There are literally a million ways to fix pork chops. If you don’t believe me, do a Google search for pork chop recipes. What you will get is about 1.2 million results. A lot of those recipes are similar in the respect the chops are cooked in some sort of creamed soup, albeit mushroom, chicken or celery. That’s probably because the gravy …
The University of North Dakota women’s basketball team picked up its seventh-straight win, a 72-69 Big Sky Conference victory over Eastern Washington University on Thursday in the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. Four players hit double figures in scoring for the Fighting Hawks, who upped their conference mark to 8-4 and overall mark to 12-11. Senior Mia Loyd led UND with 18 points and 10 rebounds …
The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team has this weekend off, and the break in their schedule allowed the players and coaches to mix things up a bit Friday. The Fighting Sioux took advantage of the nice February weather to hold a scrimmage outside — at University Park in Grand Forks. Wish they could play some outdoor day games! Check out …
It was a milestone game for University of North Dakota men’s basketball players Adam McDermott and Quinton Hooker on Thursday night in Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. McDermott scored a career high 28 points, including eight three-pointers, and Hooker registered the first triple-double in UND’s Division I history — 13 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists — as the Fighting Hawks rolled over Big …
No. 1-ranked Grand Forks Red River defeated crosstown rival Grand Forks Central 7-6 in overtime Tuesday night in Purpur Arena in Grand Forks, improving its unblemished record to 17-0. Central fell to 13-5-1. Nick Manske scored the winning goal for the Roughriders, who also received goals from Jacob Knecht, Max Miller, Mason Salquist and Mitchell Soderberg. Scoring for the Knights …
Dave Vorland’s 34-page book “Paris in Monochrome,” produced last year, is available at “VorlandPhoto” at Blurb.com.
The University of North Dakota women’s hockey team maintained its hold on third place in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association with a 5-5 tie against Minnesota State-Mankato on Saturday in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Fighting Hawks picked up the extra point by winning the shootout on a Sam LaShomb goal. Coupled with Friday night’s 2-1 win, UND improved to 11-7-4 …
Junior Stephanie Smith had one of her biggest games as a University of North Dakota women’s basketball player Saturday night, recording her first career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds as the Fighting Hawks edged the Big Sky Conference foe University of North Colorado 54-51 in Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. UND, 5-4 in the BSC and 9-11 overall, grabbed its …
The Grand Forks KnightRiders girls hockey team did something Friday night it hadn’t done the past eight games against cross-river rival East Grand Senior High. It won. The KnightRiders, behind Abigail Schauer’s two goals, including the game-winner, defeated the Green Wave 3-2 in Grand Forks’ Purpur Arena. Also scoring for Grand Forks was Belle LaCombe. Tiffany Hanson scored both Green Wave …
Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson and his wife, Joanne Plager Burke Olson, joined millions of others on the East Coast in digging out from this weekend’s Blizzard Jonas, which dumped up to 3 feet of snow or more in some areas. Even their dog, Coach, got in on the act. Also see photos from Jeff’s first day back in Washington, …
The University of North Dakota again jumped out to a 4-0 lead against visiting Colorado College on Saturday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. But unlike Friday night, when the Fighting Hawks gave up five straight goals to the Tigers, they kept the pressure on, skating to a 5-1 National Collegiate Hockey Conference win. Freshman Rhett Gardner led UND (20-3-3 overall, 11-2-1 …
The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team picked up two points in a National Collegiate Hockey Conference game against Colorado College on Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena, but things could have turned out much better for the Fighting Hawks. Brock Boeser’s shootout goal gave UND the extra point in a game that will go down in the books as a 5-5 …
The University of North Dakota women’s basketball team, led by Mia Lloyd’s 22 points and Samantha Roscoe’s career-high 14 rebounds, defeated the Northern Arizona University 63-56 in a Big Sky Conference game Thursday night in Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. The win was the Fighting Hawks second in a row and third in their last four games. UND upped its record to …
Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson took a ride on the back roads of Burleigh County on a recent trip back to North Dakota and here are some of the images he captured.
