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TUESDAY - MARCH 9, 2010
BIERMAIER, BITTNER AND TERPSTRA NAMED TO ALL CONFERENCE BOY'S
HOCKEY TEAMS
The Crookston Pirate Boy's Hockey team had three players
named to post-season teams that were announced today.
Mark Bittner (Junior-defenseman) and Morgan Terpstra (Sr-Center)
were named to the Section 8A All Section team, while Pirate senior
goalie Nick Biermaier was named the the All Mariucci Conference team.
8A All Section Team as
voted on by the Section Coaches:
Goalie:
Zane Gothberg
Thief River Falls
Alex Lyon
Lake of The Woods
Defense:
Carson Gray
Warroad
Kevin McMorrow
Park Rapids
Matt Audette
Thief River Falls
Garrett Schmitz
Red Lake Falls
Mark Bittner
Crookston
Jacob
Malwitz
Thief River Falls
Forwards:
Brock Nelson
Warroad
Jake Useldinger
East Grand Forks
Craig Lindegard
Kittson County Central
Brett Hebel
Warroad
Tucker Coborn
Park Rapids
Micah Ranum
Thief River Falls
Sam Coborn
Park Rapids
Morgan Terpstra
Crookston
Matt Lindquist
Thief River Falls
Coach of the Year: Scott
Klein-Kittson County Central
Assistant Coach of the Year: Jacob Sobolik-Kittson County Central
All Mariucci Conference
Team, as selected on a vote from the Conference Coaches
Conference Champions: Roseau Rams
Goalies
Zane Gothberg Thief
River Falls
Nick Biermaier
Crookston
Defense:
Carson Gray
Warroad
Matt Audette
Thief River Falls
Nate Thompson
Moorhead
Joseph Welle
Bemidji
Jacob Malwitz
Thief River Falls
Forwards:
Brock Nelson Warroad
Shane Omdahl
Roseau
Adam Knockenmus
Roseau
Jake Useldinger
East Grand Forks
Brett Hebel
Warroad
Micah Ranum
Thief River Falls
Coach of the Year: Andy
Lundbohm - Roseau
Assistant Coach of the Year: Aaron Broten/Bryan Erickson-Roseau
All Northwest Conference
Team, as selected on a vote from the Conference Coaches
The 2009-10 Northwest Conference Co Champions are the Park Rapids Panthers and the Kittson Central Bearcats
Goalies
Alex Lyon
LOW
Alex Chaput
Kittson Central
Defense
Kevin McMorrow
Park Rapids
Jeff Bergh
Kittson Central
Jake Pelach
LOW
Garrett Schmitz
RLF
Forwards
Craig Lindegard
Kittson Central
Sam Coborn
Park Rapids
Tucker Coborn
Park Rapids
Joncarlo Westerlund
LOW
Dylan Zutz
RLF
Dillon Spray
Bagley
Coach of the Year: Scott
Klein- Kittson Central
Assist. Coach of the Year: Jason Sobolik- Kittson Central
MONDAY - MARCH 8, 2010
CROOKSTON 7TH GRADE GIRLS BASKETBALL CROWNED CHAMPIONS AT TRF TOURNAMENT
The
7th Grade Girls CYBA Basketball team won the championship at
the Thief River Falls Tournament this past weekend.
In the first round Crookston beat Warroad 32-17.
In the second round they beat the Grand Forks Wildcats 34-11.
In the Championship they beat Thief River Falls 39-19.
The team is coached by Dylane
Klatt
and Brenda Froeber.

The 7th grade girls basketball team with their first place
trophies
(Picture submitted by Jeanne Klatt)
CROOKSTON 3RD GRADE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM ALSO WIN TRF TOURNAMENT
The Crookston 3rd grade Boys CYBA Basketball team participated in the Thief River Falls tournament this past weekend and won the Championship.
In the first round
Crookston beat Bemidji White 39-14.
In the second round Crookston beat Bemidji Blue 26-9.
In the third round Crookston beat Thief River Falls 24-12.
Members of the team
are Nick Garmen, Blake Fee, Noah Danielson, Grant Parrish, Shaun Nelson,
Mike Gonzalez, Chris Kazmierczak, Jaden Lubarksi, Tanner Janorschke,
Joey Bushaw, Bobby Jonorschke and Lucas Meier.
The team is coached by Greg Garmen and Nate Lubarski.

The Crookston 3rd grade boys basketball team with their 1st place
trophies
CROOKSTON SPORTS CENTER WAS SITE OF PEANUT AND PEEWEE B HOCKEY TOURNAMENTS
The Crookston Sports Center was the site of two large events this past weekend. A 17 team Peanut Jamboree (7-8 year olds) was held with 1st and 2nd year teams participating on both Saturday and Sunday. Teams from the area included: Roseau (2), Thief River Falls (3), East Grand Forks (4), Bemidji (2), Grafton (1), Hallock (1), Red Lake Falls (1) and Crookston (2). All Peanut events were held on the Blue and Gold for the two day event.

Parents and fans cheer on two teams during a game during the Peanut
Jamboree
The West Regional Pee Wee B Tourney was held this weekend in the Event
Arena. Teams
qualifying from their District play and participating included Little
Falls, Elk River, Anoka, Brainerd, Sauk Rapids, East Grand Forks,
Moorhead and Crookston. Two
teams advanced from this Regional to the State Tournament to be held in
Roseau March 19-21. Elk River defeated Sauk Rapids 2-1 to advance as
well as Little Falls who defeated EGF 1-0.

Two teams playing in the event arena during the Pee Wee B tournament
this past weekend
Little
Falls 8, Crookston
3
Anoka
11, Crookston
1
Elk River 3,
Anoka 1
Brainerd 2,
EGF 1
Sauk Rapids 7,
Moorhead Black 3
Little Falls 3,
Elk River 2
SATURDAY,
MARCH 6
Elk
River 9,
Crookston 0
Sauk Rapids 9,
EGF 0
Moorhead Black 4, Brainerd
2
Little Falls 4,
Anoka 0
Sauk Rapids 7,
Brainerd 2
EGF 4, Moorhead Black
2
State
Qualifying Games:
Game #1 Little
Falls 1,
EGF 0 Little
Falls advances to State Tourney in Roseau March 19-21
Game #2 Elk River
2, Sauk Rapids
1 Elk
River advances to State Tourney in Roseau March 19-21
UMC BASEBALL'S JORDAN TRIESTRAM NAMES NSIC PITCHER OF THE WEEK
University
of Minnesota, Crookston Baseball player Jordan Triestram (Sr, RHP,
Shakopee) has been named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC)
Pitcher of the Week for his performance in a 5-1 non-conference victory
over the University of Wisconsin-Stout last Thursday at the Hubert H.
Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.
Triestram threw five innings allowing one unearned run on no hits while
striking out seven and walking three as he gained his first victory as a
Golden Eagle. UW-Stout’s only hit in the game came with two out in the
bottom of the seventh inning.
SATURDAY - MARCH 6, 2010
MARIANO PORTILLO FINISHED SECOND AND ANTHONY CAPUTO
FOURTH IN STATE WRESTLING
The Crookston Pirate senior Mariano Portillo lost a 4-2 decision to Curt
Maas of Medford this afternoon for the Championship of 135 pounds, while
his teammate Anthony Caputo also lost a close 8-5 decision for third
place at 145 pounds on the final day of the Minnesota State Class A
Wrestling Tournament in St. Paul.
Mariano Portillo entered the championship match with three impressive
early matches and took his 34-1 record against Maas, who even though a
sophomore was a state runner up last year and came into today's match
with Portillo with a 36-2 mark on the season. Maas started quickly with
a take down in the first 10 seconds of the match to take a 2-0 lead and
that was the score after the first two minutes. Maas showed he was a
very strong wrestler, who managed a reversal in the second period and
then rode Portillo the rest of the second period and was up 4-0 after
two periods. The third period, Portillo threw everything he had in his
arsenal, cross body rides, a grandby, but Maas who has low balance
countered everything, but Mariano was able to use a grandby roll for a
reversal with about 25 seconds left in the match to make it 4-2, but
Portillo couldn't get anything else and Maas held on to the 4-2 win and
a State Championship at 135 pounds.
Crookston's Anthony Caputo lost in the third place match this afternoon
to Kole Kavitz of Medford
8-5 and finishes fourth in the 145 pound weight class and the Pirate
junior's only two tournament losses were to Kavitz as the two wrestlers
had met on Thursday in a Quarterfinal match and the Medford senior won a
9-7 match.
This afternoon Kavitz had a quick take down in the first 10 seconds to
take a 2-0 lead, but Caputo was able to get an escape to make it 2-1 and
the two wrestlers knowing moves from their previous match and countering
moves were in order during the first period.
Kavitz deferred and Anthony took the down position to start the second
period and a quick escape for Caputo to tie it 2-2. Kavitz was able to
get a huge double leg take down with a minute left in the second period
to take a 4-2 lead. Caputo would get his third escape of the match with
about 38 seconds left in the second period to make it 4-3 and Kavitz
would get his third takedown just as the buzzer went off and Kavitz led
6-3 going into the third period. After 30 seconds Caputo let Kavitz go
to work from their feet and Kavitz now led 7-3. Caputo finally managed a
take down with 15 seconds to go to make it 7-5, Caputo let him go and it
was 8-5, but Caputo could not get any more points and it was 8-5 win for
Kavitz who takes third place at 145 pounds, while the Pirates Anthony
Caputo, a junior’s only two losses in the state were to Kavitz.
Some emails:
Just want to point out that Kevin
Morlan was also in the state finals in 1996 placing 2nd, also Jason
Perala was in the finals in 1999 also placing 2nd. Before that, yes
Lenny was in the finals and won in 1989 & 1990 & Paul Kuznik won in
1985 & 1986.
Chris Stroot
Just read on the sports page that you have Lenny Meine listed as the
last Pirate wrestler to be in a state championship. That is incorrect.
The last Pirate was Jason Perala in 1999, who went 34-1 his senior year,
his only loss being in the state championship, which if my memory is
correct he lost 3-2, to the #2 ranked wrestler (Jason was #1).
I
just needed to clarify that since I was there. Thanks for all the
wonderful coverage on wrestling!
Thanks,
Juanita Lopez

