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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
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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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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Hawley tops D-G-F, advances to face Perham in 8AA final
Hawley senior forward Jacob Vetter did not need to play basketball this season. No one would have blamed him, as he's set to play football for Northern State University next year.
March 15, 2019 08:44 PM
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By  Chris Murphy
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There is more to the falling numbers of Minnesota high school officials than crowd noise
Chris Ellingson has been a high school basketball referee for 15 years and a baseball and softball umpire for 12 years in Minnesota. He'll never forget coming out of the dressing room, after waving off a basket at the buzzer, to three people hold...
December 07, 2018 10:38 AM
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By  Chris Murphy
Perham quarterback Jenson Beachy threw for 456 yards in a loss to Detroit Lakes last Friday. Robert Williams / Forum News Service
Sports
Football game between Perham and Detroit Lakes produces some crazy stats
PERHAM, Minn. -- Ron Berns has been taking stats for the Perham High School football team since he was a sophomore at Perham. That was 1977. Berns went to college for three years, coming back each weekend from the University of Minnesota-Morris f...
September 12, 2018 03:48 PM
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By  Chris Murphy
Katy Griffeth and her son Kale share a moment on the sidelines at U.S. Bank Stadium during last Sunday's Minnesota Vikings' game. Photo by Craig Peters / Vikings.com
Sports
'Best day of my life': 7-year-old gets special birthday from Vikings, including message from dad, a West Fargo native, serving overseas
MINNEAPOLIS -- Kale Griffeth's wish for his seventh birthday was to go to a Minnesota Vikings game with his mom and dad at U.S. Bank Stadium. That was supposed to happen Sunday, as West Fargo graduates Katy, 34, and Randall Griffeth, 35, paid mor...
September 12, 2018 02:22 PM
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By  Chris Murphy
Perham quarterback Jenson Beachy, left, sits with Perham senior Quenten Schumacher. Beachy surprised Schumacher, who has cerebral palsy, with his own football jersey before he took his senior pictures. Kristen McMartin Photography
Sports
Bond unbreakable between Perham standout athlete and classmate with cerebral palsy
PERHAM, Minn.--Perham senior quarterback Jenson Beachy stood with fellow senior Quenten Schumacher just outside the football field last week. Schumacher had Perham's football field at the top of his wish list for places he'd like to take his seni...
August 11, 2018 02:30 PM
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By  Chris Murphy
Frazee (Minn.) senior wrestler Tanner Schermerhorn honors his cousin, who died in a car accident in 2011, on his headgear. Robert Williams / Forum News Service
Sports
Frazee's Schermerhorn carries family tragedy with him on the wrestling mat
Frazee, Minn.Missy Carlson had just put her sons to bed on a summer day in 2001. Josh was a week away from turning 6 years old and Tanner was 1 1/2 -a few months from putting on his first wrestling singlet. She went out to the garage of their Fra...
February 26, 2018 05:04 PM
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By  Chris Murphy
Sports
No. 4-ranked Perham stays undefeated with win over Fargo Oak Grove
MOORHEAD--The last time Perham's boys basketball team played on Concordia's Memorial Auditorium floor the Yellowjackets watched as Breckenridge celebrated a Minnesota Class 2A, Section 8 championship.
February 03, 2018 09:29 PM
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By  Chris Murphy
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'This person touched the lives of literally thousands': HOL girls basketball teams honoring coach who died in crash
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton High School counselor Sarah Kjos walked up to D-G-F athletic director Joe O'Keefe on Tuesday to tell him she was going to Barnesville to help out because of a tragedy. O'Keefe asked what happend. Kjos told him a former stu...
January 11, 2018 09:09 PM
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By  Chris Murphy
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