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SATURDAY - MAY 10, 2008

PIRATE BOY'S GOLF IN SHORTENED DAY TWO OF FARGO NORTH INVITATIONAL

The Crookston Pirate boy's golf team finished the Fargo North (N.D.) two day Invitational Meet at Edgewood Golf Course with a 479 two-day total, after shooting 161 on the weather-shortened second day. Today's results were based on nine holes, although some competitors went beyond nine before wind chills of 26 degrees and snow showers caused organizers to shorten today's round of play. Pirate Seth Heppner tied for sixth overall, adding 39 to yesterday's 74, for 113, to lead Crookston to an eighth place team finish, one better than where they were at the end of Friday's play. Fergus Falls won the Tournament with 452, on a tie-breaker with Moorhead; Fargo South took third with 454. Fergus was led by Medalist Mike Tuel, who shot 104, followed by Moorhead's Nick Olsgaurd with 107, and Shanley's Pat Thomas with 110. There were ties at 111 for fourth individual, and at 113 for sixth (including Crookston's Seth Heppner).

According to Pirate Coach Steve Koefed, it was a tough day weather-wise, but the Pirates rose above it for a good finish. He went on to say that it was "nice to see Seth (Heppner) finish in the top ten again. He reached that level a few times by this point in last year's season, and it's good to see him back on that track."

FRIDAY - MAY 9, 2008

RED LAKE COUNTY USE BIG INNINGS IN AN 18-8 WIN OVER CROOKSTON

Red Lake County had two six runs innings, including six in the bottom of the sixth that ended the game, as the Rebels defeated the visiting Crookston Pirates 18-8 in a game called because of the 10 run rule. 
Crookston scored first when Brady Langlois walked, stole second and scored on Isaac Edlund's single and Ben Curran scored when Matt Grove drew a bases loaded walk.  Red Lake County answered with two runs in the first on a Corey Cardinal double that brought both runs in.
Crookston regained the lead in the second when Langlois led off with another single and scored on an Ethan Hulst single.
Red Lake County would get the bats going in the last three innings, scoring four in the third to take a 6-3 lead when Cardinal had another rbi double, while Pat Johanneck and Luke Olsen had rbi's. The Rebels scored six more in the fourth inning on five straight hits, including a Corey Schmitz double and in fact, Red Lake County was leading 12-3 and had the potential to push to a 10 run lead, but stranded a runner at second.  The Pirates were not just thinking of playing a full game, but they started a nice rally with two runs in the fifth, when Chris Follette singled, Edlund walked and Matt Grove doubled in Follette, while Edlund scored on a wild pitch. Crookston added three more, as Langlois with his third hit, a double and scored on a error, Ethan Hulst drove a run in with a bases loaded walk and Edlund had an rbi single to pull Crookston within 12-8 and runners on second and third, but Steve Morinville, Red Lake County pitcher struck out two to get out of the inning. "We stranded a lot of runners today and couldn't get the real big hit when we needed it," said Crookston head coach Brian Follette, "but that has been the story of our season really." Red Lake County banged out 14 hits in the game, nine off the Pirate starter, Dillon Nelson, getting his first varsity start. "I thought Dillon pitched very well," said Follette, "but we struggled with the strike zone and didn't adjust to how it was being called." Red Lake County played a lot of baseball today, as this was their second game, as the Rebels had beaten Norman County East 9-1 just preceding the Crookston game. "I thought we seen the ball well tonight," said Red Lake County head coach, Chris Nelson, "We are starting to come around a bit at the plate, which is good at this time of year."
Crookston is now 3-7 on the year and have lost five in a row.  Crookston will be at Warroad on Tuesday.
Red Lake County with the pair of the wins improves to 9-3.

