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WEDNESDAY, JULY 28
This is the last week that Frank will be gone, and I (Chris) will be filling in to write the Feever until the Masters next vacation. This past week has been busy for a Crookston Pirate alum, current Pirates and future Pirates with all of them enjoying success in a plethora of sports. Frank was at the Twins game Monday night in Kansas City and took in the 19-1 pounding of the Royals and then he saw another Twins win Tuesday night. Just a note: when Chris or Frank have been at a Twins game this year they are now 5-0 with wins over Boston, Atlanta, Tampa Bay and two wins over Kansas City.
One thing I would like to add before I get into another Feever Column. We have another exciting year of High School and College sports coming up. I have one request to parents and fans. Be positive, cheer loud and have fun watching kids participate in the event they love to play.
- Is everybody going to be a starter? Of course not, but players work your tail off in practice and in games and you will be rewarded!
- Is everybody going to be a star? Of course not, but if you're playing you're just as important as the star!
- Is the coach out to get your kid and the reason they aren't playing? HELL NO, I actually overheard an out of town parent say something to that extent this year. Coaches are some of the most competitive people I have met and don't put personal feelings in front of the team.
- Are there D-1 athletes out there? Who knows, but it is highly unlikely if you look at how many D-1 athletes Crookston has had!
- Are there some D-2 and D-3 or NAIA athletes out there? There could be many if the kids want to, and it helps making it to state as an underclassman!!!
- When you're at a game and your favorite team is doing well cheer loud, when they aren't doing well cheer louder to try to fire them up!!! Believe me, as a former "athlete" and I use the term loosely, there is nothing better than the roar of the crowd to get you fired up!
- If your kid isn't playing and they aren't happy with the playing time, have the kid go into the coach and ask what they need to do to get more playing time. The coach will be happy to help. If you, the parent, go in and talk to the coach your kid will be the laughing stalk of the team and will have zero respect from his/her teammates. I have seen it several times and the poor kids were chastised at no fault of their own. Remember most parents see their kids talent level with a bias!
Hopefully everybody can let the kids enjoy being kids, let the coaches coach, let the Athletic Directors direct and the radio guys continue to be mediocre at best! It won't be long before the kids have to live a lame life in the real world.
With that being said good luck to all the Crookston and area teams as we will be cheering for you, except East Grand Forks!! Just kidding!! We will even be cheering for the Green Wave especially if they advance to State competition in any sport!!!- - - -
It was good to see Sydney Epema and Taylor Davis on Sunday at Bemidji State when I brought my oldest daughter to Bemidji State Girls Basketball camp. Sydney and Taylor, who will be Juniors at BSU, are busy working the camp that runs last Sunday through today (Wednesday). Talking to my daughter who will come home this (Wednesday) evening, she said UMC Women's Basketball camp and Bemidji State Women's Basketball camp are the most fun, with the most skill work and her favorite camps she has been to, so hats off to the two Fosston boys Mike (Roysland) and Mike (Curfman) and their assistants and players.
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It has been a heckuva week for former Pirate golfer and current University of New Mexico golfer Travis Ross. Travis played in the Minnesota State Open Golf Tournament at Bunker Hills Golf Club in Coon Rapids this past weekend. Travis had a great three days as he placed fourth overall and was the top amateur with a 6 under par. There were 156 golfers in the tournament with 67 golfers making the cut. The tournament champion was Clayton Rask of Crystal Lake Golf Club, who shot a final round 2-under par 70 for a 54-hole total of 11-under par 205. Rask won $9,000 for winning the tournament. Travis did not win any money because he is an amateur and has a year of golf left at the University of New Mexico.
Earlier this week Travis finished 10th at the 107th Minnesota State Amateur Golf Championships in Morton, Minnesota. Travis had a slow start with a first round 76 then answered with a 71 on Tuesday and closed it out with another 71 on Wednesday to climb to the 10th place finish. Tom Hoge, a former Fargo South (N.D.) golfer who will be a senior at TCU (Texas Christian University), won the tournament with a three day total of 11 under par, while Ross was two over for the three rounds.
Earlier this month the University of New Mexico also announced that Ross was named a Division I Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Travis along with teammate Nick Guyer were two Lobos among 119 division I golfers to receive the honor.- - - -
The Crookston Varsity Girls Basketball Team competed in the Pacesetter Invitational Basketball Tournament held at St. Ben’s College in St. Joseph. The Crookston girls were playing without their leading scorer, Lauren Graham (due to an injury), and competed very well!
