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Cobber Baseball Splits Double Header with Tommies

Concordia baseball currently sits at 9-10.

MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Concordia baseball team got to play its first game on its home field on Friday, but they were not the home team. The Cobbers downed St. Thomas 2-1 in extra innings in game one and fell 6-0 in game two of the double header. In game one, Austin Erickson threw a complete game surrendering just two…

Jeff Bretherton Resigns as Concordia Athletic Director

Bretherton was named the first full-time A.D. at Concordia in May of 2017

  MOORHEAD, Minn. — Concordia’s first full-time Athletic Director, Jeff Bretherton, is resigning, the school announced Thursday. The resignation is effective immediately. Deputy Athletic Director and Senior Women’s Administrator Rachel Bergeson will work as the interim Athletic Director. The college says they will begin looking for a new A.D. immediately. Categories: College, Top Sports Headlines Tags: AD, Athletic Director, Cobbers,…

Third Period Struggles Sink Cobber Men’s Hockey against St. Thomas

Concordia entered the period with a 2-1 lead, but lost 3-2

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Concordia men’s hockey scored twice in the game’s first 12 minutes against St. Thomas, but that was all the offense mustered in the contest. The Cobbers still held a 2-1 lead heading into the final period, but the Tommies rattled off a pair of goals to take the contest 3-2. The series against St. Thomas wraps up…

Women’s Hockey: Cobbers Roll over St. Ben’s

Concorida improves to 8-6-2 on the season.

MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Concordia Cobbers scored three goals in the second and third periods to take down St. Ben’s 4-1 at the Moorhead Sports Center on Friday night. Tori Davis got the offense going in the first, she also had an assist on the night for the Cobs. Concordia improves to 8-6-2 on the season. Categories: College, KVRR Sports…

Area Martin Luther King Day Events Will Honor Civil Rights Leader

"Blizzard Bash" Also Planned For Those With No Work or School On Monday

Martin Luther King Day is Monday and a number of events in our area will honor the civil rights leader. The Fargo Human Relations Commission will host their annual MLK celebration at 6:30 p.m. at the Fargo Theatre. The Fargo Human Relations Award will be presented. UND and the City of Grand Forks will co-host “Martin Luther King Jr: The…

Roxana Saberi Working for CBS News as London Correspondent

She wrote and published a book on her experience in Iran in 2010

FARGO, N.D. — A Concordia College graduate, former Miss North Dakota and former prisoner of Iran is now working for CBS News as a London-based correspondent. Roxana Saberi graduated from Fargo North in 1994 and from Concordia College in 1997. She was also crowned Miss North Dakota in ’97 and worked for a local news station before joining several major…

KVRR NFL Pick ‘Em: Concordia Men’s Basketball Coach Grant Hemmingsen

WATCH Grant Hemmingsen MAKE HIS PICKS FOR THE KVRR NFL PICK 'EM CHALLENGE

MOORHEAD, Minn. — All season, KVRR is doing an NFL Pick ‘Em challenge. Each week, there will be a guest picker to compete against the KVRR Sports staff and everyone signed up to play. This week’s guest picker is Concordia men’s basketball coach Grant Hemmingsen. Categories: Football Pick Em Guest, KVRR Sports Extra, Top Sports Headlines Tags: Concordia, Grant Hemmingsen, Guest…

Concordia College Announces Television Dates for Annual Christmas Concert

More than 400 students in five choirs and a full orchestra participated in the annual event

MOORHEAD, Minn. — For many in the Red River Valley and throughout Minnesota and North Dakota, it’s an annual tradition. The Concordia College Christmas Concert will be broadcast on December 24 at 6 p.m. and on the 25 at 9:30 p.m. on Prairie Public Television. The concert, called “Gather Us in O Child of Peace” was recorded in 2016 in…

Cobber Women’s Hockey Battles Back to Down St. Olaf

Concordia improves to 4-3-1 on the season.

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Concordia women’s hockey team defeated St. Olaf 5-3 at the Moorhead Sports Center on Friday night. Abby Canton scored a pair of goals to help the Cobbers improve to 4-3-1 on the season. The two will meet again on Saturday at 2 p.m. Categories: College, KVRR Sports Extra, Top Sports Headlines Tags: Cobbers, College hockey, Concordia, Concordia…

MBB: MSUM Wins Exhbition Game against Rival Concordia

The Dragons took down the Cobbers 97-61

MOORHEAD, Minn. (MSUM Athletics) – The Minnesota State University Moorhead men’s basketball team defeated crosstown rival Concordia College in its final exhibition game of the season Tuesday, 97-61. Senior guard Tanner Kretchman led MSUM with 23 points. Three other players also hit double digits including, sophomore guards Johnny Beeninga and Evan Hines with 18 points and 17 points, respectively, while junior guard Travaun…