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SOCCER: Bemidji’s Elle Bush makes college commitment to Northwestern

Elle Bush, a 2022 graduate of Bemidji High School and a two-year varsity starter on the BHS girls soccer team, committed to the Northwestern women’s soccer program on Tuesday during a signing ceremony at the high school.

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Prep Bowl: Vikings’ Thanksgiving game pushes Minnesota high school football title games back one week

The Prep Bowl was held the weekend before Thanksgiving at the ends of the 2014 and 2015 seasons, when the title games were held outdoors on the University of Minnesota campus.

August 02, 2022 04:29 PM

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Warroad lands Hockey Day Minnesota for 2024

The annual one-day celebration of hockey in the state will be coming to one of the northernmost communities in the state in early 2024, as officials from the Minnesota Wild announced the awarding of Hockey Day Minnesota to Hockeytown USA.

July 30, 2022 10:37 AM

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GENERATIONS: 1960s BHS athletes reminisce about the glory days of basketball

For the past four years, Jerry Phillips (BHS class of 1964) and Larry Higgins (1961) have invited interested BHS athletes from the 1960s to get together and reminisce about the heydays of BHS basketball and other highlights of their high school careers.

July 30, 2022 07:50 AM

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BASKETBALL: Isaac Severts gives Beavers first hometown recruit in 20-plus years

The high-flying Isaac Severts verbally committed to Bemidji State on July 9 ahead of his senior year at Bemidji High School. When Severts suits up for BSU in 2023-24, he’ll be the first BHS graduate to play for the Beavers’ men’s basketball program since Ben Caron in 2002-03, meaning a two-decade drought is about to end.

July 19, 2022 01:35 PM

By Micah Friez

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TRAP SHOOTING: Bemidji takes 68th at national championships in Michigan

Additionally, Taylor Kehoe took part in the national individual competition, and his score of 197 landed him 17th out of 1,716 shooters.

July 18, 2022 12:47 PM

By Pioneer Staff Report

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FOOTBALL: Young Bronko Nagurski called Bemidji home before rising to NFL fame

Prior to a fabled Hall of Fame career in the NFL and his strong-as-an-ox notoriety, Bronko Nagurski made his home in the First City on the Mississippi as a high school senior. Nearly a century later, he stands as Bemidji’s best-ever football player to never play for the Lumberjacks.

July 16, 2022 08:30 AM

By Micah Friez

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TENNIS: Lumberjack Open to kick off 2022 edition this weekend

The annual event, hosted by the Bemidji Tennis organization, will converge on the Bemidji High School and Bemidji Middle School courts today and Sunday, July 9-10. This year’s event features 12 divisions.

July 08, 2022 02:52 PM

By Pioneer Staff Report

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WRESTLING: Bemidji athletes compete in Malecek duals, take 1st place

Members of the Bemidji High School wrestling team took part in the Malecek Wrestling Camp from June 27-30 in Onalaska, Wis., and Bemidji took top honors home with them.

July 01, 2022 04:18 PM

By Pioneer Staff Report

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SOFTBALL: Bemidji fields new Legion team, opening path for high-level competition

Softball diamonds around Bemidji are a little busier than usual this summer. That’s because, for the first time, the Bemidji American Legion softball team has taken the field.

July 01, 2022 01:48 PM

By Micah Friez