We are exactly two weeks from the Section 8A Girls Hockey playoffs starting with Crookston vs Detroit Lakes. It is hard to believe how fast the winter sports season flies by each year. Having a warmer than average January has made it pretty enjoyable and I think I can speak for pretty much everybody when I say the storm to wipe out all activities last Friday and Saturday was a welcome and relaxing weekend. I think it was a much-welcomed break for the student-athletes that have been going non-stop since the middle of August, the coaches, parents, and media people! I am energized and ready for February and March Madness!!!
As we wrap up the regular seasons I would like to wish good luck to all teams!!
The one thing I am super-pumped about is the Minnesota Twins this spring/summer and hopefully into October! The signing of Josh Donaldson is huge and the rumor mill has Eddie Rosario on the trade block for a pitcher. We will see. No matter what happens it should be another exciting year of Twins baseball!
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The East Grand Forks Green Wave boys basketball schedule just got significantly tougher on Wednesday as they scheduled a game with the Minneapolis North Polars! North is one of the top teams in the state and they are coming to East Grand Forks on Saturday, February 15 at 6:00 p.m.
North said they had a cancelation on Twitter and were looking for a game and East Grand Forks was one of the first to respond. I give credit to EGF for getting this game, because they were short on games against really good teams this year and this will be the toughest game they play all season unless they meat Perham in the section playoffs.
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The Crookston School District is slowly looking at football field options after UMC dropped football and how long they will want to stay at the UMC field. The concern of how well UMC will take care of the field is the biggest concern, especially after they said they wouldn’t help repair the track (that UMC facility employees wrecked). One of the many things I like about Crookston Superintendent Jeremy Olson is that he gets after things and doesn’t dance around things.
With that said, the school district is looking at several options for a football field.
-They will play at the UMC field for the near future, but I think everybody admits that it isn’t something you want to do long-term.
The district is looking at the following and I will give my opinion –
1. Buy the UMC football field land and take it over.
First – UMC is a land-grant institution so I am not sure if it is possible. Second – UMC Chancellor Mary Holz-Claus has said no. Some have talked about reaching out to Minneapolis to see if they would be interested in selling.
MY OPINION – This is a bad idea. The field/grass is terrible. When it was made into a football field whoever is responsible for the crown was either drunk and/or really bad at their job because it is the worst field/crown of the hundreds and hundreds of football fields I have visited. Second -You wouldn’t have any parking, and the facility is getting old and falling apart. It might be cheaper, in the long run, to build new. It is right next to the UMC baseball and softball fields and isn’t even close to being nice enough to want to stay there. The facility sucks, for a lack of better words.
2. Build a complex outside the back of the high school where the J.V. Field is now.
They have several options on how to do this.
A. Go to the voters to pass a referendum.
MY OPINION – This seems to be the best path. Put down turf, bleachers, a sweet press box ;), with concessions and bathrooms close to the stands (not on the other side of everything). Basically you have a chance to do it right! This might be the best option in my eyes, but with the non-progressive residents of Crookston, it might be tough. I think we could raise a significant portion for the extras to make sure the project happens and is top-notch!! The possibility to host the Section 8A track meet again is outstanding. But you have to build it right or else don’t do it at all.
B. The Northwest Regional Event Center the city of Crookston has been talking about. This would probably be a three to five-year wait if everything works out. It hasn’t been a good start, because it has already hit a snag. The city was going to have a UMC class do a feasibility study. The class has been canceled. This is good for two reasons. 1. You aren’t having inexperienced kids do an important study. 2. You will have to hire somebody that specializes in this (which should have been done in the first place). I appreciate the city trying to save a buck, but there are some things that you don’t skimp on and feasibility studies aren’t one of them. So having college kids do your feasibility study shows me the city isn’t serious about this project, so I am not considering it at this point. But, hopefully they will surprise me. With a new City Administrator on the way, a new councilman, a new mayor and possibly another new councilmember with three more up for election in November the next year is a big year for the city and I think it is safe to say….things will be better this year than the past two or three.
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The Crookston Pirate Girls Basketball team will have a new opponent next year when they travel to Hermantown. The Pirate girls have played Virginia and Hibbing each year for several years and this year Hibbing wasn’t able to play so Crookston Activities Director and Coach Darin Zimmerman thought Hermantown (the top team in 7AA) would be a good opponent and they agreed to play next year. So the Pirates will play at Virginia and Hermantown on a weekend trip next year. That will be a solid trip for the girls!
