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ARCHIVES Ian Hewitt, 27, joins the Renegades andwill compete for the placekicking duties vacated by Lawrence Tynes who signed a contract with the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. The Montreal Alouettes signed Hewitt to the practice roster during the 2000 season. He has also attended training camp with the Toronto Argonauts and the B.C. Lions. The 5-foot-8, 164-pound native of Calgary attended Minot State University in North Dakota and was named to the first-team North Dakota Central Athletic Conference all-star squad during his first two seasons. 3
Named to NAIA ALL-AMERICAN TEAM!
Senior wide receiver (#6) Harry Mills of Las Vegas, NV was selected to the NAIA ALL-AMERICAN Offense team for the second straight year, he was a 2nd team offense selection for 2003, and a 1st team selection in 2002. Senior (#91) Ian Best was also selected for the second straight year, earning 2nd team defense honors for 2003 and honorable mention honors in 2002. Senior defensive back (#7) Drew Wierson of Tucson, AZ lead the DAC-10 in interceptions with 7 and received honorable mention defensive honors for 2003. 3 RECEIVE NAIA SCHOLAR ATHLETE! 4
Named to Don Hansen All-American Team!
Senior defensive back (#7) Drew Wierson of Tucson, AZ was a 2nd team selection and lead the DAC-10 in interceptions with 7. Senior wide receiver (#6) Harry Mills of Las Vegas, NV was selected to the Honorable mention Offense team. Senior (#91) Ian Best was also selected for the honorable mention defensive team along with Senior linebacker (#46) Sean Corzort. 6 Beavers Named to NAIAFOOTBALL.NET ALL-AMERICAN Team! Senior defensive back Drew Wierson was named to the 2nd team defense. Senior wide receiver Harry Mills to the 3rd team offense. Senior linebacker Sean Cozort was a 3rd team defensive selection. Senior defensive end Ian Best was a 4th team defensive selection. Senior tight end Louis Brown and Senior wide receiver / running back Abner Lopez received Honorable mention recognition for the 2003 Engravers edge NAIAFOOTBALL.NET All-American Team. 13 Beavers receive DAC-10 Honors MSU #18 in Final NAIA Poll Hopes of a second straight year in the NAIA Playoff's ended at noon today with the release of the Final NAIA Poll. The Beavers (7-3), will begin preparing for the 2004 season with optimism after finishing the season with a three game winning streak that began on October 25th, after a 27-31 loss to the # 3 team in the nation on October 18th. Beavers move up again in NAIA Poll, # 17 After a thrilling 41-35 OT victory on the road at Valley City State, the Beavers hopes of a second straight Playoff berth are still alive. They will need some help from other teams around the country as MSU has completed it's regular season schedule for the 2003 season. The final poll will be released Sunday Nov 16th, and the Beavers will need to move up at least one more spot to receive an invitation to this years field of 16! MSU'S Mills Named Don Hansen Special teams player of the week, Nov 9th! Beavers RALLY in 4th results in 41-35 OT WIN MSU scored with 5 seconds remaining in regulation and executed the two point play that would send the game into Over Time. They won the toss and choose to play defense first, stoping Valley City State on downs before scoring the winning touchdown on a 5 yard run. The win improves MSU'S Overall record to 7-3. The Beavers finished the 2003 DAC-10 regular season with a three game win streak, after a heartbreaking 27-31 road loss to # 3 Dickinson State, and a 7-2 DAC-10 record. NAIA Poll has Beavers at # 18 NAIAFOOTBALL.NET has Beavers at # 17 Latest Poll has Beavers climbing to # 22 Minot State moved up 3 spots in the latest NAIA Football Poll after defeating Mayville State 43-17. The Beavers have two regular season games remaining. This week MSU will travel to SD Tech (3-4) (Rapid City, SD) and finish the regular season on the road at Valley City State (4-3). Beavers defeat Comets 43-17 MSU hosts Mayville State for final regular season home game for 14 seniors MSU remains in latest NAIA POLL MSU'S comes up short 27-31 to # 4 DSU Minot State built a 17-0 1st quarter lead, lead 