The madness has begun. We are in the middle of the State Girls Hockey tournament, the boy’s section hockey tournament, girls basketball playoffs start this week with a few play-in games and kick into gear next week, section individual wrestling tournaments are held this weekend with state wrestling next weekend! And UMC basketball starts their playoffs next week. Besides that, nothing is going on!
It looks like the UMC Women’s basketball team is going to go to play the University of Sioux Falls on Wednesday, February 26. The men will play in either Winona or Mankato with a slight possibility of Augustana. I have to be in Washington D.C. for the National Association of Broadcasters State Leadership meetings (representing the Minnesota Broadcasters Association) on Monday and we go to Capitol Hill and talk with our Senators and Representatives all day on Tuesday and have a reception at Union State on Tuesday night. Unfortunately, I have to miss a White House tour on Wednesday because I have to fly home to broadcast a UMC Women’s Basketball game in Sioux Falls.
So here is my schedule (as long as UMC plays at Sioux Falls, which is about a 90 percent certainty). I cover Section 8A individual wrestling in Crookston. When I am done with the story and posting pictures and everything else on the web, I drive to Fargo where Carter (my sixth-grader) is playing in a tournament and they decided to have some team bonding and stay overnight at a hotel. So I will wake up in Fargo (things kind of worked out here) and drive to Sioux Falls, South Dakota and fly out at 11 a.m. to D.C. I have meetings all day Monday, at the Capitol on Tuesday until 5 p.m., have a reception at Union Station go to the hotel and work on sports feever. Wake up Wednesday morning head to the airport, fly to Sioux Falls and get there by 3 p.m. head to the University of Sioux Falls to broadcast the UMC women’s game. Drive home and hopefully get home by 2 a.m. get to bed. Head to work Thursday morning and do the Crookston Pirate girls basketball game vs EGF in the first round if Crookston Pirate Boys Hockey isn’t in the Section Championship!!
The madness is here and I couldn’t be more excited for the upcoming madness!
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The Crookston High School will be hosting the Section 8A Individual Wrestling Tournament on Friday and Saturday.
The ranked Section 8A wrestlers are listed below – (The new rankings come out on Thursday (Feb. 20) –
Individual Section 8A Wrestlers ranked
106 lbs – 10th – Duante Yost (11th) – Fertile-Beltrami
113 lbs – 4th – Ethan Hendrickson (10th) – United North Central
120 lbs – 6th – Zach Brown (11th) – Crookston
138 lbs – 10th – Hunter Hitchen (12th) – Fertile-Beltrami
152 lbs – 3rd- Carter Sorenson (11th) – Fosston-Bagley
4th – Andy Dostal (12th) – Badger-Greenbush-Middle River
160 lbs – 10th – Dakota Meech (11th) – United North Central
170 lbs – 8th – Caleb Vacura (10th) – Badger-Greenbush-Middle River
9th – Henry Burrack (12th) – Fosston-Bagley
10th – Vince Dailey (11th) – United North Central
182 lbs – 3rd – Brett Graham (12th) – Frazee
195 lbs – 2nd – Luke Tweeton (12th) – Frazee
220 lbs – 1st – Dominik Vacura (11th) – Badger-Greenbush-Middle River
We have the schedule and all the information about the tournament below –
Friday, February 21 at Crookston High School
1:00 PM – Scales available
1:30 PM – Weigh-Ins and Skin Checks (CHS wrestling room and training room. Only coaches, wrestlers and meet personnel are allowed in the weigh-in area)
2:15 PM – Seeding Meeting, Room A173
2:30 PM – Doors open for fans
3:30 PM – Parade of Teams
4:00 PM – 1st round (pigtail matches), Quarter-finals and Semi-finals
Saturday, February 22 at Crookston High School
8:00 AM – Weigh-Ins and Skin Checks (only coaches, wrestlers and meet personnel allowed)
8:30 AM – Coaches Association Meeting Room A 173
9:00 AM Doors open for fans
10:00 AM Wrestlebacks
*11:30 AM Semi-finals wrestlebacks
*12:45 PM Cheer squads
*1:00 PM 5th place matches
*1:45 PM Section Awards
*2:00 PM Parade of Champions
*2:15 PM Championship/3rd place
*Note: Times are approximate
True Second Matches to follow on two mats (weights where 2nd and 3rd place wrestlers have not wrestled)
Awards will be presented after the 145lb championship match (excluding weights where there is a true second match), and again after the 285lb match.
