Gene Taylor spent a decade working to build up North Dakota State athletics during the transition to Division I. Now in his third year at Kansas State, he is hoping to take the Wildcat athletic department to the next level.

Jason Andera breaks down the best high school football games of the week in South Dakota. He digs deep into the top matchups of the week, including:

• Herreid-Selby at Sully Buttes

• Canistota/Freeman at Howard

• Dell Rapids St. Mary at Alcester-Hudson

• Hamlin at Britton-Hecla

• Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan at Mt. Vernon/Plankinton

• Madison at Dell Rapids

• West Central at Tea Area

• Yankton at Pierre

• Rapid City Stevens at Harrisburg

• Tri-Valley at Vermillion

• Viborg-Hurley at Baltic

• O'Gorman at Roosevelt

• Lincoln at Washington

It's back to school for both college athletes and sports broadcasters!

For more than 20 years, Tom Frederick has been the radio broadcasting voice for University of Sioux Falls athletics. In this edition of the Midco Sports Network podcast, David Brown asks Tom about prepping for games, his favorite sports books and sports broadcasters, and much more!

North Dakota versus North Dakota State.

It was once the greatest DII college football rivalry in the country before going on hiatus for over a decade, but after years in the wilderness, it appears to be back for good.

This Saturday afternoon in Fargo, the two programs will square off for just the second time since 2003, marking the start of a new era of the rivalry now that UND’s transition to the Missouri Valley Football Conference is nearly complete.

While the game itself should be one to remember, there’s always been more to this matchup than X’s and O’s, a fact not lost on our NDSU insider Brian Shawn and me.

Listen to our full conversation below on the latest MidcoSN Podcast, and be sure to subscribe to our podcast feed on Soundcloud and Apple Podcasts – it’s the easiest way to get the latest pods from MidcoSN the moment they come out. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the game this Saturday!

South Dakota stumbled to a disappointing 4-7 mark last season, but with some added depth and a fresh defensive philosophy, the Coyotes seem poised to rebound in 2019. Listen in as MIdcoSN’s Jay Elsen breaks down this year’s team with some added perspective from Sam Herder of HERO Sports FCS.

The 2019 high school football season has arrived, and we’re thrilled to be televising games every Friday night throughout the regular season in North and South Dakota. Our opening game should be particularly exciting because it features reigning EDC champion West Fargo Sheyenne travelling to the defending Class 3A state champs from Bismarck High. The game kicks off at 7 pm on Friday, August 30th and you can watch it LIVE on Midco Sports Network. In this podcast, you’ll hear the head coaches of these two squads, Jeremy Newton (Sheyenne) and Mark Gibson (Bismarck), give an overview of their teams and breakdown that opening night matchup.

Bismarck High might be the Class 3A state champions, but they’ll be replacing a huge and talented senior class that featured 2018 ND Gatorade Player of the Year and starting quarterback Will Madler. Even with the departures, opposing teams across the state feel the Demons will be right in the playoff hunt again in 2019.

West Fargo Sheyenne is coming off its best season as a program after winning its first EDC title. The Mustangs return some talented players, including the conference’s leading rusher Nathan Goldade. Goldade suffered a serious knee injury in the offseason but is holding out hope that he might be able to play this season. Even without Goldade, the Mustangs have a formidable squad thanks to standout players like WR/DB Tyler Terhark and RB/LB Zach Rodgers. Head Coach Jeremy Newton discusses Goldade’s status, the team’s quarterback battle and the Mustangs new turf field on this episode of the MidcoSN podcast.

Tyler Merriam has been the radio voice of South Dakota State University athletics for close to a decade. He jumps on the MidcoSN podcast to talk about the "other" Merriam family in Central South Dakota, his head full of useless baseball knowledge and his new football color guy, Brady Hale.

MidcoSN’s Kelly Stewart and Jay Elsen recap South Dakota Football’s 2019 Media Day, as well as preview the upcoming season for the Coyotes.

As Jackrabbit football camp gets going, Dan Jackson will get you all Jacked Up for the 2019 season – with thoughts on new coordinators, Jordan Brown in the NFL and the Jackrabbits quest for an FCS Championship.

Days after announcing the creation of the Monique and Jocelyn Lamoureux Foundation, Olympic gold medalist and Grand Forks native Monique Lamoureux joins the MidcoSN Podcast for a conversation with Alex Heinert on social change in America, balancing motherhood, advocacy and hockey, and what’s next for the Lamoureux twins and Team USA Hockey.