Month: April 2025

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

We have had some baseball and softball games played this week and spring sports are officially underway!

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The top two teams in Section 8A Baseball, Sacred Heart and Red Lake County have had a great start to the season. Red Lake County beat Warroad 7-0 while no-hitting the Warriors. Will Gieseke and Bo Nelson teamed up for the no-hitter. Sacred Heart started off the season with a 10-run rule victory in their first game of the season. Those two teams will be the heavy favorites to be in the championship for the second straight season.

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The Minnesota State High School League released the 2025-26 &2026-27 Section Alignments and I have put together the list of the area sections below. There were a few changes in most sports.

The lists are below –

SECTION 8 9-PLAYER FOOTBALL (7 teams – Lake of the Woods out)
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
Goodridge/Grygla
Kittson County Central
Northern Freeze
Stephen-Argyle
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
Win-E-Mac

SECTION 8A FOOTBALL (8 teams – Park Christian in)
Ada-Borup-West
Bagley
Cass Lake-Bena
Mahnomen/Waubun
Park Christian
Polk County West
Red Lake County
Red Lake

SECTION 8AA FOOTBALL (7 teams – Park Rapids out)
Barnesville
Crookston
Frazee
Hawley
Pelican Rapids
Roseau
Warroad

SECTION 8AAA FOOTBALL (7 teams – Park Rapids in)
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
East Grand Forks
Minnewaska Area
Morris/Chokio-Alberta
Park Rapids
Perham
Thief River Falls

SECTION 6 9-PLAYER FOOTBALL (6 teams – Park Christian out)
Blackduck
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Fertile-Beltrami
Fosston
Kelliher/Northome
Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal

SECTION 8A VOLLEYBALL (20 teams – Red Lake out, Northome/Kelliher in)
Ada-Borup-West
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
Bagley
Blackduck
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Climax-Fisher
Fertile-Beltrami
Fosston
Goodridge/Grygla
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen/Waubun
Northern Freeze
Northome/Kelliher
Red Lake County Central
Red Lake Falls
Sacred Heart
Stephen-Argyle
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
Win-E-Mac

SECTION 8AA VOLLEYBALL (14 teams – Pelican Rapids out, Red Lake in)
Barnesville
Crookston
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
East Grand Forks
Frazee
Hawley
Menahga
Park Rapids
Perham
Red Lake
Roseau
Thief River Falls
Wadena-Deer Creek
Warroad

SECTION 8A BOYS SOCCER (12 teams – Fergus Falls out, Long Prairie/Grey Eagle in)
Albany
Central Minnesota Christian
Crookston
East Grand Forks
Fergus Falls Hillcrest Lutheran Academy
Long Prairie/Grey Eagle
Melrose
Minnewaska Area
Morris
Pelican Rapids
St. Cloud Cathedral
St. John’s Prep

SECTION 8A GIRLS SOCCER (9 teams)
Albany
Crookston
East Grand Forks
Fergus Falls Hillcrest Lutheran Academy
Melrose
Pelican Rapids
St. Cloud Cathedral
St. John’s Prep
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley

SECTION 8A GIRLS TENNIS (8 teams – Perham out – to 8AA!)
Crookston
East Grand Forks
Park Rapids
Parkers Prairie
Roseau
Staples-Motley
Thief River Falls
Wadena-Deer Creek

SECTION 8A GIRLS SWIMMING (8 teams – Alexandria out)
Detroit Lakes
Fergus Falls
Fosston/Bagley
Morris Area/Minnewaska
Park Rapids
Perham/New York Mills/Henning
Thief River Falls
Warroad/Roseau/BGMR

SECTION 8A BOYS CROSS COUNTRY (Boys – 23 teams, Girls – 24 teams – No change)
Ada-Borup-West
Bagley/Fosston
Barnesville
Cass Lake-Bena
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
Fertile-Beltrami
Frazee
Hawley
Lake Park-Audubon
Lake of the Woods/Rainy River
Northern Freeze
Nevis
New York Mills
New York Mills Homeschool (Girls Only)
Park Rapids
Pelican Rapids
Red Lake County
Riverside Christian School
Roseau
TrekNorth
United North Central
Warroad
West Marshall

