The Crookston Pirate Girls Tennis team will make their first trip back to the Minnesota State Class A Girls Tennis tournament for the first time in six years after winning the championship with a 5-2 win over Staples-Motley and a 5-2 win over Wadena-Deer Creek in the championship.
The last time Crookston played at state was six years ago when they finished second place with a 7-0 loss to the Blake School in the championship. Members of the team were Elisa Samuelson, Leah Trostad, Alyssa Fee, Tori Demarais, Alyssa Schultz, Ally Tiedemann, Amy Follette, Katherine Tiedemann, Kendall Wahouske, Elise Tangquist, Nissa Brekken, Emily Ricord, Marie Sandman, and Jaeden Lizakowski. The team was coached by Hall of Famer Mike Geffre and Brian Follette. The team is pictured below.
This years team will be the 13th girls tennis team to make it to the state tournament and they will play Providence Academy on Tuesday, October 26 at 2:00 p.m. at the Reed Sweatt Tennis Center in Minneapolis. Providence Academy had three losses on the year in duals and lost to Breck 7-0. They lost to St. Louis Park 5-2, and lost to Minnehaha Academy 4-3.
In the Section 5A Team tournament, Providence Academy beat Holy Family Catholic 7-0, and in the championship they beat Sibley East 7-0 to advance to state. It will be a tough draw for Crookston.
The first round match-ups are below (State rankings are in parenthesis-
8:00 AM – Fairmont (#6) vs Morris
10:00 AM – Rochester Lourdes (#2) vs Breck (#1)
Noon – Litchfield (#4) vs Pine City (#3)
2:00 PM – Crookston (#5) vs Providence Academy (#10)
First round losers play at 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. Winners play on Wednesday. KROX will be there and have updates.
Team Schedule
Class A/AA
Quarterfinals – 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM Tuesday, October 26
Semifinals – 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM Wednesday, October 27
3rd Place – 2:00 PM Wednesday, October 27
Championship – 4:00 PM Wednesday, October 27
Consolation Semifinals – 4:00 PM, 6:00 PM Tuesday, October 26
Consolation Championship – 12:00 PM Wednesday, October 27
Singles Schedule Class A/AA
1 st Round 8:00 AM Thursday, October 28
Quarterfinals 12:00 PM Thursday, October 28
Semifinals 8:00 AM Friday, October 29
3rd Place & Championship 11:30 AM Friday, October 29
Consolation 1st Round 12:00 PM Thursday, October 28
Consolation Semifinals 8:00 AM Friday, October 29
Consolation Championship 11:30 AM Friday, October 29
Doubles Schedule Class A/AA
1st Round 10:00 AM Thursday, October 28
Quarterfinals 2:00 PM Thursday, October 28
Semifinals 8:00 AM Friday, October 29
3 rd Place & Championship 11:30 AM Friday, October 29
Consolation 1st Round 12:00 PM Thursday, October 28
Consolation Semifinals 8:00 AM Friday, October 29
Consolation Championship 11:30 AM Friday, October 29
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The Section 8A Volleyball seeds have been announced. They are below –
NORTH SUB-SECTION –
- Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
- Kittson County Central
- Lake of the Woods
- Stephen-Argyle
- Sacred Heart
- Goodridge/Grygla
- Red Lake Falls
- Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
- Climax/Fisher
- Northern Freeze
- Indus*
SOUTH SUB-SECTION
- Ada-Borup-West
- Fosston
- Fertile-Beltrami
- Clearbrook-Gonvick
- Northome/Kelliher
- Mahnomen/Waubun
- Blackduck
- Red Lake County Central
- Win-E-Mac
- Bagley
North Play-in games on Monday, October 25 at high seed –
#9 Climax-Fisher at #8 Warren-Alvarado-Oslo (7:00 p.m.)
#11 Indus at #6 Goodridge-Grygla
#10 Northern Freeze at #7 Red Lake Falls
South Play-in games on Monday, October 25 at high seed –
#9 Win-E-Mac at #8 Red Lake County Central
#10 Bagley at #7 Blackduck
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Section 8AA Football seeding predictions –
- Barnesville
- Pelican Rapids
- Hawley
- Warroad
- Crookston
- Frazee
The top two seeds will get a first round bye. If my predictions are right this is how the playoffs will go –
First round on Tuesday –
#6 Frazee at #3 Hawley
#5 Crookston at #4 Warroad
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Section 8A Football seeding predictions –
1. Ada-Borup-West
2. Mahnomen-Waubun
3. Polk County West
4. Red Lake County
5. Bagley
6. Fosston
7. Red Lake
First round on Tuesday –
#1 Ada-Borup-West gets a bye
#7 Red Lake at #2 Mahnomen-Waubun
#6 Fosston at #3 Polk County West
#5 Bagley at # 4 Red Lake County
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Section 6 9-man seeding predictions –
1. Fertile-Beltrami
2. Nevis
3. Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal
4. Clearbrook-Gonvick
5. Blackduck
6. Park Christian
7. Cass Lake-Bena
8. Laporte
First round on Tuesday –
#8 Laporte at #1 Fertile-Beltrami
#7 Cass Lake-Bena at #2 Nevis
#6 Park Christian at #3 Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal
#5 Blackduck at #4 Clearbrook-Gonvick
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Section 8 9-man seeding predictions –
1. Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
2. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
3. Kittson County Central
4. Goodridge-Grgyla
5. Win-E-Mac
6. Northern Freeze
7. Stephen-Argyle
8. Lake of the Woods
First round on Tuesday –
#8 Lake of the Woods at #1 BGMR
#7 Stephen-Argyle at #2 Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
#6 Northern Freeze at #3 Kittson County Central
#5 Win-E-Mac at #4 Goodridge-Grygla
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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
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. Brady didn’t play in a loss to Northwestern Iowa College on Saturday.
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 Sweden. He is the only American playing for Mora IK of the Allsvenskan league. (Scoring and stats are difficult to find)
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 –
Sue Tiedemann is the Pirate head girls tennis 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 –
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.
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 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 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
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.
