SPORTS FEEVER – March 28 2024

SPORTS FEEVER by Chris Fee of KROX Radio – chrisjfee@yahoo.com

 

KROX officially wrapped up the Winter Sports season on Saturday with the Class A Boys Basketball Championship game. The Fertile-Beltrami Falcons came up short in the championship game against Cherry, but you could clearly tell the Falcons didn’t have the juice after the triple overtime semi-final victory over West Central Area.

The semi-final game was the best state tournament game I have broadcast since the Red Lake vs Wabasso game in 1997 at the St. Paul Civic Center (where the Excel Energy Center is now located). They played four 8-minute quarters back then, and Wabasso led the game 81-62 at the end of the three quarters. Red Lake scored 43 points in eight minutes (not even a half of a half, which would be nine minutes these days). The game was tied at 105 at the end of regulation, and Wabasso held on to win the game 117-113.

It was an amazing pace from start to finish, but the fourth quarter was something we will never see again. Imagine a team putting up 43 points in the final eight minutes of a game.

Imagine a triple overtime thriller for the rights to play in the state championship game. The Fertile-Beltrami vs West Central Area game was close from start to finish. It looked like Fertile-Beltrami was in trouble when they led late in regulation when Caiden Swenby fouled out with less than three minutes to play in regulation. The Falcons led by three points, and a last-second prayer heave by a West Central player banked off the backboard and went in to tie the game and force overtime. There wasn’t a lot of action in the first or second overtime, but it was clear that Fertile-Beltrami was the team in better condition as they dominated the third overtime. The Falcons started the third overtime with a three-pointer and a three-point play and never looked back to win the game in triple overtime.

It was great to see the players who played in the game win the game. Every player had a huge part in the game, and to see Coach Neil Steffes get back to another state championship game was awesome, too. To see the huge Fertile-Beltrami crowd celebrating the amazing accomplishment of the boys was so much fun. It was a special time, and I was happy to have a front-row seat to all of it. It is a game I will never forget and one that is in my top two of all time.

I have had a lot of emails, texts, messages, social media posts, and calls, and I have already received some cards from people who listened to the game, letting me know how much they appreciated the coverage, especially the triple overtime game. I am happy we were able to bring the game to so many people over the radio, and like I tell people, it is our pleasure to cover Crookston, Fertile-Beltrami, and all the area teams we cover, especially at state. It is by far my favorite part of the job. To see kids representing their home town and leaving everything on the court/ice/grass/etc while trying to reach the ultimate goal of a state championship. To see the community pride, the school pride, and all the alumni and area communities come out to cheer the team on is always my favorite part.

We had over 10,000 people listening online during the three Fertile-Beltrami games at state. We had over 70,000 page views on our website in those three days. We have no idea how many people listened on the radio, but we know it was A LOT.

Congratulations to Fertile-Beltrami Boys Basketball. The ride was one I will never forget.

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Unfortunately, Crookston Pirate Girls Hockey is looking for a new coaching staff. I received a phone call last week while down at State Basketball from Activities Director Nate Lubarski, letting me know the tough news. I haven’t had a chance to talk with Emily yet, but I wanted to thank the entire coaching staff for always being great to us at KROX.

Emily Meyer, Stacy (Flikka) Olson, Amanda Lien, and Andy Fee gave a lot of time to the girl’s hockey program and had them one goal away from advancing to a state tournament, and the loss was to the eventual state champion again. What more can you ask for? Coach Meyer was the Section 8A Coach of the Year, as voted by her peers.

Emily was always willing to give us any info or help that we needed to make sure our broadcasts were available. She would promote them to the fans, and I can say with 100 percent certainty that she CARED about every one of the girls on the team. She wanted what was best for them and would do whatever it took to make sure they were in the best position to get a win. Sometimes, that means changing lines, positions, etc. The coach’s job is to put the best team out there, not benefit one player, and Emily did that to the fullest of her ability.
She was a great interview and was always willing, even after a tough loss in the Section 8A championship this year. She is an amazing young lady and knows hockey better than most. She was always AWESOME to KROX, and I cannot thank her enough for that!