Mariano Portillo in the championship match against Curt Maas of Medford
(Pictures by Rick Meine)

Anthony Caputo wrestling in the 3rd place match against Cole Kavitz of
Medford (Pictures by Rick Meine)
|
CROOKSTON |
Opponents |
Results |
Place |
|
|
135 lbs |
Mariano Portillo |
(Wednesday) Dalton
Stevens – Aitkin (Thursday) Paul Norgren -Lake Crystal-Wellcome (Friday) Semi-Final - Jordan Novak of New York Mills (Saturday) Championship - Curt Maas of Medford |
W 8-2 W 4-3 W 12-6 L 4-2 |
SECOND PLACE |
|
145 lbs |
Anthony Caputo |
(Wednesday) Isaac Novak-Aitkin |
W 11-0 L 9-7 W pin 3:37 W 16-3 W 8-4 L 8-5 |
FOURTH PLACE |
Eliminated Pirate Wrestlers
|
|
CROOKSTON |
Opponents |
Results |
|
|
112 lbs |
Nate Merten |
(Wednesday) Mitch
Andrews – Border West Nate is eliminated |
L :31 | Did Not Place |
|
1 |
Javier Portillo |
(Wednesday) Jack
Hawkins – Wabasha-Kellogg Javier is eliminated |
L 5-4 |
Did Not Place |
| 215 lbs | Brody Davidson |
(Wednesday) Jon
Gorter - Pipestone (Thursday) Stu Raasch - Zumbrota-Mazeppa Brody is eliminated |
L 6-2 L 7-5 (OT) |
Did Not Place |
CROOKSTON GIRL’S BASKETBALL GO ON A 15 MINUTE
SCORING DROUGHT IN LOSS AT EAST GRAND FORKS
The Crookston Pirates didn’t score a point in the last 12:23 of the
first half and the first 2:18 of the second half as East Grand Forks
scored 19 points during that time and the 19-0 run blew open the game
and the Green Wave defeated Crookston 55-34 to win the Section
tournament game in East Grand Forks.
The Crookston Pirates knew they had to get off to a good start, stop
Chelsea Frydenlund and try to get Kate Warmack, the 6’2 Green Wave
center in foul trouble if they wanted to stay in the game with East
Grand Forks, who had beaten them three times this season, but tonight
was a Section 8AA Quarterfinal game at East Grand Forks. For the most
part, other than a couple turnovers underneath the EGF basket that the
Green Wave turned into lay ups, Crookston did what they wanted to,
getting a foul on Warmack 40 seconds into the game, they didn’t let
Frydenlund go off and then Warmack picked up her second foul with 12:49
left in the half and after the Pirates leading scorer, Lauren Graham
made two free throws with 12:23 to go in the half and the Pirates
trailing 13-10. Warmack didn’t play the rest of the half, but the
problem for Crookston was they could not find any way to score a basket,
nothing, nada, shots half-way down and out, lay ups missed, any way you
could imagine, the Pirates missed and give some credit to East Grand
Forks and their defense, but Crookston did not score in the last 12:23
of the first half and East Grand Forks did 15 times and the 15-0 run
gave the number one seed in the North a 28-10 lead. “We probably left 10
or 12 points on the court in the first half,” said Crookston head coach
Lon Boike, “just lay ups or an offensive rebound and hit the bottom of
the rim or bounce off the rim, something, but not in the net. It was
frustrating for the girl’s to not hit those easy shots, but seriously,
if we get those eight or 10 points and get it to a six point game at
half time it could have been a different story, but give East Grand
Forks credit, as they also had us rattled during that time too.”
Warmack started the second half for East Grand Forks and unfortunately
for the Pirates she was rested and scored eight straight points on some
nice soft turnaround shots in the lane to start the second half to give
the Green Wave a 36-13 lead with 14 minutes left in the game. The first
basket the 6’2 senior scored in the second half enabled the Bemidji
State recruit to become the All Time Career scorer in East Grand Forks
Girl’s Basketball. The Pirates still couldn’t find the range in the
second half and although no shooting percentages were available it had
to be in the teens for Crookston, who trailed 47-17 with seven minutes
left and senior Kristin Remick hit a three point shot as did Kellee
Koenig, but the Green Wave advance with the 55-34 win to end Crookston’s
season. “The Green Wave is a good ball club and very good defensively,”
said Boike, “and maybe we were intimidated by the basket with Warmack
there and changed our shots a little bit or whatever, it was a very
frustrating night for all of us. Defensively I thought we played fairly
well, but couldn’t muster any offense. We tried different things and
different sets, but we couldn’t get anything going and I guess that was
the story.”
Crookston finishes the season 15-13 and have four seniors that will
graduate, Sara Bjerk, Ashleigh Erdmann, Kristin Remick and Rachel Wold.
“We asked them toward the end of the game as they were on the bench how
they wanted to end their career and they all said they wanted to finish
on the floor,” said Boike, “so we put them out there for the last minute
or so to end their career.” Crookston had nobody in double figures as
Graham had eight points. “We will miss the seniors,” said Boike, “and
they really contributed to this program and wish them well and now the
underclassmen have work to do to stop this streak against East Grand
Forks particularly.” East Grand Forks, 21-7 on the year, have beaten
Crookston eight times in the last two season. The Green Wave will now
play Warroad in a Section semi-final game on Tuesday night at a site to
still be determined.