SECTION 8A BOYS BASKETBALL (19 teams – Lost Cass Lake-Bean and Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig)
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
Bagley
Blackduck
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Climax-Fisher
Fertile-Beltrami
Fosston
Goodridge/Grygla
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen/Waubun
Northern Freeze
Northome/Kelliher
Red Lake County
Red Lake
Sacred Heart
Stephen-Argyle
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
Win-E-Mac

SECTION 8AA BOYS BASKETBALL (14 teams- Osakis and Staples-Motley in, Pelican Rapids out)
Barnesville
Crookston
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
East Grand Forks
Hawley
Menahga
Osakis
Park Rapids
Perham
Roseau
Staples-Motley
Thief River Falls
Wadena-Deer Creek
Warroad

SECTION 8A GIRLS BASKETBALL (20 teams – Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig and Cass Lake-Bena out)
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
Bagley
Blackduck
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Climax-Fisher
Fertile-Beltrami
Fosston
Goodridge/Grygla
Kelliher/Northome
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen/Waubun
Northern Freeze
Red Lake
Red Lake County Central
Red Lake Falls
Sacred Heart
Stephen-Argyle
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
Win-E-Mac

SECTION 8AA GIRLS BASKETBALL (14 teams-No change)
Barnesville
Crookston
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
East Grand Forks
Frazee
Hawley
Menahga
Park Rapids
Pelican Rapids
Perham
Roseau
Thief River Falls
Wadena-Deer Creek
Warroad

SECTION 8A BOYS HOCKEY (10 teams – No change)
Bagley/Fosston
Crookston
Detroit Lakes
East Grand Forks
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Park Rapids
Red Lake Falls
Thief River Falls
Warroad

SECTION 8AA BOYS HOCKEY (8 teams – Alexandria in, Buffalo and Sartell out)
Alexandria
Bemidji
Brainerd
Elk River
Moorhead
Roseau
St. Cloud
St. Michael-Albertville

SECTION 8A GIRLS HOCKEY (6 teams – No change)
Crookston
Detroit Lakes
East Grand Forks
International Falls
Thief River Falls
Warroad

SECTION 8AA GIRLS HOCKEY (6 teams – Sartell/Sauk Rapids-Rice and St. Cloud out)
Alexandria
Bemidji
Brainerd
Buffalo
Moorhead
Roseau

SECTION 8A WRESTLING (9 teams – Roseau in)
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
Barnesville
Crookston
Fertile-Beltrami
Fosston/Bagley
Frazee
Mahnomen/Waubun
Roseau
United North Central

SECTION 8AA WRESTLING (12 teams – Roseau out)
Alexandria
Detroit Lakes
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
Fergus Falls
Minnewaska Area
Park Rapids
Perham
Pequot Lakes
Sauk Centre/Melrose
Thief River Falls
United Clay Becker

SECTION 4A DANCE (12 teams – Pierz in)
Aitkin
Bagley
Crookston
Crosby-Ironton
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
Ely
Frazee
Hawley
Mahnomen/Waubun
Pelican Rapids
Pierz
Wadena-Deer Creek

SECTION 8A BASEBALL (17 teams – Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal out)
Ada-Borup-West
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
Bagley
Blackduck
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Fertile-Beltrami
Fosston
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen/Waubun
Northern Freeze
Northome/Kelliher
Red Lake County
Red Lake
Sacred Heart
West Marshall
Win-E-Mac

SECTION 8AA BASEBALL (13 teams- Pelican Rapids out)
Barnesville
Crookston
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
East Grand Forks
Hawley
Menahga
Ottertail Central
Park Rapids
Perham
Roseau
Thief River Falls
Warroad

SECTION 8A SOFTBALL (16 teams – No change)
Ada-Borup-West
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
Bagley
Clearbrook-Gonvick
East Polk
Fertile-Beltrami
Lake Park-Audubon
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen/Waubun
Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal
Northern Freeze
Red Lake
Red Lake County Central
Red Lake Falls
Sacred Heart
West Marshall

SECTION 8AA SOFTBALL (15 teams – Frazee in)
Barnesville
Breckenridge-Wahpeton
Crookston
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
East Grand Forks
Frazee
Hawley
Menahga
Ottertail Central
Park Rapids
Perham
Roseau
Thief River Falls
Wadena-Deer Creek
Warroad

