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Chris Murphy

Murphy has covered sports in Chicago, Minnesota and North Dakota since 2009, working for The Forum since 2012. Contact: cmurphy@forumcomm.com or 701-241-5548

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Sports
Kraft tagged as new Spuds girls hockey coach
Ryan Kraft is second all-time for goals in Moorhead Spuds hockey history with 96 and fourth for assists with 86. The 1994 Moorhead High School graduate will return to Spuds hockey, as the head coach of the varsity girls hockey team, pending schoo...
June 20, 2019 09:06 AM
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By  Chris Murphy
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Sports
Thielen stops in Fargo to discuss his recently formed foundation
During his first NFL season, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen and his wife, Caitlin, knew they wanted to use Adam's platform to give back to the youth, beginning in the areas that impacted them. Adam grew up just outside of Detroit La...
June 19, 2019 01:29 PM
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By  Chris Murphy
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Pelican Rapids rallies for dramatic relay victory
Pelican Rapids sophomore Tatianna Wiley told her track and field coach that her legs were toast after she finished sixth in the 400 meters at the Minnesota Class 1A state track and field meet on Saturday. Vikings girls track and field coach John ...
June 09, 2019 03:46 AM
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By  Chris Murphy
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Sports
Ziegler overcomes ACL tear to take third at state, Johannsen seventh
Frazee junior Paige Ziegler felt some tears coming on after she crossed the finish line in the 100-meter hurdles of the Minnesota Class 1A state track and field meet on Saturday at Hamline University.
June 09, 2019 03:38 AM
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By  Chris Murphy
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Thompson took new role to lead NYM back to the state
New York Mills junior Tiffany Thompson doesn't necessarily like pitching. She certainly wasn't a big fan of it when she first started this softball season.
June 05, 2019 06:39 AM
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By  Chris Murphy
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Sports
'They hit the ball hard': Prussia sisters bring the long ball to Detroit Lakes softball
Detroit Lakes juniors Taylor and Laura Prussia want to assure everyone that they are twins. The two had to do a lot of convincing at a young age, informing people to ask their parents when questioned. Taylor has straight brown hair and brown eyes...
June 04, 2019 03:45 PM
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By  Chris Murphy
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Barnesville basketball coach Henrickson stepping aside
Todd Henrickson has been on a bench coaching basketball in the area since 1983. His career began coaching seventh-graders in Moorhead and will end coaching high school in Barnesville.
May 09, 2019 10:55 AM
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By  Chris Murphy
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Ada-Borup's Miller has big-time colleges wanting to hear his tall tale
Some students at Ada-Borup Elementary have to jump for a high-five when Ada-Borup junior Mason Miller walks through their lunch hour. No hand gets left behind. No student is left hanging.
April 11, 2019 02:21 PM
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By  Chris Murphy
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Prep
Henning tops North Woods for the Class 1A boys basketball title
Hanging in a case in the gym lobby at Henning High School is the last worn basketball jerseys of Jacob Quam, who died in a car accident in 2017. When his class graduates this spring, those jerseys will be taken down and given to his mother Angela...
March 23, 2019 10:38 PM
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By  Chris Murphy
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Henning boys basketball playing in memory of teammate who died in car accident
A jersey for Jacob Quam hangs in the classroom of Henning assistant boys basketball coach Mark Oscarson. Quam always thought it'd be cool if Henning had orange home jerseys to go along with their normal black, so his mother had orange jerseys mad...
March 19, 2019 12:55 PM
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By  Chris Murphy
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