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RedHawks' Jennings creating his own catcher’s mask

Fargo Todd Jennings is part Ron Popeil and part Jake Taylor. Popeil is a well-known inventor who hocks his products on infomercials, while Taylor is the veteran catcher from the baseball move “Major League.”

• Todd Jennings

Pablo Garza takes break after UFC release

FARGO – Pablo Garza was released from the UFC earlier this week, but that doesn’t mean the mixed martial arts fighter, who trains in Fargo, is ready to bail on his career.

Cobbers earn bye in MIAC playoffs, enter tournament as No. 2 seed

MOORHEAD – Concordia finally earned a day off.

Cherae Reeves having solid track and field season at Concordia

MOORHEAD - Cherae Reeves brings a splash of Florence Griffith Joyner to the throwing circle. Griffith Joyner – a sprinter who won multiple Olympic gold medals for the United States in 1988 – was known for her long and colorful fingernails.

• Cherae Reeves

MSUM's Foster has rhythm on and off the track

Moorhead - Clayton Foster is fleet on his feet with a knack for dropping beats.

• Clayton Foster

Cullen says Wild need to keep up the intensity level against Chicago

FARGO – Matt Cullen lives for moments like he experienced Sunday at the Xcel Energy Center. The Moorhead High School graduate was on his stomach when he slid a pass to Jason Zucker, who scored the game-winning goal in overtime.

• Minnesota’s Matt Cullen

Penprase back from Australia baseball trip and ready to help RedHawks

Fargo - Zach Penprase spent his winter playing pro baseball in Australia, returning with a special bat.

• Zach Penprase

Cobbers split conference baseball doubleheader

MOORHEAD – On a cold afternoon, Concordia was unable to start a hot streak at the Jake Christiansen athletic complex. The Cobbers split a baseball doubleheader against Carleton in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play.

• Concordia’s Jackson Meland

Peterson poised for Dragons football

FARGO – Offensive lineman Troy Peterson looked the part as he walked off the field Wednesday night at Sid Cichy Stadium.

• Troy Peterson

Weather-related issues force MSUM to cancel Masanz Invite

MOORHEAD – Minnesota State Moorhead has canceled its most visible track event. The Ron Masanz Invitational outdoor track meet, slated for Saturday, has been called off due to wet conditions around the track.

• MSUM track

Columns

Peterson: Longtime MSUM SID writing book

When Larry Scott visited Roland Dille – a former Minnesota State Moorhead president – for coffee last week, Dille showed Scott an ad in the New York Times. The full-page color ad featured Ed Schultz, an All-American quarterback for the Dragons in the 1970s.

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Peterson: MSUM's hockey push nears its deadline

Moorhead - In this season of giving, Minnesota State Moorhead needs that spirit to prevail in the next few weeks if the school hopes to launch Division I ice hockey.

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Peterson: VCSU football team's march to NAIA playoffs shows it can succeed as independent

Fargo - Valley City State hadn’t advanced to the NAIA football playoffs since 2001, and the return postseason trip couldn’t have come at a more critical time.

• VCSU football

Peterson: Dragons senior cross country runner Thompson leads the way

The details are important to Danielle Thompson, and that’s what makes her a valuable member of the Minnesota State Moorhead women’s cross country team.

• Eric Peterson

Peterson: Proctor has been a good fit at VCSU

Valley City State head football coach Dennis McCulloch has maintained a pipeline to Alaska that has nothing to do with oil.

• Eric Peterson

Peterson: Cobbers coach mastering mental game

Julie Lucier’s first foray into mental training was when she was a freshman track athlete at Concordia in the late 1980s.

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Peterson: Concordia gives retirement-bound Kohler his time to shine

MOORHEAD - A steady stream of well-wishers flowed through Concordia’s Birkeland Alumni Lounge for about an hour to pay tribute to Bob Kohler, a fixture on campus for a quarter of a century.

• Bob Kohler

Peterson: MSUM coach Laqua dabbles in social media

Steve Laqua is still much more familiar with a hash mark than a #hashtag, but that hasn’t prevented the Minnesota State Moorhead head football coach from embracing social media.

Peterson: MSUM senior finds her power stroke again for softball team

Fargo - Molly Keeler doesn’t have an elaborate explanation for her power surge this spring, having belted seven home runs through 13 games. “Nothing magical; it’s just having confidence and knowing you still have it in you,” said Keeler, a senior catcher on the Minnesota State Moorhead softball team.

• Molly Keeler

Peterson: Cobbers athlete gets on stage at "The Price is Right"

Bradley Johnson didn’t win the new car, but the Concordia sophomore will always own the memory.