SECTION 8A BOYS GOLF (14 teams – No change)
Ada-Borup-West
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
Bagley
Fertile-Beltrami
FHL Academy (in Bagley)
Fosston
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen/Waubun
Northern Freeze
Red Lake County
Sacred Heart
West Marshall
Win-E-Mac

SECTION 8AA BOYS GOLF (15 teams – Morris/Chokio-Alberta in, Pelican Rapids out)
Barnesville
Crookston
Detroit Lakes
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
East Grand Forks
Fergus Falls
Hawley
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
Park Rapids
Perham
Red Lake
Roseau
Thief River Falls
United North Central
Warroad

SECTION 8A GIRLS GOLF (13 teams – No change)
Ada-Borup-West
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
Bagley
Fertile-Beltrami
Fosston
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen/Waubun
Northern Freeze
Red Lake County
Sacred Heart
West Marshall
Win-E-Mac

SECTION 8AA GIRLS GOLF (15 teams – Frazee and Pelican rapids out, Morris in)
Barnesville
Crookston
Detroit Lakes
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
East Grand Forks
Fergus Falls
Hawley
Morris Area
Park Rapids
Perham
Red Lake
Roseau
Thief River Falls
United North Central
Warroad

SECTION 8A BOYS TENNIS (9 teams – New London-Spicer out)
Crookston
Detroit Lakes
East Grand Forks
Fergus Falls
Minnewaska Area
Osakis
Perham
Riverside Christian School (in EGF)
Thief River Falls

SECTION 8A BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK (25 boys teams – 26 girls teams – No changes)
Ada-Borup-West
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
Bagley/Fosston
Cass Lake-Bena
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Climax-Fisher-Sacred Heart
Crookston
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
Fertile-Beltrami
Goodridge/Grygla
Kittson County Central (Girls only)
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen/Waubun
Nevis
Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal
Northome/Kelliher
Park Christian
Park Rapids
Red Lake County
Roseau
TrekNorth (in Bemidji)
United Clay Becker
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley
Warroad
West Marshall
Win-E-Mac

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The Northern Sun Conference baseball teams are a little over halfway through the conference season.
All teams have played 21 or 22 conference games, and UMC has 18 games remaining in the season. If the season ended today, UMC would not make the playoffs. The good news is that it doesn’t end today, and there are 18 more games to be played.

The Golden Eagles have games against the following teams remaining –
at Southwest Minnesota State (3 games) in 3rd place
at Bemidji State (2 games) in second to last place
host MSU-Mankato (3 games) in first place and ranked #4 in the nation
host St. Cloud State (2 games) in fifth place but have won five in a row
at Minnesota-Duluth (3 games) in 11th place, two games behind UMC
at Mary (2 games) tied for 9th place with UMC
host Northern State (3 games) dead last with a 1-21 record.

The bad news is they have games against the first-place, third-place, and fifth-place teams. The good news is they have five games against the worst two teams, which have a combined three wins in 42 games, including the final three games of the season, which could turn out to be huge games.

The top 8 teams (out of 15) make the playoffs.

School	Conf	CPct.	Overall
Minnesota State	20-2	.909	26-3
Augustana	14-7	.667	19-11
Southwest Minnesota State	14-8	.636	19-10
Wayne State College	13-9	.591	17-14
St. Cloud State	12-9	.571	16-15
Sioux Falls	12-9	.571	16-19
Winona State	12-10	.545	16-15
Concordia-St. Paul	11-10	.524	15-16
UMary	11-11	.500	15-16
Minnesota Crookston	11-11	.500	14-18
Minnesota Duluth	9-11	.450	13-16
Minot State	8-14	.364	13-17
Bemidji State	2-18	.100	3-23
Northern State	1-21	.045	5-24

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The Northern Sun Conference Softball teams are over halfway through the conference season. Augustana and MSU-Mankato are fighting for first place, which should come as no surprise to anyone.
UMC has played 14 games and has 12 remaining. The Golden Eagles have been more competitive this year, with some closer games this year. They have a lot of work to do for a chance to make the playoffs.

