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Three-time champions Fargo Invaders host first round of tryouts

The Fargo Invaders semi pro football team has won three championships since 2014! Today they kick off their first round of tryouts and they're welcoming fresh talent.

February 20, 2022

Site Staff,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo Invaders semi pro football team has won three championships since 2014! Today they kick off their first round of tryouts and they’re welcoming fresh talent. “It can be difficult but one thing is that they all have a love for football, we do things in the offseason to build team chemistry, last year…

Fargo Invaders scouting for 2021 season

February 20, 2021

George Gonzales,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo Invaders are scouting for new players to join the team as they prepare for this year’s football season. The reigning Northern Elite Football League champions are preparing athletes for the national championship with a combine practice as they test each player’s skills and endurance on the field. After cancelling last year’s season due to…

Fargo Invaders Player Remembered After Fatal Crash

July 19, 2020

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — A player with the Fargo Invaders of the Northern Elite Football League has died in a car crash. The team posting on Facebook on Saturday that Sekou Doukoure did not make it through the night after the crash and sent thoughts and prayers to his family and loved ones. The crash happened late Friday night near his…

Fargo Invaders 2020 Season Canceled

The Northern Elite Football League has canceled its season in light of recent protests over George Floyd's death

May 30, 2020

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After much deliberation and delaying the season by more than a month, the Northern Elite Football League has officially decided to pull the plug on the 2020 season. This is a time & season of changes and challenges within the communities we share together as the NEFL. Our thoughts and prayers are with George Floyds’ family & friends. What America experienced on…

Proposal at Fargo Invaders Game Ends With a ‘Yes’

Scott "Icon" Halmrast and his girlfriend Bernadette met over their love of Vikings football and have been together for 3 years.

July 13, 2019

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FARGO, N.D.– Love is in the air and one football team is helping one of their water boys put a ring on it. Scott “Icon” Halm–rast and his girlfriend Bernadette met over their love of Vikings football. They’ve been together for three years. Scott works with the Fargo Invaders team during their season, and with their help, Scott was able…

“I have my angels with me and he is one of them” Community Remembers Johnny Grey

He died in a car crash in West Fargo on Saturday evening

June 26, 2019

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FARGO, N.D. — 38–year–old Johnny Grey was killed in a crash in West Fargo over the weekend. His family, friends and coworkers say he was an exceptional human being, especially when you put a pair of scissors in his hands. No matter how often hairstylists changed their work stations at Blush Salon. “That space was always, it was just always…

Remembering Johnny Grey

Grey Worked As Hair Stylist, Helped Found Beard Associates of North Dakota

June 25, 2019

Adam Ladwig,

We here at KVRR are joining many in the community in remembering Johnny Grey this morning. Grey tragically died in a car crash in West Fargo over the weekend. He worked at Blush Salon in Fargo as a hair stylist and Director of Education. Hair was one of his passions. He helped found the group Beard Associates of North Dakota,…

LIVE: Bust Your Beards Out For Frostival Beard Invasion

Beards Of All Styles Will Compete In Bearded Competition

January 23, 2019

Adam Ladwig,

Johnny Grey with the Fargo Invaders and Beard Associates of North Dakota brings his big, bushy beard to KVRR. A Beard Invasion is taking over the annual Frostival celebration this Saturday in downtown Fargo. People with beards, real and fake, are competing in a slew of hairy categories. It can take years to grow a majestic beard, and bearding…

Fargo Invaders Raising Money for Wildfire Victims in California

Some of the players have family and friends who are displaced by the wildfire

October 16, 2017

Site Staff,

FARGO, ND — A local football club is starting a week-long fundraiser to help wildfire victims in California. From Monday until Friday, the Fargo Invaders are raising money to help bring shelter to people forced from their homes. Club leaders said some players have friends and family out there who had to evacuate when the flames got close to their…