She will be very hard to replace. With that said, I am excited for Emily as she will finish her degree, and if she wants to, I see her as a college coach. She has the knowledge, the smarts, and the connections, and I think she would be a great coach at the next level. I firmly believe that EVERYTHING happens for a reason, and the grass will be greener for Emily on the other side. She will be successful in whatever she decides to do. She has great work ethic, is determined, smart, and is a good person. She is awesome!!!!

Stacy (Flikka) Olson was pregnant and still helped out on the bench as much as possible. So many people in today’s society would say nope, I am not helping. Stacy said I will do everything I can to help the girls. That is beyond admirable, and it shows you the dedication she has to put back into the program she played for. The girls were so lucky to have her as a coach. She is a great young lady and did whatever it took to give the girls the best chance to win.

Amanda Lien is another former Pirate Girls Hockey player who gave back to the program as an assistant coach. To have three young ladies on the staff to give back to the program is so cool. Amanda came on and was sometimes the sounding board for the girls, which is part of being the assistant. She did a great job helping out, and seeing her be part of the program was pretty cool.

Andy Fee is my brother, of course. I have known him since he was born and still can beat him up to this day. We love him, even if something went drastically wrong with his decisions growing up, like becoming a UND Hockey fan instead of a Gopher Fan like the rest of us. In all seriousness, he said he respects the coaches decisions and enjoyed coaching with them this past season as a volunteer coach.

So who is going to coach next year?  You need to find three coaches for Girls Hockey, which is one of the most challenging sports to find a coach for many reasons.

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I find it interesting that fans and parents (some from Crookston) are signing a petition because high school sports aren’t fair, especially with the private schools. The KICKER with Crookston fans and parents……Crookston Boys and Girls Hockey is in a coop with a private school (Sacred Heart)!!!!! So Crookston shouldn’t be complaining that private schools should be treated differently when we coop with a great school like Sacred Heart. You can’t make up for the ineptitude of some parents and fans.

Talking with a guy from the youth Hockey Hub, he said Minnesota High School Hockey is basically Tier 1 hockey now. Kids are moving to other programs because moms and dads are willing to do whatever they can to make sure their kid is a “winner,” instead of showing them what it means to be loyal, how to become a better person by working hard and trying to do the best in the situation you are given.

I look at the Hennen kid from Kittson County Central. He played for the Bearcats all the way through. He played some fall hockey but always returned to play for his high school. Oh….by the way, he is playing at D1 Augustana. No matter what any of these money-hungry paycheck hockey coaches tell you, if you are GREAT, it doesn’t matter where you play. You will be recruited.

It isn’t just hockey, it is basketball and other sports, too. The Metro area is the wild west of transferring. It isn’t just private schools, it is all schools, including public schools. The Star Tribune (Twin Cities newspaper) had a list of star high school athletes who transferred to a new school this year before the fall sports season started. Some private schools are LOSING kids to public schools or other private schools too.

I don’t believe this is 100 percent an MSHSL problem. Probably a 50/50 problem. Open enrollment is an issue. It is a parenting and society problem. These parents pay asinine amounts of money to try to buy their kid a scholarship, literally. There is no longer loyalty for kids, parents, and even some coaches who bounce around from school to school, looking for the best chance to win instead of building something.

What can you do? I don’t think you can do anything other than close open enrollment. But if a family moves to a district and has a house there, the MSHSL can’t do anything about it. It is what makes following teams like Fertile-Beltrami even more fun. They are kids who have been playing together since they were little, and fun to see them do so well. They have a coach who has been there for 31 years and is proud of the kids, program, and community.

Of the Minnesota State Boys Basketball championship teams, all four had transfers on their team.

From the Star Tribune –
Senior Kayden Wells, who had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Minnetonka in the Class 4A final, played for Benilde-St. Margaret’s last season. So did sophomore Christian Wiggins, who scored 18 points for Wayzata in the 4A final.

Senior Daniel Freitag, who scored 33 points for Breck in its victory in the Class 2A championship game, played for Bloomington Jefferson last season. He had announced he would transfer to a school in California before deciding to play for Breck.

