From top to bottom, Hillsboro-Central Valley has a young roster this season and that includes its new head coach. 

Head coach Trace Bakke and the Hillsboro-Central Valley wrestling team is locked and loaded for next week’s season-opener.

FARGO – Peter Dryburgh stood at midfield after the Class 11B title game on Friday and watched Kindred celebrate its first-ever state football title at Gate City Bank Field in the Fargodome. 

NORTHWOOD, N.D. – Head coach Stacy Hanson and the MayPort-CG Patriots had the momentum on their side.

FARGO – The Kindred Vikings avenged their only regular-season loss and derailed Hillsboro-Central Valley’s quest for the Class 11B title in Fargo on Friday, Nov. 12.

Kindred head coach Matt Crane is a believer in the adage that hungry dogs run faster. 

Parker Gallagher is one of Hillsboro-Central Valley’s 22 seniors that played their final home game on Saturday. 

I stopped to buy a bag of charcoal at Olsen Hardware in early August and asked Hillsboro-Central Valley Burros head coach Scott Olsen how the first week of practice had gone.

NORTHWOOD, N.D. – MayPort-CG head coach Stacy Hanson couldn’t have asked for a better start to the Region 2 tournament from her club.

NORTHWOOD, N.D. – Sixth-seeded Hillsboro-Central Valley came in as an underdog against No. 3 seed Hatton-Northwood in Monday’s Region 2 volleyball tournament.

MAYVILLE – Senior Kalynn Olson notched her 1,000th career assist in front of her hometown fans to help MayPort-CG wrap up its regular season with a straight-set win Monday.

There was nothing spooky about Hillsboro-Central Valley’s 28-6 win over Central Cass on Halloween eve. 

In five years as the head coach of Bishop Ryan, Roger Coleman said this year’s team has surprised him the most. 

JAMESTOWN, N.D. – Kindred senior Ethan Schaffer nipped Christian Brist over the final quarter mile of the East Region cross-country meet Oct. 16.

JAMESTOWN, N.D. – Sophie Johnson’s race time didn’t factor into her team’s score at the North Dakota state Class B cross-country meet Oct. 22.

Head coach Joseph Gerding and the Lisbon Broncos surprised Hillsboro-Central Valley’s special teams unit with an onside kick recovery three seconds into Saturday’s 11-man home playoff game.

LAMOURE, N.D. – MayPort-CG head coach Adam Sola and the Patriots entered Saturday’s playoff matchup with LaMoure/Litchville-Marion intent on slowing down big-play receivers Charlie Bowman and Colton Ness.

Hillsboro-Central Valley’s volleyball team secured at least the No. 6 seed entering next week’s Region 2 tournament after a 25-14, 25-16, 25-22 sweep over Midway-Minto Tuesday in Minto, N.D.

MAYVILLE – The ticket takers camped outside the door to the MayPort-CG school gym weren’t charging enough to get inside to watch this one.

When Central Cass beat Hillsboro-Central Valley 31-12 to open the 2021 season, the Burros were the No. 1-ranked team in Class 11B. 

THOMPSON – Before Hillsboro-Central Valley trotted onto the field on Friday, Oct. 15, head coach Scott Olsen had one final message for his team.

MAYVILLE – MayPort-CG quarterback Landon Koenig connected with tight end Walker McGillis on a 13-yard scoring strike in the game’s closing seconds to lead MPCG to a dramatic come-from-behind win over Enderlin-Maple Valley in the opening round of the North Dakota 9-man playoffs.

Rural BUXTON – Katie Kolness’s crew picked up a crucial win at home Tuesday.

MayPort-CG head coach Stacy Hanson knew her team had two big tests coming up with back-to-back showdowns looming against Hatton-Northwood and Grafton the past week.

COOPERSTOWN, N.D. – Saturday’s regional could not have gone much better for head coach Kirk Zink’s runners.

COOPERSTOWN, N.D. – Anna Strand almost didn’t run in her penultimate high school race.

It’s hard not to look at the future quarterfinal matchup Hillsboro-Central Valley may have if they beat Lisbon on Saturday.