SPORTS FEEVER by Chris Fee of KROX Radio – chrisjfee@yahoo.com
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The Minnesota State High School League fall sports season is only a few weeks away. We have the practice start dates and season information below.
The first day of practice for Girls Tennis, Boys and Girls Soccer, Cross Country, Football, Volleyball, and Girls Swimming is Monday, August 14.
Girls Tennis-The season is 11 weeks long with a maximum of 16 contests. First competition date is August 17 and the state tournament is October 24-27.
Boys and Girls Soccer-The season is 12 weeks long with a maximum of 16 games. The first competition date is August 24 with the state quarterfinals October 24-26, and the semi-finals and championship October 30-November 4.
Cross Country-The season is 12 weeks with a maximum of 10 contests. The first competition can be held August 24 with the State Cross Country meet on November 4.
Football-15 weeks with a maximum of nine games. August 31 is the first competition date. State quarterfinals are November 9-11. Semi-finals are November 16-18 at U.S. Bank Stadium. Championships are November 24-25 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Volleyball-The season is 11 weeks with a maximum of 17 dates. The first competition date is August 24 with the state tournament held November 8-11 at Excel Energy Center.
Girls Swimming-The season is 14 weeks with a maximum of 16 dates, with the first competition date of August 24. The state meet is November 16-18 at the U of M Aquatic Center.
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The Minnesota Division II American Legion Baseball State Tournament is being held this weekend in Roseau. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton and Roseau will be representing northwest Minnesota as the host (Roseau) gets an automatic bid.
Thursday-State Tournament Banquet at the City Center. Social starts at 6 pm, Banquet/Dinner at 7 pm. Keynote Speaker: Current Minnesota Gophers Head Coach John Anderson (heading into his 43rd year as the head coach next year!). Dinner is catered by Genes with an open bar. Chicken or Roast Beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, salad, and cupcake dessert. Open to the public, and attendees may purchase their ticket at the door-$25.
Weekend-Games start at 10 am on Friday at Gilbertson Field, with the state championship at 1:30 Sunday. Roseau is scheduled to play Sleepy Eye at 7:30 Friday night. There will be an opening ceremony before the Roseau game at 6:30. ALL veterans and current service members are encouraged to attend and partake in the opening ceremony. Weekend passes (gets you into all games) are $30, the daily gate is $15, and all veterans/enlisted military members receive FREE admission.
For anything else regarding the state tournament, visit https://www.roseaustatetournament.com/
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE-
FRIDAY
10:00AM-DGF vs Glenwood-Lowry (Game 1)
12:30PM-Eden Valley Watkins vs Watertown (Game 2)
4:00PM-La Crescent vs Proctor (Game 3)
6:30PM-Opening Ceremony
7:30PM-Sleepy Eye vs Roseau (Game 4)
SATURDAY
9AM-Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2 (Game 5)
11:30AM-Loser game 3 vs Loser Game 4 (Game 6)
2:00PM-Winner game 5 vs Winner game 6 (Game 7-Consolation Championship)
5:00PM-Winner game 1 vs Winner Game 2 (Game 8)
7:30PM-Winner game 3 vs Winner Game 4 (Game 9)
SUNDAY
11AM-(3rd place) Loser game 8 vs Loser game 9
1:30PM-(Championship) Winner game 8 vs Winner Game 9
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The Crookston Pirate Basketball Youth Summer Camp will be held August 1-3 at the Crookston High School.
(Grades entering the 2023-24 school year)
Grade K-1 9AM to 10:15AM
Grade 2-4 10:30 AM to Noon
Grade 5-7 12:30PM to 2:30 PM
Cost is $40 (Make checks payable to Crookston Basketball)
The Varsity coaching staff and players will provide instruction.
Submit the registration information below to:
Darin Zimmerman
402 Fisher Avenue
Crookston, MN 56716
Questions? Contact Coach Zimmerman at darinzimmerman@isd593.org or call 218-281-2144, ext. 2235.
Name: ___________________________
Grade (23-24): ____________________
Parent Name: _____________________
Parent phone number: ______________
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The Pirate Pride Youth Football Camp will be held August 1-3 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each night. The camp is for third through sixth graders and will be held at the Crookston High School Football fields.
