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STUDENTS AT CROOKSTON HIGH SCHOOL BUILD SHIPLAP WALLS AROUND HALLWAY ENTRANCES

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Crookston High School worked with Travis Oliver’s first and seventh-hour Advanced Woods class on a renovation project. The project involved the students making a shiplap wall on the Middle School hallway entrance, which is on the east side of the building, and on the High School hallway entrance, which is on the west side of the building.

Shiplap is the style of cutting dados, square gaps in the wood, and then sliding the wood into each other with the dados. This way of building was used when making ships, which is appropriate for the school’s mascot, Pirates.

“Shiplap comes from the building of ships. It’s kind of the design,” Oliver said. “And us here as Pirates, Pirates had ships. So, we decided that was kind of a cool look, similar to other stuff we’ve done in the past. The kids took the raw wood and were able to teach them how to make that shiplap.”

Between the design, squaring up all the lumber, cutting the shiplap, staining, applying a polyurethane finish, and installing the board, the students put 18 class periods into the project. At an hour a day, that’s 18 hours to complete the project. Oliver explains what he hoped students would get out of the project.

“I’m always hoping that they gain experience,” says Oliver. “Seeing something that they’ve created, and they get to walk by it every day, take a little ownership in our school, and continue to spruce up the daily life of everyone that goes through these hallways. And I think they did a fantastic job.”

The students who helped build the project were Tim Brule, Dylan Thode, Brandon Colborn, Ashton Shockman, Parker Kelly, Matthew Owens, Tyler Michaelson, Koda Donarski, Jaime Brown, and Issac Ramirez.

Junior Dylan Thode helped with the High School entrance. This entailed processing the wood, staining it, and putting a protective coating on it. Thode describes the technique of processing the wood.

“We took it to the table saw. We cut down the rough dimensions,” Thode said. “We cut off any spots that we didn’t need, like the rough edge that was from the processing plant where the wood came from.”

Junior Brandon Colborn helped with the Middle School entrance. After putting the wood up, they put some creative touches to make the entrance more distinguishable.

“We made and spray-painted letters that say Middle School. Then we put a Pirate head in the middle,” Colborn said. “And then we put trim around the boards we glued to the wall to try and make it look like a Pirate ship as much as we could.”

Oliver said he’s proud of the students for taking ownership of the project and asking questions. He also says he’s excited about what they come up with next.

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CROOKSTON BOY’S HOCKEY HOSTS TRF – ON KROX RADIO AND TV

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The Crookston Pirate Boys Hockey team is looking to snap a two-game losing skid as they host the Thief River Falls Prowlers in a Section 8A matchup at 7:30 p.m. in the Crookston Sports Center. 

Crookston is 2-4 on the year after a 3-2 loss to Grafton on Tuesday. Thief River Falls is 3-3-1 after a 3-1 loss to Warroad on Tuesday. 

KROX will have the game on the radio (1260AM/105.7FM), online by clicking on listen live in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Or you can watch the game on KROX TV by clicking below.

Crookston Pirate Boys Hockey vs Thief River Falls (12-21-23)

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Crookston

 

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CROOKSTON BOYS BASKETBALL HOSTING FOSSTON TONIGHT – ON KROX TV

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The Crookston Pirate Boys Basketball team is looking for its first win of the season tonight as they host the Fosston Greyhounds in a game played in the Crookston High School Gymnasium. 

Crookston is coming off a loss to Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal last Thursday and is 0-5 on the year. Fosston is 3-4 on the year after a loss to Park Christian on Monday.

The game will be on KROX TV with the RiverView Health pre-game show at 7:00 p.m. and the opening tip scheduled for 7:30. You can watch the game by clicking below.

Crookston Pirate Boys Basketball vs Fosston (12-21-23)

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Reggie Winjum
Hunter Nicholas
Isaac Thomforde
Caden Boike
Michael Deng

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CROOKSTON VISITORS BUREAU MEETS AND APPROVES 2024 BUDGET

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The Crookston Visitors Bureau (CVB) met Thursday morning at the Crookston Inn and approved the budget 2024.

The CVB looks to have just shy of $60,000 in total expenditures, which is $2,600 less than last year’s expenditures of $62,600. Chairman of the CVB, Bob Magsam, said there weren’t many changes, and the budget looks to be standard in 2024.

“We’re pretty much flat-lined compared to last year moving into 2024,” said Magsam, “There was some shuffling of line items. For example, in 2023, we had a large number delegated for advertising and marketing on television, which we utilized a lot of working with KBLY. That line item has since dropped down.”