20-12 at the half, regained the lead in the 4th quarter 27-24, and drove to the DSU 18 yard line with under a minute to play trailing 31-27, but could not finish the drive as Dickinson State Improves it's DAC-10 record to 6-0 (7-0) Overall and Minot State falls to 4-2 in the DAC-10 and 4-3 Overall. MSU vs DSU NAIA.NET fetured game #24 Minot State travels to #4 DiSU MSU can regain a share of the DAC-10 Conference lead as they attempt to defend their 2002 DAC-10 conference title today in Dickinson. A win over the #4 Blue Hawks today would put them back in a tie for 1st place with 3 regular season games remaining. MSU is 4-1 and DSU 5-0 in the DAC-10. Kick-off is set for 1:30 pm Mt time. You can listen to all the action by clicking on the radio tower to the right! MSU remains in top 25 # 12 U of Mary defeats # 16 Minot State 27-6 link MSU continues to climb in NAIA Poll Minot State hosts # 12 U of Mary this weekend with DAC-10 Conference and NAIA playoff contention on the line. Both teams are 4-1 overall on the year, with the Beavers having a 4-0 DAC-10 record and U of Mary a 3-1 DAC-10 record. U of Mary lost to #4 Dickinson State who is 5-0 overall and 4-0 in the DAC-10. All three teams, Minot, Dickinson, and U of Mary are in the top 20 of this weeks NAIA Poll MSU vs U of Mary game to be televised Minot State vs U of Mary game featured by NAIAFOOTBALL.NET Beavers win shoot out 49-42 Minot State left Madison, SD with a hard earned win in a game that saw the two teams combine for 91pts and 1,076 yards of offense. MSU is now 4-1 overall and 4-0 DAC-10 MSU on the road again Minot State travels to Madison, South Dakota to take on the Trojans of Dakota State for there homecoming game this Saturday October 11th with kick-off set for 1:30 pm. The Beavers take a 3-0 DAC-10 conference leading record into game vs the Trojans who are 0-3 in the DAC-10. They have had close loses to Black Hills State last weekend (17-21) and Valley City State (28-36). Their other conference loss was to #4 Dickinson State (3-52), who also have a 3-0 DAC-10 record. Click below the tower to the right to catch this weeks action. Minot State moves up in latest NAIA Poll
The pressure package for the Beavers has been very effective the past two weeks as MSU recorded a season-high 12 sacks in a victory over Jamestown College last week and added five on Saturday. MSU defensive back/linebacker Riley Price excelled on the blitz for the Beavers, making eight unassisted tackles and collecting two sacks for a total loss of 10 yards. Price, a sophomore from Blackfoot, Idaho, also had an interception and forced a fumble that led to an MSU field goal in the fourth quarter. "We found something that worked and kept going to it," Price said of the MSU blitzes. "We knew that we might be able to run some from watching film. We didn't tackle well in the first half, but we executed a lot better in the second half. We know the defense can still get better and we have confidence that we can go out and get the job done every week." The aggressive play is something first-year defensive coordinator Jim Louis was pleased with Saturday, especially in the second half. "We have been blitzing a little more the last couple of weeks," Louis said, "because we have two first-year corners who are a little more comfortable with man-to-man coverage rules and they get to do that when we blitz. We try to pick and choose our spots and mix up the schemes a little bit. We have some players who are very familiar with our system and do a good job when we blitz." Except for one blown coverage that led to SiTanka-Huron's only score, the Beavers' defense controlled the game, allowing Huron only 247 total yards. MSU got on the board first when Nathan Fielding hooked up with Abner Lopez on a 7-yard swing pass with 12:38 to play in the opening quarter. The play was set up by a 45-yard completion to Louis Brown and a 13-yard completion to Lopez and capped off a 71-yard drive for a 7-0 lead. After a SiTanka-Huron punt on its first possession, the Screaming Eagles tied the game when Keldrick Stokes hooked up with a wide open Leon Hall for an 80-yard strike with 9:23 to play in the first. Hall got behind MSU