SPORTS FEEVER by Chris Fee of KROX Radio – chrisjfee@yahoo.com
Welcome to another edition of the Sports Feever Column! I have a serious question. After driving to and from Sioux Falls on Wednesday, I was craving Bit-O-Honey candy and I stopped at four gas stations (Crookston, Fargo, Brookings, and Sioux Falls) but none of them had the candy. That is my question and my biggest problem of the day! I live a tough life when that is the problem of the day!
Remember if you have any sports information, like milestones, honors, signings, etc email them to me at chrisjfee@yahoo.com. We continue to get a bunch of them and I appreciate everyone that is getting the info in so we can honor and highlight these outstanding accomplishments.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle Men’s Basketball team got another big area commitment when Red Lake County’s Owen Chervestad verbally committed to play at UMC on Tuesday!! Chervestad is a senior and has been selected to play in the Minnesota Boys Basketball Coaches Association All-Star game. he was also a fantastic football player, and he was named to the All-State team and played in the All-Star game at U.S. Bank Stadium.
UMC is getting a great player, kid, and he will bring some fans into the seats!
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The Minnesota State High School State Wrestling tournament is this weekend at the Excel Energy Center in St. Pau. Let’s take a look at the Section 8A and 8AA wrestlers and some other participants of interest.
Crookston’s Gavyn Hlucny received the eighth seed and will wrestle the ninth seed Gage Mullenbach of Westfield in the first round. Whoever wins will take on the top seed Carson Rowland of Chatfield who is 36-2 on the year.
Hlucny is a junior and is 33-5 and making his third state tournament appearance. He missed last year’s state tournament because of injury, but placed as a freshman. He will be looking to do that again. His opponent Mullenbach is 21-22 on the year.
Other Section 8A wrestlers competing at state and their seeds –
107 Pounds –
#6 seed Ashton Reller (Frazee) 33-11
#12 Kiptyn Thompson (Fos-B) 31-9
114 Pounds –
#10 Christian Peichel (Frazee) 24-20
#16. Chase Hauck (Barnesville) 23-8
121 Pounds –
#8 Keegan VonEnde (BGMR) 25-10
#12 Cleighton Hoban (Mahmone/Waubun) 31-17
127 Pounds –
#14 Kamryn Thompson (Fosston-Bagley) 32-9
#16 Sam Roiko (UNC) 24-10
133 Pounds –
#8 Ian Phrakonkham (Fosston/Bagley) 36-4
#11 Liam Hamm (Frazee) 30-16
139 Pounds-
#8 Shane Thompson (Fosston/Bagley) 38-5
#12 Cash Osterman (Frazee) 34-13
145 Pounds –
#3 Bailey Peichel (Frazee) 38-2
#8 Zach Thompson (Fosston/Bagley) 38-4
152 Pounds –
#8 Gavyn Hlucny (Crookston) 33-5
#12 Conrad Koll (UNC) 22-10
160 Pounds –
#4 Zach Davidson (UNC) 16-1
#9 Blake Sonnenberg (Frazee) 31-16
172 Pounds –
#2 Cameron Halverson (Barnesville) 32-3
#9 Jack Erickson (Fertile-Beltrami) 29-11
189 Pounds –
#5 Blake McMullen (Mahnomen/Waubun) 29-3
#11 Riley Livingston (UNC) 32-10
215 Pounds –
#3 Eli Roiko (UNC) 32-4
#15 Cade Nagel (Frazee) 33-12
HWT –
#5 Kevin Dailey (UNC) 27-3
#11 Jack Leiser (Fertile-Beltrami) 20-10
MSHSL Section 1AA Individual
107 1st: Owen Parish (8th grader) of Cannon Falls
127 2nd: Adam Parish (Soph) of Cannon Falls
The Parish boys are sons of former Crookston City Administrator Aaron Parrish
MSHSL Section 2AA Individual
145 1st: Tate Olson (Soph)of Delano
Olson is the son of Jeff Olson (former Crookston lad), who is also the Delano wrestling coach and grandson of Rodd & Francine Olson of Crookston/Mentor.
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The Section 8A Boys Hockey Championship game will be held on Friday at 7:00 p.m. at the East Grand Forks Civic Center
The #1 ranked and #1 seed Warroad Warriors will take on the #2 and unranked East Grand Forks Green Wave.
Warroad is 20-6-1 on the year and hasn’t lost to a section opponent in eight games. East Grand Forks is 12-13-2 on the year and had three losses in section play, with two of them to Warroad.
In the first meeting of the year, Warroad beat East Grand Forks 3-1 on January 16. The second meeting of the year had Warroad winning 4-0 on February 4.
