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CROOKSTON REDS ADVANCE TO STATE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1999
The Crookston Reds Amateur Baseball team hasn’t made the state amateur baseball tournament in 17 years, but that all changed on Saturday afternoon when the Reds beat the Moorhead Miners 3-2 in 10 innings in the semi-finals of the region tournament to earn their first state tournament appearance since 1999. In the championship game, #1
BREMER/RIVERVIEW HEALTH/DRAFTS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL CROWNED WOMEN’S SOFTBALL CHAMPS
The Crookston Park and Rec Women’s Softball league tournament was rained out the past two Wednesday nights and with Ox Cart Days coming up next week, they decided to end the season with Bremer/Riverview Health/Drafts Sports Bar and Grill as the league champions. They finished first in the league this year and are featured in
UMC FOOTBALL HOLDS THEIR FIRST PRACTICE OF THE 2017 SEASON
Story by Shawn Smith (UMC Athletics) The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) football program opened up fall camp officially on Thursday, August 10 with their first practice of the 2017 season. The Golden Eagles had 88 players in camp for the first day. “I thought we had a good start to our fall camp today,”
UMC VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL CAMPS HOST 40 CAMPERS
The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) volleyball program hosted three camps on campus this summer with the Little Eagles Camps, Golden Eagles camps and Individual Skills Camps. The Crookston camp had 40 campers overall. In addition, UMC has already hosted a satellite camp at Fertile-Beltrami High School and will host a camp at Clear Like
UMC ATHLETICS HIRES A TENNIS/ASSISTANT MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH
The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) athletic department announced Krayton Nash as head women’s tennis coach and assistant men’s basketball coach. Nash has been a coach at the high school, prep school and collegiate level for the last 14 years. “We are excited to welcome Krayton Nash to UMC,” said Director of Athletics Stephanie Helgeson.






