Blue Hawks look to turn late-season surge into postseason berth

DICKINSON — If you had told the Dickinson State Blue Hawks football team that after a 1-4 start, they would hop on a bus to Butte, Montana, with a chance to make the playoffs, they probably all would have taken that deal in a heartbeat. That scenario has become a reality after a late-season surge from the Blue Hawks, who now sit at 4-1 in conference play. They'll travel to Butte to take on No. 5 Montana Tech with a chance to win the Frontier Conference East Division and earn an automatic bid to the NAIA playoffs. You go into our last regular-season game, and you just got to go do your thing, DSU head coach Pete Stanton said. We know they're a very good team, and they're an excellent team at home. And we know it's a tall challenge ahead of us, but our guys are looking forward to it, and you always want to be able to play meaningful games in November. Those meaningful November games have been made possible by the Blue Hawks winning four of their five conference games s