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The first week of football is in the books for high school and college and the first week of pro football is coming up this weekend. The weather has turned fall-like and the pumpkin pie blizzard is back like it or not, pumpkin spice is every where and that means it is time for us to have our football pick-em each week.
If you are interested in picking, let me know via email and I will crush you over the next seven weeks!!! Email me at chrisjfee@yahoo.com.
Some Vikings fans are saying they are going to the Super Bowl this year……I ask them “With a quarterback that has NEVER won a playoff game???” I hope my pessimism is for naught, but we will see. I am thinking a 10 win season.
I hope you had a great labor day weekend. I spent my weekend working, tearing our carpet and linoleum out of our living room, kitchen and entry way and when I finished that I mowed the lawn and aerated it before going to watch Crookston High School and UMC grad and golfer, Seth Heppner, win the Ernotte Hiller Golf tournament. Besides that it was a pretty chill weekend and I was just living the American Dream baby!!!!
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The Crookston Pirate Football team was manhandled by the East Grand Forks Green Wave on Friday night. It wasn’t a surprise to me and I actually said EGF would win the night before and after looking at who they had coming back. East Grand Forks did NOT pass once in the game and averaged around 10 yards a carry. The Pirate line and linebackers were dominated and that was a little concerning. EGF has a great group of seniors with 19 of them and we all know football is won with seniors.
How will Crookston fair the rest of the way? It is too early to tell, but they are probably looking at anywhere from a 3 to 5 win season. A lot of questions are out there.
Positives – Leyton Salentine had a nice game at quarterback. Lukas Meier showed he is ready to be the teams leader at linebacker (it was sure nice to have him back). Joe Doda ran the ball when he had some holes. Jaden Lubarski and Ty Hamre had nice receiving games.
Negatives – The offensive and defensive line was dominated. Besides Lukas Meier, the linebackers and d-backs had a tough night.
Crookston will get ready for Staples-Motley on Friday. One thing I would like to see on defense as I put my coaching hat (remember I have never coached football and of all the sports I played it was the least I knew about as far as X’s and O’s)…..they might want to move Brady Butt to d-line and keep Lukas Meier at linebacker. Butt on the line would give some veteran leadership and beef and you have somebody like Meier who is quick and all over the place making plays. That could be a game changer up front and the middle for the Pirates. That is the only thing I could see with the blind eye from four feet off the field.
The Crookston vs Staples-Motley game will be a big game for both teams and I think Crookston wins by a touchdown…
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The UMC Golden Eagle Football team is coming off a season opening loss at Minnesota State Moorhead last week. I liked what I saw from the offensive play calls. A DRAMATIC improvement from the struggling play calling last year.
Coach Duffner told KROX at halftime that it is a lot easier to call plays when you have a playmaker at quarterback and they have that this year. The quarter back is Jalin Scott, a junior from Texas. They also have a new running back, another junior college transfer, that could be a good one too.
We will find out more on Saturday when they host St. Cloud State. This might be the first time in program history that UMC is expected to be in the game in the second half and possibly beat the Huskies. We will see what happens, but you might want to stop out and watch the game at UMC and see a new and improved Golden Eagle team and program. If they can stay healthy, they could pick up some wins this year. I hope so, because I really like Coach Duffner and like what they have done over the past year. They have hit the recruiting trails harder than ever before, they are trying to get as many local kids as possible, they are cleaning up the program and “asked” a lot of players to not come back because they weren’t helping the program for several reasons.
I like it. I have always said I just want the Golden Eagle Football program to be competitive and they showed they could be very competitive this year.
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Speaking of UMC Athletics, I will have some pretty exciting news in the next couple of weeks so stay tuned……..
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Mahnomen-Waubun has been nominated as the Minnesota Football “Community” of the year.
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After some bad news for Chisholm football, the players have a little bit of good news this week-
After canceling its 11-man season outright, Chisholm has picked up a few nine-man games. Bluestreaks will play Ely on Saturday, then nothing until final two weeks of season.
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We were happy to see Todd Knott (Red Lake Falls Lafayette grad) received a promotion to Associate Head Coach for the Minnesota State Mankato Men’s Hockey team. I have the story from the Mankato Free Press below –
Minnesota State hockey’s Todd Knott promoted to associate head coach
By Shane Frederick of the Mankato Free Press
Loyalty is important to Todd Knott, and the Minnesota State assistant hockey coach says he won’t soon forget what head coach Mike Hastings did for him a little more than six years ago. “I was almost drowning and he threw me a life raft,” Knott said. “He’s taken care of me well here.”
So when suitors offering other hockey opportunities came calling this offseason, hoping to poach a rising star from a rising program, Knott turned them down, opting to remain loyal to the place he’s called home for the last nine years. “There were some opportunities that came up,” Knott said. “But No. 1, I love the people I work with every day. And I still feel like I’m learning. We’re all still learning together. We still have unfinished business together. And, personally, for my family, my wife and kids love it here.”
Hastings also recognized Knott’s value and rewarded him with a promotion to the job of associate head coach. It’s a position Knott said he wasn’t seeking, but it is one that probably should keep him in Mankato until a head-coaching position comes along, something Hastings expects will happen one day. “I appreciate what he’s done here,” Hastings said. “I think he’s one of the brightest young minds in college hockey. I’m a big believer in him. We’re fortunate to have him.”
Knott wouldn’t reveal who contacted him this summer and said he never officially interviewed with anyone, but it’s been reported that the University of Minnesota was one of the programs that reached out as new coach Bob Motzko works to assemble his coaching staff.
The 39-year-old Knott has been on the Mavericks’ staff since 2009, three years before Hastings was named head coach. When Hastings arrived, he eventually opted to retain Knott and Darren Blue, an assistant coach since 2000, rather than clean house and hire an entire new staff. “I thought I was done,” said Knott, who was in the last weeks of his contract at the time.
Instead, he go that life raft.
Keeping Knott turned out to be shrewd decision for Hastings. Knott has been the recruiting coordinator for a program that has won more games, 151, than any other in men’s college hockey over the last six years, and has three WCHA regular-season championships, two league tournament titles and four NCAA appearances over that span. And he’s often a potential player’s first point of contact with Minnesota State. The vast majority of the team’s current roster was first recruited by Knott, something Hastings is quick to point out and give credit for.
“He recruits, but he also continues the recruiting relationship,” Hastings said. “That’s one thing that Todd is special at. … Todd Knott’s fingerprints are all over our program.”Knott, a Red Lake Falls native, played college hockey at Bemidji State and was a coach in the junior ranks for six seasons, including a stint as head coach/general manager of the United States Hockey League’s Sioux City Musketeers, before arriving at Minnesota State. He was first hired at MSU by then-head coach Troy Jutting, replacing Eric Means, who left to become the school’s women’s hockey coach.
