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March 23, 2023

PIRATE WRESTLING HANDS OUT AWARDS AND HONORS

The Crookston Pirate Wrestling team held its end-of-the-year banquet on Wednesday evening and handed out a bunch of awards and honors. The list is below –

North Star ALL Conference winners: Evin Trudeau, Gavyn Hlucny, Ethan Bowman, Carter Coauette, Hunter Knutson, Ethan Bowman, Ethan Boll
North Star ALL Conference Honorable Mention winners: Mauricio Arriaga, Casey Weiland, Hunter Kresl, Riley Helgeson

Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association All-state honors:
(All-State) 6th place at 145 pounds Ethan Bowman
(All-state)2nd place at 220 pounds Ethan Boll

50 win club: Hunter Kresl (55), Casey Weiland (55). The Weiland brothers win total is now at 524, which puts them in 22nd in state history for brothers career wins.
New Members to the 75 Win Club. Gavyn Hlucny (76), Evin Trudeau (92)
New Member to the 100 Win Club. Hunter Knutson (104)
New Member to the 125 Win Club. Carter Coauette (135) ** 13^th at CHS
New Member to the 175 win club: Ethan Bowman (175) ** 5^th at CHS
New Member to the 200 win club: Ethan Boll (210) ** 1^st All-time at CHS

Most Pins- Ethan Boll (32) Ties his school record. Ethan had 130 career pins which is tied with Lance Bennick of Totino Grace for 25th all-time in Minnesota.

Rookie of the Year –Riley Helgeson

Most Improved – Hunter Kresl

Rod Hanson Most dedicated- Carter Coauette

Most Dominant Wrestler Award- Ethan Boll 5.432 AVG. (Add up the total team points earned, subtract the lost team points, and divide by the total number of matches.)

MWCA Academic All-State First team selection. Two wrestlers per weight class. –Ethan Boll

Pirate Wrestler of the Year: Ethan Boll

Team awards: MWCA Silver Academic Plaque. Team GPA 3.247

Letter Winners: Captain Hunter Knutson, Captain Ethan Bowman, Captain Ethan Boll, Hunter Kresl, Evin Trudeau, Carter Coauette, Riley Helgeson, Jose Arriaga, Casey Weiland, Lucas Perala, Gavyn Hlucny, Mauricio Arriaga, Jaron Knutson, Carley Brown, Emily Bowman, Carley Knutson

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March 23, 2023

Suspect accused of shooting two school administrators at Denver high school is found dead

Authorities say that the 17-year-old suspect accused of shooting two school administrators at a Denver high school on Wednesday was found dead in a nearby county. Officials in Park County, Colorado said that a body had been found Wednesday night near the vehicle that had been sought following the shooting at East High School.

Denver police announced Thursday morning that the body had been identified as the suspect in the shooting, 17-year-old Austin Lyle, who was found in a wooded area, about 2/10th of a mile from a red Volvo that had been sought in the case. The coroner’s office said a death investigation was still underway and no further details would be provided until an autopsy was completed.

Denver police said that the shooting unfolded at East High School at around 9:50 a.m. Lyle had been under a “safety plan” and had agreed to be patted down every morning, and Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said “During that search, obviously a weapon was retrieved. A handgun was retrieved, and several shots were fired.” Police did not say how long the student had been under the safety plan, which meant he was searched every morning in the school’s office, away from students and other staff. Denver officials also did not say why the student was under the safety plan, citing federal student privacy laws.

A spokesperson for Denver Health said that one of the wounded administrators remained at a hospital in serious condition as of Wednesday night, while the other had been discharged in good condition. East High School recently lost a student, Luis Garcia, after he was shot and killed Feb. 13 while sitting in a car near the campus.

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March 23, 2023

CROOKSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD OPEN HOUSE FOR BOB MAGSAM’S RETIREMENT ON WEDNESDAY

Crookston firefighter Bob Magsam has announced his retirement from the Crookston Fire Department at the end of the month after 24 years of service to the Crookston Fire Department and the Crookston Firefighters Association. His last day working of service will be on Wednesday, March 29, and his last official day as a firefighter will be Friday, March 31.

