George Ferguson Column: Plenty to watch for this fall in MSU-Northern sports

The new school year at Montana State University-Northern is still close to a month from starting. But, for MSU-N athletes and coaches in fall sports, things are already heating up.

The Northern volleyball team began preseason camp this week, and the Skylights are just three weeks away from officially opening the season. Meanwhile, the Northern football team is about to begin fall camp, ahead of its season-opening game Sept. 2 at Rocky Mountain College.

Of course, football and volleyball are the two feature sports of the fall, but there’s also golf and cross country, and, by October, basketball...