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PROWLER GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pictured from left to right are players, managers and coaches of the Thief RiverFalls varsity girls basketball team: front row - Jazlyn Goss, Ava Yuska, JerzieFinstad, Brea Prickett, Kendal Rantanen; second row - Sydney Reierson, GwenStengrim, Madalyn Determan, Camryn Schwab, Carley Johnson, Maren Espe,
Trista Spears; third row - Assistant Coach Todd Prickett, Brooklyn Brouse, CoachBrian Steenerson, Hannah Mauch, Annika Dalager, Manager Elaina Knott, JordanNaslund, Olivia Hawkins, Coach Lilly Kainz, Brylee Lingen, Head Coach Laura Fay.Not Pictured: Manager Anna Knott. (Photo by Thoele Photography)
Points, and subsequentlywins, have been hard tocome by for the Thief RiverFalls girls basketball teamduring the first half of the2019-20 season. “This has been a toughseason for us, with a fewclose games,” said GirlsBasketball Head CoachLaura Fay. “Against BGMRand Fosston, we lost by 1.They both were great games
that could have gone eitherway, and against DGF, welost by two in double over-time.” A lack of scoring has hurtthe Prowlers this season.They are 3-3 when theyscore 50 or more points, and0-11 when they don’t. The Prowlers droppedtheir first five contests toBemidji, Roseau, Ada-Borup,Barnesville and Perham to
open the season. On Dec. 12, the teampicked up its first win of theseason in the form of a 51-7thrashing at the hands ofthe Warroad Warriors. Twodays later, the Prowlers fellto a strong CrookstonPirates squad. Back-to-back one-pointlosses to Badger/Greenbush-Middle River and Fosstonsent Thief River Falls to theChristmas break with a 1-7record. Following the holidaybreak, the Prowlers droppedgames to Walker-H a c k e n s a c k - A k e l e y ,Rothsay, Detroit Lakes,Roseau and Pequot Lakes,before righting the ship in a62-60 double overtime lossthat was painfully close tobeing a win. “It was also a great game– we were out three playersdue to the flu and three girlsfouled out in the secondhalf,” Fay said. “CamrynSchwab played all but twominutes of that game andgave us 17 points and threesteals, while Brea Prickettcame in playing most of thegame as well with 14 points
and one steal.” The Prowlers are unde-feated since the double over-time loss, picking up domi-nant wins over DetroitLakes and Bagley. “This season, we havestruggled defensively and tovalue the ball. We also havestruggled to have all of ourgirls healthy and at practicesince the beginning of theseason,” Fay said. “We havehad a few girls step up andtake on different roles forour team and adjusting eachgame. Most importantly, wehave been improving everyday and I am looking for-ward to the second half ofthe season.” Seniors Annika Dalagerand Brea Prickett arereturning starters from lastyear’s team that wentthrough a similar season in2018-19. Also returning from lastyear’s team are seniorsCamryn Schwab, CarleyJohnson, Ava Yuska, JerzieFinstad, Jordan Naslundand Madalyn Determan;junior Hannah Mauch; soph-omore Olivia Hawkins; andfreshmen Brylee Lingen andKendal Rantanen. Varsity newcomers whowill challenge for playingtime include junior GwenStengrim; sophomoresBrooklyn Brouse, TristaSpears, Jazlyn Goss, SydneyReierson; and freshmanMaren Espe. At 12-3, defending sectionchampion Roseau is playinglike a section front runneronce again and appears to bethe top team in the northhalf of Section 8AA. At 10-3, Hawley is off to astrong start in the south halfof Section 8AA. Perham, 10-5, is also in the mix with awin over Roseau inDecember.