Speaking of the girls basketball team. The coaching staff might be one of the most impressive I have seen in many years. Coach Darin Zimmerman is a great coach and does an outstanding job with the girls, but he is a pretty smart guy too. When people are willing to help, he welcomes them with open arms and he and the girls are reaping the benefits of some pretty good Pirate alumni coming back to help. This year the Pirates have had Kamille Wahlin Meyer is an assistant coach. She is expecting her first child any day now so she won’t be around much the rest of the way, but she has been a great addition this year. She has really helped the guards and it isn’t a coincidence that they are playing aggressive like she did in her playing days. The coaching staff just picked up Caitlin Michaelis (a four-year starter at UMC) who is helping out this semester and not only was she a great player, she is an even better person (just like Kamille). Another addition is Sydney Boike. Another great player and even better person. Syd played at UND and is giving back to the team and has been working with the girls this semester while she gets ready to go to med school next year! Emily Samuelson, another former Pirate player, has been coaching all year and has been a great addition to the coaching staff. Another great person and she has done a solid job as the C-team coach. Taylor Christensen (Senorita) is the J.V. coach and is the best at pumping up the girls and positive reinforcement. It is fun to watch her coach and keep the team’s spirits up and plays the assistant coach role perfectly. Her energy is infectious and she is another great person on the staff.
The coaching staff has been working the players hard and it is showing. They are in shape, they are playing great basketball. The Pirates have some big games coming up over the next two weeks. They have a big game hosting Perham tonight (Thursday), they host Roseau on Tuesday and then they host East Grand Forks next Thursday. Three bit Section 8AA match-ups and we will have the first two on KROX Radio!
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The Virginia and Eveleth-Gilbert school districts will combine in a few years and they are going to announce their new school colors and mascot on Thursday evening at the Virginia vs Eveleth-Gilbert boys hockey game. The voters passed a $178.5 million bond in all three communities and it is being touted as the largest successful school bond vote in Minnesota history.
It sounds like schools on the east end of the Iron Range will start the coop in three years. We have heard that representatives from the schools have made several visits to the new Perham school to get an idea of what they want to copy from their project (I am guessing most of it!).
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Congratulations Thief River Falls’ Jeff Mumm. Jeff has been selected for the Minnesota High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame for his outstanding contributions to High School Football. It is a big and much-deserved honor, even if his Prowlers ended my high school football career in the Section semi-finals before they lost to eventual state champion Detroit Lakes by one in the section championship!
Jeff was a great coach, but an even better person! I sent Jeff and email to congratulate him and asked if I could post his thank you letter and he responded –
Thank you! This means a great deal coming from you because of the great respect I have for you, your Dad and your families. Plus when I started this journey there were some very outstanding coaches in Crookston who took me under their wing and made sure I was doing this the right way. I tried to repay them each and every day. The picture (below) is of Drex and I after we got beat in the 1995 Section Championship game by Detroit Lakes 21-20. That picture will never not be with me or insight. Thanks again!!!!
Jeff posted the following statement –
To the school district and community of Thief River Falls, I am humbled and grateful as I was recently honored by being selected into the Minnesota Football Coaches Hall Of Fame. There are so many people and businesses that need to be thanked because without all of them this prestigious honor never would have been given to me.
I went through all the yearbooks starting way back in 1985-86 when I started here and my heart is still smiling. I wanted to put together a list of people who have made a difference in my life and who have made this journey so incredible. It didn’t take very long before I had over 500 names of people and businesses and I’m adding to that list daily.
For the fear of me missing someone or a business I am not going to list them. You know who you are because somewhere along the way I’ve taken the time to tell you how much you’re appreciated.
From former to current Teachers, Coaches, Administrators, Athletic Directors, Secretaries, Counselors, Radio Personal, The Times Sportswriters, Athletic Trainers, Touchdown Club President, Student Managers, Video Personal, Business Owners, Custodians, Buildings & Grounds, Transportation, Paras, Food Service, etc. I thank you.
Late in the summer of 1985, I was asked to come to TRF to interview for the part-time Elementary PE & HS PE & Head Football Coach position. It seems like only yesterday that I was driving from Superior, Wisconsin to TRF and being interviewed by Mr. Terry Soine, Mr. Russ Smith, and meeting John Schmitz, Marion Cork, Sue Lindemoen, Tippi Benson, etc.
