FARGO — Veteran North Dakota State football fans can count on two fingers the number of public address announcers that they have heard over the years at home games. The voices become so familiar that it’s like part of their fabric of the game. One was missing for the last five weeks. On ...
GRAND FORKS — A run-stopping defense and a methodical offense. It was the formula the University of North Dakota utilized to run off three consecutive easy victories over Northern Colorado, Montana and Sacramento State. On Saturday, Oct. 27, Weber State gave the Fighting Hawks a dose of ...
FARGO — Jaxon Brown has heard the stories about his father's football career at the University of Minnesota. Some family members and friends of Guy Brown tell Jaxon of a player who was a warrior on kickoff coverage for the Gophers. Which probably explains why Jaxon is perfecting that role ...
FARGO — North Dakota State quarterback Easton Stick inflicted damage early, the Bison defense was solid and special teams delivered difference-making plays. That three-phase elixir carried No. 1-ranked NDSU to a 28-14 victory against No. 7-ranked Illinois State on Saturday, Oct. 20, in ...
GRAND FORKS — A rare blemish on an otherwise stellar Saturday, Oct. 13, for the University of North Dakota football team was a knee injury to starting outside linebacker Tanner Palmborg. On Monday, UND coach Bubba Schweigert confirmed the negative outlook. “It’s not official but it ...
GRAND FORKS — After welcoming his second child on Monday, West Fargo boys soccer coach James Moe didn’t necessarily need another state championship to make this a week to remember. Even so, he was hardly in the mood to complain with the result of the title game Saturday, Oct. 13. Daniel ...
GRAND FORKS — When Michael Janes lost the first set in the North Dakota state boys singles championship, he wasn’t surprised. The Bismarck Legacy senior expected a tight battle with Grand Forks Central’s Gary Wu. “I was frustrated,” Janes said, “but I just knew I had to keep ...
GRAND FORKS — Earlier this season, the University of North Dakota football team considered tweaks to second-half warmups in order to stop a trend of midgame funks. On Saturday, Oct. 13, the Fighting Hawks could have just napped at halftime. If that wasn’t fun enough for UND fans, the ...
FARGO — For the third straight game, North Dakota State will face a senior quarterback who is on his third year as a starter. The challenge at Western Illinois on Saturday, Oct. 13, will be to control record-setter Sean McGuire. The 6-foot-3, 228-pound McGuire set school records in passing ...
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — If North Dakota State defensive end Greg Menard had to pull out a red pen and grade the defense’s performance Saturday at the UNI-Dome, the marks would be less than stellar. "It wouldn't be good, let's just say that, especially in the first half,” Menard said. The ...
GRAND FORKS — Jonny Tychonick was watching his junior team, the Penticton Vees, on his laptop in his dorm room. His roommate, Jasper Weatherby, asked him to change it to the Wenatchee Wild game — Weatherby’s junior squad and a British Columbia Hockey League rival of ...
GREELEY, Colo. — For the second week in a row, the University of North Dakota football team grabbed a double-digit first-half lead. Last week, UND let off the gas. On Saturday, Sept. 29, the Fighting Hawks floored it. UND ran for 351 yards and five touchdowns to dominate Northern Colorado ...
FARGO — North Dakota State football players raced to the northwest corner of the Fargodome as the final seconds ticked off the game clock Saturday afternoon, Sept. 29, to a grab a 75-pound hunk of quartzite. As the horn sounded, the Bison had reclaimed the Dakota Marker Trophy that had ...
GREELEY, Colo. — University of North Dakota starting inside linebacker Donnell Rodgers was blunt when he summarized his team’s feeling following a roller-coaster two weeks, where the Fighting Hawks won at No. 5 Sam Houston State then lost at home to unranked Idaho State. “The Idaho State ...
FARGO — At 75 pounds and tough to move unless you’re a weight lifting-trained football player, the Dakota Marker has been resting comfortably in Brookings, S.D., since 2016. That’s when South Dakota State defeated North Dakota State to claim the prize that goes to the winner of the ...
GRAND FORKS — On the opponent’s first offensive drive of the game, more than 11,000 homecoming and Potato Bowl fans at the Alerus Center caused two false starts. The green and white fanbase, coming off a road upset of No. 5 Sam Houston and a shiny new Top 25 ranking, were fired ...
FARGO — North Dakota State sophomore Jabril Cox accomplished something Saturday, Sept. 22, that a Bison football player hadn’t done in more than 50 years. Cox returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown to jump-start a 38-10 victory against the Delaware Blue Hens on Saturday in NCAA ...
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Nate Ketteringham threw a touchdown to Noah Wanzek late in the fourth quarter to put his team on top for good as North Dakota edged Sam Houston State 24-23 on Saturday night. The Fighting Hawks (2-1) trailed through most of the second half and were behind 23-17 when ...
FARGO — A familiar face in a purple North Alabama polo shirt was roaming the green-and-gold dominated tailgate area outside the Fargodome late Saturday morning, Sept. 15. When Dan Summy was at North Dakota State in the 1990s, he was an assistant athletic director who did some productive ...
FARGO — When Jabril Cox intercepted a pass during the fourth quarter, the North Dakota State sophomore linebacker wasn’t going to be denied. Cox returned it 43 yards for a touchdown to help No 1-ranked North Dakota State secure a 38-7 victory against North Alabama in NCAA Division I FCS ...