Rain couldn’t dampen the celebration as per week of group traditions culminated in a 62-26 Preventing Hawks victory
UND’s Pleasure of the North marching band and shade guard make their means by means of downtown Grand Forks through the Potato Bowl Parade. Picture by Mike Hess/UND At the moment.
It wouldn’t be Potato Bowl Week with out french fries, a parade and Preventing Hawks soccer — although the sixtieth annual celebration additionally introduced loads of rain.
For six a long time, Potato Bowl USA has introduced the College of North Dakota and the Grand Forks-East Grand Forks group collectively to have a good time the Crimson River Valley’s potato-growing heritage, and this yr’s milestone version continued the custom.
Festivities stretched all through the week, with the annual French Fry Feed drawing crowds to College Park on Thursday. Regardless of thunderstorms slicing the occasion quick, guests nonetheless had an opportunity to get pleasure from free french fries and household actions earlier than the climate moved in.
Saturday morning introduced one other Potato Bowl custom: the KEM Shrine Potato Bowl Parade by means of downtown Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. As soon as once more, UND college students, staff, organizations and followers had been effectively represented alongside the route, whilst rain made one other look.
Then it was on to the Alerus Heart, the place the Preventing Hawks supplied a decisive end to the week with a 62-26 victory over St. Thomas within the sixtieth annual Potato Bowl USA soccer sport. The victory capped one other Potato Bowl Week full of the traditions which have made the celebration a fixture within the Grand Cities since 1966.
Check out a number of the sights from the sixtieth annual Potato Bowl USA celebration within the pictures beneath.
UND volunteers assist hold the fries flowing through the annual Potato Bowl French Fry Feed. Picture by Shawna Schill/UND At the moment.Recent fries are ready for the group on the annual Potato Bowl French Fry Feed. Picture by Shawna Schill/UND At the moment.A crowd traces up for considered one of Potato Bowl Week’s tastiest traditions on the annual French Fry Feed. Picture by Shawna Schill/UND At the moment.Even four-legged Preventing Hawks followers acquired into the Potato Bowl spirit through the week’s festivities. Picture by Owen Britton/UND At the moment.Members of the UND shade guard carry Preventing Hawks spirit to the streets through the Potato Bowl Parade. Picture by Mike Hess/UND At the moment.Potato Bowl tailgating fills the parking zone exterior the Alerus Heart forward of UND’s matchup with St. Thomas. Picture by Mike Hess/UND At the moment.Followers collect exterior the Alerus Heart for tailgating earlier than the Potato Bowl soccer sport. Picture by Mike Hess/UND At the moment.Followers decked out in UND gear head towards the Potato Bowl festivities exterior the Alerus Heart. Picture by Mike Hess/UND At the moment.Preventing Hawks followers cheer on UND through the sixtieth annual Potato Bowl soccer sport. Picture by Mike Hess/UND At the moment.UND cheerleaders carry out alongside the sideline through the Potato Bowl sport on the Alerus Heart. Picture by Mike Hess/UND At the moment.UND finds the tip zone throughout its 62-26 Potato Bowl victory over St. Thomas. Picture by Mike Hess/UND At the moment.The UND pupil part exhibits its Preventing Hawks spirit through the Potato Bowl soccer sport on the Alerus Heart. Picture by Mike Hess/UND At the moment.
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Nikki Krueger
is the editor of UND At the moment. A graduate of the College of Minnesota with a level in Scientific & Technical Communication, she labored in pharmaceutical analysis earlier than becoming a member of UND in 2010. Krueger serves as communications director within the Division of Advertising and marketing & Communications.