The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team shook off Friday night’s 4-3 overtime loss to visiting University of Nebraska-Omaha by responding with a resounding 5-1 win over the Mavericks on Saturday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The game-winner came from senior winger and walk-on Coltyn Sanderson, who scored his first collegiate goal. Also scoring for the Fighting Hawks were …
Last week, we went to “Delacroix’a Influence: The Rise of Modern Art from Cézanne to van Gogh”: at MIA [pronounced mee-a], previously known as the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. It was an extraordinary exhibit. To quote The Wall Street Journal, which said it best, “As one moves through the exhibition, the breadth of Delacroix’s imagination and authority becomes inescapable.” I …
The University of Nebraska-Omaha men’s hockey team snapped the University of North Dakota’s eight-game winning streak, the longest in the country, with a 4-3 overtime victory Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The loss cost the Fighting Hawks a share of first place in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Omaha junior wing Austin Ortega scored his 17th goal of the year at …
Samantha Roscoe scored a career-high 22 points and Makailah Dyer chipped in 20 but it wasn’t enough as the University of North Dakota women’s basketball team fell 62-56 to Big Sky Conference foe Weber State on Thursday night in Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. Roscoe was 10-of-12 from the field for the Fighting Hawks, who fell to 0-3 in conference play …
Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson recently visited the newly renovated Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C., which had been closed for about 18 months. Home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s craft and decorative arts program, Renwick is located across from the White House at the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in downtown Washington, D.C. The renovation has carefully restored …
Here are some “Faces of the Game” from photographer Russ Hons from Saturday night’s men’s college hockey game between the University of North Dakota and the University of Alabama-Huntsville. Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.
The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team stayed perfect in 2016, defeating the University of Alabama-Huntsville 4-1 on Saturday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena to complete the New Year’s weekend sweep of its nonconference foe. Cam Johnson’s streak of shutout goaltending ended when a puck shot by Chargers’ defenseman Richard Buri went off the stick of a UND teammate and slid past …
The University of North Dakota men’s basketball team defeated defending Big Sky Conference champion Eastern Washington University 79-71 Saturday in Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. The Fighting Hawks were led by junior guard Quinton Hooker, who finished with 16 points and went 8-for-10 from the foul line. Freshmen Geno Crandall and Drick Bernstine each chipped in 15 points and Cortez Seales added 10 for …
Here are some “Faces of the Game” from photographer Russ Hons from Friday night’s men’s college hockey game between the University of North Dakota and the University of Alabama-Huntsville. Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.
University of North Dakota goalie Cam Johnson wrote himself in the Fighting Hawks’ record book Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The sophomore goaltender broke a longtime UND men’s hockey record as he ran his scoreless streak covering five games to 278 minutes, 38 seconds with his 1-0 shutout victory over the University of Alabama Huntsville in nonconference play. Johnson’s fourth consecutive shutout …
Grand Forks photographer Russ Hons took advantage of the nice weather the northern Plains and and forest areas have experienced thus far this winter to snap these images of some local wildlife. According to Minnesota and North Dakota wildlife officials, the mild winter has been quite beneficial to most area species. Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.
Bloomington, Minn., photographer Dave Vorland shares these shots he took this month, our last of 2015.
