SPORTS FEEVER – March 25, 2021

This is the most exciting time of the year, with section championships galore over the next two days.  Half the teams will be excited, and half will be sad, but what these kids and teams have done through the pandemic has been amazing.  Congratulations to all the teams on making it this far.  You have represented your schools and communities well, and I hope you enjoyed the ride because your communities, fans, family, and friends have enjoyed it!

Good Luck to all teams in the section championships and at state if you make it.

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The Fertile-Beltrami School District will be making a decision on a boys hockey coop soon.  They discussed it at their school board meeting this week.  Crookston Boys Hockey Coach Josh Hardy and Superintendent Jeremy Olson attended the board meeting, and the board heard from some parents on both sides.

As far as we know – No decision has been made on the potential hockey co-op.   It sounds like cost is the biggest discrepancy.  Red Lake Falls is offering Fertile-Beltrami the cost of hockey as an activity fee. Crookston is taking its cost per pupil divided by the cost to run the program ($850-$1250 depending on how many are out).

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I almost fell off my office chair on Sunday afternoon when I checked my email.  I found out I was nominated and received the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association Media award.  I am humbled and honored to get the award, especially when I was nominated by two of the best coaches in the state!!
This award goes to everybody at KROX.  We are a team, and Frank Fee, Blake Fee, Aaron Morse have all helped KROX cover wrestling this year.  Normally we would have had Rod Olson help cover the matches with us too, but COVID has limited radio coverage in the postseason to one person per station.
We have always tried to give the Pirate and area teams the best coverage we can possibly give them.   We want to give kids the recognition and acknowledgment they deserve, and we want family, friends, community members to watch/listen/read their accomplishments.  We stepped up our coverage this year, especially with the video streaming, and it was to have KROX’s coverage recognized.  I thoroughly enjoy the excitement of wrestling, and this year it was a lot of fun with a Section Team Championship (only the second in program history), 10 Pirate wrestlers made it to the state prelims, and two making it to the state finals!!!
We thank the wrestlers and coaches for bringing so much excitement and fun to Crookston this winter.   I should also mention that the Pirate Wrestling section championship/state prelim story on our website had over 4,000 unique views, and we had over 1,500 people listening online to the matches (we can’t measure the radio listeners, but know we had A LOT), and we had over 2,400 people watch the Section 8A Individual wrestling tournament on our video stream!

The email to let me know of the award is below –

Chris,
You were nominated by Kenny Geiser (TRF Coach) and Westy Hanson (Crookston Coach) for the MN Wrestling Coaches Association Media Award. I am happy to share that you have been selected as this year’s winner of the award for the top-notch coverage of high school wrestling that you provide. I have a plaque for you that I will get to Kenny to deliver to you.

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The Minnesota State High School League Minnesota State Individual Wrestling seeds have been announced, and Crookston Ethan Boll received the second seed at 195 pounds, and Zach Brown received the sixth seed at 120-pounds.

Zach Brown was 33-3 on the year and will take on Ryan Jensen of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa. Jensen, a freshman, is 31-4 on the year. The second seed is Marshall Larson (35-1) of Aitkin, who beat Brown in the state prelim championship, and the two could meet again if they both win or lose in the first round.

Ethan Boll was 34-2 on the year and will wrestle Carter Quam of Kenyon-Wanamingo. Quam was 27-3 on the year. The top seed at 195 pounds is Thomas Dineen, who gave Boll one of his two losses on the year.

Brown and Boll will wrestle on Saturday, March 27, starting at 2:00 p.m. at St. Michael-Albertville High School.

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The Crookston Pirate Boys Basketball team wrapped up their season last week.  Taking a look at the seniors.  They are a good group of kids on and off the court –

Carter Bruggeman – He was a big strong kid that could take the ball to the hoop and finish with the best of them.  He worked on his outside shot and was able to make a good percentage of threes.  He drew a ton of fouls and took a lot of free throws, and did a good job of leading the team.

Easton Tangquist – He was kind of the gauge for the Pirates this season.  When he was hitting shots, it seemed to spark the rest of the team.  He could shoot the three and distributed the ball well.  He left his mark in the record book in several categories and that is something very few can say.  He had a good career for the Pirates.

