This will be a little shorter than most columns because we had flooding in Crookston on Sunday and Monday and Tuesday our website went down for 26 hours after having 400,000 page views in 36 hours!!!!
So here is what we have this week –
We start off with the best news of the year so far – GOD IS GOOD!
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The following is from John Beck. He nailed it on the head 100%!!!!!!!!!! –
The point of HS sports isn’t getting a college scholarship. It’s learning cooperation, respect, loyalty, communication, being a good person & working with others in good times & bad. If a scholarship comes from that, great. But either way, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience!
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Minnesota Hockey finally got the HP 15 rosters up. The following are from District 16 –
GIRLS –
Crookston – Ashlyn Bailey, Addison Fee
Bemidji – Megan Berg, Samantha Nistler, Ava Mhyre
East Grand Forks – Blake Schultz, Ava Klainvachter
Roseau – Jasmine Hovda, Lily Erickson, Summer Byfuglien, Payton Remick, Karina Christianson
Thief River Falls – Kali Knutson
Warroad – Linnea Harren, Emerson Hardwick, Kate Johnson, Talia Hanson, Kalya Sandy, Katy Comstock, Jordyn Werk
BOYS –
Crookston – Riley Benson, Connor Maruska
Bemidji – Briggs Knott, Benjamin O’Leary, Taevon Welle, Christian Hill, Kyle Johnson
East Grand Forks – Weston Bratrud, Cole Schmiedeberg, Braden Overgaard, Jake Chupka, Tucker Lovejoy, Nolan Meulebroeck
Roseau – Isaac Baumgartner
Thief River Falls – Jameson Hurts, Rylan Leake, Jaxon Hams, Jackson Boyer, Broden Hontvet, Wyatt Hennum
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The Minnesota Hockey CCM HP 54 teams (top 54 players from the HP tryouts) have been announced and we will list the Section 8A/8AA players from each age group below –
HP 16 GIRLS – (All 5 are Section 8AA girls no Section 8A)
Kate Kosobud – Moorhead
Taylor Brueske – Moorhead
Ella Holm – Moorhead
Hailey Jussila – Elk River
Peyton LeMieur – Brainerd/Little Falls
HP 17 GIRLS –
Talya Hendrickson – Warroad
Kate Johnson – Warroad
Kassandra Fontaine – Bagley
Olivia Dronen – Moorhead
HP 16 BOYS –
Cole Bies – East Grand Forks
Landon Jamieson – East Grand Forks
Jace Erickson – Thief River Falls
Max Arlt – Thief River Falls
Conner Rolf – Thief River Falls
Braydon Lund – Thief River Falls
Ryan Lund – Warroad
Carson Pilgrim – Warroad
HP 17 BOYS –
Murray Marvin-Cordes – Warroad
Hampton Slukynsky – Warroad
Eric Comstock – Warroad
Noah Urness – Roseau
Joe Gramer – Roseau
Brock Schultz – East Grand Forks
Aaron Reierson – Moorhead
HP 18 BOYS –
Joe Schiller – Moorhead
Harper Bentz – Moorhead
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The University of Minnesota Crookston Women’s Basketball team is getting a D-1 transfer as Erika Lane (will be a sophomore) from the University of North Dakota. The 5’10 guard from Merrifield played in three games this past season for UND and averaged 1 point and 1 rebound per game.
Lane played two years at Pequot Lakes High School before finishing her high school career at Brainerd High School … Twice named all-conference and all-area. Alongside sister, Olivia (who also plays at UND and has entered the transfer portal), helped Pequot Lakes to the 7AA Section Semifinals. She averaged 10.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 1.4 steals per game as a junior in 2020 for the Warriors.
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How cool is this? Sacred Heart Boys Basketball Coach Destry Sterkel received this in the mail from Mark Johnson, State Senator for our area.
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Make plans now to attend the 27th annual “Lace ‘em Up” basketball camp to be held in Red Lake Falls high school at the Robert Matzke Gym from June 6-10, 2022.
The camp is open to any boys or girls who are currently in grades K-11. The camp is set up to run from 8:00 a.m. until 11:30 for grades 6-11 each morning, and from 12:00 noon until 3:30 p.m. for grades K-6. The cost of the camp is $70 with a maximum cost per family of $100. If you register before May 22nd, you will also receive a camp T-shirt. After May 22, ALL SINGLE REGISTRATION FEES WILL BE $80 AND THE MAXIMUM COST PER FAMILY WILL BE $120, DUE TO CAMP PREPARATION AND AWARD ORDERS.
NOTE: by request, sixth graders may come in the morning, afternoon, or both for one price.
Cut on the dotted line and return the following to:
Steve Philion
518 Champagne Ave.
Red Lake Falls, MN 56750
Cell: 218-686-3608
Home: 218-253-2499
E-mail: sphilion@rlfedu.org
Make checks payable to: Steve Philion
If anyone needs help with the cost of the camp, let Mr. Philion know as we have people who have offered to cover costs for kids that need financial help.