Magsam began work as a firefighter in the spring of 1999 with the Firefighters Association as a paid-on-call firefighter before applying as a full-time firefighter in the summer of 2001, where he was fully employed by the city. With over 20 years of service, Magsam has served most of his career as an instructor for the fire department at local schools in the area and to new firefighters.
“Pretty early in my career, I want to say three to four years in. I took the opportunity to join up with the Tech school program and become a fire instructor. I’ve been doing that for about 20 years through Northland Community College and, as of late, in a bigger part of my career, for about 15 years with M State (Minnesota State Community and Technical College) out of Moorhead, and that’s very rewarding,” said Magsam. “One of the things I viewed myself as is that I want to try and make a difference in the fire service by hopefully making a positive impact in teaching new firefighters and allowing them to change the fire service and make it better.”
Magsam has taught thousands of firefighters around Crookston and other communities as far as to the Canadian border and down to southern Minnesota by Fargo.

Despite retiring as a firefighter at the end of the month, Magsam still plans to continue teaching fire safety and training new firefighters at colleges and other schools around the area with M State’s Technical Training program with several firefighters he taught.
“My career as a far as doing some instructing and teaching, I’m going to continue to do that. I just have this feeling in my gut that my work is not completely done there, and it’s something that I really enjoy,” Magsam explained. I love seeing these new young firefighters come in, kind of green behind the ears, and watching them grow in their careers and see the changes as they get educated and experienced. That’s really a great part of it.”
Magsam has been a significant contributor to the Crookston Fire Department’s efforts to bring back fire safety presentations and teachings to the Crookston School District after the COVID-19 pandemic this year and believes the fire department will continue to improve the program and teach children about fire safety.

While he is retiring from being a firefighter, Magsam is not ready to stop working as he is the chairperson of the Crookston Visitor’s Bureau (CVB) and one of the managers at Scobey’s Pub & Grub in the Crookston Inn.
“Anybody that knows me knows that I can’t sit still. I wear a lot of hats with the CVB and being the Board chair. I like challenges, and it’s been a little bit of a challenge rebuilding the CVB, and I’m really excited about the path the CVB is going. Anybody who knows me knows I have five or six jobs besides the fire department, and I enjoy it and like to stay busy.”
Some of the plans Magsam has with his new free time will be to help a family farmer friend in the fields in Fisher and to continue to fill in positions to help at Scobey’s Pub & Grub along with other potential jobs in the future.

To celebrate Magsam’s retirement, the Crookston Fire Department is holding an Open House on Magsam’s last day as a firefighter on Wednesday, May 29, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Open House is open to the public and will have coffee and cake. Additionally, on the day of his retirement, Scobey’s Pub and Grub will throw a party on Friday, March 31 (also Magsam’s 50th birthday) from 5:00 p.m. until the bar closes. Magsam wants to thank all of his fellow firefighters and the community of Crookston for all of their support over the years to him and the Crookston Fire Department.

Firefighter Bob Magsam

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March 23, 2023

SACRED HEART TAKES ON MANKATO LOYOLA IN STATE TOURNAMENT – ON KROX

The Sacred Heart Eagles Boy’s Basketball team will take on the Mankato Loyola Crusaders today in the consolation bracket of the Class A State Boys Basketball Tournament at the University of Concordia in St. Paul.

The Eagles fell in the opening round of the State Tournament yesterday to #2 New Life Academy 62-46. The Crusaders lost a heartbreaker in their opening round game to #3 Spring Grove 39-38. The winner will advance to the Consolation Championship on Saturday morning, while the loser will see their season come to an end.

We will have the game on KROX Radio starting with the RiverView Health pregame show at 11:30 a.m. and the opening tip at 12:00 p.m. You can listen on 1260AM/105.7FM or on 92.1FM in Grad Forks & East Grand Forks. You can also listen anywhere at anytime by clicking Listen Live at the top of this page.

