THURSDAY -   MAY 23, 2013

CROOKSTON BOY'S TENNIS IN THE SECTION 8A TEAM TOURNAMENT FINALS

The Crookston Pirate Boys Tennis Team beat East Grand Forks three times during the regular season and the fourth and final meeting of the year wasn’t any different at the Pirates picked up a 4-3 victory in the Section 8A Boys Tennis semi-finals in Perham.  Crookston had two wins from Bobby Tiedemann and Andy Gregg at third and fourth singles respectively and at first and second doubles with Ethan Mercil and Cody Genreeux at first doubles and Matt Garmen and Kal Salentiny at second doubles.  “We kind of knew going into the match that we should win at third and fourth singles and first and second doubles.  In the rest of the matches, East Grand Forks was pretty good, so we knew what we had to do to pick up a win,” said Pirate Coach Mike Geffre. “Our third doubles was pretty competitive going three sets and Travis and Sean played hard so that was good.  We got the wins we needed to win and move on, that is the important thing.  Everybody is getting after it and our kids are competing hard today.  We decided to pull Travis from his match because it could have been another half an hour to 45 minutes so we wanted to get him off the court so he could go eat with his teammates and get some rest before the championship match.”
Crookston plays Thief River Falls in the Section 8A Championship match at 1:00 p.m.
 


Also the Section 8A Individual Tournament will start after the Team Championship, about 2:00 PM or so and have the first round and possibly the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles and also at Perham.  Crookston has  Sean Williams and Matt Garmen participating in singles while the two doubles teams of Travis Vatthauer and Bobby Tiedemann and  Ethan Mercil and Cody Genereux are competing.

SECTION 8A SINGLES BRACKET - Click here

SECTION 8A DOUBLES BRACKET - Click here


Sean Williams eyes down the ball on a return shot in the EGF match
 

  CROOKSTON- 4 East Grand Forks-3 Winner Score
#1 Singles Sean Williams Ty Misialek EGF 6-0, 6-0
#2 Travis Vatthauer Zach Straw EGF 6-4, Default
#3 Bobby Tiedemann Tyler Wiertzemza Crox 6-0, 6-0
#4 Andy Gregg Ben Campos Crox 6-0, 6-1
#1 Doubles Ethan Mercil
Cody Genereux
Jacob Cote
Eli Croaker
Crox 6-1, 6-1
#2 Matt Garmen
Kal Salentiny
Hunter Zeman
AJ Albaaj
Crox 6-1, 6-4
#3 Jacob Roesch
Jordan Bengston
Dane Rhen
John Gander
EGF 6-2, 3-6, 6-4



             Travis Vatthauer waits for the ball as he gets ready for a return in the EGF match
 

  CROOKSTON Thief River Falls Winner Score
#1 Singles Sean Williams Logan Englestad    
#2 Bobby Tiedemann David Szeto    
#3 Andy Gregg Hunter Blowers    
#4 Matt Garmen Ethan Johnson    
#1 Doubles Ethan Mercil
Cody Genereux
Sam Olson
Jordie Hutton
   
#2 Travis Vatthauer
Kal Salentiny
Cullen Horien
Brady Nessen
   
#3 Jacob Roesch
Harrison Bjorgo
Devin Hutton
Isaac Olson
   





CROOKSTON TRACK TEAMS IN THE SUB-SECTION 30 MEET IN EAST GRAND FORKS

The Crookston Pirate boys and girls track teams are part of nine schools that are participating in the Sub-Section 30 of Section 8A Track meet at the East Grand Forks Senior High track.  The other schools competing are Ada-Borup, Climax-Fisher/Sacred Heart, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, East Grand Forks, Fertile-Beltrami, Hawley/Ulen-Hitterdal, Lake Park-Audubon and Park Christian of Moorhead.  The meet starts at 3:30 PM and the top five in each event advance to the Section 8A meet on Saturday, June 1 in Mahnomen and the top two relay teams also advance with the possibility of the third place relay team also advancing.
 