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Name____________________________________
Grade in 2021-2022________________(GRADE JUST COMPLETED)
I was a sixth grader this year and would like to come: (circle one)
MORNING AFTERNOON BOTH
T-shirt sizes: Please circle one:
Youth sizes: EXTRA SMALL SMALL MEDIUM LARGE
Adult sizes: SMALL MEDIUM LARGE X-LARGE XX-LARGE
Address:__________________________________________________________
MALE____________ FEMALE____________
I, the parent of the above student agree to allow my child to participate in the 2022 “Lace ‘em Up” basketball camp in Red Lake Falls. I also understand that the camp director, the City of RLF, and the RLF school district are not responsible for any injuries, accidents, or COVID that my child might incur.
SIGNATURE OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN:_______________________________________
Emergency cell number of parent or guardian:___________________________________
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JOKES
Three guys die together in an accident and go to heaven. When they get there, St. Peter says, “We only have one rule here in heaven: Don’t step on the ducks!”
So they enter heaven, and sure enough, there are ducks all over the place. It is almost impossible not to step on a duck, and although they try their best to avoid them, the first guy accidentally steps on one.
Along comes St. Peter with the ugliest woman he has ever seen. St. Peter chains them together and says, “Your punishment for stepping on a duck is to spend eternity chained to the ugly woman!”
The next day, the second guy steps accidentally on a duck, and along comes St. Peter, who doesn’t miss a thing, and with him is another extemely ugly woman. He chains them together with the same admonishment as for the first guy.
The third guy has observed all this and not wanting to be chained for all eternity to an ugly woman, is very, VERY careful where he steps. He manages to go months without stepping on any ducks, but one day St. Peter comes up to him with the most gorgeous woman he has ever laid eyes on: a very tall, tan, curvaceous, sexy blonde. St. Peter chains them together without saying a word.
The guy remarks, “I wonder what I did to deserve being chained to you for all of eternity?”
She says, “I don’t know about you, but I stepped on a duck!”
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After she woke up, a woman told her husband,
“I just had a dream that you gave me the most beautiful diamond necklace. What do you think it means?”
“You’ll know tonight.” he said with a smile.
The woman could hardly think of anything else all day and she couldn’t wait for her husband to return home.
That evening, the man finally came home with a small package and gave it to his wife.
Delighted, she opened it excitedly to find a book entitled…
“The Meaning of Dreams”
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Little Johnny sees his Daddy’s car passing the playground and going into the woods. Curious, he follows the car and sees Daddy and Aunt Jane kissing.
Johnny finds this so exciting and can barely contain himself as he runs home and starts to tell his mother excitedly.
“MOMMY, MOMMY, I WAS AT THE PLAYGROUND AND DADDY AND…”
Mommy tells him to slow down, but that she wants to hear the story.
So Johnny tells her. “I was at the playground and I saw Daddy’s car go into the woods with Aunt Jane. I went to look and Daddy was giving Aunt Jane a big kiss, then he helped her take off her shirt, then Aunt Jane helped Daddy take his pants off, then Aunt Jane laid down on the seat, then Daddy…”
At this point, Mommy cut him off and said, “Johnny, this is such an interesting story, suppose you save the rest of it for supper time. I want to see the look on Daddy’s face when you tell it tonight.”
At the dinner table, Mommy asks Johnny to tell his story. He describes the car into the woods, the undressing, laying down on the seat, and, “then Daddy and Aunt Jane did that same thing Mommy and Uncle Jeff used to do when Daddy was in the Army.”
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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
Katherine Geist, a sophomore, is running track for Carleton College.
Emma Boll, a freshman, is playing softball at Northwestern University in St. Paul.
Emma Borowicz is a freshman running track at Minnesota State Mankato.
Ben Trostad is a senior playing Men’s Golf at UMC.
Kaleb Thingelstad is a freshman playing golf at Kansas Wesleyan University. KWU is done for the fall season.
Joslynn Leach is a freshman playing golf at Concordia College in Moorhead. The Cobbers wrapped up the Fall season.
Brady Butt is a sophomore playing football at the University of Jamestown.
Rachel Hefta, is a junior playing volleyball at Hastings College in Nebraska.
Ty Hamre is playing football at Bemidji State University.
Paul Bittner is playing professional hockey in Germany, for Düsseldorf EG.
Gretchen Theis is a sophomore at NDSU on the Equestrian team.
Kate MacGregor is a senior swimming at Minnesota State Moorhead.
Aleece Durbin, is a Junior on the University of North Dakota Women’s Track and Field team.
Nick Garmen is a junior playing tennis at the University of Minnesota Morris.
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.
Jeremy Lubinski is a Pirate 8th Grade Football coach.
Amy Boll is the head Pirate Girls Track head coach
Sarah Reese is the Pirate Head Girls Soccer coach
Cody Brekken is the 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 –
Collin Reynolds is the head baseball coach for the University of Colorado Buffalo Club Baseball team.
Trent Stahlecker is a School Security Specialist & he works for the Brevard Public Schools, Florida
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.
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 the Director and Fitness at Mission Ranch and Fitness in Camel, California.
Kyle Buchmeier is a Tennis Pro at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis
Ben Andringa is serving our country with the Army in New York.
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.
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