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Hettinger 4, Regent 2: Players, coaches and officials recall the infamous low-scoring basketball game

42 Game — This image, taken from the Hettinger County Herald, shows the lack of action that was prevalent during the District 24 boys basketball tournament game that was played Feb. 27, 1992, at Bowman’s Solberg Gymnasium. Regent, a heavy underdog against Hettinger, chose to slow the pace of the game and take advantage of its four-corners offense. What ensued was a contest that likely will never be duplicated.

Curt Honeyman knew the idea was a little crazy.

Then again, it was also so simple he wondered if it also wasn’t the perfect plan.

In the days leading up the 1992 District 24 boys basketball tournament, Honeyman preached patience to his Regent Rangers team.

“Patience to the extreme,” said Scott Sheldon, the Rangers’ sophomore guard and leading scorer that season.

Honeyman’s theory was that if the Rangers could sit in their fourcorners offense long enough, they could force the taller, more talented Hettinger Black Devils into defensive errors, put points on the scoreboard and keep the game from spiraling out of their reach.

On the evening of Feb. 27, 1992, at Solberg Gymnasium in Bowman, Honeyman sent his team onto the court with simple goals: be deliberate and patient on offense and control the tempo.

He never expected, 20 years later, people would remember the game.

Then again, he also never expected the final buzzer to sound with this score: Hettinger 4, Regent 2.

“We knew we couldn’t play with them basket for basket,” Honeyman said. “We had to try and keep the score close and keep it low. But nobody in the gym, including myself, knew that it was going to turn out that way.”

Dickinson State has lost a great athletic contributor with the passing of alumnus and volunteer Tyler Plummer

Tyler Plummer poses with his wife, Annika. Tyler died Wednesday of a massive heart attack. He was a tireless volunteer and supporter of Dickinson State athletics, particularly its wrestling and rodeo programs.

The Dickinson State wrestling team lost one of its biggest fans, supporters and volunteers Wednesday when Tyler Plummer, 33, passed away.

Though the Baker, Mont., native never wrestled for the Blue Hawks, he played an integral role in the program. DSU head coach Thadd O’Donnell said he did it all for free and for no other reason than he loved being a part of the team.

Plummer spent several years helping O’Donnell run his statistics programs, even designing a tournament program that DSU used for years, and keeping score at nearly every DSU wrestling event. He also played a role as a volunteer recruiter for the Blue Hawks. His biggest recruit? Three-time national champion and current DSU assistant coach Justin Schlecht.

Tyler also helped with DSU’s rodeo team. His wife, Annika, works in the school’s Ag Department and his sister, Jennifer Obrigewitch, is the rodeo team’s assistant coach.

One of Tyler’s greatest claims to fame was his stunt man role in the movie “Wooly Boys” that was filmed in the North Dakota Badlands. His job? Getting bucked off a horse in place of actor Joe Mazzello. O’Donnell said Tyler would love to tell people about his acting career and getting to hang out with the movie’s stars, Peter Fonda and Kris Kristofferson. You can catch a quick glimpse of Tyler’s work in the “Wooly Boys” trailer here. He gets bucked off at the 1:05 mark.

In Tyler Plummer, the southwest North Dakota community– not just DSU — lost a person who can not be replaced. Read more about him in his obituary.

Former DSU football player killed fighting fire in Black Hills

I was alerted to this story this evening and it is definitely worth sharing.

Former Dickinson State football player Trampus Haskvitz died Thursday afternoon from injuries suffered after he was caught in a burn over while fighting a fire near Edgemont, S.D.

Trampus and his twin brother, John, joined the Blue Hawks in the fall of 2006 as redshirt freshmen. John left the team after that season but Trampus, a wide receiver, stayed on for the next two seasons, playing mostly on special teams.

Trampus went to Hot Springs (S.D.) High School. Along with his brother, he was employed by the South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression Division.

Frenzel meets with Mets, takes physical

Cole Frenzel is getting his first-hand look at the New York Mets.

Frenzel, 21, was drafted by the Mets in the seventh round of the MLB draft in early June and was at Citi Field on Friday for the teamâ€™s game against the New York Yankees.

Frenzel is a 2008 Dickinson High School graduate and was an all-Pac 10 Conference selection this spring as a sophomore first baseman at the University of Arizona.

While he hasnâ€™t signed a contract with the Mets, Frenzel said via text message Friday that he did a physical with the team so that, if he does sign, he will be able to play immediately.

Frenzel posted a picture of himself in the Mets’ locker room with David Wright, the teamâ€™s all-star third baseman, on his Facebook page Friday morning.

Frenzel told The Dickinson Press last week the Mets have indicated that if he signs, he would likely be sent to their short-season Class A club, the Brooklyn Cyclones.

Frenzel plays the waiting game

Cole Frenzel is still patiently waiting.

The Dickinson native has told the New York Mets what his contract demands are, and now he has to wait for Major League Baseball to approve the amount of money he is asking for.

Frenzel, a first baseman for the University of Arizona, was a seventh-round draft pick of the Mets earlier this month. He said Thursday that the amount of money he was asking for is above the MLBâ€™s level for seventh-round picks.

However, Frenzel added this is a common problem for early round draft picks to encounter and that the MLB can approve or disapprove of his demands. But first, he has to wait for all the draft picks ahead of him who are also asking for more money than is allowed at their spot.

The deadline for signing a drafted player is Aug. 15. Frenzel said the MLB and Mets could agree to his contract demands in two days or two weeks. He has no way of determining that.

Until then, heâ€™ll play the waiting game.

If the Mets deal falls apart, he could still head to Hyannis, Mass., and play for a quick stint in the Cape Cod Summer League. He could also return to Tucson, Ariz., and resume training for his junior season.

Whatever the case, Frenzel said he has to be in Dickinson the second weekend of July because heâ€™s in the wedding of his former teammate and current Dickinson High assistant baseball coach Andy Tomanek.