The top 10 teams (out of 15) make the playoffs.

School	Conf	CPct.	Overall
Augustana	15-3	.833	33-9
Minnesota State	15-3	.833	31-13
Winona State	13-3	.812	32-9
St. Cloud State	11-4	.733	32-11
Minot State	11-5	.688	23-16
Minnesota Duluth	8-6	.571	28-14
Concordia-St. Paul	9-7	.562	17-24
Wayne State College	8-7	.533	23-16
Sioux Falls	9-9	.500	21-19
Southwest Minnesota State	6-12	.333	24-20
MSU Moorhead	6-12	.333	14-31
Northern State	4-14	.222	10-29
Minnesota Crookston	3-11	.214	15-26
Bemidji State	3-13	.188	16-24
UMary	2-14	.125	9-32

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Former Roseau Ram and Minnesota Golden Gopher Men’s Hockey player Aaron Huglen has signed a two-year contract to play for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the AHL for the 2025-26 season!
Huglen, 24, also completed his senior season of college hockey this year, playing as captain of the University of Minnesota. Originally drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the fourth round (102nd overall) of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Huglen produced 73 points (32G-41A) in 150 games as a Golden Gopher.

Huglen was named Academic All-Big Ten in three of his four seasons and was given the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award for the 2024-25 campaign.

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JOKES

A golfer and his buddies were playing a big round of golf for $200.

At the eighteenth green the golfer had a ten foot putt to win the round, and the $200.

As he was lining up his putt, a funeral procession started to pass by.

The golfer set down his putter, took his hat off, placed it over his chest, and waited for the funeral procession to pass.

After it passed, he picked up his putter and returned to lining up his putt, and completed it, thus winning the game and the money.

Afterwards, one of his buddies said, “That was the most touching thing I have ever seen.

I can’t believe you stopped playing, possibly losing your concentration, to pay your respects.”

“Well,” said the golfer, “we were married for 25 years.”

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It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets, and when he looked at the sky, he couldn’t tell what the hell the weather was going to be. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side,he replied to his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect wood to be prepared.
But also being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea.He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked,
“Is the coming winter going to be cold?”
“It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold indeed,” the Meteorologist at the weather service responded.
So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more wood in order to be prepared.
One week later he called the National Weather Service again.”Is it going to be a very cold winter?” he asked.
“Yes,” the man at National Weather Service again replied,”it’s going to be a very cold winter.”
The Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of wood they could find.
Two weeks later he called the National Weather Service again. “Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?”
“Absolutely,” the man replied. “It looks like it’s going to be one of the coldest winters ever.”
“How can you be so sure?” the Chief asked.
The weatherman replied, “The Indians are collecting firewood like crazy”.

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A group of American tourists was being guided through an ancient castle in Europe.

“This place,” the guide told them, “is 600 years old. Not a stone in it has been touched, nothing altered, nothing replaced in all those years.”

“Wow,” said one woman dryly, “they must have the same landlord I have.”

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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.

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The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle baseball team continued the trend of struggling in game one, followed by dominating in game two, as they split a DH with the Minot State Beavers, losing the first game 2-0 and winning the second game 13-2.
Both games ended in 7 innings.

GAME ONE –

FIRST INNING
Max Weber (Sr., St. Paul, MN) started out hot for the Golden Eagles, as he retired the Beavers in order on nine pitches, all of them strikes.
UMC didn’t have much luck in the home half of the inning. After two groundouts, Josh Dykhoff (Jr., Wadena, MN) recorded a two-out base hit, but Kobe Senn (Sr., Fargo, N.D.) couldn’t cash in, as he grounded into a force play to end the inning. The Dykhoff hit would be the only hit for the Golden Eagles in the game.

SECOND INNING
MSU got started with a leadoff walk, and then with one out, a base hit by Shane Kary put runners on the corners with one out. However, the UMC defense would come up clutch as Sawyer Satrom (Sr., Portland, N.D.) started a 5-4-3 around the horn double play to keep the game scoreless.
Aaron Wensloff (So., Roseau, MN) would have a one-out walk in the home half of the 2nd inning, but that would be the only baserunner, as the rest were retired on a flyout and two strikeouts. That walk would be the last baserunner UMC would get until the 6th inning.

