Welcome to another Pulitzer Prize worthy Sports Feever Column. Ummmmmm……Okay, maybe a best sports column written by a radio announcer named Chris Fee. In all seriousness, we have another column full of information for you again this week.
KROX continues to play old broadcasts and they continue to be huge hits. It is amazing how many people have been listening on the radio, online, on the app and on Alexa.
We have had a lot of requests to replay the 1980 State Football Championship game, the and 1995 State Baseball championship game because they missed it, or want to hear it again. So we will do that next week.
We are also wondering if anybody has a copy of the 1998, 1999, and 2000 Pirate Football section championship games. We are also looking for an audio recording of the 1988 Section 8A Boys Basketball championship game and the 1998 Section 8A Girls Basketball championship game. If you have copies we will have them put on a flash drive and give you the recording back and the game on a flash drive as a thank you!
The schedule is below (all starting at 7:05 p.m.)-
Thursday – May 7 – Red Lake County Football vs Lake Park-Audubon (2013 Section 8A semi-finals)
Friday – May 8 – Crookston Central vs Mount St. Benedict Hockey (1980 game 6-5 OT)
Monday – May 11 – TBD
Tuesday – May 12 – TBD
Wednesday – May 13 – 1995 State Class A Baseball Championship – Crookston vs Brooklyn Center
Thursday – May 14 – Another One Bites the Dust 12 program (KROX program before the state football championship game in 1980)
Friday – May 15 – 1980 Football State Championship game – Crookston vs Pipestone
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First, we will start with good news (maybe) –
Major League Baseball expects to offer a return-to-play proposal to the MLB Players Association within a week, as teams have begun to encourage players to prepare for a “spring” training that could begin in mid-June and a season that could start in early July, sources familiar with the discussions told ESPN. Former Minnesota Twin, Trevor Plouffe first broke the news that one option has been spring training starting June 10 and the first game July 1. While the information is great, it doesn’t mean it will happen. The players will have to agree to a much lower salary because there won’t be fans and there are fewer games. Player safety will also be a sticking point. The “what if” a player test positive while playing?
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I was sad to receive news that Warren-Alvarado-Oslo Pony Girls Basketball coach Jason Hanson has resigned from teaching elementary PE and coaching this week at Warren-Alvarado-Oslo. Jason has accepted a new job position in his hometown of Newfolden. “I will be running the Newfolden Insurance Agency,” said Hanson. “I plan to watch my current junior daughter and 8th-grade son play for the next four years at WAO from the stands. After they both graduate, I plan to get back into coaching again.”
Jason made the tough decision to leave because it was a good financial opportunity for his family and he is proud of what the Pony Girls Basketball program had done over the past three years. “I’m proud of the improvement we made over the past three seasons I was here. The year before I took over the team was 3-20. My first year we went 11-15, then 17-9 and finally 22-4 this past season,” said Hanson. “It was fun to see the program develop each year. I also think my daughter, Kylie will enjoy playing her senior season without being the coach’s kid.”
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We have emailed the Crookston Pirate Spring Sports coaches and asked them if they could have their seniors fill out some questions and send a senior picture and we would do a senior athlete spotlight in the Feever column. We have received the one girls golf, three girls track, and 11 baseball seniors and have them listed below. A big THANK YOU to the coaches and athletes for cooperating with us!
CROOKSTON PIRATE GIRLS GOLF SENIOR-
Dani Boyle
Sports played – Basketball, volleyball, and golf
Plans next year – To get a job and save some money up to maybe go to college next fall. I am interested in phlebotomy
Biggest highlight – Either the championship game for basketball last season or going to state last year for golf
Thoughts about the last five weeks – Much confusion, sadness/anger, and lots of self-reflection
Parents – Deb and Charlie Boyle
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CROOKSTON PIRATE GIRLS TRACK SENIORS –
Katherine Geist
Sports played – Cross country and track.
Plans next year – I will be attending Carleton College where I plan to major in biology and/or cognitive science. I will also be running on the cross country and track teams. Majoring in biology and/or cognitive science with a pre-medicine focus.
The biggest highlight of your high school career – The highlight of my high school career was placing 6th and 7th in the mile and two-mile and breaking two school records at the state track meet in 2018.
Thoughts on the last five weeks – The last five weeks have been surreal, almost like a crazy dream that is slowly becoming a reality.
Anything you want to ad – I want to say hi to all of the girls on the track team! I miss you guys so much, keep working hard from home!
Parents – Sara and Dan Geist
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Audrey Harbott
Sports/Activities – Figure Skating, Track, Tennis, Leo Club, National Honor Society, Student Council, Pop Strings, Valley Fiddlers, Band and Orchestra.
