Rugby Panthers fans gathered for the first game of the 2022 football season on Aug. 19, ready to make some noise at Rugby High School’s Johnsen Field. The home opener included a tailgate party sponsored by North Dakota Telephone Company. The Panthers gave their hometown plenty of reason ...
The Rugby High School Panthers girls’ golf team is off to a strong start after two meets against Region 4 rivals Velva and Bottineau. Coach Angie Zietz said the class B schedule has several meets slated before the start of school to avoid any conflicts with school time. The Panthers ...
A large group of Rugby Panthers lined up on Johnsen Field for their first day of football practice early on Aug.4. Coach Travis Risovi warned them they’d be “achy for about a week.” “They’re getting back in shape,” Risovi said after the practice, smiling. Risovi said ...
Rugby Panthers cheerleaders got ready for the fall and winter sports season at a cheerleading camp held in the Rugby High School gym on Aug. 2. The camp, which Coach Ashley Seykora said was mandatory for all squads performing stunts at North Dakota High Schools, took place the day before the ...
Rugby’s American Legion Post 23 baseball team may not have Panthers as its official name, but the squad clawed its way from fifth seed to just short of the Legion District 3 Champion title July 22. Rugby went into post-season play at Bottineau’s Lumberyard on the Dakota College at ...
The Rugby American Legion Post 23 team ended its regular season at home with great potential in the batting box. Most Rugby batters connected with the ball. However, more often than not, the ball landed in the glove of an opposing player. The problem persisted through Rugby’s last ...
A 12-10 Rugby Babe Ruth Panthers win in the first game of the Turtle Mountain League District Baseball Tournament at home July 11 looked almost like a mirror image of their matchup against Cando’s Bearcats late in the regular season. The Panthers had punched their ticket to the top seed ...
After battling to a 22-17 win against Towner’s Ironbirds on June 29, Rugby Panthers’ Babe Ruth baseball team battled back from a two-run deficit against the Harvey Eagles to win 7-3 on June 30. The Eagles struck first in the game, establishing a two-run lead they held with the help of ...
After a 7-0 win over the Bottineau Owls at home in Rugby on June 16, Rugby’s American Legion baseball team found the tables had turned when it visited the Owls in Bottineau on June 23. Rugby had a disadvantage at Bottineau’s Lumberyard diamond on the campus of Dakota College at ...
Rugby Panthers Babe Ruth baseball team finished the second week of its 2022 season with a 4-0 record for the Turtle Mountain League on June 16. “I like the start,” Coach Travis Risovi said of the team, which consists of seven 15-year-olds, one 14-year-old, and “a big group of ...