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CROOKSTON BASEBALL FINISHES UP REGULAR SEASON WITH TWO GAMES AT HOME WITH SACRED HEART

The Crookston Pirate Baseball team will conclude their regular season this afternoon with a pair of games against Sacred Heart of East Grand Forks.  The Pirates are 7-7 on the season and is gearing up for the Section 8AA Tournament that starts next Thursday.  Sacred Heart is 7-4 on the season.  Game time at the Jim Karn Baseball Field for the first game is 4:30 PM.
 

Game 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Sacred Heart                    
CROOKSTON                    

 

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Sacred Heart                    
CROOKSTON                    

 

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Sacred Heart
 

 

 


 

CROOKSTON BOY'S GOLF COMPETES IN THE DETROIT LAKES INVITATIONAL

The Crookston Pirates Boy's Golf team will have a final tune-up today when they compete in the Detroit Lakes Invitational that starts at 3:00 PM.  This will complete the Crookston regular season as they get ready for the Sub-Section meet next Wednesday in East Grand Forks.
 

LAKERS  INVITATIONAL

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CROOKSTON GIRL'S GOLF PLAY AT THE EAST GRAND FORKS INVITATIONAL

The Crookston Pirates Girl's Golf team will conclude their regular season today at the East Grand Forks Invitational at the Valley Golf Course starting at 9:30 AM.  The meet was postponed from yesterday and is important in that this course is where the North Sub-Section Golf Meet will be next Wednesday.
 

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WEDNESDAY -  MAY 22, 2013

CROOKSTON SOFTBALL SEASON ENDS WITH 10-4 LOSS AT EAST GRAND FORKS

East Grand Forks pitcher Karly Nelson threw a one hit shutout 10 days ago in a 10-0 victory over Crookston and today the junior pitcher overcame control problems in a game where she walked 11 and hit five batters, but East Grand Forks overcame a 3-0 deficit with two-four run innings to defeat the Crookston Pirates 10-4 in a first round Section 8AA Tournament softball game at East Grand Forks.
Crookston scored two runs in the first inning without the aid of a hit when Nelson hit three batters and walked two each with bases loaded to give Crookston a 2-0 lead to start the game.  In a sign of things to come, Crookston stranded three runners on base.  Crookston scored again in the second when Taylor Demarais led off getting hit by a pitch and then scored on a McKaela Larson single to make it 3-0.  East Grand Forks answered in their second inning with two hits and a walk and then two eighth graders, Megan Boman had an rbi single and Kayla Nelson knocked in two more with a single and East Grand Forks took their first lead, 4-3 after two innings.
Crookston left bases loaded again in the third inning, but tied the game in the fourth when Larson singled and scored on a wild pitch. Again, Crookston left the bases loaded in the fourth and had stranded 11 runners through four innings. “It was good to get the lead, but we needed to take advantage of their pitchers wildness and we were not being aggressive at the plate in those situations,” said Crookston co-head coach Chad Hitchen.
East Grand Forks regained the lead with another four run inning as they had three hits including a key two out single with bases loaded by Jayden Boushey to give the Green Wave a 8-4 lead. “We had a few too many errors and also some mental mistakes like not covering first base on a bunt and probably could have been a little more aggressive on some short fly balls that dropped in front of us,” said Coach Hitchen.
Although Nelson walked three batters in the last two innings, she also registered all four of her strikeouts in the last three innings including two with bases loaded and again the Pirates stranded two runners in  the sixth and seven innings. East Grand Forks added single runs in the fifth and sixth to win the first round playoff game 10-4 and advance. “We really had some early chances to increase our lead and we let their pitcher off the hook and you can’t have six errors in a playoff game because they will always come back to haunt you and they did,” said Coach Hitchen. “Caitlyn gave us three pretty good innings and deserved a better fate than picking up a loss.  We had a pretty good season and lose five very good seniors, but the underclassmen have to get better so we can take the next step, which is winning a first round playoff game.”
Crookston season ends at 6-11 and they lose five seniors, Catilyn Cournia, Taylor Demarais, Kaylee Desrosier, McKaela Larson and Sydney Luckow.
East Grand Forks improves to 7-9 on the year and advance to the second and third rounds of the Section 8AA Tournament at Thief River Falls on Thursday and will play Thief River Falls at 4:00 PM.

