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FRIDAY -  SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

CROOKSTON FOOTBALL OPENS UP SEASON AT HOME WITH THIEF RIVER FALLS

It's a rite of fall, Crookston and Thief River Falls play each other in the high school football opener and this year is no different as the two Section 8AAA rivals collide at the Crookston/UMC football field tonight at 7:00 PM. The game will be on KROX RADIO starting at 6:20 PM and also on the internet by clicking on the UMC Media Services Link at the top of this page.
 

1st  Quarter
 

2nd Quarter
 

3rd Quarter
 

4th Quarter

 

Rushing

Passing

Receiving

CROOKSTON GIRL'S TENNIS IN TWO MORE DUALS IN MOORHEAD

The Crookston Pirate girl's tennis team will conclude a busy two weeks as they play at a Moorhead Tri-Angular this afternoon to play Moorhead and East Grand Forks in matches that started at 2:00 PM. Since opening the season nine days ago, the Pirates will have played in six duals and two tournaments.
 

CROOKSTON BOY'S SOCCER TRAVEL TO DETROIT LAKES

The Crookston Pirate boy's soccer squad is looking for their first win of the season after opening up on Monday in an 8-0 loss to Grand Forks Central and they play at Detroit Lakes against the Lakers in a Section 8A matchup starting at 5:30 PM.
 

Scoring

UMC VOLLEYBALL OPENS SEASON AT NORTHERN MICHIGAN TOURNAMENT

The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) volleyball team lost their opening match 3-0 to American International College of Springfield, Massachusetts 25-22, 25-21 and 25-15 in the Northern Michigan University Invitational in Marquette, Michigan. UMC will play the University of Wisconsin-Parkside this afternoon at 2:00 PM and then two more matches tomorrow.
American International (AIC) jumped out to a 10-5 lead in the first game and led 17-10 and held off the Golden Eagles in the 25-22 win. The second game saw AIC also jump out to an early lead, but UMC rallied back and took a 15-14 lead at one time, but AIC scored three points in a row and regained the lead. UMC was down 22-21 when AIC ran off the next three points to win 25-21. The third game saw UMC get a 4-2 lead and the two teams were tied at 7-7 when American International ran off three straight points and surged to the 25-15 win and the match. It was the first match of the season for both teams.
 

For UMC:
Kills: Amanda Swann-10, Alexandra Skeeter-8, Danielle Rueter-7
Blocks: Katie Miedtke-2, Alexandra Skeeter-2, Amanda Swann-2
Assists: Kelsey Matykowski-11, Chelsea Wiesner-5
Aces: Alyssa Krikke-1, Kelsey Matykowski-1
Digs: Chelsea Wiesner-13, Danielle Rueter-11, Jennifer Hecht-9
 

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THURSDAY -  SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

UMC FOOTBALL ROMPS TO A 37-6 WIN OVER MAYVILLE STATE IN SEASON OPENER

UMC's senior quarterback Tim Ennis threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns while Keith McBride rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Golden Eagles to a 37-6 win in the season opener over Mayville State in a non conference game at Ed Widseth Field in Crookston.

UMC started quickly as senior quarterback Tim Ennis (6’2-210-Sr-Lancaster, CA) was on target completing four of five passes and connected with key third down passes to Jordan Lecher (6’3-195-Jr-Litchfield, MN) and Antonio Williams (6’2-215-Sr-West Palm Beach, FLA) and after Keith McBride (5’11-195-Soph-Lodi, WI) nine yard run to the 25 yard line, Ennis connected with Lecher for a touchdown pass with about four minutes into the game and after the eight play, 64 yard drive, it was a 7-0 Golden Eagles lead. "We were looking to take a shot in the end zone when we got in the red zone," said Lecher. "Our offensive line was really doing the job for Tim and he put the pass where we needed it and it was nice to get that first touchdown."
Mayville State was able to move the ball on their first possession and had a big play as Comet quarterback Tanner Carpenter hit freshman Taylor Eisenheimer for a 33 yard pass to the UMC 25 yard line, but after a five yard penalty on Mayville State, Carpenter had a pass picked off by UMC’s defensive back Cecil Brown (5’10-205-Soph-Edison, GA) at the 20 yard line and Brown returned it to midfield. The Golden Eagles were able to get to the Mayville State seven yard line, but missed on a third down pass and settled for a Secrest 24 yard field to give UMC a 10-0 lead just six seconds into the second quarter.
After a kickoff went out of bounds, Mayville State started at their own 40 yard line, the Comets went to the running game, rushing six times and getting to the UMC 21 yard line and on a fourth and a yard, Carpenter tried a quarterback sneak and was stuffed by Deandre Snow (6’4-265-Jr-Detroit, MI) and Brown to end the Mayville State drive.
After the two teams traded punts a couple times, UMC’s Ennis and Lecher (pictured to the right) struck again, as Lecher hauled in a 43 yard pass to the Mayville State 11 yard line. McBride then rushed for seven yards to make it first and goal and the sophomore tailback bounced to the outside for a two yard touchdown and with just over four minutes to go in the first half the Golden Eagles widened their lead to 17-0. The last four minutes turned out to be interesting as Mayville State had a snap on a punt go over the head of Carpenter, who made a good recovery to field the bouncing ball and on the run got off a 30 plus yard punt. UMC was driving again when Ennis combined with Lecher for a couple long first down passes and a 13 yard pass to Payton  Kujava (5’10-160-Fresh-Ada, MN), but Ennis had a pass picked off at the 27 yard line by  James Staub to end the threat and the Comets ran out the clock to end the first half with UMC leading 17-0. “Mayville State was packing it in the box,” said UMC head coach Shannon Stassen at half-time, “so we went to the passing game and Tim (Ennis) did a pretty good job, but we have to clean things up a bit, making a couple mistakes. Anytime we can get Jordan Lecher one on one, which happened a number of times in the first half, we feel that he is open really.”
After UMC defense held Mayville State to three straight incomplete passes and a punt which put the ball at the UMC 42 yard line and on the first play, the UMC offensive line opened up a huge hole that speedster McBride hit quickly and the sophomore raced 58 yards for a quick strike to put UMC up 24-0 with just 3:21 gone in the second half. “You know at some point that Keith is going to get out in the open.” said Stassen. “They might stop him a couple of times, but he gets an opening like he did and he was off and nobody was going to catch him. We feel we have a tremendous stable of running backs.”
Mayville State did have a nine play drive, but they were limited to just 29 yards by the Golden Eagles defense and were forced to punt. UMC started another drive in good field position at their 47 yard line and after Ennis hit Lecher and Trenton Nyhus (6’1-220-Jr-Almena, WI) for first down passes, Ennis went long with Antonio Williams (pictured lower right) for 35 yards and another UMC score to make it 31-0 with 3:21 left in the third quarter and the quarter ended that way.
Mayville State made an effort to get on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter, but had a pass dropped that could have been a touchdown and  then the Comets tried a 42 yard field goal, but the snap was off the mark and UMC took over on downs at their own 35 yard line with 11:26 left in the game. UMC would put in a new quarterback, Josh Perea (6’-175-Fresh-Pico Rivera, CA) and on the freshman’s third collegiate play, he hit Eric Ogorek (6’-175-Soph-Hallock, MN) for a 60 yard strike and UMC put the game out of reach 37-0 with 10 minutes left in the game.  “As I said, we have some great running backs, but you look at the receiving corp of Lecher, Antonio Williams, Ogorek and Payton Kujawa might be the fastest of the bunch, so we feel we have a lot of weapons offensively to go behind a good veteran offensive line.”
The two teams exchanged punts and after a short UMC punt, Mayville State took over the ball at the UMC 22 yard line and after a pass interference call on the Golden Eagles, Carpenter found Tony Evenstad in the back of the end zone with a 10 yard touchdown pass to put Mayville State on the board, but Neiko Pascua (5’11-200-Fresh-Mandan, N.D.) on the UMC special teams blocked an extra point kick and UMC’s lead was now 37-6 with five minutes left in the game.
Mayville State tried an onside kick, but it didn’t go the required distance, so UMC started at their own 40 yard line and had three rushing plays and punted, then Mayville State had five straight rushing plays for Brian Bell and time ran out and UMC claimed an opening night victory of 37-6. “
UMC amassed 464 yards of offense and three touchdown passes, while the defense held Mayville State to 225 yards in the game. “The offensive line has been together for a number of years and we are family,” said UMC offensive lineman Scott Steuck (6’6-290-Jr-Dassel, MN), “it was a total team effort and nice to get that first win.”  UMC did lot of good things in all three phases, offensively, defensively and even with the wind, the coaching staff thought they performed well. “It was a learning experience in a game that the score fortunately enabled us to play our whole bench,” said Stassen, “we played a lot of young guys which we had hoped to do and it was a good effort leading us into the conference.”
UMC will take the 1-0 record to Wayne, Nebraska on Saturday, September 11th against Wayne State to start the Northern Sun Conference season.  Mayville State will be at Trinity Bible College on September 11th.

