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This week I will break down the QRF for the area football and volleyball sections and what I think the seeds will look like and why the Section 8A volleyball seed tie-breakers went the way they did.  I also have some "hate" mail from two hooligans! 

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The first family of Crookston Pirate Tennis, the Mike and Sue Tiedemann family will be sending a son or daughter to the state tennis tournament for the seventh year in a row!  It started with Ally and Bobby and now the youngest is following in her siblings footsteps after she and Emma Borowicz won the Section 8A Double true second place match to advance to state last week.
We will take a closer look at the state tennis tournament in next weeks column since it is a week away.  I just wanted to share the stat because it is pretty impressive!

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Last week I purposely put the following in the column to fire up a couple siblings of mine -

“Another observation - Gopher Men's hockey home opener vs #1 UMD and there were thousands of open seats. They announced just over 8,000 tickets sold.
On the flip side - Gopher Women's Basketball tickets for the first home game are sold out, all 14,000 plus tickets!!! Minnesotan's love basketball, but we love us some Lindsey Whalen even more!!!!!”

The responses were great and I had them by 9:00 a.m. on Thursday morning.  It made my day.  The responses are below-
 

You’re an idiot. I wonder why they sold out and hockey didn’t. If Gopher hockey had dollar seats and not $50 seats I am pretty sure they would sell out. And quit over using exclamation points.
Also total ticket revenues for 2017
Men’s Hockey - $4,677,246
Men’s Basketball - $4,451,142
Women’s Basketball - $252,009

Gopher Women's Basketball vs. New Hampshire
Friday, November 9, 2018 - 8:00PM
Pricing
WBB - Zone 1 Chairback $5.00
WBB - Zone 2 Chairback $5.00
WBB - Zone 3 Bench $1.00
WBB - Major Obstruction $1.00
WBB - Minor Obstruction $1.00
 

My second email I received -
Another observation – Duluth is part of Minnesota!!!! 109% Capacity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another observation – Sports Feever Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love my siblings, but what is it with low scoring sports and their fans??  They are so touchy and there is nothing easier than getting my brothers fired up!!!  I was just making two points.

1. Gopher Hockey interest is down significantly since the Big 10 conference started. 
2. Minnesota loves Lindsey Whalen. 

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The Winter Activities PAC (Parent-Athlete-Coach) meeting will be Monday, October 22, 2018 at 6:00 pm at the Crookston High School Auditorium.

This meeting is for all participants/parents who plan on being involved in the following activities this winter: Boys and Girls Basketball, Boys and Girls Hockey, Speech, Wrestling, and Dance Team.

For those participants/parents that did not attend the fall PAC meeting please report to the Crookston High School Auditorium at 6:00 pm for the large group meeting with Activities Director Mr. Garmen.

For those participants/parents that did attend the fall PAC meeting please report to  Crookston High School at 6:30 pm for your specific activity meeting.  Locations will be posted.

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SECTION 8AA FOOTBALL got pretty interesting on Wednesday night.  As of Wednesday night we know four things.

1. The top seed is Hawley
2. Barnesville is the second seed
3. Roseau is the third seed
4. United North Central is the eighth seed

The rest is up for grabs, but it looks like the following could happen -
#4 - Bagley
#5 - Crookston
#6 - Warroad
#7 - Frazee

According to my math Bagley will edge Crookston in the tie-break (but I am not sure about sub-district play)
Crookston and Warroad could be close enough for a tie-breaker, but I am not positive and I think Crookston will get the five seed and goes to Bagley, and Warroad will likely go to Roseau!  Short travel for Crookston and Warroad so that could be good.

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SECTION 8A FOOTBALL -

I found out last Friday that seeding for Section 8A Football is going to get interesting and it has switched from the coaches vote back to QRF over the past few days.  Here is what has happened since Friday.

FRIDAY'S News -  The section will have a coaches vote instead of QRF.  The reason - There have been too many forfeits with Cass Lake Bena having a forfeit in three of their games, teams that played Pine River-Backus and Red Lake has had a forfeit.  Their was too many question marks on what is going on with all the games that weren't played so the coaches are going to vote on the seeds.  They are going to do it online with coaches sending in their seeds and they will be compiled and that is how the seeding will work. 

MONDAY'S News - Cass Lake-Bena will forfeit their last regular season game and their first round playoff game.  #1 seed (Mahnomen-Waubun) will get a bye.  The coaches will no longer vote and the QRF has been reinstated!   

