SPORTS FEEVER – September 14, 2023

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

We are less than a month away from playoffs for soccer and tennis, about a month away from Volleyball, and after Friday football will be a little over a month away.  Hard to believe how fast the fall season is cruising along. Now that sports are in full swing the column will be back to full strength.

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I received this t-shirt in the mail from former UMC Men’s Basketball Coach Dan Weisse. Dan is coaching Oshkosh West High School (his alma mater) and loving it.
It was a nice surprise and I had someone say you should see who else will send you a t-shirt!! So I might try. I am like most of you…I love sports t-shirts. If you look at my vacation pictures, I always wear a sports team t-shirt because it ALWAYS strikes up a conversation.

If you want me to sport your teams, schools, etc t-shirt, I would be happy to accept it. I am thinking if I get a bunch, we will give away some kind of cash prize in a random draw. It will go to the program or school athletic department.

I wear an XL if they run normal size or a XXL if the shirt runs small.
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C/O – Chris Fee
P.O. Box 620
Crookston, MN 56716

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It has been a rough start for the Crookston Pirate Football team as they have lost the first two games by a combined 68-14. Crookston hasn’t had close to 200 yards total offense in either game, and the offense is struggling to say the least. It isn’t a shock after losing Ethan Boll and Jack Doda (running back and quarterback). The line has struggled and like the Vikings, without solid line play, it is a struggle.
The defense has been decent, and that is definitely a positive through the first two games.

Crookston has a big game this Friday when they play Frazee at Moorhead High School’s field. The winner of the game is pretty much guaranteeing they won’t have to play Barnesville in the first round of the playoffs.

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The Crookston Pirate Girls Tennis team has completed over half its season, and they are currently ranked #10 in Class A with Staples-Motley and Thief River Falls also ranked in the top 10. What a competitive section again this year. Crookston is 9-5 in duals and has lost to three ranked teams- Osakis (5-2), Thief River Falls 4-3), and Pequot Lakes (5-2). Crookston also lost to East Grand Forks (4-3), who missed the top 10, and Alexandria.

Pirate Individuals up to this point:
Addie Fee 15-2
Morgan Nelson 12-3
Georgia Sanders 12-5
Isabelle Smith 12-5
Paige Abrahamson 12-5
Emma Gunderson 11-4
Coral Brekken 11-6
Kaylie Clauson 10-6
Calleigh Fanfulik 8-7
Brekken Tull 5-12
Ashlyn Bailey 2-2
Mariah Overgaard 1-0
Logan Brekken 1-1

What will the Pirate team have to do to beat a TRF, Staples-Motley, East Grand Forks, or Perham?
They must play Emma Gunderson, Isabelle Smith, and Brekken Tull at first singles. Gunderson hasn’t played a singles match yet, and in order to be able to play singles, she will have to play there a few times. The three I mentioned can all play at that spot and they will need flexibility in their line-ups come playoff time.
There will be two great semi-final matches, and the championship match will be a dandy.

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To see the latest Minnesota High School Fall Sports rankings for Football, Volleyball, Girls Tennis, Boys and Girls Soccer, and Swimming, click on the link below.

Minnesota High School Rankings

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The 9-Man West-North Sub-District Football stats after week 2 have been compiled by Dave Peterson. To see the stats for Clearbrook-Gonvick, Fertile-Beltrami, Kittson County Central, Stephen-Argyle, Win-E-Mac, Fosston, Goodridge/Grygla, Park Christian, BGMR, NCE/UH, Northern Freeze, and Warren-A-O, CLICK HERE.

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The Valley Plains District Football stats have also been compiled by Dave Peterson. To see the stats from Ada-Borup-West, Mahnomen/Waubun, Red Lake County, Lake Park-Audubon, Bagley, Menahga, Polk County West, and Red Lake CLICK HERE.

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The First QRF rankings have been released by Minnesota-Scores.net and there isn’t many surprises early on.

SECTION 8A
Section 8A has the usual teams at the top. Fosston, Kittson County Central, Ada-Borup-West, BGMR, Sacred Heart, Lake of the Woods, and Stephen-Argyle. One name that usually isn’t at the top is Blackduck so it is nice to see them off to a 5-1 start. Once again, Section 8A doesn’t have a heavy favorite, and a handful of teams (so far) could win the section.

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The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle Baseball team received a commitment from Minot High School’s Braden Thompson this week. He is a right-handed pitcher and multi-sport athlete. A Good pick-up for Coach Steve Gust and staff for next year.

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The 2023 WCHA Preseason Women’s Hockey Coaches’ Poll has been released, and Wisconsin and Ohio State lead the way. My Bemidji State Beavers were a unanimous last-place pick. I believe our good friend Jim Scanlan will prove the coaches wrong!! 

Rk	Team	Pts
1	Wisconsin (4)	46
	Ohio State (4)	46
3.	Minnesota	35
4.	Minnesota Duluth	33
5.	St. Cloud State	27
6.	Minnesota State	17
	St. Thomas	17
8.	Bemidji State	7

 

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JOKES

Husband: “Now that we are married, perhaps I might point out a few of your little defects.”

Wife: “Don’t bother, dear. I’m quite aware of them. It was those little defects that prevented me from getting a much better man than you.”

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I helped my neighbour this morning and she said to me, “I could marry you.”

I couldn’t believe it. You do something nice for someone and they threaten to ruin your life in return

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Two old ladies were outside their nursing home having a smoke, when it started to rain. One of the ladies pulled out a condom, cut off the end, put it over her cigarette, and continued smoking. 

Lady 1: What’s that?
Lady 2: A condom.
Lady 1: Where’d you get it?
Lady 2: You can get them at any drugstore. 

The next day, the first lady hobbled into the local drugstore and announced to the pharmacist that she wanted to buy a package of condoms. 

The guy looked at her kind of strangely (she was, after all, in her 80s), but politely asked what brand she preferred.

“Doesn’t matter,” she replied, “as long as it fits a Camel.”

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A man was driving to work when a truck ran a stop sign, hit his car broadside, and knocked him out cold. A Passersby pulled him from the wreckage and revived him.

He began a terrific struggle and had to be tranquilized by the medics. Later, when he had calmed down, they asked him why he had struggled so.

He said, a bit sheepishly, “I remember the impact, then nothing. I woke up on a concrete slab in front of this huge, flashing sign. Turns out somebody was standing in front of the ‘S’ on the ‘Shell’ sign.”

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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

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 sophomore playing golf at Dakota 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.

Paul Bittner is playing professional hockey in Norway.

Kate MacGregor is senior swimming at Minnesota State Moorhead.

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
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.

 

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