SPORTS FEEVER by Chris Fee of KROX Radio – chrisjfee@yahoo.com
As all of you know, there was a terrible incident in Fargo last week. A Fargo Police officer was killed, and three others were injured in a shooting. The officer that was killed was my cousin’s kid. Jake Wallin is my cousin Jeff (and Amy) Wallin’s son. The grandson of John and Carolee Wallin. John was a teacher at Pequot Lakes and a longtime gun safety instructor with his brother Calvin.
Jake was in the National Guard, served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and came home safely. He was a few weeks into his training on the streets as a Fargo Police officer and was murdered by a crazed lunatic that had 1,800 rounds of ammunition, homemade grenades, and other deadly weapons. We found out on Wednesday that Jake and the three cops that were shot were heroes of an unprecedented level. It is believed the shooter was planning to go downtown and shoot up the Fargo Street Fair, which could have killed and injured hundreds and hundreds of people.
Will it make the senseless murder any easier to take for my cousin and the Wallin family? Probably not. But it will make it easier knowing what happened to him and the three other officers saved potentially hundreds of lives, and that makes all four of the even bigger heroes, but it doesn’t bring him back, and that will hurt the family forever.
Make sure to keep my cousin Jeff and his wife Amy and the entire Wallin family in your prayers. They need it more than ever, even with the amazing support they have received from across the country.
And make sure to thank a police officer for protecting the community whenever you see one!
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If you haven’t seen the Netflix series Quarterback, make sure you check it out. It follows Pat Mahomes, the Viking’s Kurt Cousins, and Marcus Mariota. Whether you think Cousins is a great quarterback or not, you will leave the series cheering for him even more because he is a genuinely great person who is true to his faith and his pursuit of being the best quarterback he can be.
I am a new big fan of Cousins and hope he has a great year in 2023. I always try to cheer for people that are good people as well as great athletes, and Cousins is just that.
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We are halfway through July already, and it is hard to believe that Fall Sports practices start on August 11. A little over three weeks away!!
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The Northwest Substate Division II American Legion Baseball tournament is being played in Fosston Thursday (today), Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with the champion advancing to the state tournament the following week in Roseau. If Roseau wins, the second-place team would also advance as Roseau has an automatic bid in the state tourney since they are the host. Here is how the seeding for the tournament looks.
NORTH
North 1-Roseau
North 2-Fosston
North 3-Crookston
North 4-Warroad
South 1-DGF
South 2-Wadena
South 3-Barnesville
South 4-Ottertail Central
Thursday, July 20
11AM-Crookston vs Wadena on KROX Radio (Loser out)
1:30PM-Roseau vs Ottertail Central (Loser out)
4:00PM-Warroad vs DGF (Loser out)
6:30PM-Fosston vs Barnesville (Loser out)
Friday, July 14 at Warroad (Start of double elimination)
11AM-Crookston/Wadena winner vs Roseau/OTC winner
1:30PM-Warroad/DGF winner vs Fosston/Barnesville winner
4PM-Losers bracket game (Loser is 4th place)
6:30PM-Winners bracket game
Saturday, July 15 at Warroad
2PM-Loser bracket game (winner goes to championship, the loser is 3rd place)
4:30PM-Championship game
Sunday, July 16 at Warroad
NOON-Championship game (if necessary)
Top four teams advance to the substate tourney July 20-23 in Fosston
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The Crookston Pirate Girls Basketball team competed in the Breakdown tournament in Ada this past weekend.
Fosston beat Crookston 46-15
Roseau beat Crookston 55-45
Crookston beat Kelliher/Northome 53-8
Other scores we received-
Fosston beat Roseau 44-31
Fosston Beat Perham 45-31
Blackduck beat Roseau 40-38
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The Upper Midwest High School Elite League Hockey rosters have been announced, and several players from northwest Minnesota have made the cut. They are listed below.
Conner Roff (Thief River Falls)
Alex Ballard (Roseau)
Brandon Mickelson (Moorhead)
Cole Bies (East Grand Forks)
Isaac Peterson (Northern Lakes)
Grady Magner (East Grand Forks)
Ryan Lund (Warroad)
Brady Johnson (Brainerd)
Jace Erickson (Thief River Falls)
Brooks Cullen (Moorhead)
Gavin Jensen (Roseau)
Jace Van Eps (East Grand Forks)
Kade Stengrim (Brainerd)
Mason Kraft (Moorhead)
Max Arlt (Thief River Falls)
Parker Gast (Moorhead)
Tyden Bergeson (Moorhead)
Landon Jamieson (East Grand Forks)
Kai Weigel (Moorhead)
Noah Mannausau (Bemidji)
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The Crookston Pirate Basketball Youth Summer Camp will be held August 1-3 at the Crookston High School.
(Grades entering the 2023-24 school year)
Grade K-1 9AM to 10:15AM
Grade 2-4 10:30AM to Noon
Grade 5-7 12:30PM to 2:30PM
Cost is $40 (Make checks payable to Crookston Basketball)
Instruction will be provided by the Varsity coaching staff and players.
Submit the registration information below to:
Darin Zimmerman
402 Fisher Avenue
Crookston, MN 56716
Questions? Contact Coach Zimmerman at darinzimmerman@isd593.org or call 218-281-2144, ext. 2235.
Name: ___________________________
Grade (23-24): ____________________
Parent Name: _____________________
Parent phone number: ______________
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The Pirate Pride Youth Football Camp will be held August 1-3 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each night. The camp is for third through sixth graders and will be held at the Crookston High School Football fields.
