FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 3,  2012

UMC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL LOSES WIESE TO INJURY AND GAME TO UNIVERSITY OF MARY

The University of Minnesota-Crookston Women’s Basketball player Brittani Wiese (Jr. Albertville) went down with a knee injury in the first half and UMC struggled in the second half without their point guard as the University of Mary outscored UMC 40-21 in the second half to pick up a 72-51 NSIC victory in Crookston.
UMC built an eight point (14-6) lead in the first minutes of the game before Mary went on a 12-0 run to take the lead for the first time in the game at 16-14.  The game would be tied at 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 before Mary scored the final basket of the half to take a 32-30 lead at halftime.  Wiese hurt her knee driving into the lane and had to be helped off the floor late in the half and with 2:03 remaining she came back into the game with her knee taped up.  Wiese had to be taken out a few seconds later and she never came back into the game. 
In the second half UMC struggled with out their floor general as they were outscored 40-21 in the second half and couldn’t get anything going offensively while Mary starting heating up from outside making 6-12 three pointers.  UMC struggled shooting all night long as they were 19-74 for 25.7% from the field.  “We weren’t able to recover after Brittani went down,” said UMC Coach Mike Roysland.  “We had some girls that tried to take over, but it just didn’t happen tonight.  You just can’t shoot 25 percent in a game and expect to win.”
UMC drops to 8-11 on the year and 5-10 in the NSIC and will host Northern State Saturday.   Mary improves to 15-5 on the year and 14-4 in the NSIC.

      Laurie Tyson with a shot in the lane               Carly Rothstein with a long jump shot

UMC MEN'S BASKETBALL STRUGGLE IN SECOND HALF IN 76-52 LOSS TO MARY

The Golden Eagle Men’s Basketball team was outscored 41-25 in the second half as the University of Mary Marauders blew open a close ball game on their way to a 76-52 NSIC win in Crookston.
Mary led 29-27 with 3:27 left in the first half and finished the half strong by going on an 6-0 run including a huge one hand power dunk by Jalen Jaspers (Soph. Minneapolis) as he went down the middle of the lane and the Marauders led 36-27 lead at halftime.
The dunk seemed to set the tone for the rest of the game as Mary would slowly build a double digit lead all the way up to the 24 point lead at the end of the game for the 76-52 win, avenging a loss to UMC in Bismarck, N.D. earlier this year.
UMC drops to 6-13 overall and 2-13 in the NSIC and will host Northern State on Saturday.  Mary improves to 5-15 overall and 4-12 in the NSIC.


Jacolby Anderson with a three point shot   Almir Krdzalic looks to pass as a Mary defender looks on

CROOKSTON GIRL'S BASKETBALL STAY HOT IN SECTION WIN AT BAGLEY

The Crookston Pirate Girls Basketball took advantage of Bagley turnovers and turned them into quick points in several runs and cruised to a 66-45 victory over the Bagley Flyers.
Crookston jumped out to an early 10-4 lead seven minutes into the first half taking advantage of 10 Bagley turnovers.  The Pirates led 18-13 when they went on an 11-1 run over a three minute span behind Amber Froeber’s four points, a three by Sydney Boike and a basket a piece by Brooke Heggie and Monica Wold to give Crookston a 29-14 lead.  The Pirate offense would sputter in the final three minutes of the half as Katie Davidson made two free throws for the only Crookston points, but they still had a 31-19 lead at halftime.  “Coach Steve Kofoed made the comment on the way to the locker room that we are up by 20, but it feels like were are down,” said Pirate Coach Lon Boike.  “I don’t think anybody in the locker room felt that we played our best.”
Crookston continued their tough defense as they started the second half on an 11-0 run behind Sydney Boike’s eight points and  two free throws by Erica Samuelson and one free throw by Kaylee Desrosier to take a 42-19 lead with 12 minutes left in the game.  The Pirates continued to expand the lead all the way to 26 points (55-29) after a Hayley Solheim basket.  “We started to move the ball better in the second half and got things going,” said Brooke Heggie.  “We started a little slow in the first half, but we started play better in the second half.”  Crookston went into a bit of a lull as they were bringing in different players and they couldn’t get on the same page and Bagley took advantage by going on a 9-0 run.  Crookston settled down by going on an 8-0 of their own with Heggie scoring six points and a basket by Desrosier and Crookston led 63-38 late and held on for the 66-45 victory.  “We were a little choppy tonight with our substitutions, trying to get as many people in as we could,” said Coach Boike.  “We didn’t really have a subbing rotation tonight and just girls in.  We were able to rest some players at the end getting ready for Hawley tomorrow night.”
Crookston improves to 12-7 on the year and will be at Hawley on Saturday, while Bagley drops to 9-11 on the year.
JV- Crox won 49-11

 
Kylie Simmons and Kaylee Desrosier go for the ball      Amber Froeber copies the poster on the wall

RED WING'S REZANSOFF SCORES FIVE TIMES TO LEAD WINGERS OVER CROOKSTON 8-2

It was a first meeting ever between Crookston and Red Wing in Boy’s Hockey and the way the Wingers played and in particularly junior Alex Rezansoff, the Pirates might not want to see them again as Red Wing defeated the Pirates 8-2 at the Crookston Sports Center.
Crookston was buzzing to start the game, but the Wingers goalie Preston Blarney made some nice saves  and maybe had some of the Blarney stone in his pocket as well, but it was scoreless half-way through the period until Tyler Grove scored eight and a half minutes into the period. Late in the period, Rezansoff started showing some glimpses of what was to come as he scored a goal with two minutes left in the period and another back-breaker with one second left in the period and the Wingers led 3-0 after a period. “We started out by dominating the game and maybe taking advantage of their bus legs,” said Crookston head coach Jon Bittner, “but we fell completely apart at the end of the period, which was disappointing.”
Crookston did get some excitement back in the game when Kyle Proulx scored his second goal of the season just 50 seconds into the period making it 3-1, but not only did Rezansoff score a goal 19 seconds later, but he added another in 11 seconds to put Red Wing up 5-1 with just 1:20 gone in the second period. “Kyle gave us a nice lift with his goal to start the period, but #19 (Rezansoff) answered with the two goals and everything just fell apart for us,” said coach Bittner, “he is a nice player with a good shot, some speed and he made the most of his opportunities.”
Rezansoff probably would pick the Crookston Sports Center as one of his favorite rinks, because he added another one half-way through the period. That is five goals in 22:48 of playing in the CSC!!!
The Wingers scored another one late and led 7-1 after the second period and went to running time to start the third period, which stopped when Curtis Regan scored about seven and a half minutes into the period. It was Regan’s third goal in four games for the Pirates, but again any momentum Crookston might have had was quickly evaporated as the Wingers scored 23 seconds later, this time Rezansoff set up the goal by Taylor Hanson to give Red Wing an 8-2 lead and for the last nine minutes it went back to running time and the Wingers picked up the win. “We had high hopes, but Red Wing has a nice team,” said coach Bittner, “we have some work to do starting on Monday in practice.”
Crookston, 6-16-1 on the season, is off for a week when they host Lake of the Woods next Friday. Red Wing improves to 10-8-1 on the year and will be at Thief River Falls tomorrow afternoon.
JV -  Crookston won 6-4

