Lights competed from start to finish this spring

After close to a month of football, the Montana State University-Northern football team wrapped up its spring practice April 22.

For the second straight season, the Lights had a young team on the field. A large class of redshirt-freshmen took part in spring practice for the first time and by the time spring football had concluded, head coach Aaron Christensen felt that this team had improved.

“For some teams, some years, you use it as a learning tool,” Christensen said. “I think spring football for us this year, was competition. We have so many guys that needed reps, and we used it to get guys...