Despite his new title, Knott said it won’t mean too many changes to the day-to-day operations of the program. He said he, Blue and Hastings are close, and, indeed, only five other current D-I programs have three-man staffs that have been together as long or longer.
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Hawley High School and Minnesota State Moorhead graduate, Drew Sannes has signed a contract to play professional basketball in Germany. She is the reigning NSIC Women’s Basketball player of the year and had an outstanding high school and college career and it just goes to show you don’t have to play D-1 to make it to the next level.
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I heard of this story from last week and saw the story our friends at Valley News Live did on the Perham Yellow Jacket football team did for a fellow classmate. There are a lot of GREAT people that happen to coach/teach in Perham and all their sports teams are always respectful, classy, and most teams are good and it is almost getting old :)!! Even though they have a lot of great athletes people don’t seem to cheer against them like other schools that have a lot of success. I believe it is because their coaches and athletes are first class and this story is a perfect example.
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In case you missed it, here are the area football coaches polls we put together.
We have compiled five of the area Section Football coaches polls and previews. We would like to thank all the coaches that cooperated with the poll again this year and we had our best response ever. We had 35 of 36 coaches respond!!! We APPRECIATE the coaches taking time out of their busy schedule to help us with the polls. The polls are for entertainment purposes and to give an idea of what the coaches think could happen. Enjoy!
SECTION 8AA Football Coaches Poll
Team (first place votes)
1. Hawley – 9 (5)
2. Barnesville – 11 (3)
3. Crookston – 24
4. Warroad – 29
5. Roseau – 32
6. Bagley – 38
United North Central – 38
8. Frazee – 43
Hawley – Coach Peder Naatz
The Hawley Nuggets are coming off a 9-1 season last year where they lost to Barnesville in the Section 8AA Championship by a 29-22 score. Hawley had an undefeated season and they beat up on pretty much every team they played outscoring their first nine opponents 450-110. In week three they absolutely dismantled #3 seed Crookston and picked them apart using their tremendous speed and athleticism and basically did whatever they wanted. They were the most impressive team I had seen play last year. When it got to the Section Championship, we found out that Jacob Vetter, the 6’5 stud quarterback was playing with a torn ACL. Vetter had to miss all of the basketball season and will be out for a couple games early on in the year. They are the favorite coming in…we will see what happens, but obviously a healthy and 100 percent Vetter at the helm will be huge for the Nuggets.
Top returners – All seniors – Scott Kluck – C/DE, Gunnar Lawson – FB/LB, Chase Libak – WR,QB/DB, Noah Glad – TE/LB, Jacob Vetter – QB/DB.
Season outlook according to Coach Naatz – “Coming off our scrimmage we have identified some of our strengths and weaknesses. We have a strong secondary and linebacker corps. Offensively we will have to rely on our skill players to get most of the heavy lifting done early on in the year. We knew this coming in but we have a good number of linemen that are willing to work and improve…we just don’t have a lot of experience there. Come October, we should be pretty solid barring any major injuries.”
Barnesville – Coach Bryan Strand
The Trojans were 10-2 last year with a regular season loss to Hawley (48-30), but the got revenge in the section championship when they beat Hawley 29-22.
Barnesville lost in the first round of the state Class AA tournament to Paynseville 58-33.
Top returners – Center Jackson Poepping, Guard Connor Morse, Tackle Matt Samuelson, Ends Hunter Zenzen and Preston Snobl, Runningbacks Jack Wahl and Chase Brenner, along with two possible Fullbacks – Kellen Hinsz and Nick Detloff.
On Defense they return most of the guys listed above and Brooks Martinson. Coach Strand said they will have some sophomores and juniors seeing playing time as well as a few freshmen and even an eighth grader Jonny Robideau who has the potential to get on the field this year.
Season preview – (Provided by Coach Strand) – “We return a large portion of our offensive line, 5 out of 7 starters and two backs that return alot of experience in Wahl and Brenner. Adam Tonsfeldt will get the nod at QB and has looked fantastic up to this point. I expect us to be very competitive and be in the hunt for the district as well as the section. #1 key is we need to stay healthy and keep improving. The team at this point is very close and have been working very hard. We will have a nice combination between size and speed and I believe we should be competitive with any team we will come up against. Hawley has a tremendous senior class and will be very experienced and well coached, they are my preseason favorite.”
Crookston – Coach Scott Butt
The Pirates were 7-3 last year with a 48-24 loss to Barnesville in the Section 8AA semi-finals. Crookston is coming off one of their best seasons in a decade, but the loss of running back Cade Salentine (a freshman playing football at UND) is a HUGE hole to fill. They will still have a Salentine in the backfield with Leyton at quarterback. They have several starting lineman back and feel they will be in the mix at the end of the year. Crookston, with a huge improvement last year, quickly realized they still had a way to go to get into the conversation of being one of the top two teams as Hawley and Barnesville were much better. This year they are hoping to get into that conversation. The one question – Are the quick/good enough at key positions? When they played Barnesville and Hawley last year…they were not – my wife even noticed and that is not good if she is noticing!!!! That will have to change this year if they want to play with the big boys and not get outscored by Hawley and Barnesville 92-34 in the two regular season games (14 points vs Hawley came with their third string in and Crookston had starters still going). Crookston’s first game vs East Grand Forks will be a telling story. A loss will say they are not in the conversation…a win means they could be.
Top returners – Leyton Salentine, a junior quarterback and cornerback was 17 of 27 passing for 333 yards, rushed 40 times for 358 yards and was honorable mention all section. He was fourth on team in defensive points. Brady Butt, a junior lineman, will be a four year started as an offensive lineman was all section and all district as a sophomore and fifth on the team in defensive points. Blake Fee, a senior tight and defensive end and was sixth on the team in defensive points last year. Ty Hamre, a junior linebacker, was ninth on the team in defensive points and will also be counted on as a wide receiver. Brooks Butt, a freshman lineman, will return at Nose Tackle where he finished 8th on team in Defensive points. Joey Doda, junior running back and linebacker, will return as a second year starter where he finished the year with11 catches and played a couple of defensive positions for the team.
Newcomers to watch will be Sam Sanchez in both the lines and Caden Osborn will also be a big part of the Offensive and defensive lines. The Pirates will also have one of their top defensive point guys from two years ago back and he should fill Colton Weiland’s shoes.
Season preview – The Pirates will look to build off their best year in a decade and should be in the running to be in the top half of the section and to get a home playoff game in the first round. They have a good group of returners coming back and they are going to have a pretty solid offensive and defensive line. They have most of their top defensive players back and the big question will be running back and how they try to lessen the absence of Cade Salentine.
