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6-Foot-8 Breckenridge Guard Verbally Commits to NDSU

Noah Christensen helped the Breckenridge Cowboys to a state tournament berth

  BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — The Bison basketball team scored a verbal commit for the 2019-2020 season. Junior Noah Christensen from Breckenridge says he is going to a Bison. The 6-foot-8 guard helped the team to a 25-5 record and state tournament berth this year. This season, the Bison went 15-17 overall and 5-9 in the Summit League. Categories: College, High School,…

RedHawks Deal Rights to Ace Alexander

Alexander is playing in Mexico this summer

FARGO, N.D. — Tyler Alexander has been as dominant as any American Association pitcher in the last two seasons. He is playing in an international league in Mexico this season, but if he returns to the AA, it will be for a different team. The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks traded away Alexander’s reversionary rights to the Lincoln Saltdogs. This means that Lincoln…

All-Star Butler “This Close” to Return for Timberwolves

Jimmy Butler will have knee evaluated on Wednesday.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler is nearing a return to action, with four critical games to go for the team in the regular season. Butler told reporters after practice on Tuesday that he’s “this close” to being back on the court. Coach Tom Thibodeau said Butler was a full participant in the workout. His surgically repaired right knee will be…

Bison Softball Prepares for Summit League Opener

NDSU Summit League opener set for this weekend with Omaha.

FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) — North Dakota State (20-12, 0-0 SL) is scheduled to play its three-game Summit League softball series at Omaha (13-24, 1-5 SL). The teams will play a doubleheader at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 5, and 1 p.m. single-game Friday, April 6 at Westside Field at Westbrook. The series was originally scheduled for Saturday, April 7, and…

HOL All-Star Game Raises Funds for Halvorson Family

Barnesville hosts boys and girls HOL All-Star game.

BARNESVILLE, Minn. — The Minnesota high school basketball season ended with an alley-oop dunk by Cretin Derham Hall to win the boys 4-A state championship game. Today at Barnesville high school the stars of the Heart O’Lakes conference laced up their sneakers for one more game. The Trojans hosted the Heart O’Lakes boys and girls all-star games Monday in Barnesville. All…

Dance, Dance, Dance: Sheyenne’s Andrew Roberts is Finalists for Play of the Winter

Roberts busted out the dance moves between Sheyenne basketball games.

WEST FARGO, N.D. — It doesn’t always take a play on the rink or court to make the high school play of the week. West Fargo Sheyenne student Andrew Roberts is moving on in the tournament to decide the Dj Colter – Ken Kraft High School Play of the Winter based on his dance moves from the stands. Roberts has…

Force Score Three in the Second, Down Lincoln

Force start a new winning streak.

FARGO, N.D. — The Fargo Force scored three goals in the second period to take down the Lincoln Stars 3-2 on Saturday night. A.J. Drobot and William Fallstrom both scored goals for the Force in the victory. Ryan Bischel charted 29 saves in the win for the Force. Categories: Fargo Force, Top Sports Headlines Tags: FARGO FORCE, Force Hockey, Lincoln…

UND Pole Vaulter Kyley Foster Soars On and Off the Track

Foster vaulted a school record 13 feet 3.75 inches in her sophomore year

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — “When I stand on the runway everything else just disappears,” UND pole vaulter Kyley Foster explained. “I mean the run, the jump, the swing, you don’t even think about it once it’s happening, but my favorite part is when you’re falling.” For Foster, her adrenaline is at an all-time high when shes plummeting her way down….

NDSU Freshmen ‘Neck-and-Neck’ in Backup Quarterback Battle

Holden Hotchkiss and Noah Sanders are competing for the backup job behind Easton Stick

FARGO, N.D. — NDSU football is one-third of the way through spring practices. Head coach Chris Klieman said that this spring was going to be all about highlighting the younger players to establish more depth. Quarterback Easton Stick’s backup exhausted his eligibility in the fall, leaving a spot open for two underclassmen to duke it out for the position. If…

USHL Hockey: Fargo Force Upended by Lincoln

Fargo Force 6-game win streak snapped

FARGO, N.D. — The Fargo Force’s six-game winning streak was snapped on Friday night by the hands of the Lincoln Stars 7-2 at Scheels Arena. Both the Force and Stars came into the game winning nine of their last 10 games. The Force got on the board first with an early goal from John Schuldt. After that is was all…