The thoughtfulness that everyone listed above has shown me is a gift that I will treasure forever. Saying thank you isn’t enough. I feel as if I need to say more and as most of you know I could go on and on, but I will simply say thank you.
On Saturday, January 11 @ 2:21 PM I received a call from my good friend Dave Nelson who recently retired as the head football coach at Minnetonka HS to let me know that the Hall Of Fame Committee selected me into the Minnesota Football Coaches Association HOF. It brought tears to my eyes because it’s such a prestigious honor. It is an honor bestowed on me by the “Keepers Of The Game” which is a collection of some of the greatest high school football coaches we’ve ever had.
I truly feel I don’t deserve this award because all I did was coach in a community who believed in what we were doing, let us coach and more importantly, let us do things outside of football that I believe made our program one of the best of the best in the state of Minnesota.
I’ve used this hashtag for a long time #noonedoesitbetter and this goes directly to all of the businesses who supported everything we did all those years. Without all of you, this accomplishment never would’ve happened and I am forever grateful. There was never a time when I asked for something that I didn’t receive funding as long as it was for the kids.
I came here in 1985 as a young 24 year old who couldn’t find his butt with both hands and probably still can’t, but you influenced me in so many ways and because of you I’m being honored. It doesn’t seem fair and that’s why I’m writing this.
To my former players, you are the reason why I’m receiving this award. Always remember to go out of your way to make someone else’s day better, when the Northern Lights are dancing take the time to stop what you’re doing and talk to someone who you lost in your life when you’re on a bridge crossing a river or lake put your right hand on the ceiling of your vehicle and say thanks and make a wish and listen to the song 100 years by Five For Fighting each and every morning.
What you did for me during those Friday Night Lights is why I’m being honored. We were the greatest show in the state of Minnesota and we did it with class. However, we made everyone realize how powerful we were by what we did off the football field.
Somehow, someway, we’re all going to get together and share the good, the bad and the ugly. Before this is all done with and the Prowler in the sky calls me up I want to have all of us together one last time so I can share this with you.
I feel as if my personal Angel has rewarded me through all the unbelievable people I’ve had in my life. You’re a blessing and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. As we said before each and every football game “One Beating Heart.”
Coach Jeff Mumm
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Speaking of good football coaches, Brainerd’s Ron Skolski has retired his retirement after 56 years of coaching Brainerd Warrior football!
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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Maholmes, son of former Minnesota Twin pitcher Pat Maholmes, is a former Detroit Tigers draft pick. Other big-name quarterbacks that were drafted by Major League Baseball teams –
John Elway was drafted by the Royals and Yankees.
Dan Marino by the Royals.
Tom Brady by the Expos.
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Roseau’s Katie Borowicz scored her 2,000th career point in a win over BGMR on Thursday. She reached it in grand fashion while scoring 44 points in the game.
I have said it over and over, but she is the BEST basketball player in northwest Minnesota. I love the way she plays. She plays her butt off every game, looks to set up her teammates with terrific passing and she also scores when she needs to. She is fun to watch and also plays extremely hard on the defensive end. Like her older sisters, she only knows how to play all-out! Congratulations to Katie!
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Congratulations to East Grand Forks’ Sam Votava on breaking the EGF Senior High assists record with 616 in his career when the Green Wave beat Thief River Falls in impressive fashion on Tuesday. Sam passes Travis Lindgren, who coached Votava as a seventh-grader.
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Ever since Warroad Warrior girls hockey’s sophomore goaltender, Kendra Nordick, took over in goal eight games ago, Warroad is 8-0-0, have a 1.25 GAA, .932 save %, and 3 shut outs, according to Follow the Puck. Before that, Warroad was 9-3-1, 2.36 GAA, .812 save %, 4 SO. Granted, the first 13 games had some of the best Class AA schools in it, but I think Warroad has found the goaltender for the next two-plus years.
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David La Vaque of the Star Tribune has rated his top 10 players in Minnesota Boys Hockey and only one from outside the metro area made the list. Thief River Falls’ Evan Bushy made the top 10 list. The St. Cloud State commit, leads the Prowlers with 15 assists and he is rated 146 in the NHL prospect ratings.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle basketball teams have had a disappointing start to conference play. They both have a huge weekend and actually huge four-game homestand coming up!
