SPORTS FEEVER by Chris Fee of KROX Radio – chrisjfee@yahoo.com
I guess I programmed the post date for Sports Feever to post Wednesday morning. It was supposed to be March 2. So if you checked out the column on Wednesday, I have added a bit to the “updated column”
I was in Washington D.C. meeting with Minnesota senators and congressmen and women as part of the National Broadcasters Association’s State Leadership Conference. I was one of 10 from Minnesota.
ENJOY THIS WEEK’S COLUMN!!!
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Just a quick note. KROX will be live streaming the Section 8A Girls and Boys Basketball semi-finals (sub-section championships) and the 8A Championship games. We will be posting the link a few days before the games. Stay tuned.
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The Crookston High School spring PAC meeting will be held on Monday, March 6 at 6:00 pm at the Crookston High School. The meeting will begin in the auditorium and then break into meetings for each spring sport.
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The Section 8AA Girls Basketball tournament will stat on Thursday evening.
TEAM SEEDS-
1. Perham
2. Thief River Falls
3. Pelican Rapids
4. Barnesville
5. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
6. Hawley
7. Crookston
8. Fergus Falls
9. Roseau
10. Menahga
11. Wadena-Deer Creek
12. East Grand Forks
13. Park Rapids
14. Frazee
15. Red Lake
16. Warroad
FIRST ROUND – Thursday, March 2 at high seed
Game 1 – #16 Warroad at #1 Perham
Game 2 – #9 Roseau at #8 Fergus Falls
Game 3 – #13 Park Rapids at #4 Barnesville
Game 4 – #12 East Grand Forks at #5 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
Game 5 – #15 Red Lake at #2 Thief River Falls
Game 6 – #10 Menahga at #7 Crookston at 6:00 PM
Game 7 – #14 Frazee at #3 Pelican Rapids
Game 8 -#11 Wadena-Deer Creek at #6 Hawley
QUARTERFINALS – Saturday, March 4 at high seed
Game 9 – Game 1 winner vs Game 2 winner
Game 10 – Game 3 winner vs Game 4 winner
Game 11 – Game 5 winner vs Game 6 winner
Game 12 – Game 7 winner vs Game 8 winner
SEMI-FINALS – Tuesday, March 7 at Detroit Lakes H.S
6:00 PM – Game 9 winner vs Game 10 winner
7:30 PM – Game 11 winner vs Game 12 winner
CHAMPIONSHIP – Friday, March 10 at Detroit Lakes H.S.
7:00 PM
The tie-breakers are listed below –
- Perham vs Pelican Rapids
- Perham swept H2H
- Pelican Rapids vs Thief River Falls
- TR1F won H2H
- Perham vs Thief River Falls
- DNP H2H
- Not w/in Tiebreaker Margin
- 1. Perham
- 2. Thief River Falls
- Pelican Rapids vs Hawley
- Split H2H
- Not w/in Tiebreaker Margin
- Hawley vs Barnesville
- Barnesville swept H2H
- Pelican Rapids vs Barnesville
- Pelican Rapids swept H2H
- 3. Pelican Rapids
- Pelican Rapids swept H2H
- Hawley vs Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
- DGF swept H2H
- Barnesville vs Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
- Barnesville swept H2H
- 4. Barnesville
- 5. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
- Barnesville swept H2H
- Hawley vs Crookston
- Hawley won H2H
- 6. Hawley
- Hawley won H2H
- Crookston vs Fergus Falls
- DNP H2H
- Not w/in Tiebreaker Margin
- 7. Crookston
- Fergus Falls vs East Grand Forks
- DNP H2H
- Not w/in Tiebreaker Margin
- East Grand Forks vs Menahga
- DNP H2H
- Not in same Conference
- Menahga has better Overall Percentage (.577 to .520)
- Fergus Falls vs Menahga
- DNP H2H
- Not w/in Tiebereaker Margin
- East Grand Forks vs Park Rapids
- DNP H2H
- Not in same Conference
- EGF has better Overall Percentage (.520 to .400)
- Park Rapids vs Wadena-Deer Creek
- WDC won H2H
- East Grand Forks vs Wadena-Deer Creek
- DNP H2H
- Not in same Conference
- WDC has better Overall Percentage (.577 to .520)
- Menahga vs Wadena-Deer Creek
- Menahga swept H2H
- Park Rapids vs Roseau
- DNP H2H
- Not in same Conference
- Roseau has better Overall Percentage (.577 to .400
- East Grand Forks vs Roseau
- Roseau swept H2H
- Wadena-Deer Creek vs Roseau
- DNP H2H
- Not in same Conference
- Same Overall Percentage (.577)
- Roseau has better Section Percentage (.444 to .250)
- Menahga vs Roseau
- DNP H2H
- Not in same Conference
