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THURSDAY - JULY 2,  2009

EAST GRAND FORKS SWEEPS CROOKSTON LEGION IN DOUBLE-HEADER

The East Grand Forks (EGF) Legion baseball team had their best two games of the year, getting 28 hits while only giving up six hits to Crookston in a 14-2 and a 10-0 win in East Grand Forks.
 

GAME ONE-
In the first game Crookston got on the board early when Austin Proulx doubled and Cody Holtman tripled to score Proulx and Crookston led 1-0. 
In the bottom of the first inning EGF answered with six runs and then added two runs in the second and three apiece in the third and fourth innings to take a 14-1 lead.  Crookston didn't give up as Alex Edevold singled, in the bottom of the fifth inning, then stole second base and later came around to score on an Austin Proulx single, but the rally ended and so did the game as EGF won 14-2.

For Crookston

Austin Proulx was 2-3
Cody Holtman was 1-2 with a triple and rbi
Isaac Edlund was 1-2
Alex Edevold was 1-3

 

GAME TWO-
In the second game it was all EGF as they jumped out to a 3-0 lead after one inning and cruised the rest of the way scoring ten runs and holding Crookston to one hit in the game.  The lone Crookston hit came from Nick Regiembal in the fourth inning, breaking up Darin Hager's no hit bid.  "We haven't been able to put together two good games like this all season," said EGF coach Kieth Blattenbauer.
Crookston drops to 4-10 on the year while East Grand Forks improves to 7-15.

For Crookston

Nick Regiembal had the only Crookston hit

WEDNESDAY - JULY 1,  2009

CROOKSTON REDS FALL 9-2 TO THE ADA ATHLETICS

The Crookston Reds amateur baseball team traveled to Ada to take on their Norman-Polk League rival Wednesday and lost 9-2.
The Ada Athletics scored three runs apiece in the first and second innings and added another run in the third to take a 7-0 lead.  The Reds scored their only runs in the fifth inning when Brock Hanson walked and later came around to score on a Chris Erdmann two run home run to bring Crookston within a 7-2 score.  Ada scored two more runs in the eighth inning to take a 9-2 lead, which was the final score.
Justin Johnson led the Reds going 2-3 at the plate while Ted Hasz suffered the loss pitching all eight innings.

For Crookston
Justin Johnson was 2-3
Chris Erdmann was 1-4 with a two run homerun

MONDAY - JUNE 29,  2009

CROOKSTON LEGION TEAM FACES TWO TOUGH PITCHERS IN LOSSES TO TRF

The Crookston American Legion team has a mix of experience and a lot of younger players on this years team.  Those younger players had an opportunity to face two of the best pitchers in Northwest Minnesota as Thief River Falls pitched Cody Connors and Spencer Johnson in two losses by 18-0 and 11-3 scores at Thief River Falls.

GAME ONE-
After the lead off batter for Crookston was retired on a ground out Alex Edevold and Austin Proulx had back to back singles and an early threat before Thief River Falls came up with a double play to get out of the inning.  Thief River Falls has a ton of experience playing legion baseball this summer and it showed in the first inning as they scored three runs in the first and added six more in the third inning to take a 9-0 lead.
In the third inning Ben Curran picked up the third base hit of the game for Crookston but was later out on a fielders choice.  In the fourth inning Crookston had their second threat of the game when Chris Follette singled and advanced to third base on two pass balls.  The next two batter flew out and Thief River Falls got out of another jam and then answered by scoring nine runs in the fourth inning to win by an 18-0 score.  Thief River Falls not only used great pitching but they had two home runs in the game, one apiece by Spencer Johnson (who played for NDSU this year) and Zach Sorenson.

For Crookston

Alex Edevold, Austin Proulx, Chris Follette and Ben Curran had a hit.

