The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a government regulationt to regulate “ghost gun” kits that allow people to easily obtain parts needed to assemble firearms from online sellers.
The 7-2 decision came from Justice Neil Gorsuch, with Gorsuch writing the majority opinion saying that the kits can be regulated under the federal Gun Control Act, saying the court had “no trouble rejecting” the arguments made by challengers. Gorsuch wrote: “The Gun Control Act embraces, and thus permits ATF to regulate, some weapon parts kits and unfinished frames or receivers, including those we have discussed,” and indicated that the ruling is limited, meaning that some products that require “sufficient time, tools and expertise” to create a gun would not necessarily be covered.
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, with Thomas writing: “The statutory terms ‘frame’ and ‘receiver’ do not cover the unfinished frames and receivers contained in weapon-parts kits, and weapon-parts kits themselves do not meet the statutory definition of ‘firearm.’ That should end the case. The majority instead blesses the Government’s overreach based on a series of errors regarding both the standard of review and the interpretation of the statute.”
Issued by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the regulation has been in effect since August 2022 as litigation has made its way through the court system, with the Supreme Court in August 2023 refusing to put it on hold. Manufacturers and sellers have to obtain licenses, mark products with serial numbers, require background checks and maintain records.
The Gun Control Act says the regulations apply to “any weapon … which will or is designed to or may be readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive.” It also covers the “frame or receiver of any such weapon.” The frame or receiver is the part of a firearm that houses other components, including the firing mechanism.
The legal challenge was brought by Jennifer VanDerStok and Michael Andren, who own components they want to use to build guns. The plaintiffs contended the 1968 Gun Control Act didn’t apply to weapon parts kits and that the administrative action was an overreach.
James Gunn took to his social media to share a first look image at his upcoming DC Universe project, HBO’s Lanterns starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre.
Gunn’s post on X read: “Excited that #Lanterns is now in production. DC Studios’ new show for @HBO and Max, from creators Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, & @TomKingTK, starring Kyle Chandler & Aaron Pierre, is something really special. @StreamOnMax @dcofficial”
The new photo shows Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler as the two Green Lanterns — John Stewart and Hal Jordan, respectively. The pair can be seen walking down a road, with Chandler’s Jordan wearing his Green Lantern Corps. ring on his finger. The duo investigate murders while on the road; per the official logline, the series will follow “new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.”
The cast also features Kelly Macdonald as Sheriff Kerry, Garret Dillahunt as the modern cowboy William Macon, Poorna Jagannathan as John’s potential love interest Zoe and Ulrich Thomsen as Green Lantern villain Sinestro.
The photo comes as HBO and James Gunn announced that the series has officially entered production, after receiving an official straight-to-series order at HBO in June 2024 (more than a year since the 8-episode project was first announced back in January 2023). No official release date for Lanterns has been released just yet.
During a nearly five-and-a-half hour livestream on its social media channels, Marvel Studios revealed its cast for Avengers: Doomsday, including a mix of Marvel Cinematic Universe mainstays as well as actors from 20th Century Fox’s now-defunct X-Men universe and the upcoming stars of Fantastic Four: First Steps.
The cast announcement included Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Anthony Mackie (Captain America), Sebastian Stan (The Winter Soldier), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Wyatt Russell (U.S. Agent), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), Danny Ramirez (The Falcon) and Winston Duke (M’Baku).
The cast reveal also included actors Lewis Pullman (Sentry), Danny Ramirez (Joaquín Torres / Falcon), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm), David Harbour (Red Guardian), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), Tom Hiddleton (Loki), Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier / Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), James Marsden (Cyclops), and Channing Tatum (Gambit).
Also set to appear in Doomsday include Tenoch Huerta (Namor), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes), Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Thing) and Kelsey Grammer (Beast).
Marvel first announced Avengers: Doomsday to fanfare at San Diego Comic-Con in July, with the surprise reveal that Robert Downey Jr. would be returning to the MCU, after retiring the role of Iron Man in ‘Avengers: Endgame’ in 2019. Marvel previously announced Downey, Jr. will appear in the film, but not as Tony Stark — the actor is now playing Dr. Doom.
