The Bemidji Curling Club is the host of the 2020 Mixed Doubles National Championships, which will be held Feb. 27-Mar. 1. Curling Club members Terry Mattson and Kirby Bahr visited High Noon on Thursday to preview the event and provide more details.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, KBUN Sportsradio presents a “Lumberjack Throwback”, as we recall a memorable Bemidji High School game from recent years through archived highlights and interviews. With Section basketball playoffs just a couple of weeks away, today we recall the end of Bemidji girls basketball’s wait for a playoff victory…

For this week’s “Hockey With Monsy” segment, sponsored by Giovanni’s, Eric Monsrud invited special guest Jake Bluhm to join the conversation. The Bemidji State alum discussed Beaver hockey in the mid-2000s, the transition from playing to coaching, and staying in Bemidji post-graduation.

For this week’s Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine “Health & Sports” segment, Dr. Mark Carlson explained how shoulder and elbow ailments are created from overhand throwing and pitching in baseball. We also talked about Tommy John surgery and how to manage pitch counts from an early age.

The Section 8AA boys hockey playoff seeds and matchups were announced after a coaches vote on Wednesday, with Bemidji seeded #8 and paired with #1 Moorhead for a quarterfinal game.