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HS Play of the Week Nominees: January 7

Steichen Battles Sherod for Am Fam POTW

Watch the video to see the nominees for this week’s high school play of the week, brought to you by American Family Insurance Agent Traver Silbernagel. Categories: High School, KVRR Sports Extra, Play of the Week, Top Sports Headlines Tags: Am Fam, American Family Insurance, High School, KVRR, Play of the Week, Sherod, Steichen

Gophers Name Western Michigan’s Fleck New Head Football Coach

Sources close to the situation say Fleck agreed to a deal for 5 years and close to $21 million dollars.

The University of Minnesota announced Western Michigan Head Coach PJ Fleck is the new head football coach for the Golden Gophers. Sources close to the situation say Fleck agreed to a deal for 5 years and close to $21 million dollars. A news conference is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. (cst) Friday afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium. Minnesota athletics director Mark Coyle fired…

Hooker Leads North Dakota Past Northern Arizona

Hawks Improve to 2-1 in Big Sky Play

Courtesy UND North Dakota held on to win its Big Sky home opener, knocking off Northern Arizona 68-63 Thursday at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. Senior Quinton Hooker scored a game-high 20 points and sophomore Conner Avants added 17 points and equaled his career-high with nine rebounds to pace the Fighting Hawks (7-6, 2-1 BSC). The Lumberjacks (3-12, 0-2 BSC) got 19 points from…