The Sports Feever Column is now officially updated on Wednesday nights. This is week two and it is going much better and it worked out because I was able to get a bunch of Legion Baseball tournament information on Wednesday.
It has been a busy week with a lot of news with EGF Boys hockey getting a familiar name back as head coach, the Division 2 American Legion Baseball tournament will have a different look this year, a former Crookston kid will wrestle at St. Cloud State and UMC Men’s Basketball received an academic honor. All that and a lot more in this weeks column!
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The Crookston High School 16th Annual Pirate Pride Golf Scramble will be held Friday, July 13 at Minakwa.
9:00 Registration
10:00 Shotgun Start
Lunch will be served starting at 11:00
$60 per person includes, T-Shirt, 18 holes of golf, sandwich, salad, chips,
4 member teams
Call Clubhouse to reserve a cart (not included)
Must be 18 years of age or have graduated High School
All proceeds will help support Crookston High School Pirate Athletics. We are doing a raffle again this year. Talk to any coach or the staff at Minakwa about buying tickets.
PRE-REGISTRATION APPRECIATED
Please contact Steve Kofoed at (c) 320-290-9904 or stevenkofoed@isd593.org leaving a message with your team members is fine.
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For Division 2 Minnesota American Legion Baseball, there are 7 Sub-states broken down into geographical regions across the state. These sub-states have been re-aligned for 2018.
The Division 2 legion baseball tournament will have a much different look next week.
The Northwest American Legion baseball tournament will start next week on Wednesday, July 18 with a play-in game. The district (formerly called the District 9/Division II tournament) has a new look after discussion at the state tournament last year. Nine teams made the tournament and that caused round robin play instead of a true bracket and the powers that be decided to make a change to this years tournament format.
The Northwest “sub-state” includes the following teams-
Ada
Barnesville
Crookston
DGF
Fertile
Fosston
Frazee
Greenbush (BGMR)
Hawley
Lancaster (KCC)
New York Mills
Pelican Rapids
Red Lake County
Roseau
Stephen/Argyle
TV-UH
Warroad
Win-E-Mac
There are four pods –
North Pod is KCC, Roseau, BGMR, and Warroad
East Pod is Stephen-Argyle, Crookston, Red Lake County, Win-E-Mac, and Fosston
West Pod is Fertile, TVUH, Ada, and Dilworth (DGF)
South Pod is Pelican Rapids, New York Mills, Frazee, Hawley, and Barnesville
We have the East pod bracket and it is below-
The top seed is Stephen-Argyle, the defending champ.
#2 is Red Lake County
#3 is Fosston
#4 and #5 will be decided on Thursday. Crookston will have to beat Win-E-Mac by four runs or more to be the #4 seed and have home-field advantage.
We will be carrying the Crookston, Red Lake County and Stephen-Argyle games on KROX.
On the state scene, there are seven “sub-states” with Northwest, West Central, Central, East Central, Southwest, and Southeast with the eighth team being the host team. This year the host team is Pelican Rapids.
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It has been a big week for East Grand Forks Green Wave athletics!
North Dakota State University head men’s golf coach Steve Kennedy announced Tuesday, July 10, that Nate Deziel has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his education and play golf for the Bison starting in the fall of 2018.
A native of East Grand Forks, Deziel won the 2018 Minnesota Class 2A State Championship and earned individual medalist honors in 11 out of 12 tournaments while compiling a 71.6 stroke average.
He was a five-time letter winner, four-year starter and two-year team captain at East Grand Forks Senior High School. Deziel qualified for the state tournament four times and was a member of the team that won the 2015-16 subsection championship.
Deziel joins Jed Baranczyk as a newcomer on North Dakota State’s 2018-19 roster.
NDSU won The Summit League Men’s Golf Championship for the first time in program history and established a new single-season program record for team scoring average with a 293.33 stroke average in 33 rounds in 2017-18.
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The other news is Tyler Palmacino will be back as the head coach of the East Grand Forks Boys Hockey team.
I asked the dean of Section 8 hockey, Frank Fee, for his thoughts on Tyler coming back to coach the Green Wave.
I knew Tyler would be coaching again. I mean really, how long could he keep working alongside his dad, every day, all day long?
Seriously, I’m sure his dad (Tony) was an integral part of Tyler’s decision.
What’s not to like? He won two state championships and was head boys coach when things started happening in east grand forks in hockey. Tyler is well respected by his peers around the section and state. Has been prepared for this his entire life starting with his dad, coaches in juniors, UND, the pros and his previous experiences as head coach. East grand forks is lucky to have a ‘fill-in’ like coach Koberinski to more than adequately keep the green wave at a high level.
Tyler is a great young man, very respectful with a high hockey IQ, back coaching his alma mater and one would think ready to add a few more banners up.