THIRD INNING
The 3rd started off great for the Beavers, as Seungjun Song and Kekoa Munos both reached, and then after a sacrifice bunt by Michael Williamson, were placed on 2nd and 3rd with only one away. Then, though, Max Weber would rise to the occasion, getting a strikeout and a flyout to end the inning scoreless.
UMC would go down in order in the bottom of the third on a strikeout, and groundout and a popout.

FOURTH INNING
After a one-out walk, Max Weber was pulled in favor of Isaac Roers (Jr., Stacy, MN), and he came through in the clutch, striking out the first two batters he faced to prevernt the Beavers, once again, from getting on the board.
UMC was once again retired in order, this time on two flyouts and a popout.

FIFTH INNING
After Roers recorded the first two outs of the inning, Michael Williamson came up for the third time. This time, he sent one over the fence in left-center field to put the Beavers on the board with a 1-0 lead. The rest of the inning ended quietly.
For the third straight inning, UMC was retired in order, this time on a groundout, flyout and a strikeout.

SIXTH INNING
MSU would be retired in order in the top of the 6th on two flyouts and a groundout.
UMC’s best chance of the day came in the 6th. Fantastic MSU starting pitcher Connor Hill hit the first batter of the inning with a pitch, and then walked Brock Larsen (Jr., Blaine, MN) after a flyout to put two on with one away. After a wild pitch put runners on 2nd and 3rd, Hill was pulled in the middle of an at-bat for Connor Meldrim, and after an intentional walk loaded the bases, Meldrim recorded a strikeout and a groundout to keep the score at 1-0.

SEVENTH INNING
MSU came into the seventh looking for an insurance run, and Michael Williamson once again rose to the occasion. After Kary and Song each recorded base hits, with two outs, Williamson shot one through the hole into right field to put the Beavers up 2-0. The rest of the inning would end quietly.
In the home half of the inning, UMC got another one-out walk, but MSU closer Ayden Sauerbrei shut the door, striking out two batters en route to his 4th save of the year, and a 2-0 Beavers win.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
MSU	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	0
UMC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

For UMC-
Josh Dykhoff – 1 for 2, BB
Aaron Wensloff – 0 for 2, BB
Brock Larsen – 0 for 2, BB

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Connor Hill – MSU (W)	5.1	1	0	0	2	4
Max Weber – UMC	3.1	2	0	0	3	3
Ayden Sauerbrei – MSU (S)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2
Isaac Roers – UMC (L)	3.2	4	2	2	0	4

GAME TWO –  

FIRST INNING
MSU was retired in order to kick off the start of game 2, with Isaac Wensloff (Jr., Roseau, MN), on three days rest, retiring the Beavers on two strikeouts and a flyout.
UMC got off to a much better start; after Brock Larsen singled with one out in the inning, Josh Dykhoff sent one into the stratosphere in right field for a long two-run home run to put UMC on the board early, 2-0. Aaron Wensloff walked, looking to keep the inning alive, but a fielder’s choice retired the side.

SECOND INNING
Isaac Wensloff continued to showcase that his stuff was on point in this game, as he struck out two more batters, getting around a one-out walk and a wild pitch to keep the Beavers off the scoreboard in the 2nd.
After two loud flyouts to left, Kyler Miller reached base with a two-out single. However, nothing came of it as Dylan Debilzen also flew out to end the inning.

THIRD INNING
As the third inning got underway, MSU got their first hit of the game, as Seungjun Song recorded his third hit of the doubleheader with a leadoff single. But, Wensloff didn’t back down, as he struck out the next two batters he faced, followed by a flyout to end the inning.
After a leadoff walk by Brock Larsen, UMC couldn’t move further along, as Jake Siebert instigated three straight groundball outs to keep the score at 2-0 UMC.

