SPORTS FEEVER by Chris Fee of KROX Radio – chrisjfee@yahoo.com
SPORTS……
Week 1 – The Vikings suck…..one hour later, the Vikings are awesome. KOC and JJ are amazing. What a game. This is why we love sports, but also hate being Vikings fans.
Week 2 – The Vikings suck….three hours later….the Vikings still suck. We found out Chicago isn’t any good and the Packers look pretty dang good. Only two weeks in and there is a lot of time, but things aren’t looking good for the Vikes.
Speaking of sucking……The Minnesota Twins ownership cut their four-person pro scouting department. What else can the Pohlad’s do to ruin the Twins????
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Crookston Pirate Football player Tate Hamre has committed to play football at the University of North Dakota. He is leading the district in tackles, and Crookston has him as a quarterback, but he will be a tight end or defensive end in college and has something you can’t teach—a D-1 frame at 6’4″, 220 pounds, and very athletic!!!!
Crookston Pirate Wrestler Masyn Arguelles has committed to wrestle for the Northland Community and Technical College Pioneer Women’s Wrestling team.
Bemidji Lumberjack Girls Hockey’s Megan Berg has committed to play hockey for the College of St. Scholastica.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston baseball team will hold their Alumni Day and game Saturday, September 27. The Golden Eagles will play their Alumni Game at the Minnesota Crookston Baseball Field Saturday at 1 p.m. The game will be followed by a 5 p.m., social at the Crookston Inn and Convention Center, and Scobey’s Pub and Grub, followed by 6 p.m. dinner.
Minnesota Crookston baseball will have a presentation, discuss award winners, and present their members of the Decade of Coach Gust Team, which will honor the top players during Coach Gust’s time as head coach of the Minnesota Crookston baseball program (2015-Present). The program will also highlight some of their top games, and top moments in program history.
For non-alumni to RSVP for the event visit https://baseball.umcsportscamps.com/umc-baseball-alumni-banquet.cfm. The cost is $23.
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QRF RANKING ALERT!!!!!!!!!! The first football QRF rankings are out for football thanks to www.minnesota-scores.net! I have them listed below.
Section 6 9-Player Football Standings
| Team | Section | Overall | QRF Value | QRF Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fosston | 1-0 | 3-0 | 22.8 | 12 |
| Clearbrook-Gonvick | 0-0 | 2-1 | 16.3 | 22 |
| Blackduck | 0-0 | 2-1 | 15.2 | 25 |
| Fertile-Beltrami | 0-0 | 1-2 | 11.1 | 31 |
| NCE/U-H | 0-1 | 0-3 | 4.1 | 44 |
| Kelliher/Northome | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1.8 | 50 |
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Section 8 9-Player Football Standings
| Team | Section | Overall | QRF Value | QRF Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kittson County Central | 2-0 | 4-0 | 27.6 | 4 |
| Stephen-Argyle | 1-1 | 3-1 | 24.9 | 7 |
| Goodridge/Grygla | 1-1 | 3-1 | 19.3 | 15 |
| Northern Freeze | 2-0 | 3-1 | 17.9 | 20 |
| Warren-Alvarado-Oslo | 0-1 | 1-2 | 9.3 | 36 |
| Badger/G-MR | 0-2 | 1-3 | 9.2 | 37 |
| Win-E-Mac | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2.9 | 45 |
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Section 8A Football Standings
| Team | Section | Overall | QRF Value | QRF Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahnomen/Waubun | 1-0 | 3-0 | 38.0 | 9 |