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The Section 8AA Girls Basketball seeds have been released and Hawley and Fergus Falls were the top seeds in their respective sub-section. The seeds and tournament schedule and bracket are listed below.
NORTH Subsection –
1. Hawley
2. Roseau
3. Crookston
4. Park Rapids
5. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
6. East Grand Forks
7. Thief River Falls
8. Warroad
9. Bagley
EAST Subsection –
1. Fergus Falls
2. Pelican Rapids
3. Perham
4. Menahga
5. Frazee
6. Breckenridge
7. Barnesville
8. Wadena-Deer Creek
9. Staples-Motley
Section 8AA play-in games – (Friday, February 21 at higher seed)
North – #9 Bagley at #8 Warroad at 7:00 PM
South – #9 Staples-Motley at #8 Wadena-Deer Creek at 7:00 PM
Section 8AA First-round games – (Thursday, February 27 at high seeds)
NORTH Subsection –
North play-in winner at #1 Hawley 7:00 PM
#7 Thief River Falls at #2 Roseau 7:00 PM
#6 East Grand Forks at #3 Crookston 7:00 PM
#5 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton at #4 Park Rapids 7:00 PM
SOUTH Subsection
South play-in winner at #1 Fergus Falls 7:00 PM
#7 Barnesville at #2 Pelican Rapids 7:00 PM
#6 Breckenridge at #3 Perham 7:00 PM
#5 Frazee at #4 Menahga 7:00 PM
I will wait until next week to give some first-round predictions.
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The Section 8A Girls Basketball seeds have been released and Warren-Alvarado-Oslo and Fosston were the top seeds in their respective sub-section. The seeds and tournament schedule and bracket are listed below.
WEST Subsection –
1. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
2. Red Lake County Central (had tie-breaker over SH with head to head win)
3. Sacred Heart
4. Badger-Greenbush-Middle River
5. Red Lake Falls
6. Stephen-Argyle
7. Northern Freeze
8. Kittson County Central
9. Fertile-Beltrami
10. Climax-Fisher
EAST Subsection –
1. Fosston (had a better winning % to edge Red Lake for top spot)
2. Red Lake
3. Cass Lake-Bena
4. Clearbrook-Gonvick
5. Blackduck
6. Goodridge-Grygla
7. Lake of the Woods
8. Kelliher/Northome
9. Win-E-Mac
Section 8A play-in games – (Monday, February 24 at higher seed)
#10 Climax-Fisher at #7 Northern Freeze (at Newfolden) at 7:00 PM
#9 Fertile-Beltrami at #8 Kittson County Central (at Lancaster) at 7:00 PM
East – #9 Win-E-Mac at #8 Kelliher/Northome (at Kelliher) at 7:00 PM
Section 8A First-round games – (Thursday, February 27)
EAST Subsection –
#1 Warren-A-O vs Fertile-Beltrami/KCC winner 6:00 PM at NCTC
#4 BGMR vs #5 Red Lake Falls – 7:45 PM at NCTC
#2 Red Lake Co. Central vs Freeze/Climax-Fisher winner – 6:00 PM at UMC
#3 Sacred Heart vs #6 Stephen-Argyle – 7:45 PM at UMC
EAST Subsection
#1 Fosston vs WEM/Kelliher-Northome winner 7:00 PM at Fosston
#4 Clearbrook-Gonvick vs Blackduck – 7:00 PM at Clearbrook
#3 Cass Lake-Bena vs Goodridge/Grygla – 7:00 PM at Cass Lake
#2 Red Lake vs #7 Lake of the Woods – 7:00 PM at Red Lake
I will wait until next week to give my predictions!