Sara Bjerk with a baseline jump shot
Ashleigh Erdmann with a short jump shot Rachel
Wold goes in for a lay up in the first half
(Pictures by Dave Emanuel of
Wildfire Photography)
|
|
1st HALF |
2nd HALF |
FINAL |
|
CROOKSTON |
10 | 24 | 34 |
|
East Grand Forks |
28 | 27 | 55 |
|
For Crookston |
Points |
Rebounds |
Assists/Steals |
| Lauren Graham | 8 | ||
| Kristin Remick | 7 | 5 | |
| Ashleigh Erdmann | 4 | 4 | |
| Kaylee Desrosier | 4 | ||
| Sara Bjerk | 3 | 2 assists | |
| Kellee Koenig | 3 | 2 assists | |
| Rachel Wold | 2 | 9 | |
| Hayley Solheim | 2 | ||
| Taylor Demarais | 1 |
|
For EGF |
Points |
|
Chelsea Frydenlund |
12 |
| Kate Warmack | 10 |
| Brooke Greenwood | 8 |
| Kayleigh Kuznia | 8 |
| Brandi Wickersham | 4 |
| Aubrie Carlstrom | 4 |
| Anna Hulteng | 3 |
| Trisha Lewis | 2 |
| Casi Carter | 2 |
| Jessamy Jones | 2 |
CROOKSTON'S ISAAC LOEGERING WINS A STATE TITLE IN NORTH DAKOTA
STATE BOY'S SWIMMING MEET
The youthful Grand Forks KnightRiders Boy's Swimming team might have
finished last as a team, but they had a state champion when Isaac
Loegering (pictured to the lower right receiving his first place award) won the 50 free style race to end the season on a high note.
Loegering is a freshman from Crookston High School, which is part of a
cooperative effort between the two schools and he continued his
outstanding effort from Friday, where he had the best preliminary time
in the 50 at 22.44 seconds and topped that with a 22.14 to win the event
on Saturday in Mandan, North Dakota. Loegering, who was named to the All
State team was fourth in the 100 free style race with a time of 49.33.
Luke Loegering, Isaac's brother was also a member of the KnightRiders
tournament team and finished 13th in the 100 back stroke with a time of
1:01.08. Isaac was a member of the Grand Forks 400 free relay team
that took sixth and Luke was on the 200 medley relay that finished
ninth. Mandan won the meet as far as the team totals edging West
Fargo. Crookston had three members on the Grand Forks team during the
year and besides the Loegering brothers, Jacob Lutz competed all season
long, but did not qualify for the state.
We had an excellent State meet this weekend
and all of our hard work over the past season paid off and we couldn’t
be more proud of our guys,” said Grand Forks Head Coach Brent Newman,
“We had more time drops today and we had several guys move up from their
seeded places. Keelan Murphy finished 16th in his 500
freestyle with another substantial time drop. We had a 16th
and a 12th place finish from Tyler Folkedahl in the 200 IM
and the 100 Backstroke respectively. John Schindler finished 14th
in the 100 Butterfly. Luke Loegering finished 13 in the 100 Backstroke.
Beau Simon finished 9th and 4th in the 200 and 500
Freestyle to top off an excellent weekend for him. Finally, Isaac
Loegering finished 4th in his 100 Freestyle and is the new ND
State Champion in the 50 Freestyle. Beau Simon swam his way onto the All
State 2nd Team with his performance in the 500 Free yesterday
and Isaac finished the season on the 1st Team All State. We
witnessed the state record held by team alum Matt Bonzer, broken in the
100 Backstroke this weekend. It is disappointing historically, but it
is also great to see North Dakota swimming getting stronger and faster
every year. A relatively long-standing record in diving was broken this
year.
We have finished another very hard season of training and
competition. These guys are all physically and mentally stronger
individuals for making it through the season. We are constantly talking
to these guys about taking care of their job before we worry about
anything else. We finished last, but as a team I’m confident that we
had the greatest percentage of individual time drop when compared to
other teams. I’m looking forward to the coming years. We have a young
team, graduate no seniors, and had a great group of new guys come out
this season. We had a lot of individual success that we are extremely
proud of.”
NORTH DAKOTA STATE MEET FINAL RESULTS

Luke and Isaac Loegering after the
state
meet
Luke Loegering receiving a ribbon after one of his races
(Pictures submitted by John Loegering)
UMC WOMEN'S TENNIS LOSES TWICE IN CONFERENCE PLAY IN DULUTH
The
University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) Golden Eagles Women’s Tennis
team lost a pair of Northern Sun Conference matches in the Arrowhead
Tennis Center in Duluth on Saturday, falling 8-0 to Augustana College,
as one match was declared unfinished because of court time and then the
Golden Eagles lost a 9-0 match to the host Minnesota-Duluth. UMC’s
Melissa Mackedanze (Jr-New London-Spicer, Mn) had the best chance for a
UMC win, when she lost a 7-10 tie-break at #6 singles in the Augustana
match. UMC is 0-9 on the season and also in the Northern Sun
Conference, while Augustana was undefeated and Minnesota-Duluth is 4-3.
UMC will now make a trip to Orlando, Florida, March 16-19 where they
will play four matches against non conference teams.
Augustana (S.D.) 8, Minnesota, Crookston 0
|
Singles competition |
|
1. Brittany
Gaster (AUGIE) def. Jarvis, Cassandra (UMC) 6-1, 6-2 |
|
2. Michelle
Wadas (AUGIE) def. Boateng, Michelle (UMC) 6-0, 6-0 |
|
3. Hannah
Gebauer (AUGIE) def. Lariviere, Andrea (UMC) 6-0, 6-1 |
|
4. Emily
Johnson (AUGIE) def. Klingenberg, Alyssa (UMC) 6-0, 6-0 |
|
5. Amber
Baustian (AUGIE) def. Krueger, Caitlin (UMC) 6-1, 6-0 |
|
6. Alison
Broadwell (AUGIE) def. Mackedanz, Melissa (UMC) 6-7, 6-4, 10-7 |
|
Doubles competition |
|
1. Adrienne
Conley/Brittany Gaster (AUGIE) def. Jarvis, Cassandra/Lariviere,
Andrea (UMC) 8-1 |
|
2. Hannah
Gebauer/Michelle Wadas (AUGIE) def. Boateng, Michelle/Klingenberg,
Alyssa (UMC) 8-0 |
|
3. Mackedanz,
Melissa/Krueger, Caitlin (UMC) vs. Emily Johnson/Jill Hagestuen
(AUGIE) unfinished |
Minnesota Duluth 9, Minnesota
Crookston 0
|
Singles competition |
|
1. Carrie
Dahlman (UMD) def. Cassandra Jarvis (UMC) 6-0, 6-2 |
|
2. Katie Bolf
(UMD) def. Michelle Boateng (UMC) 6-0, 6-0 |
|
3. Brittany
Thompson (UMD) def. Caitlin Krueger (UMC) 6-2, 6-1 |
|
4. Jessica
Stensrud (UMD) def. Gretchen Anderson (UMC) 6-0, 6-0 |
|
5. Lyndsey
Seaver (UMD) def. Alyssa Klingenberg (UMC) 6-0, 6-1 |
|
6. Lindsey
Schmitt (UMD) def. Melissa Mackedanz (UMC) 6-1, 6-0 |
|
Doubles competition |
|
1. Katie Bolf/Carrie
Dahlman (UMD) def. Cassandra Jarvis/Michelle Boateng (UMC) 8-4 |
|
2. Brittany
Thompson/Lyndsey Seaver (UMD) def. Gretchen Anderson/Caitlin
Krueger (UMC) 8-0 |
|
3. Anna
Bertrang/Cedar Schimke (UMD) def. Melissa Mackedanz/Alyssa
Klingenberg (UMC) 8-1 |
FRIDAY
- MARCH 5, 2010
CROOKSTON'S MARIANO PORTILLO WILL WRESTLE FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND
ANTHONY CAPUTO FOR THIRD
The Crookston Pirates Mariano Portillo will be wrestling for a State
Championship at 135 pounds on Saturday after he defeated Jordan Novak of
New York Mills 12-6 in a semi-final match tonight at the Minnesota State
Wrestling Tournament in the St. Paul Xcel Energy Center. It will be the
first Pirate to be in a state championship match since 1990 when Lenny
Meine was his second state championship. Ironically, Meine's nephew,
Anthony Caputo will also be wrestling on Saturday and for third place at
145 pounds after two wins in the wrestle backs, defeating Adam Bates of
Sibley East 16-3 and in a quick turnaround kept the momentum going in an
8-4 win over Alex Cooling of Madelia.
Novak was the number one ranked 135 pound wrestler in Minnesota
Class A and he was the state runner up at this weight last year and a
very physically built individual. Mariano came out with a take down just
25 seconds into the match to take a 2-0 lead with Novak getting a quick
escape to make it 2-1, but just seconds later, Mariano shot in and had a
beautiful low single leg and came around and grabbed the head of Novak
and the take down for a 4-1 lead after the first period. “Mariano
dominated the match,” said the Crookston head coach Chad Hitchen, “Novak
might have been stronger, but Mariano had more quickness and the desire,
whether it was from the pushing and coaxing from his brother Javier or
not, Mariano wrestled his style and was tough on his feet.” Mariano
continued to dominate Novak and really never looked back with three more
take downs and a 12-6 convincing win in a semi-final match. Novak used
his strength to ride Mariano and one big point in the second period, it
appeared that Novak was going to get a take down and maybe some near
fall points, but not only did he get neither, but the quickness of
Mariano to not only get out of that situation, but turn it into a take
down and the senior, who finished sixth at state finds himself in the
Class A 135 State Championship match against Curt Maas of Medford. “We
didn’t see a lot of Maas, as he was wrestling at the same time a
Mariano,” said Hitchen, “but he is a solid kid with a low stance and
actually touches his hand to the mat from that stance. The way Mariano
is wrestling right now, if he comes out right away, he’ll be fine.”
The championship matches of all three classes start at 3:30 PM, so
Mariano’s match should be in the 4:00-4:30 PM area and will be reported
live on KROX RADIO with former Pirate wrestling coach Rodd Olson.
Olson was the head coach when the last Crookston Pirate was a state
champ and that was Lenny Meine, who will be watching his nephew, Anthony
Caputo wrestle for third place on Saturday after the two wins tonight at
145 pounds.
Anthony’s first match was against Adam Bates of Sibley East and the two
spent most of the first period with mainly tie ups and it was 0-0 after
the first period, which is one minute in the wrestle backs, with the
second and third periods going two minutes each. Bates took down to
start the second period and got an escape to take a 1-0 lead, but Caputo
made a quick aggressive move for a take down and a 2-1 lead for the
Pirate. Bates did get another escape with 25 seconds left in the period
to tie it 2-2 and then a late take down for Anthony and he led 4-2 lead.
The third period was all Anthony Caputo, who had a quick escape to build
up the lead to 5-2 and then an explosion with power moves and 10 points
in a short period of time and an impressive 16-3 win. “Anthony was very
disappointed when he lost in the quarterfinal because his goal was to
get a state championship like his uncle,” said Hitchen, “but the coaches
told him to re-set his goal and work his way back to get a third place
and he took that to heart today, as he went right after Bates. Anthony
is a grinder and he will wear you out, which he did in this match and he
is so physical and it showed in that third period.”
With the win, Anthony Caputo, a junior had to come back in about an
hour and took on Alex Cooling of Madelia, a senior who is 36-8 coming
into the match and it appeared that Caputo’s momentum was all on his
side and had a quick duck under move to come around for the two point
take down and Caputo had a 2-1 lead after the first period as Cooling
had an escape with two seconds left in the first period.
The second period started with Cooling in the down position with Caputo
tying up the arms, but Cooling did get a reversal about half-way through
the second period to take a 3-2 lead. Cooling was trying a tilt move,
which has been a mistake for many wrestlers against Caputo as they
become greedy and Caputo came around with a reversal with 25 seconds and
Caputo regained a 4-3 lead after two periods.
Anthony took the down position for the third period and Cooling needed
to turn Caputo for a chance to win and was trying some Turk action, but
Caputo countered nicely, “The guy (Cooling) was struggling in the third
period,” said Hitchen, “Anthony does so well on the mat and on his feet
and his style is tough for the other wrestlers and he is so tough late
in the matches.” Caputo continued that trait as he managed a reversal on
Cooling and then also got two near fall points to take an 8-3 lead with
25 seconds left and a late escape for Cooling made it an 8-4 final
victory for Caputo and a berth into the third place match on Saturday
where he will have a rematch with Kole Kavitz of Medford, who beat
Anthony in the quarterfinals on Thursday 9-7. “This would be a match
that Anthony would want,” said Hitchen, “I mean, you are wrestling for
third place and your only loss in the State Tournament is to Kavitz and
you have a chance to get back at him, particularly after losing a
heart-breaker before. This is where he is suppose to be and I know the
determination we see on Anthony right now, he is going to be hard to
beat. It should be quite a Saturday for the Pirates, as both our
wrestlers are going against wrestlers from Medford!!”
Coach Hitchen said his highest place winner that he has coaches has
been fifth place, so he is assured of having a higher place than that
and nothing the Pirates would like better then to bring home a champion
and third place finisher from State. The third place matches start at
NOON, so Caputo’s match should go off about the 12:15-12:30 PM area and
will be carried live with Rodd Olson on KROX RADIO.