Joe and Anthony Russo, who directed Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, have signed on to direct Doomsday and the subsequent Avengers: Secret Wars. ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ has a release date of May 1, 2026, while the follow-up film ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ is set to premiere May 7, 2027.
Check out the cast announcement for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ – HERE.
We are officially done with the Winter Sports season and a huge congratulations to Red Lake County on their third place finish in the Class A State Boys Basketball tournament!
Enjoy the column!
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The Minnesota High School Boys Basketball Coaches Association has announced several awards.
Red Lake County Coaches Steve Philion and Randy Huie will be coaching the All-Star game and will head the Blue team. Red Lake County’s Owen Chervestad (UMC Commit) will play on the blue team.
The Section Coach of the year for Section 8a was Steve Philion of Red Lake County. The Section 8AA Coach of the Year was Josh Perkerwicz of East Grand Forks Section 8AAA Coach of the Year is Forrest Witt of Alexandria The Section 8AAAA Coach of the Year is Matt Ellingson of Moorhead
Congratulations to the Stephen-Argyle Storm Boys Basketball team on winning the Section 8A Academic team championship and the Class A State Academic team championship this season. Pelican Rapids won the Section 8AA Academic team championship.
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Crookston Pirate Spring sports are all underway, and I have half of the team’s rosters this week and will do the other half next week.
Boys Tennis – 16 boys out Seniors (5) – Nickolaus Bachmeier, Michael Deng, Jack Everett, Codey Heinle, Teagen Lubinski Juniors (3) – Gunnar Groven, Sam Widseth, Reggie Winjum Sophomores (6) – Sawyer Anderson, Ean Deleon, Grant Funk, Colton Osborn, Hudson Rick, Alex Zammert Freshman (2)– Tucker Lubinski, Cameron Martin
Boys Track and Field – 27 out 7-12 (I don’t include 6th graders because they can’t compete in varsity) Seniors (1) – Jayden Mulvey Juniors (8) – Ryker Arnold, Miles Corneillie, Kahnen Hanson, Ian Olslund, Lennon Prudhomme, Makoti Weber, Peter Wiersma, Cade Wisk Sophomores (6) – Jackson Fritsch, Aaron Gosse, Landon Meier, Xsavior Ramos, Gavin Reitmeier, Josseft Valadez Freshman (5) – Travis Blackbird, Paul Bruce, Jesus De Los Santos, Chris Goodrich, Erik Pruneda 8th graders (3) – Masen Lessard, Eli Marsyla, Tyrese Middleton, 7th graders (4) – Miguel De Los Santos, James Hood, Cohen Luckow, Jude Seddon
The Ted Brill Great 8 will be held this weekend, and we have a list of the Section 8A guys who are playing in the games. Cole Bies (EGF) Gavin Girdler (RLF)
Area 8AA kids- Aiden Dufault (Moorhead) Nick Johnson (Bemidji) Jake Halvorson (Roseau) Briggs Knott (Bemidji) Benji Oleary (Bemidji)
The HP 18 Section 7/8 team has been announced, with several Section 8A players making the team – Patrick Kennedy (Warroad) Broden Hontvet (Warroad) Hudson Pettit (Detroit Lakes) Garrett Fischer (Crookston) Tucker Lovejoy (East Grand Forks) Ryan Shaugabay (Warroad) Coach – Trevor Page (RLF)
The Girls HP 17/18 team for Section 8 includes the following Section 8A girls – Kate Johnson (Warroad) Jaylie French (Warroad) Brynn Erickson (Detroit Lakes) Emma LaPlante (Crookston)
The Girls HP 16 team for Section 8 includes the following Section 8A girls – Grace Knutson (TRF) Adley Vigness (Crookston) Addison Lindgren (TRF) Aurora Jabas (DL)
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The transfer portal has been a major topic this week, and UMC basketball teams aren’t immune to it.
Thus far, men’s Basketball has Christian Bowen-Webb, Micah Garrett, and Andrew Stokes in the portal. All three are juniors.
Bemidji State has Daxton Dayley and Peyton Newbern. MSU-Moorhead has JaMir Price
There isn’t as organized reporting of a transfer portal for Women’s basketball, but a check of the UMC Women’s roster page tells us several players aren’t returning.