   
Keith Mcbride breaks away on his 58 yard touchdown run in the 3rd quarter

  
Two UMC defensive players team up for a tackle of Tanner Carpenter     Chris Seacrest kicks an extra point after the 1st TD

1st  Quarter
3:52 -   UMC -   Jordan Lecher 25 yard pass from Tim Ennis  (Chris Secrest kick)

2nd Quarter
0:06 -   UMC -  Chris Secrest 24 yard field goal
10:48 - UMC -  Keith McBride 2 yard run  (Chris Secrest kick)

3rd Quarter
3:21 -   UMC -  Keith McBride 58 yard run  (Chris Secrest kick)
11:33  -UMC -  Antonio Williams 35 yard pass from Tim Ennis  (Chris Secrest kick)

4th Quarter
4:55 -   UMC -  Eric Ogorek 60 yard pass from Josh Perea  (kick failed)
9:53 -   MSU -   Tony Evenstad 10 yard pass from Tanner Carpenter  (kick blocked)
 

CROOKSTON PIRATE VOLLEYBALL WINS FIRST MATCH IN FIVE GAMES OVER MAHNOMEN

The Crookston Pirate volleyball team was coming off a tough 3-2 loss to Thief River Falls on Tuesday, but were able to turn the tables on visiting Mahnomen tonight 3-2 to pick up their first win of the season.
Crookston started strong winning games one and two handily by jumping off to big leads in both. "We really played well in the first two games," said Crookston head coach Lon Boike, "Kailey Biermaier had six or seven kills right away as we were passing well and putting the ball for our hitters and really dominated." That momentum did not carry over into the third game as the Indians won 25-19 and sent it to a fifth game with a 25-18 win in the fourth contest. "We were flat in game three and were giving away points," said Boike, "We had three serves in a row that we missed, so it was a bit frustrating, but give Mahnomen credit, they capitalized on our mistakes and were able to pick up the win in game three and carried that over to game four." Crookston lost a 15-3 fifth game on Tuesday to Thief River Falls and against Mahnomen the Pirates jumped out to a 10-3 lead before winning 15-7. "I believe we learned some things from the Thief River Falls match," said Boike, "we learned how to handle a fifth game and didn't get rattled and I think we were a little more comfortable tonight, which was good and made for a very good victory." Biermaier continued her strong play with 20 kills on the evening, "Kailey was just dominant to start with," said Boike, "and in the fifth game we started to get the ball to her again and it contributed to the victory. Tori (Schmitz) did a nice job of getting the ball to the hitters and I thought Monica (Wold) played a good match too."  Crookston is 1-1 on the season and will be at Red Lake Falls on Tuesday night.  Mahnomen is 0-1 on the season.
JV -  Crookston won 2-1
Freshmen -  Mahnomen won 2-0

  
Monica Wold on the serve receive while Jordan Goulet looks on   Kailey Biermaier also on the serve receive
 

For Crookston:
Kills: Kailey Biermaier-20, Monica Wold-6
Blocks: Kailey Biermaier-3, Mackenzie Sandstrom-3
Assists: Tori Schmitz-30
Aces: Colee Ulseth-6, Monica Wold-3, Krystyna Rasmussen-2
Digs: Krystyna Rasmussen-24, Kailey Biermaier-9, Monica Wold-8

For Mahnomen:
Kills:  Kaitlin Worms-13, Ashley Schoenborn-8
Blocks:  Kaitlin Worms-3, Ashley Schoenborn-3
Assists:  Kyla Omang-28
Aces:  Katilin Worms-5, Rachel Hanson-4
Digs:  Kayle Lundon-17, Rachel Hanson-12




CROOKSTON GIRL'S SWIMMING SQUAD THIRD THIEF RIVER FALLS TRI-ANGULAR

The Crookston Pirates had two first place finishes and added four second places and finished third in the Thief River Falls Quadrangular with the host team winning the meet by 11 points over Fosston-Bagley and the Pirates a distant third. "We had our ups and downs in the first official meet of the season," said Crookston head coach Greg Summers, "The meet started off with a disqualification of our 'A' group in the 200 Medley Relay as we had an early jump on a transition, which comes down to mental preparation on the part of our veteran swimmers."
Between varsity, JV and an exhibition swim the coach was able to see a lot of his girls in different events. "It was a great opportunity to have some of the new swimmers getting a chance to understand the process of swim meets and how they should prepare for races." Abbie Anderson, the Pirate sophomore had another good meet winning the 200 IM and just getting nipped by Eliza Papke of Fosston-Bagley in the 100 Butterfly by a few lengths, while senior Ana Koch was also just edged by Gracie Daniels of Thief River Falls in the 100 backstroke. "All of the girls worked hard and finished strong," said Summers, "there were a few mental errors made in the meet causing four disqualifications that hurt us in the team points, because we could have finished in the top three for most of those events." The coach was pleased with newcomer Haley Roed who finished second in the 100 freestyle race and had some good times in her other events.  Crookston will be off until Saturday, September 11th when they travel to the Bemidji High School Invitational Meet.
1.  Thief River Falls- 91
2.  Fosston-Bagley- 80
3.  CROOKSTON- 51

UMC WOMEN'S SOCCER ENDS UP IN A 0-0 OVERTIME TIE BEFORE THE LIGHTNING CAME

The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) Women’s Soccer team opened the 2010 regular season on Thursday night with a 0-0 double overtime tie against St. Joseph College in Rensselaer, Ind. The game was called at the 101:13 mark due to lightning after having been delayed nearly 90 minutes at the half due to lightning.
Anna Ogaard (Sr-Maple Grove, MN) recorded seven saves for the Golden Eagles and as the score indicates it was a close all the way around as Saint Joseph outshot UMC 12-11 in the game with UMC having five players getting a shot on goal.
Both teams have overall records that stand at 0-0-1. UMC returns to action on Saturday night,  September 4 when they face Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana.

