I didn’t have much time this past week to work on the column as I was in Stillwater on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with the Minnesota Broadcasters Association annual meeting. My wife and I traveled down Monday and got back Wednesday evening and had a great time with great people with the state radio and TV broadcasters.
We are down to three weeks left in the football season –
Section 6 9-man hasn’t changed much. Nevis is still at the top with Fertile-Beltrami and Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal are right behind. It has turned into a three team race for first place with Fertile-Beltrami having the tie-breaker with a win over Frazee, but somehow Frazee is still ahead of them by .2 points.
Section 8 9-man is really a five team race still. You have Warren-Alvarado-Oslo at the top with a QRF of 20.7 with Kittson County Central right behind with a 20.3 QRF. Both teams are 4-1, but KCC is 4-0 so far in section play. The next three teams that are all 3-2 are Goodridge/Grygla, Badger/Greenbush-Middle River and Win-E-Mac. The next three regular season games are huge for all five teams and they all still have a shot.
Section 8A football has its top seed with Ada-Borup-West beating Mahnomen-Waubun and Polk County West in back-to-back weeks. The second seed is a dead heat with PCW and Mahnomen-Waubun with a tie at 32.9 QRF. The two teams don’t play each other. Polk County West is 3-1 in the Section and Mahnomen-Waubun is 1-1. Red Lake County, like we said last week, will be the fourth seed no matter what.
Section 8AA has become very interesting. Barnesville leads Hawley by one point in the QRF. The two teams meet in the final game of the regular season and that will likely be for the top seed. Pelican Rapids isn’t far behind and Warroad and Crookston are still fighting for the fourth and fifth seed. Crookston has a good chance to win two of their last three games. The last three weeks will be interesting.
Section 8AAA still has Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton at the top with a decent lead going into the final three weeks. Fergus Falls and Perham are fighting for the second seed with their 4-1 and 3-2 record respectively. East Grand Forks looks like they will be the fourth seed, Thief River Falls will be the fifth seed, and Park Rapids and Roseau will round out the standings.
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The Section 8A soccer seeds will be decided this week.
BOYS –
Right now St. Cloud Cathedral will be the top seed with Pelican Rapids coming in at the second seed. Cathedral beat Pelican Rapids in their only meeting so they have a tie-breaker. It looks like Central Minnesota Christian looks like they will be third. Minnewaska Area and Hillcrest are battling for fourth and fifth. St. John’s Prep and Fergus Falls are battling for sixth and seventh seed with Crookston and Melrose battling for the bottom spot.
GIRLS –
St. John’s Prep is leading by 4.5 points over Fergus Falls. St. Cloud Cathedral is trailing Fergus Falls by 1.5 points in the QRF so the top three are still up for grabs. Crookston looks like they will be a fourth seed. WHA, Hillcrest, Melrose, and Pelican Rapids round out the top eight.
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The Section 8A Girls Tennis tournament seeding meeting was held on Tuesday, October 5 and the seeds are as follows –
TEAM TOURNAMENT-
1. Park Rapids
2. Crookston
3. Staples-Motley
4. Wadena-Deer Creek
5. Roseau
6. Parkers Prairie
7. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle
Tournament schedule –
FIRST ROUND – October 7 at high seed
#1 Park Rapids – bye
#5 Roseau at #4 Wadena-Deer Creek (3:00 p.m.)
#7 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Crookston (3:00 p.m.)
#6 Parkers Prairie at #3 Staples-Motley (4:00 p.m.)
SEMI-FINALS – October 12 at Fargo Courts Plus
#1 Park Rapids vs Roseau/Wadena-Deer Creek winner – 9:00 a.m.
Crookston/LPGE winner vs Staples-Motley/Parkers Prairie winner – 10:30 a.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP – October 12 at Fargo Courts Plus
1:00 PM
INDIVIDUAL SEEDS – (We only have Crookston seeds)
Doubles – Hayden Winjum/Halle Winjum – #1, Emma Osborn/Emma Gunderson – #2
Singles – Brekken Tull – #5, Hannah Lindemoen – #7
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Our friends at the Grygla School will be hosting a fundraiser for the Ryan and Jennifer (Saurdiff) Wichterman and the Mike and Nicole Gullingsrud families on Saturday, October 16th, beginning at 8:00, in conjunction with the Frostbite Volleyball Tournament.
Both families have children, Dylan Wichterman, 13, and Alex Gullingsrud, 8, who are battling Cancer. They both face several trips to the Mayo Clinic for treatment and appointments.
We ask that you come out to support these area families by supporting the Bingo, silent and live auctions, Beef Brisket dinner and bake sale. You can order t-shirts at:
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSePEZ…/viewform……
T-shirts are $20. $8 per t-shirt will go directly to the two families.
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JOKES
A very attractive woman goes up to the bar in a quiet rural pub. She gestures alluringly to the bartender, who comes over immediately.
When he arrives, she seductively signals that he should bring his face closer to hers. When he does so, she begins to gently caress his full beard.
“Are you the manager?” she asks, softly stroking his face with both hands.
“Actually, no” the man replies. “Can you get him for me?” she asks. “I need to speak to him,” she says, running her hands beyond his beard and into his hair.
“I’m afraid I can’t”, breathes the bartender. “Is there anything I can do?” “Yes, there is. I need you to give him a message” she continues huskily, popping a couple of fingers into his mouth and allowing him to suck them gently.
“What should I tell him?” the bartender manages to say.
“Tell him”, she whispers, “There is no toilet paper or hand soap in the woman’s room.”
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Yesterday, government scientists suggested that men should take a look at their beer consumption, considering the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer. The theory is that drinking beer makes men turn into women. To test the finding, 100 men were fed 6 pints of beer each. It was then observed that 100% of the men gained weight, talked excessively without making sense, became overly emotional, couldn’t drive, failed to think rationally, argued over nothing, and refused to apologize when wrong. No further testing is planned.
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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. Ben shot a 79 and 78 to finish 47th at the Watkins Invite in Winona. UMC will head to the Missouri Western State Invite in St. Joseph, Missouri October 11 and 12.
Kaleb Thingelstad is a freshman playing golf at Kansas Wesleyan University. Caleb didn’t golf in the KCAC match play tourney October 4 and 5 in Dodge City, Iowa. Kansas Wesleyan will be at the Tabor Intercollegiate tourney October 11 and 12.
Joslynn Leach is a freshman playing golf at Concordia College in Moorhead. Joslynn shot a three-round total of 213 and finished in 31st at the MIAC Championship to wrap up the fall season. Joslynn led Concordia in the tournament.
Brady Butt is a sophomore playing football at the University of Jamestown. Brady didn’t play in a 44-20 loss to Doane. The Jimmies will host Concordia University of Nebraska.
Rachel Hefta, is a junior playing volleyball at Hastings College in Nebraska. Hastings beat #10 ranked College of St. Mary on September 29 and lost to Mount Marty.
Ty Hamre is playing football at Bemidji State University. He didn’t record a tackle in the 49-35 victory over Minot State. Now Bemidji State will travel to Concordia St. Paul.
Paul Bittner is playing professional hockey in Sweden. He is the only American playing for Mora IK of the Allsvenskan league. Paul didn’t score in the season opening 5-1 loss to AIK. Mora IK will play again on October 2.
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.