UMC MEN –
The Golden Eagles had a good non-conference season going 4-2 with a loss to the defending national champion and currently 16-1 Northwest Missouri State, but since the conference season started UMC has been all or nothing. We got a hint of what the season would be like when they had a late rally to beat Concordia-St. Paul 78-76 and the next night they got embarrassed by Parkside 78-56. Five days later UMC bounces back to beat Bemidji State in impressive fashion by an 88-72 score, beat Waldorf (as they should) and then hammered Sioux Falls (one of the top teams in the NSIC) 94-69 in a non-conference game. Things were looking good for UMC at this point and they go to Moorhead and beat the Dragons 68-65 on a buzzer-beater and were 2-0 in the conference. Then the men go to Northern State and get hammered 101-58. The next weekend the men host Augustana and they get crushed again in a 101-68 loss. They gave up 202 points in back-to-back games. UMC bounced back to win the next game against a struggling Wayne State before going 1-6 in their next seven games, including giving up 102 to Upper Iowa (the fourth time the Peacocks have scored over 100 in 12 conference games).
Why is UMC struggling this year in what was expected to be a very good year?
Reason one – DEFENSE – the loss of Josh Collins has been predictably tough for them. The loss of Gable Smith also hurts them (even though he wasn’t 100 percent because of injury for most of the season) Collins guarded the opponent’s best player and was a tough defender at 6’7 and super-athletic. On the perimeter, they haven’t been able to get on the shooters or make things difficult for teams that are big and athletic. UMC has given up over 100 points in three of the 12 NSIC games (1/4 of the games).
Reason two – OFFENSE – UMC might have one of the best scorers in the nation, but the rest of the guys aren’t getting the job done on a consistent basis. The rest of the team is struggling from the field and in the games I have watched in person and online, they don’t seem to work hard to get open (lack of cutting, screens, no cuts to the basket, movement, etc) and seem to settle for long-range jump shots or three-pointers. I don’t know if it is because they aren’t quick/athletic enough, confident enough, waiting for Harrison Cleary to do what he does, or what the issue is this year. They need to find a way to score when the shots aren’t falling. Talking to Leo Blavin, he said the loss of Ben Juhl before conference season and Chase Knickerbocker to graduation has been a big blow because they were two solid shooters. Also Leo pointed out that last year UMC was 3rd in the nation on three-point percentage at 41 percent. This year they are 193rd in the nation at 34 percent!
Some NSIC game only stats –
BAD STATS –
UMC is 15th out of 16 in team defense giving up 82.7 points per game. (Only Upper Iowa gives up more, but they also score more than they give up)
UMC is 16th out of 16 in scoring margin at -8.9 point differential per game
UMC is tied for last in rebounding margin at -5.3 per game
UMC is last (16 out of 16) in assists with 116 in 12 games
UMC is 14th out of 16 in 3 point percentage with 33% (97 of 294)
UMC is last (16 out of 16) in 3 pointers given up with teams shooting 41 percent (118 of 290)
UMC is last (16 out of 16) in field goal percentage (298 out of 729)
UMC is last (16 out of 16) in opponents field goal percentage at a whopping 51% (364 out of 716!!!!!!)
GOOD STATS –
UMC leads the NSIC in Free throws made and percentage with 192 makes on 233 attempts for 82 percent.
UMC is 5th in blocked shots with 47
UMC is 5th in turnover margin at 1.83
Harrison Cleary leads the conference with 28 points per game
With all of that said – it isn’t doom and gloom with a lot of time left in the season to make a run and try to move up to get a home playoff game. The Golden Eagles have a very good chance to improve to 6-8 in conference play when they host Mary and Minot State this weekend. Mary has the same conference record as UMC (4-8) and Minot State hasn’t won a conference game yet. It is safe to say UMC NEEDS to sweep the weekend series!
UMC WOMEN –
The UMC Women’s basketball team has struggled this year. It isn’t much of a surprise because most people, including the NSIC coaches, knew it was going to be a struggle for the young Golden Eagles this year. The team is primarily made up of Freshmen and Sophomores, so the future is very bright. The young squad mixed with the loss of Caitlin Michaelis and Isieoma Odor was tough to recover from. They were once again hit by the injury bug. Stephanie McWilliams has some of the worst injury luck I have seen, and Bren Fox has missed several games. It has been a tough year so we won’t pile on with all that is wrong, but the Golden Eagles haven’t shot well. The girls work hard, play hard and have been competitive in most of the conference games this year, they don’t have enough firepower on the offensive end.