FIRST HALF –

SECOND HALF –

	1st	2nd	Final
Mankato Loyola
Sacred Heart

For Sacred Heart	Points	Rebounds	Assists/Steals

For Mankato Loyola	Points

Josiah Sundby

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March 23, 2023

Federal Reserve raises interest rates by a quarter point

The Federal Reserve is raising its key interest rate by 0.25% –their ninth consecutive rate hike — to fight against inflation while warning that the series of historic bank collapses could weigh negatively on the economy. The latest 12-month inflation data came in at 6% for February, which was slightly lower than January’s 6.4% level, and down from a pack 9% last summer.

Fed officials said in a statement Wednesday that the “U.S. banking system is sound and resilient,” but warned that “recent developments are likely to result in tighter credit conditions for households and businesses and to weigh on economic activity, hiring, and inflation … The extent of these effects is uncertain.”

The Fed also released its quarterly round of economic projections Wednesday, which will include policymakers’ forecasts on inflation and rate hikes through 2025. The additional inflation measure the Fed has been watching — ‘supercore inflation’ — reflects price increases driven by everyday services costs like haircuts or eating out. that increased slightly last month, which led many analysts over the past week to anticipate further rate hikes. The collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, followed by a rush to shore up the finances of Credit Suisse and First Republic, scrambled those forecasts.

The Fed sets off a chain reaction of rate increases in other parts of the economy by raising its key federal funds interest rate, making it more expensive to borrow and invest and lessening demand for goods and services. The Fed has hiked its effective rate from near zero a year ago to more than 4.5% today. After its eight consecutive increases, consumers now face higher borrowing costs in a range of places, from credit card interest rates of nearly 20% to auto loan rates of about 6.5%.

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March 23, 2023

Mindy Kaling, Bruce Springsteen among those awarded National Medal of Arts by White House

Actress Mindy Kaling and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, singers Gladys Knight and Bruce Springsteen, and designer Vera Wang were among those honored at the White House for the 2021 National Humanities Medals and the National Medal of Arts ceremony. The ceremony marks the first time President Joe Biden has presented awards at the White House since taking office. According to the White House, the awards ceremony was among a backlog of official events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The National Medal of the Arts is the highest American award given to artists, art patrons and groups that have advanced arts in the United States. Biden honored 12 artists and groups, with other recipients including “Feliz Navidad” songwriter and singer Jose Feliciano, philanthropist Fred Eychaner, and cultural grant maker Joan Shigekawa, as well as artists Judith Francisca Baca and Antonio Martorell-Cardona. The Billie Holiday Theatre and the International Association of Blacks in Dance received the medal as institutions.

Biden also awarded the National Humanities Medal to 11 recipients, with the list of recipients including a number of acclaimed writers such as Amy Tan (author of “The Joy Luck Club”), Richard Blanco, who delivered a poem at Barack Obama’s second presidential inauguration, memoirist Tara Westover, novelist Colson Whitehead, and Ann Patchett, a finalist in the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Author Walter Isaacson, who served as the chair and CEO of CNN from 2001-2003, received the medal as well, along with Johnnetta Betsch Cole, the first female African American president of Spelman College, historian Earl Lewis, Native American academic Henrietta Mann and Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson. The call-in public radio program Native America Calling also received the award.

Biden said during the ceremony in the East Room: “We’re a nation, a great nation, in large part because of the power of the arts and humanities. That’s stamped into the DNA of America. Today … (we) continue the legacy of awarding two of our nation’s highest honors to 23 extraordinary Americans.”

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March 23, 2023

Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel to star in the film ‘Mother Mary’ for A24

Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel will star in ‘Mother Mary’, an “epic pop melodrama” from director David Lowery for A24 — the studio behind the Oscar-winning ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’

Lowery wrote the script for Mother Mary, which the studio describes as an “epic pop melodrama following a fictional musician (Hathaway) and her relationship with an iconic fashion designer (Coel).”