Scoring
None

WEDNESDAY -  SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, CROOKSTON MEN'S GOLF FINISH 4TH AT JAMESTOWN

The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) Men's Golf team had two squads that started their fall season out with a fourth place and a 10th place finish at the Jamestown College Jimmie Invitational at the Hillcrest Golf Course in Jamestown (N.D.).
Concordia College of Moorhead won the meet by two strokes over a Minot State team. UMC finished nine strokes out of first and the Golden Eagles were led by Jon Blazek (Jr-Owatonna) with a 71 and Brandon Hanson (Jr-Devils Lake, N.D.) with a 72.  Medalist was Tyler Champ of Concordia with a 66.
1.  Concordia 1 -  286
2.  Minot State 2 -  288
3.  Minot State 1 -  292
4.  UMC -   295
5.  Dickinson State 1 -  296
6.  Jamestown College  1 -  303
7.  Concordia  2-   309
8.  Valley City State -   312
9.  Bismarck State -  314
10. UMC  2  -            317
11.  Dickinson State  2 -  322
12.  Jamestown College  2-   331

Tyler Champ-Concordia   66
Pat Dietz -  Concordia  69
Jarrett Hysuik- Minot State  69
Blair Anderson - Minot State  69
5.  Jon Blazek-UMC   71
7.  Brandon Hanson-UMC   72

All UMC Scores
Jon Blazek (Jr-Owatonna) - 71
Brandon Hanson (Jr-Devils Lake, N.D.)- 72
Eric Fisher (Jr-Hartland, WI)- 75
Payne Forester (Jr-South St. Paul) - 76
Jon Michalski (Sr-Coon Rapids) - 77
Jake Sanders (Sr-Crookston) - 77
Ben Packer (Sr-Coon Rapids) - 80
Nick Walters (Sr-Wayzata)- 81
Mark Michalski (Sr-Silver Bay) - 84
Kyle Rick (Sr-Coon Rapids) - 86



TUESDAY -  AUGUST 31, 2010

THIEF RIVER FALLS RALLIES FOR 3-2 WIN TO SPOIL CROOKSTON VOLLEYBALL OPENER

The Thief River Falls (TRF) Prowlers were trailing two games to one and after nine ties and 14-14 in game four, the Prowlers ran off three straight points and hung on to a 25-20 win to force a game five and TRF breezed to a 15-3 win to win the opening season match 3-2 to spoil the season and home opener for the Crookston Pirates.
In the first game, Crookston was down 18-10 and mounted a comeback to tie it at 20-20 behind the serving of Kailey Biermaier and Kaylee Reierson.  Thief River Falls actually took a 24-22 lead and served for game one three times, but the Pirates got a great block for a point from Biermaier to tie it at 24-24. Crookston’s Tori Schmitz then served a ball off the net, which threw off the Prowlers for a point and now Crookston was serving for the win and Schmitz delivered with an ace and a Crookston 27-25 win.
Crookston jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the second game, but six foot hitter Bailee Walker of Thief River Falls showed she can serve too, as she had seven straight service points to put TRF up 12-5 and the Prowlers coasted to a 25-15 win to tie the match at one game each.
Crookston jumped out to another 5-0 lead in the third game, but nothing came easy for the Pirates on the evening, as Thief River Falls battled back with four straight points, but Crookston got things going, particularly getting the ball to Biermaier who had three kills in a row and a block for another point to give the Pirates a 19-12 lead. Thief River Falls would take advantage of Crookston serving mistakes and the aggressive play at the net by Brooke Anderson to cut the Crookston lead to 20-19. The score eventually was tied at 21-21, but the Pirates received a great save from Monica Wold and a net violation by the Prowlers to take a 23-21 lead and squeaked out a 25-22 win to take a two games to one lead.
Game four ended up being tied nine times and again some missed serves cost the Pirates, who had a 10-9 lead, but Thief River Falls scored two in a row and always had a one point lead, but Crookston would counter and tie it with the last tie at 14-14 before Thief River Falls made three in a row to take a lead at 17-14. “We could never get the lead,” said Crookston head coach Lon Boike, “I told coach Huie (Amy) on the bench that we had to get a lead, but it didn’t happen and it was a big lift for Thief River Falls at that time.” Crookston did get within 19-21, but the Prowlers scored four of the next five points to win 25-20 and send it to a fifth game, which is played up to 15 points. “We weren’t hitting the ball the way we are capable in the fourth game,” said Boike, “when we hit the ball hard we scored points, but we went away from it for some reason. We needed to be aggressive and we weren’t and it cost us. If you have a good set, you have to go up swinging.”
The fifth game started well as Biermaier blocked a Prowler attempted hit to give Crookston a 1-0 lead, but Thief River Falls came right back and led 5-1 and forced Crookston into a time out, trying to break the TRF momentum, but it didn’t as the Prowlers expanded the lead to 10-2 and the Pirates used their last time out. It didn’t matter as Thief River Falls was doing everything right and win 15-3 to win the season opener, three games to two. “I couldn’t emphasize enough in the huddle before game five how important it was to get off to a good start, hit the ball and be aggressive, but it didn’t happen.”
Biermaier led the Pirates in the losing effort with a triple-double with 14 kills, 10 blocks and 10 digs. “Kailey had a monster night for us and she is going to be a great player for us this year,” said Boike. “Kailey played the whole way around for almost the five game match except for maybe one or two back row rotations.” Crookston will try to rebound on Thursday when they host Mahnomen at 7:30 PM.  Thief River Falls will take their 1-0 record to their first home match when they host Sacred Heart on Thursday, September 9^th.
JV -  Thief River Falls won 2-1
Freshmen – Thief River Falls won 2-0

         Colee Ulseth hits the ball past two Thief River Falls blockers
 

Monica Wold digs a Thief River Falls serve as Krissy Rasmussen looks on

For Crookston:
Kills: Kailey Biermaier -14, Colee Ulseth - 9, Monica Wold - 7
Blocks: Kailey Biermaier - 10, Tori Schmitz - 5, Monica Wold - 5
Assists: Tori Schmitz - 35
Aces: Kailey Biermaier - 4, Kaylee Reierson - 2
Digs: Kailey Biermaier - 10, Monica Wold - 5, Tori Schmitz - 5

For TRF:
Kills: Brooke Anderson - 7, Bailee Walker - 7, Brooke Holtman - 7, Brooke Yaggie - 6
Aces: Bailee Walker - 12
 

SCANLAN AND GREENWAVE WEAR DOWN PIRATE GIRLS SOCCER FOR A 6-0 WIN

The defending Section 8A Girls Soccer Champions, the East Grand Forks Greenwave, used their depth to wear down the Crookston Pirates, scoring four second half goals on their way to a 6-0 victory at the Crookston High School Soccer Field.
The Pirates played a tremendous first half and kept the high powered Greenwave at bay for the first 27 minutes.  With just over 12 minutes left in the first half East Grand Forks finally got on the board to take a 1-0 lead.  Under a minute later the Greenwave had a penalty kick and Sydney Luckow came up with a big save to keep the Pirates within a goal.  It looked like the score would be 1-0 going into the half before East Grand Forks scored with under two minutes left and took a 2-0 lead into halftime.  "We came out and played hard and we worked really hard and that will set the bar for what I expect from them the rest of the year," said Pirate Coach Sarah Reese.  "We worked together, we were there for each other, moved the ball well.  It was a fun first half to watch."
In the second half the deep Greenwave team wore down the Pirates to score four more goals on there way to a 6-0 win.  Several times in the second half the Greenwave would sub in six, seven and even eight players allowing them to wear down the Pirates, who have a limited bench.  "They rotated a lot of players through and a lot of skillful players.  We had the same 11 or 12 players most of the game and I was impressed with our players.  Jessica Broekmeier, playing in the back sweeper position, was a rock star for us and did fabulous back there.  I thought defensively we did pretty well for most of the half," said Reese, who added the game was a physical game, "We turned up the heat and played a physical game and once we get passed being timid we go shoulder to shoulder with them.  Other teams are going to do it to you and if you don't return the favor your going to be on the ground."
J.V. - East Grand Forks won 3-0

East Grand Forks improves to 3-0 on the year, while Crookston drops to 0-4.  The Pirates will have some time to practice as their next game will be against Bemidji when they host the Lumberjacks on September 9.