| Red Lake County | 2-0 | 3-0 | 35.0 | 12 |
| Park Christian | 1-0 | 2-1 | 26.2 | 22 |
| Bagley | 2-0 | 2-1 | 25.8 | 23 |
| Ada-Borup-West | 1-2 | 1-2 | 15.4 | 38 |
| Polk County West | 0-2 | 1-2 | 13.8 | 40 |
| Cass Lake-Bena | 1-1 | 1-2 | 11.8 | 45 |
| Red Lake | 0-3 | 0-3 | 3.6 | 50 |
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Section 8AA Football Standings
| Team | Section | Overall | QRF Value | QRF Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnesville | 2-0 | 2-1 | 32.0 | 19 |
| Warroad | 2-0 | 2-1 | 31.7 | 20 |
| Frazee | 0-0 | 2-1 | 29.7 | 24 |
| Hawley | 1-1 | 1-2 | 20.1 | 28 |
| Pelican Rapids | 0-2 | 1-2 | 17.1 | 35 |
| Roseau | 0-2 | 0-3 | 4.6 | 48 |
| Crookston | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2.5 | 53 |
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Section 8AAA Football Standings
| Team | Section | Overall | QRF Value | QRF Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton | 3-0 | 3-0 | 56.0 | 11 |
| Perham | 2-1 | 2-1 | 38.3 | 24 |
| Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta | 0-1 | 2-1 | 32.0 | 28 |
| Minnewaska Area | 1-0 | 1-2 | 29.1 | 30 |
| East Grand Forks | 1-1 | 1-2 | 19.5 | 39 |
| Thief River Falls | 0-1 | 0-3 | 4.8 | 48 |
| Park Rapids Area | 0-3 | 0-3 | 4.0 | 50 |
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Section 8AA Volleyball Standings
| Team | Section | Overall | QRF Value | QRF Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawley | 5-0-0 | 9-0-0 | 105.2 | 1 |
| Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton | 3-0-0 | 10-0-0 | 89.2 | 6 |
| Roseau | 2-1-0 | 10-2-0 | 70.3 | 23 |
| Frazee | 3-1-0 | 10-1-0 | 69.4 | 24 |
| East Grand Forks | 5-4-0 | 12-5-0 | 67.6 | 29 |
| Wadena-Deer Creek | 2-2-0 | 7-4-0 | 63.7 | 38 |
| Perham | 3-3-0 | 7-5-0 | 60.5 | 41 |
| Thief River Falls | 3-4-0 | 11-5-0 | 59.7 | 42 |
| Barnesville | 0-5-0 | 4-6-0 | 44.1 | 77 |
| Menahga | 1-2-0 | 3-7-0 | 28.8 | 100 |
| Red Lake | 0-0-0 | 1-2-0 | 20.3 | 115 |
| Crookston | 0-1-0 | 1-8-0 | 19.4 | 118 |
| Park Rapids Area | 1-3-0 | 1-10-0 | 19.2 | 119 |
| Warroad | 0-2-0 | 1-10-0 | 16.7 | 122 |
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Section 8A Volleyball Standings
| Team | Section | Overall | QRF Value | QRF Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart | 7-1-0 | 11-1-0 | 72.4 | 14 |
| Ada-Borup-West | 5-0-0 | 9-3-0 | 65.4 | 20 |
| Kittson County Central | 4-1-0 | 8-3-0 | 59.6 | 28 |
| Fertile-Beltrami | 2-2-0 | 7-3-0 | 58.4 | 32 |
| Red Lake Falls | 6-1-0 | 7-3-0 | 53.2 | 37 |
| Blackduck | 3-1-0 | 8-2-0 | 49.3 | 45 |
| Badger/Greenbush-Middle River | 6-2-0 | 8-7-0 | 46.0 | 52 |
| Northern Freeze | 3-3-0 | 4-4-0 | 41.1 | 64 |
| Climax/Fisher | 2-4-0 | 3-5-0 | 38.2 | 70 |
| Bagley | 3-4-0 | 5-5-0 | 37.7 | 72 |
| Fosston | 4-3-0 | 5-7-0 | 36.7 | 75 |
| Lake of the Woods | 4-3-0 | 7-9-0 | 36.1 | 77 |
| Northome/Kelliher | 0-3-0 | 3-5-0 | 30.3 | 88 |
| Red Lake County Central | 3-5-0 | 4-8-0 | 27.7 | 98 |
| Stephen-Argyle | 3-7-0 | 3-8-0 | 26.8 | 102 |
| Goodridge/Grygla | 1-3-0 | 2-4-0 | 26.1 | 105 |
| Mahnomen/Waubun | 1-3-0 | 2-6-0 | 24.2 | 111 |
| Win-E-Mac | 1-4-0 | 1-7-0 | 17.7 | 123 |
| Warren-Alvarado-Oslo | 1-6-0 | 1-9-0 | 16.8 | 126 |
| Clearbrook-Gonvick | 1-4-0 | 1-4-0 | 16.6 | 127 |
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North Dakota State men’s golf and Rylin Petry (Fertile-Beltrami grad) claimed tournament victories on Tuesday in the season-opening Metropolis Intercollegiate at Metropolis Country Club.