Jacob Miller – He missed most of last year with a leg injury, and it was good to see him playing a full season this year.  He could shoot the three as well as anybody on the team and gave the team some energy when he was on the floor.

Karsten Isaacson – He didn’t get as many minutes as he would have liked, but when his name was called, he always worked hard.  He was always hesitant to shoot, but his athleticism got him a few rebounds and some steals.

Lucas Winger – Lucas was the crowd favorite, and anytime he got in, the crowd would get excited.  He didn’t get as many minutes as he would have liked, but he was a good member of the team and always kept things light.

The Crookston High School Boys Basketball record book has been updated, and some of the highlights involving this years team –

Charges taken – Jack Garmen 25 (tying his school record in a season from last year, and he is the all-time leader in charges taken in a career with one year left)

Single-game assists – Easton Tangquist had 6 one time and five three times which gets him on the record list.
Career Assists – Easton Tangquist finished with 113, which puts him at 22nd all-time.

Three-point field goals made in a game –
Jacob Hesby made 7 and was one of the record held by Nick Garmen and Chris Wavra.
Jack Garmen made 6 in a game and was two off the record.
Garmen and Tangquist made 5 in a game.

Three-point field goals in a season-
Jack Garmen made 41 out of 130 for 31.5%
Jacob Hesby made 26 of 82 for 31.7%

Rebounds in a game –
Carter Bruggeman had 14

Scoring in a single game – (minimum 25)
Easton Tangquist made the list with 26
Jacob Hesby made the list with 25

Scoring career –
Easton Tangquist is 26th all-time with 522 points

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The Crookston Pirate Girls Basketball team wrapped up their fantastic season a little earlier than they were hoping with a loss to Barnesville in the section quarterfinals.  Crookston had a great season going 15-4.  Crookston’s schedule might have come back to hurt them this year as they had a QRF of 24, but they would have been fourth in the south subsection.
Crookston had five wins against winning teams.  Their losses were to Breckenridge, Fergus Falls, Barnesville, and Barnesville.  So they were 5-4 against winning teams and played 10 games against teams with losing records.

With that said, it was still an outstanding season, and the end was disappointing as it is for most teams.

So what does Crookston have to do before next season to be at the top of the North Sub-section again?  Crookston needs to get bigger and stronger.  To quote the new Gopher Men’s Basketball coach, “they need to play with an edge.”  The Pirates are too nice and play that way.  They need to get tougher and start to play physical hard-nosed basketball like Fergus Falls, Barnesville, Breckenridge, and others.
Finding a way to replace/fill-in Emma Borowicz’s spot is going to be tough.  Emma might have had one of her better games in the playoff loss to Barnesville while scoring half of the team’s points.

Crookston will also have to improve in the half-court offense and finding a way to create their own points.  They struggled to score against good teams if they couldn’t turn their defense into offense, and against good teams, you aren’t going to do that (for example, Barnesville, Fergus Falls, etc.).  So they have to get bigger, stronger, tougher, and play with an edge.  And they need some of the J.V. players to step up their game in a big way to help out and try to fill the gap left by the graduation of Emma Borowicz and Emma Boll.

Speaking of the seniors –

Emma Boll – She was an undersized post player, but what she lacked in height, she made up for with hard work and toughness.  She found ways to get shots off in the post with some pretty nice moves and always worked hard.  You knew what you were getting from her every time she was on the floor.  She was also the leader in having Barnesville fans freak out because of the awesome Tomahawk blocks she had. She is not only a good player, but she is a great teammate and person.

Emma Borowicz – She is a perfect example of how hard work pays off, and nobody worked harder than Emma.  She was always in the gym working on her game and turned herself into an All-State Honorable mention player, and she will also be playing in the Class AA all-star game after the season is over.  She deserves all the accolades she receives.  She might be the best all-around player in the section or at least one of the top three.  She was able to find a way to score without being open.  She could drive to the hoop, hit the three, and hit everything in between.  She is a great kid, a great teammate, and will do great things in the future and will be running track at Minnesota State-Mankato.