Warroad beat #9 ranked Delano 5-3, they tied #6 ranked St. Cloud Cathedral, beat Grand Forks Red River 4-2 and Grand Forks Central 4-1, #3 ranked Cloquet/Esko/Carlton 4-0, #7 Northfield 4-3, Roseau 2-1, and #8 Northern Lakes 5-3.
They lost to unranked Grand Rapids 6-1, unranked Mahtomedi 4-0, #2 in Class AA Moorhead 6-5, to #2 Hermantown 4-1, Roseau 3-2, and Bemidji 4-3.
East Grand Forks wanted to play a tougher schedule this year, and they have a record below .500 because of it. They haven’t beaten a ranked teams this season. (Ranked teams in North Dakota don’t count because every team is ranked, almost) They beat Grand Forks Red River 7-2 and 3-0, Grand Forks Central 3-2. They also beat Roseau 4-3 in OT,
The Green Wave lost to unranked Gentry Academy 6-1, #9 Delano 6-5 in OT, lost to #2 Hermantown 4-0, Lost to #3 Cloquet/Esko/Carlton 4-3, #5 in AA St. Thomas Academy 4-2, unranked Wayzata 4-0, #2 ranked in AA Moorhead 6-3.
Who is going to win? Warroad is the favorite, but with the game at East Grand Forks one would think that EGF might have a big crowd in their favor, but there might actually be more people cheering for Warroad!!!!!!!
It should be a great game, with a great crowd. But don’t be surprised if Warroad wins 5-0.
Class A Boys Hockey Champions and Championship matchups
Section 1A – Northfield vs Rochester Lourdes
Section 2A – Orono
Section 3A – Luverne
Section 4A – Chisago Lakes vs Mahtomedi
Section 5A – St. Cloud Cathedral
Section 6A – Northern Lakes vs Alexandria
Section 7A – Hibbing/Chisholm
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The Section 8AA Girls Basketball Tournament seeds and bracket have been announced, and the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Rebels are the top seed.
The tournament seeds and bracket are below.
TEAM SEEDS –
1. DGF
2. Barnesville
3. Pelican Rapids
4. Menahga
5. East Grand Forks
6. Perham
7. Thief River Falls
8. Hawley
9. Wadena-Deer Creek
10. Frazee
11. Park Rapids
12. Crookston
13. Roseau
14. Warroad
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE –
FIRST ROUND GAMES – Thursday, February 27 at high seed 7:00 PM
#1 DGF, #2 Barnesville have first-round byes
#9 Wadena-Deer Creek at Hawley
#13 Roseau at #4 Menahga
#12 Crookston at #5 East Grand Forks – on KROX RADIO (5:00 PM)
#10 Frazee at #7 Thief River Fals
14 Warroad at #3 Pelican Rapids
#11 Park Rapids at #6 Perham
QUARTERFINALS Saturday, March 1 at high seeds – 7:00 PM
SEMIFINALS – Tuesday, March 4 at Concordia College at 6:00 and 7:45 PM
CHAMPIONSHIP – Friday, March 7 at Concordia College at 8:00 PM
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The Section 8A Girls Basketball tournament seeding has been released, and Kittson County Central and Kelliher-Northome have received the top seeds in their respective sub-sections. The seeds are below.
WEST SUBSECTION –
1. Kittson County Central
2. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
3. Sacred Heart
4. Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
5. Northern Freeze
6. Fertile-Beltrami
7. Stephen-Argyle
8. Red Lake County Central
9. Goodridge/Grygla
10. Climax-Fisher
EAST SUBSECTION –
1. Kelliher/Northome
2. Cass Lake-Bena
3. Fosston
4. Mahnomen/Waubun
5. Blackduck
6. Bagley
7. Clearbrook-Gonvcik
8. Lake of the Woods
9. Win-E-Mac
10. Red Lake
The tournament schedule and bracket are below –
FIRST ROUND GAMES – Thursday, February 27
West Sub-Section
at UMC
6:00 PM – Warren-Alvarado-Oslo vs Stephen-Argyle
7:30 PM – Sacred Heart vs Fertile-Beltrami on KROX
at Northland in TRF
6:00 PM – Kittson County Central vs Goodridge-Grygla
7:30 PM – Badger-Greenbush-Middle River vs Northern Freeze
East Sub-Section – 7:00 PM at High Seed
Lake of the Woods at Kelliher-Northome (at Kelliher)
Blackduck at Mahnomen-Waubun (at Waubun)
Clearbrook-Gonvick at Cass Lake-Bena
Bagley at Fosston
QUARTER-FINALS – Saturday, March 1 – at Ralph Englestad Arena in TRF
SEMI-FINALS – Tuesday, March 4 at Ralph Englestad Arena in TRF
CHAMPIONSHIP – Friday, March 7 at Ralph Englestad Arena in TRF
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MILESTONES/HONORS – (If you have a milestone, record, or honor, email them to chrisjfee@yahoo.com)
Hunter Nicholas of Crookston became the Pirate Boys Basketball all-time leading scorer on Monday night when he hit 1,439 points in his career. Passing Kenley Wahlin (2005).