            Paul Bittner fires a shot on goal from the point
 

                  Kollin Erdman makes a save on a penalty shot

1st Period
8:23 - RW - Tyler Grove (Marcus Dodge)
15:02 - RW - Alex Rezansoff (Taylor Hanson)
16:59 - RW - Alex Rezansoff (Marcus Dodge)

2nd Period
0:50 - Crox - Kyle Proulx (2) (Connor Morgan and Brady Heppner)
1:09 - RW - Alex Rezansoff (Ryan Rehder)
1:20 - RW - Alex Rezansoff (Taylor Hanson and Ryan Rehder)
7:48 - RW - Alex Rezansoff (Ryan Rehder and Taylor Hanson)
10:04 - RW - Mike Stegora (Tyler Grove and Jack Strusz)

3rd Period
7:31 - Crox - Curtis Regan (3) (Ryan Bittner)
7:54 - RW - Taylor Hanson (Marcus Dodge and Alex Rezansoff)
 

THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 2, 2012

EAST GRAND FORKS FAST START PROPELS GREEN WAVE TO 6-5 WIN OVER PIRATES

Trailing 1-0 early in the first period, the East Grand Forks Green Wave scored four goals in a 3:07 span and then held on to a 6-5 win over the Crookston Pirates in a Section 8A Girl’s Hockey game at the East Grand Forks Civic Center.
The Pirates Natasha Skala scored the first goal of the game just over two minutes in on a slap shot that went off the Green Wave goalie, Madi Galstad’s glove to give Crookston an early lead. There wasn’t a lot of defense played the rest of the period as the action was end to end with great scoring opportunities by both teams, but it was East Grand Forks that took advantage. After a Pirate shot from the point bounced off the Green Wave’s leading scorer, CoCo Piche, to center ice, the sophomore picked up the puck, blew into the Crookston zone on a breakaway and beat Pirate goalie Rachel Biermaier to tie the  game as both teams were skating a person short.  Riley Koberinski scored just over a minute later for East Grand Forks, putting in a rebound off a shot from the point. Then eighth grade speedster for the Green Wave, Haley Mack scored two goals in just over a minute, the first came after Biermaier made two saves, but couldn’t get control of the puck and the Mack kept jabbing away at the loose puck and finally knocked it in to make it 3-1. Mack then showed off her speed on her second goal, getting into the Crookston zone, blowing past at Pirate defenseman and scored to put East Grand Forks ahead 4-1 with five and a half minutes to go in the period and they had the Pirates reeling. With the Pirates on their heels, they called on one of the leading goal scorers in the State of Minnesota, Brianna Breiland. She responded by winning a face off in the Green Wave zone, taking the puck by a defenseman and a Green Wave forward, circled around in front of the East Grand Forks goal and slid a wrist shot by the stick side of Galstad and the power play goal pulled Crookston within 4-2 and the period would end that way. “When you get down 4-1 and dig that deep a hole and have to come back is tough,” said Crookston coach Tim Persson. “We struggled in our end giving them two breakaways. Our kids battled back and we told the girls it was going to be a high scoring game and that last goal by Brianna gave us a little confidence going into the second period.”
Piche scored her second goal of the game taking a pass in front of the Crookston goal from the low slot and picked the corner to put the Green Wave back up by three goals, 5-2 with just under two minutes gone of the second period. Crookston’s Breiland answered seven seconds later by winning the faceoff, and a couple passes later beat the Green Wave goalie to make it 5-3.  The Pirates climbed back to within one with about 10 minutes left in the period when Marietta Geist who was behind the Green Wave net, made a crisp pass in front to Riley Erickson, and the Pirate senior made a nice shot to the far side of Galstad and Crookston trailed 5-4.  East Grand Forks closed out the scoring with the eventual winning goal on a nice passing play that started with the Green Wave on a three on one situation and Maggie Tweten finding Piche to the side of the Crookston goal and she slid it across the crease to Jenna Wisk who score with four and a half minutes to go to make it a 6-4 Green Wave, which they carried into the second intermission. “Their fifth and sixth goals should have been prevented,” said Persson. “We had everyone moving up and then a give-away and they come in on a three on one on their fifth goal. Their sixth goal their kid pounded it off the boards two times and all we had to do is stand up and take the body and we didn’t and they have another three on one. Those goals could and should have been prevented. The play was up and down the ice and the kids were getting tired, but I tell you what they really were working hard.”
As it turned out, the only goal of the third period came early when Hayley Epema scored just over two minutes into the period on a beautiful passing play. Breiland from the near corner in the East Grand Forks end making a crisp, very hard pass on the ice across the Green Wave crease and Epema was parked to the right side of the goalie and just flicked it in to pull the Pirates within 6-5 with a whole lot of time left.  Both teams had chances, but the two defenses also shored things up a bit. Crookston took a couple late penalties which hampered their offensive attack but they did manage to pull their goalie with about a minute left but were unable to get the equalizer and the Green Wave held on to the 6-5 win to secure the number three seed in the Section 8A Tournament that starts next week. One of the Pirate penalties with 35 seconds left in the game came after a Crookston player ran into the Green Wave goalie Galstad.  Galstad is the only goalie dressed for East Grand Forks and she was down on the ice for about five minutes and was able to continue to finish the game and pick up the win.  “East Grand Forks fans thought that we had a set play that we would run over their goalie and that is certainly not true,” said Crookston coach Persson. “Hayley was in their zone and the East Grand Forks defense was trying to keep her from going to the net and got her stick around Hayley’s neck and then Natasha hit that kid who plowed into Hayley and took her into the goalie, so there really shouldn’t have been a penalty called at all and then we put the puck in the net with all that action and they disallowed it because I think the referee’s had made up their mind that Hayley had ran her.” East Grand Forks is now 12-9-2 on the season and will be the number three seed and host Lake of the Woods next Thursday in a Section 8A Tournament first round game.  Crookston drops to 13-12 and will be the number four seed and host Park Rapids on Thursday night at 7:00 PM at the Crookston Sports Center in a first round game. “It was a good exciting hockey game with a lot of things going on,” said Persson. “Now we have a week to prepare for Park Rapids at our place and if things work out, we would see Warroad again and who knows!”
JV -  Crookston won 4-3 in overtime  (Leah Trostad scored the winner)

