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Safety Tre Dempsey with Mixed Feelings after NDSU Pro Day

The former Bison defensive back says he felt good about things, but didn't live up to his expectations.
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FARGO, N.D. — Former North Dakota State safety Tre Dempsey has an outside chance of hearing his name called during the NFL Draft. He has been working all offseason to bring those chances up. The defensive back participated at NDSU’s Pro Day on Thursday, but he wasn’t thrilled with the results. “I didn’t meet a lot of my expectations, but…
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MSUM WR Gibson Hones Focus at Pro Day

Damon Gibson competed at the NDSU Pro Day
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FARGO, N.D. — Former Bison football players weren’t the only ones competing at North Dakota State’s Pro Day. MSU-Moorhead’s standout wide receiver Damon Gibson also performed for the NFL scouts. Gibson made an appearance at the Shrine Bowl this winter, becoming the first MSUM Dragon ever to do so. He says he spent that last six weeks working for this…
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Alerus Center to Play Host to UND Softball Series

The Fighting Hawks host Montana beginning Friday.
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) — Alerus Center will host upcoming University of North Dakota softball games, officials with UND Athletics and the Alerus Center jointly announced Wednesday. UND’s scheduled home-opening series with Montana on Friday and Saturday has been moved inside to the turfed field at the Alerus Center. “We are excited to host UND softball for the first…
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NDSU FB: Deep Running Back Corp Keeping Players Motivated

Four running backs rushed for at least 400 yards last season
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FARGO, N.D. — With four of 15 spring practices under their belt, the bison football team is honing in on specifics a bit more. The running back position is one where the bison have an abundance of talent. Five players rushed for at least 400 yards last year: quarterback Easton Stick, plus four guys out of the backfield. Demaris Purifoy and…
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Riley Johnson Providing Answers to Questions about NDSU’s Pitching Rotation

Johnson has given up one earned run in 15 innings of work since conference play began
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FARGO, N.D. — Heading into the 2018 baseball season, North Dakota State head coach Tod Brown said the biggest questions surrounding his team revolved around the starting rotation. With starters Reed Pfannenstein and Luke Lind moving on after last year, two big holes were left on the staff. Sophomore Riley Johnson is filling in nicely, with the season 22 games old…
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NDSU Baseball Gears up for Big Series with Oral Roberts

North Dakota State baseball is currently 11-11 on the season.
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FARGO, N.D. — The Bison baseball team announced on Tuesday that they will not be playing a home game until the April 17th contest against Valley City State. North Dakota State’s series with Omaha originally slated for April 6-8 in Fargo has been moved to Omaha. This weekend the team travels south to play its 23rd, 24th and 25th consecutive road…
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West Fargo Baseball Patiently Waiting To Get Outside, Defend State Title

West Fargo is scheduled to open the season the first week of April.
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WEST FARGO, N.D. — Despite snow still covering the ground in the metro, the defending state champion West Fargo Packers are back to work indoors in an attempt to try to repeat last year’s success. “It was exciting last year and we know that we want to be able to do it again,” senior Tristen Roehrich said. “We just got…
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Randklev’s Highlight Makes Final for Top Play of the Winter

We are bracketing off the top plays from the winter high school sports season
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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead boys hockey star Carter Randklev is moving on in the tournament to decide the DJ Colter – Ken Kraft High School Play of the Winter. Randklev received more votes than his schoolmate, Maleeck Harden, as we are one step closer to locking down the best play from the winter sports season. The other two semifinalists will…
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UND Hockey Tops NCAA in Attendance for seventh Consecutive Year

The Fighting Hawks drew nearly a quarter-million fans in the 2017-18 season.
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) – The University of North Dakota led NCAA Division I men’s hockey in attendance for the seventh year in a row in 2017-18, drawing nearly 240,000 fans through the gates of Ralph Engelstad Arena. North Dakota totaled 239,563 fans during its 21 home games this season, making it the only program in the country to…
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Ten Former Bison to Take Part in NDSU Pro Day

The Bison Pro Day is Thursday morning at 10:00
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FARGO, N.D. — Ten former Bison football players are making their next move to impress NFL scouts this week. North Dakota State is holding its Pro Day on Thursday. Expected attendees include: Chris Board, LB Nick DeLuca, LB Tre Dempsey, S James Fisher, LS Pierre Gee-Tucker, LB Jeff Illies, TE Jackson Koonce, P Austin Kuhnert, OL Nate Tanguay, DT Connor…