2008 - The North Dakota Department Athletic Committee allowed Valley City to drop out of the Class A ranks to compete at the Class B level. This move left 11 teams at the Class A level with an unbalanced East & West Division. The “Knudson Plan” was presented to the Department Athletic Committee for approval on a 2 year trial basis (2008 and 2009). The Knudson Plan proposes the formation of an 11 team league known as the North Dakota Class A American Legion Baseball League.  It will consist of teams from Bismarck, Devils Lake, Dickinson, Fargo, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Mandan, Minot, Wahpeton, West Fargo, and Williston.  It proposes a 20 game league schedule consisting of 10 home (5 double headers) and 10 away (five double headers) league games.  The Knudson Plan still provides for an  eight team State Tournament. The top five teams in the regular season automatically qualify for the state tournament. A round-robin post-season tournament will determine the one through five seeds for the state tournament. The bottom six team will play a double elimination format tournament for the final three spots (six through eight seeds) in the state tournament. These two tournaments will effectively replace the East and West Divisional Tournaments in post season play.