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The final push before the holiday break is underway at Bemidji High School as the Lumberjacks winter sports programs will crunch 14 varsity events into four days. The hectic pace begins today with five teams in action. Enjoying the home advantage are the boys swimmers and the girls...

ROGERS — After sputtering in the first half the Bemidji boys basketball team played its best basketball of the season in the second stanza but the slow start was too much to overcome as the Lumberjacks dropped an 89-66 decision Friday here. “We were cold in the first half and...

BRAINERD — Kade Johnson and Brian Maas enter today’s second round of the Brainerd Invitational wrestling tournament with a shot at their individual championships after going unbeaten during Friday’s opening round. Johnson, wrestling at 182 pounds, went 2-0 Friday as he pinned...

BEMIDJI -- The winter weather has claimed its first victim as Tuesday's girls hockey game at Detroit Lakes has been postponed. No make-up date has been announced. As of Tuesday afternoon Bemidji's home boys basketball game against International Falls on Tuesday night was still on...

The winter sports seasons at Bemidji High School are in full swing and this week the wrestling, girls basketball and gymnastics squads will begin their campaigns. Already with games under their belts are girls hockey (2-4-2), boys basketball (0-4) and boys hockey (1-1). The boys...

Detroit Lakes -- The Bemidji boys basketball team started opened its 2013-14 campaign with an 89-53 loss to Detroit Lakes Friday in Detroit Lakes. Lumberjacks head coach Dan Ninham said his team was not ready for the level of competition provided by the Lakers. “Our lack...

Last week the Bemidji boys hockey team held its first practice. On Saturday the Lumberjacks will play their first game, hosting St. Cloud Apollo at 3 p.m. at the Bemidji Community Arena. And that’s not much time to prepare. “In high school sports the preseason is very short...

BEMIDJI -- Samantha Lumberg, Tiffany VanHaaften, Sonja Barr, Mary O'Brien and Jessie Voeller of the Bemidji State University soccer team were named to the All-Northern Sun Conference teams. Lumberg and VanHaaften were selected to the second team while Barr and O'Brien made the third...

A year ago four Bemidji High School sports programs sent entire teams to state competition and this week three of the squads will take the first steps toward repeating that success. At 7 p.m. today the Lumberjacks football team will begin defense of its Section 7-5A championship...

When the Bemidji boys soccer team lost 1-0 to Sartell on the middle school field on Sept. 29 the weather was lousy. Rain slicked the pitch and a strong wind affected the passing game. The weather conditions will be similar, perhaps even worse, when the Lumberjacks and Sabres meet...

BEMIDJI — The Bemidji boys soccer team earned the No. 3 seed in the Section 8A North Division and will open its postseason 4 p.m. today against No. 6 Crookston at the middle school field. The Lumberjacks will take a 5-8-3 record into the contest while the Pirates are 3-12-1....

After last week when the Bemidji High School fall sports programs were involved in 23 events in six days, this week’s schedule of only 16 events seems like a light load. The list, however, includes marquee home events for the boys soccer and the football teams. Today’s original...

When there is significant roster turnover from one year to the next it is not unusual for a team to struggle at the beginning of the season. Successful programs, however, do not allow that transition to linger past the first few weeks. It seems as if the transition period for the...