The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) basketball and volleyball championship tournaments will not be held in Watertown as previously scheduled, the Watertown Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) announced Tuesday.
CVB Executive Director Julie Knutson said she learned of the changes last week. She said the NSAA officials voted to host the championships on member campuses rather than a single site due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
âThe North Star Athletic Association has sincerely enjoyed having the championship tournaments in Watertown and we anticipate their return to the City of Watertown during the 2021-22 academic year,â said Roger Ternes, NSAA interim commissioner.
Initial conversations between the CVB and the Ternes have been frequent and ongoing and resulted in rescheduling of the Super 6 Volleyball Championship which was to be held in Nov. 12-14, 2020. Due to the pandemic, it was rescheduled for April 9-10, 2021.
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (vcsuvikings.com) – The Valley City State men’s basketball team opened the second half of Sunday’s game with a 24-3 run that powered the Vikings to a conference-opening victory over Dickinson State, 94-68.
Eddie Oyet‘s performance off the bench paced the Vikings on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball as he put up 23 points and tallied five steals. It is the sixth straight game that Oyet has scored at least 14 points for the Vikings.
Kevin Schramm posted his second double-double of the season with 12 points and a season-high 15 rebounds. Jalen Addison poured in 18 points for the Vikings and Tate Hebrink added 12. Addison and Chris Thompson each dished out four assists Sunday.
VALLEY CITY – (vcsuvikings.com)The Valley City State women’s basketball team opened conference play in the win column, taking a 71-67 victory over Dickinson State Saturday.
Dani Schwanke’s 13 second-half points paced the Valley City State comeback, including a pair of free throws and layup drive late in the fourth quarter to ice the Viking win.
Valley City State improves to 2-3 on the season and 1-0 in the North Star Athletic Association. Dickinson State falls to 2-5 overall and 0-1 in the NSAA.
“To start conference play 1-0 is a huge step in the right direction for this team and I couldn’t be more proud of them. We had a lot of girls step up at different times in the game and we were able to string together stops when it counted down the stretch.” said head coach Vanessa Johnson. “We have to keep working to clean up the little parts of the game, but overall excited to see what this group can do!”