Caitlin Wahouske skates by an East Grand Forks defenseman with the puck

Riley Erickson lets a shot go as a Greenwave player tries to block the shot

1st Period
2:07 - Crox - Natasha Skala (8)   (Brianna Breiland)
6:25 - EGF - CoCo Piche  (unassisted)
7:33 - EGF - Riley Koberinski   (Ally Eischens, Haley Mack) (PP)
8:26 - EGF - Haley Mack  (Jenna Wisk, Maggie Tweten)
9:32 - EGF - Haley Mack  (Riley Koberinski)
10:12 - Crox - Brianna Breiland (45)  (unassisted)  (PP)

2nd Period
1:50 - EGF - CoCo Piche   (Maggie Tweten, Jenna Wisk)
1:57 - Crox - Brianna Breiland (46)   (Caitlin Wahouske, Sabrina Delorme)
5:10 - Crox - Riley Erickson (2)   (Marietta Geist)
12:21 - EGF - Jenna Wisk   (CoCo Piche, Maggie Tweten)

3rd Period
2:18 - Crox - Hayley Epema (8)   (Brianna Breiland)
 

CROOKSTON WRESTLING WIN FIVE MATCHES BY FORFEIT TO BEAT EAST GRAND FORKS/SACRED HEART

In most of the matches this season the Crookston Pirate Wrestling team has had to forfeit four or five matches in each dual, but tonight was different as the Pirates only lost won match and won five by forfeit and cruised to a 55-19 Section 8AA victory over  East Grand Forks/Sacred Heart in East Grand Forks.
Crookston lost the first two matches on the evening, one by forfeit before Kyle Caputo picked up the first Pirate win at 120 pounds by a 9-0 decision. Caputo quickly built a 2-0 lead and then in the second period scored five points to take a 7-0 lead before winning 9-0.  Crookston’s Shad Steer followed with another 6-2 decision at 126 pounds.  Steer led his match 2-0 after the first period and led 2-1 early in the second before he got a take down and led 4-1 after two.  Steer added another take down in the third and held on for the 6-2 victory.  “We had one guy not make weight so we shuffled things around a bit and it worked out well,” said Pirate Coach Chad Hitchen.  “Kyle wrestled hard and had a good match and Shad wrestled well to pick up a nice win.”  Cody Weiland ran into a very good Alex Yanish in his match at 132.  After the first period their match was scoreless.  In the second period Yanish got an escape to take a 1-0 lead and Weiland wasn’t able to get a take down and Yanish won 1-0 to give EGF/SH a 13-7 lead.  “Yanish is a pretty good wrestler,” said Coach Hitchen.  “It was a good match-up as you could tell from the 1-0 score and Cody just couldn’t get up off the mat to get any points.”  The Pirates picked up a forfeit win at 138 pounds to tie the match and then the Pirates went on a pinning spree, picking up three pins all under a minute.  Wyatt Hanson recorded a pin at 59 seconds, Luke Edlund at 47 seconds and Blake Bergeron in 40 seconds to give Crookston a 31-13 lead.  EGF/SH got a pin at 170 pounds before Crookston won the final four matches by forfeit for a 55-19 Section 8AA win.  “I thought we wrestled well, we came out aggressive,” said Coach Hitchen.  “It was nice to get a team win against a section opponent and it was nice to pick up wins by forfeit for a change instead of giving up a bunch of points.”

         Kyle Caputo is close to a pin in his win over EGF's Stanley Peltier

          Shad Steer is in control on his way to a 6-2 win over EGF's Cody Steer



 

UMC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER, MEGAN EUL, RECEIVES TWO ACADEMIC AWARDS

The University of Minnesota, Crookston Sports Information Department announced today that Megan Eul (F, 5-10, Sr. Rosemount) has been named to the Capitol One Academic All-District team for her outstanding performance in the classroom and on the basketball court. The award is given by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Eul’s stats will be updated and she will advance for final voting for a chance to earn a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-American team.
 
District 52 Winners
NCAA Division II
Mikayla Barondeau NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY         
Megan Eul                UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, CROOKSTON
Kaitlin Petri               CHADRON STATE COLLEGE
Vanessa Jones        NEBRASKA-KEARNEY
Michelle McDonald WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Commissioner Butch Raymond is proud to announce the third annual NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award winners. The honor, named for the late NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand, is bestowed to senior NSIC student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher, are exhausting their eligibility and are on track to graduate. Each student-athlete will be recognized by the NSIC with a certificate of achievement and a wrist watch. Furthermore, each institution is highly encouraged to have these student-athletes be publicly recognized at a home athletic event. A total of 85 student-athletes from the NSIC’s 14 institutions will receive the award in its third year. 

University of Minnesota-Crookston Golden Eagle Women’s Basketball player Megan Eul (F, 5-10, Sr. Rosemount) was the lone UMC student-athlete to receive the honor this year. She is majoring in early childhood education at the University of Minnesota, Crookston.

“The NSIC is excited to have this opportunity to honor an elite group of our student-athletes for their accomplishments. We feel very privileged to name the award after Dr. Brand in recognition of his strong support and the continued emphasis he placed on academics in the ‘Life in Balance’ theme of Division II,” said Raymond.

Dr. Myles N. Brand, visionary leader, educator and reformer, served as the President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 2003-2009. He passed away in September 2009 at the age of 67 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Brand presided over passage of the most comprehensive academic reform package for intercollegiate athletics in recent history – a package that refocused the attention of student-athletes, coaches and administrators on the education of student-athletes. Brand also changed the national dialog on college sports to emphasize the educational value of athletics participation and the integration of intercollegiate athletics with the academic mission of higher education. His impact on Division II ran deep by implementing an identity campaign and a strategic-positioning platform tied to specific divisional attributes. He challenged Division II to continue its game-environment and community-engagement focus, and improve academic success rates.

WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 1, 2012

UMC FOOTBALL TEAM SIGN 13 PLAYERS SO FAR ON SIGNING DAY (updated 3:13 2-1-12)

The University of Minnesota, Crookston Golden (UMC) Eagle Football program announced today the signing of eight players on signing day.  All the signees are listed below.