Cost-$50 (Must register by July 14 to guarantee a camp t-shirt). Payment is due on the first day of camp (cash or check only). Make check payable to CROOKSTON PIRATE FOOTBALL.
Click on the link below for the registration form.
https://forms.gle/WUVQ6QhGBBf8PG4J6
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The Holy Family Knights of Columbus Chapter of Red Lake County will host a Junior Golf Tournament at Oak Knolls Golf Course in Red Lake Falls on Monday, July 24.
The entry fee is $10 for 18 holes, and the nine-hole groups are $5. The entry fee includes all-you-can-eat lunch.
The tournament starts at 9:00 a.m.
BOYS (4 AGE GROUPS):
15-17 (18 holes)
13-14 (18 holes)
11-12 (18 holes)
9-10 (9 holes)
8 and under (9 holes)
GIRLS – Categories will be made up depending on registration.
There will be medal play in all age groups. Prizes and trophies are awarded with numerous door prizes with putting and other contests throughout the course.
The entry deadline is preferred by Noon on Sunday, July 23, but you may still register on the morning of the 24th before 8:45 a.m.
Send entries to-
Steve Philion
518 Champagne Avenue
Red Lake Falls 56750
Email-sphilion@rlfedu.org
Call-218-686-3608
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The Crookston High School weight room will be open these days and times through the summer months.
Monday-Friday
9th-12th grade
6:30am-8:00am (Group 1)
8:00am-9:30am (Group 2)
Monday-Thursday
10:00 am-11:00 am 6th-8th grade (this group should come a maximum of 3 days, if you attend on Tuesday, do not attend on Wednesday and vice versa)
Summer is a great time to work on becoming a stronger and more confident athlete/person!
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JOKES
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An engineer died and ended up in Hell. Soon, he became dissatisfied with the level of comfort in Hell and began designing and building improvements. After a while, they had flush toilets, air conditioning, and escalators. The engineer was a pretty popular guy.
One day God called to Satan and said with a sneer, So, how’s it going down there in Hell
Satan replied, Hey, things are great. We’ve got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and there’s no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next.
God exclaimed, What? You’ve got an engineer? That’s a mistake, he should never have gotten down there in the first place. Send him back up here.
No way, replied Satan. I like having an engineer on the staff, and I’m keeping him.
God threatened, Send him back up here now or I’ll sue!
Satan laughed and answered, Yeah, right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?
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A lady goes to the doctor and complains her husband is losing interest in sex.
He gives her a pill but warns her that it’s still experimental. He tells her to slip it in his mashed potatoes at dinner. At dinner that night, she does just that.
About a week later, she’s back at the doctor and tells him, the pill worked great! I put it in his mashed potatoes like you said.
It wasn’t five minutes later that he jumped up, pushed all the food and dishes to the floor, grabbed me, ripped off all my clothes, and ravaged me right there on the table.
The doctor says, Oh dear, I’m sorry, we didn’t realize the pill was that strong. The foundation will be glad to pay for any damages.
The lady replied, That’s very kind, but I don’t think the restaurant will let us back in any way.
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Do you know why Ken and Barbie don’t have kids?
Because Ken came in a different box.
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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
Breanna Kressin is a Freshman on the Hockey Cheer Team for THE University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey team.
Emma Osborn is a freshman playing basketball at Northland Technical and Community College in Thief River Falls.
Jacey Larson is a freshman playing hockey at Dakota College at Bottineau.
Olivia Huck is a freshman playing soccer at Minnesota State Moorhead.
Aleah Bienek is a freshman playing hockey at Trine University in Indiana.
Elise Tangquist is the Head Girls Golf Coach at Horace High School in Fargo, ND..
Kaleb Thingelstad is a sophomore playing golf at Dakota Wesleyan.
Joslynn Leach is a sophomore playing golf at Concordia College in Moorhead. The Cobbers wrapped up the Fall season.
Brady Butt is a Junior playing football at the University of Jamestown.
Ty Hamre is playing football at Bemidji State University.
Paul Bittner is playing professional hockey in Norway.
Kate MacGregor is senior swimming at Minnesota State Moorhead.
Aleece Durbin is a Junior on the University of North Dakota Womens Track and Field team.
Elizabeth Erdman is a coach for the Moorhead Red Dragon swim team.
Crookston School District Coaches
Ben Parkin is the head Pirate Baseball Coach.
Emily Meyer is the Pirate head girls hockey coach and softball assistant 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
Marley Melbye is the Head Girls Swimming coach and assistant girls golf 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/Admin/etc
Tim Desrosier is an Assistant Coach for Warren-Alvarado-Oslo Pony Boys Basketball
Pat Wolfe is the head wrestling coach for Fosston/Bagley.
Austin Sommerfeld is an Assistant Athletic Director for Strategic Communication at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth.
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.
Josh Edlund is the head football coach and phy ed teacher at Flandreau, South Dakota.
Allison Lindsey Axness is Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach at Champlin Park
Jeff Olson is the 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) Horgen is the 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 Wisconsin Badgers Men’s head Hockey coach.
Mike Biermaier is the Athletic Director at Grand Forks Schools.
Stephanie (Lindsay) Perreault works with the North Dakota State stats crew for Bison football, volleyball, and basketball in the winter. Stephanie’s husband, Ryan, is the assistant director for 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 in the Army and is now a Ranger.
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 a grad of West Point and currently 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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