- Same Overall Percentage (.577)
- Roseau has better Section Percentage (.444 to .429)
- Fergus Falls vs Roseau
- DNP H2H
- Not w/in Tiebreaker Margin
- 8. Fergus Falls
- 9. Roseau
- 10. Menahga
- 11. Wadena-Deer Creek
- 12. East Grand Forks
- Park Rapids vs Frazee
- Park Rapids won H2H
- 13. Park Rapids
- Park Rapids won H2H
- Frazee vs Red Lake
- DNP H2H
- Not w/in Tiebreaker Margin
- 14. Frazee
- Red Lake vs Warroad
- DNP H2H
- Not in Same Conference
- Red Lake has better Overall Percentage (.273 to .154)
- 15. Red Lake
- 16. Warroad
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The Section 8A Girls Basketball seeds and tournament bracket have been released. Kelliher-Northome and Badger/Greenbush-Middle River received the top seeds in their respective sub-section. The seeds and bracket are below –
WEST SUBSECTION –
1. Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
2. Goodridge-Grygla
3. Sacred Heart
4. Kittson County Central
5. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
6. Stephen-Argyle
7. Red Lake Falls
8. Northern Freeze
9. Climax-Fisher
10. Lake of the Woods
EAST SUB-SECTION –
1. Kelliher/Northome
2. Fosston
3. Fertile-Beltrami
4. Cass Lake-Bena
5. Mahnomen/Waubun
6. Red Lake County Central
7. Bagley
8. Win-E-Mac
9. Blackduck
10. Clearbrook-Gonvick
The play-in games were held on Tuesday, and the first round will be held on Thursday night at the high seeds.
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SECTION 8AA BOYS BASKETBALL –
The Section 8A Boys Basketball seeds will be announced on March 5, but we already know who will be the top seed. I take a look at the possible top seeding below.
1..Thief River Falls (will be the top seed after beating Perham on Tuesday 48-46)
2. Perham (lost to TRF and split two meetings with DGF – are not close enough as of Wednesday for the tie-breaker)
3. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
4. Hawley
5. Barnesville
It is way to hard to figure out the tie-breakers now with the head-to-head, so I won’t try.
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SECTION 8A BOYS BASKETBALL –
Here is how I see the seeding going –
WEST SUB-SECTION
1. Sacred Heart will be the top seed with the head-to-head tie-breaker over Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
2. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo will be the second seed
3. Northern Freeze
4. Red Lake County (has a better conference record than GG)
5. Goodridge-Grygla (has a better conference record than KCC)
6. Kittson County Central
7. Stephen-Argyle
8. Climax-Fisher (Beat BGMR in head-to-head)
9. BGMR
10. Lake of the Woods
EAST SUB-SECTION
- Fosston (beat Cass Lake-Bena in only head-to-head meeting)
- Cass Lake-Bena
- Fertile-Beltrami
- Ada0Borup/West
- Blackduck
- Win-E-Mac
- Mahnomen/Waubun
- Clearbrook-Gonvick
- Northome/Kelliher
- Bagley
It looks like that is how seeding could/should go, depending on games played the rest of the week. We know this much, there will be some interesting semi-finals and championship games in each sub-section.
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Longtime Crookston official Wes Knutson will receive the Minnesota State High School League Distinguished Service Award for his exceptional service to the Crookston Officials Association. This award honors individuals who have gone above and beyond in service to their Association and the student-athletes who participate with the Minnesota State High School League.
We have also heard that longtime official Barry Langen of Kennedy will also be honored with the Distinguished Service award.
Congratulations to both on the well-deserved honor!!
The presentation of this award will take place on Saturday, March 25, 2023, as part of the State Boys Basketball Tournament. The Award will be presented at a special halftime program during the Class A Championship Game, which starts at 11:00 a.m.
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MILESTONES –
Crookston Wrestler Gavyn Hlucny recorded teh 75th win of his career in the Section 8A Individual tournament on Saturday.
Crookston Wrestler Hunter Kresl recorded the 50th win of his career in February.
