Minnesota State High School League fall sport practices will start on Monday, August 16. Good luck to all coaches and athletes on the first week of practice.
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The Crookston High School Fall sports teams will start practice on Monday, August 16. Below is the first weeks practice schedule for the teams –
Girls swimming –
August 16 – Dryland at the CHS parking lot 6 to 7:00 a.m. Pool practice from 4:15 to 6:00 p.m.
August 17 – Dryland at the CHS parking lot 6 to 7:00 a.m. Pool practice from 4:15 to 6:00 p.m.
August 18 – Dryland at the CHS parking lot 6 to 7:00 a.m. Pool practice from 4:15 to 6:00 p.m.
August 19 – Riverside hills with Soccer from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Pool practice from 4:15 to 6:00 p.m.
August 20 – Pool practice from 6 to 7:00 a.m.
Boys soccer –
August 16 – 7:30 to 10:00 a.m.
August 17 – 7:30 to 10:00 a.m.
August 18 – 7:30 to 10:00 a.m.
August 19 – 7:30 to 10:00 a.m.
August 20 – 7:30 to 10:00 a.m. (Intra-squad scrimmage)
Girls soccer –
August 16 – 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
August 17 – 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
August 18 – 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Walkway. 5 to 7:00 p.m. Hawaiian themed day
August 19 – 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. at Villa Hills. 5 to 7:00 p.m.
August 20 – 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. Full practice
Football (9-12th grade) –
August 12 – Equipment handout August 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the blue shed behind the high school
August 16 – 6:30 to 8:30. Breakfast/chalk talk from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and practice again from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
August 17 – 6:30 to 8:30. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Weights for Seniors and juniors and breakfast for sophomores and freshmen. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. weights for sophomores and freshmen and breakfast for seniors and juniors.
August 18 – 6:30 to 8:30. Breakfast/chalk talk from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and practice again from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
August 19 – 6:30 to 8:30. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Weights for Seniors and juniors and breakfast for sophomores and freshmen. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. weights for sophomores and freshmen and breakfast for seniors and juniors.
August 20 – 6:30 to 8:30. Breakfast/chalk talk from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and practice again from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Junior High Football (7 and 8th) –
Equipment handout on August 22 at the blue shed behind the high school. 8th grade at 6:00 p.m. and 7th grade at 7:00 p.m.
Volleyball (9-12 grade) –
August 16 – 6:00 to 7:30 a.m. and 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
August 17 – 6:00 to 7:30 a.m. and 7:00 to 8:30 p.m
August 18 – 6:00 to 7:30 a.m. and 7:00 to 8:30 p.m
August 19 – 6:00 to 7:30 a.m. and 7:00 to 8:30 p.m
August 20 – 6:00 to 8:00 a.m.
Junior High Volleyball –
August 16 – 6:00 to 7:30 a.m. at CHS gym
August 17, 18 and 19 – 6:00 to 7:30 a.m. and 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
August 20 – 6:00 to 8:00 a.m.
Girls Tennis –
August 16 – 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Crookston High School tennis courts if they are done. Check the remind app. If the courts aren’t done by Monday, 7-8th will be at Shuster Park courts and 9-12 at the Highland courts.
August 17 – 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
August 18 – 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
August 19 – 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
August 20 – Matches at Moorhead
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The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle volleyball team has been picked to finish 14th out of 16 teams in the Northern Sun Conference preseason coaches volleyball poll.
The Golden Eagles didn’t have a season because of COVID last season. In 2019, UMC finished with a record of 4-24 (2-18 NSIC). Head Coach Sarah Morgan enters her fifth season at the helm of the Golden Eagles. Nick Meseck enters his first season as an assistant coach under Morgan.
In 2019, Lauren Wallace (Sr. Bloomington) was third on the team in kills (128), points (154.0), and points per set (1.59). UMC only has three returners from the 2019 team along with Bailey Mulcahy (Soph. Fertile), and Natalie Koke (Jr. Caledonia, Wisconsin).
Concordia-St. Paul was picked to win the NSIC, receiving 11 of the 16 first-place votes for a total of 219 points. Minnesota Duluth was picked second with 194 points while St. Cloud State was third with 192 points and three first-place votes.
Winona State’s Megan Flom was selected as the NSIC Preseason Player of the Year.
The Golden Eagles will open the season on September 3 at the Steel City Showcase in Pueblo, Colorado. The first serve is set for 2 P.M., against Fort Hays State.
TEAMS – POINTS
1. Concordia-St. Paul (11) 217
2. Minnesota-Duluth 194
3. St. Cloud State (3) 192
4. Northern State (1) 174
T5. Winona State (1) 169
T5. Wayne State 169
7. Southwest Minnesota State 147
8. Augustana 137
T9. Minnesota State Mankato 109
T9. Upper Iowa 109
11. Sioux Falls 82
12. Minnesota State Moorhead 69
13. Bemidji State 60
14. UMC 40
15. Minot State 32
16. Mary 20
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The Ox Cart Days 5K/Little Tykes race, sponsored by Biermaier Chiropractic Clinic and Altru will be held on August 21.
The cost is $25 for the 5K and free for the Little Tykes race.
The online registration link is https://www.raceentry.com/ox-cart-5k-and-little-tykes-race/race-information.
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The 17th Annual Crookston Blue Line Club Golf Scramble will be held on Friday, August 20 at Minakwa Golf Course in Crookston.
It will be a five-person scramble with registration at 8:00 a.m. and a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start.
Team sponsorship is $350 or $70 per person. There will be lunch, games, and prizes. For more information and to register, call Kristy Swanson at 218-289-0576, or email crookstonhockey@gmail.com, or visit the Crookston Blue Line Club website at www.crookstonbluelinehockey.com.
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JOKES
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How are former Crookston Pirates athletes doing in college or elsewhere?
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Kaleb Thingelstad is a freshman playing golf at Kansas Wesleyan University.
Joslynn Leach is a freshman playing golf at Concordia College in Moorhead.
Paul Bittner is playing professional hockey in Sweden. He will be returning to Sweden in the fall.
Aleece Durbin, is a Junior on the University of North Dakota Women’s Track and Field team.
Ben Trostad is playing Club Hockey at UMC.
Ty Hamre is playing Club Hockey at UMC.
Brandon Boetcher is playing Club Hockey at UMC.
Brady Butt is a sophomore playing football at the University of Jamestown.
Rachel Hefta, a Sophomore, is playing volleyball at Hastings College in Nebraska.
Nick Garmen is a junior playing tennis at the University of Minnesota Morris.
Thea Oman, a junior, is swimming at St. Ben’s.
Crookston School District Coaches –
Emily Meyer is the Pirate head girls hockey coach and softball assistant coach.
Lacia Hanson is the Junior High softball coach.
Carrie Clauson is a Junior High girls tennis coach.
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
Brock Hanson is a Pirate Baseball volunteer assistant coach.
Ben Halos is a Pirate Baseball assistant coach.
Alex LaFrance is a 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
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.
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 an Assistant Principal/Athletic Director at Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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.
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