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The Section 8A Boys Hockey tournament will have the quarter-finals on Thursday, the semi-finals on Saturday and the championship on Thursday, February 27. The schedule
Thursday – February 20 (Section 8A Quarter-Finals)
7:00 PM #8 Lake of the Woods- at #1 Warroad
6:00 PM #5 Detroit Lakes at #4 Kittson County Central-
7:00 PM #7 Crookston- at #2 East Grand Forks-
7:00 PM #6 Red Lake Falls at #3 Thief River Falls-
Saturday – February 22 (Section 8A Semi-Finals at Thief River Falls)
6:00 PM – Winner LOW vs Warroad vs Winner DL vs KCC
8:15 PM – Winner Crookston vs EGF vs Winner RLF vs TRF
Thursday – February 27 (Section 8A Championship at Thief River Falls)
7:00 PM –
The first round has a couple of interesting matchups. The first intriguing game would be Red Lake Falls at Thief River Falls. The had a tight game earlier this year. Red Lake Falls can score and Thief River Falls is strong defensively. I am thinking this game will come down to the wire. It could be a great game.
The #4 vs #5 is predictably an interesting game. Detroit Lakes and Kittson County Central split during the regular season. The game is in Hallock, which gives the Bearcats a bit of an advantage. I am thinking KCC is going to get DL by two goals on Thursday. Wouldn’t it be cool to see RLF and KCC in the semi-finals??
Warroad is a heavy favorite to beat Lake of the Woods and East Side is a heavy favorite to win as well. Although with Crookston and EGF you never know, but Crookston will have to play a much better game in the semi-finals (than their first-round game) if they want to have a chance to be in the game.
I am predicting a Warroad vs EGF championship match. (Yeah…I know I am really going out on a limb!)
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MILESTONES –
Kia Bachand (Red Lake County Central) scored the 1,000th point of her career this week.
Jack Garmen (Crookston) set a single-season record for charges taken with his 20th of the year on Monday. He broke the record of 19 set by Dan Davidson.
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The CCHA hockey conference is coming back! This past summer, seven men’s hockey teams (Bemidji State, Bowling Green, Ferris State, Lake Superior State, Michigan Tech, Minnesota State Mankato and Northern Michigan) announced they were leaving the WCHA and will form a new conference. The WCHA is currently made up of 10 teams and the seven teams listed earlier will leave behind Alabama-Huntsville, Alaska-Anchorage, and Alaska. The move is for obvious reasons – travel. It sounds like St. Thomas is rumored as a team to join the conference to make it an eight-team league!
It is amazing how fast the Division 1 men’s hockey landscape has changed in a few years.
The CCHA conference will begin in the 2021-22 season.
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With the talk of Division 1 hockey, we have had several people ask if the University of Minnesota Crookston is/could plan on going Division 1 (part dreaming/part decent question) in the future. Some of the reason why people are asking is because of the hire of Steve Johnson as head coach.
Without asking anybody at UMC, here is my answer. No…..UNLESS they get a BIG-TIME (Ralph Englestad type) donor!
UNLV is looking at going from club hockey to NCAA Division 1. They estimate it would take $15 to $20 million to make the transition solvent and have UNLV set for the first five years. The top programs in Division 1 have around a $2 million dollar budget and add in the 18 scholarships. Title 9 compliance would also be in question. From what I understand, if you have one mens Division 1 sport, you would have to add a female Division 1 sport. This is why schools like St. Cloud State, Bemidji State, Duluth, and Mankato still have women’s hockey even though the programs cost them around $1 million per year.
The arena size is also a question that would have to be answered. The WCHA (which will have its last year next season) has a requirement of 2,500 seats or more to get into the conference. That would likely be the only conference that UMC could possibly get into. The Crookston Sports Center only has 1,200 seating. So UMC/Crookston would have to build a new arena!!
So you are looking at a good $50 to 60 million just to get a program started. For a school that doesn’t have any spare change lying around and struggles with fundraising for various reasons, it won’t happen. UNLESS a BIG TIME donor steps up to the plate. So, if you have $50 million lying around, you could make it happen and bring D-1 Hockey to C-town!!!