     Isaac Edlund gets his second rbi single of the night on this swing

Dillon Nelson started the game for the Pirates vs RLC

Pitching                                IP    H      R     ER     BB     K
Dillon Nelson-Crox            3.1    9      12       8        6       1
Matt Grove-Crox               2.1    5       6        4        3       3
Steve Morinville-RLC       6.0   10      8        7        4      11


Steve Morinville pitched a complete game to pick up the win for Red Lake County

For Crookston
Brady Langlois  3-4,  3 runs, double, 2 stolen bases
Noah Prudhomme  2-4
Isaac Edlund   2-3, 2 rbi
Ethan Hulst  1-3, 2 rbi

For Red Lake County
Corey Cardinal  2-2, 2 doubles, 3 rbi
Corey Schmitz  2-4, 3 rbi
Luke Olsen   3-4,  double, 3 rbi


Ethan Hulst swings at the ball as the Rebel catcher and umpire look on


BRITTANY JAHN THROWS A ONE HIT SHUTOUT TO LEAD PIRATES TO 6-0 WIN

Crookston senior pitching workhorse, Brittany Jahn tossed a masterpiece, allowing just one hit and no runs as the Pirates defeated the visiting Ada-Borup Cougars 6-0 at the Donnie Lauf/Crookston American Legion Softball Field.  The Pirates scored in each of the first three innings, but Jahn only needed the one run her teammates scored in the first inning, when Marlee Wheelhouse singled, stole second and scored on Jennifer Meyer's double. The Pirates scored twice in the second inning when Erika Wheelhouse singles, stole second and scored on a Heidi Steinbrink single and scored on a Sydney Epema ground out.  The Pirates broke open the game with another two runs in the third inning as the Pirate cleanup hitter Meyer blasted a drive that hit the top of the fence and went over for an out of the park home run, which was followed a Wheelhouse single, stolen base and another Steinbrink rbi single to make it a 5-0 game.  The Pirates added another run in the sixth inning when Marlee Wheelhouse singled again, stole another base and scored on an Epema triple.
Jahn faced only 24 batters in the game, while her teammates gave her the support at the plate with 13 hits and also in the field, committing only one error. "Brittany pitched a great game today," said Crookston head coach Chad Hitchen, "She threw strikes and we made the plays behind her. We scored runs early which is good, but we are going to score runs, as we are a pretty good hitting team, and if we play defense like this we will be in most games we play in."  The Pirates won both their games this week and have improved their record to 8-5 on the season.  The Pirates will host Bemidji on Monday.
 

Pirate birthday girl, Erika Wheelhouse, takes a big cut
 

  Brittany Jahn pitched a one hitter for the Pirates

Pitching                          IP    H      R     ER     BB     K
Brittany Jahn-Crox      7.0    1       0        0        2       3
 

Naomi Fagerlund makes the play at first base, with catcher Marlee Wheelhouse backing up

For Crookston
Jennifer Meyer -  3-4, double, home run, 2 rbi
Heidi Steinbrink-  2-3,  2 rbi
Sydney Epema  -   2-4, triple
Marlee Wheelhouse - 2-4, 2 stolen bases

For Ada-Borup
Alicia Dahlsad  had the lone Cougar hit

CROOKSTON BOY'S TENNIS DROP TWO MORE AT BEMIDJI TRI-ANGULAR

The Crookston boy's tennis team, who won their first five duals of the season and were ranked seventh in the state, lost twice at the Bemidji Tri-Angular by identical scores, 5-2 to Grand Rapids and Bemidji and have now lost four duals in a row, all by 5-2 scores.  The Pirates top player, Jake Thompson won at number one singles against Grand Rapids, but the Pirates lost all seven other singles matches, and in their last four duals, the Pirates are 1-15 in singles play.  Crookston will finish up their regular season next week with a makeup dual with Thief River Falls in Crookston on Monday and then host a Tri-Angular on Tuesday with East Grand Forks and Park Rapids.
 

