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Big Junior Class Set to Lead UND Women’s Basketball Team

UND defending Big Sky regular season champions.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND women’s basketball will also defend a big sky title like the men. The Fighting Hawks women’s team fell in the conference tournament and received a women’s NIT bid last season. This years North Dakota team has just one senior in Chastity Franklin. UND is turning to her and the nine juniors on the team to lead the…

UND Men’s Basketball Aims to Replicate Last Season’s Success

UND defending regular season and conference tournament champions.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND men’s basketball has a tall task this season. The Fighting Hawks will look to defend their conference title from 2016-17. North Dakota made its first trip to the NCAA tournament as a 15-seed falling to Arizona in the opening round. The Hawks return Cortez Seales and Big Sky preseason all-conference guard Geno Crandall. On top of…

NDSU FB Emphasizing Pressure on Tough SDSU Offense

The Jackrabbits are 4th in the FCS with 40.1 points per game

North Dakota State has its second rivalry game in a row this weekend. After taking down Northern Iowa, South Dakota State is next on the docket as the teams duke it out for the Dakota Marker. SDSU quarterback Taryn Christion recorded 444 all-purpose yards against the Bison a year ago as the Jackrabbits came from behind for a 19-17 win….

UND Football Hoping to Carry ‘Spark’ to Southern Utah

UND scored a defensive touchdown, special teams touchdown in win over PSU.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The word ‘positive’ is the buzz in Grand Forks as UND’s football team got a very positive result this past Saturday with a win out at Portland State. A defensive touchdown and a special teams touchdown really helped them secure that victory over the PSU Vikings. “We’ve been looking for sparks and it helps a lot to…

Shanley’s Bucholz Runs Away with HS Play of the Week

Bucholz took a jet-sweep in for the touchdown behind a great block

FARGO, N.D. — Shanley’s Haley Bucholz is the winner of the DJ Colter – Ken Kraft High School Play of the Week. Bucholz took a jet-sweep in for the touchdown behind a great block. American Family Insurance Play of the Week brought to you by D.J. Colter and Ken Kraft. Follow them on Twitter @DJColterAgency. Categories: High School, KVRR Sports Extra, Play…

NDSU RB Dunn out 4-6 Weeks with Torn Labrum

Lance Dunn leads the FCS with 12 rushing touchdowns on the season

FARGO, N.D. — More bad news on the injury front for North Dakota State as Chris Klieman announced Monday running back Lance Dunn will miss 4-6 weeks with a torn Labrum. Dunn is the team’s leading rusher and has 12 rushing touchdowns on the season. That’s the top mark in the FCS. Klieman decided to pull the redshirt from freshman…

Cox Suspended First Half of Upcoming SDSU Game

Freshman linebacker called for targeting in Saturday's win over UNI.

FARGO, N.D. — Although the Bison won on Saturday against UNI, they still suffered a bit of a loss. Freshman standout linebacker Jabrill Cox was called for targeting on a hit late in the second half and is suspended by the NCAA for the first half of this week’s upcoming game with South Dakota State. The defense did hold UNI to…

MN Prep Football Roundup: Hawley, Barnesville Run Away with Playoff Wins

Nuggets and Trojans set for Section 8AA matchup.

HAWLEY, Minn. — At the high school level playoff football continues to heat up in the state of Minnesota. That is very prominent in Section 8AA. The four teams that remain in the section have a combined five losses on the season. Top-seeded Hawley shut out fourth-seeded Warroad 48-0. Second-seeded Barnesville downed third-seeded Crookston 48-24. With the victories on Saturday,…

DeLuca Disruptive on Defense for NDSU in the Win over UNI

DeLuca with two forced fumbles in the Bison win.

FARGO, N.D. — Another week goes by and another game goes in the win column for Bison football. This one was special for the program, picking up its 100th win in the decade. They’re the first Division I program to get to that feat in the 2010’s. Today they did it in a very NDSU way. The defense was dominant today…

College Football: NDSU Defense Forces Five Turnovers in Win over UNI

Levi Jordheim recovers three fumbles for Bison in victory.

FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) – No. 2-ranked North Dakota State earned its 100th win of the decade with a 30-14 victory over 25th-ranked Northern Iowa on Saturday, Oct. 28, before a crowd of 18,687 at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome. The Bison improved to 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.  NDSU has more wins…