Plans next year – I plan to attend the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities and major in Kinesiology.
The biggest highlight of your high school career – The best part of high school was going to games and watching movies with friends and competitions with my synchro team.
Thoughts on the last five weeks – To sum up the last five weeks I would say taking one day at a time.
Parents – Corey and Stephanie Harbott
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Morgan Coauette
Sports/Activities -Soccer, dance, boys basketball manager, and track
Plans next year – Going to University of Mary in Bismarck to major in biomechanics and receive a doctorate in physical therapy
The biggest highlight of your high school career – Highlight was spending time with my friends and sports
Thoughts on the last five weeks – Total boredom and social deprivation
Anything you want to add – For the next students to graduate cherish your senior year.
Parents – James and Jennifer Coauette
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CROOKSTON PIRATE BASEBALL SENIORS – (Coach Bakken did the work for us)
We hope to have more Pirate spring sports senior highlights in next week’s column. Pirate Boys tennis didn’t have a senior so we are waiting to hear back from the Pirate Softball, Boys Golf, and Boys track. So check for those next week and remind your son or daughter if they haven’t already submitted them. The coaches should have contacted them!
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The University of North Dakota has received some good publicity thanks to the most famous alum, Phil Jackson and the ESPN 10 episode documentary The Last Dance. Phil Jackson lived in Walsh Hall along with the likes of Zach Parise and others. When going to UND basketball camp back in the day, it was well documented that when staying in Walsh Hall, Phil Jackson once lived there.
If you haven’t taken in The Last Dance, it is well done and an interesting watch. I am 43 and the late 80’s and early to mid 90’s were the hay day of the NBA. Everybody would sit down and watch the NBA on NBC with the famous theme song created by John Tesh. Yes, John Tesh. Marv Albert was the main TV announcer at the time and was on the call of every game.
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Red Lake County Central’s Jenna Pahlen recently signed a National Letter of Intent to accept an athletic scholarship to play volleyball at Minot State University.
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Several area hockey players were drafted in the USHL draft this week –
East Grand Forks’ Jaksen Panzer was picked in the second round with the 22 nd pick by the Sioux Falls Stampede. Trey Ausmus was picked in Round 3 with pick 42 by the Madison Capitols.
Warroad’s Carson Reed was picked in Round 7 with the 93 pick by the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders.
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Roseau High School graduate and current University of North Dakota Women’s Basketball player Kacie Borowicz was named the UND Women’s athletics freshman of the year this week. She averaged 7.2 points per game and had a season-high of 23 points on January 26.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston baseball program announced the signing of one of the top junior college prospects in the region with the addition of Jake Dykhoff, a six-foot 195-pound transfer from Minnesota State Community and Technical College. Dykhoff is a graduate of Wadena-Deer Creek High School.
As a sophomore in college, Dykhoff posted a 3.65 ERA in 12.1 innings pitched. At the plate, Dykhoff hit .458 with five runs scored, two doubles, one triple, one home run, and five RBIs. As a freshman, he went 9-3 during his freshman season with a 2.69 ERA with 94 strikeouts to just 11 walks. At the plate, Dykhoff had a .379 batting average with six doubles, three triples, four home runs and 33 RBIs. As a freshman, he was named to the MCAC All-State Team.
Dykhoff competed at Wadena-Deer Creek, where he was the all-time leader in wins, innings pitched, and strikeouts. He was also the all-time leader in hits, doubles, at-bats, and runs batted in. He hit .456 in his career with 89 runs scored, 156 hits, 44 doubles, four triples, five home runs, and 96 RBIs. On the mound, Dykhoff was 24-11 with a 1.82 ERA in his prep career with over 215 innings pitched. He had 343 strikeouts in his career with just 54 walks. Dykhoff was a finalist for the Minnesota Mr. Baseball Award during his senior season in 2018.
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The Big Ten Conference announced today that it will extend the previously announced suspension of all organized team activities through June 1, 2020, and will re-evaluate again at that time.
This is an additional measure to the previously announced cancellation of all-conference and non-conference competitions through the end of the academic year, including spring sports that compete beyond the academic year. The Conference also has previously announced a moratorium on all on- and off-campus recruiting activities for the foreseeable future.
The Big Ten Conference will continue to use this time to work with the appropriate medical experts and institutional leadership to determine next steps relative to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The main priority of the Big Ten Conference is to ensure the health, safety and wellness of our student-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty, fans, and media as we continue to monitor all developing and relevant information on the COVID-19 virus.