The senior star who led Totino-Grace to the Class 3A title, Isaiah Johnson-Arigu, played for Osseo as a sophomore.

At Cherry, junior Noah Sundquist, who had 15 points and nine rebounds in the Class 1A championship game, was prominent for Chisholm as a ninth-grader.

Benilde-St. Margaret’s (a private school) had two players transfer from their team to play for public schools.

So what can you do? I have no idea.

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Only nine times in the last 25 years has an NCAA men’s hockey team changed coaches after missing the tournament, then made the field in the new coach’s first season. Mike Hastings (Crookston High School graduate) is on that list twice, at Minnesota State in 2012-13 and now at Wisconsin.

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Spring Sports is underway, and the Crookston Pirate Spring Sports seems to have decent numbers, with all teams having more than last spring, which is a good sign.

The Crookston Pirate Girls Track team has 43 out for track this spring and three managers.
Seniors (5) – Kristine Bernd, Katelyn Christensen, Marissa Haugen, Bailey Turnwall, Halle Winjum
Juniors (3) -Maddie Harbott, Naomi Johnson, Jezabel Vega
Sophomores (4) – Ashlyn Bailey, Chloe Boll, Kamryn Proulx, ZiiZi Sam
Freshman (7) – Aurbrey Bartrum, Teagan Fanfulik, Alaina Goelzer, Jaleianie Hebert, Ashlynn Lalonde, Katie Seaver, Brooklyn Waldal
8th graders (9) – Rilynn Aubol, Kylah Boman, Grace Boll, Sylvia Christensen, Hailey Fritz, Nora Groven, Maddie Hanson, Lundyne Hebert, Maci Johnson 
7th graders (12) – Morgan Boll, Kasey Fritz, Eva Gosse, Lydia Grovum, Catelyn Maruska, Ava Oliver, Lyla Oman, Natalie Perala, Jennika Reese, Eva Tate, Haley Voss, Kinsley Wangen
6th graders (3) – Briget Groven, Lauren Tull, Mollie Wagner
Managers (3) – Mykayla Garcia, Kadelynn Gonzalez, Kya Grove

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The Crookston Pirate Boys Track team has 20 kids out this year.
Senior (1) – Javen Lund
Junior (1) – Jayden Mulvey
Sophomores (8) – Miles Corneillie, Wyatt Marsyla, Makoti Weber, Peter Wiersma, Kahnen Hansen, Lennon Prudhomme, Ryker Arnold, Alejandro Rodriguez
Freshmen (2) – Aaron Gosse, Demario Schroht
8th graders (4) – Gavin Reitmeier, Austin Stopa, Paul Bruce, Chris Goodrich
7th grader (1) – Eli Marsyla
6th graders (3) – James Hood, Cohen Luckow, Jude Seddon

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The Crookston Pirate Softball team has 30 out 6-12 and two managers.
Seniors (2) – Reese Swanson, Cassie Solheim
Juniors (5) – Emily Bowman, Danielle Kresl, Shaya Azure, Kambelle Freije, Carley Knutson
Sophomores – None
Freshmen (10) – Madi Abrams, Brylee Darco, Madi Bruggeman, Brea Lessard, Allysen Wagner, Isabel Pahlen, Mollie Samuelson, Leah Johanneck, Jocelyn Johnson, Lilyan Corneillie
8th graders (7) – Leia Parkin, Rilynn Aubol, Shyuh Brunette, Kylie Delage, Peyton Demerais, Alyssa Johnson, Silla Gonzalez
7th graders (3) – Brynna Kopecky, Emma Pierson, Cora Prudhomme
6th graders (3) – Mckinna Amiot, Calianna Donarski, Tylie Demarais
Manager (2) – Adlyn Hanson, Addison Schiller

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The Crookston Pirate Boys Tennis team has 23 out this spring.
Seniors (3) – Caden Boike, Isaac Thomforde, Halle Winjum
Juniors (4) – Tim Brule, Michael Deng, Jack Everett, Codey Heinle
Sophomores (5) – Gunnar Groven, Jacob Halvorson, Isaac Luckow, Samuel Widseth, Reggie Winjum
Freshmen (7) – Sawyer Anderson, Ean Deleon, Landon Meier, Colton Osborn, Hudson Rick, Alex Zammert, Grant Funk
Eight grade (2) – Tucker Lubinski, Cameron Martin
Seventh grade (2) – Breck Borowicz, Marshall Hanson

