SPORTS FEEVER – March 24, 2022

Welcome to the world-famous Sports Feever column.  Well…..that is what my mom says anyway.

KROX Radio is covering the Minnesota State Boys Basketball tournament for the 59th year this year.  Jerry Dahlberg, Frank Fee, and myself have combined to cover all 59 of those with several other announcers mixed in.  Pretty impressive run for KROX.

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Congratulations to the Section 8AA Girls Basketball Champion Fergus Falls Otters who finished state runner-up.  Another great showing for Section 8AA.

2016 – Roseau finished 3rd place
2017 – Roseau was state champ
2018 – Roseau finished runner-up
2019 – Roseau finished third place
2020 – Pelican Rapids was going to play in the consolation championship before Covid canceled the game.
2021 – Pelican Rapids lost in the first round
2022- Fergus Falls were runners-up

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It was good to see Paul Bittner back in the lineup for Düsseldorf EG after missing several weeks with a broken jaw.  Dusseldorf won 3-0 and Paul had two goals in the win!

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The Minnesota State Youth hockey tournaments were held last weekend and here is how Section 8A teams did – 

12U B – Crookston beat Moose Lake 2-1 in OT, Lost to Apple Valley/Burnsville/Eastiew 4-2, and lost to Alexandria 7-4 to finish fourth.

PeeWee B – Red Lake Falls beat Cloquet 3-1, lost to Edina Green 7-1, and beat Hallock 4-2 to finish 3rd.  Hallock beat Blaine 6-3, lost to Edina White 4-2, and lost to Red Lake Falls 4-2 to finish fourth.

PeeWee A – East Grand Forks beat Cloquet 7-1, beat Roseville 7-4, beat Warroad 5-0.  Warroad beat Hibbing/Chisholm 4-3, beat Bloomington Jefferson 4-1, lost to EGF 5-0 to finish second. 

Bantam A – East Grand Forks beat Hibbing-Chisholm 8-2, beat Chaska 7-0, beat Northern Lakes 7-0. 

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Congratulations to the following Boys Basketball Section Academic champions –

8A – Stephen-Argyle Storm
8AA – Perham Yellowjackets

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The Northwest Boys Basketball Conference released the conference awards on Wednesday, March 23.The award winners are below –

All-Conference –
Crookston – Jack Garmen, Jacob Hesby
Bagley – Alex Jobe
East Grand Forks – Tanner Campos, Clyde Anderson,
Warroad – Evan Grover, Dylan Fox, Cole Spenst
Thief River Falls – Jack Manning, Jack Rosendahl, Caleb Rosendahl
Roseau – Wyatt Aronson

All-Conference Honorable Mention –
Crookston – Tanner Giese
Bagley – Mark McKinley
East Grand Forks – Austin Rusling, Joey Votava
Warroad – Kyle Kvarnlov
Thief River Falls – Jack Onkka, Brady Olson
Roseau – Jordan Borowicz, Gunner Lund

Offensive Player of the Year – Jack Manning (TRF)
Defensive Player of the Year – Tanner Campos (EGF)
MVP – Evan Grover (Warroad)
Coach of the Year – Jonathan Hams (TRF)
Team Champion – Thief River Falls

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The Northwest Girls Basketball Conference announced their All-Conference team awards Wednesday, March 23.The award winners are below –

All-Conference-
Crookston – Emma Osborn, Halle Winjum, Hayden Winjum, Abby Borowicz
Roseau – Shavonda Bender, Hanna Mooney
Thief River Falls – Avah Waldahl
East Grand Forks – Alison Kovar
Warroad – Faith Lilly

All-Conference Honorable Mention –
Crookston – Ally Perreault
Roseau – Kayla Bachleitner
Thief River Falls – Kendal Rantanen, Brianna Meyers, Abigail Flaagan
East Grand Forks – Tatem Votava, Brynn Havis

Conference MVP – Emma Osborn (Crookston)
Conference Team Champs – Crookston 

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JOKES

 

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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

Katherine Geist, a sophomore, is running track for Carleton College.

Emma Boll, a freshman, is playing softball at Northwestern University in St. Paul.

Emma Borowicz is a freshman running track at Minnesota State Mankato.

Ben Trostad is a senior playing Men’s Golf at UMC.

Kaleb Thingelstad is a freshman playing golf at Kansas Wesleyan University.  KWU is done for the fall season.

Joslynn Leach is a freshman playing golf at Concordia College in Moorhead.  The Cobbers wrapped up the Fall season.

Brady Butt is a sophomore playing football at the University of Jamestown.

Rachel Hefta, is a junior playing volleyball at Hastings College in Nebraska.

Ty Hamre is playing football at Bemidji State University.

Paul Bittner is playing professional hockey in Germany, for Düsseldorf EG.

Gretchen Theis is a sophomore at NDSU on the Equestrian team.

Kate MacGregor is a 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.

Crookston School District Coaches –
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 –

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

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.

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 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 in New York.

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.

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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