Emma Miller, Hope Dudycha, Halle Winjum, Natalie Mikrot, Rayna Klejeski, Brynlea Mahlen, and Riley Jenkins are returning. That means the following have left or won’t be back next year – Nicole Hernandez (graduating), Willow Thiel, Taryn Frazer (left during the season), Kloe Wadd (left during the season), Emme Munch, and Olivia Walsh.
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It looks like there will be some new Boys Hockey teams in Class A next year. Irondale and Tartan have been notified that they were approved to play in Class A next year. Now there will be 78 teams in Class A.
We will find out more in April on section realignment.
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Congratulations to Warroad Girls Hockey alumni Katie Kotlowski and Quinn Kuntz on winning their third NCAA D1 Women’s Hockey Championship this past weekend!
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The University of North Dakota fired hockey coach Brad Berry on Sunday. Berry won a National Championship in his first season in 2015-2016 season, but failed to make the NCAA tournament for the second time in three seasons this season. Since the National Championship season, UND has only won one playoff victory, which came in 2021. Berry went 227-119-35 with the Fighting Hawks, including 21-15-2 this season, with five NCHC Penrose Cups and one NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship. Dane Jackson will serve as interim coach while a national search for a replacement will begin immediately.
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Speaking of UND. North Dakota transfer guard Treysen Eaglestaff, who is considered one of the top players in the transfer portal, has received interest from the following schools, per his agent. Kentucky, Michigan, St. John’s, Kansas, LSU, Alabama, Mississippi State, Washington, Gonzaga, UCLA, Ole Miss, Syracuse, USC, Minnesota, TCU, Georgia, Wake Forest, South Carolina, Villanova, Oklahoma, Colorado, Iowa, and Vanderbilt.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston tennis team announced the signing of Terezie Drasilova (Naples, Fla./ES American School) as the program’s first signee for 2025. Drasilova is originally from Czech Republic.
Terezie Drasilova (Naples, Fla./ES American School) Drasilova has spent the last three years at the Emilio Sanches American School in Naples, Fla. She is the daughter of Roman Drasil, and Romana Drasilova. Drasilova plans to major in animal science at Minnesota Crookston.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston soccer program announced the addition of Breezie Davis as assistant coach for the Golden Eagles. Davis arrives at Minnesota Crookston after three seasons as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at the University of Arkansas-Rich Mountain.
She played her college soccer at the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Ark. Davis scored four goals to lead the team in 2021. She started 15 games, and played in 16. She played in eight games in 2020 with four shots, and no goals. Davis started all 28 games in 2019, with 23 shots. As a a senior, she was named All-American Southwest Conference Honorable Mention. In her final season, she was team MVP, and the squad’s Offensive Player of the Year.
Davis started her career at Seminole State College, earning All-Region 2 honors. She received her bachelor’s degree in accounting and business administration from the University of the Ozarks in 2021. Davis went on to receive her master’s degree in athletic administration from Arkansas State University in 2024. She is a Verdigris, Okla., native.
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JOKES
A man running late for his once in a lifetime dream job interview is frantically trying to find a parking spot in a packed lot… Time is not on his side, and he starts to panic. In his last ditch attempt, he turns to the skies, and begs: “God, please, help me out here. I’ll do anything… I’ll quit smoking. I’ll stop drinking. I’ll donate money to charity.” As soon as he finishes his plea, the skies open up, and the bright light shines on to an empty parking space. The man holds up his hand, and goes: “Never mind, I found one”.
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There was an old priest who got sick of all the people in his parish who kept confessing adultery. One Sunday, from the pulpit, he said, “If I hear one more person confess to adultery, I’ll quit!” Well, everyone liked him, so they came up with a code word. Someone had commiteed adultery would say they had “fallen.” This seemed to satisfy the old priest and things went well, until the priest died at a ripe old age. About a week after the new priest arrived, he visited the Mayor of the town and seemed very concerned. The priest said, “You have to do something about the sidewalk in town. When people come to the confessional, they keep talking about having fallen.” The Mayor started to laugh, realizing that no one had told the new priest about the code word. Before the Mayor could explain, the priest shook an accusing finger at the Mayor and said, “I don’t know what you’re laughing about! Your wife fell three times this week!”