UMC FOOTBALL SIGNEES-

Adam Lawrence                 OL       6-3      255 lbs           East Grand Forks, Minn.
Lawrence is a 6-3, 255 lb, offensive lineman from East Grand Forks Senior High School in the Heart O’Lakes Conference. He was named MVP of the offensive line and earned All-Conference honors following his senior season. Lawrence plans to major in agricultural systems management at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. He is the son of Tessa and Dan Stroot.
 
Joshua Hughes                  OL       6-3      215 lbs           Brooksville, Fla.     
Hughes is a 6-3, 215 lb, offensive lineman from Central High School in Brooksville. He was named a team captain prior to his senior football campaign. Hughes plans to major in natural resources law enforcement at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. He is the son of Cyndi and John Hughes.
 
Austin Guillen                      DL       6-1      225 lbs           Madison, Wis.
Guillen is a 6-1, 225 lb, defensive lineman from Monona Grove High School in the Badger South Conference. He was named a team captain and the most dedicated player. Guillen was also named all-conference honorable mention following his junior and senior seasons. Guillen plans to major in marketing at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. He is the son of Cheryl Sime and Ricky Guillen.
 
Zach Burns                          LB       5-11    195 lbs           Grafton, N.D.
Burns is a 5-11, 195 lb, linebacker from Grafton High School in North Dakota East Region AA. He was named 1^st Team All-State Defense at the conclusion of the 2011 season and was selected to participate in the 2012 North Dakota Shrine Bowl. Burns plans to major in agricultural business at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. He is the son of Traci and Todd Burns.
 
Zack Anderson                   TE       6-1      200 lbs           Albertville, Minn.
Anderson is a 6-1, 200 lb, tight end, from St. Michael-Albertville High School in the Mississippi 8 Conference. He lettered both his junior and senior seasons and was named all-conference honorable mention.  Anderson plans to major in natural resources (wildlife management) at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. He is the son of Cindy and Glen Anderson.
 
Steven Miller                        LB       6-0      215 lbs           South St. Paul, Minn.
Miller is a 6-0, 215 lb, linebacker from South St. Paul High School in the Classic Suburban Conference. He was named an all-conference team member for his play on a team that went 20-3 over the last two seasons. Miller plans to major in health sciences and biology at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. He is the son of Jean and Jorge Rosario.
 
Joe Machacek                     OL       6-2      250 lbs           Eagan, Minn.
Machacek is a 6-2, 250 lb, offensive lineman from Eagan High School in the South Suburban Conference. He earned recognition as an all-conference honorable mention player. In the classroom he was a National Honor Society member. Machacek plans to major in software engineering at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. He is the son of Jane and Bill Machacek.
 
Cole Jackson                      DL       6-0      290 lbs           Ames, Iowa
Jackson is a 6-0, 290 lb, defensive lineman from Iowa Western Community College (IWCC). In high school he played in the Heart of Iowa Conference and at IWCC he played in the Midwest Football Conference. In high school he was named all-conference, all-area, all-state, and was named an all-star at the Shrine Bowl game. He was a two-year starter at IWCC and was a dominant nose tackle for the Edge Bowl Champions. Jackson plans to major in sport & recreation management at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. He is the son of Robin and Kevin Jackson.
 
Stanley Harvey                   WR     6-2      180 lbs           Long Prairie, Minn.
Harvey is a 6-2, 180 lb, wide receiver from Long Prairie-Grey Eagle High School in the West Central Conference. He is a four-year letterwinner, three-time team captain, and a two-year all-conference honorable mention player. He was also named the Max-Preps Player of the Week in 2010. Harvey plans to major in agricultural business at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. He is the son of Joan and Tim Harvey.
 
Rene Lawson, Jr.               LB       6-2      240 lbs           Arlington, Texas
Lawson is a 6-2, 240 lb, linebacker from Timberview High School in Division II 5-5A. He was named the 2011 National Underclassmen (NUC) Strongest Man MVP, earned the 2011 NUC Best Defensive Player award and leadership award and earned the NUC Combine Top Prospect Leadership Award. Lawson earned 2010 All-District Honorable Mention honors and 2011 All-District Academic honors. He was named to the 2011 All-District 1^st Team and was recognized as the best defensive end on the 2011 regional championship team. Lawson plans to major in health sciences with a minor in communication. He is the son of Tracy and Rene Lawson, Sr.
 
Anthony Peterson              OL       6-1      215 lbs                       Swanville, Minn.
Peterson is a 6-1, 215 lb, offensive lineman from Long Prairie-Grey Eagle in the West Central Conference. He is a three-time letterwinner in football and was named all-conference honorable mention following his senior season. Peterson plans to major in sport & recreation management at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. He is the son of Ann and Brad Peterson.
 
Keith Osgood                      WR     6-0      170 lbs                       Goulds, Fla.
Osgood is a 6-0, 170 lb, wide receiver from Dakota College at Bottineau in the Mon-Dak Athletic Conference. He led the Lumberjacks in receptions in his sophomore season. Osgood plans to major in sport & recreation management at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. He is the son of Maggie and Keith Osgood.
 
Deryck Woods, II                LB       6-0      220 lbs                       Keller, Texas

UMC SOCCER TEAM SIGN PLAYERS FROM SIOUX FALLS, SD., ST. PAUL AND FLIN FLON.

The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) Golden Eagle Women’s Soccer program today announced the signing of Elizabeth Busch (Sioux Falls, S.D.), Courtney Armborst and Delaney McIntyre (Flin Flon, Manitoba) to a National Letters of Intent for the 2012-2013 season.

Busch, a 5-4 midfielder from O’Gorman High School, Busch was a four-year letter winner in soccer and a member of South Dakota AA State High School Championship teams in 2008 and 2010. Busch received the O’Gorman Sport Leadership Award. She also was a member of the Dakota Alliance Soccer Club from 2001-2012 and won a state championship with them as well.
“Elizabeth is a hard-working, yet creative, midfielder,” says Golden Eagle Head Coach Richard Jones. “She is the type of player that makes the players around her better. Elizabeth is very technical and should help us improve our attack. She will be one of the most technical players in our conference.”
Busch intends to major in sport and recreation management at UMC. She is the daughter of Phil and Mary Busch.

