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MOORHEAD — Moorhead’s Taye Reich has been making quite the name for himself both on the gridiron and on the diamond.
Reich rushed for 601 yards on 69 attempts with 10 touchdowns for the Spuds football team last season. In addition to 19 receptions for 313 yards and four receiving touchdowns.
His efforts caught the attention of Division I scouts. Reich has since received offers from Minnesota, Iowa State and North Dakota State.
“I still need to play my high school season,” Reich said. “I have two more seasons left, I need to focus on that first.”
In the spring, Reich excelled for Moorhead baseball team and proved a key cog in the Spuds’ first state tournament appearance since 1990.
Reich had two of Moorhead’s six hits and made a few highlight-worthy grabs in the outfield in a 8-4 state tournament quarterfinal loss to Minnetonka. His play caught the attention of a Minnetonka coach that spurned an opportunity to compete among the nation’s best.
Moorhead’s Taye Reich grabs a fly ball against Minnetonka during the Minnesota state 4A baseball tournament quarterfinals on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at the CHS Field in St. Paul.
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Reich was named to the USA Baseball National Team Identification Series 16U Midwest Stars. He competed alongside, and against, the nation’s top prospects in a tournament showcase in early August in Cary, North Carolina.
“The fact that I got to go down there and play with some of the best kids in the country is really, really fun,” Reich said. “If I make it down there again, that would be awesome, but if not, it’s still a great experience.”
Reich batted 8-for-16 with an inside-the-park home run, triple, double, seven runs scored and seven runs batted in during the showcase. After his offensive surge, he was selected to special invite-only tryout camp that lasted around two hours.
“It was a little surprising that I got invited to it,” Reich said of the special workout.
Reich says he’s been stressing the fundamentals in the early stages of fall camp and noted he wants to become a go-to guy for his teammates.
“Just be a leader,” Reich said. “That’s really the biggest goal (is) to be a leader for my teammates.”
Nick Detloff of Barnesville carries against Caledonia during their Minnesota Class 2A Prep Bowl Championship football game Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, at U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
MSHSL updates football video replay policy
The Minnesota State High School League approved an amendment to its current football video replay review policy.
Under the new policy, “competitive impact” plays in the final two minutes of the first half in state tournament semifinals and championships can be reviewed. Only the final two minutes of the second half of those games could be reviewed previously.
Competitive impact replays can be used to justify timing or clock errors, catch or interception calls, fumbles or loose balls and yardage spots.
Competitive impact plays are defined by when a game with a point differential of 16 or less could be impacted due to a call or lack thereof by a referee.
Situations that could prompt a replay outside of the final two minutes include turnovers or potential turnover and scoring plays or potential scoring plays.
“It’s a good policy,” Barnesville head coach and Minnesota Football Coaches Association president Bryan Strand said of the new policy. “It should be available for all state games.”
Strand noted that limitations for expanding the policy into more state tournament games include not having enough cameras available to offer ample angles for review.
North Dakota follows the same guidelines as Minnesota on video replays, however “competitive impact” replays are only available in the final two minutes of the second half.
West Fargo Sheyenne senior Zoe Keene is ranked the No. 1 girls golfer in North Dakota, averaging 73.8 strokes in five rounds. Keene has two wins on the season. Fargo Davies senior Rose Solberg is second at 74 strokes with a win at the Grand Forks Central Invitational on Monday. Des Lacs-Burlington junior Laila Christianson is third at 74.7 strokes…North Dakota Division A and 9-man football begins Friday, Aug. 22. Division 2A, 3A and Minnesota begin next week.
Sheyenne golfer Zoe Keene at practice on Aug. 29, 2024.
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After graduating from North Dakota State University, Haugland joined the Forum in January of 2023. Readers can reach him at 701-241-5508 or by emailing ahaugland@forumcomm.com