CROOKSTON GIRL'S SECOND, PIRATE BOY'S FIFTH AMONG 10 TEAMS IN THE PONY INVITATIONAL

The Crookston Pirate girl's had two first place finishes by Kellee Koenig in the two mile and Danielle Larson in the 100 hurdles, along with four second's and even though they closed the gap, the still finished second to East Grand Forks in the Warren-Alvarado-Oslo meet in Warren.  The Crookston Boy's finished in fifth place, just three points behind Warroad, as the Roseau Rams were impressive in winning the boy's division handily. Crookston had two first place finishes by the Portillo twins, Mariano in the mile, while Javier won the two mile.  There were 10 teams competing.  Both the the Crookston boy's and girl's teams have two meets left in their regular season, including one next week on Thursday at Ada.
 

          Chris Plante (left) and Mark Bittner (center) in the 110 meter hurdles
                          (Picture by Dave Emanuel of Wildfire Photography)

Taylor Broekemeier in the 100 dash  Dan Mykleseth hands off to Mariano Portillo   Kellee Koenig in the 3200
                                                    (Pictures by Dave Emanuel of Wildfire Photography)

Leann Wagner (left), Danielle Larson (2nd from left) and Keelee Emanuel (3rd from right) all run and place in the 100 hurdles
                                            (Picture by Dave Emanuel of Wildfire Photography)
 

CROOKSTON PIRATE BOY'S GOLF IN TWO DAY FARGO NORTH INVITATIONAL

The Crookston Pirate boy's golf team finished the first day of the Fargo North (N.D.) two day Invitational Meet at Edgewood Golf Course with a 318 scored led by a couple freshmen with under eighty scores, as Seth Heppner had 38-36 for a 74 and Kolton Walker had a 36-41 for a 77. Crookston was one of the first teams to finish their rounds and Pirate head coach Steve Kofoed said they will be waiting around for about an hour to see where they are in the first day standings, which will dictate what time they will tee off tomorrow.  "We golfed pretty well today and it was the first time we were under 320 this season, so it was a decent day for us.  The course is green and the greens were pretty good and breaking the way they were suppose to, which is unlike some of the courses we have been playing lately."

CROOKSTON YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN RUN, PITCH AND HIT COMPETITION

Crookston Youth, ages 7-14 participated in the Major League Baseball, Aquafina Pitch, Hit and Run Competition hosted by the Crookston Park and Rec department at the Jim Karn Field in Crookston.  The kids that finished 1st place in the All Around, Hitting, Running and Pitching in each age group advance to the Sectional Competition in Blackduck on Saturday, May 24.  The top four scores, statewide, will advance to the Team Championships at the Metrodome with the winner at that competition possibly advancing to the National Finals in New York City during the Major League All Star Game at Yankee Stadium.

The winners from each age group are listed and pictured below.

                All the winners show their ribbons after the competition

13/14 Years Old
Overall winner - Kaylee Derosier (She won all three events)

11/12 Years Old
Overall Winner - Parker Epema
2nd place - Ryan Porter
3rd place - Aaron Hollcraft

Hitting winner - Parker Epema
Pitching winner - Joey Koenig
Running winner - Carly Welter

9/10 Years Old
Overall Winner - Leah Trostad
2nd place - Ian Johnson
3rd place - Ian Cournia

Hitting winner - Leah Trostad
Pitching winner - Ian Johnson and Tyler Conklin
Running winner - Leah Trostad

7/8 Years Old
Overall Winner - Ben Trostad
2nd place - Blake Fee
3rd place - Tanner Reinhart

Hitting winner - Blake Fee
Pitching winner - Jonathon Olson
Running Winner - Ben Trostad