Mariano Portillo goes for a throw in the semi-final match
Mariano gets his hand raised after he won the match

Anthony Caputo gets his opponent in the air in his 1st match Friday
Anthony in control in the second match on Friday
(All wrestling pictures submitted by Rick Meine)
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CROOKSTON |
Opponents |
Results |
|
|
135 lbs |
Mariano Portillo |
(Wednesday) Dalton Stevens –
Aitkin (Thursday) Paul Norgren -Lake Crystal-Wellcome (Friday) Semi-Final - Jordan Novak of New York Mills (Saturday) Championship - Curt Maas of Medford |
W 8-2 W 4-3 W 12-6 |
|
|
145 lbs |
Anthony Caputo |
(Wednesday)
Isaac Novak-Aitkin |
W 11-0 L 9-7 W pin 3:37 W 16-3 W 8-4 |
Eliminated Pirate Wrestlers
|
|
CROOKSTON |
Opponents |
Results |
|
|
112 lbs |
Nate Merten |
(Wednesday) Mitch Andrews –
Border West Nate is eliminated |
L :31 | |
|
1 |
Javier Portillo |
(Wednesday) Jack Hawkins –
Wabasha-Kellogg Javier is eliminated |
L 5-4 | |
| 215 lbs | Brody Davidson |
(Wednesday) Jon Gorter -
Pipestone (Thursday) Stu Raasch - Zumbrota-Mazeppa Brody is eliminated |
L 6-2 L 7-5 (OT) |
CROOKSTON PIRATE BOY'S BASKETBALL SEEDED SIXTH IN NORTH
SUB-SECTION OF 8AA AND OPEN AT THIEF RIVER FALLS
The Crookston Pirates found out tonight that they will indeed be the
sixth seed in the North Half of Section 8AA and will travel for a first
round game on Thursday, May 11th to Thief River Falls and a fourth
meeting with the Prowlers who have won the three previous games. Game
time on Thursday will be 7:00 PM. East Grand Forks is the number
one seed in the North and Crosby-Ironton is the number one seed in the
South.
FOR THE TOURNAMENT BRACKET,
CLICK HERE
CASS LAKE-BENA AND KITTSON COUNTY CENTRAL BOY'S BASKETBALL TOP SEEDS FOR
SECTION 8A TOURNAMENT
The defending Section 8A Champion, Cass Lake-Bena is the number one
seed in the East Sub-Section and Mahnomen number two, while the Kittson
County Central Bearcats are the number one seed in the West and Grygla
is number two. There will be five play-in games on Monday to be
played at Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls
and Bemidji State and the first round will start on Thursday, March 11th
at Bemidji State, Bemidji High School, the University of Minnesota,
Crookston and Northland CC. FOR THE BRACKET,
CLICK HERE.
GRAND FORKS KNIGHTRIDERS BOY'S SWIM TEAM COMPETES AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE
MEET
The Grand Forks Knightriders Boy's Swimming team that also has three
members of Crookston High School in a cooperative sport between the two
schools had a good first day at the North Dakota State Swimming and
Diving Meet in Mandan, N.D. Isaac Loegering, a freshman from Crookston
is ranked first after the prelims of the 50 freestyle and Loegering is
also seeded fifth in the 100 freestyle after the preliminaries on
Friday. Luke Loegering, also a Crookston High School student had the
13th best time in the 100 backstroke in the pre-lims. "We are in a great
position to do well," said the Grand Forks head coach Brent Newman, "We
had a cumulative time drop that was a result of a tremendous season
effort. I'm looking forward to the finals on Saturday."
Today was an amazing day for our athletes. We had a cumulative time
drop that was a result of a tremendous season effort. We talk all
season long about working hard and being focused on our final meet of
the year. Today was a perfect example of what we expect to happen when
the guys do this. Now, tomorrow, we have to do it again as today’s
effort doesn’t earn us any points. It puts us in the position to do
really well again tomorrow. Many of the guys swam personal best times
today with some considerable drops in time. The other notable
performances came from the guys that are in a position to score points
tomorrow. Isaac Loegering swam well enough in the 50 Free to secure the
top seed along with the 5th seed in the 100 Freestyle. Beau
Simon had an amazing race in the 500 Freestyle coming out 3rd
right now. He is also seeded 9th in the 200 Free. Our
backstrokers, Tyler Folkedahl and Luke Loegering, did well together
putting themselves in the consolation finals with 11th and 13th
place finishes respectively. Tyler also did well in the 200 Individual
Medley with a 14th place seed. Lastly we have Jon Schindler
seeded 14th in the 100 Fly and Keelan Murphy in the 500 Free
with 16th. We are in a great position to do well tomorrow.
The guys are rested. They are focused. I think their determination to
reach personal goals will put them in the right frame of mind to finish
the weekend with great performances."
PRE-LIM RESULTS
UMC WOMEN'S TENNIS SHUTOUT 9-0 AT BEMIDJI STATE
The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) Women's Tennis team won the
most number of games in a match this season, including two tie-breakers,
but they lost all nine matches as Bemidji State defeated UMC 9-0 in a
Northern Sun Conference match at Bemidji. UMC is 0-7 on the season and
in the conference and will be in Duluth for two matches on Saturday,
against Augustana College at 11:00 AM and Minnesota-Duluth at 2:00 PM.
Bemidji State improves to 2-3 on the season with the win.
| Singles competition |
| 1. Steinke, Farrah (BSU) def. Jarvis, Cassandra (UMC) 6-2, 6-3 |
| 2. Luberda, Lindsey (BSU) def. Boateng, Michelle (UMC) 6-1, 6-0 |
| 3. Greenwaldt, Brittney (BSU) def. Lariviere, Andrea (UMC) 3-6, 6-4, 10-5 |
| 4. Christiansen, Kelli (BSU) def. Klingenberg, Alyssa (UMC) 6-1, 6-1 |
| 5. Johnson, Kara (BSU) def. Krueger, Caitlin (UMC) 7-6, 10-4, 7-6, 10-5 |
| 6. Wolak, Katherine (BSU) def. Mackedanz, Melissa (UMC) 6-3, 6-0 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Luberda, Lindsey/Christiansen, Kelli (BSU) def. Jarvis, Cassandra/Lariviere, Andrea (UMC) 8-2 |
| 2. Maki, Cheyanne/Steinke, Farrah (BSU) def. Boateng, Michelle/Klingenberg, Alyssa (UMC) 8-1 |
| 3. Johnson, Kara/Milless, Miranda (BSU) def. Mackedanz, Melissa/Krueger, Caitlin (UMC) 8-1 |
THURSDAY - MARCH 4, 2010
CROOKSTON GIRL'S BASKETBALL DEFEAT WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY 54-39
The Crookston Pirates leading 26-18 at half-time started the second
half on a 10-2 run to build up their biggest lead of the game and were
able to cruise to a 54-39 win over Walker-Hackensack-Akeley in a Section
8AA first round game in Walker.
Crookston scored the first five points of the game, including a Kristin
Remick three point shot, but Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (WHA) came back
with the next six points and took their first and only lead of the game
with 12:55 to go in the first half and then the Pirates leading scorer,
Lauren Graham scored seven straight Crookston points to give the Pirates
a 12-8 lead, but the Wolves, who turned the ball over numerous times
kept chipping away and never let Crookston get to big a lead until Tori
Schmitz hit a three point shot and then took a lead pass from Remick on
a fast break to score two more and Crookston was up 17-10 with 7:35 left
in the first half, which was about the margin Crookston kept for the
rest of the first half and the 26-18 half-time lead. “There was not a
lot of flow to the game in the first half,” said Crookston head coach
Lon Boike, “there were quite a few turnovers by both teams and we got a
little run going toward the end of the half to get the lead mainly on
pretty good defense.”
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley scored the first basket of the second half, but
the 26-20 lead would be the closest they would get the rest of the game
and two things happened, the Pirates Kellee Koenig nailed two three
point shots in a row and the Wolves leader and point guard, Eva Lambert
fouled out with 12:50 to go in the game with the Pirates already up
36-20 and Crookston would use their size advantage and worked the ball
offensively to find the open person and between Graham, Ashleigh Erdmann