For Thief River Falls
Spencer Johnson was 3-3 with a Home Run and three runs scored
Zach Sorenson was 3-4 with a Home Run and three runs scored
 

GAME TWO-
In the second game Crookston was facing current NDSU Bison player Spencer Johnson, who was the pitcher for Thief River Falls (TRF).  Crookston started off the game with base hits by Brady Langlois and Alex Edevold.  Cody Holtman reached on an error on the second baseman, allowing Langlois to score.  Edevold came into score on a pass ball to give Crookston a 2-0 lead.  Chris Follette walked and Nic Regimbal hit into a fielders choice and Holtman came into score to give Crookston a 3-0 lead after the top half of the first inning.  TRF answered with three runs in the bottom of the first inning to tie the game at 3-3.  TRF added three more runs in the second inning and five more in the fifth to take an 11-3 lead and held on for the victory.  "Although the outcome of the games was not what we had hoped it was a very good challenge for the kids to face the two lefties from Thief River Falls."  said Coach Ted Hasz, "Spencer Johnson who pitched and NDSU this spring and Cody Conners are very good legion pitchers.  The kids had a lot of good at bats and getting 10 hits off of that type pitching is something that will give us confidence in our upcoming games." Brady Langlois led Crookston with three hits.
Crookston drops to 4-8 on the year and will be at East Grand Forks on Thursday, July 2 for a double header at 5:30 p.m.

For Crookston
Brady Langlois was 3-4 with a run
Alex Edevold was 1-3
Cody Holtman was 1-3 with a run
Matt Grove was 1-3

For Thief River Falls

Spencer Johnson was 2-3 with a Home Run and three runs
Cody Connors was 1-3 with a Home Run (the two home runs were back to back)

SUNDAY - JUNE 28,  2009

CROOKSTON REDS FALL TO ROSEAU 9-4

The Crookston Reds finally got a game in on Sunday, after canceling their games at Bemidji on Saturday because of rain. The games against Roseau on Sunday were moved to the UMC Baseball field because of wet conditions at Jim Karn Field and only one nine inning game was played where Roseau beat Crookston 9-4.

Roseau scored three runs in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead.  Crookston responded in the fourth inning when Rainer Simmons led of the inning with a walk, but was retired when Kyle Nyquist hit into a fielders choice.  Nyquist advanced to second on a wild pitch, then advanced to third on another wild pitch and scored on an error on the catcher to bring Crookston within a 3-1 score.  Crookston added another run in the fifth inning when Brock Hanson and Ted Hasz walked to start the inning.  Hanson advanced to third on a wild pitch and came into score on a Simmons ground out to the first baseman to bring the Reds within a 3-2 score.
In the sixth inning Roseau added three more runs to take a 6-2 lead.  Crookston answered with another run in the seventh inning when Hanson walked to lead off the inning, Hasz and Chance Keefe had back to back singles to load the bases.  After a strike out Nyquist flew out to center field to drive in Hanson to bring the Reds within a 6-3 score.  Roseau added three more runs in the eighth inning to take a 9-3 lead.  The Reds tried a rally in the ninth inning, but only scored one run and fell short 9-4.  "You could tell we hadn't played for a while," said player/coach Brent Stahlecker, "We didn't have many hits and we had four errors.  You could tell that it had been a while since our last game." 
The Reds probably won't make up their two games with Bemidji and are having a hard time trying to find a make up date for the Ada game that was postponed earlier in the year too.  "We are having a tough time trying to find a date to play that game," said Stahlecker, "What will probably happen is that the game towards the end of the year will count as two."
The Reds drop to 4-6 on the year.

For Crookston
Chance Keefe was 2-5 with an rbi
Brock Hanson was 1-2 with 2 runs and 2 walks
Ted Hasz was 1-2 with 3 walks and a run
 

SATURDAY -  JUNE 27, 2009

FORMER CROOKSTON HOCKEY PLAYER DRAFTED BY NASHVILLE IN FOURTH ROUND

Nick Oliver, who just graduated from Roseau High School was selected in the fourth round by the Nashville Predators in the NHL Hockey Draft today being conducted in Montreal. 

Oliver, who started his career in Crookston and moved to Roseau when he was in the eighth grade, when his father, Scott, became the head boy’s hockey coach for the Rams. 
Nick Oliver spent the last season playing for the Fargo Force in the USHL Junior Hockey League and has signed to play his college hockey at St. Cloud State. It’s unsure whether Oliver will attend college or play another year of juniors with Fargo next season.

Scott Oliver resigned his position as coach at Roseau this past school year and although he will still teach in Roseau, he will coach in the Midwest Elite Hockey League, while Scott’s wife and Nick’s mother, Denice, is the Principal at Washington School in Crookston.

Nashville earlier had selected Zach Budish of Edina with a 2^nd round pick and Nick Oliver was the second Roseau player to be selected in the draft as goaltender Michael Lee, who also played for Fargo and will be going to St. Cloud State was picked in the 3^rd round by Phoenix.


 

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