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GIRLS’ BASKETBALL SCHEDULEDate Opponent Site TimeNov 26 Bemidji Away 5:45Nov 30 Barnesville Away 2:00Dec 3 Roseau Away 3:45Dec 6 Ada-Borup Away 6:00Dec 10 Perham-Dent Home 6:00Dec 12 Warroad Away 7:30Dec 14 Thief River Falls Invite Home 10:00Dec 17 BGMR Home 6:00Dec 20 Fosston UMC 2:00Dec 27-28 Tournament Away TBDJan 3 Detroit Lakes Away 6:00Jan 10 Pequot Lakes Home 6:00Jan 14 DGF Away 6:00Jan 17 EGF Away 6:00Jan 21 Detroit Lakes Home 6:00Jan 23 Bagley Away 6:00Jan 27 Pelican Rapids Away 6:00Jan 28 Red Lake Falls Home 6:00Feb 3 EGF Home 6:00Feb 6 Crookston Away 7:30Feb 11 Roseau Home 6:00Feb 13 Norman County East Away 6:00Feb 14 GF Home 6:00Feb 18 Sacred Heart High School Home 6:00Feb 22 Warren/Alvarado/Oslo NCTC 11:00Feb 29 Section Quarters Away 6:00Mar 3 Section Semis Away 6:00Mar 6 Section Finals Away 7:00Mar 11 State Tournament Away 6:00
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Thief River Falls junior varsity girls basketball playersare pictured from left to right: front row - AbigailFlaagan, Sydney Reierson, Trista Spears, KarleenWilde; second row - Avery Malone, Brooklyn Brouse,
Hannah Mauch, Maren Espe, Lydia Nelson; back row -Gwen Stengrim, Jazlyn Goss, Coach BrianSteenerson, Kendal Rantanen, Jeanne Olson. (Photoby Thoele Photography)
Pictured from left to right are members of the ThiefRiver Falls ninth grade girls basketball team: front row- Breanna Meyers, Abigail Flaagan, Avery Malone; sec-ond row - Jeanne Olson, Lydia Nelson, Karleen Wilde;
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Thief Rive
r Falls swim
-
mers won thr
ee events bu
t
came up two p
oints short o
f
a team victory
in a home tr
i-
angular mee
t Thursday a
t
Franklin Mid
dle School.
The Prowle
rs were edge
d
by Crookston
105-103 on th
e
strength of eig
ht wins in th
e
meet. Fossto
n/Bagley fin
-
ishes third w
ith 78 points.
“I am really
proud of how
well the gir
s swam,” sa
id
Head Coach D
anielle Spiten
.
“They worked h
ard and left it
all in the pool
. Crookston ha
s
a great team
this year an
d
are going to b
e ahrd to bea
t,
but the girls
took the tw
o-
point loss an
d are going
to
use it to work
harder and b
e
better for nex
t time.”
Marley Ne
lson won bot
h
the 100 butt
erfly and 100
breastroke for
the Prowlers
.
In the butterf
ly, she was a
l-
most four seco
nds faster tha
n
Crookston’s E
lizabeth Erd
-
man, who ent
ered the meet
with a seed
time that wa
s
four seconds f
aster than Ne
l-
son. In th
e breastroke, N
elson’s
winning time
of 1:11.96 wa
s
more than
seven second
s
faster than r
unner-up Me
r-
ran Dingman
n.
The Prowle
r’s other win
came in th
e 200-yard
freestyle re
lay, with th
e
team of Ne
lson, Jestina
Leclaire, Rae
gan Espe an
d
Annika Dalag
er putting to
-
gether a wi
nning time o
f
1:54.37 to edge
the
Fosston/Bagl
ey team b
y
three tenths o
f a second.
Runner-up
finishes wer
e
turned in by
the Prowler
Medley Relay
team, Dalage
r
in the 50 free
style, Espe i
n
the 100 freesty
le, Dalager in
the 100 backst
roke; and thir
d
place finishes
were recorde
d
by Jenna Von
Holtum in th
e
200 IM and
500 freestyle
,
Espe in the 1
00 backstrok
e,
and the 400
freestyle rela
y
team. Team Scores
1. Crooksto
n 105; 2. Thie
f River
03; 3 Fossto
n-Bagley 78.