One thing we know is the top seed.  It WILL be Mahnomen-Waubun.  What happens after that, it is hard to tell on what will happen.   I think the following will happen - The second seed through the fourth seed is the toughest to figure out-

1. Mahnomen-Waubun
2. Polk County West
3. Red Lake County
4. Fertile-Beltrami
5. Fosston
6. BGMR
7. Red Lake

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Section 8 9MAN Football -

Things we know for sure -
1. Stephen-Argyle is the top seed

The rest of the seeds are below -
2. Kelliher/Northome
3 and 4 - If Goodridge-Grygla wins, they could be three, if they lose KCC will be 3. 
5. Clearbrook-Gonvick
6. Northern Freeze
7. Lake of the Woods
8. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo

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SECTION 8AAA Football -

This is how the seeding should go -
1. Perham
2. East Grand Forks
3. DGF
4. Pequot Lakes
5. Park Rapids
6. Thief River Falls

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SECTION 8AA Volleyball seeds -

The North Sub-section will look like the following - (Subject to change after Thursday's matches!)
1. Roseau
2. Hawley (beat DGF two times in regular season)
3. DGF
4. TRF
5. Crookston
6. Warroad
7. East Grand Forks
8. Bagley

The South Sub-section looks like the following seeds will happen (Subject to change after Thursday's matches!)
1. Park Rapids
2. Pequot Lakes
3. Perham
4. Detroit Lakes (DL beat CI during the regular season)
5. Crosby-Ironton
6. Staples-Motley
7. Fergus Falls
 

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SECTION 8A VOLLEYBALL seeds have been released and they are below, along with the tie-breaker explanation -

Before we get into the seeds, I will go out on a limb and predict an all West subsection team section championship.  I am guessing it will be Ada-Borup/NCW vs either Stephen-Argyle or Sacred Heart.  We will see.  There are a lot of good teams and the teams that make a run will have to play very well.

1. Ada-Borup
2. Sacred Heart
3. Stephen-Argyle
4. Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
5. Kittson County Central
6. Fertile-Beltrami
   1. Goodridge/Grygla vs Northern Freeze

  i.      Split H2H

 ii.      Goodridge/Grygla has better Conference Percentage (.250 to .000)

7. Goodridge/Grygla
8. Northern Freeze
   1. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo vs Red Lake Falls

 i.      W-A-O won two out of three

9. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
   1. Red Lake Falls vs Climax/Fisher

 i.      RLF won H2H

10. Red Lake Falls
11. Climax/Fisher

Here are the final results for your Section Seeding with tiebreakers applied, the final Tiebreaker Margin is 4.9.  The minimum number of games required for a valid QRF is 18. Final seeds are highlighted in yellow.

1. Fosston
2. Lake of the Woods
   1. Mahnomen/Waubun vs Red Lake County Central

i.      Mahnomen/Waubun won H2H

3. Mahnomen/Waubun
4. Red Lake County Central
5. Win-E-Mac
6. Clearbrook-Gonvick
   1. Blackduck vs Cass Lake-Bena

 i.      Blackduck won H2H

2. Cass Lake-Bena vs Northome/Kelliher

 i.      Cass Lake-Bena swept H2H

7. Blackduck
8. Cass Lake-Bena
9. Northome/Kelliher
10. Indus
11. Red Lake* Did not play minimum contests

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Congratulations to the East Grand Forks Green Wave Girls Tennis team on their FIRST Section 8A Girls Team Tennis Championship!  The Green Wave will be making their first ever trip to the state tournament.

State Tennis Tournament Team -
Section 1 - Rochester Lourdes
Section 2 - Jordan
Section 3 - St. James
Section 4 - Blake School (Beat Breck 6-1)
Section 5 - Litchfield
Section 6 - Osakis
Section 7 - Play Monday
Section 8 - East Grand Forks

First round - October 23 at 8, 10, Noon, and 2.
8AM - East Grand Forks vs St. James
10AM - Litchfield vs Osakis
Noon - Rochester Lourdes vs Jordan
2 PM - Blake vs Section 7
First round losers play later in the afternoon, winners play October 24 in semi's, and finals.
 

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Congratulations to Kacie Borowicz on becoming the all-time dig leader at Roseau High School with 1,497 digs!

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Roseau Wrestler Chandler Mooney has committed to wrestle at the University of Mary next year.

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The first NCAA Women's Soccer Regional Rankings have been released and the NSIC has five of the top 10 teams in the central region, including top ranked Bemidji State. Minnesota State is fourth, Augustana is seventh, Concordia-St. Paul is eighth and Minot State is tenth in the first of three rankings. The NSIC, the Mid-America Athletic Association (MIAA) and the Great American Conference (GAC) make up the 35-team NCAA Central Region.   The top eight teams in the region will advance to the NCAA region tournament on Nov. 9 & 11 and Nov. 16 & 18.  Automatic bids are granted to the winners of the MIAA, GAC and NSIC postseason tournaments, with the remaining five spots awarded on an at-large basis. 
The NCAA Women's Soccer selection show will be streamed online on Monday, Nov. 5 at NCAA.com at 5:30 p.m. (CT).
The 2018 NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Championship will take place in Pittsburgh and will be hosted by Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

CENTRAL REGION

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There are 13 NCAA Division 1 Football coaches that make $5 million or more this year.
1.Urban Meyer (Ohio State) - 7.6 million
2. Jim Harbaugh (Michigan) - 7.5
    Nick Saban (Alabama) - 7.5
    Jimbo Fisher (Texas A&M - 7.5
5. Gus Malzahn (Auburn) - 6.7
6. Kirby Smart (Georgia) - 6.6
7. Dabo Swinney (Clemson) 6.4
8. Dan Mullen (Florida) 6
9. Tom Herman (Texas) 5.5
10. Scott Frost (Nebraska) 5million (0-6 record)
     Willie Taggert (Florida State) 5 million
     Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State) 5 million
     Lovie Smith (Illinois) 5 million
 

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Dave Peterson is the Northwest District and District 9 North Football conference's statistician and has given us the 11 man and 9 man stats.