The budget expenditures include the CVB’s allocation of $25,000 for advertisement through KBLY, KROX, and iNewZ. It also provides for the disbursement of the Marketing Grant Fund, which local entities can apply for; the CVB  has $12,000 allocated toward that fund.

The most significant change that will take place in the budget for CVB will be the purchase of the Community Voice App. The Community Voice App serves as a community bulletin board and allows people from outside the city to see events scheduled within Crookston. The CVB wants to purchase this app for $10,000 (one-time payment), including the annual keep-up fee of $2,500.

The CVB savings account has seen growth within the last year due to the lodging tax increase within the city the CVB receives. The financial report shows the CVB currently has $91,120.26 in the savings account and $28,166.57 in the checking account. Magsam reiterated to the board that this money is meant to be spent to better the community.

“Our lodging tax dollars have been increasing, which is a good thing for our community,” said Magsam, “With that, our account balances are also increasing; the CVB’s job is to do diligence for the community and utilizing those lodging tax dollars for the right reasons. The board believes we’re not a bank and shouldn’t be sitting on a lot of money. Heading into 2024, we want to work with more city entities, get more aggressive spending these dollars within the marketing world, and spend these dollars for the betterment of our community.”

The final item on the agenda was regarding the board positions of CVB members. Current board member and Drafts Sports Bar & Grill owner Brent Melsa hinted that he may resign from his board position. The CVB will now search local businesses to find a candidate to fill the vacant position. Once the board considers the candidate they see fit, the recommendation will be brought to the city council for approval.

The consent agenda included the approval of minutes from the November CVB meeting, which did not have a quorum. It also included approving bills and disbursements in the amount of $2,464.50. The next CVB meeting will occur on Thursday, January 11, 2024.

 

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GRAND FORKS FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO HOUSE FIRE

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At approximately 10:32 am on December 20, 2023, the Grand Forks Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire on 1118 1st Avenue North.

When fire crews arrived, they found heavy smoke from the front of the two-story duplex. All residents exited the building before fire personnel arrived on the scene.

Firefighters pulled an attack line to the first floor, where they found and extinguished the fire. The central floor apartment suffered significant smoke and fire damage, while the upstairs apartment had minor smoke damage. Fire department personnel performed CPR on one dog and one cat. Unfortunately, they did not survive. In total, two dogs and two cats passed away. A fire investigation is still being conducted.

The Grand Forks Fire Department responded with five engines, one truck, and one command vehicle with twenty personnel. Two residents were transported to Altru with unknown injuries. There were no injuries to fire service personnel. All residents were displaced; the American Red Cross is helping with their needs.

The fire department was assisted by the American Red Cross, Altru Ambulance, and the Grand Forks Police Department.

 

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At approximately 10:32 am on December 20, 2023, the Grand Forks Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire on 1118 1st Avenue North.

When fire crews arrived, they found heavy smoke from the front of the two-story duplex. All residents exited the building before fire personnel arrived on the scene.

Firefighters pulled an attack line to the first floor, where they found and extinguished the fire. The central floor apartment suffered significant smoke and fire damage, while the upstairs apartment had minor smoke damage. Fire department personnel performed CPR on one dog and one cat. Unfortunately, they did not survive. In total, two dogs and two cats passed away. A fire investigation is still being conducted.

The Grand Forks Fire Department responded with five engines, one truck, and one command vehicle with twenty personnel. Two residents were transported to Altru with unknown injuries. There were no injuries to fire service personnel. All residents were displaced; the American Red Cross is helping with their needs.

The fire department was assisted by the American Red Cross, Altru Ambulance, and the Grand Forks Police Department.

 

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Justice Department sues Texas developer with accusations of preying on Latino homebuyers

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Federal authorities sued Houston-area developer Colony Ridge on Wednesday, with accusations of them luring Latino home buyers into seller-financed mortgages and setting them up to default and face foreclosure.  The lawsuit comes one week after the Houston Landing published an investigation about Colony Ridge’s lending practices.

Colony Ridge entities developed a collection of subdivisions that cover about 33,000 acres of land 30 miles north of Houston. Federal authorities allege that Colony Ridge used Spanish videos to target prospective Latino buyers, and once a person visited the property, the developer allegedly used high-pressure sales tactics, required minimal down payments and extended loans without assessing a buyer’s ability to repay or verifying their gross income.