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There once was a rich man who was near death. He was very grieved because he had worked so hard for his money and he wanted to be able to take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to take some of his wealth with him. An angel hears his plea and appears to him. “Sorry, but you can’t take your wealth with you.” The man implores the angel to speak to God to see if He might bend the rules. The man continues to pray that his wealth could follow him. The angel reappears and informs the man that God has decided to allow him to take one suitcase with him. Overjoyed, the man gathers his largest suitcase and fills it with pure gold bars and places it beside his bed. Soon afterward the man dies and shows up at the Gates of Heaven to greet St. Peter. St. Peter seeing the suitcase says, “Hold on, you can’t bring that in here!” But the man explains to St. Peter that he has permission and asks him to verify his story with the Lord. Sure enough, St. Peter checks and comes back saying, “You’re right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but I’m supposed to check its contents before letting it through.” St. Peter opens the suitcase to inspect the worldly items that the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaims, “You brought pavement?!!!”
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A cowboy, who just moved to Wyoming from Texas, walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud. He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more. The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy, “You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it. It would taste better if you bought one at a time.” The cowboy replies, “Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in Arizona , the other is in Colorado . When we all left our home in Texas , we promised that we’d drink this way to remember the days when we drank together. So I’m drinking one beer for each of my brothers and one for myself.” The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way. He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn. One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs. All the regulars take notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, “I don’t want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss.” The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his eyes and he laughs. “Oh, no, everybody’s just fine,” he explains, “It’s just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking.” “Hasn’t affected my brothers though.”
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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
Paul Bittner is an assistant coach on the University of Wisconsin-Superior Men’s Hockey team.
Reese Swanson is a freshman playing hockey at St. Olaf.
Carter Coauette is a freshman playing football at Minot State.
Isabelle Smith is a freshman playing Tennis at Concordia College.
Isaac Thomforde is a freshman playing Tennis at Northwestern College in St. Paul.
Emilee Tate is a Sophomore playing Softball at Northland Community and Technical College.
Halle Bruggeman is a Sophomore on the University of Wisconsin-Stout Women’s Rugby team.
Ethan Boll is a Red-shirt Freshman on the University of North Dakota Football team.
Breanna Kressin is a Junior on the Hockey Cheer Team for THE University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey team.
Jacey Larson is a Sophomore playing hockey at Dakota College at Bottineau.
Aleah Bienek is a Junior playing hockey at Trine University in Indiana.
Joslynn Leach is a Senior playing golf at Concordia College in Moorhead. The Cobbers wrapped up the Fall season.
Brooks Butt is a Junior playing football at the University of Jamestown.
Ty Hamre is redshirt Junior playing football at Bemidji State University.
Elizabeth Erdman is a coach for the Moorhead Red Dragon swim team.
Crookston School District Coaches Blake Bergeron is the head Pirate Wrestling Coach. Ben Parkin is the head Pirate Baseball Coach. Amy Boll is the head Pirate Girls Track head coach Sarah Reese is the Pirate Head Girls Soccer coach Marley Melbye is an assistant girls golf coach Connor Morgan is the Pirate Boys Hockey assistant coach Ben Trostad is the Pirate Boys Hockey assistant coach Ethan Magsam is the Pirate Boys Hockey assistant coach Chris Dufault is a youth wrestling Coach
Non-Crookston High School coaching/Admin/etc
Elise Tangquist is the Head Girls Golf Coach at Horace High School in Fargo, ND.
Carmen (Kreibich) Johnson is the head Little Falls Volleyball coach.
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.
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 North Dakota.
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.
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.
The Crookston Pirate Boys Basketball team held its end-of-the-season banquet at the Crookston High School commons. They handed out a few awards.
Team awards – Pirate Award (given to a player that is a good leader, a role model to younger kids, does good things on the court and in the community) – Jack Everett Practice player award – Bradyn Pederson Letter winners – Reggie Winjum, Tyler Michaelson, Hunter Nicholas, Rylan Lubarski, Jack Everett, Michael Deng, Bradyn Pederson, Matt Contreras, Zachariah Ali
All-Conference Awards – First team – Reggie Winjum and Hunter Nicholas Honorable Mention – Matt Contreras
Pirate letter winners – Reggie Winjum, Tyler Michaelson, Hunter Nicholas, Rylan Lubarski, Jack Everett, Michael Deng, Bradyn Pederson, Matt Contreras, Zachariah Ali
All Conference awards – Hunter Nicholas, Reggie Winjum, Matt Contreras
The Crookston Housing & Economic Development Authority held their monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at Valley Technology Park. The main agenda for the meeting had a few items for approval and one discussion item. Community Development Director Karie Kirschbaum also updated the board on what developments for Septembers Rodeo.