Jessica Broekemeier out muscles an EGF player for a header 

         Shannon Kaiser holds off an East Grand Forks player

Scoring
27:46 - EGF - Marina Galstad  (unassisted)
38:04 - EGF - Jaclyn Scanlan  (unassisted)
50:15 - EGF - Teresa Adamson  (Madi Galstad)
61:14 - EGF - Jaclyn Scanlan (Marina Galstad)
65:48 - EGF - Dani Pickard (unassisted)

76:04 - EGF - Leah Black  (Jenna Wisk)

CROOKSTON GIRL'S TENNIS WIN TWO AND LOSE ONE AT PARK PAPIDS QUADRANGULAR

The Crookston Pirate Girls Tennis team went 2-1 at the Park Rapids Tri-Angular.  The Pirates used 13 girls and three different line ups to beat Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 5-2 and Pequot Lakes 4-3 while losing a close match to Park Rapids 4-3.  The Pirates had a good day in doubles winning eight of the nine matches.  "We did pretty well in doubles winning eight of nine and the only doubles match we lost was in a tie breaker," said Pirate Coach Mike Geffre.  "We have been working a lot with our doubles players as that is where we will have to be strongest this year."  Crookston struggled in singles only winning four of the 12 matches.  "We are going to have to identify who our singles players will be," said Geffre.  "We will have to start working with them and shift a little more focus on them, because we have to start winning some of those matches."  Winning all their matches were Lilli Denison (3-0), Lizzy Awender (2-0), Abby Wilder (2-0) Amber Trostad (1-0) and Morgan Henre (1-0).   "I think anytime you can win two out of three you have to be happy," said Geffre.  "We were pretty happy especially when you look at Pequot Lakes, who has a nice squad, Long Prairie Grey Eagle has a dominate first singles player and some good doubles teams and Park Rapids would have to be considered one of the top teams in the section and will likely be in the top two."
J.V. - Park Rapids beat Crookston 2-0
          Crookston beat LPGE 2-0
          Crookston beat Pequot Lakes 1-0
 

MONDAY -  AUGUST 30, 2010

CROOKSTON BOY'S SOCCER SHUTOUT BY GRAND FORKS CENTRAL IN SEASON OPENER

The Grand Forks Central Knights Boys Soccer team scored two minutes into the match and never looked back as they cruised to an 8-0 victory over the Crookston Pirates in a match at the Crookston High School Soccer Fields.
Central scored two minutes into the match then added another goal five minutes later and in another five minutes the Knights had tallied their third goal to take a 3-0 lead.  Central added another goal and led 4-0 at halftime.  "Our defenders weren't able to anticipate and stay close and stop them from getting shots off," said Pirate Coach Don Cox.  "Central plays a real nice attack where they bring it down the middle and split at the last minute and they get the ball to the open spaces and then the shots come."
In the second half Crookston had a stretch of five to ten minutes where they put some significant pressure on the Knights goaltender, but were unable to come up with a goal.  The closest the Pirate came to getting a goal was when Ross Forney had the ball in front of the net, after a ricochet off the goalie, and tried to kick the ball with his left foot and just missed the net.  "I was really pleased with my guys up front, Pedro Baeza, our foreign exchange student, Ross (Forney) and Scotty (Grunewald) and Josh Noyes were working well together," said Cox.  "We had nice opportunities and just couldn't come score on them.  Our four upfront guys' effort was very good for the first time out."  Even with the Pirates improved play in the second half, Central was able to score four more goals in the second half for an 8-0 win.  Central had two players with hat tricks, Jake Purpur and Brett Lofthus.  "We switched up the line up a bit and it seemed to work better, actually some of the players said they liked the line up better, so we will see," said Cox.  "This first game was about what I expected.  It was a fast game and it was a struggle for us to figure out what to be and we struggled in our communication, but we can work on that in practice."
Central improves to 3-1-1 on the year while Crookston drops to 0-1 on the year.  The game against Fargo Shanley on Thursday has been cancelled as Shanley scheduled Fargo Davies (the new Fargo school) and will have to drop Crookston.

       Scott Grunewald navigates between two Knight defenders

Josh Noyes controls the ball by using his knee as Knight defenders look on

Scoring
2:00 - GFC - Jake Purpur  (Brett Lofthus)
7:00 - GFC - Brett Lofthus  (Luke Schulz)
12:00 - GFC - Jake Purpur  (Brett Lofthus)
25:00 - GFC - Brett Lofthus  (Luke Schulz)
52:00 - GFC - Jake Purpur  (Brett Lofthus)
59:00 - GFC - Brett Lofthus (Jake Purpur)
65:00 - GFC - Cody Lundeed  (Luke Schulz)
73:00 - GFC - Dylan Peycke (unassisted)

CROOKSTON GIRL'S SWIMMERS LED BY ABBIE ANDERSON FINISH THIRD IN THE DETROIT LAKES PENTATHLON

The Crookston Pirate Girl's Swimming team finished third of six teams in the Detroit Lakes Pentathlon that started the season for the teams. Park Rapids won the meet by over 125 points to outdistance the home team Lakers. "The meet went very well for the first of the season," said Crookston head coach Greg Summers, "It was great seeing all of our new swimmers competing for the first time and also seeing the returning swimmers improved times over the off season."
Crookston was led by Abbie Anderson, who had the only first place finish, which came in the 100 Individual Medley (IM), plus the sophomore had a 3rd, 4th, 7th and 9th place finish, as each swimmer could swim in all five of the events. "Abbie, Ana Koch and Kelsey Kaml all swam well with at least one top three finish," said Summers, "Kaytelyn Porter and Nicole Plante swam some consistent times from last season, which was excellent. Our newcomers, Sophie Lien, Haley Roed, Alex MacGregor, Marietta Geist and Sierra Pry all put up some impressive times in a few events." 
The overall individual winners were:
1. Abbie Anderson (Crookston) 70.5 pts
2. Melissa Paakh (Detroit Lakes) 68.5 pts
3. Allycia Zinke (Park Rapids) 63 pts
The top three in each grade (must have swam each event without disqualification).
7th grade: Haley Roed (Crookston), Allyza Edevold (Park Rapids), Kayla Anderson (Park Rapids)
8th grade: Jennifer Bellware (Detroit Lakes), Emily Eistad (Park Rapids), Grace Livermore (Detroit Lakes)
Freshmen: Taylor Graham (Park Rapids); Ellen Hoffman (Park Rapids); Maddy Schiller (Detroit Lakes)
Soph. Abbie Anderson (Crookston), Katherine Erickson (Park Rapids), Emily Creager (Park Rapids)
Juniors: Allycia Zinke (Park Rapids); Mandy Schimers (Park Rapids); Kelsey Kratzke (Perham/New York Mills)
Seniors: Melissa Paakh (Detroit Lakes), Eliza Pipke (Fosston/Bagley); Andi Weiss (Detroit Lakes)
 

Crookston will swim in the Thief River Falls Tri-Angular on Thursday with the Prowlers and Warroad/Roseau, who are in a coop this year. "This season will be a much different one from the past two years, as we have almost doubled the team size and have gained a few good swimmers as well. The third place team finish today shows that the team has been working hard and will only continue to get better."

