Laura Roesler Fargo South is better than Pronk

At the first day of state track the buzz is simply Laura Roesler. Period.
Just a sophomore Fargo South's Laura Roesler posted the top preliminary times in the girls 100 (11.90), 200 (24.75) and 400 (55.70).

She's one of the top runners...in the nation. Yes I said the United States. According the dyestat.com her 800 is #2 in the United States. I'd love to see her run in the boys A 800. In track the better the competition, the better the results

I ask why can North Dakota turn out cross country, track and field that are tops in the nation and not generate more buzz than just on the infield of the Bowl in Bismarck? I don't get it.

Darin Erstad is a backup, so is Chris Coste, and Pronk is barely hitting above .200.

Laura Roesler is North Dakota's best athlete on a national scale. End of discussion.

follow up to 2008 Fargo Marathon? fun run?

I hadn't planned on a post-script to my little jab about the Fargo Marathon. BUT...the comment prompted this little tid-bit:

On my way from the Regional track meet I was listening to a radio report that said around 1400 people were in the full marathon. What?

With 13,000 participating only 10% were in the actual marathon? That's like calling Paradiso a burger joint. Because they do have burgers on the menu.

Truth in advertising this was the Fargo Fun Run of 2008 and a few people ran a long ways.

how do you like that?

2008 Fargo Marathon--not that unique at all.

Today is the 2008 Fargo Marathon. Word is there will be 14,000 people involved. So I ask if 14,000 are running in it the degree of uniqueness to running a marathon is lost. Everyone is running.

It's like body art and nose rings to be unique. If every kid working at McDonalds has a nose stud and tat is there anything different? The more you copy others to be different the less you are.

Want to be different? Swim the Red River from Fargo to Oxbow. Bet you'll be the only one.

Run the marathon today? You just part of the crowd

Fargo Moorhead Liberty kickoff first and the last?

It's 35 degrees and snowing in Fargo. Today marks the Minnesota fishing opener and game one of the Fargo-Moorhead Liberty football at MSU. Scheduled to kick off at 3:30PM and carried on AM 740 The FAN in Fargo.

Is it bad karma that its snowing nobody will be there in the stands? If its Mothers Day weekend and snowing the only way Fargo Moorhead people go outside is fishing.

I looked again at the roster and former NDSU Bison QB Tony Stauss is the NAME on the team, but if I'm not mistaken it's been three years since he took a snap or live hit.

I'm trying my best to stay positive, but I just think this very well might be the first day of Liberty football of their last season. In full disclosure I've a ticket for the game, but will listen to the call on the radio. Again, if I was going to sit outside on a day like today, it would be to catch a walleye.

in season All-Star games

The girls roster for Lions All-Star has been released and the boys will come out next week. With volleyball and several football games, we're moving past the balance of having All-Star showcases and just overload. By mid-July these players are no longer HS players. They are college athletes.

I'd rather see NDHSAA sanction All-Star games for the week after the season championship games.

Nothing against the Lions, Shriners, Optimist, KCs or whatever. But it could be done better by the NDHSAA at the end of the respective season. Might make for more quality games too.

Personally in mid-July I don't care about post HS football or basketball. It's a waste.