It’s great for section 8a and all of hockey to have him back! I also suspect that athletic director Koberinski had a notion before he stepped down!
Thanks Frank! I don’t know Tyler very well, but I know his dad and knew his grandma Betty pretty well. My Grandma, Mabel Fee, was the head of concessions for UND football, hockey and basketball games when they played at Memorial Stadium, the old Englestad and Hyslop. My grandma’s right hand “man” was Tyler’s grandma, Betty Palmacino. She was a hard worker and one of the nicest people I have ever met…she obviously has passed it down through the generations.
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The East Grand Forks Green Wave volleyball program will have a “new” coach and another familiar face taking over the helm. Paula Devine will be the coach once again and she has coached 23 years and accumulated over 300 wins.
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Grant Parrish of Forest Lake, formerly of Crookston, has committed to wrestling for St. Cloud following his upcoming senior season.
Parrish is a three-time state entrant. He was the Class AAA 170-pound fourth-place finisher this season as a junior. He qualified at 170 pounds as a sophomore and at 160 pounds as a freshman.
Parrish has extensive freestyle and Greco-Roman experience as well. In 2017, he was a USA Wrestling Cadet Greco-Roman national finalist at 182 pounds.
Parrish is projected to wrestle at 184 or 197 pounds for the Huskies.
Grant is the son of Aaron and Lisa Parrish. Aaron was Crookston City Administrator before moving to Forest Lake for a job.
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The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) today announced the sixth annual Team Academic Excellence Awards, created by the NABC Committee on Academics and the University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle Men’s Basketball team received the honor. The award recognizes outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2017-18 season.
In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA must count the grade point averages of all men’s student-athletes who competed during the 2017-18 season.
UMC was one of eight Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) institutions to earn the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award. Bemidji State University, University of Minnesota Duluth, Minot State University, Northern State University, St. Cloud State University, Upper Iowa University, and Winona State University also received the award. The Golden Eagles have continued to improve their academic performance in the classroom in their four seasons under the leadership of Head Coach Dan Weisse.
Click here to view archives for the NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards.
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Do you want to know when Division I and Division II college coaches can actively recruit high school kids? If you do, I have a link to the NCAA page that runs down every sport and breaks it down for you.
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There has been some rule changes in high school baseball with one including the pivot foot for a pitcher. See the story from the NFHS below-
The elimination of the requirement for the entire pivot foot to be in contact with the pitcher’s plate is among the changes approved for the 2018-19 high school baseball season.
This revision in Rule 6-1-3 was one of three changes recommended by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Baseball Rules Committee at its June 3-5 meeting in Indianapolis. All changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.
“We are very fortunate that the state of high school baseball is in an excellent position, which is indicative of the few rules changes that were passed,” said Elliot Hopkins, NFHS director of sports and student services and staff liaison for baseball. “We appreciate the hard work of dedicated coaches who, in addition to minimizing risk associated with the sport, teach the game in a way that makes our young people enjoy playing for their high school. We must also acknowledge the highly professional and responsible game umpires. Without their thorough knowledge and implementation of NFHS rules, we would not be able to enjoy the small injury rate and increase in player participation.”
The rationale behind the change to Rule 6-1-3 is a result of the difficulty for pitchers to consistently make contact with the pitcher’s plate when pivoting. Before starting the delivery, the pitcher shall stand with his entire non-pivot foot in front of a line extending through the front edge of the pitcher’s plate and with the pivot foot in contact with or directly in front of and parallel to the pitcher’s plate. “The committee concluded that many pitching mounds are such that it is problematic for a pitcher to have his entire pivot foot in contact with the pitcher’s plate,” Hopkins said. “Therefore, no advantage is gained by having some of the pivot foot not in direct contact with the pitcher’s plate.”
The committee also approved two new umpire signals. The two new signals, indicating calls for “Correct Rotation” and “Information Available,” were approved to further improve communication between partners. “It is always wise to be able to communicate clearly with your partner(s) during a game,” Hopkins said. “With so many moving parts (defensive players, base runners, umpires), it is imperative that umpires communicate easily and inconspicuously from players and fans. These mechanics say a lot without brining attention to the signaling umpire.”
The “Correct Rotation” signal comes when in a three- or four-man mechanic, the umpires indicate to their partner(s) where they are rotating to a specific base for coverage of an anticipated play. The umpire(s) points with both hands in the direction of the base that they are moving toward.
To assist in providing pertinent information between partners, the “Information Available” signal occurs when the game umpire is indicating that he/she has some information that is relevant to their partner by tapping two times over the left chest (heart).