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The Pirate Boys Golf team’s roster has been growing each day and they currently (as of Tuesday evening) have 18 out.
Seniors (4) – Kadin Edwards, Ashton Shockman, Brannon Tangquist, David Threatt
Juniors (1) – Daniel Jones
Sophomores (4) – David Dauksavage, Garrett Fischer, Tate Hamre, Evan Shockman
Freshmen (1) – Kevin Nielsen
Eighth graders (2) – Quinton Fredericks, John Lisov
Seventh graders (3) – Cylus Reyes, Paul Thornhill, Zackary Waslaski
Sixth graders (3) – Harrison Cameron, Hayden Ricard, Garrett Wilkens

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The Crookston Pirate Baseball team has 18 out in grades 9-12.
Seniors (2) – Blake Melsa, Lucas Miller
Juniors (3) – Matthew Contreras, Conner Hanson, Parker Kelly
Sophomores (9) – Nolan Casavant, Cody Demarais, Isaiah Donarski, Greyson Ecker, Tony Elbinger, Carter Fee, Lucas Perala, Masen Reitmeier, Jay Reese
Freshman (4) – Aiden Delage, Ethan Lanctot, Austin Lund, Xsavior Ramos

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The Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association has announced the Senior All-Star game participants. The games will be played on Saturday, April 6 at Anoka Ramsey Community College.Players from the area are listed below –

Caiden Swenby (Fertile-Beltrami)
Justin Courneya (Win-E-Mac)
Dylan Zimmerman (Moorhead)

The MBCA also announced the coaches of the year.
8AA Coach of the Year – John Gullingsrud (Pelican Rapids)
8 Coach of the Year – Christian Erickson (Warren-A-O)

The MBCA Academic Team Champions were –
8AA – Warroad
8A – Stephen-Argyle

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The Pine to Prairie Boys Basketball All-Conference teams have been announced.

First team –
Caiden Swenby (Fertile-Beltrami)
Justin Courneya (Win-E-Mac)
Cameron Spaeth (Ada-Borup-West)
Carter Clark (Mahnomen-Waubun)
Aidan Flaten (NCE-UH)

Second team –
Ryan Kangas (Win-E-Mac)
Derek Sorenson (Fertile-Beltrami)
Austin McCraven (Ada-Borup-West)
Isaac Jacobson (Park Christian)
Cadyn Dahl (Ada-Borup-West)

Third team –
Wyatt Crompton (NCE-UH)
Bridger Carlson (Park Christian)
Mason Larson (Ada-Borup-West)
Hudson Boushee (Fosston)
Mason Nowacki (Fertile-Beltrami)

Honorable Mention –
Ryan Morris (Climax-Fisher)
Ethan Evitts (Climax-Fisher)
Luca Beske (LPA)
Cody Poegel (LPA)
Tyler Loeb (Park Christian)
Preston Hanson (Fertile-Beltrami)
Ryne Duppong (Fosston)
Will Christen (Fosston)

MVP – Caiden Swenby (Fertile-BeltramI)
Defensive Player of the Year – Ryan Kangas (Win-E-Mac)
Coach of the Year – Neil Steffes (Fertile-Beltrami)

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Addison Sage, a sophomore from Thompson, North Dakota, and the daughter of Stephen-Argyle and UMC Women’s Basketball star, Amy (Kuznia) Sage was named to the North Dakota Girls Basketball All-State first team.
Addison averaged the following stats –
19.6 ppg
2.7 rebounds
3.2 assists
2.0 steals
54.2% 2pt-FG
57.3% 3pt-FG
78.1% FT

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University of Minnesota Crookston basketball student-athletes Ben Hoverson (Jr., Grand Forks, N.D.), Natalie Mikrot (Willow River), and Janie Tormanen (Menahga), join Greta Saylor (Soccer, New Brighton, Minn.), Jada VanOverbeke (Soccer, Hartford, S.D.), Brooklyn Fischbach (Soccer, South St. Paul), and Mara Weisensel (Volleyball, New Ulm) as Golden Eagles to earn Academic All-District selections this season.