On Saturday three games were played in pool play. Each game in pool play was only 20 minutes long and done for the purpose of seeding in tournament play.
Results of Pool Play were as follows:
St. Cloud Cathedral beat Crookston 15-14.
Crookston tied Eden Valley Watkins 17-17 (no overtime in these games)
Champlin Park beat Crookston 23-15
After round robin play - the tournament play began.
Champlin Park beat Crookston 23-20 (Crookston led most of the game).
In the 3rd place game of the East Bracket Crookston beat St. Cloud Cathedral 43-25.
On Sunday, all of the 3rd place winners from each of the four brackets were placed in the Division 3 bracket. In the first round Crookston played a very strong and quick Burnsville team. Burnsville won 58-32.
The second game of the day on Sunday was for 3rd place in the Division 3 bracket.
Crookston beat Isle 29-24.
Pirate Coach Lon Boike said – “It was a great experience for our girls going against some very talented large schools from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. I saw great improvement over the weekend and was very encouraged with how well the girls played without last years leading scorer (Lauren Graham). We are looking forward to a great season this winter!”
The players who participated this weekend were: Kellee Koenig, Mackenzie Sandstrom, Tori Schmitz, Heather Schumacher, Monica Wold, Taylor Folkers, Kaylee Desrosier, Taylor Demarais, Erica Samuelson, and Katie Davidson.
The Crookston Girls have been buys this summer as the girls took third place out of 16 teams in the Grand Forks Red River Girls Basketball Summer League. They also participated in the UND Girls Basketball Team Camp and the "Breakdown" basketball tourney at Moorhead (last Saturday).
It was also a good summer for the 2010-2011 (the upcoming school year) 8th grade and some 9th grade girls basketball players as they participated in the Northland Community College Girls Basketball Summer League. They participated against primarily varsity teams from Northwest Minnesota. The team finished 2nd in league play and also finished 2nd in the league tournament. The Tournament League Champion was Thief River Falls' varsity who beat the young Crookston team by three points!!! The regular season league champion was the Northern Freeze, who Crookston beat in tournament play, but we hear from some Crookston people, the Freeze were missing a couple players.
- - - -The Crookston Prep 13 year old Baseball team competed in the Lake Agassiz District Tournament in Thief River Falls over the weekend and finished second and will advance to the State Prep In-tact Tournament (for district runners-up) in Perham this coming weekend. East Grand Forks won the district tournament and will advance to the state tournament. Members of the team are Mikey Hajostek, Cody Weiland, Paul Bittner, Harrison Laport-Lewis, Chris Martin, Joey Koenig, Ryan Porter, Aaron Hollcraft, Danny Davidson, Luke Edlund, Brandon Conklin and Seth Desrosier. The team is coached by Adam Lee. If you look at the last names of the kids above there are some pretty athletic kids and it's not coincidence that they are having success on the baseball field. You can always work with athletes!!
Speaking of athletes, it is nice to see some UMC Baseball players helping out with the youth baseball program. Adam Lee is from Halstad and played his High School baseball for Norman County which is a coop of Ada-Borup and Norman County West. Adam's High School coach was Mike Gullingsrud who is a great baseball coach (and a great guy) and you know his players are going to know the game of baseball.
The Crookston Prep team will now be participating in the Double-Elimination State In-tact Tournament in Perham Thursday, July 29 through Sunday, August 1. Crookston will get a bye in the first round and play the winner of Melrose and New York Mills. If Crookston plays Melrose it might be the first time since 1995 that a Crookston baseball team played Melrose in a state baseball tournament, which would be neat, even if the kids playing weren't even born yet!
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The Crookston Babe Ruth (14-15 year old) Baseball team hosted the Lake Agassiz District Tournament this past weekend and won one game while losing two. Thief River Falls Gold won the tournament beating Warroad in the Championship game on Sunday. The top four teams advance to a state tournament. Members of the Babe Ruth team are Brandon Kresl, Blake Bergeron, Josh Edland, Ryan Edevold, Joseph Hollcraft, Blake Brekken, Jackson Ellis-Ulmer, Parker Epema, Landon Staehnke, Jacob Egeland, Kyle Proulx, Alex Boone, Brandon Cymbaluk, Hunter Hulst and Lucas Stahlecker. The team is coached by Stephen Woods.Stephen Woods is also a UMC Baseball player and is from Naples, Florida. Woods will be a Sophomore at UMC this year and again it is good to see some UMC kids helping out the program. I know the kids enjoy having a college baseball player who knows the game and has played the game.