 

 
 Taylor Demarais throws to first     Danica Brekken throws to first
 

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         McKaela Larson puts the ball in play late in the game

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Caitlyn Cournia - Crox 3.1 6 8 6 5 0
Danelle Trandem-Crox 1.2 2 1 1 1 0
Kennedy Resendiz-Crox 1.0 1 1 0 0 0
Karly Nelson-EGF 7.0 5 4 4 11 4


For Crookston

Danica Brekken 2-5
McKaela Larson  2-4, 2 runs

For  E-G-F

Karlee Westrem 3-4, 2 runs
Kayla Nelson  2-3, 2 rbi
Jayden Boushey  2-4, 2 rbi
Karly Nelson  1-2, double, 2 runs, rbi



 

 

CROOKSTON BASEBALL LOSES A HEARTBREAKER IN EAST GRAND FORKS

The Crookston Pirate Baseball team led for most of the game except the last inning as the East Grand Forks Green Wave came from behind for a 4-3 victory in a game played at Stauss Park in East Grand Forks. 
Crookston started the scoring in the second inning when Dylan Klatt reached on an error, Kyle Proulx walked and Mikey Hajostek singled in a run for a Pirate 1-0 lead.  Cody Magsam followed with a sacrifice fly to left field to score Proulx and Crookston led 2-0.
In the third inning Crookston had another threat with bases loaded and only one out, but the next two Pirates struck out.  “We didn’t get a big hit when we needed it today,” said Pirate Coach Ted Hasz. “We could have made it easier on us and help Aaron (Hollcraft) out if we could have scored a couple more runs.”  In the bottom of the third inning East Grand Forks had back to back singles and a run scored on a Pirate error to cut Crookston’s lead to 2-1.
In the fifth inning, Crookston’s Aaron Hollcraft and Josh Edlund reached after the Green Wave outfielders misjudged fly balls.  With base runners on second and third Brandon Kresl hit a line drive to left field to score Hollcraft to give Crookston a 3-1 lead.  EGF got out of the jam by “picking” off a Pirate and then getting a strike out.
In the bottom of the fifth inning EGF scored a run with two outs and had bases loaded, threatening to score again when Hollcraft struck out the Green Wave batter for the third out, but EGF trailed 3-2.
EGF got on the board again in the sixth inning when they started with back to back singles and then attempted a double steal.  The Pirates elected to try to get the out at second base and throw went into the outfield when nobody was covering and a run scored to tie the game 3-3.  The next pitch was a wild pitch to allow EGF to score another run to take a 4-3 lead.  Crookston couldn’t score in the seventh and the Green Wave held on for the 4-3 come from behind victory.  “It was a frustrating game when we led all the way until the end.  Maybe today will light a fire under the guys and get them fired up for the rest of the season,” said Coach Hasz.  “We had a couple crucial mental errors that led to a couple of runs.”
Crookston drops to 7-7 on the year and will host East Grand Forks Sacred Heart in a double header on Thursday.  East Grand Forks improves to 6-6 on the year.

 

 
       Brandon Kresl with an rbi single                 Alex Boone makes the grab
 

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Aaron Hollcraft struck out 10 East Grand Forks batters in the game

Pitching IP H R BB SO
Aaron Hollcraft - Crox (LP) 6 7 4 3 10
Tyler Olson - EGF (WP) 7 9 3 2 7


For Crookston

Josh Edlund - 3-3, 3 doubles
Aaron Hollcraft - 2-3, run
Cody Magsam - 2-3, rbi
Brandon Kresl - 1-2, walk, rbi
Mikey Hajostek - 1-3, rbi

For  E-G-F

Taylor Brierly - 4-4, 2 runs, 2 stolen bases
Trevor Selk - 1-4, 2 runs

 



