Liberty Dickerson was at a crossroads somewhere between Moorhead and St. Cloud. "We drove to both campuses. We toured St. Cloud first, and then we went to Moorhead. And it just felt right at Moorhead.” Dickerson, a senior midfielder for the BHS girls soccer team, committed right then and there to the Dragons.

Plenty of Lumberjacks have stretched their playing careers beyond high school. Dickerson is excited to spend four more years on the pitch -- and even match up against a number of former teammates.

“The high school level is a little different than the college level, so I’m excited to up my game a little bit more,” she said. “And all the other (BHS alums)… they’re going to play at the D-II level and in my conference, so I’ll get to play them a little bit. That’ll be fun.”

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The quest to become Section 8A’s first-ever four-peat champion is almost complete for the Bemidji High School girls soccer team.

BHS made the latest step to the throne Wednesday night in Alexandria after 100 back-and-forth minutes, eight rounds of hold-your-breath penalty kicks and one unfriendly post that launched the Lumberjacks back into the section title game.

With the North subsection crown up for grabs, the fourth-seeded Jacks and second-seeded Cardinals played to an even 1-1 draw over 80 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of sudden-death extra time. Finally, after eight rounds of PKs, BHS outlasted Alexandria by a 6-5 margin behind a keeper who didn’t falter.

Bemidji advances to the program’s fourth consecutive Section 8A championship game. The Jacks will face South No. 1 seed Sartell-St. Stephen, who beat BHS 2-0 during the regular season.

Due to weather, the game has been moved to a 3:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday, Oct. 24, back in Alexandria.

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