Additionally, the NFHS Rules Review Committee extended the implementation date to January 1, 2020, for baseballs to meet the NOCSAE standard. According to the 2016-17 NFHS High School Athletics Participation Survey, there are 491,790 boys participating in baseball at 15,979 schools across the country, and 1,145 girls playing the sport in 269 schools.
A complete listing of the baseball rules changes will be available on the NFHS website at www.nfhs.org. Click on “Activities & Sports” at the top of the home page, and select “Baseball.”
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There has been changes in high school softball rules. The story from the NFHS is below-
Equipment rules designed to reduce risk of injury, as well as a clarification that the media area must be located in dead-ball territory, are among the high school softball rules changes for the 2019 season.
The four rules changes recommended by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Softball Rules Committee at its June 11-13 meeting in Indianapolis were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.
With revisions in Rules 1-1-7, 2-22-4 and 5-1-1, the home team or game management may designate a media area in dead-ball territory if the facility dictates.
“Requiring the media area to be located in dead-ball territory minimizes risk and continues efforts to improve the safety of participants, officials, fans and other essential personnel,” said Sandy Searcy, NFHS director of sports and staff liaison for softball.”
In another risk minimization change, Rule 1-8-4 permits an eye shield to be worn attached to the face/head protection only if it is constructed of a molded, rigid material that is clear and permits 100 percent (no tint) allowable light transmission. This change aligns with other softball equipment rules that currently prohibit tinted eye shields.
“The prohibition of tinted eye shields already exists in Rules 1-6-7 and 1-7-1,” Searcy said. “In an effort to promote risk minimization, tinted eye shields should be prohibited for defensive face/head protection.”
Among other rules changes was a clarification to Rule 1-5-2a, which permits a softball bat to have an adjustable knob, provided the knob is permanently fastened by the manufacturer. Any devices, attachments or wrappings that cause the knob to become flush with the handle are also permitted.
The final change approved by the committee in Rule 6 stipulates that the penalty for an illegal pitch is limited to the batter being awarded a ball. Previously, the batter was awarded a ball and all base runners were also awarded one base without liability to be put out.
“The new language creates more balance between offense and defense,” Searcy said. “In NFHS softball rules, the illegal pitch is designed to deceive the batter and, therefore, only the batter should receive the award.”
According to the 2016-17 NFHS High School Athletics Participation Survey, there are 367,405 girls participating in fast-pitch softball at 15,440 schools.
A complete listing of the softball rules changes will be available on the NFHS website at www.nfhs.org. Click on “Activities & Sports” at the top of the home page and select “Softball.”
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Info from last weeks column is below-
Crookston High School 2018 graduate, Cade Salentine, will get a chance to play football as a Crookston Pirate one more time after he was selected to play in the North Dakota Shrine Bowl at Fargo Shanley High School on July 14.
Cade is one of the few Minnesotan’s that will be playing in the game that has recent high school graduates from North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota. Cade is coming off a tremendous high school career. As a senior, Cade had 203 carries for 1,563 yards in nine games. He added 19 touchdowns and averaged 7.7 yards per carry.
He was also 3 of 4 in the passing department for 142 yards with three touchdowns. As a receiver he caught 11 passes for 253 yards and three touchdowns.
On the defensive end, he was second on the team with 119 defensive points, including two interceptions.
Cade will be attending the University of North Dakota this fall and will be playing football for the Fighting Hawks.
Salentine will play on the 11-man West team and other Minnesota kids playing in the game include – Chris Busche of Mahnomen, Brady Tweeton and Johnny Kletsch of Barnesville, Stoene Spilde and Wyatt Hamre of Stephen-Argyle, Isaak Habedank of Norman County East-Ulen-Hitterdal, and Jordan Anderson of Warren-Alvarado-Oslo.
Check-in and practice begins on Monday, July 9 and will run through Friday with the game on Saturday July 14 at 4:00 p.m. The 9-man game will follow at 7:00 p.m.
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Crookston High School Construction trades teacher and Crookston resident, Travis Oliver, is a big Minnesota Twins fan and has watched the Minnesota Twins play on the road over the years and he made a trip to Chicago last week to watch the Minnesota Twins play the White Sox and Cubs and little did he know the trip would make him famous. Travis has visited 22 parks over the years and has seen the Twins play in eight different stadiums. He was at the Twins game on Saturday at Wrigley Field and before he was settled into his seat he had a foul ball off the bat of Brian Dozier coming at him. “Your just settling down in the top of the first inning and your not really fully engaged. I was just taking a sip of beer and I was looking and it was a right handed batter and there is a possibility of a foul ball coming this way,” said Oliver. “Low and behold….crack….the ball was coming at us. The guy behind me was paying attention and had a hot dog and ended up spilling that on himself and I just reached up and snagged it out of the air and after that I got a lot of high fives from a lot of different people, especially sitting in that area. It was pretty cool.”