I have switched the stats to a separate page so it is a little easier to read and doesn't take up so much space on the page.

CLICK HERE FOR THE NORTHWEST AND DISTRICT 9 STATS

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Pacesetter of Minnesota will be offering a pre-season basketball camp in Bemidji on November 10.
These camps are a perfect way to jump start your season. Championship Fundamentals will be taught by Pacesetter Master Coaches. See the attached flier for details.
Bemidji High School
Saturday, Nov. 10 • 7-hour Program
LIMIT: 42 players
$65/player (Grades 4-12) Player Fee Players should bring their own lunch
(Players will be separated by grade and skill level.)
A registration form is attached. You can also register online with this link or check out our Pre-Season Kickoff camp page: http://pacesettersports.net/pre-season/

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The 10th Annual Hoops on Halloween is right around the corner, Sunday October 28. Get you teams signed up today. We had over 120 teams participate last year and even had to turn away teams in the end, don’t be that team that misses out! The registration form is available by clicking here.
Also note that we will be using Tourney Machine app this year for our bracketing and scheduling. After sending in your form be looking through your email and junk mail for a return email through this app.
Brackets will be posted Thursday October 25.

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We have some exciting new from the UMC athletic department. The Athletic Department and Development Office has announced a fundraising campaign to give the UMC Golf teams a practice facility, "locker room"  with a golf simulator and they are starting a fundraising campaign to raise the $75,000 needed for the project.

BUILD A GOLF PRACTICE FACILITY

$75,000 to invest in leading-edge golf simulation technology, create an innovative space for Golden Eagle men’s and women’s golf teams, enhance team, alumni, and school pride, impact student athlete’s ability to develop skills and compete at their highest level. Support this project with a gift of any amount or one of the following options:
$500 to name a hole/pin on the putting green (only 6 holes available)
$1,000 to name a locker to be used by Golden Eagle Golf student athletes (not limited to one name per locker, however a gift of $2,000 will secure one name only)
$4,000 to name the swing analysis space
$5,000 to name the putting green space
$10,000 to name the hitting bay/golf simulator space
$25,000 to name the golf practice facility

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The Crookston Pirate Booster Club is gearing up for its annual membership drive. PIRATE BOOSTERS exists to support Crookston High boys’ and girls’ athletic programs.
The PIRATE BOOSTERS provide financial assistance which allows student athletes to obtain equipment, uniforms, warm-ups and facilities enhancements. Your annual investment will help the athletic needs of the Crookston High School student athletes.

With your contribution of $100.00 or more, you will have your name placed on the PIRATE BOOSTERS sustaining membership board which is located in the CHS Commons. In addition, your name will be placed in all printed programs for CHS athletic events.
The Contribution levels are broken down as follows:
$100.00-$249.00 - Blue Club Member
$250.00-$499.00 - Gold Club Member and will receive recognition as an event sponsor during the 2018-2019 academic year.
$500.00-$999.00 - Pirate Club Member and will receive recognition as a multiple event sponsor during the academic year 2018-2019.
$1,000.00 or more - Captain’s Club Member and will receive special recognition throughout the entire 2018-2019 academic year.

Although giving levels have been established, any contribution to PIRATE BOOSTERS will be greatly appreciated.

As a part of your annual membership, you are assured CHS athletic team members will not solicit you or your business with smaller fundraisers. You will have a choice to approach a specific team if you desire to provide additional support. If you are interested in joining PIRATE BOOSTERS, please make your check payable to PIRATE BOOSTERS by April 30, 2018. You may bring your donation to Greg Garmen at Crookston High School or Charles Reynolds at Fitzgerald, Reynolds, Harbott, Knutson & Larson, PLLP.  If you would prefer to have your donation picked up, please contact Greg Garmen or Charles Reynolds. You can send a check to Crookston Pirate Boosters - 402 Fisher Avenue, Crookston MN 56716.

The Crookston High School Athletic Department student athletes and coaches and the entire PIRATE BOOSTER CLUB appreciate your generous support.

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I will start updating athletes and coaches next week.  Let me know if you have anybody to list!

That’s it for this week.  Thanks for the comments and if you have anything to add or share, please e-mail chrisjfee@yahoo.com or call.  Thanks for reading and listening to KROX RADIO and kroxam.com

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