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Forum Communications to be primary media sponsor of Fargo Marathon

FARGO – The Fargo Marathon has changed its primary media sponsor. Forum Communications Co. reached an agreement with the marathon’s race committee Wednesday to become the primary media sponsor for next year’s event.

Hawks sign recently suspended infielder

FARGO – The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks have signed a player who was recently suspended 50 games for violating the minor league baseball drug prevention and treatment program.

• Infielder C.J. Retherford

RedHawks stay hot, defeat Lincoln

FARGO – Nathan Kilcrease proved to be the perfect middle man for the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks on Monday night at Newman Outdoor Field.

• F-M starting pitcher Jake Laber

Laber bounces back as RedHawks top Canaries to earn doubleheader split

FARGO – This start couldn’t come fast enough for left-hander Jake Laber after his previous outing.

Fargo Davies, Valley City drop opening games at ND Class A state softball

WEST FARGO – Fargo Davies had its comeback bid end near home plate Thursday at Elmwood Park.

• Bismarck Century's Cassidy Miller

North Dakota Class A state softball preview capsules

Scoreless inning streak at 63 as West Fargo enters state

West Fargo - West Fargo has two impressive streaks entering the North Dakota Class A state softball tournament.

• West Fargo

RedHawks defeat Sioux Falls to snap losing streak

FARGO – Zach is back. Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks shortstop Zach Penprase had three hits in the first four innings Monday at Newman Outdoor Field. That early production helped spark the RedHawks to an 8-2 American Association victory against the Sioux Falls Canaries before 2,451 fans.

Lemurs sweep RedHawks

FARGO – A Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks shakeup could be coming soon manager Doug Simunic hinted after Sunday’s game at Newman Outdoor Field. Jon Gaston cracked a three-run home run to spark the Laredo Lemurs to an 8-0 victory in American Association baseball before 2,356 fans. Gaston’s blast helped the Lemurs (10-0) complete a three-game sweep against the RedHawks.

Lemurs knock off RedHawks at Newman

FARGO – Todd Jennings thinks three ingredients are paramount to winning baseball games – pitching, defense and timely hitting.

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.