defensive back Robin Watkins and danced untouched into the end zone. The Beavers took the lead for good at 14-7 when Cole Ritter banged into the end zone from three yards out just seven seconds into the second quarter and Price intercepted a Stokes pass near midfield with just less than 3:30 to play in the half as the Beavers held on to a 14-7 advantage at the break. In the second half, it was all MSU. Lopez scored on a trap play from 45 yards out to give the Beavers a 21-7 lead in the third quarter and Harry Mills hauled in a 39-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. Freshman kicker Marko Babic added two field goals from 32 and 25 yards to close out the scoring. MSU improved to 3-1 overall and 3-0 in conference play. SiTanka-Huron slipped to 2-2 overall and 1-2 in conference play. The Beavers will play at Dakota State in Madison, S.D., next Saturday. Homecoming 2003 Saturday September 27th will be the third week of DAC-10 play, and has MSU hosting 2-1 Si Tanka Huron for Homecoming. Huron is 1-1 in the DAC-10 this year with a 0-41 road loss to #8 U of Mary (3-0), and a 27-21 come from behind home win last weekend vs SD Tech (1-2). Kick-off is set for 1:30 pm. Beaver's Ranked 22nd in latest NAIA POLL Week of September 14-20, 2003: Babic Named Don Hansen Special Teams Player of the Week
Week of September 14-20, 2003: Beavers defeat Jamestown 35-17 By: Mike Manston As quick as Hurricane Isabel wreaked havoc on the Eastern Seaboard earlier in the week, the Minot State University Beavers caused an equal amount of damage to the Jamestown College Jimmies here Saturday. The Beavers forced a fumble on the Jimmies' first play from scrimmage and scored on their own first play -- just 10 seconds into the game -- when All-American wide receiver Harry Mills caught a touchdown pass from Nathan Fielding from 18 yards out for a 7-0 cushion. That early score helped lead the NAIA's No. 25-ranked MSU Beavers to a 37-15 victory over the Jimmies in DAC-10 action. The Jimmies fumbled on their second play from scrimmage after Casey Lee was stripped of the ball after a 28-yard pass completion. JC was forced to punt on its third offensive possession and freshman kicker Marko Babic stretched the Beavers' lead to 10-0 with a 23-yard field goal at the 9:30 mark of the opening quarter. "Our first two plays, when we turned the ball over on plays that looked like they were going to be successful, hurt us and everything just kind of snowballed from there," JC coach Curt Skotnicki said. Those two plays were just the first in a long line of failures for the JC offense, which managed a meager 16 yards rushing on 47 attempts. JC passed for just 108 yards to total 124 yards of offense on the day. The MSU defense swarmed the JC ballcariers, pressured the Jimmies' quarterbacks and belted the wide receivers every time they touched the ball to the tune of 12 sacks for 77 yards. The 16 rushing yards by the Jimmies was well below their 259 yards per game rushing average through their first two games of the year. MSU defensive end Robbie Hauptman was just one star in a plethora of standouts on the MSU defense Saturday. Hauptman, a sophomore from Billings, Mont., finished with two sacks and a blocked punt. "We blitzed a lot and knew from watching the tapes that we could get to their quarterback and force him to make some mistakes," Hauptman said. "A game like this where we controlled all aspects was a real confidence booster for us." Senior linebackers Matt Bennefeld and Shaun Cozort and Hauptman's defensive end partner on the other side of the line, Deangelo Halfacre, blew up several plays before they developed and combined for nine of the 12 MSU sacks. "After a game like this, our defense gained a lot of confidence in our offense," Hauptman said. "We can concentrate on only one job and that's makes things a lot easier for everybody." The play of the Beavers was no surprise to Skotnicki. "We knew all along that Minot was a very good football team and that the media needed to get their story straight by saying Minot wasn't a good team," Skotnicki said. MSU coach Mike Sivertson was pleased with the effort of his team. "We got some early turnovers that got