with a three point play down low the Pirates were able to pick up their
15th win of the season 54-39. “Their point guard getting into
foul trouble hurt them,” said Boike, “but we played well defensively and
didn’t give them too much, plus Kellee’s three’s allowed us to finally
put some distant between us and then we ran the offense well and were
able to finish off the game strong.” Crookston was led by Graham’s 21
points and nine rebounds and was the only Pirate in double figures,
“Lauren is very good offensively and we did a good job of getting her
the ball,” said Boike. “We did a nice job of rebounding and were able to
use our size advantage effectively.” Crookston is now 15-12 on the
season and for the fourth time this season and the eighth time in the
last two years, the Pirates will meet East Grand Forks in a
Quarterfinals game in East Grand Forks on Saturday night at 7:00 PM.
The Green Wave, who beat Bagley 74-17 tonight in a first round game,
eliminated the Pirates last year in a first round game and they have
beaten Crookston three times during the regular season. “We didn’t play
very well the first time we face them,” said Boike, “but in the KROX
Christmas Tournament game I thought we played very well and even though
we lost, we had a sizeable lead in the game and I believed we have
gained some confidence against them. They are a very good team and it
will take a very good effort for us to beat them.”
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley also had one in double figures, Mackenzie
Piprude with 11 points and the Wolves season ends at 15-11.
SECTION 8AA TOURNAMENT BRACKETS

Rachel Wold goes up for 2 of her 4 points Lauren Graham is
quintuple teamed and still scores!
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1st HALF |
2nd HALF |
FINAL |
|
CROOKSTON |
26 | 28 | 54 |
|
Walker-H-A |
18 | 21 | 39 |
|
For Crookston |
Points |
Rebounds |
Assists/Steals |
| Lauren Graham | 21 | 9 | |
| Tori Schmitz | 7 | 4 | |
| Kellee Koenig | 6 | 3 assists | |
| Ashleigh Erdmann | 5 | ||
| Rachel Wold | 4 | 7 | 3 assists/4 steals |
| Sara Bjerk | 3 | 4 assists | |
| Kristin Remick | 3 | 6 | |
| Mackenzie Sandstrom | 2 | ||
| Kaylee Desrosier | 2 | ||
| Taylor Demarais | 1 |
|
For Walker-H-A |
Points |
|
Mackenzie Piprude |
11 |
| Sarah Knight | 9 |
| Eva Lampert | 6 |
| Ashley Harrison | 5 |
| Cierra Clyde | 4 |
| Amelia Anderson | 2 |
| Natalie Stine | 2 |
CROOKSTON'S MARIANO PORTILLO IS IN THE SEMI-FINALS AND ANTHONY
CAPUTO IS STILL ALIVE IN THE WRESTLE BACKS
The Crookston Pirates Mariano Portillo won an
exciting 4-3 quarterfinal match over Paul Norgren of Lake Crystal-Wellcome
Memorial to advance to the semi-finals at 135 pounds in the Minnesota
State Class A Individual Wrestling Tournament in St. Paul. Anthony
Caputo lost his quarterfinal, but came back to win by a pin in the
wrestle backs tonight to also stay alive on Friday and the only two
Pirates left alive of the five that started the tournament!!!
After Mariano had won his opening match on Wednesday, he drew a very
physical Norgren in the quarterfinal this evening and it went down to
the wire. Norgren started the match with a power move on a takedown to
take the 2-0 lead after the first period. Mariano tied it up at 2-2 with
an early reversal in the second period and Portillo had a takedown just
before the second period ended to lead 4-3 at the end of the second
period. The third period was all riding time and most of it done by
Mariano, as he rode Norgren for just over a minute and a half to win
4-3. “Mariano wrestled a very smart match,” said Crookston head coach
Chad Hitchen, “This kid was physical, but Mariano took him down with a
nice move, made no mistakes. He was in the up position and used his legs
so well in riding the kid, but really nothing fancy for Mariano, just a
good smart well wrestled match.” The win puts Mariano in the
semi-finals on Friday night about 6:15 PM or so and he will face Jordan
Novak of New York Mills who is the number one ranked 135 pounder in the
state and a defending State Champion, while Mariano is ranked sixth.
“Mariano finished second at Big Bear this year and Novak finished
third,” said Hitchen, “but they never faced each other and haven’t ever
faced each other for that matter. It will be a good match, but if
Mariano wrestles smart like he did tonight, he’ll be all right.”
If Mariano wins, he will be in the championship on Saturday afternoon,
but if he loses, he would wrestle right away again Friday night in the
wrestle backs.
Anthony Caputo faced Cole Kavitz of Medford in a quarterfinal at 145
pounds and Kavitz jumped out to an early 7-2 lead with three early
takedowns. “Anthony was almost too aggressive to start the match,” said
Coach Hitchen, “Kavitz deflected off Anthony’s arm bar three straight
times to get the early lead.” Anthony did come back with an escape and
then a takedown to get back to 7-4 in the second period, but Kavitz had
an escape and an 8-4 lead after two periods. Caputo chose down to start
the third period and had a quick escape and then a take down to get
within 8-7 and then he let Kavitz go for an escape to make it 9-7, but
Kavitz thwarted everything Anthony threw at him to pick up the win 9-7.
“It was a tough loss for Anthony,” said Hitchen, “the other kid had a
lot of power, but it was a nice comeback for Anthony and he had a
chance.”
Anthony had to come right back in the wrestle backs to take on Justin
Tongen of Yellow Medicine East in a win or go home match. “Tongen was a
very physical kid,” said Hitchen, “he took Anthony down right away and
they went into the third period tied at 3-3 (in wrestle backs, the first
period is only one minute and the other two periods are two minutes
each) and I think the other kid was a little tired and Anthony threw him
and got him on his back early in the third period to pick up the pin. It
was a good recovery for Anthony after the tough loss just an hour
earlier.”
Caputo will now meet Adam Bates of Sibley East who is 35-10 on the
season and ranked ninth in the State, while Anthony is ranked number
seven. The match will be about 6:30 PM or so and the winner will be
assured of being in the medal round with another wrestle back about 8:30
PM on Friday, while the loser will be eliminated.
Crookston’s Brody Davidson had to wait all day and most of the evening
to find out if he would be in the wrestle backs and when Jon Gorter of
Pipestone, who had beaten Brody on Wednesday, won his quarterfinal
match, it meant that Brody was in the wrestle backs and he drew Stu
Raasch of Zumbrota-Mazeppa. Davidson, who was more physical, started
quickly with a couple takedowns and had a 5-1 lead going into the third
period and then with about 8 seconds left in regulation, Raasch threw
Davidson for two points and then received two near fall points to tie it
at 7-7 and it went to overtime. “I’m not sure if it came to easy to
early or what,” said Hitchen, “but Brody stopped doing what was working
earlier and he became a little defensive.” In the overtime Davidson went
with a headlock, but Raasch stuck his head out and took down Davidson to
pick up the win. “It was unfortunate loss for Brody,” said Hitchen, “but
I tell all our wrestlers that you have to go hard right away and keep
going until the match is over and the whistle sounds.” With the loss
Davidson was eliminated.
Early, both Nate Merten and Javier Portillo found out that the wrestlers
that had beaten them in the first round, both lost their quarterfinal
matches and both Merten and Javier Portillo were eliminated. “That was
tough for both of them, but particularly Javier,” said Hitchen, “being a
senior and place winner last year and expecting a lot. It was a very
tough loss for him yesterday and then the kid that beat him lost a very
tough match tonight and that eliminated Javier.”
MINNESOTA STATE CLASS A BRACKETS

