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Former Jimmie named Reds interim manager

Jamestown – Jim Riggleman, a member of the 1971 Jamestown College baseball team, was named interim manager of the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday. Riggleman, who was currently serving as the Reds’ bench coach, takes over for Bryan Price. Price was 279-387 in four-plus seasons as the Cincinnati skipper. The Reds […]

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Univ Jamestown sports schedule changes

Jamestown  (CSi)  The University of Jamestown’s weekend baseball games versus Mayville State University have been moved to Dickinson. Scheduled to split a pair of doubleheaders between Jamestown and Mayville this Saturday and Sunday, the Jimmies and Mayville State will instead play one nine-inning game and one seven-inning game both Sunday […]

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Bison head football coach Klieman, contract extension

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota State’s Chris Klieman has signed a two-year contract extension with the perennial Football Championship Subdivision powerhouse.Klieman is entering his fifth season leading the Bison, who have won six of the last seven FCS titles. He was an assistant at the Fargo school for three […]

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Weitkum NSAA Track Athlete of the Week

Madison, SD – VCSU junior Allyssa Weitkum has been named the NSAA Women’s Track Athlete of the Week after breaking a 42-year-old school record. Weitkum broke a 42-year-old school record as she finished the 800-meters in 2 minutes, 22.40 seconds in the Sioux City (Iowa) Relays for Valley City State (N.D.).  That career-best […]

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Farmers Union Insurance secures naming rights

Jamestown   (NDFU)  – Farmers Union Insurance (FUI) recently reached an agreement with the Central Cass School Board to secure the 15-year naming rights to a new turf field that will be built this summer in Casselton. Morgan Forness, superintendent of Central Cass School, said the generous “matching gift challenge” in […]

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Weather hampers local sports schedules

(CSi)  Cold temps hampered local sporting events.  The Blue Jays baseball season opener against Dickinson has been moved up a day to April 20 at 5 pm. The Jays will now play Mandan on May 12 at Jack Brown Stadium, at noon. The Blue Jays’ softball April 20 game against Mandan has […]

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Meghan Ramage NSAA player of the Week

Madison, SD  (UJ.edu) Meghan Ramage has been named North Star Athletic Association Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. Ramage had an impressive day at the plate for the 16th-ranked Jimmies against Waldorf (Iowa) on Thursday. In UJ’s 15-5, 5-inning win, she was 4-for-4 with a home run, a […]

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NAIA basketball, one division, 2020-21 season

Dickinson  (KFYR)  After two more seasons, NAIA basketball will make a dramatic change. On Monday it was announced there will be a move from two divisions to one division in the 2020-21 season. Dickinson State Blue Hawks Head Coach Josh Vaughan said the NAIA sent out an email laying out […]

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Wehesler, Groth named NSAA Players of the Week

Madison, S.D. (NSAA) – The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) announces its eighth edition of Baseball Players-of-the-Week honors. Grant Wehesler of Valley City State was selected as Player-of-the-Week. Shane Groth of Jamestown was chosen as the Pitcher-of-the-Week. Grant Wehesler – Valley City State – 6’3″ – Junior – First Baseman – […]

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Former 76ers All-Star, Hal Greer passes, 81

(Syracuse.com) Former Philadelphia 76ers  star and Basketball Hall of Famer Hal Greer is dead at age 81. The Philadelphia 76ers announced Monday that Greer died Saturday night in Arizona after a brief illness. Greer was a guard drafted to the NBA in 1958 by the Syracuse Nationals; the team moved […]