Stephen-Argyle Boys Basketball’s Will McGlynn scored the 1,000th point of his career last week!
Crookston Wrestler Hunter Kresl won the 50th match of his career earlier in February.
Goodridge/Gygla Boys Basketball’s Lewis Jones broke the Charger boys basketball career points record.He scored 16 points in a win over Warroad for 1,474 points.
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The Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association has announced the All-State Academic Individual wrestling team and it is an impressive collection of wrestlers. Crookston’s Ethan Boll was named the team at 220 pounds. The story from the Guilotine and the list of wresters are below.
The 2023 MWCA All-State Academic Individual Wrestling Team currently holds the bragging rights for the best student-athlete squad ever recognized by the MWCA. Not only did they surpass the 200 mark in nominations (the highest in at least 15 years.) They also have the highest average GPA of any MWCA All-State Individual Team with an astounding 3.78 GPA. This team is made up of great students who are also some of the best wrestlers that all of Minnesota has to offer. Earning a spot on this team can be more challenging than making the varsity squad at most schools. The MWCA only takes the top two student-athletes at each weight class to be recognized for this honor. With over 200 nominees and only 28 that receive the award, it’s quite a feat to be recognized!
This year’s team had nine students who boast a perfect 4.0 unweighted cumulative GPA! Beau Hudoba of Ogilvie, Deagan Captain and David Revering of Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie, Zach Hanson of Lakeville North, Seth Newby of Bemidji, Luke Knudsen of New London-Spicer, Cade Jackson of Detroit Lakes, Soren Herzog of Simley and Will Sather of Eden Prairie. Each of these students currently finds themselves in the state rankings or has been past state place winners. Not only making them great students but also top-notch athletes!
This year’s roster includes 18 seniors and ten juniors. Class AA leads the way with eleven students on the team, followed by Class A with ten and Class AAA with seven. All six juniors who made the team in 2022 have also earned the honor again in 2023. These student-athletes are Dylan Dauffenbach of Stillwater, Zach Hanson, Cade Jackson, Max McEnelly of Waconia, Soren Herzog, and Gavin Nelson. You can often find this group of wrestlers at the top of the podium. They have amassed 17 state titles won by ten different student-athletes. McEnelly leads the way with three titles. Other state champions include Jack Nelson of Mound-Westonka, Nolan Ambrose of Jackson County Central, Koy Buesgens of New Prague, Zach Hanson, Ryder Rogotzke of Stillwater, Thomas Dineen of Benson, Ethan Boll of Crookston, Gavin Nelson of Simley and Will Sather. Many of these wrestlers are far above the 3.0 GPA requirement for consideration for this honor. 24 of 28 have over a 3.5 GPA. They definitely know how to work hard in the classroom as well as on the mat! This is even more evident by the fact this team has combined to win a total of 4648 matches over their impressive careers while attaining many other academic honors in their high school careers.
The members of this team are selected by using the following criteria:
- Cumulative GPA – example: 3.95 x 2 = 790 points
- Overall matches wrestled – wins and losses – 1 point per match
- Winning percentage – 77% = 77 points
- State Tournament Participation – 25 points per year
- State Tournament Placement – 1st (50 points), 2nd (40), 3rd (35), 4th (25), 5th (20) and 6th (10)
This year’s group was made up of individuals from 24 schools. Simley, Jackson County Central, Stillwater, and Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie each had two students selected. It also just happens that those four schools also have solid wrestling teams! There is typically a correlation between success in the classroom and success on the mat. These students and their teammates most definitely understand that.
This year our award winners are exceptional. There were also many outstanding nominees that we were unable to recognize. Our state’s coaches do a wonderful job of nominating their wrestlers. We have wrestlers from all over the state each year. Thanks to our dedicated coaches for taking the time to get their wrestlers recognized.
The 28 honorees will be recognized and awarded plaques by the MWCA during the state tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, March 2-4.