Oliver quickly realized he was on TV (Fox Sports North) and he started getting text messages from a lot of people. “I don’t check my phone very often, but I had to that day because it was going crazy,” said Oliver. “I was trying to watch the game and I didn’t want another one coming my way and be typing on my phone and get whacked in the head.”
Oliver isn’t a stranger to getting the elusive foul ball at a pro baseball game. “I got one in Milwaukee and I didn’t catch one, but got one in Cleveland, a Joe Mauer foul ball,” said Oliver. “I am always looking out for them.”
His one hand grab was shared as a highlight by ESPN. You can see the video highlight by click here.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston athletic department has announced the promotion of Brad Heppner as head men’s golf coach. Heppner has served the past 18 seasons as the assistant coach for the Minnesota Crookston men’s golf program and has been elevated to the head post. Heppner helped the Golden Eagles to the 2002 NSIC Men’s Golf Championship and team appearances in the NCAA Division II Super Regional in 2003 and 2006.
“There is nobody more qualified to lead our men’s golf program than Brad Heppner,” said Director of Athletics Stephanie Helgeson. “Brad has been with the program since the start in 2000 and has great passion for the team and the alumni before them. We are excited to elevate Brad to the head position and can’t wait to see what he is able to accomplish as head coach.”
Heppner started as an assistant coach for Jason Tangquist in 2000 when the program was started. He was Tangquist’s right-hand man for his 17 seasons as the head coach, before Bryan Friskop became the head coach for the 2017-18 season. Heppner also served as the assistant coach for Friskop, who stays on staff for the Golden Eagles as head women’s golf coach and assistant women’s basketball coach. “I want to first off thank Director of Athletics Stephanie Helgeson for this great opportunity,” Heppner said. “I’m very excited about the opportunity and challenge to lead the Minnesota Crookston men’s golf team. I’ve been a part of Minnesota Crookston golf since the start in 2000 as an assistant coach under Coach Tangquist and it’s been a great experience. As most people know, golf is a passion for myself and my family and that’s the type of players I’ll recruit. I want golfers with passion and commitment to the golf program and to the University of Minnesota Crookston.”
Heppner helped the Golden Eagles to their first-ever NSIC Championship as a program in 2002. The team title remains the only NSIC Championship for a Minnesota Crookston program to this day. Heppner helped coach Branden Schwartz to a NSIC Player of the Year Award in 2002, as he finished first in the NSIC Tournament. The squad finished eighth at the 2003 NCAA Super Regional. In 2006, Heppner helped the Minnesota Crookston men’s golf team to a sixth place finish at the NCAA Super Regional, their best in program history. He also helped guide Schwartz to a seventh-place finish at the 2005 NCAA Super Regional.
During his time with the program, Minnesota Crookston men’s golf has produced seven All-NSIC selections. Heppner has helped Matt McClure and Jake Sanders to All-NSIC First Team nods. Prior to All-NSIC teams, the Golden Eagles had 16 players finish in the Top-15 at the NSIC Men’s Golf Championship, including four players who carded five top five finishes. Schwartz placed first in 2002 and second in 2004. Nate Dahl finished third in 2002, Tommy Mueller placed fourth in 2001, while Dan Lenz finished tied for third in 2003.
Heppner also had the pleasure to help coach his son Seth Heppner , a Crookston-native, a member of the men’s golf team from 2011-16. Seth was a 2016 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar, a first for the Minnesota Crookston men’s golf program.
Heppner also works on campus at the Northwest Research and Outreach Center. His wife Kari is an elementary teacher at Highland School in Crookston.
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Story by Shawn Smith, UMC SID
The University of Minnesota Crookston athletic department announced the hiring of Travis Owen as head coach for the softball program. Owen has spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA Division I school University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo. Owen is familiar with the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference having spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Northern State University during the 2011 and 2012 seasons. In addition, Owen was previously a head coach at NAIA-affiliate Lyon College in Batesville, Ark., during the 2013 season.
Owen helped the Bears to 48 wins in his two seasons as an assistant coach under Head Coach Shana Easley. Northern Colorado had won just nine games the season prior to Owen’s arrival. He helped establish a competitive product in Greeley as the Bears finished in sixth place in the Big Sky Conference in 2018, clinching a tournament berth. The 28-28 mark for Northern Colorado in 2018 marked the best season for the Bears since the 2002 season. He helped Northern Colorado to a .270 batting average and a 3.74 earned runs average as a team. During his time with the Bears, he helped Jordyn Wiatrak to an All-Big Sky First Team nod in 2018. In addition, Valerie Vidal earned All-Big Sky Second Team in 2018, while Lauren Paige was an All-Big Sky Honorable Mention selection. In his first season with the Bears, Owen helped mentor Erica Dick to an All-Big Sky First Team nod, while Wiatrak and Jayme Reddaclif garnered All-Big Sky Second Team recognition. During his time with the Bears, Owen also helped guide Lauren Paige to a Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team nod.