Team Scores
1.  Park Rapids     282
2.  Detroit Lakes   157.5
3.  CROOKSTON   108.5
4.  Perham   77.5
5.  Thief River Falls  75
6.  Fosston-Bagley   74.5

Each swimmer could swim the five events
Crookston results with place, individual and time
Backstroke
2.  Ana Koch  31.75
3.  Abbie Anderson  31.77
19. Kaytelyn Porter  33.78
23. Kelsey Kaml  34.57
27. Haley Roed  34.93
52. Sierra Pry  37.50
54. Nicole Plante  37.72
58. Amanda Parr  37.72
71. Alex MacGregor  40.26
90. Marietta Geist  43.69
95. Ashley Mills  44.93
97. Sophie Lien  45.50
101. Hayley Viken  47.42
105. Peyton Bouley  49.17
107. Lexi Hanson  52.65
114. Alison Olson  58.90
115. Shannon Gross  1:02.20

50 Breaststroke
3.  Kelsey Kaml   35.85
9.  Abbie Anderson  37.18
22. Kaytelyn Porter  39.25
24. Haley Roed  39.34
25. Nicole Plante  39.36
46. Amanda Parr   42.09
50. Ana Koch  42.49
83. Sierra Pry   47.05
98. Alex MacGregor  53.73
99. Alison Olson  54.19
102. Ashley Mills  56.51
108. Hayley Viken  1:06.04

50 Butterfly
7.  Abbie Anderson   30.83
23. Kaytelyn Porter   33.11
27. Ana Koch   33.34
29. Haley Roed   33.63
61. Sierra Pry   39.47
63. Ashley Mills  39.67
68. Kelsey Kaml   40.96
69. Alex MacGregor  41.07
72. Amanda Parr  42.21
84. Nicole Plante  43.87
94.  Hayley Viken  47.76
99.  Alison Olson  54.62

50 Freestyle
4.  Abbie Anderson  27.55
12. Ana Koch   28.48
26.  Haley Roed   29.17
38.  Kaytelyn Porter  30.31
40.  Nicole Plante  30.72
62.  Kelsey Kaml   32.18
70.  Amanda Parr   33.06
77.  Sierra Pry   34.18
80.  Alex MacGregor  34.55
82.  Sophie Lien   34.62
90.  Marietta Geist  36.00
102.  Haley Viken  38.10
105.  Ashley Mills  38.79
107.  Lexi Hanson   39.88
114.  Alison Olson  42.45
116.  Peyton Bouley  43.49
119.  Shannon Gross   56.27

100 Individual Medley
1.  Abbie Anderson   1:09.02
20. Kaytelyn Porter   1:14.46
22.  Haley Roed   1:15.66
29.  Ana Koch   1:16.97
37.  Kelsey Kaml   1:19.11
42.  Nicole Plante   1:20.92
56.  Amanda Parr   1:23.81
69.  Sierra Pry   1:28.21
85.  Alex MacGregor   1:36.27
88.  Ashley Mills   1:38.06
96.  Hayley Viken   1:45.49
101.  Alison Olson   1:53.43

CROOKSTON'S BOY'S CROSS-COUNTRY HAS FIRST MEET IN MOORHEAD

The Crookston Pirates have two runners that competed in the Shocky Strand Moorhead Rotary Boy's Cross-Country today and the two, Dan Mykleseth, a senior and Andreas Geist, a sophomore, competed in their first meet in the Moorhead Invitational and Mykleseth finished 38th and Geist was 50th out of 88 runners in the meet.
Crookston has not had cross-country for a number of years, but the two are practicing with the East Grand Forks squads and coach and will participate in nine meets this fall.
Moorhead won their own meet by six points over Perham, while the Spuds Lukas Gemar was the medalist with a time of 16:28.89 and won the meet by over 40 seconds and Anders Byberg of Willmar with a time of 17:10.89 and Brendan Skime of Thief River Falls who was third with a time of 17:18.66. You have to have four runners to have a team score, so Crookston ran incomplete, which they will this season.
1.  Moorhead-47    2.  Perham-53       3.  Willmar-89        4.  Bemidji-91           5.  Fergus Falls-124

Mykleseth's time in the 5K race was 19:21.52 and Geist ran the race in a time of 19:51.65.  The East Grand Forks coach, Kristi Aune, who trains the two Crookston runners said, "There were 88 runners in the Varsity boys race.  AA schools and top teams from Section 8A were there.  It was a good starting point for the boys. They got their first race experience and learned what went well and what they will do differently next time.  They are hard workers and it will be fun to watch them grow." There were two East Grand Forks boy's that also ran in the race, Talon Egeland was 72nd and Kyle Aune finished 85th. East Grand Forks Girl's were led by Jordyn Konze, who finished in 10th place. "Jordyn had a strong performance from start to finish," said Coach Aune. The two Crookston lads along with the East Grand Forks teams will run in the Roseau Invitational on September 9th. 

All the individuals results of the boy's race are available here.



SUNDAY -  AUGUST 29, 2010

GOLDEN EAGLES WOMEN’S SOCCER SHUTOUT AT MINOT STATE 2-0

Minot State University scored a goal in each half, while the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) had just two shots on goal as the Beavers defeated the Golden Eagles 2-0 in an exhibition women’s soccer game today in Minot, N.D.

The Beavers scored with less then eight minutes left in the first half when Tatyannay Griffiths scored and MSU scored about eight minutes into the second half when Lexy Kidd, who had an assist on the first goal.  UMC captain goalkeep Anna Ogaard (Sr-Maple Grove, Minn.) recorded nine saves for the Golden Eagles, all in the first half. Kylie Haberman (Fresh-Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Carly Mirwaldt (Soph-Fort Wayne, Ind.) had the two Golden Eagle shots on goal.

Scoring
37:22 -  MSU -  Tatyannay Griffiths  (Lexy Kidd)
52:56 -  MSU -   Lexy Kidd unassisted

SATURDAY -  AUGUST 28, 2010

CROOKSTON GIRL'S PLAY BETTER, STILL FALL TO ST. JOHNS PREP 4-1

The Crookston Pirate Girls Soccer team played in their third match in as many days and played better, but still fell short in a 4-1 loss to the St. Johns Prep Johnnies at the Crookston High School Soccer Field. 
St. Johns Prep's first goal was a fluke goal as they kicked the ball towards the net and the ball deflected off of a Pirate defenders head and trickled into the net to give the Johnnies a 1-0 lead.  "We have had some tough luck in past years with bad bounces and today was no different," said Pirate Coach Sarah Reese.  "We had a defender in the right spot and sometimes the ball will take a bad bounce as that is the nature of the beast."  St. Johns Prep added another goal four minutes later with a beautiful centering pass and they kicked it in the net for a 2-0 lead, a lead they would hold at halftime.  "I thought that we came out strong in the first half," said Reese.  "We changed to a 4-4-2 and that took a little time to get used to it and the girls transitioned well into it."
St. Johns Prep added two goals two minutes apart in the second half to take a 4-0 lead.  Crookston would finally get on the board late in the second half when Hayley Epema collided with several Johnnie players in front of the net.  As the players fell to the ground Shannon Kaiser came in and kicked the ball into the net to bring the Pirates within a 4-1 deficit, which was the final score.  "Hayley kind of got clobbered by a couple of their players," said Reese.  "Shannon was right there and had a nice, nice kick into the net for the goal."
"Each game we have been getting better, which is good to see," said Reese.  "We have played very good teams in the first three games and I am happy with how we have played.  Obviously I would like to see a win, but I think we have made big strides and I saw a lot of great things today, especially in the second half."
St. Johns Prep, who lost to East Grand Forks Friday night 6-1, improves to 1-1 on the year, while Crookston drops to 0-3 on the year and will host East Grand Forks on Tuesday.

