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As the Games drew to a close in Paris Anthony Edwards joined the list of elite athletes to acquire a gold medal. We won't know the impact of his time with Team USA for a few months but it already seems safe to say that he will be an even more impactful player than he had been!
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Edwards' showing on the world stage surely served to reassure the Association of their decision to include the Wolves in the sought-after Christmas Day games. It could turn out to be their best present as they will face Dallas, possibly for the first time since the postseason.
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Post 2 also came through with some high-level play after dropping their opening game of the Central Plains Tournament they rallied to break the bracket and punch their ticket back to the World Series!
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The semi-pro baseball team continues to hang around in the American Association's West as only Lincoln is truly out of the running with three weeks to go. Sioux City's chances are on life support, to be accurate. The four teams above them are all a quality week away from joining or passing Sioux Falls & Winnipeg atop the standings.
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As they begin to wind-down the football season is just beginning to crank-up. For the most popular teams in the area it's been workouts at the new facility. With two weeks until Colorado the less news to come out about the preparation the better - rather have no news than bad news.
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The same goes for the Purple but they've already had multiple rounds of bad, even tragic, news so that ship has pretty well sailed. Even for those developments the team had it's preseason debut Saturday and both quarterbacks made positive impressions. With joint practices against Cleveland upcoming that may be the only glimpse of Sam Darnold that we're going to get before week one but the same won't be true of the rookie everyone wants to see more anyway. McCarthy wasn't perfect but he acquitted himself nicely to the opportunity. Nothing he does may alter the approach to keep him as the second or third option this season but he won't have to do much more to surpass the last two first round quarterbacks that the team has chosen. (Low bar, I know, but it was also just one preseason contest)
The learning process has only just begun but the excitement level is higher now than it was yesterday morning. Just imagine how it's going to be when the A players get on the field with those guys! 💥
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The Minnesota baseball team could have elbowed their way into the conversation but the organizations philosophy bore itself out with a split of a four-game series against Central-leading Cleveland. They don't want to try and keep pace with the other major franchises in the market and the result was a microcosm of that approach. Here's hoping the slings and arrows continue against them until ownership gets it's head out or relents and sells to someone who wants to pursue a championship!
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Sorry to end on a sour note because otherwise it was another sterling week for the Fargo area sports scene!
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