Two local dads need your votes to make the Super Dad final

FARGO — For James Bergman, fatherhood is a chance to carry on a family tradition. For Marcus Hill, it s a chance to create something he missed growing up. Both Fargo dads need your votes to advance from the group finals of the national Super Dad competition. Voting ends Oct. 15, with each group s winner advancing to the quarterfinals. The national winner receives $25,000 and appears in an Ace Hardware television commercial. You can cast one free vote daily. You can also earn additional votes by donating to the Children s Miracle Network. For 25-year-old Hill, an electrician who moved from Texas to Fargo to help support his growing family, entering the competition prompted him to reflect on why fatherhood matters so much to him. His father was incarcerated until Hill was 12. He described the emptiness of growing up without his dad during those early years. Marcus and Yaisa Hill with son Sakar. Marcus says he wants to be there all of his son's milestone