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PeeWee A tournament in Crookston –
Crookston lost in the first round to Thief River Falls 7-0
Crookston lost to Lake of the Woods 4-2
Advancing to regions – East Grand Forks (1st), Warroad (2nd)
PeeWee B tournament in Baudette –
Crookston beat Red Lake Falls 2-0
Crookston lost to EGF 8-1
Crookston lost to Lake of the Woods 5-3
Advancing to regions – East Grand Forks (1st), Bemidji (2nd), Thief River Falls (3rd)
Bantam B tournament in East Grand Forks –
Crookston lost to Lake of the Woods 8-2
Crookston beat Warroad 6-3
Crookston lost to East Grand Forks 5-1
Advancing to regions – Bagley (1st), Bemidji (2nd), Lake of the Woods (3rd)
Bantam A tournament – (only 3 teams, all three advance to regions)
1st – Warroad
2nd – East Grand Forks
3rd – Thief River Falls
12U Girls tournament – (Four of five teams advance to regions)
Crookston lost to Roseau 3-1
Crookston beat Bemidji
Crookston lost to EGF 3-1
Advancing to regions – Roseau (1st), Warroad (2nd), East Grand Forks (3rd), Crookston (4th)
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The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle Men’s Basketball team looks like they will be the sixth seed in the north and will take on the third seed in the south in the first round of the playoffs. UMC has won two games in a row and the impressive part of the weekend road sweep was the defense they played at Mary on Saturday.
UMC will host Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State. The only way UMC doesn’t get the sixth seed and drops down – if they lose both and Mary wins both their games against Moorhead and Northern.
UMC’s first-round opponent has been narrowed down to three teams. Winona State, Mankato, and Augustana. It is looking like if either Winona State or Mankato wins both of their games they will host UMC. It will likely come down to who wins between Winona and Mankato play each other on Saturday.
Winona State plays Concordia-St. Paul and Mankato
Beat Mankato in the first meeting
Split with Augustana
Mankato plays Upper Iowa and Winona State
Lost to Winona State in the first meeting
Split with Augustana
Augustana plays Sioux Falls and Southwest Minnesota State
Split with Winona State
Split with Mankato
Who would UMC rather play? I am guessing they would like to see Mankato over Winona State. The Golden Eagles lost to Mankato 93-90 in their only meeting this year. Winona State beat UMC 80-66 in their only meeting. If UMC plays like they are capable, they can beat anybody. If they don’t come out ready, they can lose to anybody!
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The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle Women’s Basketball team knows where they are going to be going for the first round of the NSIC tournament. UMC has a 95 percent chance of going to the University of Sioux Falls for the second year in a row.
The UMC women have lost five games in a row and will host Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State this weekend. The only way UMC can move out of the cellar in the north is if they win both games this weekend. If they win both and Minot State loses both (very likely since they play at Moorhead and Northern State). But Duluth is the top team in the north and St. Cloud State is second. So it will be tough for UMC to pull off the sweep. But Duluth and St. Cloud are pretty much solidified at the one and two seeds so who knows!!
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The Minnesota State High School League State Girls’ Hockey State Tournament is scheduled for February 19-22 at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul. Here is a look at the tournament:
The schedule:
All Class A quarterfinals will be played on Wednesday, February 19, at the Xcel Energy Center. All Class AA quarterfinals will follow on Thursday, February 20, at the Xcel.
Consolation semifinals in Class A will be played at 10 a.m. and noon on Thursday, February 20 at TRIA Rink at Treasure Island Center in St. Paul. The consolation championship will be played at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 22 at TRIA Rink. In Class AA, the consolation semifinal games will be played at 10 a.m. and noon on Friday, February 21 at TRIA Rink. The consolation championship will take place at noon on Saturday, February 22, at TRIA Rink.
The Class A championship semifinals will take place at the Xcel Energy Center on Friday, February 21 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The championship semifinal games for Class AA will be played at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Friday at Xcel Energy Center.
