MOORHEAD, Minn.–During Friday’s Moorhead High School football game, the Minnesota State High School League will present a Mascot Nickname Award to the Spuds. The mascot contest was created by John Millia, Media Specialist for the Minnesota State High School League in May. The contest was a 64-team NCAA tournament format and over 87,000 votes were cast. The final matchup came…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead Boys Soccer advances on in the Section 8AA Playoffs with a 3-0 win over Elk River. Second half goals scored by Saif Allawi and Jibriel Geto. The Spuds will play next at home on Tuesday in the next round. The Moorhead Girls Soccer team as a three seed were upset by Brainerd in a 1-0 loss….
MOORHEAD, Minn — Its game week for high school football teams around the state of Minnesota. The Moorhead Spuds kick off a six -week schedule starting Friday. The buzz around the Spuds heading into a new season is at the quarterback position. After committing to play for North Dakota this summer, Trey Feeney returns under center for his third year…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead girls soccer is the midst of an undefeated season. Through eight games, the Spuds are 8-0 outscoring opponents, 69-2, starting out the year with six consecutive shutouts. Much of the domination has come from senior forward Olivia Watson. Watson’s six goals in the Spuds last game against Fergus Falls lead to setting a school record. The…
High School football is delayed until spring in Minnesota this year due to COVID-19, but you can still celebrate a rousing Spuds victory Thursday anyway. The Spuds won the Minnesota State High School League Nickname Challenge, beating 63 other mascots across the state. That’s that winning tater. The contest was conjured up as kind of a way to still…
With an absence of high school sports, a different kind of high school competition captured Minnesota’s imagination over the last month and a half. Since May 18th, people have been voting for the best high school nickname in the state. It started with a 64 school bracket put together by John Millea with the Minnesota State High School League….
There were no high school sports this spring, but a fierce high school battle ends Wednesday. 64 teams entered the Minnesota State High School League Nickname Challenge. Two are left. One of those is our very own Moorhead Spuds. The Spuds have mashed the competition to this point. But we don’t know yet if they can scallop to victory. With…
FARGO, N.D. — The Championship is here for the 2020 Chris Heise High School Play of the Year Academic Bracket. The battle for the winner of the bracket is between Moorhead’s Maria Zanotti and South-Shanley’s Alex Senf. First play comes from the Spuds and Zanotti, Zanotti scored an impressive goal against Alexandria. The other play comes from the Bruins and…
FARGO, N.D. — The DJ Colter High School Play of the Year Championship is complete after Moorhead’s Maria Zanotti advances by voting. Zanotti received over 280 votes to get the win by 12 votes over the competition. Zanotti showed off her goal scoring skills in a game against Alexandria earlier in the fall season. Congrats to Zanotti and the Spuds…
FARGO, N.D. — The Final Four is here for the 2020 DJ Colter High School Play of the Year Academic Bracket. The second match-up to determine the champion of the fall sports season is between Moorhead’s Maria Zanotti and Grand Forks Red River’s Brady Dvorak. First play comes from the Spuds and Zanotti, Zanotti scored an impressive goal against Alexandria….