     Kellee Koenig lines up for a big kick as a Johnnie player looks on
 

Mollie Kanten kicks the ball before a Johnnie defender can get it

Scoring
24:00 - SJP - Kelsey McFarling (unassisted)
28:00 - SJP - Brittney Krebsbach (Clare Culligan)
54:00 - SJP - Kelsey McFarling (unassisted)
56:00 - SJP - Clare Culligan (Kelsey McFarling)
68:00 - Crox - Shannon Kaiser (Hayley Epema)

HIBBING BREEZES TO  TITLE IN CROOKSTON PIRATE BOOSTER/CARLA JOHNSON MEMORIAL GIRL'S TENNIS TOURNEY

The Hibbing/Chisholm Bluejackets took five of the seven championships and had little problems in winning the Crookston Pirate Booster/Carla Johnson Memorial Girls Tennis Tournament  over a field of eight teams including the Crookston Pirates who finished sixth overall while having one champion, first doubles team of Jaclyn Proulx and Rachel Lariviere.
"Hibbing and Bemidji are very tough," said Crookston veteran head coach Mike Geffre, "They were certainly on today and dominated."  Hibbing won three of the singles and were second in the other singles (#2), plus they won the second and third doubles and were consolation champions at number one doubles. Bemidji won a singles division, finished second in three events and had two third place finishes to finish in a strong second place to Hibbing. "We weren't going to touch Hibbing or Bemidji," said Geffre, "but I was disappointed that we didn't show better against the rest. Our number one doubles competed well all day long and had one little hiccup, but played through it and had a nice day. It was frustrating with some of the efforts of the rest of the team. We have some things to work on and we didn't seem focused on tennis today, but on some other things. We will need to put in a better effort and get after it a little more."  Crookston will travel to Park Rapids on Tuesday for a Quadrangular where they will play Park Rapids, Pequot Lakes and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle in three duals.

 
    Michelle Stahlecker with a forehand return                Bailey Morris eyes down the ball on a backhand return
 

 
                Jaclyn Proulx lunges for a return                   Riley Erickson eyes down the ball as she readies for a return shot

Tournament Champions
#1 Singles -  Megan Johnson-Hibbing over Courtney Solberg-Bemidji  6-2, 6-1
#2 Singles - Jessica Solberg-Bemidji defeated Katie McLaughlin-Hibbing  6-2, 6-0
#3 Singles -  Emily Milani-Hibbing over Amy Frosaker-Bemidji  6-4, 3-6 (7-1)
#4 Singles -  Tina Matetich-Hibbing defeated Sylvia Marolt-TRF  6-0, 6-1
#1 Doubles -  Jaclyn Proulx-Rachel Lariviere-Crookston over Wendy Rima-Sabrina Okeson-TRF  7-6 (8-6), 6-3
#2 Doubles -  Mikaela Krampotich-Nicole Blagoue-Hibbing defeated Claire Baumgartner-Haley Pollock-Bemidji  6-0, 6-0
#3 Doubles -  Christine Nyberg-Emily Mickelson-Hibbing over Heidi Schaum-Lydia Schaum-Park Rapids  6-2, 6-4





FRIDAY -  AUGUST 27, 2010

VISITATION SCHOOL SHUTS OUT PIRATE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM 7-0

The Visitation Blazers (a private school in Mendota Heights) scored four goals, in a seven minute span in the first half, on their way to a 7-0 victory over the Crookston Pirate Girls Soccer Team at the Crookston High School Soccer Field on Friday.
Crookston came out strong and had several scoring opportunities in the first 10 minutes, but weren't able to crack the Blazer goalie.  "We came out to start the game playing awesome," said Pirate Coach Sarah Reese.  "We were doing all the things we talked about before the game.  On defense we were marking up man on man and causing them to get frustrated, second we talked and worked together and we had our heads up."   Visitation took over at the halfway point of the first half.  The Blazers scored four goals, by four different players, in a seven minute span to take a commanding 4-0 lead, a lead they had at halftime.  "We slowly got tired as the first half progressed and it became a mental game and our legs got tired," said Reese.  "They set the tone in those seven minutes.  At halftime we talked about letting things go and not let our frustration get to us."
In the second half Visitation added three more goals and cruised to a 7-0 win.    "I think in the second half we had a lot of spurts where we played real well and had everything working," said Reese.  "We also had times where we sat in the back seat and just kind of watched the game for a little bit and that comes back to conditioning.  We had times where we played very well, but we just couldn't put it together for an extended period of time.
Visitation improves to 1-0 on the year, while Crookston drops to 0-2 and will host St. Johns Prep Saturday morning.
J.V. - Visitation won 3-2

   
         Shannon Kaiser battles for the loose ball                Keelee Emanuel kicks the ball away from a Visitation player

Scoring
23:00 - VHS - Mara Wangen (Annie Eckman)
27:00 - VHS - Maddie Hanson (unassisted)
29:00 - VHS - Bridget Schoffman (unassisted)
30:00 - VHS - Marie Martine (Anne Haslerud)
47:00 - VHS - Bridget Schoffman (Olivia Beinlich)
61:00 - VHS - Brecklyn Crocker (unassisted)
63:00 - VHS - Julia Sullivan (Maddie Hanson)

THURSDAY -  AUGUST 26, 2010

MOORHEAD GIRLS SOCCER SCORE NINE FIRST HALF GOALS TO BEAT CROOKSTON

The Moorhead Spuds opened up their season in grand fashion as they scored nine first half goals on their way to a 10-3 victory over the Crookston Pirate Girls Soccer team in a match played at the Crookston High School Soccer Field.
Moorhead scored just over a minute into the match and added eight more goals the rest of the half to take a commanding 9-1 lead.  "We only have four seniors on the team this year, but those four seniors are very good," said Moorhead Coach Nicole Wiesner. "We put in a new defense this year and we figure we will score a lot of goals this year, but at the same time we will give up a lot of goals."  The Pirates lone first half goal came in front of the net when the ball was loose and Jessica Broekemeier kicked the ball before the Spud goaltender was able to cover it up.  "Jessica normally plays a defensive position and because of the score and how the game was going I figured I would give her a whirl up there.  She has a great foot and watched where the keeper was going and kicked it in there," said Pirate Coach Sarah Reese.  "The first half was a little rough.  We have some injuries and girls out for various reasons, so we had girls who might have been playing in different positions. Moorhead came out quick and took some of our thunder away and we got real frustrated with ourselves and couldn't let it go."
In the second half Moorhead went into a possession offense and Crookston took advantage scoring the first two goals of the half.  Haley Epema scored with 14 minutes left when she kicked the ball over the goalies head from about 20 yards out.  "That was a beautiful goal and you couldn't ask for a better goal," said Coach Reese.  "We had the wind at our back in the second half and the ball sailed over the keeper into the net."  The second Pirate goal came seven minutes later when Epema took a pass from Ciara Brewster and ran past a Spud defender and kicked the ball on the left side of the net, just inside the post and scored to bring Crookston within a 9-3 deficit.  "Hayley had a nice square pass from Ciara," said Reese.  "Hayley used her speed finished with a great finesse shot."   Moorhead added one more goal with four minutes left in the match for a 10-3 lead and held on for the victory.  "Unfortuneatly we didn't get the win," said Reese.  "I talked to the girls after (the match) and said it is important that we learned something today.  I think we learned that we have to be positive and communicate better.  We have a challenging four games to start the season, but that will only make us better."
Moorhead improves to 1-0 on the year, while Crookston drops to 0-1 on the year.  The Pirates start the season with three games in three days as Crookston will host Visitation High School on Friday and St. John's Prep will be in town for a Saturday morning match.
J.V. - Moorhead won 3-1.

