North Dakota State will be playing in prime time on Friday night for a second consecutive weekend.

The Bison host Incarnate Word (Texas) at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome in a game that is set to be televised on ESPN2. NDSU also played a Friday night game on the same network in the national quarterfinals.

Riding four straight state tournament appearances, Fargo South/Shanley boys hockey has lofty goals and high aspirations this year. The Bruins have the motivated and veteran roster to reach those goals.

"We've been in the big game. We know what it's like to lose and we don't want to feel that again," said senior forward Zach Boren

At 5-0, South/Shanley hockey hasn't experienced that losing feeling yet this season, but the Bruins' loss to Red River in last year's state semifinal is sticking with them.

Tuesday night completed one of the greatest falls in the city of Jamestown's sports history.

The University of Jamestown volleyball team brought home the first national championship for the school in any sport, led by LaMoure's Anna Holen, one of the greatest winner in this state's history.

It began four months ago when the Jimmie football team snapped a four year drought in the Paint Bucket Game beating arch rival Valley City State in overtime.

Moorhead hockey has played in four-straight state tournaments. To stretch that run to five, the Spuds will use a new-look roster.

"Sky's the limit really for these guys," said senior defenseman Colby Krier.

Excitement surrounds this year's Moorhead boys hockey team and a roster riddled with young talent

As NDSU returns to the quarterfinals for a 13th-straight year Friday night, they will do so with a group of players Matt Entz wasn't counting on in August.

For the first time since its 1994 consolidation, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton will play for a state football title.

Saturday afternoon, the unbeaten Rebels will take on the 10-2 Wildcats of New London-Spicer in the Class AAA Prep Bowl championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

The last state title game appearance for a team with Glyndon in its name was in 1985 when Glyndon-Felton defeated Zumbrota 38-14.

The plan was not for Luke Bast to come in and play 20 minutes in his first game in eight months.

The UND defenseman, who had been recovering from an upper-body injury sustained in the fall, was expecting to be eased into the lineup.

But when Fighting Hawks alternate captain Ethan Frisch left Friday's game in Bemidji with a lower-body injury in the second period and junior Tyler Kleven suffered an injury in the third, Bast was thrown into the fire.

Barnesville football hasn't missed the state tournament in seven years. The Trojans have reached the semifinals five times, and are set to play in their second championship in that span with one elusive goal in mind.

"It's a dream come true just to play in it," said senior Owen Riddle. "To win it is history."

Montana had to win in dramatic fashion 34-24 over Southeastern Missouri State to advance on Saturday. The Bison are making their thirteenth-straight playoff appearance.

Montana will visit the FargoDome for the first time since a 2015 second-round mathchup in which NDSU avenged an early-season loss to the Griz en route to a national championship. Bison head coach Matt Entz knows all too well what this year's Montana team brings to the table.

PGA Tour winner and former Fargo South Bruin Tom Hoge was honored Tuesday night as an inductee to the school's Hall of Fame.

Hoge attended South from 2004-2007, also inducted was former coach Steve Kennedy, the pair won state championships for the Bruins all four of those years.