In addition, Charli XCX and Bleachers frontman (and frequent Taylor Swift collaborator) Jack Antonoff will write and produce original songs for the project. The original score will be composed by Daniel Hart.

Mother Mary marks Lowery’s third project for A24, after 2021’s ‘The Green Knight’ and 2017’s ‘A Ghost Story.’ His next project is ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ starring Jude Law, Alan Tudyk, Molly Parker and Yara Shahidi, debuting on Disney+ April 28.

Michaela Coel And Anne Hathaway To Star In Pop Music Epic ‘Mother Mary’ For David Lowery And A24

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March 23, 2023

SPORTS FEEVER – March 23, 2023

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

I have made a tough decision this week. After hearing that 50 D1 college hockey players and over 250 D2 mens basketball players have entered the transfer portal I figured I would do what all the cool kids are doing. I am going to enter the transfer portal and explore any options that might arise. We will see what happens.

All joking aside, we are wrapping up the high school winter sports season with state boy’s basketball this week. When spring sports is a huge question mark, I am guessing baseball won’t be playing until mid-April!!!

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We are sad to report that Roseau Ram legend and Gopher Women’s Basketball player Katie Borowicz has made the difficult decision to retire from basketball after her freshman season due to continued medical issues. When I found out about the news, I was actually sitting courtside at Williams Arena, awaiting the Sacred Heart game.

We wish Katie good health and the best of luck! We will miss watching the “little” bulldog play! Below is the announcement that she posted on social media –

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The only Spring sports practices start date left is –

Boys Tennis – March 27 is first day of practice.
First contest day is March 30 with a maximum of 16 contests.

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Congratulations to Coach Mike Clark and the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Rebels on their exciting win in the State Class AA Boys Basketball tournament with a 63-61 victory over #3 seed Plainview-Elgin-Millville.
Owen Leach scored 50 points in the Section 8AA championship and in the first round at state he scored 28 points, added 12 rebounds, and 4 assists. DGF only led for a little over seven minutes in the game, but they kept battling the entire game and made big plays and made their free throws when they needed them and won the game.

I like DGF’s chances against Albany in the semi-finals at 8:00 p.m. on Friday night from the Target Center. We will have the game on KROX RADIO with a pre-game show around 7:45 p.m. You can listen by clicking on listen live at the top right of the page, or the KROX app, and your smart speaker by saying “Listen to K-R-O-X in Crookston.”

On another note, we saw this from the stat guru Dave Peterson.

Owen Leach has attempted 306 free throws on the season, and he has 2 games left! To put that in perspective, the Mahnomen/Waubun Thunderbirds attempted 285 as a team!!

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The Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Association has released the All-Academic awards for the teams and individuals, and Sections 8A and 8AA are well represented. The list is below –

Section 8A –
Red Lake Falls – Brea Desrosier, Paige Schafer, Emma Knott, Gabby Casavan, Savanna Nelson
Red Lake County Central – Shawna Majeres
Fosston – Katelyn Vesledahl, Kinsley Duppong, Genevive Rue
Kittson County Central – Aidra Johnson, Julia Kujava
Win-E-Mac – Kallie Hand
Northern Freeze – Isabel Pearson, Addison Bakke
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo – Annika Magnusson, Kylie Nelson
Fertile-Beltrami – Brooklyn Strem, Isabelle Dahl, Josie Iverson, Kim Hitchen, Maren Sather, Zoe Messick
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River – Cassie Dahl, Keyasha Housker, Jade Reese, Hannah Bergsnev, Tessany Blazek

Section 8AA –
Crookston – Abby Borowicz, Libby Salentine
Roseau – Paige Boyer, Janna Preteau, Kayla Bachleitner
Thief River Falls – Kendal Rantanen
East Grand Forks – Hayli Robertson
Wadena-Deer Creek – Madison Carsten, Ally Pavek
Hawley – Anna Steer, Kylie Manthe
Barnesville – Jaida Bontjes, Emily Smith, Sydney Strand, McKenzie Skogen
Frazee – Kate Vigen
Fergus Falls – Karley Braeger
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton – Kaleigh Peterson
Pelican Rapids – Kia Nelson, Kelsey Isamen
Perham – Mya Morris, Olivia Rosenthal, Olivia Pilgrim, Lily Aakre

TEAM AWARDS – 173 teams had a team GPA of 3.6 or higher!!!!! Barnesville had the top GPA in the state!