Alamdar S. Hamdani, U.S. Attorney for area of Houston, said: “Colony Ridge set out to exploit something as old as America: An immigrant’s dream of owning a home. As alleged in the complaint, Colony Ridge’s exploitative practice began with misleading advertisements on platforms like TikTok and often ended with families facing economic ruin. No home – and shattered dreams.”

Federal authorities also said at a news conference on Wednesday that Colony Ridge also misrepresented facts — such as guarantees of water, electricity and sewer hook-ups — “causing borrowers to incur substantial unanticipated expenses after closing”, federal officials said. Once a buyer fell behind on payments, the company bought the land again and repeated the process — sometimes multiple times with the same piece of property.

Colony Ridge’s chief executive John Harris said Wednesday he was “blindsided” by the lawsuit, which he called “baseless and both outrageous and inflammatory. Our business thrives off customer referrals because landowners are happy and able to experience the American Dream of owning property. We loan to those who have no opportunity to get a loan from anyone else and we are proud of the relationship we have developed with customers. We look forward to telling the true story of Colony Ridge.”

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Xfinity urges users to change passwords after 36M customers are affected by hackers

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Xfinity has notified its customers that a hacker data breach obtained access to the personal information of 36 million customers — comprising nearly all of Xfinity’s customers. The data included passwords, user names and security-question answers.

An Xfinity notice to customers this week said that the hack was due to a vulnerability in Citrix software that was patched. Subsequently, Xfinity discovered that hackers had nonetheless gained access to customers’ personal data. The Xfinity notice said: “after additional review of the affected systems and data, Xfinity concluded on December 6, 2023, that the customer information in scope included usernames and hashed passwords; for some customers, other information may also have been included, such as names, contact information, last four digits of social security numbers, dates of birth and/or secret questions and answers.” 

According to Comcast, all Xfinity customers — even those whose accounts might not have been breached — must reset their usernames and passwords, and strongly recommended its customers enable two-factor authorization to secure accounts. It also warned customers to not re-use passwords across multiple platforms.

Comcast noted “while Xfinity advises customers not to re-use passwords across multiple accounts, the company is recommending that customers change passwords for other accounts for which they use the same username and password or security question.” 

Cloud computing company Citrix had announced a vulnerability in its software Oct. 10 and issued mitigation guidance Oct. 23; then on Oct. 25, Xfinity said, it discovered “suspicious activity and subsequently determined that between October 16 and October 19, 2023, there was unauthorized access to its internal systems that was concluded to be a result of this vulnerability.”

Customers with questions can contact Xfinity toll-free at (888) 799-2560 24 hours a day Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern time. More information is available on Xfinity’s website at xfinity.com/dataincident.

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SPORTS FEEVER – December 21, 2023

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

Next week, we will have the New Year’s A to Z list. If you have a name/team/etc to add to this year’s list, let me know. I am still looking for a few spots. Email me any ideas to chrisjfee@yahoo.com.

Merry Christmas from all of us at KROX Radio. We hope you enjoy some time off from work and time with family and friends.  Enjoy the column.

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The Crookston Pirate Girls Hockey team continues to roll as they dominated East Grand Forks on Tuesday in a 3-0 victory but only gave up two shots in the first period and two shots in the second period. They have won six of their last seven games, with the only loss coming in a 2-1 overtime loss to Bemidji.

They beat Warroad 2-0 earlier this year, and now the two top teams in Section 8A and the in Class A will meet again. This time, they will meet in Warroad on December 27 in the Warroad Holiday Classic. This will likely be for the top seed. Whoever wins should be the top seed.

The Pirates are 9-3-1 and currently ranked #8 in the state.

They have four leading the team in scoring, with Brynley Coleman, Addie Fee, Cassie Solheim, and Reese Swanson all recording eight points. Fee leads the team with six goals (one power play and the only shorty for the team). Coleman is second in goals scored with four.  The Field sisters (Jocelyn and Taylor) are next in scoring with seven points apiece. 

The Pirates haven’t been scoring at a high rate, but they have been outstanding on the defensive end, and the player leading the way is goalie Kambelle Freije, with a save percentage of .932!!!!  She has made 218 saves in 12 games while recording four shutouts, including one against Warroad. 

If you haven’t taken in a Pirate Girls Hockey game, make sure you get out and cheer them on the rest of the season. They are fun to watch. If you can’t make it to Warroad for the three holiday classic games, we will have all three on KROX Radio.

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San Diego State is adding Eric Schmidt to the Aztec football coaching staff as its defensive coordinator under head coach Sean Lewis. He will also coach the SDSU linebackers.

