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HS Football Preview: Fargo South

The Bruins have a new coach, but the same goals

FARGO, N.D. — In his first year as head coach of Fargo South in 2010, Troy Mattern led the Bruins to a State Title. In the offseason, Mattern left for the head coaching gig at Shanley high school, but the high expectations remain. The Bruins have made the Class AAA playoffs in each of the last four seasons, and new…

Fargo North Football Ready to Run behind ‘The Hogs’

Spartans football continuing to make steps to build program.

FARGO, N.D. — The Fargo North Spartans come into the 2017 season with experience in the trenches, and already have the nickname to back it up. “We call them our hogs, the offensive line,” offensive lineman Gabe Buehler said.  “There has just been a lot more recognition towards them because we have some experience on our side.” The rest of the…

HS Football Season Preview: Thompson Tommies

The Tommies are the defending 9-man North Dakota state champions

THOMPSON, N.D. — Thompson may have won the 2016 North Dakota 9-man state title, but the squad lost a large class of seniors from the championship team. Head coach Brady Schwab says that doesn’t affect his team’s expectations though, and the game itself is almost a secondary aspect. “For us, I think this season and our expectations every year are…

Legion Baseball: Blues Down Mankato in Extra innings

Moorhead faces Stillwater next in legion state tournament.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legion Baseball Hub) — The Moorhead Blues prevailed in riveting 12-inning affair with the Mankato Nationals to live another day in the Minnesota American Legion State Tournament at CHS Field in St. Paul, MN. Their persistence resulted in a 5-3 win that was a well played game peppered with plenty of quality pitching and defense to go…

Fargo Post 2 Leaning on Defense, Pitching as it goes for 3rd Consecutive State Title

Post 2 is the 2-seed in the North Dakota state tournament

FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Post 2 is the 2-seed in the North Dakota legion state tournament. Post 2 is going for its third consecutive state title under head coach Luke Rustad. “There’s a little bit of luck involved when you’re winning a state tournament,” Rustad said. “You’ve got to make sure everybody’s playing well, and a couple things gotta go…

Coach of the Week: West Fargo Legion’s Chris Coste

Coste is in his first year coaching the Patriots

WEST FARGO, N.D. — West Fargo Patriots coach Chris Coste is the KVRR Coach of the Week. Coste has never coached legion baseball before this season, but that’s not to see he is inexperienced. The former World Series champion with the Philadelphia Phillies coaches the Concordia Cobbers’ baseball team. In the video, Coste discusses the differences between coaching high school…

Legion Baseball: Moorhead Cruises, Perham Rallies in Sub-State Tourney

Perham advances to play Bemidji; Blues play winner of Alex/Fergus Falls.

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — The first round of the sub-state tournament began in Alexandria for the Moorhead Blues and other area teams. In the opening round top-seeded Bemidji defeated Thief River Falls 27-1 in seven innings. Second seeded Moorhead followed suit with a seven inning win as well defeating Detroit Lakes 19-3. “The last three years haven’t gone so well for…

Bismarck Outlasts Fargo Post 400 7-5

FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Post 400 dropped a contest to Bismarck 7-5 Tuesday night. Bismarck jumped ahead 4-0 early in the contest before Post 400 fought to make things close. Fargo was hurt by base running with multiple runners thrown out at the plate in the contest. Categories: High School, Top Sports Headlines Tags: bismarck, Fargo Post 400, Legion Baseball,…

East Takes Both Shrine Games at Alerus Center

11 man: East 20-14. 9 manL East 28-27

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The 2016 high school football season wrapped up with the East-West Shrine game in Grand Forks. In the 11-man game, the East defeated the West 20-14. In the 9-man game the East beat the West 28-27. Categories: High School, Top Sports Headlines Tags: East, Shrine Bowl, west

Class A Sweeps ND Lions All-Star Game

The boys and girls squads each won Tuesday night in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. — For the second night in a row, Class A cleaned up in the Lions All-Star Game for North Dakota high school basketball. On Monday, the boys and girls from the larger classification won their games in Bismarck, and they repeated the feat Tuesday in Fargo. The Class-A boys won 109-100, while the girls won 67-64. Categories: High…