Connor Duden of Red Lake County became the Red Lake County Boys Basketball career leading scorer on Tuesday night as he hit 1,796 points in his career. He passed Drake Englestad (2016) and then passed the Plummer scoring record by passing his mom Jody (Pahlen) Duden’s total of 1,796 points!!!
Chase Lindgren of East Grand Forks scored the 1,000th point of his career last week.
Carson McDonald of East Grand Forks scored the 1,000th point of his career last week.
Asher Blaine of Frazee scored the 1000th point of his career on January 28 vs Menahga.
Adam Vigen of Frazee set the school record for career steals at 204.
Carter Sonnenberg and Adam Vigen of Frazee each hit 1000 career points against Battle Lake on February 21.
Joey Courneya of Win-E-Mac reached the 1,000th point of his career on
Ashlyn Bailey of Crookston has committed to play hockey at UW-River Falls after she graduates next school year.
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The Minnesota High School Girls Hockey Coaches Association announced a lot of awards, including All-State. All the awards are below-
Class A Girls Hockey All-State Team –
Taylor Lesnar – Academy of Holy Angels
Harper Poehling – Academy of Holy Angels
Mika Cichosz – Albert Lea
Blake McGawn – Blake
Nora Carstenen – Dodge County
Ida Huber – Dodge County
Maysie Koch – Dodge County
Alexa Van Straaten – Dodge County
Brooklyn Mauch – Marshall
Lizzy Callahan – Mound Westonka
Maddy Kimbrel – Orono
Zoe Lopez – Orono
Alex Paulsen – Orono
Macy Rasmussen – Orono
Katy Comstock – Warroad
Jaylie French – Warroad
Taylor Reese – Warroad
Class A All-State Honorable mention –
Zoe Rimstad – Academy of Holy Angels
Jayda Moyer – Albert Lea
Addie Wethington – Blake
Nora DeVries – Chisago Lakes
Jocelyn Field – Crookston
Mollie Koch – Dodge County
Blake Schultz – East Grand Forks
Sarah Stauber – North Shore
Nina Thorson – North Shore
Viv Anderson – Orono
Rhiannon Ashworth – Pine Area
Lily Pachl – South St. Paul
Kaiya Sandy – Warroad
Class AA All-State Team
Mackenzie Jones – Andover
Makayla Moran – Apple Valley
Bailey Rupp – Bemidji
Campbell Rucinski – Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Teagan Kulenkamp – Centennial/SLP
Lorelai Nelson – Edina
Mercury Bischoff – Grand Rapids (Ms. Hockey winner)
Emily Pohl – Hill-Murray
Josie Skoogman – Hill-Murray
Josie Linn – Holy Family Catholic
Layla Hemp – Minnetonka
Taylor Kressin – Moorhead
Mia Miller – Northfield
Viv Anderson – Orono
Jasmine Hovda – Roseau
Sophie Stramel – Rosemount
Alida Ahem – South St. Paul
Alaini Gnetz – Woodbury
Brooke Gnetz – Woodbury
Class AA All-State Honorable Mention –
Courtney Little – Andover
Millie Knott – Bemidji
Bailey Gray – Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Talla Hansen – Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Kayden Larson – Blaine
Grace Laager – Centennial/SLP
June Semling – Champlin Park/Coon Rapids
Kasey Senden – Hill-Murray
Jaycee Chatleain – Hill-Murray
Katya Sander – Holy Family Catholic
Kayla Swartout – Holy Family Catholic
Bella Prosser – Maple Grove
Lauren Mack – Minnetonka
Ruby Rauk – Minnetonka
Ellie Zahrajsheck – Minnetonka
Olivia Kortan – Moorhead
Sydney Bailey – Rogers
Haley Solnitzky – Stillwater
The Minnesota Girls Hockey Academic Team Champions by section and class are listed below.
Class A
Section 1- Dodge County 3.912
Section 2- Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato 3.858
Section 3- Marshall 3.769
Section 4- Minneapolis 3.913
Section 5- Orono 3.867
Section 6- Fergus Falls 3.797
Section 7- North Shore 3.895
Section 8- Detroit Lakes 3.895
Class A State Winner- Minneapolis 3.913
Class AA
Section 1- Lakeville South 3.935
Section 2- Eden Prairie 3.951
Section 3- Park 3.922
Section 4- Stillwater 3.947
Section 5- Maple Grove 3.937
Section 6- Hopkins/Park 3.950
Section 7- Blaine 3.944
Section 8- Moorhead 3.874
Class AA State Winner- Eden Prairie 3.95
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JOKES
An avid golfer was late coming home from his weekly game. As he dragged himself wearily through the door, his worried wife met him. “Honey,” she said, “How was your game? Why are you so late?”