FOURTH INNING
MSU would be retired in the top of the 4th in order, on two groundouts and a flyout.
The home half of the inning went far different than the top half. Sawyer Satrom led off with a base hit, then Kobe Senn beat out his sacrifice bunt attempt for a single to put two on with nobody out. Then, Kodi Miller (Sr., Grand Rapids, MN) cleared the fence with a three-run bomb, putting the Golden Eagles up 5-0. As soon as that at-bat was done, the rain came, and the game was delayed 30 minutes due to lightning in the area. MSU changed pitchers after the delay, but the UMC offense did not slow down. ler Miller led off the resumption with a walk, then after Brock Larsen walked and an out was recorded, Dykhoff drove in another run with an RBI single, making the score 6-0. Then, Aaron Wensloff drove in a run with an RBI double to put UMC up 7-0. UMC would get one more run on a wild pitch, and would take an 8-0 lead into the 5th inning.

FIFTH INNING
MSU looked to take advantage of a new pitcher after the delay, and Shane Kary led off the inning with a base hit. However, Jake Orthner grounded into a double play in the next at-bat, and Song struck out swinging to quickly end the inning.
After UMC led off the bottom of the 5th inning with back-to-back walks, a crazy sequence happened where UMC scored a run on two separate throwing errors, but had the trail runner caught in a roundown between 2nd and 3rd, where he was tagged out. After that, the lead runner who stayed at 3rd was driven in on a Debilzen double, putting UMC up double figures at 10-0. After an errant pickoff throw and yet another walk, Dykhoff recorded his 4th RBI of the game on a groundout to go up 11-0. UMC would get their final run of the inning in the next at-bat, as MSU committed their fifth error of the inning, sending the game to the 6th with the Golden Eagles up 12-0.

SIXTH INNING
After MSU got a man on with a leadoff double, two outs were recorded on back-to-back strikeouts, and it looked like the Beavers would go scoreless in another inning. However, Oscar Pegg came up and clubbed a two-run homer to end the shutout bid, cutting the score to 12-2. The rest of the inning ended quietly.
In the home half, UMC had their first 3 runners reached base, capped off with an RBI single by Danny Wensloff, putting the Golden eagles up 13-2. The inning ended after UMC had their second out from a baserunner in a rundown, followed by a double play to end the inning.

SEVENTH INNING
The Beavers needed two runs to keep the game alive, but they were retired in order on two strikeouts and a groundout, giving the Golden Eagles a 13-2 win via a 7-inning run rule.

UMC is now 14-18 on the year, and 11-11 in the NSIC.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
WSU	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	5
UMC	2	0	0	6	4	1	X	13	11	0

For UMC-
Josh Dykhoff – 2 for 4, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R
Kodi Miller – 1 for 3, HR, 3 RBI, BB
Kobe Senn – 2 for 3, BB

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Isaac Wensloff – UMC (W)	4.0	1	0	0	1	6
Jake Siebert – MSU (L)	3.0	6	5	5	2	0
Joey Connelly – UMC	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
Brayden Deering – WSU	1.0	2	3	3	2	1

 

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The Crookston Pirate Boys Tennis team beat the Fergus Falls Otters 7-0 and are now taking on the East Grand Forks Green Wave at the EGF Triangular played at the EGF Senior High tennis courts.

CROOKSTON VS FERGUS FALLS
Crookston came out strong and dominated all seven matches as they shut out the Fergus Falls Otters 7-0 to earn their first victory of the season.
Reggie Winjum shut down his opponent at first singles for a 6-0, 6-0 victory. Grant Funk won a good battle at second singles with a hard-fought 6-3 victory in the first set and won the second set 6-2. Gunner Groven continued to the Pirtate dominance at third singles with a solid 6-2, 6-1 victory. At fourth singles, Sam Widseth had a great match while cruising to a 6-2 victory in the first set and he won the second set with ease winning 6-0 to complete the singles sweep.
The first doubles team of Jack Everett and Hudson Rick kept the dominant Pirate performance going as they won the first doubles match 6-1, and won the second set 6-2. The second doubles team of Colton Osborn and Alex Zammert shut out their opponent in the first set 6-0, and won the second set 6-1. The third doubles team of Jacob Halvorson and Sawyer Anderson shut out their opponents with a 6-0, 6-0 victory to give the Pirates a 7-0 team victory.