- - - -The Crookston Pirate Girls Soccer team will be having a Captains Practice August 2-5 and the 9-12th from 7:00 to 8:30 a.m. at the Crookston High School Soccer Fields. Practice isn't mandatory, but highly encouraged. 7th and 8th graders are invited to join the 9th-12th graders.
Crookston High School Athletic Director Don Donarski sent us a change in the Girls Soccer Schedule. The Moorhead match that was scheduled for September 7 has been moved to August 26th with the same start times.
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The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) held their yearly meetings in St. Cloud and we asked UMC Athletic Director Stephanie Helgeson what was discussed at the meetings.
As far as NSIC meetings are concerned we go through all the sport handbooks for the upcoming year and make any necessary changes. Expansion was discussed the next step is that there will be a team from the NSIC visiting Minot State and University of Sioux Falls. That group which includes, Chancellor Casey – Chancellor UMC, Larry Holstad – AD Winona, Rolly Mueller – SWA Southwest Minnesota State and Shawn Pearcy – Faculty Athletic Rep at Wayne State will make visits this fall. The next Board of Director’s meeting is in September and then the next NSIC meetings are in January.
I also asked Stephanie what they were going to do with the Assistant Men's Basketball coach job opening since Victor Garza is leaving.
The part-time Asst Men’s Basketball position is posted and several applications have come in we hope to start interviewing next week. Vic did a great job with the program and he was good to have around the department in visiting with him last night he was grateful for the opportunity UMC provided him and now has an exciting chance to move to the Division 1 level to complete his Masters Degree and get experience at that level.
In driving through the campus I noticed the football field looked to be in great shape....and the baseball and softball scoreboards aren't up and asked about them.
The football field is in great condition, Kristie Walker – Faculty member Agriculture & Natural Resources department has been conducting research on the fields and turf maintenance on the fields, Mark Michalski (Golf/Turf Major) is interning with Facilities this summer and Kristie is his advisor, he has done a great job and we are fortunate to have someone spend as much time as he has on the fields.
The baseball and softball scoreboards are set to go up in August.
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Last week we told you that the Crookston Pirate Girls Swim team and Crookston Crocs held a swim-a-thon and after all the money came in they raised $1,800 to go towards pool rental and other costs the two programs have.
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USA Today has released their Division II Football Preseason Top 25 Poll and two NSIC teams are included in the rankings. Take this for what it's worth.. Minnesota State-Mankato is not ranked in the top 25 in this poll, but in another poll they are ranked 12th. I think the 12th ranking in the nation is close to where Mankato will be. All three names that have received rankings will play UMC this year. UMC will host Mankato on September 18, while the last two games of the year UMC will host Minnesota-Duluth on November 6 and UMC will end the season at Bemidji State on November 13. The USA today rankings are below. As you will notice NSIC Football doesn't have the national presence like volleyball, soccer, men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball does. Again, it is a pre-season poll and take it for what it's worth.
1. Northwest Missouri State
2. Grand Valley State
3. North Alabama
4. Minnesota Duluth (They don't have Jake Coauette, as he graduated - causing the slide to fourth!)
5. West Liberty
6. Abeline Christian
7. Central Washington
8. Cal (PA)
9. Washburn
10. Texas A&M-Kingsville
11. Nebraska-Kearney
12. West Alabama
13. West Texas A&M
14. Saginaw Valley State
15. Carson-Newman
16. Missouri Western
17. Midwestern State
18. East Stroudsburg
19. Tuskegee
20. North Carolina at Pembroke
21. Nebraska-Omaha
22. Bemidji State (I took a football coaching class while at BSU from Coach Jeff Tesch - he knows his stuff and I have always liked him)
23. West Chester
24. Delta State
25. Hillsdale- - - -
University of Minnesota, Crookston head women’s softball coach Mitch Bakken announced today the signing of Paige Schaust from Delano to a National Letter of Intent and Kindra Hoffman from St. Francis to a UMC letter of intent to play for the Golden Eagles during the 2010-11 season.