GOLD –
Barnesville (3.999)
Fertile-Beltrami (3.943)
Detroit Lakes (3.939)
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo (3.888)
East Grand Forks (3.884)
Crookston (3.846)
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River (3.841)
Kittson County Central (3.84)
Perham (3.829)
Wadena-Deer Creek (3.801)
Red Lake Falls (3.8)

SILVER –
Roseau (3.798)
Fosston (3.79)
Frazee (3.788)
Pelican Rapids (3.752)
Thief River Falls (3.751)
Win-E-Mac (3.738)
Climax-Fisher (3.73)
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (3.689)
Northern Freeze (3.671)
Fergus Falls (3.67)
Northome/Kelliher (3.669)
Goodridge-Grygla (3.657)
Hawley (3.654)
Breckenridge (3.652)

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The Pine to Prairie Conference named the Boys Basketball all-conference teams and they are listed below –

All-Conference –

First team –
Caiden Swenby (Fertile-BeltramI)
Justin Courneya (Win-E-Mac)
Tyson McArthur (Mahnomen-Waubun)
Cameron Spaeth (Ada-Bourp-West)
Zach Theis (Fosston)

Second team –
Aaron Norland (Fosston)
Cullen Norland (Fosston)
Ryan Kangas (Win-E-Mac)
Derek Sorenson (Fertile-Beltrami)
Colby Poegel (Lake Park-Audubon)

Third team –
Cadyn Dahl (Ada-Borup-West)
Aidan Flaten (Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal)
Carsen Boushee (Fosston)
Darren Skala (Fosston)
Dennis Ashley (Mahnomen-Waubun)

Honorable Mention –
Ryan Morris (Climax-Fisher)
Kyler Card (Park Christian)
Cole Bentley (Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal)
Mark Peterson (Lake Park-Audubon)
Teigan Bjerk (Lake Park-Audubon)
Charlie Scholl (Ada-Borup-West)
Austin McCraven (Ada-Borup-West)
Jonas Spry (Win-E-Mac)
Ryan Van Den Einde (Fertile-Beltrami)

Coach of the Year – Ben Hemberger (Fosston)
MVP – Caiden Swenby (Fertile-BeltramI)
Defensive Player of the Year – Cullen Norland (Fosston)

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The Pine to Prairie Conference named the Girl’s Basketball all-conference teams, and they are listed below –

All-Conference –

First team –
Kendra Syverson (Mahnomen-Waubun)
Izzy Klemetson (Norman-County East/Ulen-Hitterdal)
Brynlea Mahlen (Fosston)
Josie Iverson (Fertile-Beltrami)
Avery Aakre (Park Christian)

Second team –
Sophie Lien (Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal)
Katelyn Vesledahl (Fosston)
Kinsley Duppong (Fosston)
Kasia Wilson (Fertile-Beltrami)
Libby Suckert (Park Christian)

Third team –
Payton Hoffman (Climax-Fisher)
Morgan Smart (Ada-Borup-West)
Myah Rosing (Lake Park-Audubon)
Kaycee Endreson (Park Christian)
Tori Erickson (Fertile-Beltrami)

Honorable Mention –
Alaina Bevins (Mahnomen-Waubun)
Alexis Pazdernik (Mahnomen-Waubun)
Jerran Madson(Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal)
Brooklyn Strem (Fertile-Beltrami)
Annika Johnson (Park Christian)
Halle Reitmeier (Climax-Fisher)
Thea Mattson (Lake Park-Audubon)
Lex Mahlen (Fosston)

Coach of the Year – Zach Kakela (Park Christian)
MVP – Josie Iverson(Fertile-BeltramI)
Defensive Player of the Year -Kendra Syverson (Mahnomen-Waubun)

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The North Border Conference has announced the all-conference awards. Members of the conference are Northern Freeze, Goodridge/Grygla, Warroad, Roseau, Badger/Greenbush-Middle River, and Lake of the Woods. The award winners are below.