The board approved meeting minutes for both the February 25 meeting and a special meeting that was held March 4. The special meeting was set to consider a revolving loan request for the owners of AmericInn on Hwy 2, in Crookston. The owners have been doing extensive renovations on the building which was built in 1997 and was purchased by the current owners January 28, 2024. The revolving loan request which was for $75,000 at a 6% interest rate over one year and will serve as gap financing on the over $3 Million dollar renovations. The board approved the revolving loan at the March 4 special meeting.
The first item on the regular agenda for Tuesday’s meeting was for approval to apply for RFP Bring It Home State Vouchers. “The Bring it Home State Voucher Program, they’ve been kind of in the works with that,” says Theresa Tahran, Crookston Housing Director. “So basically, rather than Section eight, which is federal rental assistance this would be more of a state program.” Tahran says that if the application were approved by the state it would bridge a gap in rental assistance. “Right now, an allocation of $95,484, with about 10-13 vouchers and admin of about $19,000-$25,000,” says Tahran. “It’s basically to help families with more renal assistance rather than the federal dollars. Currently we have a wait list for our section eight so this would allow us to pull some more and get some rental assistance for others.” The board approved unanimously for Tahran to submit the application for the program.
The next item was for approval to apply for RFP HUD Emergency Safety Grant. This is something that has been applied for in the past and if awarded would be used at Oak Court. “We will be applying for exit lighting at Oak Court,” says Tahran. It’s just public housing for the Emergency Safety Grant and we will also be doing door controllers for handicap doors.” The board approved unanimously to apply for the Emergency Safety Grant.
The next item was asking the board to approve of funds in the amount of $1550 to go to the Early Childhood Initiative Childcare Summit. The money would be used to help defer the cost of the meal that will take place during the Childcare Summit coming up April 22-24, 2025. The board approved unanimously of allotting these funds to the Childcare summit.The board was also asked to approve of funding for a new daycare portable sink in the amount of $1,700. There are two new daycares going into Washington School in the near future and as part of licensing one of them needs to have a portable sink. The board approved unanimously of funding the portable sink.
The last item on the regular agenda was a discussion on the Pre-Bonding Project Costs for the Industrial Park Development. Kirschbaum says that in 2023 with the Industrial Park USEDA grant opportunity was proposed the Crookston HEDA approved using the Crookston Jobs Fund to cover upfront engineering costs. The grant is a federal grant and has been delayed but is expected to be announced soon. If the grant is awarded Kirschbaum says the City Council will vote on accepting the grant, bonding for the remaining costs and applying for a BDPI grant from DEED to offset city costs. Should the city move forward the Crookston HEDA will seek reimbursement for the upfront costs it covered. These reimbursements the Crookston HEDA would seek are in the amount of $77,552. Next steps will be to review and coordinate with the City to consider the necessary actions for reimbursement as the project advances.
Kirschbaum updated the board Tuesday on the progress made with the Wojo Rodeo. “We are meeting weekly out here at Valley Tech Park at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday mornings, so if people are interested in a portion or a part of working with that on the rodeo for us, that would be exciting,” says Kirschbaum. “We had originally started out with a different name but we ended up on a very innovative name and I know you can’t wait to hear it. It’s going to be the Crookston Rodeo.”People have really turned out for the event to help in all areas of the planning and they are moving forward to make it a memorable family event. “We have a good team. Keenan, our Marketing person from the city is working with us to get that out there,” says Kirschbaum. We just put together our sponsor packets. We kind of finalized that yesterday and our ticket vendor, we worked on that.”