   Hayley Epema tries to steal the ball away from two Spuds
 

Mandie Persson kicks the ball away from Jae Borgen of Moorhead

Scoring
1:32 - MHD - Hannah Hoium (Ashley Heinze)
8:21 - MHD - Chelsea Klemetson (unassisted)
15:43 - MHD - Jae Borgen (Hannah Hoium)
20:34 - MHD - Kelli Tonn  (Chelsea Klemetson)
21:59 - MHD - Morgan Holm (unassisted)
25:00 - Crox - Jessica Broekemeier (Haley Epema)

29:00 - MHD - Kelli Tonn  (Morgan Holm)
30:06 - MHD - Bianca Clark  (Morgan Nyquist)
33:38 - MHD - Morgan Holm (unassisted)
39:31 - MHD - Ashley Heinze (Abi Christensen)
66:00 - Crox - Haley Epema (Mandie Persson)
73:00 - Crox - Haley Epema (Ciara Brewster)
76:00 - MHD - Chelsea Klemetson (Jae Borgen)

CROOKSTON GIRL'S TENNIS FINISH 3RD AT THIEF RIVER FALLS EARLY BIRD TOURNEY

The Crookston Pirate Girl's Tennis team had a first place finish from first doubles of Jaclyn Proulx and Rachel Lariviere and two second place finishes, but were edged second by one point by Thief River Falls and both were behind Roseau for the team title in the Thief River Falls Early Bird Girl's Tennis Tournament. "It was an improvement from yesterday," said Crookston head coach Mike Geffre, "Jaclyn and Rachel won number one dubs beating Roseau in the process and we lost to Roseau that spot yesterday, so that was an improvement. Jaclyn and Rachel are both seniors and they know how to win. The other doubles are younger and not as much experience and they haven't learned how to win yet, but that will come."
Crookston's second doubles team of Kylie Simmons and Bailey Morris lost two third set tie-breakers, including 5-7 to Roseau and the Pirates third doubles of four different girls also lost two third set tie-breakers, including 6-8 to Roseau and 5-7 to Thief River Falls. "We lost head to head to Roseau 2-5," said Geffre, "but we win those tie-breakers and we not only beat Roseau head to head 4-3, but we win the tournament to!!! I would say on a playing scale of 0 to 100, we are at 50 percent right now, which is a good thing, because we have a lot of improvement that can be made with the potential for this group."
Coach Geffre said that he was also pleased with fourth singles freshman, Elizabeth (Lizzy) Awender, who won both her matches at that spot including a 6-3, 6-4 win over Roseau. "We played 13 kids while the other teams played 10, so that made a difference, but it was good for us to get a look at a number of girls to see how they react to this level of play."
Crookston will host the Crookston Pirate Booster/Carla Johnson Memorial Tournament on Saturday at the Crookston High School, Schuster Park and Highland Complex tennis courts starting at 9:00 AM. It's an eight team tournament consisting of Crookston, East Grand Forks, Thief River Falls, Park Rapids, Hibbing, Bemidji, Moorhead and Perham. "This will be a good tournament for all the teams," said Geffre. "East Side and Thief are back, but Hibbing is coming over and Bemidji, so we have some very good teams and individuals coming in."

1.  Roseau-  14
2.  Thief River Falls-12
3.  CROOKSTON-11
4.  East Grand Forks 5
 

Other Tournament Results
#1 Singles -  Jessamy Jones-EGF was the champion beating Abby Ness of Roseau  6-2, 6-4
#2 Singles -  Taylor MacFarlane of Roseau won the title defeating Karlee Jorgenson of TRF  6-3, 6-1
#3 Singles -  Bethany Tangen of Roseau won it beating Lilli Denison of Crookston 6-7 (0-7), 6-1
#4 Singles -  Sylvia Marolt of TRF went undefeated beating Amber Johnson of Crookston 6-3, 6-0
#1 Doubles - Crookston's Jaclyn Proulx-Rachel Lariviere beat Wendy Rima-Sabrina Okeson of TRF 6-4, 6-2
#2 Doubles - Jessica Acker-Tara Anderson-Roseau won the title beating Kayley Koop-Lindsey Genereux-TRF 6-2, 7-6 (12-10)
#3 Doubles - Hailey Johnson-Anna Koppenhagen-TRF  defeated Emily Hallie-Andrea Johnson-Roseau for title 7-5, 4-6 (7-5)
 

WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 25,  2010

CROOKSTON GIRLS TENNIS FALL 6-1 TO ROSEAU IN SEASON OPENER

The Crookston Pirate Girls Tennis Team traveled up to Roseau to take on the defending Section 8A Champs and lost 6-1.  Roseau has a veteran squad coming back as seven of the ten girls in the line up are seniors. The Rams were playing in their fifth match of the season, while the Pirates were in their first match of the year.  "They are into their match experience and it showed," said Pirate Coach Mike Geffre.  "We have a lot of little things to iron out and haven't had a chance to be in a pressure situation until today."   The lone Pirate win came at second doubles with Lilli Denison and Bailey Morris picking up a two set win.  The first doubles team of Rachel Lariviere and Jaclyn Proulx lost a close two setter 7-6 (7-5 in a tie breaker), 6-4.  "I thought the first doubles match was tight and could have gone either way," said Geffre.  "I think we can get that one (later in the year) with a little work.  We played well at second doubles and our third doubles played well and could make some improvement."
Roseau is loaded at first and second singles with Abby Ness, who was a consolation champion at the State Class A Girls Tennis Tournament last fall, and Taylor McFarlane.  The Rams won the the first and second singles matches while only losing three sets total. Roseau veteran coach Jack Swanson was impressed with the Pirates, "We have a veteran team with three very strong singles players. The Pirates, with just three seniors playing today will definitely get better through the fall."
The Pirates continue a busy week as they will be at the Thief River Falls Invitational on Thursday morning.
J.V. - Roseau won 7-4

TUESDAY -   AUGUST 24, 2010

TRAVIS ROSS DOES NOT MAKE THE CUT IN U.S. AMATEUR GOLF TOURNAMENT

Crookston’s Travis Ross followed up a first round of 78 with a 74 on Tuesday in the 2010 U.S. Amateur Golf Championship in Dupont, Washington, and with the total of 152 did not make the cut to continue in match play. Ross was three strokes off from making a playoff for the final spots for match play which starts Wednesday.

Ross, who is now on his way to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he will be a senior at the University of New Mexico and also plays golf for the Lobos, finished in a tie for 108th place after two days of stroke play.

Jeff Wilson from Fairfield, California had a one stroke lead after the second day.

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MONDAY -  AUGUST 23, 2010

TRAVIS ROSS COMPETING IN U.S. AMATEUR GOLF TOURNAMENT

Crookston’s Travis Ross had a round of 78 on the first day of the 2010 U.S. Amateur Golf Championship in Dupont, Washington.

