Local collegiate athletes win award
University of Minnesota Crookston announced Casey Cashman of Ashland and Jake Christopherson of Sturgeon Lake were two of 27 student-athletes who earned the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Fall All-Academic honors.
UMD Fighting Penguins take down NDSU for Elite 8 championship
The Fighting Penguins won the Elite 8 Tournament after defeating North Dakota State University of Fargo 43-21. During the tournament at Wayne (Neb.) Rugby Park, the University of Minnesota Duluth's division II rugby team first took down Colorado School of Mines of Golden in a 31-14 scramble. The Penguins ended their regular season with a clean record of 7-0.
The Fighting Penguins are: (front row, from left) Eric Bergquist, Christopher Butler, Anthony Wilson, Matt Martin, Zach Schwartz, Randy Tanaka, Tim Stefczak, Jackson Keeley, Kupa Madzima, Peter Grunwald, Bryce lanhart, Sam freeman, Jack Mageto, Ben Smith and Tyler Schaefer; and (back row, from left) coaches Taylor Schnell and Dean Walsh, Noah Siiro, Eric Elsner, Storm Bajari, Tim Kemp, Billy Tapio, Connor Larson, Caleb Weirers, Tanner Harms, Matt Schmidtz, Vince Searson, Logan Franzen, Jake Medved, coach Mary Swanstrom, Trace Bolstad, Clifford Petruska and Nemuel Nyangaresi.
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