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NATIONAL SIGNING DAY: Banjoko makes his call
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MOORHEAD — On national signing day, Pipestone Area Schools’ football player Xavier Banjoko inked with Minnesota State University-Moorhead. Banjoko made it official during a special ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 4, in the PAS library in front of family and friends. “I chose them (MSU-Moorhead) because I felt like they were a real family,” Banjoko explained. “Their whole motto is family. I was on campus twice, and they constantly preached that. And I felt it while I was there.” Banjoko, a 6-foot-2, 225-pound linebacker, reported he will study criminal justice at MSU-Moorhead. For Banjoko, the road to Moorhead began with a...