Prior to arriving in Greeley, Owen served as an assistant coach for one season at Division I Radford University in Radford, Va. During his one season with the Highlanders, he helped propel the squad to a 23-win improvement, a mark that was tops among Division I schools. Radford went 35-26 in 2016, advancing to the Big South Conference semifinal game. In addition, Owen helped guide the Highlanders to multiple statistical improvements, including a conference-leading 77 doubles, an ERA improvement from 6.66 to 2.90 and a jump from ninth to fourth in the Big South Conference in both fielding percentage and runs scored. With Owen’s help, the Highlanders also set a program record with 612 assists on the season and finished the year with 35 wins, climbing 96 spots in the RPI rankings.
Prior to his three years as a Division I assistant, Owen spent one year coaching and playing fast-pitch softball in New Zealand. While working with Howick Softball Club in Auckland, New Zealand, Owen helped lead the women’s squad to a top eight national finish. He also served as Howick Softball Club’s development officer during his time in Auckland. Owen also ran a nine-week winter softball academy and implemented hitting, pitching, and coaching clinics with the club. He was also the team’s liaison for local schools looking to improve and develop their softball programs.
Before his stint in New Zealand, Owen served as the head coach for one season at Lyon College, a NAIA school in Batesville, Ark. The team ended the 2013 season with their third-best finish in school history. Owen improved the team’s batting average by 68 percentage points as they finished the year swinging over .300 as a team. The Scots added 31 stolen bases, and decreased their number of errors by 50 and lowered their team ERA almost a full run (0.96) from the previous year.
Prior to taking over at Lyon, Owen spent two years in the NSIC at Northern State as an assistant coach. He helped the Wolves to a 10-win improvement as they finished with 24 victories on the 2012 season. The mark was a program-best at the time. Owen’s main responsibilities with the program were overseeing out-of-region recruiting, assisting with practice planning, and skill development at all positions. Owen also helped develop the squad’s strength and conditioning program. He was a graduate assistant for the Northern State athletic department in 2010, prior to moving over to softball as an assistant coach.
“Having started my coaching roots in the NSIC and following the conference over the years, I am very familiar with Minnesota Crookston’s history,” Owen said. “My vision for the softball program is to become a program with high standards both on and off the field that everyone is proud to be a part of- everyone ranging from the community to the coaches to the student-athletes and their families. I believe there are good things ahead and can’t wait to start with the process.”
Owen graduated magna cum laude from Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Mo., with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2007. He earned his master’s degree from Northern State.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle baseball team signed another player last week. Grand Forks’ Brock Reller signed a letter of intent after went 7 for 7 with 10 rbi’s and three home runs in a double header against Williston.
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Former UMC Baseball player, Zach Seipel, pitched for the Danville Braves in his second appearance of the season last week. He pitched 1.1 innings, walked two and struck out three batters and he didn’t give up a run. He did have some control problems while throwing 30 pitches, only 13 were strikes, so he was wildly effective! Danville lost to the Elizabethton Twins 3-2 in the game and all three runs were given up by the starting pitcher.
Seipel pitched on Wednesday and went 1.1 innings and gave up 2 runs on 2 hits with a walk and two strike outs. With the two runs, he ERA is now at 5.40 in 3.1 innings. He has walked three batters and struck out six. He has given up three hits and two runs.
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The Crookston Reds Amateur Baseball team has won three games in a row and are playing their best baseball of the season right now. They knocked off the #6 ranked Bemidji Blue Ox last week with great pitching, defense and some timely offense. They started slow and now that their regular players are getting into the swing of things at the plate, on the mound and on the defensive end, they are looking good and poised to make a run in the postseason. It looks like Ada will likely win the four team Red River League.
Ada is 7-0
Crookston 4-3
Dilworth 3-5
Moorhead 1-7
The Reds only have five league games left, so they will have to run the table and hope for Ada to lose a few league games down the stretch to take the league title. How you end up in the league doesn’t mean a lot, because you have to do well in the district/region tournament, like the Reds did last year to advance to state!
