FARGO, N.D. — The winner of the DJ Colter – Ken Kraft high school play of the week featured the all-around play of basketballers turning defense into offense. Red River’s Maggie Steffen grabbed an offensive rebound and scored. She then stuck around for the press. Credit her with the steal and then another bucket! An impressive six seconds with a steal,…
FARGO, N.D. — The NCAA men’s hockey tournament was announced on Sunday morning. North Dakota’s run of consecutive appearances in the tournament ends at 15. UND, the University of Minnesota and Boston College have all missed out on the NCAA tournament. The Hawks, Gophers and Eagles have combined to win eight national titles since 2000. This is the first time…
FARGO, N.D. — The Fargo Force completed the sweep of the weekend series with the Dubuque Fighting Saints winning 5-1 on Saturday night at Scheels Arena. Ben Meyers netted the two goals in the opening period for the Force to give them a two goal lead at the first intermission. William Fallstrom also had a goal in the victory. Categories:…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (UND Athletics) — After a 4-1 victory over Minnesota Duluth in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff third-place game, North Dakota was in a celebratory mood inside its locker room, having snapped an eight-game losing skid against the Bulldogs. Just three hours later, with the Fighting Hawks aboard their bus back to Grand Forks, the celebration was over. Boston University’s…
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
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The undefeated, 29-0 Perham Yellowjackets were in need of just one more win on Thursday night to hoist the Section title trophy and earn a state tournament berth. To do that though, the Yellowjackets needed to top the Breckenridge Cowboys, the same team that stripped Perham of a section championship last season. Breckenridge was able to hold Perham…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead Spud Sam Haiby is back in the spotlight. The University of Nebraska commit is one of 11 finalists for Minnesota Miss Basketball. Despite suffering a mid-season meniscus tear, Haiby still finished her career with 2,421 points, which is the most points scored by any Spuds player. Haiby could be the first player from to Moorhead to win…
