopher Nab                                                                               Loser Game 5
     Troy Tysdal                                                                                     Hillcrest Old Gym
     Eugene Boe
                                                                                        9         Saturday, 1:00pm
                                                                                                   Loser Game 6
     Riley Erkenbrack
     Ryan Erkenbrack
     Caleb Larson
     Timothy Collins
     Lukas Collins         Z-Squad                       Williston Coyotes                   Honey Badgers
     Logan Nelson          Madison Ballweg               Gene Davis                          John Vall
     Bryce Jorgenson       Hope Adams                    Kellen Hoddnefield                  Mikey Vall
                           Owen Ewan                     Landon Miller                       Caleb Swenson
                           Miriam Ystebo                 Christian Combs                     Tre Carl
                           Cole Peterson                 Tyler Narum                         Logan Disabella
                           Evan Lindgren                 Michael Horob                       Joel Quam
                           Gabriel Swedenburg            Austin Hoddnefield                  Trevor Antuna
                           Matthew Knutson               Jon Doe                             Evan Olstad
                           Chloe Johnson                                                     Christian Swenson
                           Leo Nordick

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“W hat differentiates courage from foolhardiness?”
 The question is deep, but highlights new approaches to
 character formation that are part of Hillcrest’s Classical
                                                                   conversations. Character and virtue were dissected.
                                                                   Students leaned forward to consider defining courage with
                                                                   greater foundation. Bold actions supported by convictions
 Education program.                                                may be brave, but students started to see how those same
                                                                   actions could be foolhardy. The virtue of courage formed
 “I want to compare King Richard the Lionheart with                legs from temperance and justice.
 Cuthbert on a couple of things.” Eyebrows raised as Mrs.
 Foss continued in the 7th grade Omnibus class.                    “In closing I want you to open your Bibles to Proverbs
                                                                   10.” Students pushed aside the red covered book for red
 G.A. Henty’s Winning His Spurs came to life in front of           lettered pages. “Thinking about courage, I want you to
 the students as Mrs. Foss animated the storyline. The             read this.” The passaged spoke to foolishness. Students
 differences between courage and foolhardiness seemed              compared that to the concept of courage they were
 obvious from their reading, but silence still hung in the air     forming in their reading lesson.
 as they pondered the question.
                                                                   They flipped to Proverbs 28:26, continuing their deep
 “Both men are showing bravery.” The students started              dive into character formation. “How do you get wisdom?”
 nodding as Mrs. Foss traversed her lesson plan. The next          Students’ hands popped up. Their bold proclamations
 fifteen minutes were a primer on the three chapters they          included patience, as well as learning from the mistakes
 read. Students spoke to details in the storyline, recounting      and successes of others. Mrs. Foss pushed the students
 the brash wedding of Richard the Lionhearted compared to          to think deeper.
 Cuthbert’s calculated actions in seeking counsel. Students
 heard powerful life lessons as Mrs. Foss transitioned from        One student, quiet for much of the class, mentioned elders.
 detailed retellings of the story to abstract concepts for life.   Mrs. Foss agreed, calling out the wisdom of grandparents,
 “Sometimes, if you’re not careful, your actions can end up        before asking, “What about Scripture, and when you read
 as a foolhardy move.”                                             something and you feel like you know something is right,
                                                                   how would you know it’s right?” Students said talking to
 Mrs. Foss’s class is dynamic. Students not                        people about the Bible in church, with their family, with
                                                                   pastors and youth pastors.
 only sift through character formation, but
 piece together knowledge from other                               “You guys! You get to be leaders in this culture that is telling
                                                                   you to follow your heart. King Richard is all about the
 classes to decipher meaning in the texts                          heart. We’re now going to watch Cuthbert and Margaret
 they’re exploring in Hillcrest’s new classical                    in the coming chapters. Now, flip to Matthew 25, and the
                                                                   parable of the talents. What verse is that?” A student shouts
 approach to educating students.                                   “fourteen!” with excitement. Mrs. Foss continued, “I want
                                                                   you to read that parable tonight and I want you to think of
 “Who is controlling the land of Acre?” Mrs. Foss continued,       Cuthbert and King Richard, and I want you to think about
 addressing geography and philosophy in the first half of          you. Where do you fit in all this? So, you’ll read that and
 her class, now shifting seamlessly to social science. “The        Beowulf for tomorrow.”
 Muslims are fighting a Jihad, a holy war, and they are
 converting people by fighting them. They are moving all up in
 here.” Mrs. Foss’s hand moved up the map as students’ eyes                 HLA PROGRAM UPDATES
 tracked where Islam pushed before the Crusades broke out.

 “The Christians wanted to stand up for Jesus. The                    Hillcrest launched a strong          In the coming year Hillcrest
 Muslims wanted to stand up for Muhammad.” The focus                  academic      enhancement            will expand their science
 moved from the map to Mrs. Foss as she continued drawing             to their program in 2018.            and technology courses to
 connections from their reading to important issues. “War             The new classical program            offer an aeronautics track
 is hard, and we’re going to talk about this as we continue.          uses classes in Latin, logic,        for students interested
 We’re going to talk about a theory called Just War theory.           composition, and literature          in engineering. This will
 There are rules about going to war.”                                 to train students proper             couple with the award
                                                                      techniques in forming                winning     robotics    and
 The class period tarried on lessons from side stories                ideas and communicating              mathematics programs to
 in their reading. Tangible examples of how theology                  ideas in a winsome manner.           offer more opportunities
 and philosophy drive history transitioned to deeper                                                       for Hillcrest students.

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