TUESDAY - MAY 21,  2013

CROOKSTON PIRATE GIRLS GOLF PARTICIPATE IN THE DETROIT LAKES INVITATIONAL

The Crookston Pirate Girls golf team traveled to Detroit Lakes for an Invitational at the Lakeview Golf Course. The Pirates played 18 holes in a cool, windy day at Detroit Lakes and finished 9th of 9 teams with a 381 with the host team Lakers, the defending State Class AA champions winning by 19 strokes over Pequot Lakes. Pequot Lakes' Savannah Stone was the medalist with a 70 and the Pirates had three golfers under 100 for the day and were led by Kelly Reitmeier, who had a 91. Today we only took four girls as the rest of the team was finishing up some tests and science labs at school so we brought our two seniors and a 7th and 8th grader. This morning we found out we were not playing at the Detroit Lakes Country Club due to the course conditions from the rain. We played at Lakeview Golf Course which was right across the road," said Crookston Coach Kristi Griffin. "The rain stopped long enough for us to get 18 holes in, but the weather was cool and windy. The Lakeview course was a short course with several par 3s and 4s and only one par 5. All the girls came in with great rounds. We were happy to see 3 girls shoot a solid round in the 90s and Erica wasnt to far away. Erica had a great front nine and was very happy with her drives, but found the sand on the back which was her biggest struggle. Kelly, Maddy and Ally really played well on and around the green and Kelly ended her round with a 20 foot putt which will really help her confidence going into sub sections.
The Pirates were slated to be at the East Grand Forks Invitational on Wednesday, but it has been postponed because the course is closed because of wet conditions. Crookston will either be at East Grand Forks on Thursday if the course is a go OR they would go to the Thief River Falls Tri-Angular.

Laker  Invitational

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Crookston

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1. Detroit Lakes

305

 

Kelly Reitmeier 91

2. Pequot Lakes

324   Ally Tiedemann 92

3. Bemidji

331   Maddie Nicholls 93

4. Grand Rapids

339   Erica Samuelson 105

5. Staples-Motley

355      
6. Wadena 356   Top Individuals  
6. Detroit Lakes White 356   1. Savannah Stone - PL 70
8. Moorhead 379   2. Kate Smith - DL 72
9. CROOKSTON 381

 

3. Margaret Heggerston-PL 74

 

 

BLAKE BERGERON NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL STATE WRESTLING TEAM

Crookston Pirate Wrestler, Blake Bergeron (pictured right), was recently named to the Guillotine 2012-2013 Academic All State Second team.  Blake had an outstanding Junior season with a 33-10 record while making his second trip to the State Individual wrestling tournament this winter.  Blake also has a 4.0 GPA and is a three sport athlete at Crookston High School, where he just competed in the State True Team Track meet in Stillwater this past weekend. In the Fall he was a leader in defensive points for the football team.

Other Section 8A and 8AA and area wrestlers also named to the Academic All State Wrestling team are listed below:

First team-
Garret Hoffner (Senior) – Mahnomen/Waubun
Drew Loge (Senior) – Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus
Holden Nelson (Senior) – Thief River Falls

Second team-
Christopher Zimmer (Sr) – Walker-Hackensack-Akeley/Nevis

 

 

MONDAY -  MAY 20, 2013

SECTION 8A BOY'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT HAS SOME CHANGES IN DATES BECAUSE OF WEATHER

The rain and continued weather pattern of precipitation in Northern Minnesota has forced the Section 8A officials and boy's tennis coaches to move the dates for the Section Team semi-finals and finals from Tuesday, May 21 to Thursday, May 23 in Perham. Also the first round of the Section 8A Individual Boy's Tennis Tournament will be held on Thursday, May 23 in Perham (instead of Tuesday, May 21) and the quarterfinals, semi's and championship rounds will now be played on Tuesday, May 28 in Perham (instead of Thursday, May 23).  The first round of the Section 8A Team Tournament is still being held today, but inside as Park Rapids and East Grand Forks are playing at the Choice Fitness in Grand Forks, N.D. and the first round match of Wadena-Deer Creek/Perham and Detroit Lakes is being played at 1:00 PM today at the Center Courts Plus Courts inside at Fargo, N.D.
For the complete brackets and dates:

