BEMIDJI — Last year’s 4-7 season did not go as planned for the Bemidji State football team. Head coach Brent Bolte knows that, so for this upcoming season, he seeks to go back to the basics, starting with the 2026 recruiting class. The Beavers announced a recruiting class of 30 players on Wednesday, over half of which come from Minnesota. Bolte emphasised his want for blue-collar, lunch-pail players who aren’t afraid of hard work, and he feels like he’s found them with this recruiting class. “Coming off a year that was a little frustrating, to say the least, especially after the previous four years, (we want to) just get back to the basics, recruiting families that...