Warroad – Coach Gabe Richards
The Warroad Warriors had a great season last year, going 8-2 with their lone regular season loss to Polk County West 21-14. The second loss of the season came at the hands of the Hawley Nuggets in the Section 8AA semi-finals by a 50-0 score.
Top returners –Spencer Musgrove, a senior, had over 1,000 yards rushing last year; Isaac Stoskopf, a senior wide receiver that had 14 receptions for 237 yards last season. They also return the following seniors – Max Gausen, a linebacker and offensive lineman; Tyler Fox at linebacker, and Kyle Spenst and Jett Schoen at defensive back. Juniors returning are Lincoln Nash at linebacker and offensive lineman, David Bukowiec on the offensive line, Jeremy Cole at running back and Jacob Davis at defensive line.
Season Preview according to Coach Richards – “We have a nice group of returners and a few fresh faces that should help out this season. We aren’t real big so we will have to play sharp football and limit our mistakes to give ourselves a chance.”
Roseau – Coach Jeremy Lindemann
The Roseau Rams were 1-8 last year, but lost two games by a touchdown or less and were competitive in most of their games. The win over Evelth-Gilbert was also their first win since the 2014 season!! They will have one of the top players in Northwest Minnesota with Jacob Lindemann on the offensive line and linebacker. Lindemann has singed to play football for the University of North Dakota next year.
Top returners – Jacob Lindemann, Brodie Wensloff at linebacker, Hunter Nelson at tight end and kicker, Luke Tangen at tight end, Danny Wensloff at quarterback and Adam Lepard at running back.
Season Preview according to Coach Lindemann – “We have 14 seniors on the team and should have some good leadership.”
Bagley – Coach Brandon Schwegel
The Bagley Flyers have had a nice run of success over the past several years and went 5-4 last year and lost in the first round of the Section 8AA playoffs with a 40-18 loss to Crookston. They lost 17 seniors from last years team, so they will need a lot of players to step up this year.
Top returners – The top senior returners and top contributors are Bryce Vivier, Chris Maschler, Elliot Logan, Jawon Williams, Holden Adams, Parker Gray, and James Hvezda. The top junior returners – Justus Brtek, Jacy Benson, Jaden Sunderland, Chase Lavine, Sam Scherzer, and Tristan McCoy, and John Ranisate.
Season Preview according to Coach Schwegel – “We will be looking to replace 17 seniors from a season ago. The Flyers will have several juniors and seniors that will step into key roles for the 2018 campaign.”
United North Central – Coach Cody Stevenson
The United North Central Warriors were 5-4 last year and they lost to Warroad 26-20 in the first round of the Section 8AA playoffs last year. Their losses were to Pillager, Staples-Motley and Otter Tail Central during the regular season. They will be looking to have another strong season this year with a good group of seniors.
Top Returners – Zach Floyd-HB/LB, Jared Seibert-OL/DL, Brock Kako-OL/DL, Brady Vry-OL/DL, Gator Bettin-OL/DL, and Mason Dailey-WR/DB. Top newcomers – Brandon Miller-QB/LB, Kolby Kiser-TE/LB, Kegun Womble-OL/DL, Gunner Hrdlicka-HB/LB, Ethan Simon-WR/DB.
Season Preview according to Coach Stevenson – “We are a very hungry football team lead by a plethora of senior leaders! We expect our offensive line and linebacker group to be our main strengths with of our only glaring weakness being our lack of depth.”
Frazee – Coach Russ Hackel
Frazee is coming off a year where they had to forfeit all their games due to a lack of upper classman. Now that they are a year older, the Hornets will field a varsity team and I am sure that first game on Friday night will be a huge mixture of emotions when kick off takes place for the first game in over a year. Last year they were 0-7 and two years ago the Hornets were 4-6 with a six overtime loss to Osakis! They lost in the Section 8AA semifinals with a 24-8 loss to UNC.
Top returners – I am not sure how to go about a top returner list when they didn’t have a team last year.
Coach Hackel didn’t give us a season outlook, but just getting on the field for a varsity football game again has to be the best feeling for the Hornets.
For the Section 8AA master schedule and standings, click on the link below –
SECTION 8AA FOOTBALL
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SECTION 8 A Coaches Poll
Team (first place votes)
1. Mahnomen-Waubun – 7 (7)
2. Fertile-Beltrami – 20
Red Lake County – 20
4. Polk County West – 26
5. Fosston – 227
6. Badger-Greenbush-MR – 41
7. Cass Lake-Bena – 50
8. Red Lake – 55
The section has a new wrinkle when the rich got richer with the Mahnomen and Waubun co-op. The co-op worked wonderfully in boys basketball and now it has brought two of the top football programs together and they are the unanimous favorite this year, which shocks……nobody. The second through fifth place teams were pretty interchangeable in the polls and actually one coach picked the 2-5 teams for a tie for second, which might have been the best way to go! It wouldn’t surprise anybody if it comes down to tie-breakers at seeding time for those seeds. It is a race for the second and third seed so you don’t have to play Mahnomen-Waubun until the section championship. The one question I have been asking….How many Clarks are allowed on one sideline????? All joking aside, we will take a look at each team below –
Mahnomen-Waubun – Coach John Clark Jr. (18th season)
This is the first year for the Mahnomen-Waubun co-op so we will tell you about both teams from last year. Mahnomen was 10-2 and they won another Section 8A Championship, beating Fertile-Beltrami 30-12. They lost in the first round of the State Class A playoffs with a 34-22 loss to Minneota.
Waubun was 7-3 and lost to Nevis in the Section 6 9-Man semifinals 6-0.
Mahnomen-Waubun looked impressive in their first game of the year last week when they beat Ada-Borup/Norman County West pulling away towards the end of the game.
Top returners – Jon Starkey – 1,790 yards rushing, Izaiah Asher – 1,101 yards rushing, Parker Syverson – 713 yards rushing, Tayvis Zima – 179 yards receiving, Jayden Heisler – 694 yards passing and 899 yards rushing, Chandler Toczek, Treston Spalla – 176 yards receiving, Jeffrey Cukla, John Clark, Roy Bjorge, Logan Kettner, Will Starkey, Chris Podlak, Justin Littlewolf, Jeremy Londo, Kael Snetsinger, Nathaniel Olson.
Season outlook according to Coach Clark – “We have a bunch of seniors. Our team is very athletic across the board with some good depth. Our goal is the state title.”
Fertile-Beltrami – Coach Brian Nelson
The Fertile-Beltrami Falcons are coming off an outstanding end of the season last year where they lost 30-12 to the Mahnomen Indians in the Section 8A championship game. The Falcons were 6-5 on the year, but played their best football of the year at the end of the year after a tough schedule and that is all you could ask for. They just ran into the buzz saw that was Mahnomen.