The rest of the Pirates have some work to do while trying to fill the shoes of the two outstanding graduating seniors.  They have a great core coming back, but they will need the players off the bench and the J.V. team to step up and work hard on their game if they want to have another great year next year.  As we say for every team – they need to get bigger, faster, stronger, and with this team, they need to get tougher/get an edge, a don’t mess with me vibe!.

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Pirate Boys Hockey and Wrestling recaps will be next week!

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The Minnesota Youth Hockey regional tournaments were held last weekend, and if you’re wondering if there will be a change in the top teams in the area any time soon…..there probably won’t be!

Bantam A’s –
Warroad beat East Grand Forks in the championship 5-2, and both teams advance to state.
Warroad beat Alexandria 8-3, beat TRF 5-1, and beat EGF in the championship.
EGF beat Greenway 11-0, beat Fergus Falls 2-1, lost to Warroad in the championship, and beat Thief River Falls in the true second game by a 5-1 score.
Oh, by the way, Thief River Falls finished third place!!!  The big three rule again.

Bantam B’s –
East Grand Forks beat Bemidji in the Championship 1-0.  Alexandria beat Bemidji 1-0 in the true second game.
EGF beat Alexandria 2-1, beat RLF 4-1, and won the championship.

Peewee A’s –
Hibbing beat East Grand Forks in the Championship 6-3.  East Grand Forks beat Moorhead 9-1 in the true second game.
EGF beat Eveleth-Gilbert 8-2, beat Alexandria 4-3, lost to Hibbing 6-3 in the championship, and beat Moorhead 9-1 in the true second.
Crookston played in the tournament and lost to Moorhead 4-3 in OT, beat Warroad 3-2, and lost to Alexandria 9-8.
Warroad lost both of their games.

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The Section 8A Girls Basketball championship game will have Stephen-Argyle taking on Cass Lake-Bena on Friday at 7:00 p.m. from the Ralph Englestad Arena in Thief River Falls. KROX will be broadcasting the game on the radio, and we will also be video streaming it.  You can watch the game by CLICKING HERE or copy and paste this link – https://youtu.be/Hdnx1oJgbAw or go to KROXAM.com and click on the KROX Video Streaming button.

It will be the first meeting between the two teams.  It will be a good matchup, and the QRF has them at a dead heat.  The teams are tied for the 10th best QRF in Class A with 94.7.
Stephen-Argyle is 17-3 on the year. Notable wins – Red Lake Falls twice, BGMR, Fosston.
Cass Lake-Bena is 16-5 on the year. Notable wins – Mt. Iron-Buhl, and Fosston.

Stephen-Argyle plays solid in your face defense.  Cass Lake-Bena really works the ball around and isn’t afraid to shoot long three-pointers.  Both teams rely on their defense to force turnovers, so it will be interesting.  I think the game will come down to whoever shoots better because quality shots might be at a premium.

Chris’ pick – Stephen-Argyle by 3 points.

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Section 8A Boys Basketball Championship game will have the red hot Cass Lake-Bena Panthers and the Badger/Greenbush-Middle River Gators playing at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
I don’t care what the rankings say, but Cass Lake-Bena is the #1 team in Chris Fee’s rankings.  Now that they are back at full strength, I don’t know if anybody can beat them?  We will find out on Thursday night because they have a tough section championship game with a very good BGMR team waiting for them.  BGMR is hard-nosed, and they can put up points in a hurry.

Cass Lake-Bena is 18-3 on the year. Notable wins – Pine River-Backus twice, Nevis, Win-E-Mac.  They lost to Nevis by four, Deer River by one, and #1 ranked Mahnomen-Waubun 73-72, and in the game, the Panthers led by 20, and their stud freshman got hurt, and they ended up losing.
BGMR is 18-3 on the year.  Notable wins – Warroad, Stephen-Argyle twice, Fertile-Beltrami.  They lost to Northern Freeze, Stephen-Argyle, and Warroad.

Chris’ pick – Cass Lake-Bena by 13

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The Section 8AA Girls Basketball championship is a rematch of Fergus Falls and Pelican Rapids.