Anthony Caputo close to a pin in his
wrestleback match
Mariano Portillo in his quarterfinal match
(Pictures submitted by Rick Meine)
|
|
CROOKSTON |
Opponents |
Results |
|
|
112 lbs |
Nate Merten |
Mitch Andrews –
Border West Nate is eliminated |
L :31 | |
|
1 |
Javier Portillo |
Jack Hawkins –
Wabasha-Kellogg Javier is eliminated |
L 5-4 | |
|
135 lbs |
Mariano Portillo |
Dalton Stevens –
Aitkin Paul Norgren -Lake Crystal-Wellcome Semi-Final on Friday Meets Jordan Novak of New York Mills |
W 8-2 W 4-3 |
|
|
145 lbs |
Anthony Caputo |
Isaac Novak-Aitkin |
W 11-0 L 9-7 W pin 3:37 |
|
| 215 lbs | Brody Davidson |
Jon Gorter -
Pipestone Stu Raasch - Zumbrota-Mazeppa Brody is eliminated |
L 6-2 L 7-5 (OT) |

Brody Davidson works on his opponent in the wrestlebacks
Mariano Portillo awarded the 4-3 victory in the quarters
(Pictures submitted by Rick Meine)
PIRATE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FINISH REGULAR SEASON WITH A VICTORY
The Crookston Pirate Boys Basketball team ended their regular season
with a 58-38 victory over the East Grand Forks Sacred Heart Eagles in
East Grand Forks.
The Pirates started the game by scoring the first seven points to take
an early 7-0 lead. The Pirates were hit by foul trouble shortly after
they took the lead as Tim Desrosier picked up his second foul early on
in the first half. Even without the services of one of their starters
they continued to build up a double digit first half lead. Crookston’s
Josh Baldock and William Pankow both got into foul trouble with three
and two fouls respectively in the first half, forcing Coach Greg Garmen
to go deep into the bench. Crookston continued to build on the first
half lead all the way to halftime when they had a 30-15 lead. “We could
have led by more, but we missed a lot of lay-ups and free throws.” said
Coach Garmen, “I am not sure what was going on, but we were still able
to build on our lead.”
To start the second half the Pirates Desrosier picked up his third foul
and the Pirates were never able to get things going offensively, but
still outscored Sacred Heart 28-23 to pick up the 58-38 win to end the
season. “It was nice to pick up the win after the deflating loss at Park
Rapids.” said Coach Garmen, “We tried to do to much and that hurt us. We
played a lot of kids and Chappy (Shane Chapman), Dan Mykleseth and
Brandon (Lyczewski) came in and did some nice things for us, so that was
good.”
The Pirates end the season with a 12-14 record and will be at Red Lake
or Thief River Falls in the first round of the Section 8AA playoffs on
Thursday, March 11. “If we play Red Lake we have to take care of the run
and gun type of game and try to slow it down and if we play Thief River
Falls we will have to get ready for man pressure defense all night
long.”
Sacred Heart ends their regular season with a 3-17 record.
J.V. - Crookston won 65-36 (Crookston J.V. ends the season with an
18-7 record)
|
|
1st HALF |
2nd HALF |
FINAL |
|
CROOKSTON |
30 | 28 | 58 |
|
Sacred Heart |
15 | 23 | 38 |
|
For Crookston |
Points |
Rebounds |
Assists/Steals |
| Josh Baldock | 14 | ||
| Shane Chapman | 10 | ||
| William Pankow | 7 | ||
| Dan Mykleseth | 7 | 10 | |
| Carter Denison | 5 | ||
| Tim Desrosier | 4 | ||
| Papou Maiga | 4 | ||
| Brandon Lyczewski | 4 | ||
| Ben Curran | 2 | 6 assists/3 steals | |
| Zach Cymbaluk | 1 |
|
For Sacred Heart |
Points |
|
Brett MacLeod |
15 |
| Michael Marti | 9 |
| Austin LeTexier | 5 |
| James Yoney | 3 |
| Zak Kuznia | 2 |
| Corey Roach | 2 |
GOLDEN EAGLE BASEBALL TEAM SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER WITH UW-STOUT
The University of Minnesota, Crookston Baseball team split a non-conference doubleheader with the University of Wisconsin-Stout today at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn. The Golden Eagles took game one 5-1 before the Blue Devils came back to grab the night-cap 5-0.
Game One Recap
The Golden Eagles scored three runs in the top half of the first inning
and went on to win 5-1. Jordan Triestram (Sr, RHP, Shakopee, Minn.) and
Nick Zawacki (Sr, RHP, Howell, Mich.) combined on a one-hitter.
Triestram went five innings allowing one unearned run on no hits. He
struck out seven and walked three. Zawacki came in and allowed no runs
on one hit while striking out two and walking none. The Blue Devils got
their lone hit with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning. Teddy
Gutman (Sr, OF, Burlington, Iowa) had a double and a run batted in
(RBI). Josh Kraby (Fr, OF, Glencoe, Minn.), P.J. Zwach (So, 3B, St.
Paul, Minn.) and Casey Woodside (So, C, Albert Lea, Minn.) each had one
RBI.
Game Two Recap
UW-Stout turned the tables on U of M, Crookston scoring two in the first
inning on their way to a 5-0 victory. The Blue Devils threw four
pitchers with Chris Lammert throwing the first three innings to get the
victory. He allowed no runs on three hits and struck out three while
walking none. Ryan O’Connell went 3-for-4 with a triple and three RBI
for UW-Stout. Kraby had two hits for the Golden Eagles including a
double.
UW-Stout opens the season at 1-1. The Golden Eagles are now 2-4. U of M, Crookston is off until March 12 when they take on Wheeling Jesuit University (W.V.) in a non-conference doubleheader at the Russ Matt Invitational in Winterhaven, Fla. First pitch is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. (CST).
LEXY WANGEN NAMED SECOND TEAM ALL STATE IN GIRL'S HOCKEY
The Crookston Pirate senior, Lexy Wangen
(pictured left) was named to the Associated
Press Girl's Hockey All-State team that was released and her teammate,
Shannon Kaiser was also named to the Honorable Mention team. Wangen, who
started since she was in seventh grade has played in the most Crookston
Pirate Girl's Hockey games in the school's history and this past year
had 11 goals and 15 assists for the 18-7 Pirates, who finished ranked
seventh in the State Class A polls.
Other area girl's named:
First Team - Karley Sylvester-Warroad
Second Team - Lexy Wangen- Crookston, Layla Marvin-Warroad, Shelby
Amsley-Benzie-Warroad
Honorable Mention: Shannon Kaiser-Crookston, Leah Jensen,
Francie Piche and Tamara Twite of East Grand Forks, Amy Olson-Roseau,
Brook Story and Hannah Johnston of Warroad.
JAMIE ZELINSKY AND BRITTANI WIESE NAMED TO THE NORTHERN SUN CONFERENCE
ALL CONFERENCE TEAMS
The University of Minnesota, Crookston's Jamie Zelinsky (Jr-Brooklyn
Park) for the second year in a row was named to the Northern Sun
Conference Second Team All-Conference. Her Golden Eagle teammate,
Brittani Wiese (Fresh-St. Michael-Albertville) was named to the NSIC All
Freshmen team.
The Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year was
Jheri Boooker, a senior from Summerville, Georgia, who led the
University of Minnesota, Duluth.

