Month: September 2022

The Crookston Pirate Girls Soccer team played an excellent defensive game while keeping the powerful Bemidji Lumberjacks at bay, but they only got one shot on goal in a 4-0 loss in a game played at the Crookston High School Soccer Field. 

FIRST HALF –

The first real scoring opportunity came five minutes into the game when Bemidji’s Hannah Voge was able to get by a Crookstond defender and got a nice kick on net, but Pirate goalie Reese Swanson was ready and made the two-hand save to keep the game scoreless.  About five minutes later, Crookston had their first quality scoring chance when Cassie Solheim, the Pirate leading scorer, got the ball about 15 yards out and kicked the ball, but just missed to the right, and the teams were still scoreless 10 minutes into the game.
Bemidji controlled play for most of the first 20 minutes of the half and had three or four quality scoring chances 15 minutes into the game, but Swanson was up to the task with a couple of saves, including an outstanding diving stop.
Bemidji continued their relentless offensive pressure with shot after shot. Finally, with over five minutes remaining in the half, the Lumberjacks’ Sage Zetah-Cornelius found the back of the net for a 1-0 lead.
Crookston’s defense and Swanson had a tremendous first half while holding Bemidji to one goal on 10 shots.  Crookston’s offense struggled while only getting one shot on goal. 

SECOND HALF –

Bemidji dominated in the second half as their offense continued the relentless pressure on the Crookston defense.  The Crookston defense did a great job of not giving up any great scoring chances in the first five minutes of the half.  Bemidji had the ball in front of the net, and a Crookston defender tried to clear it, but it went into the Crookston goal to give the Lumberjacks a 2-0 lead. 
Bemidji slowly wore down the Pirates as they added a goal with 13 minutes left when Marah Bitter was in front and kicked the ball into the net for a 3-0 lead.  
Less than five minutes later, Bemidji had a beautiful goal when Marah Wright found Makayla Meza alone in front, and she one-time kicked the ball in the net, and all of a sudden, Bemidji had a 4-0 lead. With less than 10 minutes left in the game. 
The Lumberjacks came inches away from another goal with under six minutes remaining when a kick from about 20-yards went off the crossbar, and Swanson grabbed the ball in front of the goal. The game would end with Bemidji winning 4-0.  

Crookston drops to 2-5-2 on the year and will travel to Fergus Falls to take on Hillcrest Academy on Thursday.

CROOKSTON COACH SARAH REESE’S COMMENTS ARE BELOW – 

Scoring
34:14 – BEM – Sage Zetah-Cornelius
45:00 – BEM – Emma Wright
65:56 – BEM – Marah Bitter
70:19 – BEM – Makayla Meza (Marah Bitter)

#td_uid_1_632a5ff5221b0 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 {
background: url(https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.235/182.80d.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Kailee-Magsam-1-80×60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;
}
#td_uid_1_632a5ff5221b0 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item2 {
background: url(https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.235/182.80d.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Maddi-Harbott2-80×60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;
}
#td_uid_1_632a5ff5221b0 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item3 {
background: url(https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.235/182.80d.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Reese-Swanson-80×60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;
}
#td_uid_1_632a5ff5221b0 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item4 {
background: url(https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.235/182.80d.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Cassie-Solheim-80×60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;
}
#td_uid_1_632a5ff5221b0 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item5 {
background: url(https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.235/182.80d.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/JoJo-Wallace-1-80×60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;
}
#td_uid_1_632a5ff5221b0 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item6 {
background: url(https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.235/182.80d.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Adelia-Weiland-80×60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;
}

1 of 6

The post CROOKSTON GIRLS SOCCER SHUT OUT BY BEMIDJI appeared first on KROX.

The #9 ranked Class A Crookston Pirates Girls Tennis team beat the Bemidji Lumberjacks 5-2 and the Detroit Lakes Lakers 6-1 to sweep the Bemidji triangular.

CROOKSTON VS DETROIT LAKES –

Crookston and Detroit Lakes were playing for the third time this season so Crookston decided to use a different lineup.  The only spot in the lineup that had a player at her usual spot was at #1 singles with #10 ranked Halle Winjum cruising to a 6-1, 6-1 victory.  Thief doubles also won early, as Brekken Tull and Kaylie Clauson won their first set 6-1 before having a hard-fought 7-6 second set victory and the Pirates led 2-1 early on.
Crookston continued to roll as Isabelle Smith won at second singles 6-3, 6-2 to get her first singles victory of the season.
Addie Fee won at third singles in a tight match with a 6-4, 7-5 victory.
The first doubles team of Abby Borowicz and Emma Gunderson lost the first set 6-3, but bounced back to win the second set 6-2 and the third set 10-3.
The third doubles team finished with a win as Morgan Nelson, who missed most of the season with an injury, teamed up with Paige Abrahamson to win 6-1, 7-6 and the Pirates cruised to a 6-1 win over Detroit Lakes.  

CROOKSTON VS BEMIDJI –

It has been a while since Crookston has beaten a Bemidji Lumberjack Girls Tennis team, but that changed in Bemidji on Tuesday afternoon as the Pirates continue to play outstanding tennis in a ?-? victory. 

The match was tight from the start.  The match was tied at 2-2 as Crookston picked up early wins at second singles with Brekken Tull picking up a big and hard-fought three-set victory.  Tull won the first set 6-4, lost the second set 6-2, and won the third set 6-4.  
Another Crookston win came at fourth singles with Paige Abrahamson picking up a straight-set victory 6-3, 6-2.  
Bemidji won an exciting first singles match with Emily Dondelinger coming from behind to win.  Crookston’s Halle Winjum won the first set 6-4, but Dondelinger came back to win the next two sets.   The other Bemidji win came at third doubles with Noelle Mueller and Sam Wood outlasting Crookston’s Morgan Nelson and Jenna Seaver.  Morgan and Seaver won the first set 6-1, but Bemidji won the next two sets and the match was tied 2-2. 
Crookston got a big win from Abby Borowicz at third singles when she won a three-set battle.  Abby lost the first set 6-2 before winning the second set 6-1.  Abby kept rolling in the third set with a 6-2 win and Crookston led 3-2.
The next match complete was the second doubles with Crookston’s Addie Fee and Kaylie Clauson winning the first set 7-6 with a 7-5 tiebreaker and the Pirates led one set to nothing.  Bemidji won the second set 6-3 before Fee and Clauson won the third set 6-2 to give Crookston a 4-1 lead and the team match victory. 
The last match left was at first doubles and you guessed it, another three-set match.  Isabelle Smith and Emma Gunderson won the first set 7-6 and 12-10 in a tie-breaker. Bemidji won the second set before Smith and Gunderson won the third set 6-4 and Crookston won the match 5-2.

Crookston improves to 12-3-1 on the year and will travel to the Litchfield Tournament on Saturday.

The post #9 CROOKSTON GIRLS TENNIS BEATS BEMIDJI AND DETROIT LAKES appeared first on KROX.

We will have Sacred Heart Eagles Volleyball on the air tonight as they host the Red Lake County Central Mustangs. The first serve from East Grand Forks will be at 7:30 p.m. and you can hear the game starting at 7:00 p.m. with the RiverView Health prematch show. Listen on 1260AM, 105.7FM, or 92.1FM in East Grand Forks. You can also listen anywhere by clicking Listen Live at the top of this page.

First Set

Second Set

Third Set

The post SACRED HEART VOLLEYBALL HOSTS RED LAKE COUNTY CENTRAL – ON KROX appeared first on KROX.