Jeff Wilson from Fairfield, California had a 10 under 62 and a seven stroke lead after the first day of stroke play. Wilson’s 62 was the second lowest round ever in U.S. Amateur history.
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SUNDAY -  AUGUST 22, 2010

UMC WOMEN'S SOCCER SHUTOUT JAMESTOWN COLLEGE IN EXHIBITION MATCH

The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) Women’s Soccer team was able to get some action in this afternoon as they hosted Jamestown College in an exhibition contest that does not count in the season records and statistics, but the Golden Eagles had a second half goal from Rachel Halligan (Fresh-Duluth, Mn) and five minutes later Kylie Haberman, another freshman (Sioux Falls, S.D.) added another with just over 22 minutes left in the match. UMC’s defense limited the Jimmy’s chances as senior UMC goal keep Anna Ogaard (Maple Grove) only had to make two saves to record the shutout.
UMC will have another exhibition contest next Sunday (August 29^th) when they play another NAIA team from the DAC Conference, at Minot State (N.D.).  Minot State is in the process of joining the NCAA Division II ranks and has applied to become a member of the Northern Sun Conference, which UMC is a member.
 

Scoring
63:28 - UMC -  Rachel Halligan (Megan Flynn, Rachelle Alcini)
68:20 - UMC -  Kylie Haberman (Nikki Hammond)

SATURDAY - AUGUST 21,  2010

OX CART RUN RESULTS

The Ox Cart Run was held Saturday morning at the Crookston High School.  There was a 10K run, 2 mile run/walk and a children's race. The Crookston Running Club ran the event (no pun intended) and had a nice cool, foggy morning for the run.  The results and pictures are below.  

                                    The start of the 10K and two mile run at the Crookston High School parking lot

      The start of the children's run with the noticeable fog in the background

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10-K Results, Male

Overall Winner        Kyle Downs (TRF, age 24)   36.09

13 – 19                      Dan Mykleseth                      40.08
                                  Chris Larson                           44.11
                                   Isaac Loegering                     52.55

20 – 29                       Kyle Downs                          36.09
                                   Luke Anderson                     41.04
                                   Matt Lessard                         43.11
                                   Anthony Diaz                         47.11
                                   Kalusin                                   61.54  

30 – 39                       Eric Sondag                           37.14
                                   Andrew Larson                     46.57
                                   Jon Thorp                              50.39
                                   Tony Jalan                             60.36
                                   Brent Kaiser                          60.45

40 – 49                       Tom Johnston                        40.28
                                   Warren Barstad                     50.20
                                   Jason Brantner                      52.56
                                   Corey Dugan                         54.00
                                   Troy Wangler                        54.01
                                   Wayne Gilman                       54.35

50 – 59                       Lonnie Olson                         41.13
                                   Earl Beal                                48.51
                                   Rick Tonder                          50.24
                                   Tim Dufault                           58.52
                                   Charles Miller                       67.11
                                   Phil Weiler                             110.00

10-K Results, Female

Overall Winner        Cindy Sondag (GFK)              37.13

13 – 19                      Heidi Peterson                       39.54
                                  Kellee Koenig                        47.50
                                  Karly Koenig                         50.46
                                  Katie Davidson                      50.55
                                  Isabel Thompson                   67.08

20 – 29                     Heidi Evans                           38.15
                                 Amanda Bakken                   51.01
                                 Michelle Jalan                      51.54
                                 Kayla Rasmussen                 56.13

30 – 39                     Cindy Sondag                         37.13
                                  Stephanie Kaiser                   45.56
                                  Becky Hanson                       48.02
                                  Heidi Castle                           54.00
                                  Jana Brekken                        58.17
                                  Jessica Shockman                 59.10
                                  Shelby Reitmeier                   75.16

40 – 49                     Kerri Brantner                         52.56
                                 Diane Packeey                         54.21
                                 Jenny Gilman                           55.18
                                 Linda Keller                             59.35
                                 Judy Weiler Thompson            68.50
                                 Betty Arvidson                         68.51
                                 Rose Weiler Koch                   68.52

50+                           Barbara Weiler                     110.00

Unknown age           Kara Miller                            67.12

 
2 Mile Results, Male

Overall Winner         Andreas Geist                        11.59

Under 13                    Dylyn Mendez                       19.01
                                   Calob Neumann                     25.53
                                   Jacob Miller                           28.38

13 – 19                       Andreas Geist                        11.59
                                   Mark Bittner                         12.25
                                   Anthony Caputo                    12.30
                                   Brandon Lyczewski               12.53
                                   Dylan Klatt                            12.57
                                   Curtis Regan                         13.22
                                   Josh Edlund                           13.36
                                   Tim Desrosier                       13.59
                                    Isaac Edlund                         14.17
                                   Ryan Bittner                          14.32 
                                   Luke Widseth                        14.40
                                   Nick Biermeier                      15.30
                                   Nick Regeimbal                     15.51
                                   Michael Herta                        16.49
                                   Kyle Caputo                           16.58
                                   Austin Schwede                    17.13

20 – 29                       Nevin Lubarski                     19.36

30 – 39                       Nate Lubarski                       19.37
                                   Chris Bruggeman                  19.38
                                   Brad Miller                            28.50

40 – 49                       Steve Biermaier                     15.35
                                   Jerry Mykleseth                    15.37
                                   Joe Koenig                             17.00 
                                   Leslie Wagner                        18.02
                                   Richard Rock                         18.03
                                   Bill Bingman                          23.46

50+                             Dennis Koch                          24.35

2 Mile Results, Female

Overall Winner           Kenzie Klatt                          14.49

Under 13                     Marietta Geist                       14.58
                                    Meleah Biermaier (TRF)      15.25
                                    Claire Dufault                         21.20
                                    Jenna Sufka                            23.22
                                    Claire Thompson                    24.34

13 – 19                        Kenzie Klatt                           14.49
                                    Nicole Plante                          15.06
                                    Lilli Denison                           15.53
                                    Ashley Nelson                        18.28
                                    Breanna Leas                         18.32
                                    Katelyn Stegman                    20.45
                                    Andrea Biermaier                   23.21
                                    Paige Aamoth                          23.21
                                    Abby Parr                                24.33

20 – 29                        Jaclyn Martin                          15.38
                                    Megan Scott                            19.36
                                    Tiffany Jones                           23.04
                                    Kari Moe                                 23.22
                                    Myra Diyson                           23.26
                                    Jessica Pariot                          25.51
                                    Angelica Salveson                   28.56
                                    Amy Lubarski                          29.18
                                    Amber Lund                             31.13
                                    Tracey Kuchan                        31.18

30 – 39                         Amber Bailey                         16.07
                                     Danelle Jalan                         16.28
                                     Ronda Biermaier                   17.56
                                     Carrie O. Diaz                        23.26
                                     Anne Rasmusson                   25.49
                                     Jordan Coauette                    31.12
                                     Laurie Erickson                     32.00

40 – 49                         Meloni Rasmussen                24.09
                                     Lisa Meine                             28.59
                                     Cindy Jarmin                          32.00

50+                               Gladys Bakken                      16.40
                                     Jean Rock                              31.06
                                     Laurie Coauette                     31.06
                                     Sherry Coauette                     32.00

CROOKSTON BLUE LINE CLUB LOOKING FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Crookston Blue Line Club has an opening for an Executive Director.  The duties of this position are to provide for the supervision and operations of the Crookston Blue Line Club.  Applicants should have considerable knowledge of the Blue Line Club, advertising and marketing. Working knowledge of the fundamental practices of Hockey.  Skill in supervision of youth hockey players, budgeting, communication, and the ability to work in small and large groups.  Effective oral and written communication with Board Members and the general public is a necessity.   The following are required:  B.S. in Park and Recreation, Business Management and or 5 to 7 years of qualifying experience.  Possession of a valid driver’s license is required.  A complete position description may be obtained from the Crookston Blue Line Club by calling 218-289-2029 or by writing to Crookston Blue Line Club at PO Box 286 Crookston, MN 56716.  Applications close at 4:30 P.M. September 3, 2010.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.

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