Jamie Zelinsky
Brittani Wiese
NSIC First Team All-Conference
| 32 | Megan Doyle |
G |
5-7 |
Jr. |
Augie |
Alexandria, S.D. |
| 10 | Maurika Hichman |
G |
5-6 |
Jr. |
CU |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 22 | Jineen Williams |
G |
5-9 |
Jr. |
CU |
Racine, Wis. |
| 10 | Jheri Booker |
F |
5-10 |
Sr. |
UMD |
Summerville, Ga. |
| 12 | Tiffany Moe |
G |
5-9 |
Sr. |
MSU |
Brookings, S.D. |
| 40 | Liz Trauger |
F |
6-0 |
Sr. |
MSU |
Livermore, Iowa |
| 24 | Alison Nash-Gerlach |
F |
6-1 |
Sr. |
MSUM |
Roseville, Minn. |
| 31 | Ashley Arlen |
F |
6-2 |
So. |
WSC |
Cascade, Iowa |
| 54 | Mara Hjelle |
C |
6-2 |
Jr. |
WSC |
White Bear Lake, Minn. |
| 34 | Ana Wurtz |
G |
5-8 |
Sr. |
WSU |
Fond du Lac, Wis. |
NSIC Second Team All-Conference
| 24 | Molly Hayes |
G |
5-5 |
So. |
Augie |
Harrisburg, S.D. |
| 24 | Gillian Bjerke |
C |
6-3 |
Sr. |
CU |
Detroit Lakes, Minn. |
| 11 | Kali Olstad |
G |
6-1 |
Sr. |
CU |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 23 | Jamie Zelinsky |
F |
5-11 |
Jr. |
UMC |
Brooklyn Park, Minn. |
| 24 | Lindsay Miller |
G |
5-9 |
So. |
UMD |
Wausau, Wis. |
| 22 | Meghan Rettke |
C |
6-3 |
Sr. |
MSUM |
Hutchinson, Minn. |
| 35 | Mikavia Barondeau |
F |
6-1 |
So. |
NSU |
Frederick, S.D. |
| 3 | Megan Stadler |
G |
5-4 |
Sr. |
SMSU |
Sioux Falls, S.D. |
| 11 | Talisha Barlow |
G |
5-8 |
Jr. |
SCSU |
Little Canada, Minn. |
| 21 | Natalie Gigler |
F/C |
6-0 |
Jr. |
WSU |
Brooklyn Park, Minn. |
NSIC All-Defensive Team
| 5 | Jamie Jones |
G |
5-5 |
Sr. |
CU |
Mounds View, Minn. |
| 4 | Zoraa Quoie |
G |
5-7 |
Jr. |
CU |
Woodbury, Minn. |
| 24 | Alison Nash-Gerlach |
F |
6-1 |
Sr. |
MSUM |
Roseville, Minn. |
| 10 | Jheri Booker |
F |
5-10 |
Sr. |
UMD |
Summerville, Ga. |
| 54 | Mara Hjelle |
C |
6-2 |
Jr. |
WSC |
White Bear Lake, Minn. |
NSIC All-Freshman Team
| 44 | Alex Feeney |
C |
6-0 |
Fr.. |
Augie |
Bismarck, N.D. |
| 54 | Jessica Althoff |
F |
6-1 |
Fr. |
BSU |
Becker, Minn. |
| 12 | Taylor Luke |
G |
5-8 |
Fr. |
U-Mary |
Amery, Wis. |
| 4 | Brittani Wiese |
G |
5-7 |
Fr. |
UMC |
Albertville, Minn. |
| 13 | Katie Wolff |
G |
5-6 |
Fr. |
WSU |
Marshfield, Wis. |
CROOKSTON 7TH GRADE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WINS PERHAM TOURNAMENT
The Crookston 7th Grade Girls (CYBA) Basketball team "The
SPARKS" played in their first tournament of the season. The girls
played aggressive and came home with the 2010 Perham "Spring
Fling" Basketball Tournament Championship.
In the first round Crookston beat Hawley 32-11.
In the semi-finals they beat Detroit Lakes 41-19.
In the Championship they beat West Fargo 37-23.
Members of the team are Sydney Boike, Taylor Bushaw, Danica Brekken,
McKenzie Klatt, Brooke Heggie, Amber Froeber, Shelby Solheim, Lissette
Aponte, Mercedes Aponte, Brooke Panzer.
The team is coached by Brenda Froeber and Dylane
Klatt.

The 7th Grade Girls Basketball team with their first place medals
(Picture submitted by Tracy Solheim)
WEDNESDAY - MARCH 3, 2010
CROOKSTON PIRATE WRESTLERS HAVE FIRST ROUND MATCHES AT STATE
The Crookston Pirates had two wrestlers pick up first round
wins in the Minnesota State Wrestling Tournament, as Mariano Portillo
and Anthony Caputo picked up first round victories and will be in the
Quarterfinals on Thursday night at the St. Paul Xcel Energy Center.
Crookston's Nate Merten was taken down on a Kelly move in the first
seconds of the match with Mitch Andrews, who then turned Nate on his
back and pinned him in 31 seconds of the match. Nate will now have
to wait and see if Andrews wins his quarter-final match on Thursday
night. If Andrews wins against the defending state champ, then Nate will
be in the wrestle backs, but if Andrews loses his next match, Nate will
be done.
The all time career match winner at Crookston High School,
Javier Portillo lost a tough match to a very tough Jack Hawkins of
Wabasha-Kellogg. Hawkins got a take down in the first 30 seconds, but
Javier did get an escape just before the first period to trail 2-1 after
a period. The only point of the second period was an escape for Hawkins
who led 3-1. Portillo put a quick move that surprise Hawkins and the
take down tied the match at 3-3, but Hawkins had a huge reversal just
before the end of the period, which Hawkins led 5-3 after two. Javier
did get an escape with 1:10 left in the match to close the score to 5-4
and Portillo threw everything at Hawkins, but was unable to get a
takedown and a win as Hawkins prevailed 5-4.
Mariano Portillo was able to jump out with two takedowns in
the first period and a 4-1 lead after the first two minutes. His
opponent, Dalton Stevens of Aitkin did get a second period escape to
make it 4-2, but another takedown, his third of the match for Mariano
gave the Pirate a 6-2 lead, which a reversal expanded to an 8-2 lead in
the third period, which was the final score and send Mariano into the
quarterfinals on Thursday night against Paul Norgren of Lake Crystal-Wellcome
Memorial.
Anthony Caputo made his first match in a state tournament a
good one, as the junior dominated Isaac Novak of Aitkin, making a Kelly
move 30 seconds into the match and a 2-0 lead on the takedown.
Anthony made his patented switch move in the second to take a 3-0 lead
and was going for a pin at the end of the second period, but settled for
near fall points and a 5-0 win and picked up three more near fall points
in the third period to gain an easy 11-0 lead to advance to the
quarterfinals on Thursday, where he will meet Cole Kavitz of Medford.
Brody Davidson and Jon Gorter of Pipestone had a feeling out
first period with neither able to score. Gorter managed an escape early
in the second period to take a 1-0 lead and the two similar very
physical wrestlers and Davidson shot in near the edge of the mat and end
of the period and Gorter was able to catch Davidson in a headlock for
two take down points plus three points on near fall and Gorter was up
5-0 lead after the second period. Davidson did get an escape to make it
5-1, but Gorter did the same to lead 6-1 and was able to counter all
Davidson's move and only a stalling point against Gorter and it was 6-2,
but Davidson couldn't get any more on Gorter, who won 6-2 and now
Davidson has to hope that Gorter wins his next match, which would enable
Davidson to get into the wrestle backs.