Fergus Falls is 18-3 on the year, and after losing three of their first six games, they have bounced back to win their last 15 games.
Pelican Rapids is 19-1 on the year with their only loss to Crookston.  They have won 13 in a row.

I have seen both teams play and think it should be a decent game, but I think Fergus Falls is too good this year.  And they want revenge after losing to Pelican Rapids in the championship last year.

Chris’ pick – Fergus Falls by 11

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Section 8AA Boys Basketball Championship –

Surprise, Surprise…It is Perham and Fergus Falls in the championship.  The two best teams made it back, and this is going to be an entertaining game.  You have Perham, who won their 57th-straight home game, good for fifth place in Minnesota boys basketball history for consecutive home wins. They had been tied with Esko (1972-79) at 56.
Perham is led by Finn Diggins (coolest section 8AA name award winner). and Fergus Falls has a two-headed monster with a fantastic guard and a 7-foot post.  Obviously, the seven-footer is a tough match-up, but Perham will be ready for it.   The only meeting between the two had Fergus Falls winning 48-43, so expect another battle.

Perham is 16-5 on the year.  Notable wins were Pequot Lakes in OT, Esko, DGF in OT.  Losses were to Barnesville, Breckenridge, Moorhead, Fergus Falls, DGF in OT.
Fergus Falls is 14-7 on the year. Notable wins were Willmar twice, Bemidji twice, ROCORI twice, Perham.  Losses were to Alexandria twice, Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, St. Cloud Apollo, Sartell-St. Stephen.

Chris’ pick – Perham by 3 in OT

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Section 8A Boys Hockey Championship –
Shocker alert – It is East Grand Forks and Warroad playing for the championship.  It will likely be the case for the next five years judging by the success both programs are having in the Bantams and Peewees.

Warroad is 13-4-2 on the year and has won six in a row.  Notable wins – Roseau, EGF, Little Falls.  They lost to EGF, Grand Forks Red River, Roseau in OT, and Grand Rapids.  They tied Grand Forks Central and Moorhead.
East Grand Forks is 12-8 on the year and has won five in a row. Notable wins – Warroad, Roseau twice.  They lost to Grand Forks Red River twice, Grand Forks Central twice, Moorhead twice, Roseau in OT, and Warroad.

Chris’ pick – Warroad 4-2

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We have found out where the 10 locations for the State Boys and Girls Basketball quarterfinals will be.

Perham, Alexandria, Pequot Lakes, St. Cloud Tech, Osseo, East Ridge, Hastings, Chanhassen, Mankato East, Rochester Mayo.

Obviously, Perham, Alexandria, and Pequot Lakes will be the locations for Section 8A and 8AA teams in the quarterfinals next Tuesday and Wednesday.  You can’t go wrong at any of the three as they have big and beautiful gyms.

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The Pine To Prairie Basketball Conference’s chief statistician, Dave Peterson, has released the final stats for the year.

CLICK HERE for the boy’s stats

For the girl’s stats, CLICK HERE

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The 2021 Northwest Conference all-conference team has been released.
The team champions are the Kittson County Central Bearcats.

The All-Conference Team:

Goalies-
Wyatt Olsonawski (Kittson County Central)
Andrew Johnson (Red Lake Falls)

Defense
Hayden Hennen (Kittson County Central)
Hayden Olsonawski (Kittson County Central)
Nathan Huot (Red Lake Falls)
Blane Schmitz (Red Lake Falls)

Forwards
Tyler Hennen (Kittson County Central)
Adam Gustafson (Kittson County Central)
Zak Kennett (Red Lake Falls)
Ty Kennett (Red Lake Falls)
Evan Girdler (Red Lake Falls)
Alex Rolfson (Bagley/Fosston)

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We have learned that teams participating in the Girls Hockey State semifinals will be able to purchase 576 tickets to attend. Teams will be given 300 lower level, 144 club level, and 132 upper-level seats.

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The Minnesota High School Girls Basketball Coaches Association has released the coach of the year and all-academic team and individual awards.