As reported earlier this year the dates for the Crookston Rodeo are kind of in line with some other great events that happen in Crookston each year, including Pioneer Days, the King of Trails Garage Sales and more. “The dates will be September 5 and 6. It will be out at the CSC and the arena will be placed on the east side of that,” says Kirschbaum. “And inside we will be having Cowboy Market Place.”The team is full speed ahead now that they were able to overcome the one hurdle that was holding things up. “As you may have heard, we had to put everything on pause until we located bleachers because we did not realize how hard they would be to find when we come right in the middle of football season, other people are renting bleachers and here comes the Crookston Rodeo,” says Kirschbaum. “We are excited about that and we really want to encourage the community to put it on your calendars.”
The next Crookston HEDA meeting will be on April 29, 2025, at 7:00 a.m. at Valley Technology Park.
The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles Softball team went down early in game two against St. Cloud State Tuesday, as they lost 8-0 to the Huskies. St. Cloud State cruised to victory with the help of seven runs in the first inning.
FIRST INNING
UMC’s offense had little success early, with the only sign of life coming from a Curry walk. Chayse Doering and Rayna French both struck out, and a groundout from Hannah Trzinski ended the half inning. The Huskies continued riding their momentum from game one, as they scored seven runs in the bottom of the inning. An RBI-double started the inning for St. Cloud State. UMC then decided to put Riley Blake on the mound in relief of Evie Stout. A Husky RBI-single with one out put the St. Cloud State up by 2, and a third run from the Huskies made it 3-0. Moments later, St. Cloud State’s Bree Beck hit a 2-RBI-double to center to make it 5-0. Another 2-RBI-double to left field made it 7-0 for the Huskies, and a fly out ended the inning,
SECOND INNING
UMC started the top of the inning with a single from Madisen Yandle, but the next three Golden Eagles were retired by strikeout. The Golden Eagles turned to Alexa Guilford at pitcher in the second inning. UMC showed signs of improvement as they surrenderred just one hit and forced a double play to end the inning.
THIRD INNING
UMC started the third with a groundout, but Doering singled on the next at bat. French made it to second base for UMC on an error moments later, and Doering advanced to third. The Golden Eagles could not capitalize on the runners in scoring position, as the top of the inning was ended on a fly out. The Huskies were also held scoreless in the inning, with a key strikeout stranding St. Cloud State’s Morgan Honeycutt on third and keeping the score at 7-0.
FOURTH INNING
UMC’s Irelyn Spencer, Sophine Juntunen, and Yandle had ground outs to quickly end the top of the inning. It was the same story for St. Cloud State, as three consecutive ground outs ended the inning.
FIFTH INNING
UMC’s Jocelyn Hernandez singled into left field with one out in the inning, but outs from Doering and Curry would end the top of the fifth. The Huskies had a great start to the bottom of the inning, as pinch runner Hannah Harms made it to third on a couple wild pitches. She was forced out on the way home after a fielder’s choice bunt, but runners remained on both first and second. A walk moments later loaded the bases for St. Cloud State. An RBI walk from St. Cloud State’s Bree Beck made it 8-0 and ended the game by mercy rule.
UMC drops to 13-20 on the season. The Golden Eagles will play another doubleheader on Saturday at Sioux Falls. St. Cloud State improves to 24-8 and faces #10 Augustana in a doubleheader on Friday.
The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles Softball team lost their first of two games to the St. Cloud State Huskies 8-3 in the Husky Dome on Tuesday afternoon. UMC committed seven errors in the loss.
FIRST INNING
It was a slow start for the Golden Eagles, as their first three batters were all retired. UMC pitcher Delaney Pinner did not surrender a run in the bottom of the inning, as she walked one batter and struck out two more. St. Cloud State’s Reese Holzhueter, who was walked, stole a base and used a sac-fly to make it to third. Pinner’s final strikeout of the inning left Holzheuter as the lone Husky on base.
SECOND INNING
The top of the second yielded better results for UMC, as Irelyn Spencer was walked and Whitney Curry singled to centerfield. They would both be left on base though after two Golden Eagles struck out and another grounded out. The Huskies started building momentum on offense when Sidney Roe was hit by a pitch. She was brought in by a Bree Beck single. Two more Huskies scored in the inning on a 2-RBI single from Hulzheuter to make it 3-0 St. Cloud State.