All Conference:
Ryder Blazejewski – Northern Freeze
Everett Nelson – Northern Freeze
Jaxon Klegstad – Northern Freeze
Lewis Jones – Goodridge/Grygla
Blake Rychlock – Goodridge/Grygla
Gage Thompson – Warroad
Kason Pietruszewski – Warroad
Jordan Borowicz – Roseau
Gunnar Lund – Roseau
Zach Blawat – BGMR
Garret Jenson – Lake of the Woods

Honorable Mention:
Gavin Hockstedler – Northern Freeze
Caleb Bray – Northern Freeze
Liam Grover – Warroad
Ty Christian – BGMR
Max Wilson – Roseau

Conference Champs: Northern Freeze

Co-Senior of the Year:
Zac Blawat – BGMR
Ryder Blazejewski – Northern Freeze

Coach of the Year: Sean Spilde

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I saw this post on nutrition for athletes and what to have ready for student-athletes. I thought it was a pretty good list, so I thought I would share.

Portable Pantry List for Student-Athletes
Fruit
Jerky
Trail mix
Electrolytes
Apple sauce
Greek yogurt
Cheese stick
Protein drinks
Turkey sandwich
Hard-boiled eggs
Protein muffin cups

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The Fosston Greyhound Boys Basketball team broke a state record for field goal percentage in a game against the Fertile-Beltrami Falcons in the Section 8A semi-finals on March 15. Neil Steffes and the Falcon team and fans won’t argue with this information.
Fosston made 29 of 36 shots for 80.56 percent. Fosston was 22 of 25 on two-pointers and 7 of 11 on three-pointers. Fosston broke the record held by Bagley when they were 32 for 42 in 1995.

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“LACE ‘EM UP” BASKETBALL CAMP

Make plans now to attend the 28th annual “Lace ‘em Up” basketball camp to be held in Red Lake Falls high school at the Robert Matzke Gym from June 5-8, 2023.

The camp is open to any boys or girls who are currently in grades K-10. The camp is set up to run from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 for grades 5-10 (grade they were in this past school year) each morning, and from 12:30 until 3:00 p.m. for grades K-4 (grade they were in this past school year). The cost of the camp is $70 with a maximum cost per family of $100. If you register before May 22, you will also receive a camp T-shirt. After May 22, ALL SINGLE REGISTRATION FEES WILL BE $80 AND THE MAXIMUM COST PER FAMILY WILL BE $120, DUE TO CAMP PREPARATION AND AWARD ORDERS.

Cut on the dotted line and return the following to: Steve Philion, 518 Champagne Ave., Red Lake Falls, MN 56750. (cell: 218-686-3608) (home: 218-253-2499). E-mail: sphilion@rlfedu.org

Make checks payable to: Lace ‘em Up Basketball Camp

If anyone needs help with the cost of the camp, let Mr. Philion know as we have people who have offered to cover costs for kids that need financial help.

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Name____________________________________
Grade in 2022-2023________________ (GRADE JUST COMPLETED)

T-shirt sizes:     Please circle one:
Youth sizes:       EXTRA SMALL SMALL MEDIUM LARGE
Adult sizes:        SMALL MEDIUM LARGE X-LARGE XX-LARGE

Address:________________________________________________

MALE____________ FEMALE____________

I, the parent of the above student agree to allow my child to participate in the 2023 “Lace ‘em Up” basketball camp in Red Lake Falls. I also understand that the camp director, the City of RLF, and the RLF school district are not responsible for any injuries, accidents, or COVID that my child might incur.

