Sports

The Crookston Pirates girls' basketball team is a perfect 3-0 in 2022, following its two wins against Virginia and Hermantown this weekend. On Saturday, the Pirates stomped the Hawks in a 73-36 victory.

The Crookston Pirates boys’ hockey team fell to No. 2 ranked Warroad 0-16 on Friday, January 14 at Crookston Sports Center.

The University of Minnesota Crookston men’s basketball team came away with crucial stops and big baskets down the stretch to take down Concordia University, St. Paul 77-72 Friday, January 14 at the Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul, Minn. The Golden Eagles scored 11 of the final 14 points in the final 4:29 of the game to come away with the win and snap a nine-game losing streak. Minnesota Crookston turned defense into offense down the stretch as they had key stops and three crucial steals turned into points in the final six minutes of the game.

The Crookston Pirates girls’ hockey team defeated section rival Thief River Falls 4-2 to earn the series sweep on Monday, January 10. After a rough stretch of games—tying with Bemidji and losing to East Grand Forks and Roseau—the girls needed a game like this to set them back on track, head coach Emily Meyer said.

The Knights of Columbus hosted the annual local free throw contest Sunday, January 9 at Crookston high school. There were 10 participants for five different divisions: 9-, 10-, 11- and 12-year-old boys and 10-year-old girls.

The Crookston Pirates boys' hockey team got out to an early lead, but Bemidji scored six unanswered goals for the 6-1 victory. "Bemidji is a very good hockey team, and this was another step in the process of us learning how to compete against top-level teams," head coach Joshua Hardy said.

The Crookston Pirates boys' basketball team fell in another lopsided affair with a 49-84 loss to Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (DGF) on Monday, January 10. The first 12 minutes of the game proved to be competitive as they two teams tied three times with three different lead changes.

The Crookston Pirates girls' basketball team pulled off a 40-31 win despite 12 days of rest and missing their leading rebounder Hayden Winjum. The Panthers defense stifled Crookston for the first four minutes of the game before Emma Gunderson scored the Pirates' first points on a free throw.

The Crookston Pirates wrestling team went 2-0 in its Triangular with Blackduck-Cass Lake-Bena (BCLB) and Fertile on Tuesday, January 11. To cap the night, Fertile had five open classes, leading to a 57-15 Pirate victory.

The Crookston Pirate youth wrestlers competed in Mahnomen on Saturday, January 8. Deeken Solheim, Levi Kresl and Aiden Samuelson finished first.