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Moorhead’s Feeney, Barnesville’s Tonsfeldt Highlight Finalists for Mr. Minnesota Football

Two of ten finalists in the state

MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Minnesota Football Coaches Association names its ten finalists for Mr Minnesota football recognizing the top senior players in the state. Barnesville quarterback Adam Tonsfeldt and Moorhead quarterback Trey Feeney are two of the 10 finalists. Tonsfeldt led the Trojans to an undefeated season winning section 8AA. Feeney led the state in passing yards, completions and touchdowns…

NDSU Women’s Basketball Ranked 16th in College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 Poll

Bison are off to 3-0 start to the season

FARGO, N.D — It was a big week of wins for North Dakota State women’s basketball and their earning the national recognition for it. The Bison are ranked 16th in the latest mid-major top 25 poll after wins over Northern Iowa and Wisconsin-Green Bay. Green Bay was ranked 10th going into their match up and NDSU knocked them off twice….

UND Women’s Basketball Cancels Trip to Old Dominion

Second road trip canceled this season due to COVID-19

GRAND FORKS, N.D — North Dakota women’s basketball had a planned road trip to take on Old Dominion on Friday. That match-up has been canceled due to COVID-19 testing issues with in the Hawks program. It’s the second cancellation for UND this season who could not play their opener against Chicago State. The Fighting Hawks are planning on scheduling another…

Saint Paul To Become Twins’ New AAA Affiliate

The Saints were previously part of the American Association alongside the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks

MINNEAPOLIS/SAINT PAUL, MN –  As part of Major League Baseball’s new development program, the Minnesota Twins are shaking up their minor league teams. The organization invited the Saint Paul Saints to become their Triple A. affiliate, the Wichita Wind Surge as their Double A. affiliate, the Cedar Rapids Kernals as their High A. affiliate, and the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels…

St. Paul Saints to become Twins’ Triple-A affiliate in 2021

Decision made official Wednesday

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – The St. Paul Saints will leave independent baseball and become the Minnesota Twins’ new Triple-A, minor league affiliate starting next season, both teams announced Wednesday. The Twins said on Wednesday they had extended affiliate invitations to four minor league teams: Saints, Wichita Wind Surge, Cedar Rapids Kernels and Fort Myers Mighty Mussels. If they accept, the minor league…

NSIC Modifies Basketball Schedules

Conference to play single-gender located games

MOORHEAD, Minn. — The NSIC is shaking things up and modifying the upcoming season’s basketball schedule. Schools will now play games as single gender sites. MSUM and Crookston still play the same opponents from the originally scheduled match-ups, however one team — hosts and the other hits the road. For the first weekend of games slated for January 2nd and…

Shanley QB Mattern Commits to St. John’s

Finished season with over 2,000 yards passing

FARGO, N.D. — Shanley quarterback, Cooper Mattern, is taking his talents to Collegeville and St John’s football this fall. Mattern finished his senior season as the top quarterback in the state of North Dakota after throwing for over 2,000 yards, 18 touchdowns and averaging just under 258 yards per game. QB1 led the Deacons to the Class AAA State Quarterfinals…

Carson Wentz benched. Eagles name Jalen Hurts starting quarterback.

Carson Wentz is the back-up

PHILADELPHIA – (FOX 29) Jalen Hurts will be the Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback on Sunday, the team announced Tuesday afternoon. ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen cited sources when they broke the news on Tuesday afternoon, a day after coach Doug Pederson stated he had yet to make a decision on who would start Sunday. The team confirmed Hurts had…

UND Women’s Basketball Falls to 0-3 on the Season

Lost to Montana 86-72

MISSOULA, Mont. – (UND Athletics) Scoring a season-best 44 points in the second half, the University of North Dakota (0-3) clawed back to within four points from a 15-point third quarter deficit to Montana (1-1) Monday night in Missoula. Though the Fighting Hawks capitalized on its transition play to close the gap, the Lady Griz held off UND, 86-72. Julia…

Gophers on track to play Saturday against Nebraska

Had football activities paused since Nov. 24

MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) University of Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck said Monday the Gophers are on track to finish the regular season at Nebraska on Saturday. Minnesota paused all football activities back on Nov. 24 after multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the team. The Gophers’ game at Wisconsin, and last week’s home game against Northwestern, were canceled as a…