This is a very short Holiday edition of the Sports Feever column. I am still working on the annual A to Z column and we will post it in next week’s column. If you have an idea for a team or person that should be in the column send it to me at chrisjfee@yahoo.com.
Remember it has to be a team or person that starts with a certain letter. Example – C for Chris Fee. I always need a little help with some of the tougher names like Q, Y, Z, etc.
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First of all Happy Festivus! I hope you were able to air your grievances!! If you don’t know What I am talking about, you are not a Seinfeld fan and it is okay.
Second – Merry Christmas! I hope Santa is good to you and most importantly I hope you are healthy and happy!
In 2020 we found out sports are a privilege and not promised to anybody so make sure you enjoy EVERY second of it. Sooner or later the high school and college career comes to an end. So players, parents, coaches, officials, and everybody else associated with sports…..make sure you enjoy every minute in 2021 because there isn’t a practice or game that is guaranteed.
Another thing we learned this week is that Florida men’s basketball player Keyontae Johnson, who collapsed during a game on December 12, has been diagnosed with myocarditis, a heart inflammation that may be related to an earlier COVID-19 infection. Myocarditis was what the Big 10 medical professionals warned them about when they decided not to have football this fall (before changing their mind). This is the first case that we know about and will be a concern for teams, Activity Directors, Chancellor’s/Presidents, etc.
Enjoy the column and Merry Christmas!
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The Minnesota State High School League, Minnesota Hockey, and many others have been discussing is the possibility of not having any fans at games during the winter sports season for high school and youth. They are also talking about having to wear masks. There hasn’t been anything in concrete, but it will be interesting to see how gung-ho the Let Them Play crew is to “let them play” if they can’t watch. We all know the answer, but their sole purpose is “to let them play!” and let’s hope the kids get to play in mid-January!
Stay tuned, because we have heard rumors of games not being allowed until February so there is a lot to be decided. We know this much, the Minnesota State High School League has said the spring sports season will start in early April and they won’t budge because spring sports did play last year.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle Women’s Basketball team had a tremendous first semester academically. They had a team GPA of 3.807!!! They had four players with a perfect 4.0, and 12 players had a 3.7 GPA or higher!!
The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle Women’s Soccer team had a first semester cumulative GPA of 3.566. They had 2 perfect 4.0’s and every player had a 3.0 or better.
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JOKES
As she passed the young novices, Mother Superior said, “Good morning, ladies,” and the novices replied, “Good morning, Mother Superior. May God be with you.”
But once they were past, she heard one novice say to another, “She got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.”
Mother Superior was surprised, but decided not to pursue it.
Soon she passed two sisters who had taught there for years. They exchanged pleasantries, but again she heard them whisper, “She got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.”
She wondered if she had been harsh with them and vowed to be more pleasant.
Down the hall came retired Sister Mary. They exchanged greetings but Sister Mary added right to her face, “Looks like you got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.”
Mother Superior was floored. “Sister Mary, what have I done wrong? Three times this morning someone has said that about me.”
Sister Mary looked Mother Superior in the eye. “Oh dear, don’t take it personally. It’s just that you’re wearing Father Murphy’s slippers!”
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Christmas always sucked when I was a kid because I believed in Santa Claus, and unfortunately, so did my parents.
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Ole and Sven were drinking in a bar in Northern Wisconsin.
Ole says, “Didja know dat elks have sex 10 to 15 times a night?”
“Aw crap..,” says Sven, “and I just joined the VFW!”
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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
Aleece Durbin, is a Junior on the University of North Dakota Women’s Track and Field team.
Brady Butt is a freshman playing football at the University of Jamestown.
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.
Brita Fagerlund, is a Senior on the University of Jamestown Jimmy Women’s Track team.
Ben Trostad, is a Junior member of the University of Minnesota Crookston golf team.
Rachel Hefta, a Sophmore, is playing volleyball at Hastings College in Nebraska.
Cade Salentine is a redshirt-Sophomore playing football at the University of North Dakota.
Nick Garmen, is a sophomore playing tennis at the University of Minnesota Morris.
Caden Osborn, is a freshman playing basketball at the University of Minnesota Morris.
Thea Oman, a sophomore, is swimming at St. Ben’s.
Crookston School District Coaches –
Emily Meyer is a girls hockey and softball assistant 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
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
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