Top returners – Harmon Liebl had 784 yards rushing and 65 tackles last year, Dylan Pearce had 854 yards rushing and 112 receiving, Micah Tollefson had 761 yards, Dakota Qualley had 53 tackles and Nolan Pinske had 43 tackles. They also return Albert Kargel, Michael Stuhaug, Drew Larson, Soren Larson, Damian Gudvangen and Dawson Fugleseth.
Season outlook according to Coach Nelson – “We return a lot of players that started three or more games because of injuries last season. We expect to pick up where we left off last year towards the end of the season. We need to develop some key positions and develop some depth, especially in the line area, stay healthy and improve weekly to be a competitive team.”
Red Lake County – Coach Brian Nelson (19th year)
The Red Lake County Rebels are coming off a 7-3 record with a heartbreaking 24-20 loss to Fertile-Beltrami in the Section 8A semi-finals last year. RLC lost twice to Fertile-Beltrami (by four points each time) and Mahnomen. They have seven offensive (all four in the backfield) and seven defensive starters back from last year’s team and will look to make a run at playoff time.
Top returners – SR-Connor Lambert had 689 rush yards, SR-Adrien Verbout had 319 rush yards, JR-Chris Longtin had 335 rush yards, JR-Derek Peterson was 34 of 71 passing for 653 pass yards, SO-Isiah Olson, SR-Hunter Schmitz, JR-Kaydon Kenfield, SR-Phillip Sorenson.
Season Outlook – “Every season is a new season. We need to find new leaders and new go-to players. We hope to develop this over the course of the season and be a team in the upper half of Section 8 when the season ends.”
Polk County West – Coach Darrin Byklum (22nd year)
The Polk County West Thunder will look to improve on last year’s 2-7 record. The Thunder lost to Fosston 22-0 in the first round of the Section 8A playoffs. PCW turned the ball over 25 times in a five game span last year and obviously it was tough to win games with that stat. Last year they had a relatively young team and will look to turn the record around this fall. The Thunder return 13 starters and some pretty good talent.
Top returners – Evan Sczepanski – 381 yards rushing and 21 tackles, Trea Byklum -307 yards passing and 17 tackles, Josh Wagner – 473 yards rushing and 30 tackles, Cole Vatnsdal – 56 tackles, Sam Gapp -52 tackles, John Fontaine, Gage Wavra – 129 yards rushing, Myles Smith – 124 yards rushing and 36 tackles, William White – 52 tackles, James Fontaine, Grant Sullivan – 67 tackles, Logan Bergquist, Eric Mykleseth – 15 tackles.
Season outlook according to Coach Byklum – “The Thunder have a good nucleus coming back from last year’s team. We turned the ball over way too many times last year, and our record showed it! Fix the turn over bug along with a great off season in the weight room, the Thunder Fans should have plenty to cheer about.”
Fosston – Coach Arek Aakre (15th year)
The Fosston Greyhounds are coming off a 5-5 record last year with a 30-0 loss to Mahnomen in the Section 8A Semi-finals. Fosston graduates the backfield, so there will be some growing pains with new players in those positions, but the Greyhounds are always a tough team by playoff time and they always have plenty of athletes.
Top returners – Isaac Dryburgh, Teigen Hextell – 302 yards rushing, Tyler Maruska, Matt Radtke, Jacob Lomen – 141 yards receiving, Zach Johnson, Axel Munter, Austin Schmidt – 174 yards rushing, Isaac Dryburgh, Matt Radtke, Dane Schoenborn.
Season outlook according to Coach Aakre – “The Greyhounds need new leaders to emerge as the team graduated much of last year’s senior leadership. Fosston must replace its entire backfield and several offensive line starters. Austin Schmidt and Isaac Dryburgh will get a bulk of the carries on offense. Dane Schoenborn steps in at the quarterback position. Matt Radtke, Axel Munter, Teigen Hextell and Zach Johnson must pave the way on the offensive line. Defensively, Fosston looks to Izik Schmidt, Axel Munter, Matt Radtke, and Jacob Lomen to anchor the defensive line. Isaac Dryburgh, Kyle Jacobson and Teigen Hextell will lead the way at linebacker. Fosston will be challenged early by tough competition, notably Mahnomen-Waubun and Ada-Borup. Fosston aims for a winning record and hopes to compete with Mahnomen-Waubun, Red Lake County and Fertile-Beltrami as they are the best teams in the section 8.”
Badger-Greenbush-Middle River – Coach John Lee (6th year)
The Badger-Greenbush-Middle River Gators are coming off a 2-7 season last year where they lost to Fertile-Beltrami 36-8 in the first round of the Section 8A playoffs. Last year defense hurt the Gators, giving up to many points, although they lost to Lake Park-Audubon 6-2 last season! If the Gators can cut down on the points given up and move the ball better, you can expect a couple more wins this year. The schedule is tough, so that doesn’t help.
Top returners – Trevor Nichols OL, Kaiden Hietala DB, Dade Melby LB, Andy Dostal LB, Caiden Opdahl DB, Brandon Pries DB, Derrick Corneliusen DL, Caleb Tydlacka DL
Season outlook according to Coach Lee – “I expect blue collar football.”
Cass Lake-Bena – Coach Bryan Sathre (4th year as head – 13th overall)
The Cass Lake-Bena Panthers are coming off a 2-7 season last year and a 36-8 loss to Red Lake County in the first round of the Section 8A playoffs. The season has already got off to a bad start when the Panthers had to forfeit the first two games of the season after they had to many ineligibilities!
Top returners – Jared Brown, Hunter Kaasa, Colter Humphrey
Season outlook according to Coach Sathre – “The 2018-2019 Cass Lake-Bena Panthers will be very young and inexperienced. The Panthers have 12 freshman with limited number of upper classman. Should be a building year as the Panthers have a bright future with upcoming classes.”
Red Lake Warriors – Coach Nolan Desjarlait
The Red Lake Warriors have been struggling for years to field a full varsity football team year after year and last year they went 0-9 and lost to eventual Section Champ, Mahnomen 42-12 in the first round of the Section 8A playoffs. Red Lake only scored 40 points during the regular season, but game up over 49 points per game.
We didn’t get anything from Coach Desjarlait – so that is all we have.
For the Section 8A master schedule and standings, click on the link below –
SECTION 8A FOOTBALL
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SECTION 8 9-MAN COACHES POLL
1. Stephen-Argyle – 10 (6)
2. Clearbrook-Gonvick -16 (2)
3. Goodridge-Grygla – 29
4. Kittson County Central – 29
5. Kelliher-Northome – 33
6. Northern Freeze – 38
7. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo – 45
8. Lake of the Woods – 56
Stephen-Argyle – Coach Ethan Marquis
The Storm is the defending Section champions after going 7-1 in the regular season dropping their only regular season game 42-20 to Nevis. Stephen-Argyle won every game in their Section playoffs by multiple-possessions and topped Cromwell-Wright 39-22 in the State Tournament quarterfinals before falling to the eventual State champion Spring Grove 27-7 in the State semifinals played at US Bank Stadium.