The Section 8A Head Coach of the Year – Brian Remick (Red Lake Falls)
The Section 8A Assistant Coach of the Year – Shane Kilen (BGMR)

Section 8AA Head Coach of the Year – Brad Strand (Fergus Falls)
Section 8AA Assistant Coach of the Year – Josh Steer (Fergus Falls)

ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS – TEAM

Section 8A and STATE Academic team champions – Fertile-Beltrami (3.912 GPA)
Section 8AA and STATE Academic team champions – Perham (3.954 GPA)

GOLD (3.8 to 4.0 TEAM GPA)
Perham – 3.954 (Section 8AA Team Champ)
Barnesville – 3.939
Wadena-Deer Creek – 3.934
Fertile-Beltrami – 3.912
Bemidji – 3.869
Frazee – 3.855
Pelican Rapids – 3.84
Northern Freeze – 3.816
Climax-Fisher – 3.807
Kittson County Central – 3.806
East Grand Forks – 3.806
Fergus Falls – 3.8
Park Rapids – 3.8

SILVER AWARD (3.79 to 3.6)
Stephen-Argyle – 3.78
Crookston – 3.761
Staples-Motley – 3.75
Red Lake Falls – 3.729
Sacred Heart – 3.719
Thief River Falls – 3.66
Win-E-Mac – 3.655
Hawley – 3.607

INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC ALL-STATE (Senior and a 3.8 or higher GPA to be nominated)

SECTION 8AA –
Crookston – Emma Borowicz
Barnesville – Samantha Passa, Kimberly Maesse, Olivia Sorenson
East Grand Forks – Caitlin Hovde, Hannah Jensen-Seines, Halle Carpenter, Madison Manger, Ella Eggers
Fergus Falls – Emily Nuss, Anna Anderson, Katie Strommen, Paige Pearson, Emily Nuss
Frazee – Ellie Reierson, Danielle Piche, Madison Starry, Anissa Antonsen
Pelican Rapids – Mia Stewart, Rachael Guler, Anna Stephenson, Greta Tollefson, Allie Haiby
Perham – Katie Johnson, Grayce Mickelson, Stella Raser
Roseau – Julia Braaten, Jazmine Dokken
Staples-Motley – Tabetha Allen
Thief River Falls – Brooklyn Brouse, Sydney Reierson
Wadena-Deer Creek – Nevada Schulz

SECTION 8A –
Clearbrook-Gonvick – Kaylee Faldet
Climax-Fisher – Jenna Vasek, Ella Reitmeier, Shaina Stromquist, Gracie Rouland
Fertile-Beltrami – Annika Messick, Aubree Steffes, Emma Tollefson
Lake of the Woods – Greta Moeller
Northern Freeze – Brooke Fredrickson, Eylie Homme, Zoey Magner, Katie Longerbone
Red Lake County Central – Kia Bachand, Katelyn Suchy
Red Lake Falls – Hollie Knott
Sacred Heart – Sydney Lloyd, Isabell Knudson
Stephen-Argyle – Holly Jensen
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo – Emily Pederson

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The College Men’s Basketball transfer portal has over 800 names in it as of Wednesday afternoon.  That is almost double the number from last year.

One name that sticks out is Northern State’s, Parker Fox.  Just on Tuesday, Fox was contacted by Minnesota, Pittsburgh, San Diego State, St. John’s, and Texas Tech.  While everybody in the NSIC outside of Aberdeen is happy to see him leave, it will be a blow to the NSIC because he is the best men’s basketball player in the conference, maybe ever.

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For the first time ever, all five Minnesota Division 1 hockey teams have made the 16 team NCAA Men’s Hockey tournament.
Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth, St. Cloud State, Minnesota State Mankato, and Bemidji State.

NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament Players By State/Province
Minnesota – 116 players
Michigan 33
Illinois – 22
Massachusetts – 22
Ontario – 22
New York – 21
British Columbia – 20

Of the 116 Minnesotans in the upcoming NCAA Men’s tournament, 107 (92%) played high school hockey!!  You don’t have to play juniors to be in the Men’s Hockey big dance!