Schmidt previously spent two seasons at the University of Washington as its special teams coordinator and coach of the EDGE position on defense.

In 2023, Schmidt helped take the Huskies into the College Football Playoff as the No. 2 seed following a perfect 12-0 regular season and a PAC-12 Championship victory over Oregon. Statistically, they led the Pac-12 in interceptions (5), punt return defense (1.83), ranked third in team passing efficiency defense (122.64), and fifth in turnovers gained (18).

Schmidt was at Fresno State each of the two years prior to joining the Husky staff, serving as defensive line coach and special teams coordinator. He and DeBoer first worked together at Southern Illinois, when DeBoer was offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach (2010-13).

In two seasons at Fresno State, Schmidt was part of a defensive staff that helped coach a unit that made vast statistical improvements in nearly every team defensive category over the 2019 season, the year before his arrival.

Before taking his coaching career to the Mountain West, he had a six-year stint (his second) at North Dakota, where he worked as defensive coordinator. Twice during his tenure at UND, the Fighting Hawks ranked in the top 10 in FCS in rush defense. Schmidt coached 17 all-conference players and four All-Americans, along with two conference players of the year, while at North Dakota.

Prior to his second stint at North Dakota, Schmidt spent six seasons (2008-13) at Southern Illinois. At SIU, Schmidt served as the defensive line coach for two seasons (2010-11) and inside linebackers/special teams coordinator for two seasons (2012-13). By the end of his tenure, Schmidt had coached nine All-Missouri Valley Conference players, including one first-teamer in 2013. He also helped a 2012 defensive unit record a pair of shutouts and rank 10th nationally in rushing yards allowed.
Schmidt’s first collegiate stop was as linebackers coach at North Dakota in 2006-07. He began his football coaching career at Crookston (Minn.) High School, where he was the head coach from 2002-2005.
The Mandan, N.D., native was a key performer as a team captain and senior linebacker on the North Dakota defense that won the NCAA Division II national title in 2001. Schmidt played for UND from 1998 to 2001, was a two-time All-North Central Conference selection, and earned All-America as a senior in 2001.

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Several area football players have made the Minnesota High School Football Coaches All-State team. They are listed below-

NINE-MAN –
Caiden Swenby (Fertile-Beltrami)
Isaiah Wright (Fertile-Beltrami)
Ryan Kangas (Win-E-Mac)
Blake Rychlock (Goodridge-Grygla)
Lewis Jones (Goodridge-Grygla)
Alex Churness (Clearbrook-Gonvick)
Eli Lewis (Nevis)

Honarable Mention –
Morgan Muir (Kittson County Central
Aidan Flaten (Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal
Dawson Gregg (Park Christian)
Ayo Ogundeji (Nevis)
Austin Ahrendt (Nevis)

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Milestones –

MSU-Moorhead Women’s Basketball coach Karla Nelson recorded the 400th win of her career earlier this month. The pride of Erskine and the first 1,000-point scorer in Erskine history has done pretty well at Moorhead.

Ada-Borup-West’s Cadyn Dahl scored the 1,000th point of his career last week.

Roseau’s Jake Borowicz (Freshman) scored the 1,000th point of his career last week.

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Detroit Lakes High School Football had two players sign to play football on signing day on Wednesday.

Mason Carrier signed to play at the University of Minnesota.
Isaac Cariveau signed to play at the University of North Dakota.

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Congratulations to UMC Women’s Basketball’s Emma Miller. The sophomore from St. Michael-Albertville was named the NSIC player of the week this week.

UMC is tied for sixth place out of the 15 teams.  The women’s standing are below-

Minnesota State Mankato – 6-1
Northern State – 5-1
Concordia-St. Paul 5-2
UM-Duluth 5-2
Southwest Minnesota State 5-2
St. Cloud State 4-2
UMC 4-2
Mary 4-2
MSU-Moorhead 3-3
Winona State 3-4
Sioux Falls 2-5
Minot State 1-5
Wayne State 1-6
Augustana 1-6
Bemidji State 0-6

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The President’s Award for Academic Excellence is awarded to Division II schools that have achieved an Academic Success Rate of 90% or higher. For the second consecutive year, 44 member schools have earned this honor, including three from the NSIC.

Augustana University (91%), Concordia-St. Paul (93%) and Minnesota Crookston (90%) each earned the honor.

The Division II ASR includes transfers into a school in the calculation and removes those who transferred out of the school while academically eligible. The ASR also includes over 30,000 nonscholarship student-athletes who were enrolled in the four years covered in the most recent data.