Top returners – Quarterback Hunter Yutrzenka, running back Joston Hoeper, receiver/end Isaac Durand, Zach Gerszewski, Taylor Voytilla
Season preview– (Provided by Coach Marquis) – “We are very fortunate to have good team numbers again. That will help us with depth and future development. We have a number of proven athletes returning this year, but also several question marks of inexperienced players entering full-time varsity play for the first time. Time will quickly tell how we’ll match up with several talented teams in the section. Adding to the challenge will be a few not as talented section teams, that we know will still compete very strongly. I expect another fairly balanced and competitive season in our District and Section. It’s going to be an exciting year and difficult to predict the final outcome.”
Clearbrook-Gonvick – Coach Casey Kroulik
The Bears went 3-7 last season with section wins over Goodridge-Grygla and Warren-Alvarado-Oslo.
Clearbrook-Gonvick fell to Stephen-Argyle in the Section playoff semifinals 29-20.
Top returners – Offensive linemen Erick Bergman and Reece Danielson, running backs Ethan Dorman, Daman Bakke, and Hunter Ehlers, defensively Jonny Hamnes returns
Season preview– (Provided by Coach Kroulik) – “The Bears only lost 3 seniors from last year’s team, however, those seniors left some big shoes to fill. If the team is going to be successful they will need underclassmen to step up this year and contribute at the varsity level. The Bears will be led by third-year starting quarterback Ethan Dorman, who has already accumulated over 3,700 yards of offense in his career.”
Goodridge-Grygla – Coach John Wilebski
The Chargers were 2-7 last year, with both wins coming in section games on the road against the Northern Freeze and Warren-Alvarado-Oslo.
Goodridge-Grygla fell in the quarterfinals of the section 8 9-man tournament to Clearbrook-Gonvick 28-14.
Top returners – Running backs Jaden Kiesow (who rushed for over 1,000 yards last season) and Peyton Verbout, Reciever Kaleb Sjulestad, Lucian Tinnes, Anthony Loken, Hudson McMillin
Season preview– (Provided by Coach Wilebski) – “We have some size & speed this season. We are short in depth in the linebacker position which could be a problem? Hoping to make a strong playoff showing this fall if we compete & stay healthy…”
Kittson County Central – Coach Cory Waling
The Bearcats were 3-5 last season with an up and down regular season that featured a 14-0 loss to eventual State runner-up Nevis and wins over Goodridge-Grygla and Clearbrook-Gonvick.
Kittson County Central, after losing to Stephen-Argyle 41-6 in the regular season pushed the Storm to the brink before falling in the Section championship game 36-19.
Top returners – Running back Trent Peterson, Offensive linemen Gus Peterson and Cade Langen
Season preview– (Provided by Coach Waling) – “We have a ton of turnover on our team going into the season with lots of guys moving up to fill vacated spots. We are going to be very green to start the year and are looking for guys to show what they can do. We only have 3 players back on the offensive side of the ball that played substantial roles last year. Trent Peterson (RB/Receiver), Gus Peterson (Offensive Line), Cade Langen (Offensive Line). Defensively those 3 players also contributed along with Travis Rich (CB), and Judah Westerberg (LB).”
Kelliher-Northome – Coach Steve Geerdes
The Mustangs went 7-3 last season while winning their only section game during the regular season over Lake of the Woods 58-8.
Kelliher-Northome ended its season in the Section Playoff semifinals falling to Kittson County Central 30-6.
Top returners – Mason Johnson, Jake Waldo, Beau Lindley, Bradley Barrett, Adnew Stueven
Season preview– (Provided by Coach Geerdes) – “We return about half of our starters from last season with many others having plenty of game experience. With the departure of the longtime head coach, it will be a learning experience for the new coaching staff. We are comprised mainly of seniors but many of them have never played previously. Balancing out our offensive attack and increasing our big play ability is a focus this year. We should be defensively sound giving us a chance to keep the score close and win our games.”
Northern Freeze – Coach Adam Gast
The Freeze were 0-9 last season and lost in the quarterfinals of the Section Playoffs to Kelliher-Northome 30-28.
Top returners – Running backs Zach Undeberg and Mason Bring, Trent Youngstrand, Walker Blank, Weston Bring, Ty Anderson, Eli Grove
Season preview– (Provided by Coach Gast) – “We are looking forward to the season we have a large group of seniors, which we are counting on from a leadership standpoint. We have 7 returning starters this season and number of kids that contributed a lot last season. We feel that we have the personnel to be very competitive this season, we are looking forward to having a successful season.”
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo – Coach Tony Gullikson
The Ponies were 2-7 last year beating Kittson County Central and Northern Freeze in the regular season.
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo fell in their rematch against KCC in the Section Playoff quarterfinals 37-26.
Top returners – Reciever Ryan Pederson, Running back Jared Johnson, Jesse Kilen
Season preview– WAO returns just three starters from last year’s team and has a difficult schedule that will test the Ponies early.
Lake of the Woods – Coach Bob Laine
The Bears went 0-9 last season and played just one Section opponent in the regular season losing to Kelliher-Northome 58-5.
Lake of the Woods were knocked out of the Section Playoff quarterfinal by Stephen-Argyle 55-14.
Top returners – Quarterback Kodi Jonassen, Running backs Kade Chapman and Tanner Neilson, J’Karay Matthias, Jaylin Raschke, Brian Sontowski, Logan Russel, Nick Martin, Gunner Ferrier, Mason Russell
Season preview– (Provided by Coach Bob Laine) – “We lost only one starter from a year ago. We return our entire starting backfield from the end of last season and should be helped by two new transfers to our district with senior Isaiah Mason and sophomore Logan Larson. We have a starting line that will average over 200 lbs and each guy is at least a 2-year starter. Junior Kodi Jonassen is coming back as our starting QB and we will go as far as he can take us running our offense.
We have to get much better defensively and learn how to get critical stops to win some games. We will be a predominantly run offense this season but will mix in some spread and play action.”
For the Section 8 9-man master schedule and standings, click on the link below –
SECTION 8 9-MAN FOOTBALL
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SECTION 8AAA Football Coaches Poll
1.Perham – 6 (4)
2. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton – 11 (1)
3. Pequot Lakes – 12 (1)
4. East Grand Forks – 16
5. Thief River Falls – 22
6. Park Rapids – 23
The Pequot Lakes Patriots won the Section 8AAA championship last year with a 56-22 victory over the Perham Yellowjackets. Pequot Lakes went 9-3 and beat Mora in the first round of the state playoffs and lost to St. Croix Lutheran 45-7 in the state semi’s. Pequot Lakes lost a lot of good athletes and Perham will be returning a lot of their top athletes and it looks like it could be an interesting season and an exciting section playoff this year with four teams having a shot at winning the championship.