Abby Guidinger has taken over the scoring leader role and after an inconsistent first half of the season she has turned in double-figure scoring in seven of her last nine games so that has been positive. Mary Burke, after missing most of last year to a knee injury, has come back and is second on the team and has scored double-figures in three of the last five games and scored nine points in the two games she didn’t reach double-figures so she has been solid the last five games and look for her to get stronger every game she plays. Leo agrees that Mary Burke is coming along and could be a very good player and he added that Alyssa Peterson has shown enough flashes as a scorer to be optimistic about her future, and Julia Peplinski is a good player but struggles to stay on the floor because of foul trouble.
Consistency is the KEY for the UMC Women. They seem to play a great three quarters a game, but struggle in one quarter and that has cost them in most games. That will happen with younger teams. The only games they weren’t in were the two games against MSU-Moorhead, and the two games against Bemidji State. Conditioning seems to hold the Golden Eagles back
Some NSIC game only stats –
BAD STATS –
UMC is 15th out of 16 in scoring at 57.8 points per game
UMC is 15th out of 16 in defense – giving up 75.8 points per game
UMC is last, 16 out of 16 in field goal percentage at 35 percent
UMC is last, 16th in opponents field goal percentage at 46 percent
UMC is 14th out of 16 in 3 point percentage at 29 percent
UMC is last in free throw percentage at 65 percent
UMC is last in rebounding margin at -7.6
UMC is last in assists at 10.08 per game
GOOD STATS –
UMC is 8th in steals at 7 per game
UMC is 8th and three-pointers made at 6.9 per game
UMC is 1-11 in the NSIC and could make a big splash at home when they host Mary and Minot State. Mary will be a tough matchup, as they always are. But they are 6-6 and the Golden Eagles could pick up a win if they put four solid quarters together. The big game of the weekend will be on Saturday when they host the winless Minot State. It is a big game and a must-win for UMC. A couple of wins this weekend and a game against Southwest Minnesota State to start off next weekend and I think it is the most important stretch of the season for the women. They need to get at least a couple of wins.
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The Minnesota Wild, along with FOX Sports North and Minnesota Hockey, announced today that Mankato will host Hockey Day Minnesota 2021. Sitting on the southern edge of Minnesota State University (MSU), Mankato, Blakeslee Stadium will serve as the venue for the 15th annual statewide hockey celebration. Additional details, including the date, match-ups and the official schedule for Hockey Day Minnesota 2021 will be announced at a later date.
Blakeslee Stadium is home to MSU Football and served as the summer training camp home to the National Football League’s (NFL) Minnesota Vikings from 1966-2017. The 7,000-seat, natural grass surface facility opened in 1962.
Mankato is home to one of the top men’s and women’s hockey programs in WCHA history, Minnesota State University, Mankato. MSU’s hockey program boasts 14 current and former NHL players and three Olympians.
About Hockey Day Minnesota
Hockey Day Minnesota originated in 2007 by the Minnesota Wild to celebrate the game that has made Minnesota the State of Hockey. It is produced in partnership with FOX Sports North, Minnesota Hockey and the respective local community that serves as host each year. Previous locations include Baudette Bay (2007, 2008), Phalen Park (2009), Hermantown (2010), Moorhead (2011), Minnetonka (2012), Grand Rapids (2013), Elk River (2014), Saint Paul (2015), Duluth (2016), Stillwater (2017), St. Cloud (2018), Bemidji (2019) and Minneapolis (2020). For more information, visit www.wild.com/hockeyday.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston baseball program is hosting camps on Feb. 9 at the Minnesota Crookston Sports Center. The Golden Eagles will hold a hitting and defensive camp for grades 7-12 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. The cost for the individual camp is $75. Minnesota Crookston will also hold a pitching and catching camp for grades 7-12 from 1-3:30 p.m. on Feb. 9. The cost is also $75 for the individual camp. If someone wants to attend both camps they get a discounted price of $125.
The objective of the hitting and defensive camp is to cover all aspects of becoming a fundamentally sound offensive player. The campers will do drills that current Minnesota Crookston players use to develop better movement patterns and train a more consistent and successful swing path. Through the use of Rapsodo, each player will get measured in their exit velocity, launch angle, and distance each ball is hit.
The pitching and catching camp will include instruction from Head Coach Steve Gust and assistant coach Alec DeMaria, a former Division II pitcher at the University of Mary. Through the use of weighted balls and Rapsodo technology, this camp will place an emphasis on lower-half development, as well as arm speed to safely and effectively generate pitching velocity. Both the pitching and catching segments of the camp will be centered on the fundamentals of each position.
