McKenzie County Farmer - Sports

Titus Stenberg
Farmer Sports Writer

As the clock at the Minot State Dome hit 0:00 in the fourth quarter of the State Tournament Seventh Place Game, another girls basketball season came to an end. Every season has some firsts and lasts, but the 2023-24 season had more than average. Watford City has seen innumerable changes over the last 14 years, but one constant has been at least one Mogen on the Lady Wolves varsity basketball team. That streak will end next season as Jessica, the youngest of five daughters born to Eric and Renae Mogen, finished up her senior season this year.
“Amanda started dressing for the varsity squad during the 2010-11 season (Berton Bates’ last season as head coach),” recalled former head coach, John Zenz. “It was during postseason play when she started dressing and playing a bit. Amanda would have been a 9th grader at the time. In my first year, Amanda (10th) started as a forward and Katie (8th) played six quarters a night, two JV and four varsity. Katie didn’t start but played lots of minutes. The one game she started that year, she scored her career high in points, 33. She didn’t play the fourth quarter at all that day, because we had the game in hand.”
Those 33 points scored by Katie would be part of her Watford City record of 1,928 career points. Three of the Mogen sisters hold records in Watford City history, more on that later.

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