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ABERDEEN, S.D. -- The BSU softball team is still looking for that elusive first conference victory. The Beavers dropped an NSIC doubleheader to Northern State Friday afternoon at the Mocassin Creek Softball Complex in Aberdeen, S.D. The Wolves took the first game 4-2 and completed...

GRAND FORKS -- A sweep of the doubles matches proved to be the difference Thursday as the Bemidji boys tennis team nipped East Grand Forks 4-3 at the Choice Fitness Center in Grand Forks. The Green Wave claimed three of the four singles matches but BHS captured all three of the doubles...

RED LAKE — Roger White of Red Lake was named the Section 8A boys basketball Coach of the Year. White guided the Warriors to the section championship and the state high school tournament where Red Lake fell to Maranatha Christian in the opening round. Red Lake also placed three...

MANKATO — The BSU baseball team lost 7-4 and 8-0 at No. 3 Minnesota State Mankato Tuesday in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference doubleheader at MSU Baseball Complex. The Beavers (13-14, 7-7 NSIC) scored a rare first inning run in game one to open the scoring and own a 1-0...

ST. CLOUD — The BSU softball team got a pair of short starts from its starting pitchers and it proved detrimental as St. Cloud State swept the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference doubleheader Tuesday afternoon in St. Cloud by scores of 6-5 and 8-2. Bemidji State (11-21, 0-16...

BEMIDJI -- The membership of the Bemidji High School Athletic Hall of Fame will grow by five following the 2014 official induction ceremony May 5 at the high school commons during the annual Lumberjacks athletic banquet. This year’s group includes Brook (Mckee) Richards, Jerry...

BEMIDJI -- The practice range at the Bemidji Town and Country Club opens noon Tuesday and starting on Wednesday the range hours will expand to 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Those hours will be maintained until the course opens. “Tom (golf course superintendent Tom Johans) and I are monitoring...

BEMIDJI -- The Green and White dinner and auction to benefit BSU athletics attracted 400 people Saturday night to the Sanford Center and the event raised $104,000. Participants were able to bid on 93 silent auction and seven live auction items and the money raised through the auctions,...

MONTICELLO —Frigid temperatures and a wintry breeze forced meet officials of Monday’s girls golf tournament in Monticello to reduce the event to nine holes with half the field playing the par-35 front nine and the other teams playing the back side. Bemidji was one of seven teams...

BEMIDJI — Defense led the way for the Bemidji Axemen in a 33-14 win over the Wyoming Cavalry last Friday in Wyoming. The defense held the Cavalry offense to just over 100 yards of offense on the night and carried a shutout into the intermission. “Our defense did a great job...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The BSU tennis team won two of its three contests last weekend in Grand Forks to finish the season with a .500 record. The Beavers opened the weekend with an 8-1 loss to Sioux Falls, but bounced back with a 7-2 win over Minnesota Crookston and a 5-4 win over...