Cost-$50 (Must register by July 14 to guarantee a camp t-shirt). Payment is due on the first day of camp (cash or check only). Make check payable to CROOKSTON PIRATE FOOTBALL.
Click on the link below for the registration form.
https://forms.gle/WUVQ6QhGBBf8PG4J6
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The Crookston High School weight room will be open these days and times through the summer months.
Monday-Friday
9th-12th grade
6:30am-8:00am (Group 1)
8:00am-9:30am (Group 2)
Monday-Thursday
10:00 am-11:00 am 6th-8th grade (this group should come a maximum of 3 days, if you attend on Tuesday, do not attend on Wednesday and vice versa)
Summer is a great time to work on becoming a stronger and more confident athlete/person!
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JOKES
After a recent college basketball game, the coach spotted a cell phone lying on the floor. He picked it up and handed it to one of the referees, saying, Here’s your phone.
What makes you think it’s mine? the ref asked.
Easy, the coach replied. It says you missed 13 calls!
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A Manager of a retail clothing store is reviewing a potential employee’s application and notices that the man has never worked in retail before. He says to the man, For a man with no experience, you are certainly asking for a high wage.
Well, Sir, the applicant replies, the work is so much harder when you don’t know what you’re doing!
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A pregnant woman gets into a car accident and falls into a deep coma.
Asleep for nearly six months, she wakes up and sees that she is no longer pregnant. Frantically, she asks the doctor about her baby.
The doctor replies, Ma’am, you had twins! A boy and a girl. The babies are fine. Your brother came in and named them.
The woman thinks to herself, Oh no, not my brother, he’s an idiot! Expecting the worst, she asks the doctor, Well, what’s the girl’s name?
Denise, the doctor says.
The new mother thinks, Wow, that’s not a bad name! Guess I was wrong about my brother. I like Denise! Then she asks the doctor, What’s the boy’s name?
The doctor replies, DeNephew.
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The first woman was elected U.S. president. She called her mom to make sure she was coming to the inauguration. I don’t know, dear. What would I wear? Don’t worry, Mom. I’ll send a designer to help you.” “But you know I need special foods for my diet.” “Mom, I’m going to the president. I can get you the food you need.” “But how will I get there?” “I’ll send a limo, Mom. Just come!” “OK, OK, if it makes you happy.” The great day came, and Mama was seated with the future cabinet members. She nudged the man on her right. “See that girl, the one with her hand on the Bible? Her brother’s a doctor!”
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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
Breanna Kressin is a Freshman on the Hockey Cheer Team for THE University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey team.
Emma Osborn is a freshman playing basketball at Northland Technical and Community College in Thief River Falls.
Jacey Larson is a freshman playing hockey at Dakota College at Bottineau.
Olivia Huck is a freshman playing soccer at Minnesota State Moorhead.
Aleah Bienek is a freshman playing hockey at Trine University in Indiana.
Elise Tangquist is the Head Girls Golf Coach at Horace High School in Fargo, ND..
Kaleb Thingelstad is a sophomore playing golf at Dakota Wesleyan.
Joslynn Leach is a sophomore playing golf at Concordia College in Moorhead. The Cobbers wrapped up the Fall season.
Brady Butt is a Junior playing football at the University of Jamestown.
Ty Hamre is playing football at Bemidji State University.
Paul Bittner is playing professional hockey in Norway.
Kate MacGregor is senior swimming at Minnesota State Moorhead.
Aleece Durbin is a Junior on the University of North Dakota Womens Track and Field team.
Elizabeth Erdman is a coach for the Moorhead Red Dragon swim team.
Crookston School District Coaches
Ben Parkin is the head Pirate Baseball Coach.
Emily Meyer is the Pirate head girls hockey coach and softball assistant coach.
Jeremy Lubinski is a Pirate 8th Grade Football coach.
Amy Boll is the head Pirate Girls Track head coach
Sarah Reese is the Pirate Head Girls Soccer coach
Marley Melbye is the Head Girls Swimming coach and assistant girls golf 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/Admin/etc
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.
Katy (Westrom) Horgen is the 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 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.
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.
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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