The 2023-24 Academic All-District® Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced April 16 (women) and April 17 (men). The CSC Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed at the links above.

The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.

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The 16th Annual Crookston High School Triple A Academics, Arts, and Athletics Senior Recognition Banquet will be held Monday, April 29, at 6:00 p.m. at the Crookston High School. Seniors that have academic letters and have participated in athletics, band, choir, drama, Knowledge Bowl, Leo Club, National Honor Society, orchestra, speech, student council, top academics, visual arts, yearbook, and Envirothon. Tickets for parents, family members, and friends may be purchased at the Crookston High School, KROX, or Wonderful Life Foods and must be purchased by Monday, April 22. The cost of tickets is $17. High school seniors are free, and they can pick up their tickets at the CHS office. Make checks payable to Triple-A. If you have any special dietary needs, please contact Andy or Carol at Irishman’s Shanty at 281-9912. If you have any questions, contact Nate Lubarski at the Crookston High School at 281-2144 or Margee Keller at 218-349-4566. Crookston Rotary, Crookston Lions, Pirate Fine Arts Boosters, and Pirate Boosters sponsor the Triple A Banquet.

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The latest Minnesota High School sports rankings are available by clicking the link below.

Minnesota High School Rankings – KROX (kroxam.com)

JOKES

A proud and confident genius makes a bet with an idiot. 

The genius says, “Hey idiot, every question I ask you that you don’t know the answer, you have to give me $5. And if you ask me a question and I can’t answer yours I will give you $5,000.” 

The idiot says, “Okay.” 

The genius then asks, “How many continents are there in the world?” The idiot doesn’t know and hands over the $5. 

The idiot says, “Now me ask: what animal stands with two legs but sleeps with three?” 

The genius tries and searches very hard for the answer but gives up and hands over the $5,000. 

The genius says, “Dang it, I lost. By the way, what was the answer to your question?” 

The idiot hands over $5.

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One Monday morning a mailman is walking the neighborhood on his usual route. As he approaches one of the homes he noticed that both cars were in the driveway. His wonder was cut short by Bob, the homeowner, coming out with a load of empty beer and liquor bottles. “Wow Bob, looks like you guys had one hell of a party last night.” the mailman comments.
Bob in obvious pain replies, “Actually we had it Saturday night. This is the first I have felt like moving since 4:00 am Sunday morning. We had about fifteen couples from around the neighborhood over for Christmas Cheer and it got a bit wild. Hell, we got so drunk around midnight that we started playing WHO AM I.”
The mailman thinks a moment and says, “How do you play that?”
Well all the guys go in the bedroom and we come out one at a time with a sheet covering us and only our “privates” showing through a hole in the sheet. Then the women try to guess who it is.”
The mailman laughs and says, “Damn, I’m sorry I missed that.”
Probably a good thing you did,” Bob responds. “Your name came up four or five times.”

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“That wife of mine is a liar,” said the angry husband to a sympathetic pal seated next to him in the bar.

“How do you know?” the friend asked.

“She didn’t come home last night and when I asked her where she’d been, she said she had spent the night with her friend Julie.”

“So?”

“So she’s a liar. I spent the night with her friend Julie.”

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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

Halle Bruggeman is a freshman on the University of Wisconsin-Stout Women’s Tennis team.

Grace Fischer is a freshman on the Concordia College (Moorhead) Women’s Golf team.

Ethan Boll is a Freshman on the University of North Dakota Football team.

Breanna Kressin is a Sophomore on the Hockey Cheer Team for THE University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey team.

Emma Osborn is a Sophomore playing basketball at Northland Technical and Community College in Thief River Falls.

Jacey Larson is a Sophomore playing hockey at Dakota College at Bottineau.

Aleah Bienek is a Sophomore 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 junior playing golf at Kansas 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.

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
Todd Miner is a Pirate Football assistant coach.
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.