Perham – Coach Kyle Knutson (5th year as Perham head coach – 26 overall)
The Perham Yellowjackets are coming off an 7-3 season with a loss in the Section 8AAA championship. The goal for the Jackets is to get back to the championship game and they have the talent and athleticism to make it again this year.
Top returners – Jenson Beachy (one of the top athletes in Northwest Minnesota and he will have colleges after him to play football at the next level), Ty Mosher, Colton Kostynick, Zach Peterson, Dawson Kellog, Josh Jeziorski, Dawson Stevens and Finn Diggins.
Season preview according to Coach Knutson – “We are hoping to be competitive and hardworking.”
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton – Coach Anthony Soderberg (11th year)
The Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Rebels are coming off a 6-4 season and a 34-0 loss in the Section 8AAA semi-finals to eventual champ Pequot Lakes.
Top returners – Sr. Bryce Anderson (TE/DL), Sr. Dylan Taves (LB), Sr. Jackson Friend (DB), Jr. Aiden Leach (QB), Jr. Carter Kohler (RB), Jr. Drew Coalwell (LB), Sr. Joey Kohler (FB/DL), Sr. Daniel Bell (RB), Jr. Carter Bohn (WR), Jr. Logan Tucker (RB), and Soph. Justin Wang (RB)
Season outlook according to Coach Soderberg – “The 2018 team will not be as big as 2017 team. The lack of size will be made up with more team speed. We will have a
young group right away, but at the end of the season, we should be right in the middle of the competition for a section title if we grow together as a team and stay healthy.”
Pequot Lakes – Coach Bill Magnuson (1st year at Pequot Lakes after 15 years at Sauk Rapids Rice)
The Pequot Lakes Patriots are coming off a fantastic season and a trip to the state semi-finals with a senior dominated team. They lost a lot to graduation, but one thing we know is the Patriots always have great athletes and they will reload. The cupboard isn’t bare with 16 letter winners returning.
Top returners – Alex Morgan (10th grade) at Linebacker, Hunter Wendt (10th grade at Defensive Line, Tyler Hidde (10th grade) at Offensive Line, Dylin Ackerman (11th grade) at LB and WR, Josh Lelwica (12th grade) at Safety.
Season outlook according to Coach Magnuson – “With the return of 16 letter winners of off the 2017 Class 3A State Semifinals team the 2018 season should be exciting. Many players gained valuable repetitions in practice and games with the extended season. The coaching staff has been impressed with the dedication of the returning players during summer workouts and practice. The players returning are excited to take the field under a new coaching staff with a new offensive/defensive scheme to continue the proud Patriot Football tradition.”
East Grand Forks – Coach Ryan Kasowski (5th year at EGF, 8th overall)
The East Grand Forks Green Wave have a great senior class and they have been looking forward to this class coming up for a couple years. The Green Wave is coming off a 3-7 season and a 43-13 loss to Perham in the Section 8AAA semi-finals. They beat Park Rapids once and Thief River Falls twice last year.
Top returners – All nine are seniors – Carter Beck, QB/DB, Ethan Trebil RB/DB, Jackson Galstad RB/DB, Ross Corbid OL/LB an All-Conference Honorable Mention, Jhett Pesch OL/DL an All-Conference player, Zach Johnson OL/DL, Chase Olderbak OL/LB an All-Conference, Aaron Riddle OL/DL, Luke Vonesh TE/LB.
Season outlook according to Coach Kasowski – “We are a senior led football team this year with great leadership. Our seniors have played a lot of football for us and we look for them to step up in 2018. Our offensive line and our front 7 on defense are the strength of our team. We have challenged our kids to come out and compete every single day and they have answered that challenge. We preach about going out and trying your best every single day.”
Thief River Falls – Coach Bryce Lingen (2nd as head coach – 9th year at TRF and 21st overall)
The Thief River Falls Prowlers are trying to rebuild the program and are coming off a 1-8 record with a win over Park Rapids. The only other close games they had was a 6-0 loss to Otter Tail Central and a 13-6 loss to East Grand Forks. Thief River Falls lost to East Grand Forks 22-19 in the first round of the Section 8AAA playoffs.
Top returners – Luke Perkovich, Hunter Tabatt, Jake Hall, Jarin Newland, and Noah Hayden bring back experience on the offensive line and Brenan Peralta, Kyle Miller, Myles Johnson, Ty Johnson and junior Storm Manning all bring back valuable experience on the defensive side of the ball. Junior Grant Hartmann will be the Prowler QB this fall.
Season outlook according to Coach Lingen – “We are very excited for the upcoming season. We have 18 seniors on the roster and over half of them were either starters last year or saw significant playing time as juniors. The kids put a ton of time in the weight room this summer, so we are hoping to see the benefits this fall. The offensive backfield, wide receivers, and defensive secondary will be our biggest question marks as we have a lot of new faces in all three areas.”
Park Rapids – Coach Jeremy Nordick (1st year at Park Rapids 13th overall)
The Park Rapids Panthers had a tough season last year going 0-9 with a 45-12 loss to Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton in the first round of the Section 8AAA playoffs. The Panthers are hoping that having a big class of 17 seniors will help get some wins this year.
Top returners – Seniors – Tristin Persons RB, Cody Dravis RB, Payton Hill RB, Kian Scott OL, Jacob Stewart OL, Brendan Kruchowski OL, Nate David WR, Jake Reisch WR, Spencer Fritze WR, Zach Fritze RB, and a junior at quarterback Jens Anderson.
Season outlook according to Coach Nordick – “We will have 17 Seniors leading the charge for the Panthers. Even though we were winless last year, many of them have a load of game experience. So, we will lean on them to get moving forward in a positive direction. Juniors are beginning to step up and compete for playing time. A lot of new things this fall with a whole new staff. Once we get down the new terminology and philosophy, I think the guys will play with more confidence. Overall, they are a hungry group, they had a great summer in the weight room and the first couple weeks of camp have been very competitive.”
For the Section 8AAA master schedule and standings, click on the link below –
SECTION 8AAA FOOTBALL
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SECTION 6 9-MAN
Team (first place votes)
1.Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal – 7 (5)
2.Nevis – 15
3. Rothsay – 20 (1)
4. Win-E-Mac – 22
5. Park Christian – 27
6. Laporte – 35
The section will have a different look this year with perennial power Waubun leaving after it co-oped with Mahnomen and moved to Class A and the addition of Park Christian, a team that played a J.V. schedule last year.