2023 Academic Individual All-State Team
106 pounds – Beau Hudoba – Ogilvie
106 pounds – Nolan Enderlein – Eastview
113 pounds – Cale Sykora – Border West
113 pounds – Michael Olson – Albert Lea
120 pounds – Dylan Dauffenbach – Stillwater
120 pounds – Simon Kruse – St. Clair
126 pounds – Devin Carter – Tracy-Milroy-Balaton
126 pounds – Jack Nelson – Mound Westonka
132 pounds – Dylan Louwagie – Marshall
132 pounds – Nolan Ambrose – Jackson County Central
138 pounds – Davin Rose – Morris
138 pounds – Deagan Captain – Bertha-Hewitt
145 pounds – Koy Buesgens – New Prague
145 pounds – Logan Butzon – Jackson County Central
152 pounds – Zach Hanson – Lakeville North
152 pounds – David Revering – Bertha-Hewitt
160 pounds – Seth Newby – Bemidji
160 pounds – Luke Knudsen – New London-Spicer
170 pounds – Connor Gmahl – Mora
170 pounds – Jed Wester – St. Michael-Albertville
182 pounds – Ryder Rogotzke – Stillwater
182 pounds – Cade Jackson – Detroit Lakes
195 pounds – Max McEnelly – Waconia
195 pounds – Thomas Dineen – Benson
220 pounds – Ethan Boll – Crookston
Heavyweight – Soren Herzog – Simley
Heavyweight – Will Sather – Eden Prairie
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The Minnesota All Sports Alliance today announced the Top Ten Candidates for the 39th Annual Mr. Hockey Award are Finn Brink (Maple Grove), Chase Cheslock (Rogers), Cooper Conway (Andover), Tommy Cronin (St. Thomas Academy), Jake Fisher (Cretin-Derham Hall), Tyler Hennen (Kittson County Central), Ryan Koering (Eden Prairie), Sam Ranallo (Rogers), Jayson Shaugabay (Warroad) and Gavyn Thoreson (Andover).
The Minnesota All Sports Alliance also announced today that Robbie Clarkowski (Edina), Will Ingemann (Wayzata) and Hampton Slukynsky (Warroad) are the finalists for The Frank Brimsek Award, in recognition of the state’s top senior goaltender. Matt Cullen is the recipient of the sixth annual Mr. Hockey Ambassador Award, given to an influential leader dedicated to the growth and development of hockey in Minnesota.
The 39th annual Mr. Hockey Awards Banquet will be held on Sunday, March 12 at 12 p.m. at the Saint Paul RiverCentre and hosted by Katie Storm. The Minnesota State High School League Boys’ Hockey Tournament will be held at Xcel Energy Center and 3M Arena at Mariucci March 9-12. The Minnesota Wild sponsor the Mr. Hockey Awards Banquet. The Mr. Hockey Award is hosted, coordinated, and presented by the Minnesota All Sports Alliance.
The Mr. Hockey Award is given to the outstanding senior high school boys’ hockey player in the state of Minnesota and is selected by a panel of National Hockey League Scouts, Junior Scouts/Coaches and selected media members from around the state. Four other awards will be presented at the banquet: The Frank Brimsek Award, The John Mariucci Award, given to the Class A and Class AA high school coaches of the year, The Cliff Thompson Award, presented to the “Old Timer Coach” of the year and the Mr. Hockey Ambassador Award.
Previous Mr. Hockey Award winners are Max Strand (2022), Jack Peart (2021), Blake Biondi (2020), Bryce Brodzinski (2019), Sammy Walker (2018), Casey Mittelstadt (2017), Riley Tufte (2016), Jake Jaremko (2015), Avery Peterson (2014), Grant Besse (2013), Justin Kloos (2012), Kyle Rau (2011), Nick Bjugstad (2010), Nick Leddy (2009), Aaron Ness (2008), Ryan McDonagh (2007), David Fischer (2006), Brian Lee (2005), Tom Gorowsky (2004), Nate Dey (2003), Gino Guyer (2002), Marty Sertich (2001), Paul Martin (2000), Jeff Taffe (1999), John Pohl (1998), Aaron Miskovich (1997), Dave Spehar (1996), Erik Rasmussen (1995), Mike Crowley (1994), Nick Checco (1993), Brian Bonin (1992), Darby Hendrickson (1991), Joe Dziedzic (1990), Trent Klatt (1989), Larry Olimb (1988), Kris Miller (1987), George Pelawa (1986) and Tom Chorske (1985).
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“LACE ‘EM UP” BASKETBALL CAMP
Make plans now to attend the 28th annual “Lace ‘em Up” basketball camp to be held in Red Lake Falls high school at the Robert Matzke Gym from June 5-8, 2023.
