Historical Trends Of North Dakota AA Baseball Championships

The 2025 North Dakota AA American Legion State Baseball Tournament is almost upon us in Williston, and we thought we would take a peek at the past winners and some trends and oddities.

Teams from around the state are looking to prevent a team from Fargo or West Fargo from hoisting the state title, something that hasn't been done since 2014, when Bismarck defeated Fargo Post 2 in Jamestown.
The last host team to win the state tournament was in 2016, when it was won and hosted by Fargo (before the town fielded a second team in Post 400).
Williston is looking to end a 20-year state title drought, with their last crown coming in 2004.
The current longest title drought belongs to the Grand Forks Royals, who have not won the state championship since 1999.
From 1990 to 1995, Jamestown made it to six straight state championship games, only to lose all six times.
While there have been three-peats from Mandan and Fargo Post 2 (who did it three separate times), there has only been one four-peat when Grand Forks was able to do it from 1936 to 1939.
The biggest blowout in state championship history was back in 1942 when Fargo Post 2 defeated Enderlin 21-2.
The most runs scored in a championship game was 30 in 1994 when Mandan beat Jamestown 16-14.

To take a trip down the history of state titles, here is a complete list of all known championship games and scores where available, thanks to the fastidious record-keeping of the Bismarck Governors.

State Championship History

2024	Fargo Post 400	West Fargo	def.	Fargo Post 2	2-1
2023	Dickinson	Fargo Post 2	def.	Williston	16-7
2022	West Fargo	West Fargo	def.	Jamestown	2-1
2021	Mandan	West Fargo	def.	Fargo Post 400	3-1
2020	Bismarck	Fargo Post 2	def.	West Fargo	5-4
2019	Grand Forks	Fargo Post 2	def.	Grand Forks	7-0
2018	Minot	West Fargo	def.	Minot	8-5
2017	Williston	Fargo Post 2	def.	Minot	5-2
2016	Fargo	Fargo Post 2	def.	Bismarck	4-3
2015	Dickinson	Fargo Post 2	def.	Mandan	5-2
2014	Jamestown	Bismarck	def.	Fargo Post 2	9-5
2013	West Fargo	Fargo Post 2	def.	West Fargo	5-2
2012	Mandan	West Fargo	def.	Fargo Post 2	11-8
2011	Grand Forks	Mandan	def.	Williston	8-4
2010	Bismarck	Minot	def.	Bismarck	8-5
2009	Wahpeton	Dickinson	def.	Fargo Post 2	13-9
2008	Minot	Dickinson	def.	Bismarck	7-2
2007	Fargo	Minot	def.	Bismarck	10-9
2006	Williston	Minot	def.	Williston	7-2
2005	Valley City	Fargo Post 2	def.	Bismarck	6-1
2004	Dickinson	Williston	def.	Fargo Post 2	9-3
2003	Jamestown	Minot	def.	Fargo Post 2	4-0
2002	Devils Lake	Jamestown	def.	Fargo Post 2	4-1
2001	West Fargo	Minot	def.	Jamestown	6-2
2000	Mandan	Mandan	def.	Dickinson	5-4
1999	Grand Forks	Grand Forks	def.	Minot	10-9
1998	Bismarck	Jamestown	def.	Bismarck	7-6
1997	Wahpeton	Bismarck	def.	Grand Forks	11-9
1996	Williston	Wahpeton	def.	Grand Forks	17-2
1995	Fargo	Mandan	def.	Jamestown	10-3
1994	Dickinson	Mandan	def.	Jamestown	16-14
1993	Devils Lake	Mandan	def.	Jamestown	11-4
1992	Bismarck	Fargo Post 2	def.	Jamestown	5-4
1991	Jamestown	Mandan	def.	Jamestown	9-2
1990	Mandan	Mandan	def.	Jamestown	6-3
1989	West Fargo	Fargo Post 2	def.	Bismarck	15-3
