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Gophers ranked No. 19 in AP preseason football poll despite Big Ten postponing season

First time ranked in preseason poll since 2004

MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) The Associated Press released its first 2020 preseason college football poll on Monday, and the University of Minnesota is on it despite the Big Ten postponing the fall season. The Gophers enter the poll at No. 19, and are one of six Big Ten teams in the first poll of the season. It’s the first time…

NDSU Football to Play Against Central Arkansas This Fall

Game Scheduled for Oct.3 in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. – (NDSU Athletics) North Dakota State director of athletics Matt Larsen and head football coach Matt Entz announced Monday, Aug. 24, the Bison football team will play one non-conference game to cap the 2020 fall practice schedule. NDSU will host Central Arkansas at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, in the first meeting between the two schools. It is the beginning of…

Skarperud Wins Bobcat Open Amateur

Shanley rising junior Jake Skarperud won the ND Bobcat Open in his first year playing in the tournament

FARGO, ND – Shanley High’s Jake Skarperud won the gross amateur competition by one stroke shooting seven under. He lead most of the way thanks to five birdies apiece in the first two rounds and four in the final one. The rising junior shot 68 in the first round, 71 in the second, and 70 in the third.   Categories:…

Schatz Returns To Red River Valley Speedway

World Of Outlaws Racer Donny Schatz returned to his home town to race in West Fargo

WEST FARGO, ND – Donny Schatz is the third winning-est driver in World of Outlaws history having been first across the finish line a whopping 298 times! The 10-time series champ returns to the track of his home town a day after finishing third at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, a place he’s won twelve times including last year’s…

Shanley Set For Second Go-Around In EDC

The Deacons played their inaugural season in the Eastern Dakota Conference last year

  FARGO, ND – The Deacons are ready to hit the field this fall, after their inaugural season in the Eastern Dakota Conference that ended just short of the playoffs. But the Deacons begin their second go-around in the conference with Cooper Mattern heading into his senior year set to quarterback the team his father, Troy coaches. So besides the…

Local Flavor Highlights Bobcat North Dakota Open

Tournament taking place this weekend at Fargo Country Club

FARGO, N.D. — The last stop on the Dakotas tour is the Bobcat North Dakota open at Fargo Country Club. The Dakotas Tour gives a chance for recent college golfers to move up to the next developmental league in the Korn Ferry Tour, however, locally it presents a opportunity for the best golfers in the state to compete among them….

A New Era On Top Of A New Normal For Davies Football

Already grappling with a change in how sports are practiced and played, Davies Football has a new man at the helm

FARGO, ND – The last two years at Davies High, there’s been a football renaissance. Back to back winning seasons has put them in the conversation for contention. Now, they’re back to the gridiron with high hopes. “The first day of fall camp I was out and I was like, ‘I didn’t realize how much I missed this,’” Senior Lineman…

NCAA Gives Fall Student-Athletes Extra Year Of Eligibility

The Board of Governors voted to make it official

FARGO, ND – The Division One council put it forth earlier this week and now it’s official. NCAA voted to allow fall students to have an extra year of eligibility. As part of the move, the board bars schools from taking away or reducing scholarships if an athlete chooses to sit out over concerns of COVID-19. They also can not…

World of Outlaws Driver Schatz Back Home for Races This Weekend

Will race in Grand Forks on Friday; West Fargo on Saturday

FARGO, N.D. — There’s nothing like coming back to your roots and racing in front of your home fans. That’s what World of Outlaws driver Donny Schatz gets to do this weekend in Grand Forks on Friday and West Fargo on Saturday. Its been a great year on the circuit for Schatz coming into the weekend. The third most all-time…

Timberwolves win NBA Draft Lottery, get top pick in 2020 draft

DeAngelo Russell was team's representative

MINNEAPOLIS –  (FOX 9) The Minnesota Timberwolves will have the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft after winning the draft lottery Thursday night. The Wolves entered the night with a 14 percent chance to get the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. They had a 13.4 percent chance at the No. 2 overall pick, a…