The camp is open to any boys or girls who are currently in grades K-10. The camp is set up to run from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 for grades 5-10 (grade they were in this past school year) each morning, and from 12:30 until 3:00 p.m. for grades K-4 (grade they were in this past school year). The cost of the camp is $70 with a maximum cost per family of $100. If you register before May 22, you will also receive a camp T-shirt. After May 22, ALL SINGLE REGISTRATION FEES WILL BE $80 AND THE MAXIMUM COST PER FAMILY WILL BE $120, DUE TO CAMP PREPARATION AND AWARD ORDERS.
Cut on the dotted line and return the following to: Steve Philion, 518 Champagne Ave., Red Lake Falls, MN 56750. (cell: 218-686-3608) (home: 218-253-2499). E-mail: sphilion@rlfedu.org
Make checks payable to: Lace ‘em Up Basketball Camp
If anyone needs help with the cost of the camp, let Mr. Philion know as we have people who have offered to cover costs for kids that need financial help.
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The Crookston Youth Basketball Association tournament is being held March 24-26, 2023, and teams can register through the Tourney Machine App or by following this link: CYBA Tournament Registration.
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The 2023 East Grand Forks Sports Boosters Youth Basketball tournament will be held March 10-12. The registration link is up and ready. Go to greenwaveboosters.com and click on the Youth Basketball Tourney tab to get your team registered.
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The Crookston Figure Skating Club, in cooperation with the Crookston Park and Rec Department, present Dreams on Ice 2023 “Back to the 90’s” on March 11 and 12 at the Crookston Sports Center. Show times are 7:00 p.m. Saturday and 2:00 p.m. Sunday. Adults are $6, Senior Citizens and students $4, preschoolers are free, and a family weekend pass is $25.
JOKES
A Texan was taking a taxi tour of London and was in a hurry. As they went by the Tower of London the cab driver explained what it was and that construction of it started in 1346 and was completed in 1412.
The Texan replied, “Shoot, a little old tower like that? In Houston we’d have that thing up in two weeks!”
Next they passed the House of Parliament – started in 1544 and completed in 1618.
“Well boy, we put up a bigger one than that in Dallas and it only took a year!”
As they passed Westminster Abbey the cab driver was silent.
“Whoah! What’s that over there?” asked the Texan.
The driver replied, “I don’t know, it wasn’t there yesterday.”
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A woman was having a daytime affair while her husband was at work. One rainy day she was in bed with her boyfriend when, to her horror, she heard her husband’s car pull into the driveway.
‘Oh my God – Hurry! Grab your clothes and jump out the window. My husband’s home early!’
‘I can’t jump out the window. It’s raining out there!’
‘If my husband catches us in here, he’ll kill us both!’ she replied. ‘He’s got a hot temper and a gun, so the rain is the least of your problems!’
So the boyfriend scoots out of bed, grabs his clothes and jumps out the window! As he ran down the street in the pouring rain, he quickly discovered he had run right into the middle of the town’s annual marathon, so he started running along beside the others, about 300 of them.
Being naked, with his clothes tucked under his arm, he tried to blend in as best he could. After a little while a small group of runners who had been watching him with some curiosity, jogged closer.
Do you always run in the nude?’ one asked.
‘Oh yes!’ he replied, gasping in air. ‘It feels so wonderfully free!’
Another runner moved a long side. ‘Do you always run carrying your clothes with you under your arm?’
‘Oh, yes’ our friend answered breathlessly. ‘That way I can get dressed right at the end of the run and get in my car to go home!’
Then a third runner cast his eyes a little lower and asked, ‘Do you always wear a condom when you run?’
‘Nope..just when it’s raining.’
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It was a stifling hot day and a man fainted in the middle of a busy intersection.
Traffic quickly piled up in all directions, so a woman rushed to help him.
When she knelt down to loosen his collar, a man emerged from the crowd, pushed her aside, and said, “It’s all right honey, I’ve had a course in first aid.”
The woman stood up and watched as he took the ill man’s pulse and prepared to administer artificial respiration.
At this point, she tapped him on the shoulder and said, “When you get to the part about calling a doctor, I’m already here.”
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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 Assistant Girl’s Volleyball and Assistant Girl’s Golf Coach this year at Heritage Christian Academy in Maple Grove.
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 Women’s Track and Field team.
Nick Garmen is a junior playing tennis at the University of Minnesota Morris.
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.
Lacia Hanson is the Junior High softball 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
Cody Brekken is the Crookston Community Pool Supervisor
Marley Melbye is the Head Girls’ Swimming 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/Admin/etc –
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 is the Head Girl’s 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 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 with the Army and is deployed to Iraq for nine months.
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.