Anthony Caputo on his way to his
first round win
Mariano Portillo goes for a take down
(Pictures by Rick Meine)
|
|
CROOKSTON |
Opponents |
Results |
|
|
112 lbs |
Nate Merten |
Mitch Andrews –
Border West |
L :31 | |
|
1 |
Javier Portillo | Jack Hawkins – Wabasha-Kellogg | L 5-4 | |
|
135 lbs |
Mariano Portillo |
Dalton Stevens –
Aitkin Paul Norgren -Lake Crystal-Wellcome |
W 8-2 | |
|
145 lbs |
Anthony Caputo |
Isaac Novak-Aitkin |
W 11-0 | |
| 215 lbs | Brody Davidson | Jon Gorter - Pipestone | L 6-2 |

Mariano Portillo attempts to roll his opponent
Brody Davidson gets ready to start his match

Nick Merten wraps up his opponent early in his match
(All Pictures by Rick Meine)
TUESDAY - MARCH 2, 2010
THREE CROOKSTON YOUTH COMPETE AT REGIONAL FREE THROW CONTEST
Sydney Boike, Matt Garmen and Lucas Froeber competed in the Knights
of Columbus Regional Free Throw contest on Sunday, February 28 at Ada
High School.
Boike won the Girls 12-year-old division and advanced to the State
competition on March 27 in Minneapolis.
Garmen placed 2nd in the boy’s 11-year-old division and
Lucas Froeber placed 3rd in the 10-year-old division.

Matt Garmen, Sydney Boike and Lucas Froeber at the Region contest
MONDAY - MARCH 1, 2010
PARK
RAPIDS WINS FIRST OF THE YEAR WITH LAST SECOND SHOT OVER PIRATE BOYS BASKETBALL
The Crookston Pirate Boys Basketball team was weary of facing the Park
Rapids Panthers, a team that was 0-22 on the year, as they gave the
Pirates all they wanted and more as the Panthers Roth Mattson hit a last second three
pointer to pick up a 55-53 win for their first win of the year in a
Section 8AA game. The game was back and forth the entire game as the two
teams had eight lead changes and three ties, with the last lead change
coming at the buzzer.
Park Rapids jumped out to an early lead by going on a 7-0 run to start
the game. Crookston answered with a basket by Tim Desrosier and a three
pointer by Josh Baldock to get within a 7-5 score with 12:46 left in the
half. Park Rapids went on another little run to take a 12-7 lead.
Crookston responded with an 11-1 run behind a Desrosier free throw,
baskets by Baldock and William Pankow and back to back three pointers by
Ben Curran and Carter Denison to take a 18-13 lead with 5:20 left in the
half. The half of runs wasn’t over as Park Rapids scored the next six
points to take a 19-18 lead with under a minute remaining. The Pirates
Dan Mykleseth grabbed an offensive rebound and put it back up for a
basket and he was fouled and made the free throw to convert the old
fashioned three point play to give Crookston a 21-19 lead with under 30
seconds left in the half. Park Rapids answered with 15 seconds left when
they made a basket to tie the game at 21-21 and a Pirate shot at the
buzzer was off the mark and the score remained tied at 21-21 at
halftime. “We didn’t take good care of the ball and had a lot of
unforced travels.” said Pirate Coach Greg Garmen, “
In the first three minutes of the first half there were three lead
changes with Park Rapids holding a 31-26 lead. Crookston’s Desrosier
gave them a much needed spark when he stole the ball and got a pass up
to Curran who made a shot. Park Rapids scored on their next possession,
but the Pirates Desrosier made a free throw line jump shot then on the
next possession went coast to coast to score his seventh point of the
second half to bring the Pirates within two points 33-31 with 11:42 left
in the game. The Pirates weren’t done as they continued on an 11-2 run
to take a 42-35 lead with five and a half minutes remaining and built
their biggest lead of the game, 11 points (50-39) with 1:33 left in the
game. “It was looking good at that point with an 11 point lead,” said
Garmen. Park Rapids didn’t go down without a fight as they scored the
next five points to get within a 50-44 deficit with two minutes left. A
minute later, with Park Rapids trailing 53-49, the Panthers Paul Dirks
hit a three pointer to bring the Panthers within one point (53-53 with
15 seconds left in the game. The Pirates Curran was fouled with nine
seconds left and missed both free throws to give Park Rapids a chance to
win the game. The Panther’s got the ball up the floor and got the ball
to Roth Mattson who hit a three pointer at the buzzer to give Park
Rapids their first win of the year with a 55-53 victory. “That was a
tough shot,” said Garmen, “It is March 1st and we all know what happens
with March Madness. They hit those three three-pointers late and were
right back in it and knocking on the door. Again it came down to not
making free throws as we didn’t hit them down the stretch.”
Crookston
drops to 11-14 on the year and will be at Sacred Heart on Thursday for
the last regular season of the year, while Park Rapids improves to 1-22
on the year.
J.V. - Crookston won 49-43
Freshman - Crookston won 44-34 (Crookston Freshman end season at
16-6)
William Pankow gets a shot off over a defender Ben Curran
goes in for a lay up
|
|
1st HALF |
2nd HALF |
FINAL |
|
CROOKSTON |
21 | 32 | 53 |
|
Park Rapids |
21 | 34 | 55 |
|
For Crookston |
Points |
Rebounds |
Assists/Steals |
| Tim Desrosier | 13 | 6 | 2 assists |
| Josh Baldock | 12 | ||
| Ben Curran | 10 | 4 | 2 assists/3 steals |
| Carter Denison | 6 | 8 | |
| William Pankow | 5 | ||
| Dan Mykleseth | 3 | ||
| Papou Maiga | 2 | 3 | |
| Brandon Lyczewski | 2 |
|
For Park Rapids |
Points |
| Roth Mattson | 14 |
| Paul Dirks | 14 |
| Christian Ridlon | 11 |
| Dillon Theis | 7 |
| Mitch Long | 5 |
| Max Brown | 2 |
| Taylor Kimball | 2 |
CROOKSTON GIRL'S BASKETBALL SEEDED FIFTH IN THE NORTH SECTION 8AA
TOURNAMENT
East Grand Forks and Hawley are the top seeds in the north
and south respectively of Section 8AA Girl's Basketball for the
Tournament that starts with a play-in game tonight with Park Rapids at
Frazee. The Crookston
Pirates were the number five seed in the the North and will play at the
number four seed, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley in Walker on Thursday night
at 7:00 PM in a first round game. It will be the first meeting of the
year for the Pirates, 14-12 on the season and Wolves, who are 15-10.
East Grand Forks is defending section champ, while Hawley is 24-0 and
ranked #3 in the latest Minnesota Class AA polls.
FOR THE COMPLETE TOURNAMENT BRACKET,
CLICK HERE.
NORTHERN FREEZE AND RED LAKE COUNTY CENTRAL TOP SEEDS IN SECTION
8A GIRL'S BB TOURNEY
The undefeated and number three ranked Northern Freeze is the number
one seed in the West of Section 8A Girl's Basketball, while the
defending Section champion, Red Lake County Central received the number
one seed in the East Sub-Section. The Section 8A Tournament starts with
four play-in games on Tuesday. For the complete Tournament
bracket,
CLICK HERE.
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