Petry (69-70-72 – 211) picked up his first career collegiate win, as he defeated Alejandro Formosa of Columbia by one shot in the individual competition. Petry entered the day tied for the tournament lead and fired a 72 over the final 18 holes to lead the way for the Bison on the day and also hold off Formosa by one shot, as well as KC Nikel (Siena) and Elias Weidmann (St. John’s) by two shots.
Petry carded one birdie in the final round and nine overall for the event, which led the Bison. Petry also had 35 pars over three rounds.
Head coach Dr. Ekren Miller also picked up his first win as Bison head coach, in his coaching debut with NDSU, as the Bison (+27) claimed the top spot in the team competition. Miller becomes the fourth Bison men’s golf head coach, and first in the Division I era, to win in their debut and the first since Matt Johnson in 2001.
NDSU entered the final round in second and finished tied with Richmond (+27) at the top after 54 holes, but the Bison claimed team title honors by winning the tiebreaker over Richmond. Siena (+35), who led after day one, took third overall in the 15-team field.
Tuesday’s win is the first season-opening tournament win for NDSU since claiming the Omaha Invitational in September of 2017. It is also the first win for the Bison since last October when NDSU claimed the Monterrey Collegiate Classic.
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The 2025 Valley Plains District Football stat leaders have been released by Statistician extraordinaire Dave Peterson, and they are below-
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The 2025 9-West North Sub-district football stat leaders have been released by Mr. Dave Peterson and they are below.
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Perham will host a youth 3-on-3 Basketball tournament on Saturday, November 15, for Grades 2-8 (boys and girls divisions)
Our Goal: Run a 1st-class tournament with strong officials, beautiful facilities, get you in & out quickly, play different teams from all over, and awesome prizes for the winners!!!
*Please fill out a form for each team registering.
*Please submit a separate registration for each team.
($100 per team, 3 games guaranteed, possibly 4 depending on schedule).
*Please bring your own basketballs. 2nd & 3rd grade “might” play on lower hoops.
Email one of the coaches listed if you’d like to register a team. Hoops at the Hive may need to combine grade levels (using team ability levels) to fill some brackets. If needed to combine, players will play teams within one grade level.
*Cost is $100 per team. Please send payment immediately after registration to reserve your spot.
Payment Methods:
Venmo: @PerhamBBB (2349) (You must include the following info)
GRADE of PLAYERS (‘25-’26, max of 5 per team):
GENDER: B or G
TEAM NAME:
1 Parent/Guardian CONTACT CELL NUMBER
Check: Perham Boys Basketball (add below info on check)
Mail to: Arly Ohm 810 2nd Ave SW. Perham, MN 56573
GRADE of PLAYERS (‘25-’26, max of 5 per team):
GENDER: B or G
TEAM NAME:
1 Parent/Guardian CONTACT CELL NUMBER:
*No refunds after November 2nd.
*Registration deadline is Sunday November 2nd at 7:00 PM (or until filled) Brackets will be emailed the week prior to the tournament.
*Efficient scheduling. Expect some back to back games. Get in, play,
get on your way.
*Questions? Contact:
Arly Ohm at arlyohm@perham.k12.mn.us Cell: (701) 640-3850
Garry Grewe at ggrewe@perham.k12.mn.us Cell: (320) 241-4877
Grant Dierkhising gdierkhising@perham.k12.mn.us Cell: (218) 252-2349
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The Crookston Youth Basketball Association will hold a Mini Hoopers Intro to Basketball Academy for ages 4 to 6 at the Crookston High School gym.
The academy will meet on Saturdays from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. through October 4.
This introductory program teaches basketball basics using simple drills and fun games.
Cost is $10. For more information, contact Erik Griffin at 218-201-2767.
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JOKES
A man received the following text from his neighbor:
I am so sorry Bob. I’ve been riddled with guilt and I have to confess. I have been tapping your wife, day and night when you’re not around. In fact, more than you. I’m not getting any at home, but that’s no excuse. I can no longer live with the guilt and I hope you will accept my sincerest apology with my promise that it won’t happen again.
The man, anguished and betrayed, went into his bedroom, and has a long drawn out fight with his wife about her infidelity.
A few moments later, a second text came in:
Correction: I meant “wifi”, not “wife”.