The Class A third-place game will be played at 9 a.m. on Saturday, February 22, at the Xcel Energy Center, and the Class AA third-place game will follow at 11 a.m. The two title games will be played in one session on Saturday, February 22, which the Class A game starting at 4 p.m. The Class AA game will begin at 7 p.m.
Tickets: Single session tickets for all sessions at Xcel Energy Center are $19 for adults and $12 for students. Single session tickets at TRIA Rink are $14 for adults and $9 for students.
Gates open: One hour before game time.
Class A Quarterfinal Highlights
Section 6 Willmar (18-8-1) vs. (No. 2 Seed) Section 8 Warroad (21-4-2) —The Willmar Cardinals are making their third appearance, but first since 2003. The Warroad Warriors are looking to improve on last year’s runner-up showing. They are making their 11th appearance and won previous titles in 2010 and 2011.
Section 2 Hutchinson (21-7-0) vs. (No. 3 Seed) Section 7 Cloquet-Esko-Carlton (25-3-0) — The Hutchinson Tigers return for their fifth tournament appearance under this name. They made one previous appearance as a co-op in 2009. The Tigers made their last appearance in 2015. Cloquet-Esko-Carlton returns for its sixth appearance, but first since 2009.
Section 3 Luverne (22-4-1) vs. (No. 1 Seed) Section 5 Breck School, Golden Valley (22-6-0) — Luverne is making its first appearance as a single school. The Cardinals made one additional appearance as a co-op in in 2014. The two-time defending champions from Breck School are making their third consecutive appearance and eighth overall. In addition to the past two years, the Mustangs also took top honors in 2012.
(No. 5 Seed) Section 1 Rochester Lourdes (17-10-0) vs. (No. 4 Seed) Section 4 South St. Paul (19-7-1) — The Eagles of Rochester Lourdes return for their fourth appearance. Rochester Lourdes placed six in 2019. The Packers of South St. Paul are making their 15th appearance, but first since 2015. If they win, it would be their fifth title. They won previously in 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006.
Class AA Quarterfinal Highlights
Section 1 Farmington (18-10-0) vs. (No. 2 Seed) Section 7 Andover (25-2-0) — The Farmington Tigers are looking to improve on last year’s sixth-place showing. They are making their fifth appearance as a single school. They made two additional appearances as a co-op in 2002 and 2003. The Andover Huskies, who placed fourth in 2019, return for their third appearance as a single school. They made their previous appearances in 2014 and 2015. They also made two additional appearances as a co-op in 2018 and 2019.
Section 8 Roseau (21-5-2) vs. (No. 3 Seed) Section 2 Minnetonka (21-6-1) — Roseau is making its sixth appearance, but first since 2017. Minnetonka is hoping to improve on last year’s third-place finish. The Skippers are making their second consecutive appearance and sixth overall. They won three consecutive titles in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Section 3 Burnsville (19-7-2) vs. (No. 1 Seed) Section 6 Edina (26-1-0) —The Blaze of Burnsville return to the tournament for the first time since 2014. They are making their seventh appearance. The three-time defending champions from Edina are making their sixth consecutive appearance and 10th overall.
(No. 5 Seed) Section 4 Hill-Murray, Maplewood (18-9-1) vs. (No. 4 Seed) Section 5 Maple Grove (20-6-1) — The Hill-Murray Pioneers return to the tournament after a one-year hiatus. They are making their eighth appearance and won previous championships in 2014 and 2015. The Crimson of Maple Grove are making their second consecutive appearance and their third overall. They captured consolation honors in 2019.
2019 STATE TOURNAMENT RECAP
Class A — Breck School, which entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed, won its second consecutive championship and third overall. The Mustangs defeated top-seeded Warroad 6-1 in the title game. Proctor/Hermantown claimed third-place honors after defeating Mound Westonka/Watertown-Mayer/SW Christian 5-3. Fergus Falls went home with the consolation hardware after posting a 4-2 victory over Rochester Lourdes.