Schaust is a 5-7, pitcher/outfielder from Delano High School in the Wright County Conference. She was named All-Conference Honorable Mention and was recognized as an All-Tournament team member following her senior season. “Paige adds a left-handed pitcher to the Golden Eagle pitching staff which will add some depth to our rotation and to the options we have during games,” says Bakken. “She injured her hand during her senior season and saw extensive time in the outfield which will also be an added benefit. She has a strong bat, competitive attitude and will be a great fit with Golden Eagle Softball.”
Schaust plans to major in early childhood education at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. She is the daughter of Tammy Schmidt and David Schaust.
Hoffman from St. Francis, Minn. signed a UMC institutional letter of intent to play for the Golden Eagles during the 2010-11 season.
Hoffman is a 5-8, utility player from Vermillion Community College. While at VCC, Hoffman earned MVP honors following the 2009 and 2010 seasons and was recognized as a team captain during the 2010 campaign. “Kindra brings a Division II work ethic to the Golden Eagle Softball program. She is willing to tackle any task asked of her and that will be an asset going into the 2010-11 season,” says Bakken. “She will be looked at to take reps at catcher, around the infield and in the outfield.”
Hoffman plans to major in natural resources (park management) at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. She is the daughter of Tim and Jill Hoffman- - - -
The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) Teambackers held their 2nd annual Highway 2 Classic Golf Tournament on Thursday, July 23. Participants played nine holes at the Fosston Golf Club and nine holes at Oak Lake Golf Course in Erskine, Minn. 45 golfers participated in the 18-hole scramble which raised money to support student-athlete scholarships at UMC.
“The UMC Teambackers would like to thank tournament hosts Fosston Golf Club and Oak Lake Golf Course and tournament sponsor Duffer’s Sports Bar and Grill of Erskine as well as all of the golfers that participated for making the 2nd annual Highway 2 Golf Classic a successful event,” says University of Minnesota, Crookston Director of Athletic Fundraising Bill Tyrrell. “We would also like to thank club house sponsors Ness Café, LePier Oil, Fosston Dairy Queen, American Federal Bank of Fosston, Erskine Iron, the Erskine Echo, KKCQ radio station, Gold Cars Plus and Erskine Agency, Inc.”
The tournament champions were Scott Sandburg, Paul Noyes, Karl Erickson, Daryl Halvorson and Todd Pearson.- - - -
A Crookston Co-ed Softball League will be starting on Tuesday, August 3rd and go for four Tuesday’s at the Highland Complex. They will have games at 6:30, 7:30 & 8:30 PM and a league fee of $190.00. Contact the Crookston Parks and Recreation Department (218) 281-1242) or Supervisor Lonnie Olson (218) 281-5045.
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Crookston High School will be the site of a Minnesota Pacesetter Volleyball Camp August 2-4th. They say the Pacesetter focuses on teaching the most important skills to make the greatest possible improvement in a few days at a cost most families can afford.
Monday-Wednesday, August 2-4th
Grades (going to be in 2010-2011 school year)
Girls entering grades 10-12 8:30-11:30 AM - Cost $70.00
Girl’s entering grades 7-9 1:00-3:00 PM - Cost $50.00
Girls entering grades 5-6 3:00-4:30 PM - Cost $40.00
Name ___________________ Grade in 2010-2011 ____
Mailing Address __________________________
City _______________ State ________ Zip _______
Email ____________________ Phone _______________
My child has health insurance. Neither the camp coaches nor the school district will be held liable for injuries incurred at the camp.
Parent signature _____________________ Date ________
Make check out to Pacesetter and send in with this form to:
Pacesetter, P.O. Box 222, Paynesville, MN., 56362
For Questions call Pacesetter 320-243-7460
- - - -Red Lake Falls is hosting a Junior Golf Tournament on Thursday, July 29th at the Oak Knolls Golf Course.
Boy’s will have four age groups
15-17
13-14
11-12
10 & under (9 holes-the rest 18 holes)
Girl’s (number of participants will determine the age brackets)
Cost $10.00 and $5.00 for 10 and under and this INCLUDES a lunch
9:00 AM Tee Off time in a shotgun start
Hundreds of dollars in prizes
Send entry to:
Steve Philion
518 Champagne Avenue
Red Lake Falls, MN., 56750
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The Crookston FCA PLUS organization is putting together a trip to Minnesota Vikings Exhibition game in August!!!!