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Two bats are going for their midnight feed.After an hour or so, one bat gets tired of looking and goes home with no blood.
The other bat comes home with blood dripping from its mouth. The first bat says enviously, “Where did you get all that blood from?”
The second bat replies, “Follow me. I’ll show you.”
After awhile the second bat leads them to a cave. He says, “You see that wall over there?”
The hungry bat excitedly says, “Yes!”
Other bat says, “I didn’t.”
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A man returns from the doctor and tells his wife that the doctor has told him he has only 24 hours to live. Given this prognosis, the man asks his wife for sex.
Naturally, she agrees, and they make love. About six hours later, the husband goes to his wife and says, “Honey,you know I now have only 18 hours to live.
Could we please do it one more time?” Of course, the wife agrees, and they do it again.
Later, as the man gets into bed, he looks at his watch and realizes that he now has only 8 hours left. He touches his wife shoulder, and asks, “Honey, please…just one more time before die.” She says, “Of course, Dear,” and they make love for the third time.
After this session, the wife rolls over and falls asleep.
The man, however, worried about his impending death, tosses and turns, until he’s down to 4 more hours. He taps his wife, who rouses. “Honey, I have only 4 more hours. Do you think we could…”
At this point the wife sits up and says,”Listen, I have to get up in the morning. You don’t!”
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A trucker came into a truck stop cafe and placed his order. He said, “I want three flat tires, a pair of headlights, and a pair of running boards.”
The brand-new blonde waitress, not wanting to appear stupid, went to the kitchen and said to the cook, “This guy out there just ordered three flat tires, a pair of headlights, and a pair of running boards. What does he think this place is … an auto parts store?”
“No,” the cook said. “Three flat tires means three pancakes, a pair of headlights is two eggs sunny side up, and running boards are two slices of crisp bacon.”
“Oh, OK!” said the blonde. She thought about it for a moment, then spooned up a bowl of beans and gave it to the customer.
The trucker asked, “What are the beans for, Blondie?”
She replied, “I thought while you were waiting for the flat tires, headlights and running boards, you might as well gas up.”
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A little boy and his grandfather are raking leaves in the yard. The little boy finds an earthworm trying to get back into its hole. He says,”Grandpa, I bet I can put that worm back in that hole.” The grandfather replies, “I’ll bet you five dollars you can’t. It’s too wiggly and limp to put back in that little hole.”
The little boy runs into the house and comes back out with a can of hairspray. He sprays the worm until it is straight and stiff as a board, and then he puts the worm back into the hole.
The grandfather hands the little boy five dollars, grabs the hairspray,and runs into the house. Thirty minutes later, the grandfather comes back out and hands the little boy another five dollars. The little boy says,
“Grandpa, you already gave me five dollars.”
The grandfather replies, “I know. That’s from your grandma.
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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
Teagen Lubinski is a freshman playing football at St. Scholastica
Addie Fee is a freshman playing tennis and hockey at Wisconsin-Superior.
Kambelle Freije is a freshman playing hockey at Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Riley Helgeson is a freshman playing football at Northern State.
Emily Bowman is a freshman playing Softball at North Dakota State College of Science.
Halle Winjum is a sophomore playing basketball at Minnesota Crookston.
Blake Melsa is a sophomore playing soccer and baseball at Alexandria Tech
Jackson Reese is a sophomore playing soccer at Alexandria Tech
Matt Contreras is a freshman playing baseball at Concordia College.
Naomi Johnson is a freshman playing soccer at Alexandria Tech
Paul Bittner is an assistant coach on the University of Wisconsin-Superior Men’s Hockey team.
Reese Swanson is a sophomore playing hockey at St. Olaf.
Carter Coauette is a sophomore playing football at Minot State.
Isaac Thomforde is a sophomore playing Tennis at Northwestern College in St. Paul.
Halle Bruggeman is a Junior on the University of Wisconsin-Stout Women’s Rugby team.
Ethan Boll is a Sophomore 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 Junior playing hockey at Dakota College at Bottineau.
Aleah Bienek is a Senior playing hockey at Trine University in Indiana.
Ty Hamre is Senior 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.
Jason Cassavant is a Jr. High Baseball Coach and Head American Legion 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
Jaren Bailey is serving our country and is currently in the Marines’ Boot Camp.
Ben Andringa is serving our country in the Army and is now a Ranger.
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.
