Welcome to another Sports Feever column by the infamous Chris Fee. We are a little short again this week. We have been getting ready for our 60th Annual KROX Crazy Auctions on Thursday and the legion baseball tournament Friday, Saturday, and Sunday where I could do anywhere from 5 to 8 or 9 games this weekend. It is a busy but fun time of year and besides the long road trip, Roseau is a great place with a nice field and great people that hold fantastic tournaments so it is always enjoyable to be in Ram Country!
On Wednesday, I had a Minnesota Broadcasters Association Meeting and being board chair I like to be at our meetings in St. Paul in person at the old Hamms Brewery building. So I use Denver Air Connection in Thief River Falls to Minneapolis. I have gotten to know Glen Rich, Vice President of the airline, and he and his crew do a fantastic job. Thief River Falls regional airport did a great job when they dumped Boutique Air and got Denver Air to come in. The jet is usually a 20 to 35 passenger plane and it takes about 45 to 50 minutes to get to Minneapolis. It is $84 bucks each way, but if you want to fly out at 6:45 a.m. and come back by 5:00 p.m. you can without driving 10 hours. It is a great deal, the pilots and flight crews are great and I highly recommend it!! TRF airport also has free parking and is about $400 to $500 cheaper than taking Grand Forks or Fargo to Minneapolis.
It was fun, on the way down I got to talk with a great guy that happens to be our State Senator, Mark Johnson. He was heading to redistricting meetings as he is on the state redistricting committee. So we had a nice chat and we are in great hands with him as our area’s state senator.
Anyway, back to sports. We have legion baseball tournaments this weekend and next weekend. We have info on that and more. Enjoy!
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The Northwest Sub-state North American Legion Baseball tournament seeds and bracket were released Monday night and the host Roseau received the top seed in the north and Fosston received the top seed in the south.
KROX will carry all the Crookston, Stephen-Argyle, and Red Lake Falls games on the radio. The seeds and tournament bracket are below.
North –
1. Roseau
2. Warroad
3. Stephen-Argyle
4. Lancaster
South –
1. Fosston
2. Win-E-Mac
3. Crookston
4. Red Lake Falls
FRIDAY, JULY 16 GAMES
Game 1 – NOON – Warroad (N2) vs Crookston (3S) – ON KROX
Game 2 – 2:30 PM – Fosston (S1) vs Lancaster (N4)
Game 3 – 5:00 PM – Loser game 1 vs Loser game 2
Game 4 – 7:30 PM – Winner game 1 vs Winner game 2
SATURDAY, JULY 17 GAMES
Game 5 – NOON – Win-E-Mac (S2) vs Stephen-Argyle (N3) – ON KROX
Game 6 – 2:30 PM – Roseau (N1) vs Red Lake Falls (S4) – on KROX
Game 7 – 5:00 PM – Loser game 5 vs Loser game 6
Game 8 – 7:30 PM – Winner game 5 vs Loser game 6
SUNDAY, JULY 18 GAMES
Game 10 – 11:00 AM – Winner game 3 vs Loser game 8 (loser out)
Game 9 – 1:30 PM – Winner game 7 vs Loser game 4 (loser out)
Game 11 – 4:00 PM – Winner game 9 vs Winner game 10 (both teams advance to districts)
Game 12 – 6:30 PM – Winner game 4 vs Winner game 8 (Championship – both teams advance to districts)
The Northwest South Sub-state American Legion Baseball tournament schedule looks like this –
Friday, July 16
Game 1 – 9:30 AM – #3 New York Mills vs #6 Barnesville
Game 2 – NOON – #2 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton vs #7 Frazee
Game 3 – 2:30 PM – #4 Twin Valley/Ulen-Hitterdal vs #5 Hawley
Game 4 – 5:00 PM – #1 Breckenridge vs Winner of #8 Pelican Rapids/#9 Ada-Borup
Saturday, July 17
Game 5 – 9:30 AM – Loser game 1 vs Loser game 2 (Loser out)
Game 6 – NOON – Loser game 3 vs Loser game 4 (Loser out)
Game 7 – 2:30 PM – Winner game 1 vs Winner game 2
Game 8 – 5:00 PM – Winner game 3 vs Winner game 4
Sunday, July 18
Game 9 – 9:30 AM – Winner game 6 vs loser game 7 (loser out)
Game 10 – NOON – Winner game 5 vs Loser game 8 (loser out)
Game 11 – 2:30 PM – Winner game 9 vs Winner game 10 (Winner 3rd place – both advance)
Game 12 – 5:00 PM – Winner game 7 vs Winner game 8 (Championship – both advance)
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The Crookston Pirate Girls Basketball team won the Championship of one of the brackets at a Fergus Falls tournament on Wednesday afternoon.