es
Cookston
Thief River Falls Times
Area Sports SCOTT DCAMP
Sports Editor ~ e-mail: scott@
trftimes.com
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Wednesday, Septe
mber 6, 2017
Finstad wins TRF Sports Boosters CC InviteThe Th
ief River Falls
girls cross co
untry team took s
econd in thei
r own TRF Sports
Boosters CC
Invitational o
n Thursday. E
ast Grand Fo
rks won the team cham
pi-
onship with thr
ee runners fi
nishing in the
top five. Pictu
red from left to
right are
Brooklyn Bro
use, Jerzie Fi
nstad, Kathr
yn Kruta, Ab
igail Semanko a
nd Eleanor
Brickson.
TRF girls finish second, boys fourth in first meet
Defending m
eet champion
and returnin
g state qualif
ier
Jerzie Finsta
d met expect
a-
tions by succe
ssfully defend
-
ing her title
while leadin
g
the Thief Riv
er Falls to a
runner-up fin
ish in the TR
F
Sports Boost
ers CC Invita
-
tional. Finst
ad ran the 5
K
cours in 19:52
.86, which wa
s
32 seconds fa
ster than run
-
ner-up Kath
erine Geist
of
Crookston.
“Jerzie did
really well,”
said Head C
oach Natasha
Reierson. “It w
ould be nice if
we could h
ave somebo
dy
pushing her. K
atherine Geist
of Crookston
pushed he
r
halfway and k
ind of let off.”
Reierson sa
id Finstad wil
l
be challenged
later in the
season when
the Prowler
s
see some of th
e other teams
from Section
8AA.
The Prowle
rs also got an
eighth place
finish from
Brooklyn Bro
use, 21:27.78
,
and a 17th p
lace finish fro
m
Abigail Sema
nko, 23:41.84
.
Deserae Yon
ke, 24:06.78
,
20th, and Ka
therine Kruta
,
24:34.68, 21st
, rounded out
the team sc
oring for th
e
Prowlers.
“My girls d
id really well o
n
their times,”
Reiserson sai
d.
“I was really
impressed o
n
those varsity
running time
s.
They ran al
l summer and
they are all be
tter than the
y
were at the b
eginning of th
e
year last year
.”
East Grand
Forks won th
e
girls’ varsity
championship
with all five
of the Gree
n
Wave’s scorin
g runners fin
-
ishing in the
top 12.
On the bo
ys’ side, Ada
-
Borup locked
up the team
title with all fi
ve of its score
rs
in the top 1
4. East Gran
d
Forks was se
cond, Roseau
finished third
and the hos
t
Prowlers too
k fourth as
a
team. Croo
kston’s Ben A
ndringa
was the top
boys’ runner,
completing
the 5K i
n
16:45.08.
Thief River
Falls’ top run
-
ner Jayce Liz
akowski raced
to an early le
ad off the sta
rt
but faded dow
n the stretch
to
finish 13th o
verall. Dani
el
Quick was s
econd among
Prowler runn
ers with a tim
e
of 19:36.50, a
nd finished 19
th
overall. Othe
r scorers fo
r
Thief River
Falls include
Jake Davis, 1
9:45.84, 22nd
;
Bryar Lane,
20:19.71, 30th
;
and Paul
Koppenhaver
,
20:43.55, 34th
.
Reierson a
nd the other
cross countr
y coaches us
e
each race as a
varsity tryou
t
for the follow
ing week’s ra
ce.
“They don’t
ever have a s
e-
cure spot,” Re
ierson said. S
he
explained that
the top seven
times from Th
ursday’s meet
will be the v
arsity runner
s
for next week
’s meet. “It wa
s
nice to see som
e of those kids
really step it u
p.”
Reierson n
oted that Liza
-
kowski, Quick
and Davis ra
n
well, but she
feels that a
ll
three are ca
pable of doin
g
better.
“I want
to see Jake
[Davis], Dan
iel [Quick] an
d
Jayce [Lizak
owski] in th
at
19-range,” Re
ierson said. “I
f
we can get u
nder 19 that
would be fant
astic, so that’
s
going to be ou
r goal for the
next three we
eks.”