It comes as no surprise that the Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal Titans are picked to be the heavy favorite in this years coaches poll. They missed going to state after losing in the section championship game and return a lot of important players from the team. Nevis graduated VERY heavy, but they have guys that had to practice against starters on the second-best team in the state last year! Graduation has hit some of the top teams from last year harder than the others so it could be interesting to see what happens this year.
Norman County East-Ulen Hitterdal – Coach Dustin Flaten (10th year)
The Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal Titans were 9-2 last year and lost to Nevis 20-18 in a great Section 6 9-Man championship game at the Fargodome.
The loss left a pretty sour taste with the Titans and they have worked hard in the offseason to make sure that doesn’t happen again. The Titans are the favorite to win the section this season and they have some pretty talented guys coming back this year. The Titans graduated three players that are playing college football, so they lost some pretty talented players.
Top returners – Quarterback Tate Maesse (a 6’3 200 senior!), Noah Klemetson an all-conference and all-state honorable mention running back and line-backer, Riley Resnick a junior lineman, Tate Hoseth an all-conference senior linebacker, Kale McCollum a 6’7 230 pounds senior end, and Steffen Sather a senior defensive back.
Season outlook according to Coach Flaten – “We will be looking upon our seniors and returning starters to do most of our leading. We have a good mix of athletes that can lead from example and well as encouragement. Playing in another section championship and giving ourselves the best opportunity possible to compete with the state’s top teams are some of our goals.”
Nevis – Coach Shawn Klimek (12th year)
The Nevis Tigers went 11-2 last year and beat NCE-UH in the Section 6 9-Man championship 20-18. The Tigers advanced to the State 9-Man championship game where they lost to an outstanding Spring Grove team by a 32-0 score. Nevis only has two returning starters, but they return 14 letter winners from last years team.
Top returners – Ben Solwich a senior tight end, and Luke DeWulf a junior quarterback. Other players to watch Senior RB/LB Keanu Yabandith, Senior OL/DL Tre Ross, Junior RB/LB Chance Braten, Junior OL/DL Liam Andress, Junior WR/S Logan Funk, Junior WR/S Dan Mistic, Junior TE/DE Cooper Henry, Junior OL/DL Kolby Hamblin, Sophomore QB/WR/S Derek Lindow, Sophomore OL/DL Brody Johnson, Sophomore RB/LB Reese Kline, Sophomore OL/DL Dan Aman, Freshman RB/LB Ian Ahrendt.
Season outlook according to Coach Klimek – “Coming off the best season in school history the Tigers will have many new faces in the lineup. We only return 1 starter on each side of the ball. This has created may position battles and several guys are moving to new positions this fall. The keys to our season is going to be our ability to block up front for our backs and our defensive line being able to stop the run. We have several guys battling for starting spots on both lines. We won’t have our starters finalized until after the scrimmage. Coach DeWulf will once again lead the defense. He does a great job game planning for us each week and putting the guys in position to make plays. This is a team we believe will grow and improve each week this fall. Like every year we hope to compete for our District title and to be competitive in our section this fall.”
Rothsay – Coach Josh Nordick (3rd year)
The Rothsay Tigers are coming off a 9-2 season last year where they lost to NCE/UH 22-14 in the Section 6 9-Man semi-finals. The only other Tiger loss came at the hands of Verndale in a 52-20 loss. Rothsay also lost a lot of talent o graduation and they will need to reload quickly this season. They should have another good record and by the end of the year, the Tigers could be dangerous.
Top returners – Rothsay will return three starters on the offensive line, but only one skill position player.
Season Outlook – “I expect us to compete. We had some success last year and continue to build the program. We will rely on some of our size as we can play big. We also have some speed to compliment the size.”
Win-E-Mac – Coach Aaron Cook (2nd year)
The Win-E-Mac Patriots are coming off an outstanding season with a 4-5 record. Here is their five losses – Stephen-Argyle (state semi’s participant), Nevis (state runner-up), NCE/UH (probably third best team in state), Waubun twice! Pretty respectable losses. Now the Patriots are looking at building off the success they had last year and with a relatively young team (only two seniors) the future is bright.
Top returners – Senior Mason Spry (11 catches for 94 yards last year and 84.5 tackles), Junior Nathan Fortmann (110 carries for 542 yards and 13 receptions for 105 yards), Junior Dustin Osland (10 receptions for 75 yards).
Season outlook according to Coach Cook – “We will be a fairly young team with only 2 seniors projected in starting roles. We will have quality skill position players that have good speed. We will need better line play to be successful. Defensively we will have a good LB group that flows and reads well, but we need to be more consistent than past years at the point of attack to limit opposing teams.”
Park Christian – Coach Lawton Burgstahler (3rd year)
The Park Christian Falcons are coming off a season where they played a Junior Varsity schedule and now they are ready to play on the Varsity level. It will be a pretty exciting season for the kids.
Top returners – They only lost one player from the JV campaign last season. The majority of these juniors have had varsity experience from their Freshmen season that we ended up forfeiting. Ethan Jorgensen – Junior – RB/WR and Corner. He has put a ton of time in at the weight room this summer and has become completely dedicated to pushing the team to be better each day, Allen Daugherty – Junior – G/TE & DE – He is our Interior leader on both sides of the field. Allen is a captain and will not give up or back down from a challenge, and Isaac Janssen – Junior – RB/WR & Corner. He is a grinder. He is the heart and sole of our defense. Isaac is also a captain but leads by example. He does things the right way and pushes each player to be better, each drill and rep.
Season outlook according to Coach Burgstahler – “I have pretty high expectations for this large group of Juniors. Our ultimate goal is to have fun and be competitive in every game. We truly believe that we will make some noise this year and there is definitely some excitement around our community and school about this team. However, we do know it will take all 23 guys to make this season a success. It has been a long road to get here and we are ready.”
Laporte – Coach A.J. Dombeck (First year)
The Laporte Wildcats were 0-9 last year with a 55-8 loss to NCE/UH in the first round of the Section 6 9-Man playoffs last year. They will be young once again and continued improvement is the goal for the Wildcats.
Top returners – Sophomore Wyatt Johannsen had 68 tackles last year.
Season outlook according to Coach Dombeck – “Another great year of growth. Most of the team is made up of sophomores, but many are in their third varsity year.”
For the Section 6 9-Man master schedule and standings, click on the link below –
SECTION 6 9-MAN FOOTBALL
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The Crookston Pirate Booster Club is gearing up for its annual membership drive. PIRATE BOOSTERS exists to support Crookston High boys’ and girls’ athletic programs.
The PIRATE BOOSTERS provide financial assistance which allows student athletes to obtain equipment, uniforms, warm-ups and facilities enhancements. Your annual investment will help the athletic needs of the Crookston High School student athletes.
With your contribution of $100.00 or more, you will have your name placed on the PIRATE BOOSTERS sustaining membership board which is located in the CHS Commons. In addition, your name will be placed in all printed programs for CHS athletic events.
