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Fargo Post 2 Using Experience in Attempt to Repeat as Region Champions

SAM OSVAK, A 2024 SHANLEY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUAGE AND UPCOMING SOPHOMORE AT ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY, RETURNED TO POST 2 THIS SUMMER IN ATTEMPT TO 'RUN IT BACK."

FARGO (KVRR) – “Live the Tradition.” That is the motto for the Fargo Post 2 legion baseball team. “We got a chance to go back to Shelby,” said pitcher Caden Nelson. “We just need to keep building and keep winning as many games as we can.” That is the goal every year for this Post 2 baseball program. Keep winning…

HIGHLIGHTS: Wahpeton Post 20 Wins Border Battle Behind Aiden Hajek’s No-Hitter

AIDEN HAJEK TOSSES NO-HITTER FOR POST 20 IN THE ANNUAL FOURTH OF JULY BORDER BATTLE BETWEEN WAHPETON POST 20 AND BRECKENRIDGE POST 53.

WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) -There are few traditions quite like it: The Border battle on the Fourth of July between Wahpeton Post 20 and Breckenridge Post 53. Each year since 2003 the two legion programs meet for game under the lights with fireworks to follow. In 2024 the game was rained out, and with rain in the forecast Friday, the teams…

16 Plays Battle for the Title: Chris Heise Play of the Year

EACH WEEK FOUR PLAYS WILL BATTLE FOR ONE SPOT IN THE FINALS.

FARGO (KVRR) -Let the games begin! Each Friday in July we will present four plays to battle for one spot in the “Final Four” of the Chris Heise Play of the Year. The Final four will take place Friday, August 1 with a winner announced the following Monday/Friday. JULY 4 NOMINEES: Play 1: From March. The North Dakota Class A…

Minnesota Wild Signs Forward Nico Sturm to a Two-year Contract

ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Wild PR/KVRR) – Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed forward Nico Sturm to a two-year, $4,000,000 contract ($2 million average annual value) that goes through the 2026-27 season. Sturm, 30 (5/3/95), tallied 14 points (7-7=14), 20 penalty minutes (PIM) and 59 shots in…

Twins bring Royce Lewis back from injured list to start series vs. Marlins

MIAMI (AP/KVRR) – The Minnesota Twins reinstated third baseman Royce Lewis from the injured list Tuesday after a 15-game absence because of a recurrence of the hamstring strain that delayed his season debut. Lewis joined the Twins for the start of a three-game series at Miami. He hurt his left hamstring while running out a grounder in the ninth inning of a game on…

UPenn to ban transgender athletes, feds say, ending civil rights case focused on swimmer Lia Thomas

WASHINGTON (AP/KVRR) – The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women’s sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes. The U.S. Education Department announced the voluntary agreement Tuesday. The case focused on Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who last competed for the Ivy League school in Philadelphia…

The X no more, Wild and Frost to play in ‘Grand Casino Arena’

(Minnesota Wild PR)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Wild PR/KVRR) – Minnesota Sports & Entertainment (MSE), which operates Xcel Energy Center, and Grand Casino Mille Lacs and Grand Casino Hinckley, owned by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, today announced a 14-year naming rights partnership. Beginning September 3, 2025, the home of the Minnesota Wild and more than 150 sporting and entertainment…