	Crookston-7	Fergus Falls-0	Win	Score
1st Singles	Reggie Winjum	Tyler Harthun	Crox	6-0, 6-0
2nd	Grant Funk	Clayton Pappel	Crox	6-3, 6-2
3rd	Gunner Groven	Dane Hare	Crox	6-2, 6-1
4th	Sam Widseth	Sully Rufer	Crox	6-2, 6-0
1st Doubles	Jack Everett Hudson Rick	Ben Koch Will Vaughn	Crox	6-1, 6-2
2nd	Colton Osborn Alex Zammert	Cohen Mannie Isaiah Ibarra	Crox	6-0, 6-1
3rd	Jacob Halvorson Sawyer Anderson	David Hughes Hudson Emerson	Crox	6-0, 6-0

CROOKSTON VS EAST GRAND FORKS
Crookston took an early 1-0 lead in the match when Sam Widseth won the fourth singles match. It was a good battle and Widseth won the first set 6-3. In the second set, it continued to be a close match, but Widseth was able to win some big points to win 6-3 and the Pirates had the early lead.
East Grand Forks evened up the match at 1-1 as Luke Hanson and Bauer Walter won the first set 6-0 before Crookston’s Jack Everett and Hudson Rick bounced back to win the second set 6-2, forcing a third set tie-breaker. EGF won the third set 10-2 to even the match at 1-1.
Crookston regained the lead when the third doubles team of Jacob Halvorson and Sawyer Anderson teamed up for an exciting victory. The first set was back-and-forth and tied at 6-6. In the tie-breaker, Halvorson and Anderson won 7-2 to win the set 7-6. The second set was another battle, but Crookston came away with a 6-4 victory and the Pirates led 2-1.

	Crookston-	East Grand Forks	Win	Score
1st Singles	Reggie Winjum	Aaden Wavra
2nd	Grant Funk	Austin Kovar
3rd	Gunner Groven	Rhett Walter
4th	Sam Widseth	Brock Strauss	Crox	6-3, 6-3
1st Doubles	Jack Everett Hudson Rick	Luke Hanson Bauer Walter	EGF	6-0, 2-6, 10-2
2nd	Colton Osborn Alex Zammert	Brady Anderson Oliver Kalenze
3rd	Jacob Halvorson Sawyer Anderson	Nolan Kluck Kyler Berg	Crox	7-6 (7-2), 6-4

 

 

 

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The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles softball team won Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader at Bemidji State, 4-2, before losing Game 2 in five innings by a score of 9-1.

GAME ONE –

FIRST INNING
UMC had a few runners reach base in the top of the first. Whitnee Curry (SR, Lincoln, NE) singled up the middle and made it to second on a wild pitch. Riley Blake (FR, Las Vegas, NV) made it on a throwing error and Emilee Haggadone (JR, Lincoln, NE) reached base on a fielder’s choice. None of them were brought home in the inning. Blake was out at home and two UMC strikeouts send the Golden Eagles to the dugout empty. Bemidji State was unable to get any offense going, so the score was 0-0 after the first.

SECOND INNING
The Golden Eagles were retired by two strikeouts and a foul out. The Beavers had two hits and a walk in the inning, but all three runners were left on base to keep it knotted at 0.

THIRD INNING
Chayse Doering (FR, Shakopee, MN) doubled after working a full count, but she was retired alongside Riley Blake on a double play at the next at bat. A looking strikeout then ended the top of the inning. Bemidji State, again, had little success in the third. Their only source of offense came from a walk, and the score stayed 0-0.

FOURTH INNING
UMC started the inning with walks from Haggadone and Rayna French (SO, La Salle, MB). Following a pitching change by the Beavers, Irelyn Spencer (R-SO, Rapid City, SD) reached on a fielder’s choice. Spencer would steal second before a Bryanna Decker (FR, Roseville, CA) triple scored her and French to give UMC a 2-0 lead. The next two UMC batters struck out, leaving Decker on base. Bemidji State answered with a run of their own, as an RBI-single to right field from Alayna DeGraef scored Molly Houts. Houts worked her way around the bases after she was hit by a pitch early in the half-inning. A ground out ended the fourth with UMC up 2-1.

FIFTH INNING
UMC got two on base early after Doering was hit by a pitch and Blake singled. Bemidji State would change pitchers again, and moments later, a bunt from Curry loaded the bases. Doering was the only one to score, as she was brought home by an RBI-groundout from Haggadone to make it 3-1. Bemidji state could not answer, so the Golden Eagles took their 2 run lead into the 6th.

