...Brainerd is lucky to have St. Cloud Apollo and Tech, Bemidji and us to play," first-year Spuds head coach Rick Eidsness said. "That's four 5A schools when you're counting section points. We've only got three games against 5A schools...

...said. "They were an inexperienced team, a lot like we were, when we first played." Spuds first-year head coach Rick Eidsness has finally settled on 5-foot-9, 170-pound senior Nick Eldred as his quarterback. Eldred has started the last...

...3-5 defense (three linemen, five linebackers) for four years now. Moorhead installed it this season. Spuds coach Rick Eidsness said Moorhead learned the alignment from playing against Brainerd. The Spuds limited the Warriors to a season-low...

...21-7. Krause finished with seven catches for 85 yards. "Nick was just outstanding all night long," Moorhead coach Rick Eidsness said. "Brainerd does such a great job putting pressure on you as a quarterback, whether it's coming from the outside...

...collide in a Section 8-5A game at Moorhead. "Both teams were kind of snakebit by the big play," Moorhead coach Rick Eidsness said of the Spuds' 26-21 loss at Rocori. Moorhead gave up a 38-yard touchdown pass and failed to convert on fourth...

...year's section final. "It looks like (Brainerd has) two important section games, boom, boom," Spuds coach Rick Eidsness said. "Ours come next. First, we go to Brainerd, then we go to Tech. (This game) is very important." Warriors...

...was a test for our kids. It wasn't just offense where we got physical. Our defense did too." Moorhead coach Rick Eidsness expects Brainerd will test his team on the ground. "They're going to run until we can stop their run," he said...

...similar to what he enjoyed at Fargo South. Feeney was hired as the Spuds' head football coach in January, replacing Rick Eidsness, who resigned following last season. In six years as head coach at South, Feeney led the Bruins to six state championship...

...fourth and one. "Our defense played very well, hats off to them, they stepped up to the challenge," Spuds coach Rick Eidsness said. "We just couldn't run the ball inside on that front six of theirs. With this wind, it made it awful tough...

...a.m. Saturday. "It's one of those things you can't control, so then you have a choice," Moorhead coach Rick Eidsness said. "You can let it bother you or you can roll with the punches. I think our kids did a good job of thinking...