Speaking of Minnesota sports –
Warroad high school graduate Katie Kotlowski won an NCAA Women’s Hockey National Championship playing for the Wisconsin Badgers.

There are a lot of Minnesotan’s playing in March Madness –
Jalen Suggs (Minnehaha Academy), a Minnesota Mr. Basketball and Mr. Football award winner, is one of the top players for undefeated Gonzaga, who is now in the Sweet 16.

Paige Bueckers (Hopkins) is on the UCONN Women’s Basketball team, and she led the Huskies to the Sweet 16 in the Women’s tourney.  She also missed being a unanimous first-team All-American pick by two votes.  She is only the third Freshman to be named to the first-team.  One of the other two was Mya Moore.

McKinley Wright IV (Champlin Park) plays for Colorado.
Jericho Sims (Cristo Rey Jesuit) plays for Texas
Kerwin Walton (Hopkins) plays for North Carolina
Brad Davison (Maple Grove) plays for Wisconsin
Nate Reuvers (Lakeville North) plays for Wisconsin
Drake Dobbs (Eden Prairie) plays for Liberty
Jacob Hutson (Edina) plays for Loyola Chicago
Ben Carlson (East Ridge) plays at Wisconsin
Steven Crowl (Eastview) plays at Wisconsin
Tytist Dean (North St. Paul) plays at Liberty
Drake Dobbs (Eden Prairie) plays at Liberty
Joe Hedstrom (Hopkins) plays at Wisconsin
Walt McGrory (Edina) plays at Wisconsin
Cameron Steele (Minnetonka) plays at Abiline Christian
Tyler Wahl (Lakeville North) plays at Wisconsin

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The 10 finalists for Mr. Hockey have been announced –
Carter Batchelder (Eden Prairie)
Cam Boche (Lakeville South)
Jackson Hallum (St. Thomas Academy)
Kyle Kukkonen (Maple Grove)
Luke Levandowski (Rosemount)
Luke Mittelstadt (Eden Prairie)
Henry Nelson (Maple Grove)
Joe Palodichuk (Hill-Murray)
Jack Peart (Grand Rapids)
Joey Pierce (Hermantown).

The Frank Brimsek Award finalists for best goaltender have been announced –
Aksel Reid (Blake)
Alex Timmons (Gentry Academy)
Jack Wieneke (Maple Grove)

Henry Boucha is the recipient of the fourth annual Mr. Hockey Ambassador Award, given to an influential leader dedicated to the growth and development of hockey in Minnesota.

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The 10 finalists for Minnesota’s Ms. Hockey were announced this week –
Hannah Chorske (Edina)
Emma Conner (Edina)
Brenna Fuhrman (Farmington)
Rachel Golnitz (Forest Lake)
Rory Guilday (Mankato)
Peyton Hemp (Andover)
Geno Hendrickson (Warroad)
Gabby Krause (Andover)
Jenna Lawry (Chisago Lakes)
Claire Vekich (Grand Rapids)

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The Moorhead Spud Boys Hockey team is playing in their 21st consecutive section championship.
The schools with the longest consecutive boys hockey championship appearances are below –
Moorhead – 21
St. Thomas Academy – 17 (9 Class A, 8 Class AA)
Hill-Murray – 16
Hermantown – 12 (2020)
East Grand Forks – 9 (2020)

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JOKES

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A blonde drops off her dress to the dry cleaners

The lady says, “Come Again!”

The blonde says, “No, it’s toothpaste this time.”

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Beer Bottle: You break me, you get 1 year of bad luck!

Mirror: You kiddin’ me? You break me, then y’all get 7 years bad luck!

Condom: Hahaha… (Condom walks off laughing)

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What does one boob say to the other boob?
If we don’t get support, people will think we’re nuts.

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How do you spot a blind man on a nude beach?
It’s not hard.

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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.

Aleece Durbin, is a Junior on the University of North Dakota Women’s Track and Field team.

Ben Trostad is playing Club Hockey and Men’s Golf 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.

Brita Fagerlund, is a Senior on the University of Jamestown Jimmy Women’s Track team.

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.

Justin Johnson is an assistant softball coach at the University of Minnesota Crookston.

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 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

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

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