The Prowle
rs ran their
home course a
bout 15 time
s
prior to Thurs
day’s race. Th
e
runners gaine
d a familiarity
with the cours
e and its ter-
rain. “I s
aw some go
od fin-
ishes,” Reiers
on said. “We’v
e
been working
really hard o
n
the last 800
. They knew
where the 8
00 was and
where the 400
was, and the
y
really kicked i
t at that 400.”
The empha
sis on a stron
g
finishing kick
paid off in th
e
junior high
race. Isaac
Mauch entere
d the last 800
in second plac
e but he passe
d
Marvin Emme
tt of Warroad
to win the bo
ys junior hig
h
Jayce Lizako
wski was the early
race leader in
the boys vars
ity race of th
e Thief
River Falls Sp
orts Booster
s Cross Coun
try Invitation
al on Thursda
y. Lizakowski
eventually fel
l off the pace
and finished
13th.
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Pictured from left to right are members of the Thief River Falls boys basketballteam: front row - Jacqueline Zaviska, Merysa Neadeau, Yasmine Gayden, LillianaFarias; second row - Corbin Kruckeberg, Zachery Praska, Gunnar Aune, StormManning, Gunner Zutz, Anthony Hyland; third row - Coach Bryce Lingen, Dominick
Alcantar, Jonah Kalsnes, Brevyn Lingen, Jack Onkka, Dylan Hahn, Head Coach JonHams; back row - Riley Henrickson, Alan Samuelson, Jack Manning, Brady Olson,Konnor Kandoje. (Photo by Thoele Photography)
There isn’t an athleticteam at Lincoln High thathas shown as much improve-ment as the boys basketballteam. The Prowlers returnedthree starters and 10 play-
ers overall from a squad thatwent 10-17 a year ago. The team got off to animpressive 6-1 start thatbegan with a 75-49 state-ment win over Roseau. Thief River Falls’ only set-back in its first seven gameswas a 77-56 home loss toEast Grand Forks, and theteam got right back on trackwith wins over Park Rapids,69-53; Win-E-Mac, 72-51;Crookston, 68-67; Bagley,70-53; and the NorthernFreeze, 53-51. Head coach Jon Hamscredited a more matureteam as the primary reasonfor the team’s early success. The maturity comes froma core group that includessix seniors - Storm Manning,Gunnar Aune, Zach Praska,Gunner Zutz, AnthonyHyland and CorbinKruckeberg. The seniors are flanked
by four juniors on the varsi-ty roster - DominickAlcantar, Jonah Kalsnes,Konnor Kandoje and BrevynLingen, three sophomores -Dylan Hahn, Jack Onkkaand Brady Olson, and stand-out freshman Jack Manning. Thief River Falls’ sched-ule got a bit tougher afterthe Christmas break and theProwlers dropped hard-fought battles with Warroad,Fertile-Beltrami, Hawleyand a last second loss toDetroit Lakes, before gettingback to their winning wayswith an 84-81 win over amuch-improved Roseausquad. “Improvement over lastyear comes from the maturi-ty of the seniors this year,”Hams said. “We are makingbetter decisions overall. Wewill need to keep getting bet-ter to make sure, as we enterthe second half of the sea-
son, we keep improving.” Through 11 games, theProwlers’ have four playersaveraging more than 10points per game, led byStorm Manning at 19.5points per game, and fol-lowed by Brevyn Lingen,11.1 ppg., Gunnar Aune,10.5 ppg., and JackManning, 10.1 ppg. Aune is the team’s toprebounder with 78 on theyear, and both Storm andJack Manning are over 50 onthe year, with 57 and 52,respectively. Defending section cham-pion Perham is off to a 12-0start and remains thefavorite in Section 8AA,while East Grand Forks hasemerged as the team to beatin the north half and possi-bly the whole section with13-0 start to the season.