Armborst, a 5-8 forward from Henry Sibley High School of the Classic Suburban Conference, Armborst was a two-time all-conference performer and one-time all-conference honorable mention performer in soccer. She also was named all-conference and honorable mention in track and field as well as serving as team captain in track and field.  “Courtney is incredibly fast and athletic,” says Golden Eagle Head Coach Richard Jones.  “She also strikes the ball very well.  Courtney is the type of athlete that will cause all sorts of problems for our opponents.  Once Courtney adjusts to the college game, I expect her to score a lot of goals for us.” Armborst intends to major in biology at UMC. She is the daughter of Lori Armborst and Brian Hill.

McIntyre, a 5-3, midfielder from Hapnot Collegiate, McIntyre captained both her soccer and volleyball teams. She was chosen Junior Varsity Sportswoman of the year in 2010 at Hapnot. McIntyre was also her school’s most valuable player in soccer, basketball, junior varsity cross country and track and field and was a four-time leading scorer in soccer. She represented the United States at the Zico Cup Soccer Tournament in Brazil and was also a Rural Manitoba High School Soccer Championship All-Star in 2011. McIntyre was chosen for the Manitoba Blizzard College Showcase Soccer team in 2010-2011 and the Manitoba Provincial U16 Soccer team in 2009-201. She was a bronze medalist at the Canadian National Wrestling Championship in 2009 and also an honor student at Hapnot.
“Delaney is a very athletic and tough kid,” says Golden Eagle Head Coach Richard Jones. “For example, she is a very accomplished wrestler in Canada.  Delaney's speed and athleticism allows her to get behind defenders at will. She will be a very strong player in the NSIC.”
McIntyre intends to major in sport and recreation management at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. She is the daughter of Murray McIntyre and Colleen Ballard.

CROOKSTON CROCODILES COMPETE IN GRAND FORKS MEET

The Crookston Crocodile Swim team recently participated in the Grand Forks Iceberg Invitational at the University of North Dakota Hyslop Pool.  The individual results are below.  

The Crookston Crocodile swimmers with their ribbons from the Iceberg Invitational.  Not pictured Kelsey Roed, Kaleb Pry and Sierra Pry.

Merran Dingmann (11) W
7. 50 Backstroke 39.94
8. 100 IM   1:22.95
9. 50 Breast  44.66
9. 200 Freestyle 2:42.77
9. 100 Breastroke  1:33.85

Elizabeth Erdman (9) W
5. 200 Freesytle 3:25.95
9. 100 Backstroke  1:48.23

Jaden Lubarski (11) M
1 50 Freestyle  30.66
1. 50 Backstroke  34.36
2. 100 Breastsroke  1:37.76
2. 200 IM  2:56.51
2. 50 Breaststroke  42.93
3. 100 Backstroke  1:17.69
3. 100 IM  1:19.57
3. 100 Freestyle  1:08.48

Kate Mac Gregor (11) W
5. 50 Fly  36.56
9. 100 Backstroke  1:23.84

Andrew MacGregor (9) M
4. 50 Freestyle 40.25
6. 200 Freestyle  3:39.46
7. 50 Breastroke  1:03.70
8. 100 Freestyle 1:40.46
9. 50 Backstroke  54.79

Muira MacRae (10) W
2. 200 Freestyle  3:11.90
8. 100 Freestyle  1:24.85
8. 50 Freestyle  37.78
8. 100 Breastsroke  1:58.13
9. 100 IM  1:44.66
10. 100 Backstroke  1:48.88
10. 50 Backstroke 47.86

Patrick Matlack (10) M
2. 50 Fly  50.68
2. 50 Free  36.19
2. 100 Breastroke  2:01.78
3. 200 Freestyle  3:05.47
4. 100 IM  1:37.65
4. 100 Backstroke  1:43.10
4. 50 Breaststroke  56.58
4. 50 Backstroke  47.62

Sarah Matlack (7) W
4. 50 Backstroke  54.31
8. 25 Freestyle  23.48
8. 25 Backstroke  26.92
8. 50 Freestyle  50.12
8. 25 Breastroke  35.73

Thea Oman (11) W
5. 50 Backstroke  39.12
6. 50 Freestyle  31.04
6. 50 Breaststroke  43.01
9. 100 IM  1:23.67
10. 100 Backstroke  1:26.19
10. 100 Breaststroke  1:34.27

Kaleb Pry (8) M
3. 100 IM  1:49.34
3. 50 Breaststroke  1:00.72
3. 25 Fly  21.03
3. 25 Breaststroke  26.45
4. 25 Freestyle  18.42
4. 50 Freestyle  39.19
4. 50 Backstroke  52.28

Sierra Pry (13) W
4. 50 Backstroke  34.04
5. 100 IM  1:15.62
6. 50 Breaststroke  41.42
6. 50 Freestyle  28.47
10. 100 Backstroke  1:16.76
10. 200 Freestyle  2:26.23