us going and off to a good start," he said. "We feel like we took another step forward and we need to continue to improve." The Beavers held a 270-124 edge in total offense, a 98-16 edge in rushing yards and a 4.4-1.8 yards per play edge. Those numbers offsetted a 34:45-25:15 edge by the Jimmies in time of possession. With the win, MSU stayed unbeaten in conference play with a 2-0 record and improved to 2-1 overall. Jamestown College remained winless on the season to fall to 0-3 and 0-2. MSU will return home Saturday for homecoming against Huron University of South Dakota. Beavers back in NAIA top 25 poll link Beavers blank Jackets MSU defense pitches in to assure Fielding's first start is successful by Mike Manston Freshman quarterback Nathan Fielding wasn't outstanding in his collegiate starting debut, but he was good enough to lift the Minot State University Beavers to their first win of the season with an 18-0 victory over Black Hills State University at Herb Parker Stadium Saturday. After putting up just 140 yards of total offense in an opening week loss to Bemidji (Minn.) State, the Beavers took a step toward defending their Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC-10) championship of a year ago. MSU improved to 1-0 in conference play and 1-1 overall. Fielding completed 14-of-23 passes for 180 yards and a touchdown and the Beavers finished with 229 yards of total offense. Most of that 229 yards of offense was set up by the MSU defense, which held the Yellow Jackets to 183 yards of offense and just 70 yards in the second half. The Beavers' defense set up all three scores and scored the team's first points of the year by recording a safety in the second quarter. "When you're playing a lot of young kids like we are, sometimes you have to rely on your defense to play well and take some pressure off of the offense until the offense can get some confidence," MSU coach Mike Sivertson said. "Improvement every week will have to be the theme of the year for us as Nathan (Fielding) made adjustments and went through his first game." It was hardly a play to remember, but Fielding completed his first college pass late in the first quarter to Abner Lopez for a 1-yard loss. After that, he completed all of his next six passes and finished the half with close to 100 yards through the air and a touchdown. Running back Cole Ritter scored the first offensive touchdown of the season for the Beavers when he scooted in from eight yards out for an 8-0 lead with 1:29 remaining before the half. The scoring drive was set up by an interception by cornerback Marques Tucker and aided by the game's first play of more than 10 yards. Fielding hooked up with Lopez on a fly down the middle for a 23-yard gain that took the ball to the 19-yard line. MSU hung its second touchdown just more than a minute later when the Yellow Jackets fumbled the ensuing kickoff. Fielding connected on a corner fade to All-American wideout Harry Mills with 43 seconds remaining in the first half to stake MSU to 15-0 lead at the break. Mills outstretched Yellow Jackets cornerback Cole Seppie in his best impression of the MInnesota Vikings Randy Moss for the reception. Except for the two scoring plays in the final 90 seconds, the BHSU defense had held the Beavers in check through most of the first half, something BHSU coach John Scott was pleased with. "I thought our guys up front did a good job of holding their offense down and flying to the football," Scott said. "They say bad things happen in threes and that hit us right before the half." Fielding showed signs of achieving a comfort level in the second half, connecting with split end Brian Erickson, who finished the game with five catches for 71 yards. Erickson had three catches on the drive that led to MSU's final points of the game late in the third quarter--a Marco Babic 20-yard field goal. The play was set up by an interception by MSU safety Drew Wierson. "We started off slow, but our defense stayed strong and gave us time to get going," Erickson said. "We were improved in all aspects of the game this week and it's great to start the conference with a win." MSU will travel to Jamestown College on Saturday.
