FARGO, N.D. — The old cliché of defense winning championships comes true all too often. This week’s nominees for the DJ Colter – Ken Kraft High School Play of the Week feature defense turning into offense. Maggie Steffen for Red River girls basketball wastes no time scoring back-to-back buckets, scoring before stealing the inbound and scoring again. In play No. 2,…
FARGO, N.D. (Fargo Force) — The Force scored three goals in a dominant first period on their way to a 3-1 win over the visiting Dubuque Fighting Saints in front of 3500 fans at Scheels Arena on Friday night. “That’s the key to the win,” head coach Cary Eades said. “Come out and assert yourself on home ice and build…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (UND Athletics) — In the crazy world that is postseason hockey, North Dakota suffered heartbreaking overtime loss on Friday yet remained alive in its chase for a 16th straight NCAA Tournament berth. St. Cloud State’s Nick Poehling scored 1:47 into overtime to lift the Huskies to a 4-3 victory over North Dakota in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff semifinals,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — In the team’s first year as a co-op, Mahnomen/Waubun boys basketball is headed to the Class-A State Tournament. The four-seeded Thunderbirds out of the north took down the top-seeded Hancock from the south to win Section 6A. Categories: High School, KVRR Sports Extra, Top Sports Headlines Tags: Boy’s Basketball, Hancock, MAHNOMEN, minnesota, State tournament, Waubun
FARGO, N.D. — The Sheyenne Mustangs advance to the state championship game in boys basketball for the first time in school-history. The Mustangs defeated the Packers of West Fargo 69-63. Christian Kuntz led the Mustangs with 23 points. Zach Westphal chipped in another 15 points for Sheyenne. Joe Pistorius lead all scorers with 24 points in the loss for West…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The nominees for the DJ Colter – Ken Kraft High School Play of the Week both come from the Section 8AA Minnesota girls basketball tournament. Julia Warmack helped East Grand Forks win with a buzzer-beater just before the first half ended. In play No. 2, Barnesville’s Andria McIntyre fights through traffic and throws up the off-balance shot…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (MSUM Athletics) — The Minnesota State University Moorhead women’s basketball team saw its season come to an end on Friday as the Dragons fell to No. 10 Central Missouri, 66-49 in the first round of the NCAA tournament at the Elmen Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. MSUM ended the season 23-6. Central Missouri improved to 25-3. “We…
FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota and NDSU men’s basketball teams seasons have ended in the conference tournament. The same for the Fighting Hawks women and Bison women. The KVRR sports team reviews the four teams’ seasons and gives a quick look ahead to what could be in store for next season. Categories: College, KVRR Sports Extra, Top Sports Headlines…
FARGO, N.D. — The 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang did not go well overall for the United States. But try telling that to the curling team. Skip John Shuster and company brought the Americans their first-ever gold medal in the sport, in miraculous fashion. They rattled off five wins in a row to reach the top of the podium. Shuster spent Friday…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Fourth-seeded North Dakota took game one of the best-of-three series with fifth-seeded Omaha 4-0 in the first round of the NCHC playoffs. Christian Wolanin and Nick Jones both netted their 12th goals of the season in the victory. Joel Janatuinen also scored in the win. With a win on Saturday North Dakota will advance to the…