SIGNATURE OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN:______________________________

Emergency cell number of parent or guardian:____________________________

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JOKES

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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

Breanna Kressin is a Freshman on the Hockey Cheer Team for THE University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey team.

Emma Osborn is a freshman playing basketball at Northland Technical and Community College in Thief River Falls.

Jacey Larson is a freshman playing hockey at Dakota College at Bottineau.

Olivia Huck is a freshman playing soccer at Minnesota State Moorhead.

Aleah Bienek is a freshman playing hockey at Trine University in Indiana.

Elise Tangquist is the Assistant Girl’s Volleyball and Assistant Girl’s Golf Coach this year at Heritage Christian Academy in Maple Grove.

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 Women’s Track and Field team.

Nick Garmen is a junior playing tennis at the University of Minnesota Morris.

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.
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/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 is the Head Girl’s 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 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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March 22, 2023

CROOKSTON COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMITTEE BEGINS PLANNING FOR SUMMER PROGRAMS

The Crookston Community Education Committee met for its third meeting of the year on Tuesday afternoon in the Crookston High School to discuss upcoming programs for the Crookston Public Schools.

EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING

After approving the minutes from their last meeting on January 24, ECFE Parent Educator Gina Gunderson updated the board on the 2023 Winter/Spring Programs. The school was looking to bring back many of the same programs, such as “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” and the Children’s Interactive Concert March Musical Madness on March 27 with the Highland Elementary School 5th & 6th-grade Orchestra and Valley Fiddlers from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., and the Family Festival in April.

Dolly Parton Library

Gunderson also shared she had applied for a grant with the United Way of Crookston to fund the creation of a Dolly Parton Imagination Library and had gotten 150 kids to sign up for the program but is currently waiting to hear back from the United Way about the grant at the end of March.

VPK Renewal Grants

Community Education Director Denice Oliver shared that the Volunteer Pre-Kindergarten grant and Pathways To grant had been completed to help fund School Readiness programs and help make it easy for families to sign up for Early Childhood programs.
“When we get that funding, we apply that right to our School Readiness program for the next year, and what that does is reduce costs for us, so it helps us to provide Early Childhood Programming for our three, four, and five-year-olds,” said Oliver. “We at least have spots for 108 of them. Registration for that will come out near the end or middle of April, so you can be looking for that.”
Anyone eligible for the program will receive a mailing for the registration, but registration for the program will be on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning in the fall. If you haven’t received any information from the school district, contact Washington School at 218-281-5078.

Early Childhood Screening

Oliver shared the Childhood Screening that was held on March 6 had gone well, with about 55 children getting screened at Washington School, which nearly completed the preschool student body after their first screening event in August 2022. There would be another screening event on August 2, but options were available to parents who wish to have their children screened before that or haven’t done it yet.
“Screening is required for any child that’s entering a preschool or kindergarten program. We have another one coming on Wednesday, August 2, which will be for any child that hasn’t been screened or for those children who will be entering preschool or kindergarten programming and have not been screened,” Oliver explained. “We will be sending out information about that. If people are registering for any kind of Early Childhood programming or kindergarten and have not been screened, we will contact them to attend the August 2 screening.”

Summer Early Childhood Program

Gunderson shared they had received many requests for a summer early childhood program and are looking to run the programs again once a month with some events they would do, like going to the Community Pool, Castle Park, and Water Park.

SUMMER PROGRAMS

Oliver shared that Safety Town will be completed again on the first week of June, from June 5 to 9, for children who have completed kindergarten, as many of the volunteers at last year’s Safety Town event shared teaching the children was much easier with the kindergartners. Safety Town will be held again, and registration for it will be given out to kindergartners’ families next week.

Summer Care

Oliver shared that Summer Care would also be returning for families that needed childcare during the summer, and would be available to children who are kindergarten eligible to 4th grade and would run from June 12 to August 18. They would be adding information about the care for parents to find on Washington School’s page on the Crookston Public Schools website at https://www.crookston.k12.mn.us/washington-elementary-school, but would also have information available at the school itself.

