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Bemidji State junior Lance Rongstad will step in and be the Beavers starting quarterback this season. Rongstad, who also plays basketball at BSU, has been a versatile player in his first two football seasons with the Beavers. Pioneer File Photo/Eric Stromgren

Feeling right at home: Rongstad ready to assume starting quarterback role for Beavers

Lance Rongstad was fishing Tuesday on an area lake with his Bemidji State football teammates taking in one last summer day before the season officially arrived. "I was looking around...

sports / beavers Sun, Aug 07, 2011 - 12:00am

Big Ten could see a changing of the guard

CHICAGO (AP) -- The first Big Ten football championship game will be played in December at the home of the Indianapolis Colts. If neither Ohio State nor Michigan is playing...

sports Sat, Aug 06, 2011 - 12:00am

Bemidji State guard and captain Jordan Anderson, far left, talks with defensive coordinator Rich Jahner at the check-in table Wednesday afternoon during reporting day at the John Glas Fieldhouse. Pioneer?Photo/Eric Stromgren

Bemidji State football players report to campus to begin fall practices

Jordan Anderson said he felt the Bemidji State football team underachieved last season and he's looking forward to what a new year will bring. The 2011 BSU football team reported...

sports / beavers Thu, Aug 04, 2011 - 12:00am

Report: Vikings wide receiver Rice signs with Seahawks

RENTON, Wash. (AP) -- Sidney Rice is headed west to join former Minnesota teammate Tarvaris Jackson with the Seattle Seahawks. A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated...

sports Thu, Jul 28, 2011 - 12:00am

Vikings' Peterson apologizes for camp no-show

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson apologized to his fans for being absent from a youth football camp carrying his name in Oklahoma. Peterson has appeared...

sports Thu, Jun 23, 2011 - 12:00am

Frazier: Vikings coaches side with owners

BROOKLYN CENTER (AP) -- Minnesota head coach Leslie Frazier says Vikings coaches stand firmly behind their owners in the NFL labor dispute and were not consulted before the NFL Coaches...

sports Thu, Jun 09, 2011 - 12:00am

Vikings, Ramsey County set terms on stadium proposal

ST. PAUL (AP) -- A written agreement between the Minnesota Vikings and Ramsey County proposes a stadium in suburban Arden Hills that would be publicly owned and leased by the...

sports Fri, May 13, 2011 - 12:00am

Vikings, Ramsey County to announce stadium plans for Arden Hills

ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Vikings married Ramsey County this afternoon and plan their honeymoon on a former ammunition-making site. The Vikings and county officials called an afternoon news conference...

sports / news Tue, May 10, 2011 - 1:59pm

Study says Vikings stadium by Target Field best place

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A study commissioned by the real estate investor who envisioned Target Field on a scrubby downtown Minneapolis parking lot has concluded that the nearby Farmers Market would...

sports Wed, May 04, 2011 - 12:00am

Wilf meets with legislators, pushes for new stadium

ST. PAUL -- At least one key legislator feels better about backing a new Minnesota Vikings stadium after meeting with the team owner. "It's brought some comfort to my decision...

sports Fri, Apr 15, 2011 - 12:00am

Wilf meets with legislators, pushes for new stadium

ST. PAUL -- At least one key legislator feels better about backing a new Minnesota Vikings stadium after meeting with the team owner. "It's brought some comfort to my decision...

sports Thu, Apr 14, 2011 - 12:00am

Night games highlight 2011 Bemidji State football schedule

The Bemidji State football team's schedule for the 2011 season is loaded at the front with home games. The Beavers will play five of its first seven games at Chet...

sports / beavers Wed, Mar 30, 2011 - 8:32am

Vikings coping with work stoppage

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- When he's not parenting or punting for the Minnesota Vikings, Chris Kluwe plays bass guitar in a rock group called Tripping Icarus. Yes, even band practice was...

sports Wed, Mar 16, 2011 - 12:00am

Ernie Heifort addresses the crowd at a pep rally in the Bemidji High School Fieldhouse last fall. Heifort is taking his talents to the University of Minnesota. Pioneer File Photo/Monte Draper

Bemidji football star Ernie Heifort commits to help rebuild Gopher program

The reconstruction of the University of Minnesota football program is underway and Bemidji High School senior Ernie Heifort Jr. will be part of that process. After spending the weekend at...

sports / lumberjacks Tue, Jan 18, 2011 - 12:00am

Favre files retirement papers

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Brett Favre is following through on that vow to finally end his career after 20 NFL seasons. League spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed that the Minnesota quarterback had...

sports Mon, Jan 17, 2011 - 1:58pm

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