The Contribution levels are broken down as follows:
$100.00-$249.00 – Blue Club Member
$250.00-$499.00 – Gold Club Member and will receive recognition as an event sponsor during the 2018-2019 academic year.
$500.00-$999.00 – Pirate Club Member and will receive recognition as a multiple event sponsor during the academic year 2018-2019.
$1,000.00 or more – Captain’s Club Member and will receive special recognition throughout the entire 2018-2019 academic year.
Although giving levels have been established, any contribution to PIRATE BOOSTERS will be greatly appreciated.
As a part of your annual membership, you are assured CHS athletic team members will not solicit you or your business with smaller fundraisers. You will have a choice to approach a specific team if you desire to provide additional support. If you are interested in joining PIRATE BOOSTERS, please make your check payable to PIRATE BOOSTERS by April 30, 2018. You may bring your donation to Greg Garmen at Crookston High School or Charles Reynolds at Fitzgerald, Reynolds, Harbott, Knutson & Larson, PLLP. If you would prefer to have your donation picked up, please contact Greg Garmen or Charles Reynolds. You can send a check to Crookston Pirate Boosters – 402 Fisher Avenue, Crookston MN 56716.
The Crookston High School Athletic Department student athletes and coaches and the entire PIRATE BOOSTER CLUB appreciate your generous support.
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There has been a lot of interest from people after we posted this so we will post it again. If you have any info on Pirate sports records or want to help tracking them down read below!
Crookston High School, namely Ed Nelson, has been working on getting all the records for the Pirate Sports teams updated and it has been a process. Ed is looking for any records, stats, state participants, etc from the following sports.
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
Football
Girls Soccer
Volleyball
Baseball
If you have Crookston Times articles with information, yearbooks with team and/or individual records, scrapbooks, or anything with any information that you might think would be of interest to Ed email him at ednelson12@yahoo.com.
With that said we have links to the Crookston Pirate records pages for the following sports. If you see something that is incomplete, or maybe an updated record let Ed know at the above email address. I have listed the team and click on the team to see their records.
Here is an update on the various sports covered by the website as of December 1, 2016
Sports that are done and will not change without additional information:
Boys’ Basketball
Girls’ Basketball
Boys’ Golf
Girls’ Golf
Boys’ Soccer (Poor or no records were kept over the years.)
Girls’ Soccer
Boys’ Track & Field
Girls’ Track & Field
Wrestling
Softball
Swimming
Volleyball
Girls’ Hockey will be complete by the end of 2016 and join the above. I am currently looking for “Team: Game” and “Player: Game” records for the first 5 years of the program.
Sports being worked on:
Baseball (Justin Johnson is doing the research and has completed the last 16 years)
Boys’ & Girls’ Tennis (Mike Geffre has the information and is scanning everything. When he is done, the records will be posted.)
Sports not yet started:
Football (I will be starting Football this winter.)
Boys’ Hockey (Frank Fee has agreed to research the records.)
Fall Sports –
Boys Soccer Girls Swimming Girls Soccer Volleyball
Incomplete records Girls Tennis Football
Winter Sports –
Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Boys Hockey Girls Hockey Wrestling
Spring Sports-
Softball Boys Track Girls Track Boys Golf Girls Golf –
Incomplete records Boys Tennis Baseball
Sports that are no longer offered-
Boys Swimming Girls Cross Country Boys Cross Country
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I will start updating athletes and coaches next week. Let me know if you have anybody to list!
How are former Crookston Pirates athletes doing in college or elsewhere?
****LET ME KNOW OF OTHERS TO ADD TO THE LIST *****
Ally Tiedemann, a Freshman playing tennis at University of Minnesota Duluth.
Ben Trostad, a Freshman playing golf at the University of Minnesota Crookston.
Ethan Magsam, a Freshman playing golf at the University of Minnesota Crookston.
Cade Salentine, a Freshman playing football at the University of North Dakota.
Paul Bittner, is playing for the Cleveland Monsters (AHL – minor league affiliate of Columbus).
Marietta Geist, a Junior on the Carleton College Women’s Cross Country and Track and Field teams.
Luke Edlund, is a Senior linebacker on the Crown College football team.
Elise Tangquist, is a Sophomore golfer for the University of Northwestern in St. Paul. Northwestern will be off until the spring.
Isaac Westlake, a Junior playing golf for the Winona State Warriors.
Haley Roed, a Junior swimming at Minnesota State Moorhead.
Kate MacGregor, a Freshman swimming at Minnesota State Moorhead.
Merran Dingman, a Freshman swimming at Minnesota State Moorhead.
Brita Fagerlund, is a Sophomore on the University of Jamestown Jimmy Women’s Track team.
Bailey Folkers, is a freshman on the University of Wisconsin-Superior women’s basketball team
Mason Wang, is a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire track team
Aaron Hollcraft, is a Senior playing basketball and baseball for the UMC Golden Eagles.
Amanda Trandem, is a Sophomore on the University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle Softball team.
Bobby Tiedemann, is a Junior on the St. Mary’s University Men’s Tennis team in Winona.
Ryan Bittner, is a Senior playing hockey for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Brady Heppner, is a Junior playing hockey at St. Johns University in Collegeville.
Haley Roed, a Junior on the Minnesota State Moorhead Women’s Swim team.
Crookston School District Coaches –
Brody Davidson is an Assistant Pirate Football coach.
Tyler Brekken is a Pirate C team football coach and junior high Pirate Softball 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
Shelly Erdmann is the Assistant Girls Soccer coach.
Cody Brekken is the Assistant Pirate Girls Tennis coach, Pirate Boys Tennis coach and Crookston Community Pool Supervisor
Marley Melbye is the Head Girls Swimming coach
Mitch Bakken is the head Pirate Baseball coach.
Justin Johnson is the Pirate Junior Varsity Baseball coach.
Brock Hanson is the 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
Wade Hanson is the 8th grade boys basketball coach
Travis Ross is the 7th grade boys basketball 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 an Assistant Wrestling Coach
Nate Merten is an Assistant Wrestling Coach
Non Crookston High School Coaches-
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 Assistant Baseball coach at Delano.
Jake Olson is an Assistant Football Coach and Head Boys Tennis coach at Delano.
Todd Kreibich, is the Coach and General Manager for the Minnesota Iron Rangers Junior Hockey team our of Hoyt Lakes.
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
Erika Wheelhouse is serving in the Peace Corp in the Philippines.
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.
Alan Mart, 2009 Crookston High School graduate, is currently serving his country for the US Army as a Cavalry Scout in Afghanistan.
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 Central is stationed at Hohnfels in Germany for the next 2 or 3 years.
Scott Riopelle is head of Crookston Parks and Recreation
Rob Sobolik is the General Manager of the Fargodome