“Well,” he replied, “this had to be the worst, hardest game of my life. Jack died out there on the golf course. Just had a heart attack at the second hole and then died.”
“Oh, no!” she cried. “How awful for you! He was your best friend! No wonder you are late…..”
“Yes, the ordeal really wore me out.,” he said, “the whole rest of the game it was hit the ball, drag Jack, hit the ball, drag Jack……”
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A pastor’s wife was expecting a baby, so he stood before the congregation and asked for a raise.
After much discussion, they passed a rule that whenever the preacher’s family expanded, so would his paycheck.
After 6 children, this started to get expensive and the congregation decided to hold another meeting to discuss the preacher’s expanding salary.
A great deal of yelling and inner bickering ensued, as to how much the clergyman’s additional children were costing the church, and how much more it could potentially cost.
After listening to them for about an hour, the pastor rose from his chair and spoke, ‘Children are a gift from God, and we will take as many gifts as He gives us.
Silence fell on the congregation.
In the back pew, a little old lady struggled to stand, and finally said in her frail voice, ‘Rain is also a gift from God, but when we get too much of it, we wear rubbers.’
The entire congregation said, ‘Amen.’
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A group of 40 year old girlfriends discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally, it was agreed upon that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the waiters there had tight pants and nice buns.
10 years later at 50 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the food there was very good and the wine selection was good also.
10 years later at 60 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because they could eat there in peace and quiet and the restaurant had a beautif ul view of the ocean.
10 years later, at 70 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the restaurant was wheel chair accessible and they even had an elevator.
10 years later, at 80 years of age, the group once again discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because they had never been there before.
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A very shy guy goes into a bar and sees a beautiful woman sitting at the bar. After an hour of gathering up his courage he finally goes over to her and asks, tentatively, “Um, would you mind if I chatted with you for a while?”
She responds by yelling, at the top of her lungs, “No, I won’t sleep with you tonight!” Everyone in the bar is now staring at them. Naturally, the guy is hopelessly and completely embarrassed and he slinks back to his table.
After a few minutes, the woman walks over to him and apologizes. She smiles at him and says, “I’m sorry if I embarrassed you. You see, I’m a graduate student in psychology and I’m studying how people respond to embarrassing situations.”
To which he responds, at the top of his lungs, “What do you mean $200?”
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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 an assistant coach on the University of Wisconsin-Superior Men’s Hockey team.
Reese Swanson is a freshman playing hockey at St. Olaf.
Carter Coauette is a freshman playing football at Minot State.
Isabelle Smith is a freshman playing Tennis at Concordia College.
Isaac Thomforde is a freshman playing Tennis at Northwestern College in St. Paul.
Emilee Tate is a Sophomore playing Softball at Northland Community and Technical College.
Halle Bruggeman is a Sophomore on the University of Wisconsin-Stout Women’s Rugby team.
Ethan Boll is a Red-shirt Freshman on the University of North Dakota Football team.
Breanna Kressin is a Junior on the Hockey Cheer Team for THE University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey team.
Jacey Larson is a Sophomore playing hockey at Dakota College at Bottineau.
Aleah Bienek is a Junior playing hockey at Trine University in Indiana.
Joslynn Leach is a Senior playing golf at Concordia College in Moorhead. The Cobbers wrapped up the Fall season.
Brooks Butt is a Junior playing football at the University of Jamestown.
Ty Hamre is redshirt Junior playing football at Bemidji State University.
Elizabeth Erdman is a coach for the Moorhead Red Dragon swim team.
Crookston School District Coaches
Blake Bergeron is the head Pirate Wrestling Coach.
Ben Parkin is the head Pirate Baseball Coach.
Amy Boll is the head Pirate Girls Track head coach
Sarah Reese is the Pirate Head Girls Soccer coach
Marley Melbye is an assistant girls golf coach
Connor Morgan is the Pirate Boys Hockey assistant coach
Ben Trostad is the Pirate Boys Hockey assistant coach
Ethan Magsam is the Pirate Boys Hockey assistant coach
Chris Dufault is a youth wrestling Coach
Non-Crookston High School coaching/Admin/etc
Elise Tangquist is the Head Girls Golf Coach at Horace High School in Fargo, ND.
Carmen (Kreibich) Johnson is the head Little Falls Volleyball coach.
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.
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 North Dakota.
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.
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.