Class C Rankings (As of July 3)
Tiebreaker goes to the team with the highest single vote
1. Sobieski (39)
2. Sartell (36)
3. New Market (27)
4. Maple Lake (18)
5. Jordan (14)
6. Buckman (13)
7. New London-Spicer (11)
8. Plato (9)
9. Luxemburg (8)
10. Carver (7)
Also receiving votes: Kimball, Nisswa, Raymond, Milroy Yankees, New Prague, Stark, Watkins, Hadley, Bemidji, Watertown
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The University of Minnesota Crookston volleyball team officially announced the signing of Lauren Ulibarri (DS/Lib., 5-5, Flagstaff, Ariz./Yavapai College) to a National Letter of Intent. Ulibarri is the fourth signee for Head Coach Sarah Rauen and the Golden Eagles. She is the second junior college player to ink with Minnesota Crookston along with Melissa Rodriguez (MH, 6-0, Sarchi, Costa Rica/Otero Junior College (Colo.). In addition to Ulibarri and Rodriguez, Minnesota Crookston previously signed Porsha Porath (OH, 6-1, Windom, Minn./Windom H.S.) and Hannah Stark (OH, 5-10, Esko, Minn./Esko H.S.).
Lauren Ulibarri (DS/Lib., 5-5, Flagstaff, Ariz./Yavapai College)
Ulibarri averaged 1.04 digs per set as a sophomore for Yavapai College. As a freshman, she notched 1.93 digs per set for the Roughriders. Ulibarri had 13 service aces as a freshman for Yavapai College. Ulibarri tallied a season-high eight digs at Arizona Western Oct. 27. She tallied six digs on four occasions during the 2017 season. Ulibarri is an All-Academic First Team selection in 2018 and an All-Academic Second Team pick in 2017. “We are very excited to add Lauren to the Golden Eagle family,” Rauen said. “In getting to know Lauren it was clear that her drive and passion for both academics and volleyball make her a great fit for our program. Having two years of college volleyball experience will help her transition well to the tremendous level of volleyball we play in the NSIC, and we can’t wait to get her in the gym and classroom this fall!”
Ulibarri is the daughter of Jay and Vonnie Ulibarri. Ulibarri plans to major in elementary education. Her father played baseball at South Mountain Community College and California Baptist University.
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Red Lake Falls Lions 5K & 10K to be held July 28
The Red Lake Falls Lions will hold their 9th annual 5K & 10K, run/walk, Saturday, July 28. The event will be held at Voyageur’s View Campground north of Red Lake Falls as part of Red Lake Falls Summerfest. Registration that day begins at 7:00 am with the races to begin at 8:00 am.
Pre-registration deadline for the 5K or 10K is July 18. The cost of pre-registration is $15 without a race shirt, $27 with a shirt. After July 18, registration is $20 and will not include a race shirt. Winners of the 5K and 10K will receive plaques and/or medals.
All proceeds from the event will be used to support Minnesota Lions Diabetes Foundation, Inc. The Minnesota Lions Diabetes Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with diabetes by funding research to cure diabetes, providing education and sponsoring preventive health activities.
Registration forms can be picked up at the Red Lake Falls City Hall. Forms can be received by emailing Kevin Reich at kwrrlf@gmail.com or texting 218-232-4556.
Additional information can be obtained by emailing Lisa Reich at reich_lisa@hotmail.com or Kevin Reich at kwrrlf@gmail.com. You can also call Kevin at 218-253-2522.
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JUNIOR GOLF TOURNAMENT at OAK KNOLLS GOLF COURSE in RED LAKE FALLS, MN
MONDAY, JULY 23rd
ENTRY FEE–$10.00
9 HOLE GROUPS–$5.00
(ENTRY FEE INCLUDES LUNCH)
TEE OFF TIME–9:00 A.M. SHOTGUN START
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN PRIZES DONATED BY AREA BUSINESSES
BOYS (4 AGE GROUPS) GIRLS (NUMBER OF ENTRANTS
15-17 18 HOLES WILL DETERMINE AGE BRACKETS)
13-14 18 HOLES
11-12 18 HOLES
10 & UNDER 9 HOLES ($5.00)
MEDAL PLAY IN ALL AGE GROUPS. PRIZES AND TROPHIES AWARDED.
ENTRY DEADLINE :
PREFERRED BY NOON SUNDAY, JULY 22 BUT MAY STILL REGISTER THE MORNING OF THE 23rd BEFORE 8:45
SEND ENTRY TO: STEVE PHILION, 518 CHAMPAGNE AVE. RED LAKE FALLS, MN 56750 PHONE: (218) 253-2499
EMAIL: sphilion@rlfedu.org
CO-SPONSORED BY THE HOLY FAMILY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHAPTER OF RED LAKE FALLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE YOUTH OF THE AREA!
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The 4th Annual Crookston Eagles Club Golf “Super Scramble” will be held Saturday July 28 at Minakwa Golf Course in Crookston.
9:00 a.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. Shotgun Start
$65.00 per player (Includes Lunch & Mulligans)
18 Holes of Golf
Limited to the first 20 teams of 4
Lunch will be served (Included in registration fee)
Call the clubhouse to reserve a cart (NOT INCLUDED)
There will be many games on the course. This will NOT be your typical scramble. Bring your family, bring your friends and plan to have a fantastic time. All funds raised will benefit the Crookston Eagles Club. If you do not have a team to play with, sign up we will place you on a team. Contact The Crookston Eagles Club at 218-281-3881 to sign up!
