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MSUM Men’s Basketball “Right Fit” for Fargo Davies Hektner

Part of the Dragons 2021 Class

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Minnesota State-Moorhead men’s basketball has their newest member to the class of 2021 and it comes from just on the other side of the river at Davies with Owen Hektner. The 6-foot-seven-footer averaged 11.9 points per game in his junior season with the Eagles helping lead them to a 23-2 record and a spot in the state…

Gophers football star WR Rashod Bateman opting out of 2020 season

Was entering his junior season; a projected first round pick

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The Minnesota Golden Gophers offense has a a big hole to fill at wide reciever after Rashod Bateman announced Tuesdsay morning he is opting out of the 2020 season amid Covid-19 concerns and focus on training for 2021 NFL Draft. Bateman, a 6-2 wide receiver from Tifton, Ga., was entering his junior season with the Gophers. In 2019, Bateman was named the Big Ten…

Larsen On NDSU Fall Sports Outlook

NDSU Director of Athletics Matt Larsen discussed how NDSU is planning to proceed safely with fall sports

FARGO, ND – COVID-19 raised plenty of questions about fall seasons in the FM area, including N.D.S.U. Football, Athletic Director Matt Larsen spoke with us yesterday about the outlook for Football season and what they’re doing to ensure it’s held safely. The Summit League is delaying the start of competition until September 23rd. They’ll delay championship seasons for men’s and…

Lance On Manning Award Watch List

The award is an annual honor given college football's best quarterback factoring in bowl games

FARGO, ND – NEW ORLEANS – North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance was named to the preseason watch list for the Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, on Thursday, July 30. The list includes 30 of the top college quarterbacks in the nation heading into the 2020 football season. Lance, a sophomore from Marshall, Minn., was the 2019 Walter Payton…

Summit League delays the start of fall sports

Competition may begin on September 23rd

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Summit League’s Presidents Council agreed to delay the start of fall sports for member institutions until Sept. 23 based upon the recommendation from the League’s Joint Council due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The delay will result in a conference-only schedule for the sports of women’s soccer, men’s soccer and volleyball.  Competitive schedule for men’s and women’s…

NDSU, Drake football game canceled

The Bison lose their last non-conference opponent after the Pioneer Football League announces a conference-only slate for the 2020 season

FARGO, N.D. — The Pioneer Football League is the latest in the growing list of athletic conferences to move to a conference-only schedule for the 2020 season. As a result, NDSU’s football game against Drake has been canceled. The Bison were supposed to begin the season against Drake on September 12th, but now the teams first game won’t be played…

UND reschedules season opener against Valparaiso

As a result of the the Pioneer League announcing a conference-only slate for 2020, the game between UND and Valparaiso has been rescheduled to 2025.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota and Valparaiso University have mutually agreed on an adjustment regarding football schedules for this season. Due to the Pioneer Football League’s announcement of a conference-only slate in 2020, the schools will move the previously scheduled game from Sept. 3, 2020 to Sept. 20, 2025. “I want to thank Valpo AD, Mark LaBarbara,…

NSIC delays the start of fall sports

The football season will not begin until September 26th

BURNSVILLE, Minn. – With the health and safety of its member institutions’ communities, the importance of successful institutional campus reopening and the overall well-being of its student-athletes as its top priorities, the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Board of Directors unanimously supported a delay to the start of NSIC fall athletic competition. For the sports of football and men’s & women’s…

UND Football Earns First MVFC Honors Since Joining

North Dakota Football had six players take home preseason honors

GRAND FORKS, ND – Six Fighting Hawks earned preseason honors, being named to the Phil Steel preseason all Missouri Valley Conference team: Garett Maag and Nathan Nguon got the offensive selections. Jaxson Turner, C.J. Seigel, and Noah Larson got the defensive ones and Brady Leach for special teams after the kicker set two career highs last season: 35 extra points…

Tuszka Officially Signed

After drafting him in the 7th round of the 2020 NFL draft, the Broncos have signed Derrek Tuszka to a rookie deal

DENVER, CO – Back in April he was drafted and now he’s officially signed. Former bison Derrek Tuszka put pen to paper with the Denver Broncos agreeing to a rookie deal worth roughly $3.4 million over the next four years making him one of only three Bronco draft picks to have signed out of the ten that were drafted. He’ll…