MSU drops home opener MSU opens 2003 with 4th annual Beaver Bash Minot State University will kick-off the 2003 season at home on Saturday September 6th when they host NCAA II Bemidji State University. BSU opened its 2003 season at home vs Mankato State of the North Central Conference with a 12-10 victory. This will be the 4th meeting between the two teams of a six year agreement. Bemidji State won the first two Beaver Bashes in 2000 and 2001 at Minot State. MSU defeated Bemidji State last season 35-28 in Bemidji. Kick-off is set for 1:30 pm. You can listen to the action by clicking on the radio tower link to the right. 2003 Captains selected The 2003 Minot State University Football team selected its captains for the upcoming season. Representing the Beavers this fall as captains are Senior, DB - Drew Wierson, of Tucson, AZ, Senior, DT - Brad Gallier, of Kenmare, ND, Junior, DT - Steven Hunter, of Great Falls, MT, Senior,WR - Brian Erickson of New England, ND, Senior, WR - Harry Mills, of Las Vegas, NV, and Senior, OG - Tony Fugleberg, of Fargo, ND NAIA Pre-Season poll has Beavers at # 19 Fall camp ends with Scrimage August 31st Players report Aug 18th for testing MSU Football players will begin the preparation to repeat as DAC-10 Champions on Monday August 18th for orientation and testing. The first two a day practice is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning the 19th. 2 Beavers Named Pre-Season All-American Senior Harry Mills a 5'9 170 lb. wide receiver from Las Vegas, NV., and senior Ian Beast a 6'5 255 lb. defensive end from Denver, CO, where selected to the Don Hansen's NAIA 1st team All-American team, released July 31st. Mills was a 1st team NAIA All-American wide receiver selection after the 2002 season. Best was a Honorable mention NAIA All-American selection in 2002.. LINK New Coaches join Beavers Former Dickinson State 1st All-American Tony Biesiot became a full time member of Minot State University's Coaching staff in July, and will become MSU's defensive line coach this fall. He will help with the Beaver Baseball program under the direction of Dick Limke, MSU's Head Baseball coach this spring. Joining Biesiot on the defensive side of the ball will be Grant Harding, who will coach the defensive backs. William Saunders, will work on the offensive side of the ball. MSU holds Football Camp June 11-1 Spring Game set for Saturday May 10th 2 pm Minot State will conclude it spring practices with a inter squas game on Saturday. Minot State inks 18 New Beaver's Link Minot State inks 17 New Beaver's Link NAIA All-American Team Released NAIA LINK The 9-2 DAC-10 Champion Beavers received more good news with Post season award recognition of five Minot State University Football players. Senior QB Kenny Smith, Senior RB Darrik Trudell, along with Junior WR Harry Mills were selected to the NAIA All-American 1st Team Offense. Senior DB James Drayton along with Junior DE Ian Best were selected to the NAIA All-American Honorable mention Defensive team. NAIA Scholar Athlete Team Released Scholar Athlete link Post season awards continue for the 2002 DAC-10 Champions with the selection of four Minot State University Football players to the NAIA 2002 DAKTRONICS Scholar Athlete team. Senior WR Josh Dascher, Senior RB Travis Titus along with Junior FS Drew Wierson and Junior LB Jess Gross all have achieved at least a 3.5 cumulative grad point average after their Junior season. 5 Beavers Selected to NAIA.NET All-American Team Link More post season awards recognize members from the 2002 National Play-off qualifying MSU Football Team. Selected to the Engravers Edge 1st team offense are Senior RB Darrik Trudell and Junior WR Harry Mills. Senior QB Kenny Smith, Senior OT Chris Poitra on offense, and Senior DB James Drayton on defense, where selected to the respective honorable mention teams. Minot State Ranked in Final Season Polls # 13 NAIA Final 2002 Poll Link # 9 NAIA.NET Final 2002 Poll Link # 15 Don Hansen's Gazette Final 2002 Poll Link | |||||||||||||
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