The Section 8A Girls Hockey coaches conducted the seeding meeting Monday morning and almost everything went as planned except the three and four seeds. Warroad and Crookston were 1 and 2, East Grand Forks received the third seed after splitting with Thief River Falls during the season, but won the second meeting 3-1 on January 31. EGF also beat Crookston once while TRF lost both games to Crookston.
Crookston will play the winner of East Grand Forks and International Falls on Saturday, February 12 at East Grand Forks at 6:00 p.m.
The seeds and tournament schedule are below.
1. Warroad
2. Crookston
3. East Grand Forks
4. Thief River Falls
5. Detroit Lakes
6. International Falls
Thursday – February 10
Section 8A Tournament – 1st Round 7:00 PM
#5- Detroit Lakes at #4-Thief River Falls
#6-International Falls at #3-East Grand Forks
Saturday – February 12
Section 8A Tournament – Semi-Finals at East Grand Forks
4:00 PM – DL/TRF winner vs #1 seed-Warroad
6:00 PM – EGF/I Falls winner vs #2 seed-Crookston – on KROX Radio and KROX Livestream
Thursday – February 17
Section 8A Tournament – Championship at East Grand Forks
If Crookston is playing, we will broadcast it on KROX Radio and the KROX livestream.
On Saturday, Crookston will, I am 99.9 percent sure, take on East Grand Forks for the fourth time this season. Both teams won once and they tied once so they are 1-1-1 in the three games. The first three didn’t mean much, but the fourth and final meeting this season will be for the rights to play Warroad in the championship.
What does Crookston have to do to advance to its first section championship since the 2010-11 seasaon. Guess who was on that team? Current Head Coach Emily Meyer!!! Coincidence? I think not!!
Other members of the 2010-11 team were Amber Trostad, Ashton Larson, Lexi Hanson, Claire Conati, Maria Bravo, Abby Parr, Madison Crane, Lizzy Awender, Sidney Erickson, Rachel Biermaier, Shannon Kaiser (played at UND), Jessica Broekmeier, Erin Barnes-Olson, Erica Allrich, Gabi Ostgaard, Riley Erickson, Hayley Epema, Mandi Persson, Caitlin Wahouske, Tayler Epema, Rachel Kanten, Sophie Lien, Kailey Biermaier, Leah Dufault, Brianna Breiland, Kaitlin Spivey, Oksana Paverud, Alina Noyes, and Natasha Skala.
1. They need to stay out of the penalty box first and foremost.
2. Play like they are capable (like when they played against Roseau and Fergus Falls)
3. Get solid goaltending and defensive play
4. Don’t let East Grand Fork’s physical play get to them
5. When they have a quality scoring chance, they need to score.
6. Be loose, focused, and enjoy playoff hockey
We will have the Crookston girls hockey games on the radio and on the KROX video stream!
The 2010-11 team is pictured below –
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The Section 8A Wrestling TEAM tournament will start on Tuesday with the top four teams hosting a dual in their home gym. Here is how I see the seeding going. The top seed is pretty easy, after that it will be interesting-
1-United North Central (should be unanimous #1)
2-BGMR (beat Crookston and Frazee, but lost to Fosston-Bagley and Mahnomen-Waubun. I honestly have no idea how 2 through four will go! Good luck to the coaches on figuring that out.
3-Frazee (beat Crookston, but lost to BGMR)
4-Crookston (lost to BGMR, Frazee and UNC, but beat everybody else below them)
5-Fosston-Bagley
6-Barnesville
7-Mahnomen-Waubun
8-Fertile-Beltrami
The seeding meeting will take place on Friday so we will know then where everybody will be. The first round of the Section 8A team tournament is on Tuesday, February 15 with the top four seeds hosting the bottom four seeds. The Section 8A semi-finals and championship will be held at Fertile on Friday at 6:00 (semi’s) and 7:30 p.m. (Championship).
KROX will carry all the Pirate matches and we will live stream the first round if they are at home.
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The Crookston Pirate Girls Basketball team is sitting in second place in the Section 8AA QRF rankings, behind Fergus Falls, and wants to finish the season strong to keep that spot. Crookston has won 14 in a row and is currently 17-2 on the season. They will have two big games coming up this week. On Thursday, they will travel to the North Dakota Class B defending champ and currently #4 ranked Grafton Spoilers. While it won’t count in the QRF, it will be a big game against one of the top teams on their schedule. On Saturday, the big game will be hosting the Perham Yellowjackets. Perham is tied for third with Hawley right now so whoever wins the game on Saturday will have the advantage for the second seed. It will be a big game and a good one for both teams.
Crookston also has Pelican Rapids, Barnesville, and Stephen-Argyle on the schedule as tough opponents left on the schedule. If they win both games this week I would bet they would run the table and for sure get the second seed. But, that is a big if with two quality teams coming up.
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Congratulations to Sacred Heart Boys Basketball’s Sam Gapp on scoring the 1,000th point of his career this week!
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Speaking of milestones, keep an eye out for Crosby-Ironton EIGHTH grader Tori Oehrlein. She scored the 1,000th point of her career this week. That’s right, 1000 points in under two years!
Towards the end of January, she had a game where she scored 43 points, grabbed 20 rebounds, and has had other crazy games like that including making 10 of 14 three-pointers in a game. She has received an offer from the Gophers, Marquette, and other schools already.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston baseball team swept the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) weekly honors as Ben Thoma (Sr., C/3B, Clearbrook,) was named the NSIC Player of the Week, while Jake Dykhoff (Jr., RHP, Wadena) was selected as the NSIC Pitcher of the Week. The weekly honor factored in games played on Saturday, February 5 and Sunday, February 6.
Thoma hit .300 in two wins against Northwestern Oklahoma State University Sunday. He blasted three home runs with five RBIs, and five runs scored in the victories over the Rangers. Thoma boasted a 1.564 OPS and a 1.200 slugging percentage in the victories. Thoma also had a .364 on-base percentage.
Dykhoff tossed five innings of shutout ball in a win over Northwestern Oklahoma State. He struck out eight and walked two of the 19 batters he faced. He held the opponent to a .118 batting average after allowing just two hits with a 0.80 WHIP.
The Golden Eagles are 2-1 heading into a six-game series with the University of Hawai’i-Hilo in Hilo, Hawai’i.
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“LACE ‘EM UP” BASKETBALL CAMP
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, 6th 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 6th 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
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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.
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JOKES
Donald Trump is walking out of the White House and heading toward his limo when an assassin steps forward and aims a gun.
A secret service agent, new on the job, shouts, “Mickey Mouse!”
This startles the would-be assassin, and he is captured.
Later, the secret service agent’s supervisor takes him aside and asks,
“What in the hell made you shout Mickey Mouse?”
Blushing, the agent replies, “I got nervous. I meant to shout, “Donald duck!”
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A wealthy man died and went to heaven. He was met at the Pearly Gates by Saint Peter who led him down the streets of gold. They passed mansion after mansion until they came to the very end of the street. Saint Peter stopped the rich man in front of a little shack.“This belongs to you,” said Saint Peter.“Why do I get this ugly thing when there are so many mansions I could live in?” the man demanded.“We did the best we could with the money you sent us!” Saint Peter replied.
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My wife told me I was incapable of multitasking.
So I got drunk and embarrassed her at the same time.
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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
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 Sweden. He is the only American playing for Mora IK of the Allsvenskan league.
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.