1988	Minot	Fargo Post 2	def.	Jamestown	10-3
1987	Grand Forks	Minot	def.	Fargo Bombers	6-0
1986	Williston	Bismarck	def.	Williston	5-3
1985	Wahpeton	Jamestown	def.	Bismarck	5-2
1984	Dickinson	Minot	def.	Jamestown	6-5
1983	Fargo	Fargo Post 2	def.	Williston	4-1
1982	Mandan	Bismarck	def.	Fargo Post 2	7-2
1981	Jamestown	Minot	def.	Fargo Post 2	7-6
1980	Bismarck	Jamestown	def.	Minot	4-3
1979	Wahpeton	Fargo Post 2	def.	Minot	12-4
1978	Minot	Minot	def.	Jamestown	13-3
1977	Fargo	Minot	def.	Fargo Post 2	7-3
1976	Williston	Fargo Post 2	def.	Williston	11-0
1975	Jamestown	Jamestown	def.	Bismarck	2-1
1974	Mandan	Fargo Post 2	def.	Minot	5-3
1973	Fargo	Williston	def.	Fargo Post 2	15-2
1972	Williston	Grand Forks	def.	Fargo Post 2	6-5
1971	Bismarck	Bismarck	def.	Grand Forks	7-0
1970	Fargo	Mandan	def.	Grand Forks	2-1
1969	Williston	Fargo Post 2	def.	Mandan	7-5
1968	Fargo	Grand Forks	def.	Mandan	5-1
1967	Mandan	Grand Forks	def.	Fargo Post 2	6-4
1966	Fargo	Bismarck	def.	Mandan	8-1
1965	Bismarck	Mandan	def.	Grand Forks	5-4
1964	Grand Forks	Mandan	def.	Fargo Post 2	4-3
1963	Mandan	Bismarck	def.	Grand Forks	8-4
1962	Jamestown	Drayton	def.	Bismarck	3-2
1961	Mandan	Bismarck	def.	Grand Forks	8-2
1960	Fargo	Fargo Post 2	def.	Drayton	10-4
1959	Minot	Grand Forks	def.	Minot	9-8
1958	Jamestown	Drayton	def.	Jamestown	14-2
1957	Williston	Bismarck	def.	Fargo Post 2	6-5
1956	Jamestown	Bismarck	def.	Fargo Post 2	4-3
1955	Minot	Jamestown	def.	Bismarck	6-4
1954	Dickinson	Jamestown	def.	Minot	11-2
1953	Fargo	Fargo Post 2	def.	Jamestown	5-0
1952	Bismarck	Fargo Post 2	def.	Dickinson	8-0
1951	Dickinson	Wahpeton	def.	Bismarck	6-1
1950	Jamestown	Fargo Post 2	def.	Grand Forks	7-1
1949	Jamestown	Bismarck	def.	Fargo Post 2	12-4
1948	Wahpeton	Fargo Post 2	def.	Bismarck	16-1
1947	Minot	Fargo Post 2	def.	Bismarck	11-4
1946	Grand Forks	Fargo Post 2	def.	Williston
1945	Bismarck	Bismarck	def.	New England	15-1
1944	Fargo	Fargo Post 2	def.	Jamestown	19-1
1943	Jamestown	Fargo Post 2	def.	Jamestown	9-2
1942	Grand Forks	Fargo Post 2	def.	Enderlin	21-2
1940		Enderlin
1939		Grand Forks
1938		Grand Forks
1937		Grand Forks
1936		Grand Forks
1935		Fargo Post 2
1934		Grand Forks
1933		Fargo Post 2
1932		Cooperstown
1931		Cooperstown
1930		Enderlin
1929		Fargo Post 2
1928		Linton

State Champions by City

Fargo Post 2	28	1929, 1933, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2005, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023
Bismarck	12	1945, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1971, 1982, 1986, 1997, 2014
Grand Forks	10	1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1999
Mandan	10	1964, 1965, 1970, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2011
Minot	10	1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1987, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010
Jamestown	7	1954, 1955, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1998, 2002
West Fargo	5	2012, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
Enderlin	3	1930, 1940, 1941
Cooperstown	2	1931, 1932
Dickinson	2	2008, 2009
Drayton	2	1958, 1962
Wahpeton	2	1951, 1996
Williston	2	1973, 2004
Linton	1	1928