For more information on the camps, visit https://baseball.umcsportscamps.com/ or contact Coach Steve Gust at sjgust@umn.edu or Assistant Coach Max Casper at caspe100@umn.edu.
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JOKES
Here is the annual Vikings in the Superbowl joke –
Ole and Sven die in a snowmobiling accident, drunker than skunks, And go to Hell. The Devil observes that they are really enjoying themselves. He says to them ‘Doesnt the heat and smoke bother you?’ Ole replies, ‘Vell, ya know, ve’re from nordern Minnesooota, da land of snow an ice, an ve’re yust happy fer a chance ta varm up a little bit, ya know.’
The devil decides that these two aren’t miserable enough andturns up the heat even more. When he returns to the room of the two from Minnesota , the devil finds them in light jackets and hats, grilling Walleye and drinking beer. The devil is astonished and exclaims, ‘Everyone down here is in misery, and you two seem to be enjoying yourselves?’ Sven replies, ‘Vell, ya know, ve don’t git too much varm veather up dere at da Falls, so ve’ve yust got ta haff a fish fry vhen da veather’s dis nice.’
The devil is absolutely furious. He can hardly see straight. Finally he comes up with the answer. The two guys love the heat because they have been cold all their lives. The devil decides to turn all the heat off in Hell. The next morning, the temperature is 60 below zero, icicles are hanging everywhere, and people are shivering so bad that they are unable to wail, moan or gnash their teeth. The devil smiles and heads for the room with Ole and Sven. He gets there and finds them back in their parkas, bomber hats, and mittens. They are jumping up and down, cheering, yelling and screaming like mad men.
The devil is dumbfounded, ‘I don’t understand, when I turn up the heat you’re happy. Now its freezing cold and you’re still happy. What is wrong with you two?’
They both look at the devil in surprise and say, ‘Vell, don’t ya know, if hell iss froze over, dat must mean da Vikings von da Super Bowl.’
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Now the pastor knew the mayor and was not too eager to call him. The mayor had a bad temper and was generally hard to deal with, but the pastor called him anyway.
The mayor did not disappoint him. He immediately began to rant and rave at the pastor and finally said, “Why did you call me anyway? Isn’t it your job to bury the dead?”
The pastor paused for a brief prayer and asked the Lord to direct his response. Then, he replied, “Yes, Mayor, it is my job to bury the dead, but I always like to notify the next of kin first!”
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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 two shots on goal in a 4-3 shootout loss to Rochester and he didn’t score in a 6-2 loss to Utica on Saturday.
Cleveland will travel to Toronto for games on Friday and Saturday.
Thea Oman, a freshman, is swimming at St. Ben’s.
St. Ben’s was supposed to swim at the Carleton College meet on Saturday, but that was postponed because of weather. St. Ben’s will be at St. Olaf for a dual on Friday and Gustavus for a dual on Saturday.
Brady Heppner, is a Senior, playing hockey at St. Johns University in Collegeville. Brady didn’t score while getting three shots on goal and two penalty minutes in a 1-1 tie with Hamline on Saturday. St. Johns will travel to Augsburg on Friday and host Augsburg on Saturday.
Nick Garmen, is a freshman playing basketball and tennis at the University of Minnesota Morris. Nick didn’t play in an 89-63 loss at UW-Superior on Sunday.
Morris will host Bethany Lutheran on Saturday and travel to Trinity Bible College on Tuesday.
Aleece Durbin, is a Sophomore on the University of North Dakota Women’s Track and Field team. UND will travel to Brookings, South Dakota for the Jim Emmerich invite on Saturday.
Brita Fagerlund, is a Junior on the University of Jamestown Jimmy Women’s Track team. Brita finished seventh in the weight throw with a throw of 38-08.75 at the Northern State dual. The Jimmies will head to Moorhead on Saturday for the Cobber Open.
Ben Trostad is a sophomore member of the University of Minnesota Crookston golf team. The Golden Eagles will be off until the spring.
Isaac Westlake, is a Senior on the Winona State Warrior Men’s Golf team. Winona State will be off until the spring.
Elise Tangquist, is a Junior golfer for the University of Northwestern in St. Paul. Northwestern will be off until the spring.
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 an Assistant Wrestling Coach
Nate Merten is an Assistant Wrestling Coach
Non-Crookston High School coaching –
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
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