The Minnesota Vikings are offering great prices on two pre-season game tickets for this coming season. Tickets are ONLY $25 (savings of up to $53 per ticket) for two pre-season games. Tickets are available to anyone that is interested in the community. FCA PLUS will be taking a bus (possibly charter) to the Minnesota Vikings Pre-Season game August 28th.
Students K-12 along with their families will be able to attend the trip and ride the bus to the Twin Cities and back. There may be a charge for the bus ride but hopefully minimal as the Minnesota Vikings will donate back to FCA PLUS $10 per ticket sold. This is a first come first serve basis so if you are interested fill out the form and get your ticket now!
If you have questions please contact Chris Trostad or Gary Stegman at Crookston High School (218-281-2144) for more information!
MINNESOTA VIKINGS FOOTBALL 2010 FCA PLUS FUNDRAISER ORDER:Saturday, August 28th vs. Seattle Seahawks @ 7PM
# of tickets________ x $25 per ticket = $_________
Thursday, September 2nd vs. Denver Broncos @ 7PM
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(NOTE: Your credit card order cannot be processed without a signature)
DETAILS:
Tickets will be discounted to $25 per ticket, normally $50 - $83 each (save up to $58), are located in the upper level of Mall of America Field. $10 of each ticket sold will benefit FCA Plus. Orders will be filled on a first come-first serve basis with the best available tickets at the time the order is received. Order quickly, quantities are limited! Offer valid while supplies last. No refunds or exchanges.
Return this order form via mail or fax (612-333-0458) only. Your tickets will be mailed to the address below.
For questions contact Jon Gartzke at (952) 918-8448 or GartzkeJ@Vikings.nfl.net
* No substitute games. May not be combined with other promotions.
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THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A SPECIAL $25 TICKET OFFER TO FCA PLUS.
Please return this form with full payment to:
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Attn: FCA Plus
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Fax: (612) 333-0458
Date:_____________________*Deadline to order is Friday, August 20th
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Ron (Hoover) Amiot will be hold his Annual 2010 Hoover Hacker....Saturday July 31....about 1:00 PM Shot gun Start....Minakwa Golf Course in Crookston. $20.00 for members of Minakwa and $35.00 for non-members.
As usual....two person scramble for 18 holes....combined minimum handicap of 30....limited to first 72 golfers to sign up or deadline of July 28th. Prizes, trophies and more.
We understand that he is half way through filling up the tourney, so contact him today.
Ron donates all profits from these scrambles to charity and this year is donating all the profits to the Chito and Kristina Longoria family, for their daughter Natalie, who has congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia and is facing numerous surgeries and possible amputation.
Contact Ron at ronamiot@hotmail.com
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The legendary high school boys basketball coach, Bob Hurley Sr. of Jersey City, New Jersey will be conducting a Coaching Clinic on October 9th in Thief River Falls!!!!!
It’s the Panther Hoops On the Road Fall Coaching Clinic
Hurley is not only one of the most successful high school coaches ever, as attested being one of three high school coaches EVER to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. In 38 seasons he has 984 wins, 24 state titles. About 150 of his players have received D-I Scholarships!!! He is probably most famous of being the father of Bob Hurley Jr., who was a star for Duke University.
I’m not sure how Chris McLean, the head boys basketball coach at Thief River Falls High School and Dan Ninham, head boys basketball coach at Cass Lake-Bena were able to get Hurley and others, but it should be a great clinic as coach McLean say’s, “This will be a great clinic for not only high school coaches but youth coaches as well. Coach Hurley is legendary for the number of wins and college players he has developed, but more importantly, he has done it with very limited resources. I have had the pleasure of hearing him speak, and he does a tremendous job of utilizing limited facilities and resources.....like I said, this would be an excellent clinic for youth, middle school and JV coaches as well as high school coaches.”
Also speaking will be Duggar Baucom, the head Men’s Basketball coach at Virginia Military Institue (VMI) and he will speak on the VMI Attack Offensive System, which is a up-tempo, high-flying system that has set 65 school records since Baucom has been at VMI.
Hurley will speak on his St. Anthony High School Friars Basketball System
Saturday - October 9th
9:00 AM - Check in: Thief River Falls High School
9:30-11:40 AM - Bob Hurley Sr.