Crookston Parks and Recreation Director
Scott Kleven announces the winners

THURSDAY - MAY 8,  2008

PIRATE GIRLS GOLFERS FINISH SECOND AFTER TIE BREAKER AT ROSEAU

The Crookston Pirate Girls Golf team finished in second place out of seven teams at the Roseau Invitational.  The Pirates had tied East Grand Forks for first place, the top four girls from each team shooting a 362, but after the tie breaker East Grand Forks was awarded first place and Crookston second.  The tie breaker was the fifth players score and East Grand Forks had the advantage.  Monica Wold was the top Pirate shooting an 87 good for third place individually while Emily Hallie of Roseau had the top score shooting an 82.
The Pirates Lindsay Morgan, who called in the scores, said "The course was good but the greens were hard and fast.  Monica and Lauren were happy with their scores but the rest of us weren't very happy with our scores."  
The Pirates will be at the East Grand Forks Quad on Monday. 

CROOKSTON BOY'S TENNIS FALL TWICE AT THIEF RIVER FALLS TOURNAMENT

The Crookston Pirates finally got a match in against Moorhead, as the Pirates had three previous dual matches postponed with the Spuds, but they met the Spuds in the first round of the Thief River Falls Dual Tournament, but Moorhead, one of the top Class AA teams in Northern Minnesota won the match 5-2, to send the Pirates into the third place match up with the East Grand Forks Green Wave. "Moorhead is the real thing," said Crookston head coach Mike Geffre, "we played them pretty much straight up and it was a fun match and certainly a very competitive match, which was good.  We were competitive in about four of the matches, with Brandon (Lyczewski) losing a tie-breaker at fourth singles and we lose a 14-12 tie-breaker at third doubles. "
The Pirates had the tables reversed on them today as East Grand Forks, who lost to the Pirates 5-2 in East Grand Forks on Monday, completely did an about face today in a 5-2 Green Wave victory.  East Grand Forks swept all four singles and won a singles and doubles match in a tie-breaker, in fact Crookston lost all their singles matches on the day. "We tried some different people in different spots in this match," said Geffre, "We played some different kids in different spots, as we wanted to see what some combinations could do for later down the road, with the playoffs only a couple weeks  away.  East Grand Forks were pretty happy after the win, and we told the kids to remember that and hopefully will be good motivation later for us."
Thief River Falls won their own Tournament, beating East Grand Forks 4-3 and then defeated Moorhead also 4-3 in the championship.
The Pirates travel to Bemidji for a Tri-Angular with the Lumberjacks and Grand Rapids.  The Pirates will close out their regular season next week, with a makeup dual on Monday with Thief River Falls, hosting Park Rapids and East Grand Forks in a Tri-Angular on Tuesday and might have a makeup with Moorhead on Wednesday.
 

UMC'S JAKE POEHLER NAMED NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR IN NORTHERN SUN CONFERENCE BASEBALL

The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) freshman, Jake Poehler (Coon Rapids), who led UMC in batting average (.396), doubles, triples, home runs and rbi's was named to the Northern Sun Conference (NSIC) second team All-Conference team and also was named Co-Newcomer of the Year in the NSIC along with Adam Bidroski of Wayne State.

FOR THE NSIC ALL CONFERENCE TEAM AND AWARD WINNERS, CLICK HERE


 

WEDNESDAY - MAY 7,  2008

PIRATE BOYS GOLF FINISH 12TH AT FERGUS FALLS INVITE

The Crookston Pirate Boys Golf team traveled to the Fergus Falls Invite after it was postponed twice and finished 12th out of 15 teams at the Pebble Lake Course in Fergus Falls.  Fergus Falls won the invite shooting a 296, averaging a score of 74 (two over par), while the Pirates shot a 339.  Seth Heppner was the top Pirate shooting a 79 and another Freshman, Kolton Walker shot an 85.  Crookston High School Dean of Students, John Tufte, took the Pirates to the meet and said, "It was a great day to play golf, for the most part I think the guys are a little disappointed with what they shot.  It was a little bit different golf course than they're use to, the greens were hard and fast."  
The Pirates will at the Fargo North Invite on Friday and Saturday at Edgewood Golf Course in Fargo.