SECTION 8A TEAM BRACKET - Click here

SECTION 8A SINGLES BRACKET - Click here

SECTION 8A DOUBLES BRACKET - Click here




THROUGH THE RAIN THE PIRATE GIRL'S GOLF TEAM'S FINISH 3RD AND 5TH IN THE PIRATE INVITATIONAL

The Crookston Pirate Girls Golf team had a tough time getting their Crookston Pirate Invitational Girl's Golf meet in this spring and although they cut the tournament down to nine holes because of the rain, wind and soggy conditions at Minakwa Golf Course in Crookston, they got the event in and Thief River Falls finished first with a 205, 10 strokes ahead of Roseau.  Crookston had two teams compete and they finished third and fifth out of six teams.  The individual medalist was Bailee Kolden of Thief River Falls with a 48, she beat Crookston's Maddie Nicholls, who also had a 48 after tie breaker criteria.  "It was a miserable day to be honest. We decided to just go nine holes after we saw the girls not golfing like they cold.  With the rain and wind it was getting to be to much and there was some standing water on a couple of the holes. " said Pirate Coach Jeff Perreualt.  "We did have Maddie Nicholls turn in a sub 50 round with a 48 and she has been doing some nice things for us lately and that is a great score considering the conditions.  It was a good lesson for the girls to be dressed and prepared for the weather.  We don't know what the weather will be like at sub-sections in East Grand Forks next week so this was good to teach the girls they have to be ready for the conditions."
Crookston will be Detroit Lakes meet on Tuesday.


Leah Trostad with a putt hole 9

Pirate INVITATIONAL

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Crookston Gold

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1. Thief River Falls

205

 

Leah Trostad 50

2. Roseau

215   Ally Tiedemann 55

3. CROOKSTON GOLD

218   Abby Parr 55

4. East Grand Forks A

230   Kelly Reitmeier 58

5. CROOKSTON NAVY

282   Amber Trostad 58
6. East Grand Forks B 303   Erica Samuelson 64
         
Top Individuals     Crookston Navy  
1. Bailee Kolden - TRF 48

 

Maddie Nicholls 48
2. Maddie Nicholls - Crox 48   Emily Ricord 68
3. Emily Gottberg - EGF 49

 

Hope Schear 78
      Brelee Jobe 88





SATURDAY -  MAY 18, 2013

CROOKSTON BOY'S TRACK TEAM FINISHES NINTH IN THE STATE TRUE TEAM MEET


The Crookston Pirate Boys Track team after the State True Team Track meet  (Picture by Janelle Anderson)

The Crookston Boy's Track team ran into some tough competition in the Minnesota Track Coaches State True Team Track meet in Stillwater, where they finished ninth out of nine teams.  The day started with a downpour for the first hour, and the second hour had some rain and then around noon it cleared up and the sun came out and it was a beautiful afternoon.  The Pirate Boys top performance of the day was Brandt Delage in the 400 meter dash when he finished second place with an impressive personal best time of 51.99, a little more than one second off of the school record.  Delage was also on the fourth place 4x200 relay team with teammates Jacob Egeland, Patrick Deng, and Blake Brekken.  The 4x100 relay team of Jacob Egeland, Blake Bergeron, Ryan Bittner and Blake Brekken finished sixth for the Pirates.  "We ran into some very good competition from top to bottom and it was fun to watch the kids compete at a top level," said Pirate Boys Track Coach Wayne Folkers.  "Even though our places weren't where they normally are, we had a lot of personal records (PR's) today!  Brandt Delage had an impressive time in the 400 and really ran well today and has been running well lately and he had a heckuva meet today.  Michael Hefta PR'd in both the discus and shot put today improving his throws by two to four feet today so that was great.  Overall it was a good all around team effort with everybody turning in either close to their best or their best times today and that is all we can ask for from them against some very good competition."
The Pirate Boys and Girls track teams will have their biggest meet of the year coming up on Thursday when they run in the Sub-Section Track meet in East Grand Forks on their new beautiful track.