11:45 AM-12:15 PM - Lunch On Site
12:20-2:30 PM - Duggar Baucom
Early Bird Registration by June 1st - $55.00 per coach; After June 1st - $75.00 per coach and they have a staff rate of $65.00 per coach and all register at the same time
Register the day of the event: $90.00 with no staff rate
Send name, school, mailing address, email address, phone number(s) and state Thief River Falls Clinic (Also one in Rochester on October 10th).
Make check to:
Panther Hoops
Dan Ninham
2323 Wee Gwaus Drive SW
Bemidji, MN., 56601
For more info: Contact Chris McLean 218-688-2580 or cmclean@trf.k12.mn.us
or Dan Ninham 218-368-6430 or coach.danninham@midco.net
The clinic the next day (Oct. 10th) in Rochester will feature Hurley and Phil Martelli, the head Men’s Basketball coach at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pa.
- - - -1st Annual Russell Rocks Golf Scramble
Saturday, September 11th, 2010 at Minakwa Golf Course in Crookston
4 person teams
9:30 am: Registration
10:00 am: Shotgun start$35.00 per person- includes green fees and a t-shirt
. Call Minakwa to reserve carts!
There will be contest and games on the course with prizes following the scramble.
Pre-registration is appreciated.Contact Jaclyn Martin at 218-280-1713 or
martins@gra.midco.netALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE RUSSELL ROCKS FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE AWARENESS!
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The 80 Year Old Scotsman - Submitted by a Pirate Alum from the class of 1979!
An 80-year-old Scotsman goes to the doctor for a check-up. The doctor is amazed at what good shape the guy is in and asks,' how do you stay in such great physical condition?'
I'm Scottish and I am a golfer,' says the old guy, 'and that's why I'm in such good shape. I'm up well before daylight and out golfing up and down the fairways. I have a glass of whiskey, and all is well.'
'Well' says the doctor, 'I'm sure that helps, but there's got to be more to it. How old was your Father when he died?'
'Who said my Father's dead?'
The doctor is amazed. 'You mean you're 80 years old and your Father's still alive. How old is he?'
'He's 100 years old,' says the Old Scottish golfer' In fact he golfed with me this morning, and then we went to the topless beach for a walk and had a little whiskey that's why he's still alive. He's Scottish and he's a golfer, too..'
'Well,' the doctor says, 'that's great, but I'm sure there's more to it than that. How about your Father's Father? How old was he when he died?'
'Who said my Dad's dead? '
Stunned, the doctor asks, 'you mean you're 80 years old and your grandfather's still living! Incredible, how old is he?'
'He's 118 years old,' says the Old Scottish golfer.
The doctor is getting frustrated at this point, 'So, I guess he went golfing with you this morning too?'
'No, He couldn't go this morning because he's getting married today.' At this point the doctor is close to losing it. 'Getting married!! Why would a 118 year- old guy want to get married?'
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How are former Crookston Pirates athletes doing in college or elsewhere?
**** LET ME KNOW OF OTHERS TO ADD TO THE LIST *****
Ted Hasz is the American Legion Baseball coach in Crookston
Mike Biermaier is the Athletic Director at Thief River Falls High School
Mitch Bakken is the Sports Information Director at UMC/Women’s Softball coach
Derek Martin is the Sports Editor for the Crookston Daily Times
Jason Bushie is the hockey athletic trainer at Colorado College
Chris Myrold is a Tennis Pro in Lanai, Hawaii
Peter Cournia is a 2002 Crookston High School Graduate and also a grad of West Point and is currently is serving in Iraq.
Erik Ellingson is serving our country with the U.S. Air Force and is stationed in Germany.
Brandon Pankow is serving our country with the Army in Iraq
Cole Perry is serving our country with the Army in Iraq
Marc Schultz is serving our country with the Army in El Paso, Texas
Philip Kujawa class of 2004 from Crookston Central has recently graduated from basic training at Fort Benning, GA. He will be stationed at Hohnfels in Germany for the next 2 or 3 years.
Matt Wallace is the head groundskeeper for the Fargo-Moorhead Red Hawks pro baseball team
Scott Riopelle is with the Crookston Parks and Recreation and manager of the Crookston arenas.
Rob Sobolik is the General Manager of the Fargodome
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