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Warroad will be hosting the Warwick Workouts Advanced Offensive Player Development Camp for basketball players on July 23-25.
Location: Warroad High School Gym
Offensive Skills Camp 3rd-8th Grade Boys/Girls
Register according to the grade you will be in fall of 2018
Camp Overview
This camp is an offensive skill-development camp designed to challenge athletes. Athletes will learn the foundation of basketball, starting with the fundamentals of ball handling, including stationary, two-ball dribble series and full-court ball handling. The camp also will focus on shooting technique through drills and progression-based teaching.
Camp Features
· Shooting instruction and development
· Footwork and shot preparation
· Finishing Drills
· Stationary ball handling
· 2 Ball Dribble Series
· Advanced ball handling concepts
Advanced Offensive Skills Camp
9th-12th Grade Boys/Girls Register according to the grade you will be in fall of 2018
Camp Overview
The Warwick Workout Advanced Offensive Skills Camp is designed for players looking to enhance and expand their skill set. Warwick Workout trainers will work with players to excel in their respective positions through progression-based teaching and repetition.
Camp Features
· Perimeter moves currently used in college & NBA
· Shooting instruction and development
· Footwork and shot preparation
· Creating space to score
· Finishing at the rim
· Advanced ball handling concepts
For more camp information, cost, and registration form, click here
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The University of Minnesota Crookston football program will host a high school camp on July 22. In addition, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) will host a 7-on-7 camp on the Minnesota Crookston campus June 20. The FCA camp is not sponsored by Minnesota Crookston.
If you are interested in participating, contact assistant coach Sam Gooding at sgooding@umn.edu or you can register in person on the day of the camps from 5:30-6 p.m.
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The Crookston Pirate Booster Club is gearing up for its annual membership drive. PIRATE BOOSTERS exists to support Crookston High boys’ and girls’ athletic programs.
The PIRATE BOOSTERS provide financial assistance which allows student athletes to obtain equipment, uniforms, warm-ups and facilities enhancements. Your annual investment will help the athletic needs of the Crookston High School student athletes.
With your contribution of $100.00 or more, you will have your name placed on the PIRATE BOOSTERS sustaining membership board which is located in the CHS Commons. In addition, your name will be placed in all printed programs for CHS athletic events.
The Contribution levels are broken down as follows:
$100.00-$249.00 – Blue Club Member
$250.00-$499.00 – Gold Club Member and will receive recognition as an event sponsor during the 2018-2019 academic year.
$500.00-$999.00 – Pirate Club Member and will receive recognition as a multiple event sponsor during the academic year 2018-2019.
$1,000.00 or more – Captain’s Club Member and will receive special recognition throughout the entire 2018-2019 academic year.
Although giving levels have been established, any contribution to PIRATE BOOSTERS will be greatly appreciated.
As a part of your annual membership, you are assured CHS athletic team members will not solicit you or your business with smaller fundraisers. You will have a choice to approach a specific team if you desire to provide additional support. If you are interested in joining PIRATE BOOSTERS, please make your check payable to PIRATE BOOSTERS by April 30, 2018. You may bring your donation to Greg Garmen at Crookston High School or Charles Reynolds at Fitzgerald, Reynolds, Harbott, Knutson & Larson, PLLP. If you would prefer to have your donation picked up, please contact Greg Garmen or Charles Reynolds. You can send a check to Crookston Pirate Boosters – 402 Fisher Avenue, Crookston MN 56716.
The Crookston High School Athletic Department student athletes and coaches and the entire PIRATE BOOSTER CLUB appreciate your generous support.
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There has been a lot of interest from people after we posted this so we will post it again. If you have any info on Pirate sports records or want to help tracking them down read below!
Crookston High School, namely Ed Nelson, has been working on getting all the records for the Pirate Sports teams updated and it has been a process. Ed is looking for any records, stats, state participants, etc from the following sports.
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
Football
Girls Soccer
Volleyball
Baseball
If you have Crookston Times articles with information, yearbooks with team and/or individual records, scrapbooks, or anything with any information that you might think would be of interest to Ed email him at ednelson12@yahoo.com.
With that said we have links to the Crookston Pirate records pages for the following sports. If you see something that is incomplete, or maybe an updated record let Ed know at the above email address. I have listed the team and click on the team to see their records.
Here is an update on the various sports covered by the website as of December 1, 2016
Sports that are done and will not change without additional information:
Boys’ Basketball
Girls’ Basketball
Boys’ Golf
Girls’ Golf
Boys’ Soccer (Poor or no records were kept over the years.)