 
Brandt Delage in the 400 meters          Michael Hefta with a personal best throw in the discus

FOR MORE PICTURES FROM THE STATE TRUE TEAM CLICK HERE

BOY'S Score   GIRL'S Score
1. Winona Cotter 388   1.  Luverne 394
2.  Maple Lake 361.5   2.  Esko 385.5
3.  Esko 338   3.  Osakis 371
4.  Holdingford 328.5   4.  Blue Earth 333.5
5.  Luverne 307.5   5.  Lake City 323
6.  Blue Earth 273   6.  Maple Lake 283
7.  Pine Island 238.5   7.  Trinity School River Ridge 263.5
8.  Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 209   8.  West Marshall 223
9.  CROOKSTON 177   9.  Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 185.5

 FOR ALL THE RESULTS,  CLICK HERE

   
Jacob Egeland finishes his race   Jonathon Miller in the 800  

 

 

Event Pirates   (In the top 8) Result Place
400 Dash Brandt Delage 51.99 2nd
4 x 200 Relay Jacob Egeland, Patrick Deng
Brandt Delage, Blake Brekken
1:37.15 4th
4 x 100 Relay Jacob Egeland, Blake Bergeron
Ryan Bittner, Blake Brekken
48.33 6th
Shot Put Alec Boike 44-9.50 7th
200 Dash Brandt Delage 24.48 8th
Discus Alec Boike 124-01 8th
4 x 800 Relay Thomas Mykleseth, Jonathon Miller
Guthrie Dingman, Ben Dorman
9:47.80 8th






CROOKSTON BOY'S GOLF HAS BEST ROUND OF THE SEASON IN A SECOND PLACE FINISH AT ROSEAU

The Crookston Pirates had four golfers shoot under 80 for the first time this season and their best team score of the year finishing second to the Roseau Rams by six strokes at the Oak Crest Golf Course in the Roseau Invitational.
Crookston’s top golfer all spring has been Wyatt Hanson and the senior continued that play with a 74 which was good for fourth place, six strokes behind Brady Loudon of Bagley.  Roseau used the familiarity of their home course to shoot under 300 with a 298 while Crookston had a 304. “We’ve played well at the Roseau course the last couple years and it was good to see us continue that today with a good round,” said Crookston head coach Steve Kofoed. “Our top four guys had a total of seven-three putts and you lose by six strokes. Wyatt and Brady both three putted on the first green. We have been spending a lot of time on the driving range and maybe not as much as we should have on putting.  We also had a few double chips over the green, but we are getting much better with course management and hopefully we can continue to improve in the last week of the regular season coming up before the Sub-Section."
Crookston has one meet left of the regular season, on Thursday, when they travel to the Detroit Lakes Country Club for an afternoon meet.

Roseau INVITATIONAL

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Pirate Results

Total

1. Roseau

298

 

Wyatt Hanson 74

2. CROOKSTON

304   Curtis Regan 76

3. Thief River Falls

310   Isaac Westlake 76

4.  Bagley

311   Brady Heppner 78

5.  Warroad

316   Doug Larson 78

6.  Kittson County Central

329   Dane Anderson 87

     Mahnomen

329      

8.  East Grand Forks

343   Top Individuals  

9.  Marshall County West

347

 

1.  Brady Loudon-Bagley 68

10.  Roseau 2

349   2.  Will Czech-Roseau 69
11.  Badger-Greenbush-MR 350

 

3.  Brian Anderson - Roseau 73
12.   Red Lake County 356   4.  Wyatt Hanson-Crookston 74
            Aaron Leintz-Bagley 74


 



FRIDAY -  MAY 17, 2013

CROOKSTON BASEBALL SHUTOUT BY DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON 7-0