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JOKES
A Blonde goes over to her friend’s house wearing a T.G.I.F. T-shirt.
‘Why are you wearing a Thank God it’s Friday tee-shirt on Monday?’
‘Oh crap!’ the blonde says. ‘I didn’tRealize it was a religious T-shirt. I thought it meant Tits Go In Front’
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My wife asked if she could have a little peace and quiet while she cooked dinner.
So I took the battery out of the smoke detector.
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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 email me at chrisjfee@yahoo.com
Paul Bittner is playing for the Cleveland Monsters, the AHL affiliate of the Columbus Bluejacket.
Brady Heppner, is playing hockey for the Roanoke Raildogs in the SPHL.
Aleece Durbin, is a Sophomore on the University of North Dakota Women’s Track and Field team.
Brita Fagerlund, is a Junior on the University of Jamestown Jimmy Women’s Track team.
Ben Trostad is a sophomore member of the University of Minnesota Crookston golf team.
Isaac Westlake, is a Senior on the Winona State Warrior Men’s Golf team.
Elise Tangquist, is a Junior golfer for the University of Northwestern in St. Paul.
Mason LaPlante, a freshman, is playing soccer at the University of Jamestown.
Rachel Hefta, a freshman, is playing volleyball at Hastings College in Nebraska.
Cade Salentine is a redshirt Freshman playing football at the University of North Dakota.
Nick Garmen, is a freshman playing basketball and tennis at the University of Minnesota Morris.
Thea Oman, a freshman, is swimming at St. Ben’s.
Crookston School District Coaches –
Jeremy Lubinski is a Pirate 8th Grade Football coach.
Amy Boll is the head Pirate Girls Track head coach and assistant volleyball coach
Sarah Reese is the Pirate Head Girls Soccer coach
Cody Brekken is the Head Pirate Girls and Boys Tennis coach and Crookston Community Pool Supervisor
Marley Melbye is the Head Girls Swimming coach
Mitch Bakken is the head Pirate Baseball coach.
Brock Hanson is the Pirate Baseball volunteer assistant coach.
Jeff Perreault is the Pirate Girls Golf head coach
Wes Hanson is the Pirate Wrestling Head Coach and assistant boys golf coach
Kevin Weber is a Pirate Boys Basketball volunteer assistant coach
Connor Morgan is the Pirate Boys Hockey assistant coach
Sam Melbye is the Pirate Boys J.V. Hockey coach
Chris Dufault is a youth wrestling Coach
Blake Fee is an assistant wrestling coach
Colton Weiland is an assistant wrestling coach
Non-Crookston High School coaching –
Cody Weiland is an assistant wrestling coach at Proctor/Hermantown
Kaylee Desrosier is a softball coach for Fargo Davies Middle School.
Justin Johnson is an assistant softball coach at the University of Minnesota Crookston.
Josh Edlund is an assistant football coach and phy ed teacher at Flandreau, South Dakota.
Allison Lindsey Axness is Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach in Champlin Park
Jeff Olson is Head Wrestling coach and Head Baseball coach at Delano.
Jake Olson is an Assistant Football Coach and Head Boys Tennis coach at Delano.
Carmen (Kreibich) Johnson, is Head Volleyball coach at Little Falls High School.
Katy Westrom, is Head Girls Tennis Coach and Head Boys Tennis coach at Monticello High School.
Matt Harris, is a Director of Athletics at the British International School of Houston.
Marty Bratrud is the Superintendent and High School Principal at Westhope High School.
Gordie Haug is an assistant football coach at the University of Wyoming
Mike Hastings is the Minnesota State Mankato Men’s head Hockey coach
Mike Biermaier is the Athletic Director at Thief River Falls High School
Stephanie (Lindsay) Perreault works with the North Dakota State stats crew for Bison football and volleyball and basketball in the winter. Stephanie’s husband, Ryan, is the assistant director for the Bison media relations
Jason Bushie is the hockey athletic trainer at Colorado College
Chris Myrold is a Tennis Pro on Nevis Island in the West Indies
Kyle Buchmeier is a Tennis Pro at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis
Jarrett Butenhoff is serving our country with the U.S. Navy
Joshua Butenhoff is serving our country on a Submarine with the Pacific Fleet with the US Navy.
Peter Cournia is a 2002 Crookston High School Graduate and also a grad of West Point and is currently is serving in the U.S. Army.
Erik Ellingson is serving our country with the U.S. Air Force at Minot.
Philip Kujawa class of 2004 from Crookston High School. He is an Army recruiter in Rochester.
Scott Riopelle is head of Crookston Parks and Recreation
Rob Sobolik is the General Manager of the Fargodome
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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