Girls’ Soccer
Boys’ Track & Field
Girls’ Track & Field
Wrestling
Softball
Swimming
Volleyball
Girls’ Hockey will be complete by the end of 2016 and join the above. I am currently looking for “Team: Game” and “Player: Game” records for the first 5 years of the program.
Sports being worked on:
Baseball (Justin Johnson is doing the research and has completed the last 16 years)
Boys’ & Girls’ Tennis (Mike Geffre has the information and is scanning everything. When he is done, the records will be posted.)
Sports not yet started:
Football (I will be starting Football this winter.)
Boys’ Hockey (Frank Fee has agreed to research the records.)
Fall Sports –
Boys Soccer Girls Swimming Girls Soccer Volleyball
Incomplete records Girls Tennis Football
Winter Sports –
Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Boys Hockey Girls Hockey Wrestling
Spring Sports-
Softball Boys Track Girls Track Boys Golf Girls Golf –
Incomplete records Boys Tennis Baseball
Sports that are no longer offered-
Boys Swimming Girls Cross Country Boys Cross Country
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JOKES (Do you have any good jokes – email them to chrisjfee@yahoo.com and I will put them in the feever
An old man goes into a restaurant and is seated. All the waitresses are gorgeous. A particularly voluptuous waitress wearing a very short skirt and legs that won’t quit, came to his table and asked if he was ready to order, “What would you like, sir?”
He looks at the menu and then scans her beautiful frame top to bottom, then answers, “A quickie.” The waitress turns and walks away in disgust. After she regains her composure, she returns and asks again. “What
would you like, sir?” Again, the old man thoroughly checks her out and again
answers, “a quickie, please.” This time her anger takes over, she reaches over and
slaps him across the face with are sounding “SMACK!” and storms away.
A man sitting at the next table leans over and whispers, “Um, I think it’s pronounced ‘quiche’.”
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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 *****
Crookston School District Coaches –
Mitch Bakken is the head Pirate Baseball Coach.
Justin Johnson is the Pirate Junior Varsity Baseball Coach.
Brock Hanson is the Pirate Baseball volunteer assistant coach.
Cody Brekken is the Pirate Boys Tennis coach and Crookston Community Pool Supervisor
Tyler Brekken is the junior high Pirate Softball coach
Jeff Perreault is the Pirate Girls Golf head coach
Jaclyn Martin is the Pirate Girls Hockey Head Coach and assistant girls golf coach
Wes Hanson is the Pirate Wrestling Head Coach and assistant boys golf coach
Amy Boll is the Pirate Girls Track head coach and assistant volleyball coach
Wade Hanson is the 8th grade boys basketball coach
Travis Ross is the 7th grade boys basketball 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
Brita Fagerlund, is a Freshman on the University of Jamestown Jimmy Women’s Track team.
Aaron Hollcraft, is a junior playing basketball and baseball for the UMC Golden Eagles.
Amanda Trandem, is a Freshman on the University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle Softball team.
Bobby Tiedemann, is a Sophomore on the St. Mary’s University Men’s Tennis team in Winona.
Cody Wardner, is playing Junior Hockey for the Oklahoma City Jr. Blazers in the C1HL league.
Paul Bittner, is playing for the Cleveland Monsters (AHL – minor league affiliate of Columbus).
Isaac Westlake, a sophomore playing golf for the Winona State Warriors.
Ryan Bittner, is a junior playing hockey for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Brady Heppner, is a sophomore playing hockey at St. Johns University in Collegeville.
Haley Roed, a sophomore on the Minnesota State Moorhead Women’s Swim team.
Marietta Geist, a sophomore on the Carleton College Women’s Cross Country and Track and Field teams. Marietta suffered an injury and hopes to compete in the indoor track season.
Luke Edlund, is a junior linebacker on the Crown College football team. Crown is done until next fall.
Elise Tangquist, is a freshman golfer for the University of Northwestern in St. Paul. Northwestern will be off until the spring.
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 Assistant Baseball coach at Delano.
Jake Olson is Head Boys Tennis coach at Delano.
Todd Kreibich, is the Coach and General Manager for the Minnesota Iron Rangers Junior Hockey team our of Hoyt Lakes.
Carmen (Kreibich) Johnson, is Head Volleyball coach at Little Falls High School.
Katy Westrom, is Freshman Girls Basketball 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
Erika Wheelhouse is serving in the Peace Corp in the Philippines.
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.
Alan Mart, 2009 Crookston High School graduate, is currently serving his country for the US Army as a Cavalry Scout in Afghanistan.
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 Iraq
Philip Kujawa class of 2004 from Crookston Central is stationed at Hohnfels in Germany for the next 2 or 3 years.
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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