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton took advantage of seven walks, two hit batters and some timely base hits to defeat the Crookston Pirates 7-0 in a baseball game at the Jim Karn Field in Crookston.
Crookston threatened a number of times stranding nine runners on base during the game including runners on second and third with one out in the first, but were unable to cash in on a couple walks.  They had a leadoff off double in the second by Dylan Klatt and couldn’t score. “We just didn’t get the big hit today as we have in the past few games,” said Crookston head coach Ted Hasz. “I think if we could have scored a couple runs early it would have been a little different game.”  Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton scored twice in the fourth inning when Tyler Oberg led off with a double and then there was a hit batter, a Crookston error to load the bases. The Rebels received a bases load walk to score one and a Tanner McManus single to score the other and a 2-0 lead  which went through five innings of play.  In the Rebels sixth, Crookston starting pitcher Josh Edlund ran into some control problems issuing two walks on eight pitches and the Pirates went to the bullpen with Parker Epema. “Josh was running out of gas at this point and when I went out there after the two walks he said he was ready to be done, but again I thought he pitched a gutty game and if we could have gotten him some early runs it might have been different,” said Hasz. After a single, Isaiah Greene walked again with bases loaded to bring in another run and a sacrifice fly made it a 5-0 game for D-G-F.  They added a couple more in the seventh to put it away on four base hits including rbi singles from Greene and Oberg.  Oberg pitched the first four innings and gave up two hits while Greene pitched the last three inning and although he did give up four hits, he struck out seven Crookston batters and D-G-F had a total of 10 strikeouts in the game. “They have a nice team and are not 9-1 for nothing,” said Hasz about Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton. “Both their pitchers were good and the second one (Greene) was very good and some of our players say he might be the best pitcher we’ve faced so far. But, we’ve seen them now and there are a few things we noticed if we meet them again at tournament time.”   Crookston is 7-6 on the season and will be at Grand Forks Red River on Monday.  “Red River has a nice team this year and then we have two very important games at East Grand Forks on Tuesday,” said Hasz.  “We play Sacred Heart on home on Thursday and we are looking to either play Sacred Heart a doubleheader that day or bring in another team to get another game in and some at bats for us before the Section playoffs. So either four or five games left to get ready.”

 

 
   Parker Epema waits for a throw at home                         Dylan Klatt slides into second base
 

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Tyler Oberg - DGF (WP)  4.0 2 0 0 3 3
Isaiah Greene - DGF 3.0 4 0 0 0 7
Josh Edlund - Crox (LP) 5.0 5 4 3 6 6
Parker Epema - Crox 2.0 5 3 3 2 2


For Crookston

Dylan Klatt  2-3, double
Kyle Proulx  1-3, double
Josh Edlund  1-2, 2 walks, 2 SB


For  D-G-F

Tanner McManus  3-4, 2 runs, rbi
Chad Johnson  2-5
Isiah Greene  1-3, 2 rbi
Tyler Oberg  2-3, double, rbi





DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON SCORES EARLY AND OFTEN IN 16-0 WIN OVER CROOKSTON SOFTBALL

The Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Rebels showed the Crookston Pirate Softball team why they are the ranked in the top 10 in the state and the number one seed in the Section 8AA South Subsection in a 16-0 win in a game played in Glyndon.
DGF scored five runs on four hits and took advantage of two walks in the first inning to take a quick 5-0 lead.  In the second inning, Crookston’s Kaylee Desrosier and Danelle Trandem had singles and Taylor Demarais walked and the bases were loaded with two outs.  The Pirates weren’t able to get a hit and were retired without scoring a run.  DGF answered as they added five more runs on three hits and two walks to take a 10-0 lead after two innings of play.  The Rebels added another run in the third inning and then solidified their victory by adding five more runs in the fourth inning on two hits while taking advantage of five walks and a couple wild pitches and held on for the 16-0 victory.  “They have some great pitching and offensively they hit the ball well and were aggressive on the base paths,” said Pirate Co-Head Coach Katie Welter.  “We had a threat in the second inning, but couldn’t get a big hit.”  Crookston ends the regular season with a 6-10 record and will play at East Grand Forks on Tuesday in the first round of the Section 8AA Softball playoffs.  DGF improves to 15-1 on the year.

 
    Carly Welter swings at a DGF pitch           Kaylee Desrosier scoops a pitch out of the dirt as a DGF player looks on
 

  1 2 3 4 5 R H E
CROOKSTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Dilworth-G-F 5 5 1 5 X 16 11 1

 

Pitching IP H R BB SO
Danelle Trandem - Crox (LP) 2.0  7 10 
Kennedy Resendiz - Crox 1.2 4 6 6 1
Caitlyn Cournia - Crox 0.1 0 0 1 0
Makenzie Dukleth - DGF (WP) 4.0 3 0 2 6
Sydney Honek - DGF 1.0 0 0 0 1


For Crookston

McKayla Larson, Kaylee Desrosier, and Danelle Trandem had 1 hit each.
  