SIXTH INNING
The Golden Eagles were retired 1-2-3. The Beavers were able to claw back into the game on an RBI-single with one out. The run was scored by Maddie Kielsmeier, who came home on a single from Avery Amidon. The next two Beaver batters grounded out, leaving the score at 3-2.

SEVENTH INNING
Chayse Doering had. another solid inning, recording a double and a run from a Rayna French single to make it 4-2. In the bottom of the inning, Bemidji State grounded out three times to end it and give UMC the Game 1 victory.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UMC	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	7	0
BSU	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	1

For UMC-
Whitnee Curry – 2 for 4
Chayse Doering – 2 for 2
Riley Blake – 1 for 4
Rayna French – 1 for 3, 1 RBI
Bryanna Decker – 1 for 3, 2 RBI

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Alexa Guilford (W) – UMC	7.0	6	2	2	0	1
Danica Sariff (BSU)	3.0	2	2	2	2	5
Kennedy Joachim (BSU)	3.0	3	1	1	0	1
Payton Prissel – BSU	1.0	2	1	1	0	2

GAME TWO –  

FIRST INNING
UMC carried some of their momentum into the start of Game 2, as Whitnee Curry and Reyna French made it on base. With 2 outs, Irelyn Spencer singled to centerfield, but Curry was forced out at home to stop the top of the inning. After Alexa Guilford (JR, Crystal City, MB) pitched the entirety of Game 1, UMC turned to Delaney Pinner (FR, Winkler, MB) in the circle for Game 2. She struck out the first batter she faced. The next two Bemidji State batters were also retired, one from batter’s interference and another on a flyout.

SECOND INNING
The Golden Eagles saw their first two batters get out, but tides started to turn when Gabrielle Gomez (FR, Lakewood, CA) was walked. Chayse Doering would single, but the half inning would end on a fielder’s choice moments later. The Beavers got their first hit of the game from Houts, who singled to the left. She would score moments later on an Aubrey Aukerman single and a fielding error to make it 1-0 with one out. The next two batters would be retired to keep Bemidji State up a run.

THIRD INNING
Curry would make it all the way to 3rd for UMC, but not before the next three Golden Eagle batters struck out. Bemidji State, on the other hand, would improve on their lead, seeing three straight RBI’s with just one out on the board. Now down by 4, UMC then put Charlotte Dombrowski (JR, Valparaiso, IN) in at pitcher. The Beavers made it 5-0 after another runner scored on a wild pitch, which would open all the bases. Dombrowski bounced back with a strikeout, and a groundout would stop the inning.

FOURTH INNING
Hits from Decker, Haley Koch (SR, Mondamin, IA), and Gomez would get UMC on the right track, as Decker scored the first Golden Eagle run of the day on the Gomez hit. That would be followed by three outs, with two Golden Eagles left on base. The Beavers responded with three hits and another run to make it 6-1. Dombrowski struck out the next batter to record the inning’s final out.

FIFTH INNING
UMC was retired 1-2-3 in the top of the 5th. Bemidji State would continue to roll, with a throwing error scoring another Beaver. Two more runs were scored off of right side doubles, which gave Bemidji state a 9-1 lead and the necessary eight run advantage to call the game in the 5th inning.

The Golden Eagles now have a 15-26 record. They’ll have a couple of days off leading into a weekend doubleheader with Augustana University in Sioux Falls.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UMC	0	0	0	1	0	–	–	1	7	2
BSU	0	1	4	1	3	–	–	9	12	0

For UMC-
Whitnee Curry – 2 for 3
Irelyn Spencer – 1 for 3
Bryanna Decker – 1 for 2, 1 run
Haley Koch – 1 for 2
Gabrielle Gomez – 1 for 1, 1 RBI
Chayse Doering – 1 for 2

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Delaney Pinner (L) -UMC	2.1	6	5	4	0	1
Kennedy Joachim (W) – BSU	5.0	7	1	1	1	4
Charlotte Dombroski (UMC)	2.1	6	4	4	0	2

 

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