Even when using the less-inclusive federal graduation rate, student-athletes are outperforming their peers in the general student population by 7%. For Division II student-athletes, the federal rate is 60%, while the general student body federal rate is 53%.

This is the 13th year the award has been given.

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The latest Minnesota High School sports rankings are available by clicking the link below.

Minnesota High School Rankings – KROX (kroxam.com)

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The 2023 Crookston Hockey Alumni games/scrimmages will be held Saturday, December 23 at the Crookston Sports Center. Johnny Holmes will be back again at the Eagles, and all players in the alumni games get in free.

Alumni from Crookston Central High School, Crookston High School, Cathedral, and the Mount will be back/are invited back to participate in this year’s games. The schedule and info are listed below –

GAME 1 – 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. – 2013 to 2023 alumni……..Odd vs Even
GAME 2 – 4:00 to 5:15 p.m. – 2012 and older alumni………… Odd vs Even
GAME 3 – 5:30-6:45………PIRATE GIRLS vs GIRLS ALUMNI
GAME 4 – 7:00-8:15……….PIRATE BOYS vs PIRATE ALUMNI

Cost – $10.00 (Make checks out to Pirate Hockey)

Social at the Crookston Eagles Club from 9 PM to 1 AM.  Johnny Holmes performing and all alumni game players get in free.

Mail registration forms to
Steve Biermaier
PO Box 496
Crookston, MN  56716
or email steve.biermaierchiro@midconetwork.com

For the registration form CLICK HERE.

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The Crookston Pirate Winter Sports Schedules are available on our website. Click on the link below –

CROOKSTON PIRATE WINTER SPORTS SCHEDULES – KROX (kroxam.com)

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JOKES

A man comes home from working at a pickle factory and he seems troubled. His wife asks him what’s wrong and the man says, “Oh, nothing. I just… well… recently I’ve had an uncontrollable urge to put my penis in the pickle slicer.”

His wife nearly faints, then she blurts out: “Why? You need to go see someone. I’m going to make an appointment with a therapist or someone tomorrow.”

The man protests, “No, no. It’s fine. Really. I’m not going to do it.”

Everything is fine for a few weeks, but then the man comes home early from work and he’s pale as a ghost. His wife inquires, “What’s the matter? You look terrible!”

The husband tells her, “Well, remember when I said I wanted to put my penis in the pickle slicer?”

The wife gasps, “You did? What happened?”

The man starts to cry. “I got fired!”

“I don’t care about that! Are you okay? What happened with the pickle slicer?”

The man sobs, “She got fired, too.”

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A sailor meets a pirate in a bar and takes turns boasting of their adventures on the high seas. The sailor notes that the pirate has a peg leg, hook, and an eyepatch.

The sailor asks, “So, how did you end up with the peg leg?”

The pirate replies, “We were in a storm at sea, and I was swept overboard into a school of sharks. Just as my men were pulling me out, a shark bit my leg off.”

“Wow!” said the sailor. “What about your hook”?

“Well…” replied the pirate, “While my men and I were plundering in the Middle East, I was caught stealing from a merchant, and the punishment for theft in the Middle East is the loss of the hand that steals”

“Incredible!” remarked the sailor. “How did you get the eyepatch”?

“A seagull dropping fell into my eye.”, replied the pirate.

“You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?” the sailor asked incredulously.

“Well…” said the pirate, “..it was my first day with the hook.”

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I got really angry with my car navigation today. I even yelled at it and told it to “go to hell.”

Twenty minutes later, it brought me in front of my mother-in-law’s house.

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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

Halle Bruggeman is a freshman on the University of Wisconsin-Stout Women’s Tennis team.

Grace Fischer is a freshman on the Concordia College (Moorhead) Women’s Golf team.

Ethan Boll is a Freshman on the University of North Dakota Football team.

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

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

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

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

Elise Tangquist is the Head Girls Golf Coach at Horace High School in Fargo, ND..

Kaleb Thingelstad is a junior playing golf at Kansas 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.

Aleece Durbin is a Junior on the University of North Dakota Womens Track and Field team.

Elizabeth Erdman is a coach for the Moorhead Red Dragon swim team.

Crookston School District Coaches
Todd Miner is a Pirate Football assistant coach.
Ben Parkin is the head Pirate Baseball Coach.
Emily Meyer is the Pirate head girls hockey coach and softball assistant 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
Marley Melbye is the Head Girls Swimming coach and assistant girls golf 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) Horgen is the 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 Wisconsin Badgers 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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