Class AA — Edina earned its third consecutive and third overall title after beating Brainerd 4-3 in double overtime. Edina came in as the No. 1 seed and Brainerd was the No. 3 seed. Minnetonka settled for third place after defeating Andover 3-2. Maple Grove rebounded to claim consolation honors. The Crimson defeated the Farmington Tigers 5-1.
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JOKES
Little David was in his 5th grade class when the teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came up – fireman, policeman, salesman, doctor, lawyer.
David was being uncharacteristically quiet, so the teacher asked him about his father. “My father’s an exotic dancer in a gay cabaret and takes off all his clothes in front of other men and they put money in his underwear. Sometimes, if the offer’s really good, he’ll go home with some guy and have sex with him for money.”
The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other children to work on some exercises and took little David aside to ask him, “Is that really true about your father?”
“No, of course not;” said David, “he works for Nancy Pelosi, but I was too embarrassed to say that in front of the class.”
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A police officer sees a man driving around with a pickup truck full of penguins. He pulls the guy over and says, “You can’t drive around with penguins in this town! Take them to the zoo immediately.”
The guy obliges and drives away.
The next day, the officer sees the same guy driving around with the truck full of penguins again. This time, though, all the penguins are wearing sunglasses.
The police officer pulls the guy over and says, “I thought I told you to take these penguins to the zoo yesterday?”
The guy replies, “I did, and today I’m taking them to the beach.”
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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
Paul Bittner is playing for the Cleveland Monsters, the AHL affiliate of the Columbus Bluejacket. Paul didn’t score while getting one shot on goal in a 4-2 loss to Grand Rapids on Friday. He didn’t score while getting two shots on goal in a 4-1 loss to Rockford on Saturday. Paul didn’t score while getting one shot on goal in a 3-2 OT loss to Chicago on Sunday. Cleveland will travel to Syracuse on Friday and Rochester on Saturday.
Thea Oman, a freshman, is swimming at St. Ben’s. Thea was on the sixth place 200 Free Relay team with a time of 1:39.84. She finished 18th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:14.22. She also finished 22nd place in the 100 Freestyle with a time of 55.74 and she finished 23rd in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 25.29 at the MIAC Championships in Minneapolis.
Brady Heppner, is a Senior, playing hockey at St. Johns University in Collegeville. Brady didn’t score while getting one shot on goal in a 4-1 victory over Gustavus on Friday and he had an assist on three shots on goal in a 6-2 victory over Gustavus on Saturday. St. John’s will wrap up the regular season at St. Mary’s on Friday and Saturday.
Nick Garmen, is a freshman playing basketball and tennis at the University of Minnesota Morris. Nick played three minutes in a 85-63 loss to St. Scholastica on Saturday and played three minutes and had a rebound and a steal in a 110-80 victory overMartin Luther on Wednesday. Morris will wrap up the season on Saturday when they travel to North Central.
Aleece Durbin, is a Sophomore on the University of North Dakota Women’s Track and Field team. Aleece finished 8th in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.20 at the South Dakota State invite. UND will host the UND Tune-up meet at the High Performance Center on Saturday.
Brita Fagerlund, is a Junior on the University of Jamestown Jimmy Women’s Track team. Brita finished 16th place in the weight throw with a throw of 38-11.5 at the St. John’s/St. Ben’s invite on Saturday. Jamestown will travel to the GPAC Indoor Championships on Friday and Saturday in Mitchell, South Dakota.
Ben Trostad is a sophomore member of the University of Minnesota Crookston golf team. UMC will start the spring portion of their schedule at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University invite in Prescott, Arizona March 7-10.
Isaac Westlake, is a Senior on the Winona State Warrior Men’s Golf team. Winona State will start the spring portion of their season at the Minot State Vegas inite March 6-7.
Elise Tangquist, is a Junior golfer for the University of Northwestern in St. Paul.
Mason LaPlante, a freshman, is playing soccer at the University of Jamestown.
Rachel Hefta, a freshman, is playing volleyball at Hastings College in Nebraska.
Cade Salentine is a redshirt Freshman playing football at the University of North Dakota.
Crookston School District Coaches –
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
Blake Fee is an assistant 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
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