 

 

 

 


 

CROOKSTON GIRL'S GOLF FINISH 8TH AT THE BEMIDJI INVITATIONAL

The Crookston Girl’s Golfers had one golfer shoot under one hundred and finished 8th of 10 teams today in the Bemidji High School Invitational at the Town and Country Golf Course outside of Bemidji.
The meet was won by Pequot Lakes who were 25 strokes better than Bemidji.  Maggie Haggerston of Pequot Lakes shot a 77 for medalist honors, two strokes ahead of Emily Israelson of Staples-Motley and they were the only two that shot under 80 for the day.  Crookston freshman Leah Trostad had a 98 to lead the Pirates.  “The weather was a bit of a concern going into this meet with the forecast calling for rain and wind, but it turned out to be a very nice day to golf,” said Crookston head coach Jeff Perreault. “ The sand and the greens proved to be the biggest problem for the girls with several three and four putts and
failed attempts out of the bunkers. We left two seniors back for senior skip day and gave a couple of youngsters the opportunity to play a great course with some of the best competition in our area.”
Crookston has a busy week coming up as they rescheduled the Crookston Pirate Invitational to Monday at Minakwa Golf Course in Crookston, at Detroit Lakes on Tuesday, at the East Grand Forks Invitational on Wednesday, the Thief River Falls Tri-Angular on Thursday and then all the Pirate teams will have a fun scramble on Friday at Minakwa as they prepare for the sub-section meet the following week at East Grand Forks.

 

Bemidji INVITATIONAL

Total

 

Pirate Results

Total

1. Pequot Lakes

334

 

Leah Trostad 98

2. Bemidji

359   Maddie Nicholls 103

3. Staples

365   Amber Trostad 107

4. Fosston

374   Abby Parr 108

5. Wadena

385   Emily Ricord 128

6. Roseau

387      

7. Badger-Greenbush-Middle River

397  

Top Individuals

 

8. CROOKSTON

416   1. Maggie Haggerston - Pequot Lakes 77

9. East Grand Forks

440

 

2. Emily Israelson - Staples

79

10. Greenway-Coleraine

INC

 

3. Morgan Williams - Bemidji

84





 

CROOKSTON BOY'S GOLF HAS TWO TEAMS IN THE THIEF RIVER FALLS INVITATIONAL AND FINISH 4TH AND 8TH

With the Crookston seniors out because of senior skip day, the Pirate underclassmen golfers had two teams which finished fourth and eighth in the 10 school Thief River Falls Invitational at the Thief River Falls Golf Club. Roseau won the invitational easily by 10 strokes over runner up Warroad.
The Crookston Blue team had the top four scores of the 12 Pirate golfers who played and were led by Isaac Westlake with an 80, one stroke ahead of Brady Heppner.  Joe Vatnsdal of Roseau was the medalist with a 74.  "
We were able to bring two teams to TRF today, which was great. I thought the guys really battled today and for the most part, had fun," said Pirate Assistant Coach Jake Sanders, who was filling in for Head Coach Steve Kofoed, who was on a 7th grade field trip.  "The wind was strong, which made the tree infested back 9 extremely difficult. Isaac Westlake led the Pirates today with an 80, and did a very good job at making the most of his opportunities. I think we all learned a little bit about rolling with the punches and course management today."

Crookston will be at the Roseau Invitational on Saturday.
 

TRF  INVITATIONAL

Total

 

Pirate Gold Results

Total

1. Roseau

308

 

Brandon Conklin

88

2. Warroad

328

  Ethan Christopherson

89

3. East Grand Forks

329

  Parker Nicholls

91

4. Crookston Blue

330

  Charles Eickhoff

92

5. Thief River Falls Blue

335

  Ian Johnson

92

6. Bagley

339

  Austin Summerfield

105

7. Thief River Falls Gold

358

     

8. Crookston Gold

360

 

Pirate Blue Results

 

9. Red Lake County

361

 

Isaac Westlake 80

10. Bemidji

376

 

Brady Heppner 81

 

 

 

Doug Larson 83

Top Individuals

 

 

Zach Markovich 86
1. Joe Vatnsdal - Roseau

74

  Dane Anderson 88

2. Zach Yon - Roseau

75

  Nate Erickson 100

3. Casey Anderson - Warroad

76

     
4. Chris Forney - TRF Blue

77

     
5. Will Czech - Roseau

78

     



 

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