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Season Tribute: North Dakota Lightning

KVRR Sports continues to honor teams whose seasons were cut short due to COVID-19

FARGO, N.D. — KVRR Sports continues to pay tribute to those players and teams in the area whose seasons were cut short due to COVID-19. Friday night the North Dakota Lighting girls basketball travel team was honored for their accomplishments on the court. The Lightning own a 57-6 record and were unable to defend their Junior Fast Break Grand Am…

Player’s Perspective: PGA Tour’s Tom Hoge

Hoge Joined KVRR Sport to discuss current state of PGA Tour amid COVID-19 pandemic

FARGO, N.D. — The PGA Tour is currently on hiatus due to COVID-19 with the last event, The Players Championship, on March 12th canceled after the first round. The next event on the schedule is suppose to be May 18th at Colonial. One major has been canceled with The British Open, however, the other three majors and many of the…

Play Of The Year Nominees: April 10th

Moorhead and Grand Forks Red River Hockey are the finalists for this week's POTY

FARGO, ND – The first showdown in the Hockey quadrant of the 2020 DJ Colter Play of the Year Bracket was a battle between the borders: Grand Forks Red River and Moorhead. In the state quarterfinal against Jamestown on February 27th, Roughriders’ Mason Thingvold sliced and diced his way through traffic, slow it down to see the stick work for…

Fargo high schools join #BeTheLight Movement

Fargo North, Fargo South, Davies light up their fields to inspire hope in a time without sports

FARGO, N.D. — The athletic fields at high schools around the country are usually full of kids by the time April rolls around. Spring sports have started back up and teams are eager to begin the final season of play before the school year comes to an end. In 2020, however, those same fields look a lot different. “A lot…

New Shanley Boys Basketball Coach Paper Wanting to Build Off End of Last Season’s Success

Tony Paper had interim tag removed earlier this week

FARGO, N.D. — Tony Paper took over a Shanley boys basketball program that was in shambles halfway through the season. Previous head coach Andrew Burns and some of his assistants were called to resign after practice by parents after a 23-point loss to Davies. Paper came in and immediately turned things around. The Deacons won three out of four games…

UND Hockey’s Berry Named Spencer Penrose Coach of the Year

First UND Coach to win award since 2001

GRAND FORKS, N.D.– (UND Athletics) For the first time since 2001, a University of North Dakota head hockey coach has won the Spencer Penrose CCM/AHCA Division I Men’s Coach of the Year Award as Brad Berry completed the sweep of coaching awards. He was also earlier named the NCHC Coach of the Year, the USCHO Coach of the Year and was named College…

New Davies Football Coach Werremeyer Wants to Continue Strong Senior Leadership With in Program

Werremeyer takes over for Jason Thielges who retired in December

FARGO, N.D. — In December, after five seasons as Davies head football coach, Jason Thielges decided to retire. Four months later, the eagles found their next head coach and didn’t have to go too far to find him. Wayne Werremeyer, whose been an assistant at Davies under Thielges is taking over. Werremeyer has plenty of coaching experience at the high…

Fargo Post 2 “Optimistic” About Season; Lay Out How Shortened Season Could Look

Board Chairman Corey Peterson talks optimism toward Legion Baseball season

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Legionnares Committee made the decision late Thursday to cancel the upcoming summer baseball season. That decision was met with backlash from clubs all over the state causing the association to go back on their original plan and wait until April 20th to make an official one. One of the biggest advocates for reconsideration of…

South-Shanley’s Senf Advances in Play of the Year Bracket

Senf's Hat Trick Against Sheyenne Advances in Play of the Year Bracket

FARGO, N.D. — On Friday night during Sports Extra, the KVRR Sports team announced the next two nominees for the Play of the Academic Year bracket. This week, we move on to the hockey region of the bracket. Fargo South-Shanley’s Alex Senf and his Hat Trick against Sheyenne moves on with 67 percent of the votes. Congrats to Senf and the…

Play of the Year Bracket Round 2: April 3

South-Shanley/West Fargo Battle for POTY Bracket Advancement

FARGO, N.D. — Fargo South-Shanley and West Fargo boys hockey are the third pair of Play of the Week winners from this season to go head-to-head in KVRR’s Play of the Year bracket. First up from the Bruins, Alex Senf recorded a hat trick in the first period against Sheyenne on the week of December 9th. It’s up against a…