Crookston beat Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 43-33 in the first round. In the semi-finals, they beat Hawley 45-27. In the championship, they beat Grafton 35-24.
Other teams in the bracket were Stephen-Argyle, Osakis, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, and Goodridge-Grygla.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston men’s basketball team announced the addition of Kobe Kriese (G, 6-1 190, Antioch, Ill./Antioch H.S.). Kriese is the eighth signee for the Golden Eagles for the 2021 class.
Kriese played basketball and football at Antioch H.S. Kriese was named Lake County All-Area Second Team during his senior season for the Sequoits. He played his senior season for first-year head coach Tim Bowen.
“In a tough year for seniors in high school during Covid I am very pleased to add Kobe to our program,” said Head Coach Dan Weisse. “I really enjoyed having Kobe and his father Drew on his visit. He comes from a great family. I could grasp immediately he has the right mentality to find success on the court and off. Kobe could really score the ball at the high school level and has some leadership qualities that will serve him well in college. I believe he has the right mindset and will find success through hard work and a no quit attitude. I’m excited to help him expand his game on both ends of the floor. Kobe is a great fit for our program and finishes up our recruiting class very nicely.”
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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 professional hockey in Sweden for Vasby IK of the HockeyAllsvenskan league. He will be returning to Sweden in the fall.
Aleece Durbin, is a Junior on the University of North Dakota Women’s Track and Field team.
Ben Trostad is playing Club Hockey at UMC.
Ty Hamre is playing Club Hockey at UMC.
Brandon Boetcher is playing Club Hockey at UMC.
Brady Butt is a freshman playing football at the University of Jamestown.
Rachel Hefta, a Sophomore, is playing volleyball at Hastings College in Nebraska.
Nick Garmen is a sophomore playing tennis at the University of Minnesota Morris.
Thea Oman, a sophomore, is swimming at St. Ben’s.
Crookston School District Coaches –
Emily Meyer is a girls hockey and softball assistant coach.
Lacia Hanson is the Junior High softball coach.
Carrie Clauson is a Junior High girls tennis coach.
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 a Pirate Baseball volunteer assistant coach.
Ben Halos is a Pirate Baseball assistant coach.
Alex LaFrance is a Pirate Baseball volunteer assistant coach.
Jeff Perreault is the Pirate Girls Golf head coach
Wes Hanson is the Pirate Wrestling Head Coach and assistant boys golf coach
Kevin Weber is a Pirate Boys Basketball volunteer assistant coach
Connor Morgan is the Pirate Boys Hockey assistant coach
Sam Melbye is the Pirate Boys J.V. Hockey coach
Chris Dufault is a youth wrestling Coach
Colton Weiland is an assistant wrestling coach
Non-Crookston High School coaching –
Cody Weiland is an assistant wrestling coach at Proctor/Hermantown
Kaylee Desrosier is a softball coach for Fargo Davies Middle School.
Josh Edlund is an assistant football coach and phy ed teacher at Flandreau, South Dakota.
Allison Lindsey Axness is Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach in Champlin Park
Jeff Olson is Head Wrestling coach and Head Baseball coach at Delano.
Jake Olson is an Assistant Football Coach and Head Boys Tennis coach at Delano.
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 an Assistant Principal/Athletic Director at Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Marty Bratrud is the Superintendent and High School Principal at Westhope High School.
Gordie Haug is an assistant football coach at the University of Wyoming
Mike Hastings is the Minnesota State Mankato Men’s head Hockey coach
Mike Biermaier is the Athletic Director at Thief River Falls High School
Stephanie (Lindsay) Perreault works with the North Dakota State stats crew for Bison football and volleyball and basketball in the winter. Stephanie’s husband, Ryan, is the assistant director for the Bison media relations
Jason Bushie is the hockey athletic trainer at Colorado College
Chris Myrold is a Tennis Pro on Nevis Island in the West Indies
Kyle Buchmeier is a Tennis Pro at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis
Jarrett Butenhoff is serving our country with the U.S. Navy
Joshua Butenhoff is serving our country on a Submarine with the Pacific Fleet with the US Navy.
Peter Cournia is a 2002 Crookston High School Graduate and also a grad of West Point and is currently is serving in the U.S. Army.
Erik Ellingson is serving our country with the U.S. Air Force at Minot.
Philip Kujawa class of 2004 from Crookston High School. He is an Army recruiter in Rochester.
Scott Riopelle is head of Crookston Parks and Recreation
Rob Sobolik is the General Manager of the Fargodome
That’s it for this week. Thanks for the comments and if you have anything to add or share, please e-mail chrisjfee@yahoo.com or call. Thanks for reading and listening to KROX RADIO and kroxam.com
