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OAKES, N.D. (Newsdakota.com) – Fall sports are back! This Friday kicks off the 2020 North Dakota High School Football season with 9-man action.

Three teams from Southeast North Dakota appeared on this season’s preseason polls. Class A features Oakes & Lisbon, two teams that lost to the eventual state champions Langdon, and 9-Man features LaMoure-Litchville/Marion.

Here are the rest of the top 5’s.

First place Votes are in parenthesis, followed by the team’s record and number of points received, and last week’s ranking in bold brackets.

Class A

  1. Langdon Area/Edmore-Munich (10) 54 pts
  2. Velva 28 pts
  3. Bishop Ryan 24 pts
  4. Oakes 21 pts
  5. Lisbon 20 pts

Others receiving votes: Thompson (1), Bowman County, Shiloh Christian, Park River

9-Man

  1. Kidder County (5) 48 pts
  2. Cavalier (4) 45 pts
  3. Linton-HMB (2) 28 pts
  4. LaMoure-Litchville/Marion (1) 20 pts
  5. Mohall-Lansford/Sherwood 9 pts

Others receiving votes: Grant County, North Prairie, New Rockford/Sheyenne, St. John, Tri-State, Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page, Mayport-CG