Kelsey Roed (9) W
9. 100 Breaststroke  2:00.48
10. 50 Breaststroke  52.65

Bryan Wagner (12) M

TUESDAY -  JANUARY 31, 2012
 

EGF SCORES TWO POWER PLAY AND TWO SHORT HANDED GOALS IN WIN OVER PIRATES

East Grand Forks scored a power play and two shorthanded goals in three and a half minutes span in the first period and would go on to a 5-1 win over the Crookston Pirates in a Section 8A Boy’s Hockey game at East Grand Forks.
After being denied for the first 10 minutes of the game by Crookston goalie, Kollin Erdman, the Green Wave put their speed advantage and special teams play to good use in a wild five minute span. First Crookston took two penalties for tripping and were shorthanded two men for 22 seconds and were able to skate off the first penalty, but when they were one man short, the Green Wave stormed into the Crookston end and after East Grand Forks attempted a shot from the top of the right circle, it went off bodies and would end up lying to the left of Erdman who was down anticipating the first shot and who would be standing to his left? East Grand Forks leading scorer, Zack Lawdermilt, who had no problems knocking it in on the power play and the Green Wave led 1-0 with 6:22 left in the first period.  A minute later East Grand Forks would draw a five minute major for boarding and Crookston had a chance to do some damage on the road with the man advantage for that period of time. It was the speed of East Grand Forks that enabled them to score two shorthanded goals 43 seconds apart, the first with Crookston in the Green Wave zone on the power play and a pass to the point, bounced over a Crookston stick to the neutral zone and then it was a race that saw not only Lawdermilt, but also Tommy Hajicek coming in all alone on the Crookston goal and when Erdman stopped Lawdermilt’s attempt, Hajicek was there to pop in the rebound to make it 2-0.  “We got a bad break there with the puck hopping over our stick and they get the breakaway,” said Crookston head coach Jon Bittner. “Really, I wish we could get a break once in a while anyway. It doesn’t seem like we’ve scored a rotten, crummy goal all season long. We grind, we work and I feel bad for our kids, because they work hard and we had some expectations coming in and see a bounce like that.” A short time later after Crookston coughed up a puck in the neutral zone, Kolton Aubol got loose for another breakaway and buried his chance and all of a sudden it was 3-0 with the Green Wave on top.  After all of this, Crookston did manage to respond on the major power play with 1:12 left in the period when the Pirates Connor Morgan tipped a Ryan Edevold shot  and East Grand Forks went into the first break with a 3-1 lead. “We didn’t have any answer to their top line tonight,” said Crookston head coach Jon Bittner. Wwith Lawdermilt, Hajicek and Aubol, you have at least two guys that are or going to be four year letter winners and it showed tonight with their experience.”
Just what the Pirates didn’t want to happen did. They drew a penalty 23 seconds into the second period and 20 seconds later, the Green Wave scored their second power play goal of the game as Kolton Aubol stuck in a nice pass through the crease by Erdman and East Grand Forks had built up a 4-1 lead. The Green Wave had at least eight breakaways in the first couple periods, but Erdman was sharp, but Kolton Aubol did score the hat trick with just under four minutes left in the period on a rebound and East Grand Forks led 5-1 after two periods. With the help of a couple more power plays in the third period, the Green Wave outshot Crookston 12-5 in the third period, but Erdman was equal to the Green Wave bombardment. Crookston actually had the best chance in the third period on their own two on none break away and with a late pass was denied by Hunter Aubol, the Green Wave goalie and East Grand Forks stopped a three game losing streak with the 5-1 win. “It wasn’t just matching up their top line, but defensively the way we played. They are just faster than us, bottom line, they are just faster than we are,” said Coach Bittner.
Crookston is now 6-15-1 on the season and will host Red Wing on Friday night at the Crookston Sports Center in a first time meeting between the two schools.  East Grand Forks improves to 13-8 and will be at Warroad on Saturday for a key Section 8A game.
JV -  East Grand Forks won 8-1

     Kyle Proulx and Brady Heppner fight for the loose puck
 

1st Period
10:38 - EGF - Zack Lawdermilt (Rayce Martin, Cory Mack) (PP)
13:25 - EGF - Tommy Hajicek (Zack Lawdermilt) (SH)
14:08 - EGF - Kolton Aubol unassisted (SH)
15:48 - Crox - Connor Morgan (10) (Ryan Edevold, Ryan Bittner) (PP)

2nd Period
0:43  - EGF - Kolton Aubol (Tyler Hajicek, Hunter Mero) (PP)
13:16 - EGF - Kolton Aubol (Tyler Hajicek, Eddie Eades)

3rd Period
No Scoring

PIRATE GIRL'S HOCKEY PLAYS WELL IN A 6-3 WIN AT FARGO NORTH

The Crookston Pirate Girls Hockey team score three second period goals to break open the game in a 6-3 victory over the Fargo North Bruins at the Coliseum Arena in Fargo.
Crookston started the game a little slow out of the gates and Fargo North took advantage by scoring the first goal of the game at the 5:47 mark.  Crookston started to get their legs and four minutes after the Spartan goal the Pirates were on the power play.  Brianna Breiland picked up the puck and flew into the Spartan zone and skated to the right of the goalie, at the same time Hayley Epema came speeding into the play and shouted and Breiland slid the puck to Epema who one-timed a shot by the goalie to tie the game 1-1.  "I told the girls we have to start passing the puck," said Crookston Coach Tim Persson.  "They passed the puck and it was tic tac toe.  It was a beautiful play and a beautiful shot."  A minute later Crookston seemed to have a breakaway, but Fargo North stole the puck.  The Spartans sped into the Crookston zone and scored to take a 2-1 lead, 66 seconds after the Pirates tied the game.  Five minutes later Crookston was on a powerplay and Fargo North tried to wind the clock down by keeping the puck in the corner.  The Pirate's Lizzy Awender dug the puck out of the Spartan's skates and she slid the puck back to the point to Natasha Skala who blasted a shot by the goalie to tie the game at 2-2.  "When Natasha is open at the point she let's the wings know," said Coach Persson.  "Lizzy did a good job in the corner to get the puck and to get it back to the point, the a nice shot by Natasha right into the net."
In the second period, Crookston's Breiland took over as she scored three goals.  One goal early, one in the middle and one late in the period and Crookston had built a 5-2 lead going into the second intermission.  "Brianna was really working hard in the period and seemed to where Fargo North down," said Coach Persson.  "Brianna and Hayley (Epema) were really working well together and that is what we have been working on for a while.  When the kids work together and talk things open up and it makes the game a lot easier.  We pretty much dominated the period and took it to them."
In the third period Crookston scored like they scored, but the goal wasn't allowed and there wouldn't be any scoring until the final minute when the two teams traded goals and Crookston won 6-3.  "We played pretty well and we took it to them for most of the game," said Coach Persson.  "We passed the puck and worked it around and it was a good way to bounce back after the Bemidji loss.  We need to get a lot of people in the scoring column and we did that tonight and that is exactly what we need to do. 
Crookston improves to 13-11 on the year and will be at East Grand Forks on Thursday, while Fargo North drops to 13-4-1 on the year.

        Sabrina Delorme slides a pass to a Pirate teammate in the first period
 

      Natasha Skala blast a shot from the point before a Spartan player can get the puck

1st Period
5:47 - FN - Michelle Gault
1011 - Crox - Hayley Epema (7) (Brianna Breiland, Sabrina Delorme) (PP)

11:04 - FN - Mara Teschendorf (Sam Hagen)
15:06 - Crox - Natasha Skala (7) (Lizzy Awender)

2nd Period
233 -  Crox - Brianna Breiland (42) (Hayley Epema)
9:07 - Crox - Brianna Brieland (43) (Hayley Epema, Natasha Skala)
14:23 - Crox - Brianna Brieland (44) (Natasha Skala)

3rd Period
16:16 - FN - Betsy Pladson (Sam Hagen and Star Garrett)
16:39 - Crox - Brooke Schmitz (5) (Brianna Brieland, Hayley Epema)