THIRD INNING
The top of the inning was another 1-2-3 retirement for the Golden Eagles. The Huskies were able to load the bases with a Roe single and two walks, but UMC was spared by a fly out, which kept the score at 3-0.
FOURTH INNING
The Golden Eagles made solid contact with the bat, but it was a fly out and two ground outs to end the top of the inning for UMC. In the bottom of the inning, UMC went to Evie Stuck at pitcher, and she helped keep the score at 3-0.
FIFTH INNING
UMC started to get into a grove after Bryanna Decker singled and advanced to second on an error. Decker advanced to third after a sac bunt from Curry. A sac fly from Hailey Koch brought Decker home and made the score 3-1, and a line out moments later closed the half inning. The Golden Eagles committed three errors in the bottom of the inning, one of which led to a St. Cloud State run and put the score at 6-1. The Golden Eagles tightened up to end the half inning, and left one of the Huskies on second and keeping the score at 6-1.
SIXTH INNING
UMC was unable to replicate the offensive success of the fifth inning, as the next three Golden Eagles were quickly retired. St. Cloud State continued to increase their lead with an RBI triple from Bethany Weiss, which scored Brooke Holmes and made the score 7-1. Homes was brought home on the next at-bat to make it 8-1.
SEVENTH INNING
UMC was down big, but finished strong. Hannah Trzinski was walked, ans Sophie Juntuenen made it to base on a pitching error. With one out on the board, Curry hit an RBI-single to score Trzinski, and a Koch double into right center scored Juntuenen. The final out of the game was recorded at home, giving St. Cloud State the 8-3 win.
UMC is 13-19 on the year, with the second game against St. Cloud State later today.
Crookston Just For Kix competed in Brainerd this past weekend with the oldest teams and some solos. “The competition was incredible, and our girls had a lot of success against the big metro towns,” said Coach Grace Espinosa. “Some kids had less than five minutes to run from one location to the next to perform. We are so proud of the dedication and hard work of the kids. They handled lots of high-stress situations with patience and grace!”
Team Results – Dream Team Hip Hop – 1st place Starmakers Jazz – 2nd place Starmakers Hip Hop – 3rd place Starmakers Lyrical – 4th place Dream Team Jazz – Platinum Dream Team Lyrical – Platinum Dream Team Kick – Platinum
Solo results: Morgyn Larson – 3rd Place Platinum – Senior Classic Hayley -Leckie – 4th Place Platinum – Senior Classic Sydnee Overgaard – 5th Place Platinum – Middle Classic Ella Finseth – 8th Place High Gold – Senior Classic Madelyn Knutson – Senior Select
Rydell Cars is proud to announce that HOPE, Inc. Adaptive Sports and Recreation has been selected as the beneficiary for the upcoming 19th Annual Rydell Car and Bike Show Charity Event. This event exemplifies Rydell’s commitment to giving back to the Grand Forks community.Each year, Rydell employees vote to choose a local charity to support through this event.Notably, 100% of all donations collected during the show are directed to the selected charity, with Rydell Cars matching contributions up to $40,000. Since its inception in 2007, the Rydell Car and Bike Show has raised over $1.13 million for local organizations.
HOPE, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing adaptive sports and recreational opportunities for children and adults with mobility challenges. Their mission focuses on inclusivity, empowerment, and fostering community among participants and their families.Rachel Frey, representing HOPE, Inc., expressed gratitude for the selection, stating “Theseproceeds will provide life-changing opportunities for children and adults living with mobility challenges in the Grand Forks community. Thanks to Rydell’s generous support, our organization can continue to ensure that all community members have the chance to belong on a team thatempowers them.”
Kaylee Metzger, Chairwoman of the Rydell Car and Bike Show Charity Event, shared herenthusiasm: “We are always honored to support those in our community. We are looking forward to the show and can’t wait to see everyone!”The 19th Annual Rydell Car and Bike Show is scheduled for September 21, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event welcomes vehicles and attendees of all ages. Whether you have a car, truck, SUV, bike, or tricycle that holds special meaning to you, Rydell encourages your participation. Donations of time, auction items, and funds are gratefully accepted and appreciated. For auction contributions, unique items of any size are welcomed. For more details about the event and how to get involved, please visit www.RydellCarShow.com.
