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Joerger has become a hot commodity among NBA coaching ranks

Fargo - When Dave Joerger played point guard for Concordia and Moorhead State in the 1990s, his role included keeping his head up and seeing the entire court.

• Dave Joerger

VIDEO: Man who ran Fargo Marathon blindfolded did it for his cause

E.J. Scott crossed the finish line 5 hours, 20 minutes after he started the Fargo Marathon, his second-best time, but that wasn’t important. That fact that the people cheering him as he finished the race knew his story was victory enough for Scott, who is legally blind.

• E.J. Scott

WATCH THE WILD FINISH: Men's half-marathon

FARGO – Andrew Carlson raised his arms about 40 meters from the finish line Saturday, thinking he had the Fargo Half Marathon won. That’s when Joe Moore made his move.

• Joe Moore sprints to beat Andrew Carlson
• Ladia Albertson-Junkans

VIDEOS: Wrong turn in men's race helps propel Twigg; Aalgaard Kelly takes women's 10K

FARGO – James Schanandore took a wrong turn Saturday. Cley Twigg took advantage. Twigg set a men’s record in the Fargo 10K, crossing the finish line at the Fargodome in 33 minutes, 17 seconds.

• Cley Twigg
• Gina Aalgaard Kelly

Eyes on the radar: Race director, staff have plan in place for all types of weather

FARGO – Fargo Marathon race director Mark Knutson was placing mile markers Friday morning when he saw kids swimming in a plastic pool in their front yard. In the eighth year of the event, Knutson has seen the other extreme, too – snow on the ground race morning. Weather is the one element Knutson and his staff can’t control, but always need to be ready to manage. “We’re looking at that hourly forecast, just like everybody else,” Knutson said. “It seems like it’s deja vu all over again. Every year, we are doing this.”

• Cool Splash

Roehl to leave NDSU job for teaching gig at Moorhead

FARGO – Tyler Roehl is going back to high school.

• Tyler Roehl with West Fargo in 2009

RedHawks logging plenty of bus time as season opener arrives

Fargo - Somewhere between Wichita, Kan., and Santa Rosa, N.M., is where Carlo Cota took in his surroundings.

• Doug Simunic

Voice of Bison, RedHawks has skin cancer

FARGO – Well-known Fargo sports broadcaster Scott Miller announced Monday he’s been diagnosed with skin cancer.

• Scott Miller

Hoffman takes first in 400 hurdles at MIAC meet

MOORHEAD – Soon after she crossed the finish line Saturday at Jake Christiansen Stadium, Megan Hoffman shared an emotional hug with her mother.

• Megan Hoffman

Concordia's Johnson wins conference championship in javelin

MOORHEAD – Connor Johnson decided to throw the javelin this spring for the “cool” factor. “I thought it would be kind of cool to chuck a spear,” Johnson said with a smile Friday.

• Connor Johnson

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Cobbers junior responds after being thrown into the mix

Moorhead - When Kaari Jensen came to Concordia, she had never done the shot put. Initially, Jensen didn’t think the weighted sphere felt too heavy.

• Concordia College junior Kaari Jensen

Concordia provides smooth landing for track standout

Moorhead - A couple springs ago, Marv Roeske got a phone call from a parent, alerting the Cobbers track coach that his kid planned to attend Concordia.

• Concordia sophomore Hilary Thompson

Cobbers senior shines despite previous blood-clot complications

Moorhead - Two years ago, Andrea Rognlien had a blood clot in her shoulder that led to having a rib removed. And that led to a collapsed lung. In hindsight, those events may have been the best things to happen to her tennis career.

• Andrea Rognlien

Peterson: Coach Coste finding his way on Cobbers staff

Moorhead - Chris Coste still finds it helpful to flash back to the 1990s, a time when he was a baseball player at Concordia.

• Chris Coste

Peterson: Patience puts VCSU back in nationals

Fargo - At least the adversity came early in the season for the Valley City State women’s basketball team. That’s what coach Jill DeVries viewed as the positive.

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Peterson: Cobbers to play for ex-player battling cancer

Moorhead - Leanne Miller recalled “intense fear” and “shock” permeated her thoughts on the morning of Oct. 11. That’s the day a doctor told Miller she had breast cancer.

• Leanne Miller
• Leanne Miller's blog

Peterson: Walthall, Dragons aren't ready to panic after recent struggles

Moorhead - Chad Walthall used a once-familiar political phrase to articulate what his team needs to do to maneuver through a recent rocky stretch.

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Peterson: VanHavermaet’s patience leads to increased role

Playing time wasn’t plentiful for Andrew VanHavermaet to start this season.

• Eric Peterson

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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