Falcons, Rockets ranked fourth in polls

With big region wins coming last week, the Maple Valley-Enderlin and New Rockford-Sheyenne football teams remained fourth in their respective polls this week.

MV-E (5-0) topped Linton-Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock and hosts Northern Cass in a showdown this week between the two teams in Region 1 with unbeaten region records. Stanley-Powers Lake remained first with all 13 first-place votes. Heart River and Larimore was second and third, respectively. Northern Cass rounded out the top five with Hazen and Oakes receiving votes.

New Rockford-Sheyenne blasted Hillsboro-Central Valley and welcomes in Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page on Friday. Wyndmere-Lidgerwood is still top-ranked with nine first-place votes, though North Star isn’t far behind at No. 2 with four first-place votes. Divide County (third) and Shiloh Christian (fifth) were also ranked. TGU, Napoleon-Gackle-Streeter and Cavalier received votes.

Class A

Team (first-place votes) W-L Pts LW

1. Stanley-PL (13) 5-0 65 1

2. Heart River 5-0 52 2

3. Larimore 5-0 38 3

4. Maple Valley-Enderlin 5-0 25 4

5. Northern Cass 4-1 9 5

Also receiving votes: Hazen (3-2) 5, Oakes (4-1) 1.

9-man

Team (first-place votes) W-L Pts LW

1. Wyndmere-Lidge. (9) 6-0 61 1

2. North Star (4) 5-0 54 2

3. Divide County 6-0 36 3

4. New Rockford-Shey. 5-0 28 4

5. Shiloh Christian 6-0 10 NR

Also receiving votes: TGU (5-0) 3, Napoleon-Gackle-Streeter (5-1) 2, Cavalier (4-1) 1.

— Sun Staff

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