CROOKSTON BOY'S BASKETBALL HOLD REBELS TO 40 POINTS IN WIN ON THE ROAD

Despite an off night at the free throw line, only making 17 of 35, the Crookston Pirate Boys Basketball team still picked up a 54-40 Section 8AA win over the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (DGF) Rebels in Glyndon.
Crookston took advantage of an ice cold DGF team and  jumped out to a 10-3 lead after an Aaron Hollcraft three point play with 11:05 left in the first half.  "  The two teams exchanged baskets until Crookston' Alex Boone went on a 6-0 run over a two minute span and the Pirates led 23-12 with under four minutes remaining in the half.  "Alex gave us a nice spark scoring those six points," said Crookston Coach Greg Garmen.  "Alex came in and gave us some good defense and good offense and gave us a shot in the arm."  DGF continued to struggle offensively against the Crookston 2-3 zone as the Pirates took a 30-21 lead into halftime.  "We have traditionally struggled in the gym down here, " said Coach Garmen.  "Anytime you can get a lead at halftime here is good."
DGF scored the first four points of the second half to cut Crookston’s lead down to 30-25 only to have the Pirates go on an 11-3 run behind two Brett Delage three pointers, four points from Ross Forney and a free throw by Jordan Brewster for a 41-28 lead.  Crookston would keep a double digit lead for the rest of the game and once again went into a stall offense for the final five minutes of the game and held on for a 54-40 victory.  “It was a slow moving game with a lot of free throws and stoppage of play and neither team got going with no flow on offense,” said Coach Greg Garmen.  “We eked one out and hopefully we learned that we have to shoot free throws better than we did tonight.  We also have to have a better basketball IQ and play smarter and know the situation.”
Crookston improves to 11-7 on the year and will be at Hawley on Saturday night for another Section 8AA game.  DGF drops to 3-13 on the year.

      Brett Delage drives by a Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton defender

Jordan Brewster with a shot over a Rebel defender

CROOKSTON FRESHMAN SYDNEY BOIKE NETS 25 POINTS TO LEAD PIRATE TO WIN OVER THE GATORS

The Crookston Pirate Girls Basketball team scored early and often, but defensively they held Badger-Greenbush-Middle River (BGMR) in check as they went on to a 70-39 victory over the Gators.
Crookston jumped out to 14-4 lead behind six points from Sydney Boike, five points from Katie Davidson and three points by Taylor Demarais and with 12:36 left in the first half Crookston was leading by 10.  Crookston kept the defensive pressure on and continued to expand their lead all they way to a 35-18 lead at halftime.
Crookston kept the defensive pressure on as they didn’t allow a BGMR point in the final four minutes of the game and cruised to a 70-39 victory.  Crookston had eight three pointers in the game (six in the first half) with five by Sydney Boike.
Crookston improves to 11-7 on the year and will be at Bagley on Friday and then at Hawley on Saturday night for two Section 8AA games.  BGMR drops to 3-13 on the year.
JV- Crox won 40-32    
C-Squad- Crox won 38-24
 

MONDAY - JANUARY 30, 2012

CROOKSTON FIGURE SKATERS COMPETE IN DULUTH

The Crookston Figure Skating Club's Synchro teams competed in Duluth this past weekend.   The team and individual results are below.

Crystal Edge – 3^rd place           
Sparkling Edge- 2^nd place
Cutting edge- 3^rd place
Blazing Edge – 2^nd place
Glistening Edge – 4^th place

Aleece Durbin also competed individually and came home with a first place in Freestyle and 4^th in Compulsory.

The Crookston Figure Skating Glistening Edge team performs in Duluth (Submitted by Janelle Brekken)

The Crookston Figure Skating Cutting Edge team performs in Duluth (Submitted by Janelle Brekken)

UMC CLUB HOCKEY TEAM RAISES MONEY FOR CANCER DURING PINK THE RINK WEEKEND

The UMC Club hockey team held a Pink the Rink fundraiser for cancer this past weekend at the Crookston Sports Center where they raised $1,400. There was a silent auction for the players "pink" jerseys, a raffle for a Wii game system and chuck a puck.  The money will be split between the Susan G Koman Foundation for breast cancer and the American Cancer Society for prostate cancer.   Team members included: Talon Egeland, Seth Heppner, Billy Thompson, Matt Steinmetz, Morgan Terpstra, Alex Prudhomme, James Rodgers, Nick Huffman, Drew Johnson, Karen Celmer, Kyle Perry, Dave Anderson, Alex Lakinske, Taylor Matz, Trent Nyhus, Benny Mosso, Jared Johnson, Tyler Hansen, Corry Weisner, Chase Haubursin.  The team is coached by Jeremy Yeager.

The UMC Club Hockey team with the Pink jersey's that they auctioned off during the game.  (Submitted by Darla Prudhomme)

SATURDAY -  JANUARY 28, 2012
 

UMC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DROP THIRD CONFERENCE GAME IN A ROW

Minnesota State-Moorhead used a 12-5 run about half-way through the first half to get a double digit lead and would maintain that the rest of the way as the Dragons defeated the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) at Lysaker Gymnasium in Crookston. The Dragons led 44-33 at half-time and although the Golden Eagles did get it to an eight point deficit to start the second half on a Carly Rothstein (Soph-St. Michael-Albertville) three point shot, but Moorhead scored the next 15 points to blow it open 59-36 and go on to the 77-53 Northern Sun Conference win. UMC only had one player, Brittani Wiese (Jr-St. Michael-Albertville) in double figures with 18 points.  Megan Strese led MSU-Moorhead with 19 points. UMC is 5-9 in the Northern Sun Conference and 8-10 overall. The Golden Eagles will host the University of Mary and Northern State on Friday and Saturday.  Minnesota State-Moorhead improves to 9-9 overall and 6-8 in the conference.