Grand Forks Red River High School’s boys hockey team took a big step toward bringing the Gambucci Cup back to North Dakota on Tuesday night as the Roughriders edged East Grand Forks Senior High 4-3 in Purpur Arena in Grand Forks. After a win Saturday against Grand Forks Central, Red River (7-0) is now 2-0 in the cup race, while …
Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson captured these images recently at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, W.Va., where he was taking some training classes. The NCTC offers a unique and diverse range of conservation training courses, designed by and for the conservation professional. Topics range from coldwater fish culture to habitat conservation planning, from environmental negotiation to building community support for natural …
Cam Johnson shut out the Bulldogs again Saturday night in Duluth. The sophomore UND goaltender earned his third straight shutout as the Fighting Hawks completed a National Collegiate Hockey Conference sweep of the University of Minnesota-Duluth with a 3-0 victory before 6,975 fans. Johnson won his sixth straight start since returning from an injury as league-leading UND heads into the Christmas …
The University of North Dakota’s men’s hockey team hasn’t been outshot many times this season, but that’s where the Fighting Hawks found themselves Friday night in a National Collegiate Hockey Conference game against the University of Minnesota-Duluth. But that didn’t matter. UND goalie Cam Johnson stopped all 40 shots he faced as the Fighting Hawks shut out the Bulldogs 3-0 …
The University of North Dakota women’s basketball team held Western Illinois University to less than 75 points for the first time this season en route to a 78-67 victory Tuesday night in the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. UND, 3-5 on the season, was paced by junior Makailah Dyer, who led all scorers with 21 points. Senior Mia Lloyd added 13 points and 11 rebounds …
North Dakota State University took a big step toward another national championship with a 37-6 win over the University of Montana in the second round of the NCAA Division I FCS playoffs before 18,232 fans Saturday in the Fargodome. The Bison, 10-2, have won six consecutive games and advance to the FCS quarterfinals next weekend against Northern Iowa, which defeated …
Austin Poganski scored two goals — the first with less than one second left in the first period — and the “CBS” line of Drake Caggiula, Brock Boeser and Nick Schmaltz chipped in two more as the University of North Dakota men’s hockey team shut out Denver University 4-0 on Saturday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. Caggiula and Boeser each scored …
The No. 4-ranked University of North Dakota men’s hockey team, behind its high-flying first line of Drake Caggiula, Nick Schmaltz and Brock Boeser, took it to ninth-rated Denver University on Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena, scoring a 5-1 win before a sellout crowd of 11,768. The “CBS” line combined for six points as the Fighting Hawks upped its National Collegiate Hockey …
Redshirt freshman Geno Crandall made University of North Dakota men’s basketball fans forget about this past weekend’s drubbing at the hands of Northern Iowa, scoring 11 of his team-high 17 points in the second half of a 78-58 win over Waldorf College of Iowa on Tuesday night in Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. The victory snapped a three-game Fighting Hawk losing streak and put …
On Sunday night, photographer Russ Hons took in the HollyDazzle Festival of Lights in downtown Grand Forks. Here are a few of his photos. The event, sponsored by Leighton Broadcasting and the Grand Forks Downtown Development Association, featured an array of events, including cookie and ornament decorating, horse-drawn wagon rides, singing and dancing presentations and a parade of about 30 floats. …
Bloomington, Minn., photographer Dave Vorland’s lens captured these scenes recently. Get Dave’s new book, “Paris in Monochrome,” here.
East Grand Forks Senior High opened its defense of the Minnesota Class A boys high school hockey title with a 5-1 Section 8 victory over Park Rapids on Tuesday night in the East Grand Forks Civic Center. Photographer Russ Hons captured the action. View more of his game photos at http://russellhonsphotography.shootproof.com/gallery/EGFHockey/
The No. 7 University of North Dakota women’s hockey team, hoping for a weekend sweep, dropped a 1-0 Western Collegiate Hockey Association decision to the University of Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Fighting Hawks dropped to 8-4-2 (6-4-2-1 WCHA) on the season, while Minnesota Duluth improved to 5-9-0 (3-7-0-0 WCHA) with the series split. The loss is …
These idyllic scenes of rural Maryland caught the eye of Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson on Saturday.
Here are some photos of fans and players taken Friday night at the University of North Dakota’s women’s hockey game versus the University of Minnesota-Duluth in Ralph Engelstad Arena.
The University of North Dakota’s women’s hockey team, led by Amy Menke’s first career hat trick, defeated the University of Minnesota-Duluth 4-3 Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. Playing for the first time as the Fighting Hawks, UND came from behind twice to win. Rear liner Shannon Kaiser scored the game-winner just 61 seconds after Menke recorded her hat trick. …
Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson was on the road recently, his travels taking hime to Oregon, specifically the Ashland and Medford areas, including the Lower Table Rock Trail northeast of Medford.
Here are some Faces of the Game from photographer Russ Hons from Saturday’s Big Sky Conference football game vs. Montana State in the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. UND won the game 44-38.