Summer Preschool Program

Oliver shared she was applying for funding to have the Summer Preschool Program for children going into kindergarten to help them with transitions and self-management. The program is funded for two years, and it was entering its third year, so it would need an application to be funded again.

Summer Reading Program

The school had opened summer programs last year, but they were not well attended, and many students seemed to be struggling in reading after the events of the COVID-19 pandemic, so the school district was looking to change the focus to mainly summer reading.
“We determined our summer programming based on community need and the ability to find teachers to teach summer school, which has been difficult. Through COVID, people had to teach very differently, but because of COVID, we’ve noticed that our literacy schools are lacking with some of our children, and we have some struggling readers out there. So, to help them make that catch-up growth, we’re focusing our summer programming on summer reading,” Oliver explained. “We’re looking to offer that program in August when all the other summer programs have ended. It’s usually a great time of year because it’s right before school’s going to start, so it gives those kids who haven’t read over the summer or struggle to read that boost to get ready for the fall.”

Other Summer programs

The Golden Link Senior Center Gaye Wick announced they were holding the Summer Safari Theatre partnering with the Crookston Community Theatre to perform “Finding Nemo” for children from 3rd-6th grade in the Highland Elementary School Theatre from August 14-19.

The University of Minnesota Crookston representative Jess Bengston shared they would have some summer programs, such as STEM and summer camp activities.

During the summer, the High School will have construction to add the Middle School addition to the building. Highland would begin adding the Early Childhood Addition to being open by 2024, which could cause some changes to the locations of some of the summer programs.

PROGRAM REPORTS

The Crookston LEO Club is continuing to do projects in the Villa and other areas each month and was helping with the Washington Reading event. They had also helped the Crookston Care & Share with their newsletters and would partake in the Senior Citizen Brunch in April. They would also hold a self-defense class in April for the senior students.

The PATCH program has worked with 844 students, which was a 109% increase in attendance from this time last year. They had worked with T.H.E. Bus and have given 137 rides home to students and continued to team with Food Services to order snacks for the students. They had $2,000 added to their budget to keep appropriate staffing, but they had concerns with funding for the 2023-24 year since United Way grant monies aren’t allowed to be utilized for staffing costs, and with the current costs, they would exceed the allowance given, so they were requesting if there was any way to increase their budget, or they would have to cut the days they were available. The High School was planning to purchase an activities bus for sports and potentially for PATCH to help get students home and to the school for events and practices.

UMC is inviting the community to their events in the future, like Open Ride Night on Sunday and a solo piano recital next Thursday.

The Golden Link is still serving meals and will hold Treats and Meals for veterans and first responders, but they are hoping to get a grant to allow them to add healthcare workers as well. Their pizza sale on Monday, March 13, was a great success and had sold out of pizzas within three hours. They also plan to have Allen Dragseth give a presentation about sugarbeets and will start a medical education series in April.

The Common Ground event is continuing to be an annual event throughout the year and will have a movie event at the next event on April 5. The churches were also getting greatly involved with the Cove and are participating in a fundraising dinner on April 14. The Faith Community has all been working at the Crookston Care & Share Hope Center to furnish rooms for families living there.

The Community Education Committee will next meet on Tuesday, May 9.

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March 22, 2023

CROOKSTON PIRATE KNOWLEDGE BOWL TEAM FINISHES 6TH AT REGIONALS

The Crookston High School Knowledge Bowl team finished sixth place in the regional competition. The top four teams are the only teams that advance to state so the Pirate team’s season came to an end. “Only the top four teams can advance to state, but we’ll happily take 6th place after competing against all of the other teams,” said Coach Katelyn Stegman. “This year, we’ve had really great competition, and Crookston has done so well each week. I’m sad it’s over, but proud of everything we’ve done!”

Members of the team were Tatum Lubinski, Zara Baig, Mareile Meyer, Maddie Harbott, and Tessa Weber.

Crookston High School Knowledge Bowl team

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