       Brittani Wiese with a jump shot          Lauren Kessler makes a move in the post

UMC MEN'S BASKETBALL UPSET MINNESOTA STATE-MOORHEAD 82-79
 

Despite having two starters foul out of the game in the final five minutes the University of Minnesota-Crookston (UMC) was able to hold on for an 82-79 victory over the Minnesota State University-Moorhead in Lysaker Gymnasium on the campus of UMC.
The first half was close for a large portion of the half except for when the Dragons used a run to jump out to a 10 point (25-15) lead with eight minutes remaining.  UMC trailed 30-22 before they went on a 9-0 run behind baskets by Keith Newberry Jr. (Soph. Rochester Hills, Mich), Akeem Cubie (Sr. Minneapolis), a three point play by Broderick Schmidt (Jr. Marion, S.D., and a lay up by Almir Krdzalic (Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D.) to give the Golden Eagles a 31-30 lead with 3:35 remaining.  “One thing about our team and our record is that we have been down by ten and we know we can come back,” said Newberry.  “We know basketball is a game of runs and we kept playing hard.”  Moorhead regained the lead and took a 38-36 lead into halftime.  “We got ourselves down and kept fighting back and got within the two points,” said UMC Coach Jeff Oseth.  “We didn’t let the deficit affect us and I think it starts with the week of practice that we had.  We had a great week of practice and I thought the focus coming in was good.”
Moorhead led the first 13 minutes of the second half before UMC tied the game at 64-64 on a Cubie lay up with 6:54 left in the game.  UMC would keep battling back and finally took their first lead of the second half, 68-67, after a Krdzalic lay up.  Moorhead came right back wit the hot shooting of Charlie Chapman who had five straight points in a mini run and before you could blink the Dragons were leading again by six points (76-70) with three minutes left in the game.  The Golden Eagles’ Allan Sharp answered with a long jump shot and a minute later Justin Rake (Soph. Petal, Miss) hit a three pointer and UMC was back within a one point deficit.  Moorhead’s Chapman made one of two free throw attempts before UMC’s Rake hit another three pointer with 1:04 remaining to give UMC a 78-77 lead.  Moorhead was fouled and they made two free throws to retake the lead and UMC called a time out after rolling the ball into the front court.  UMC inbounded the ball and passed it around until there was nine seconds on the shot clock.  Sharp was on the wing and looked inside and had Newberry wide open by the basket.  Sharp dumped the pass into Newberry who quickly laid it in for two points to give UMC an 80-79 lead with 22 seconds left.  “I was nervous because I rolled off and it was open right away,” said Newberry.  “Then Allan saw me, but I thought the defender saw me too so I was freaking out and was thinking don’t throw it and he threw it right through so I was happy.”  Moorhead came right back and they missed a lay up with seven seconds left and Newberry grabbed the rebound and was fouled.  UMC inbounded the ball to Sharp, who was fouled right away and after both free throws were made UMC led 82-79 with five seconds left in the game.  The Dragons had a three point shot by Chapman that was right on line with two seconds left, but it hit off the back of the rim and UMC held on for the 82-79 victory, their second NSIC win of the season.  “There were a lot of huge plays in the game,” said Coach Oseth.  “The one that Keith Newberry tipped back in was huge, Justin Rake hitting some big three’s were just a couple of them.  We just kept battling and playing hard, I am so proud of these guys.  When that last shot went up all I could think was we’re going into overtime, but it worked out for us.”
UMC is now 6-12 on the season and 2-12 in the conference and will host the U of Mary and Northern State on Friday and Saturday.
Minnesota State-Moorhead, who are 13-5 on the season and 9-5 in the conference were led by Andrew Vanhavermaet (Sr-Hawley, Mn) with 18 and Jake Driscoll (Sr-Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton) had 13. 

Keith Newberry shoots over a defender       Akeem Cubie lays in two of his 19 points

BREILAND SCORES FOUR TIMES AS CROOKSTON DEFEATS LAKE OF THE WOODS

Crookston’s Brianna Breiland scored three first period goals and the Pirates went on to defeat the Lake of the Woods Bears 6-1 in a Section 8A Girl’s Hockey game at the Crookston Sports Center.
When you play a team that has only won one game on the year a team wants to make sure they get off to a good start to set the tone for the game and that is what the Pirates did with their leading scorer Brianna Breiland popping in one just two minutes into the game and the Pirates were off to a 1-0 start. “Our pre-game talk was we wanted to come out and start quickly,” said Crookston coach Jeremy Lubinski. “We wanted to show the other team that we are the better team and not let them start thinking they have a chance.”
The Lake of the Woods goalie, Emily Ney looked sharp and even though the Bears were being outshot 10 to 0 half way through the first period it was still 1-0. That changed when another Red Lake Falls High School player, Natasha Skala wrist shot from just inside the blue line found it’s way for a Crookston 2-0 lead with 8:15 left in the period.  Breiland would strike again, this time she just stepped on the ice on a line change, darted for a loose puck at center ice and was in alone on Ney and had no problems scoring her second goal of the game and Crookston led 3-0. It was only 32 seconds later that Lake of the Woods scored as Crookston gave up the puck in between the circles and Jaylene Anderson reacted quickly and her shot beat Pirate goalie Rachel Biermaier and Crookston now led 3-1. Even skating off a penalty, Crookston continued to put pressure on in the Lake of the Woods zone and with just five seconds left, Breiland, who attends Red Lake Falls High School as well and part of the Crookston/Red Lake Falls cooperative sponsorship in girl’s hockey, scored a first period hat trick jamming a rebound past Ney and Crookston led 4-1 after the first period and a period where Crookston outshot the Bears 18-3. “It was a great period for us and Brianna made some nice moves and goals and I thought we moved the puck around real nice,” said Lubinski.
Like the first period, Crookston’s Breiland struck first less than three minutes into the second period on a Lake of the Woods take away for her fourth goal of the game and 41st goal of the season for the junior and the Pirates were up 5-1. Crookston then went to four lines for the rest of the period with all 17 Pirates playing equally and although Ney made a couple point blank gloves saves, one brilliant one on Riley Erickson in front to keep the Pirates off the score board the rest of the period and Crookston led 5-1 after two periods.
Crookston scored the only goal of the third period when Claire Conati scored her first goal of the season on a rebound off an Abby Parr shot and the Pirates picked up their 12^th win of the season. “We played everyone today, four lines and six defensemen and I thought it was a good game for us, everyone worked hard. We played the fourth line every other shift in the third period to give them some more work,” said Lubinski. “I thought Lake of the Woods also worked hard right to the end.”
Crookston is 12-11 on the year and will be at Fargo North (N.D.) on Tuesday.  Lake of the Woods drops to 1-20 on the year and will host a team from Kenora, Ontario on Friday and Saturday.
JV -  Crookston won 4-0

           Marietta Geist puts a shot on the Lake of the Woods goalie
 

Brianna Breiland makes a move and scores one of her four goals on the day

1st Period
2:00 -  Crookston - Brianna Breiland (38)  (Tori Demarais)
8:45 -  Crookston - Natasha Skala (6) (Kaitlin Spivey, Lizzy Awender)
10:21 - Crookston  - Brianna Breiland (39) (Sabrina Delorme)
10:53 -  LOW -  Jaylene Anderson unassisted
16:55 -  Crookston - Brianna Breiland (40)  (Marietta Geist))

2nd Period
2:47 -  Crookston - Brianna Breiland (41)  unassisted

3rd Period
7:45 -  Crookston - Claire Conati (1)  (Abby Parr, Anne Hajostek)
 

 
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