Oakes Tornadoes

Oakes’ Willprecht Wins Chris Heise High School Play of the Week

Willprect did it all for Tornadoes against Kindred last Thursday

FARGO, N.D — The Chris Heise high school play of the week goes to Oakes Baseball and Fletcher Willprecht. Willprecht told home and struck out nine hitters throwing over 100 pitches. It helped the Tornadoes force extra innings in a close loss to Kindred last Thursday. Congrats to Willprecht and the Tornadoes on the win.   Categories: High School, Play…

Region One Tops Region Three as Kindred Girls Basketball Beats Oakes

Vikings beat the Tornadoes, 73-44

KINDRED, N.D. — Kindred girls basketball looked for win number 11 on the season Monday night. The Vikings hosted Oakes, who were 12-1 in region three, and had no problem coming away with a victory, 73-44. Vikings are right back it Tuesday night against Hankinson. The Tornadoes are off until Thursday before a match-up with Linton/H-MB.   Categories: High School,…

Oakes Football Season Ends Due to COVID-19

Playoff Game with Langdon Area-Edmore-Munich canceled

OAKES, N.D. — Oakes football’s playoff run comes to an end five days before its quarterfinal round match-up with Langdon Area-Edmore-Munich due to COVID-19 on the team. The Cardinals receive a bye and move on to the semifinals to face the winner of Shiloh Christian and Bishop Ryan. The Tornadoes’ season finishes with a 36-0 win over Carrington in the…

Oakes Football Rolls into Playoffs Behind High-Powered Offense

Tornadoes face Carrington in opening round on Saturday

OAKES, N.D. — Oakes football finished a game back in the loss column of Lisbon in the class A region 1 standings. However their six wins are the most out of the eight teams in the division. After all of those wins there’s one element that’s been a driving force. That’s the offense. In five of the Tornadoes’ six wins…

High School Basketball Roundup: Sheyenne, Shanley, Oakes Win

Sheyenne Beat Grand Forks Central; Shanley beat Wahpeton; Oakes beat Richland

FARGO, N.D. – The high school basketball season may be young but there was no shortage of games Tuesday night. In the EDC, Sheyenne beat Grand Forks Central 81-51 in their home opener. Tyler Terhark had 17. Blake Berg had 14. Shanley led throughout against Wahpeton and won 79-42 at home. In Class B, the Oakes Tornadoes went on the…