MSU football picked 14th in NSIC
The Minot State University football team was picked 14th in the preseason coaches poll for the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
The upcoming season will be the Beavers first as official members of NCAA Division II and the 16-team NSIC.
The University of Minnesota Duluth was selected first overall followed by North Division foe St. Cloud State. MSU is seventh in the North and Minnesota State Mankato (third overall) was selected first in the South Division.
The Beavers will play six home games and open the season at Herb Parker Stadium on Aug. 30 against Mankato at 6 p.m.
St. Cloud State junior quarterback Phillip Klaphake was selected as the North Division's preseason offensive player of the year; Rayon Simmons, a senior running back at Winona State, received the same honor in the South Division.
St. Cloud State senior defensive back Marvin Matthews was named the North's preseason defensive player of the year; Augustana College linebacker Austin Luecke received the same honor for the South.
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Minot State hockey signs forward
The Minot State University men's hockey team added forward Brody Haygarth of Estevan, Sask., on Tuesday.
Brody (5-foot-9, 170 pounds) had 32 goals and 20 assists in 46 games last season with the Melfort Mustangs of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.
"Brody is a tremendous player who will make an immediate impact with our team," MSU coach Wade Regier said in a press release. "I look forward to him dominating at our level for the next four years."
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WSC finishes first softball recruiting class
WILLISTON - The Williston State College softball team completed its first recruiting class this week with the signing of Helena, Mont., native Anna Morgan.
Morgan, a four-year starter at Helena Capital High School, finished with a .468 career batting average and a .945 fielding percentage. Morgan helped her team to one AA state title and two Western Conference championships. She was a two-time, first-team all-state selection and a Super State selection at third base as a senior.
"We are extremely fortunate to sign Anna this late in the summer," coach Eric Peterson said in a press release. "We had one scholarship left and I didn't want to give it out unless we found the right fit. We needed another huge bat and Anna is exactly what we were looking for."
The Tetons have signed 18 players including recent Bishop Ryan High School graduate Hannah Kramer.
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