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Montana State University-Northern running back Zach McKinley, right, meets a Carroll College defender during a 2014 Frontier Conference football game in Havre. On Tuesday, the Fighting Saints were picked to repeat as Frontier champions at the league's annual Media Day in Great Falls. Meanwhile, Northern, which finished seventh last season, was picked to finish last this fall. The Lights begin fall practice Aug. 6.
It isn’t often over the last nearly two decades that the Carroll College Fighting Saints weren’t picked to win the Frontier Conference championship at the start of a new season.
And the 2015 campaign, which is now just a month away, is no different.
On Tuesday afternoon, the league released its 2015 Preseason Coaches Poll, and the Fighting Saints of head coach Mike Van Diest, topped the list. Carroll won the league title over eventual national champion Southern Oregon a year ago. The Saints went 9-1 in league play, but lost to the 8-2 Raiders in the NAIA quarterfinals last November in...
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