Hey, this week was a good week with teams getting their games, rounds, events in and some decent weather earlier this week. It is good to see teams competing and getting their games in. The other good news, most teams are ahead of where they were last year already in northwest Minnesota so that is a good thing.
Keep praying for warm and sunny days and hopefully, the month of May will bring that.
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BREAKING NEWs – KROX will be carrying UMC Baseball in the NSIC tournament starting May 10 from Bismarck, North Dakota. We are contacting sponsors to help cover travel costs and lodging. If you are interested in sponsoring the games let me know. Chrisjfee@yahoo.com.
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Here is the recap in Minnesota State sports –
The Twins are in first place and just won a season series against the Yankees. The American Legion Central is bad. This means the Twins should be able to have a great shot at winning the division, especially with the new schedule this year.
The Minnesota Timberwolves season is done. Another one and done.
The Minnesota Wild season is close to done. Could be another one and done.
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Minnesota Hockey has really struggled with the HP rosters and making them public this year so it has been hard for me to get them. But I was able to track down a few this week –
The HP 14 Boys team has been released with several area kids being named to the team. Ryan Clauson – East Grand Forks
Grady Huotari – Moorhead
Beck Thoreson – Moorhead
Bauer Walter – East Grand Forks
Gavin Anderson – Warroad
The Boys Select 16 National Development Camp team has been announced, and one player from the area has made the team –
Mason Kraft – Moorhead
The Boys Select 17 National Development Camp team has been announced, and one player from the area made it –
Carson Pilgrim – Warroad
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The first of three NCAA Division II Baseball Regional Rankings were released and the NSIC has Augustana and Minnesota State under consideration. New this year for NCAA Division II sports with regional rankings, schools will be listed as under consideration in alphabetical order for the first ranking of the season.
The 39-team NCAA Central Region is made up of teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and the Great American Conference (GAC). Automatic bids are awarded to the tournament champions from each conference with the final five spots awarded on an at-large basis.
The championship preliminary round competition provides for 16 regional sites that consist of 4-teams, double-elimination tournaments. The winners of these regional-round competitions advance to a super-regional round that consists of two teams competing in a best-of-three series.
The NCAA DII Baseball Selection Show will stream on NCAA.com on Sunday, May 14 at 9 p.m. central time.
| Central |
DII-Rec |
In-Reg |
| Ark.-Monticello (GAC) |
28-18 |
28-18 |
| Arkansas Tech (GAC) |
28-17 |
27-15 |
| Augustana (NSIC) |
32-16 |
29-12 |
| Central Mo. (MIAA) |
33-12 |
32-10 |
| Henderson St. (GAC) |
28-18 |
27-18 |
| Minnesota St. (NSIC) |
25-8 |
22-6 |
| Mo. Southern St. (MIAA) |
36-11 |
35-9 |
| Ouachita Baptist (GAC) |
32-12 |
31-12 |
| Pittsburg St. (MIAA) |
30-15 |
30-15 |
| Southern Ark. (GAC) |
32-13 |
32-13 |
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Crookston High School senior Halle Bruggeman signed a National Letter of Intent to play tennis at The University of Wisconsin Stout on Wednesday afternoon at Crookston High School with her parents, Chris and Stacey Bruggeman, sister Maddie, and Coach Cody Brekken in attendance. Stout is a member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and an NCAA Division III program.
Bruggeman had over 50 victories from eighth grade to her senior year, with 15 wins during her senior year while primarily playing doubles throughout her career. While Bruggeman was a solid tennis player, she is an even better student and decided to attend Stout because she wants to be an engineer. The hands-on offerings at the school were the deciding factor. “They are a polytechnic institute which means it is a lot more hands-on learning which is something that I found I like more and I do better with, and for engineering, that’s important to do all the hands-on and lab stuff,” said Bruggeman “It is a little smaller I like the small hometown feel, and when the coach said I would have a spot on the starting roster, it was exciting to be able to play tennis again competitively and to be a part of that atmosphere I was told to go where I wanted to go and be happy, and I visited a lot of top-ranked schools, but it came down to the hands-on approach.”
Halle’s tennis coach said seeing a student-athlete play at the next level is always fun. “It is exciting, and there is no doubt she made the best decision for her and her family, and she’s got a great support system looking out for her, and she picked all the right things for her and her college choice,” said Brekken “She has everything, character, athletic ability, and academics, and we know she will make her family proud and the community proud and will do great things.”
Coach Brekken said Bruggeman is a hard-nosed, tough player. “She is a gritty player, and nothing affects her on the court,” said Coach Brekken. “She is a solid doubles player and hard ball striker who will do great at the next level.”
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JOKES
A mother and her very young son were flying Southwest Airlines from Kansas City to Chicago. The little boy (who had been looking out the window) turned to his mother and asked, “If big dogs have baby dogs, and big cats have baby cats, why don’t big airplanes have baby airplanes?”
The mother (who couldn’t think of an answer) told her son to ask the stewardess.
So the boy went down the aisle and asked the stewardess. The stewardess, who was very busy at the time, smiled and said, “Did your Mom tell you to ask me?”
The boy said, “yes she did.”
“Well, then, you go and tell your mother that there are no baby airplanes because Southwest always pulls out on time. Have your Mom explain that to you.”
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Two young engineers applied for a single position at a computer company.
They both had the same qualifications. In order to determine which individual to hire, the applicants were asked to take a test by the Department manager.
Upon completion of the test, both men missed only one of the questions.
The manager went to the first applicant and said, “Thank you for your interest, but we’ve decided to give the job to the other applicant.”
“And why would you be doing that? We both got 9 questions correct,” asked the rejected applicant.
“We have based our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you missed,” said the Department manager.
“And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?” the rejected applicant inquired.
“Simple,” said the Department manager, “Your fellow applicant put down on question #5, ‘I don’t know.’ You put down, ‘Neither do I.’”
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What are they up to now will come back soon. Stay tuned.
