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Panthers start baseball season strong

A winning first week in the Rugby Panthers’ baseball season gave the team a good start, according to Coach Travis Risovi. A 3-2 home win in Rugby against Bottineau kicked off the Panthers’ season, followed by a decisive 18-3 win in Rolette against Northern Lights. The Panthers ...

Panthers’ delayed baseball season starts with 3-2 win over Bottineau

Clear and sunny weather gave the Rugby Panthers a chance to play ball on their home diamond for the first time in their 2023 season April 24, when they defeated the Bottineau Braves 3-2. The game at Northern Lights Field kicked off the baseball season for both teams, who had waited three ...

First place for first RHS track and field meet

Rugby High School track and field athletes finished the first meet of their season with two first place team finishes, ten first place individual scores and one broken meet record in Minot March 31. The varsity teams participated in the Central North Dakota Conference Indoor Meet in the ...

Panthers track and field looks forward to ‘fun’ season, warmer weather

With about a foot of accumulated snow on the ground and more to come overnight, Rugby High School’s track and field team had limited options for practice Monday, March 27. “It’s pretty depressing,” Bill Jansen, head coach of the girls’ track team said. Jansen, along with boys’ ...

Panthers kick spring off with baseball, softball practices

Rugby Panthers baseball and softball teams held the first practice of their seasons on the first day of spring March 20, even though the weather outside was anything but spring-like. Since several inches of snow covered both the baseball and softball diamonds in town, both teams practiced ...

Panthers girls’ basketball takes Region 6 title

For the fifth time in seven years, coaches Jennifer Brossart, Jeremy Johnston and Danny Schneider have brought the Rugby Panthers to the North Dakota High School Activities Association Class B Girls’ Basketball Tournament. Ranked number four in the state, the Panthers punched their ticket ...

Panthers basketball takes third place at Girls’ State B

The Rugby Panthers girls’ basketball squad capped what Coach Jennifer Brossart called “a hell of a run” with a third place finish at the 2023 class B state tournament in Minot March 4. The Panthers had come to the 2023 North Dakota High School Activities Association State Class B ...

Panthers close in on Region 6 girls’ basketball title

The Rugby Panthers girls’ basketball squad turned hope for a berth at state more into reality by using the same patient strategy at regionals it had used all season long. Using the same methodical pace at the North Dakota High School Activities Association Region 6 tournament that ...

Panthers take title at District 11 tourney

Triumphs, trophies and a few tears marked the last District 11 girls’ basketball tournament to be played before the North Dakota High School Activities Association reclassifies teams in the state. Advancing to regionals at the Minot State Dome Monday, Feb. 20 are the first-seed Rugby ...

Rugby heads to girls’ basketball district tournament as No. 1 seed

The Rugby Panthers punctuated an undefeated season of District 11 girls’ basketball with a 61-36 win over Velva’s Aggies in Velva Jan.31. With the win, Rugby secured the No.1 seed in the district tournament, which continues through today, asturday, Feb. 8, at Rugby High School’s ...