SENIORS
Coach: Jon Hams
Boys basketball team making strides in 2019-20
GunnarAune
AnthonyHyland
CorbinKruckeberg
StormManning
ZackPraska
Gunner Zutz
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Pictured from left to right are members of the ThiefRiver Falls junior varsity boys basketball team: frontrow - managers Merysa Neadeau, Jacqueline Zaviska,Lilliana Farias, Yasmine Gayden; second row - LandonLovejoy, Zachary Wikert, Trevor Rose, Aidan
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Girls hockey team looks for strong stretch run Four-time defendingchampion Warroad remainsthe team to beat in Section8A girls hockey, but ThiefRiver Falls and East GrandForks will attempt to have asay in the section’s final out-
come before all is said anddone. Thief River Falls enteredthe 2019-20 season as a defi-nite section front-runnerbehind returning championWarroad, battling EastGrand Forks for the numbertwo seed. Thief River Falls got off toan uncharacteristically slowstart with a 3-0 loss toBemdiji in the season open-er, before reeling off threestraight wins, defeatingDetroit Lakes,Delano/Rockford and Orono. The Prowlers were look-ing for their fourth win in arow when junior goaltenderGabby Steele suffered aknee injury againstAlexandria on Nov. 25. Theinjury was one of many facedby the Prowlers early in theseason and it was at a posi-
tion where teams count onstability. “As with many sports,injuries can be positive andnegative,” said Girls HockeyHead Coach Brett Johnson.“The negative side being youhave players who are notable to play and you have toadjust your line-up accord-ingly. Positive side being itgives younger girls theopportunity to get minutes.” With Steele out of thelineup, the Prowlers calledon freshman Bell Hamreand sophomore BellaBerzinski to fill in, in front ofthe net. The duo filled inadmirably with Hamre mak-ing all 10 starts duringSteele’s absense and leadingthe Prowlers to a 5-5 record. “Bell Hamre stepped upto the plate and did a greatjob in the net,” Johnson said.“I thought the team ralliedaround her and boosted herconfidence. We have also hadseveral of our forwards gethurt, allowing more girls toget more minutes at the JVand Varsity level.” The Prowlers are 2-2since Steele’s return to thestarting lineup and are 10-9overall with five games leftto play in the 2019-20 regu-lar season. They are almostassured of getting the num-ber three seed in sectionsafter dropping a pair of one-goal games to the EastGrand Forks Green Wave.The Green Wave claimed thefirst meeting between theteams, 3-2, on Dec. 12, andthey added a 4-3 win on Jan.
21. To return to state, theProwlers will need to find away to defeat East GrandForks and then eventuallyWarroad. “It's going to take a teameffort,” Johnson said. “It isgoing to be key for us to playtough in our D-zone andeliminate the many odd manrushes we have been givingup. Then we are going tohave to capitalize on ouroffensive opportunities.EGF has a steady goalie andwe will have to get traffic infront of her to eliminate hervision.” After splitting the 2018-19 regular season series,Thief River Falls defeatedEast Grand Forks 1-0 in theSection 8A semifinals lastyear, only to fall 4-1 toWarroad in the champi-onship game. One thing the currentProwlers team has in itsfavor is experience anddepth. The lineup features eightseniors: forwards AvaSturgeon, Bela Nelson,Mady Anderson, TiaPetrescue and Kia McGlynn;and defensemen KatieNelson, Khloe Lund andLexi Huot. Juniors on the varsity ros-ter include forwards ShelbyBreiland and HaylieRogalla, and goaltenderGabriella Steele.Sophomores with varsityexperience include forwardsJenae Johnson and BellaAmiot; and defensemen
Breanna Lee and DaniellaNeibuhr. Also returning withvarsity experience is fresh-man Rachel Georgeson. Onevarsity newcomer is includeJayden Breiland, a ninth
grader from Red Lake Falls. The Section 8A tourna-ment begins Feb. 6.
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Pictured from left to right are members of the Thief River Falls girls varsity hockeyteam: front row - Managers Autumn Breuer, Katelyn Sorter, Miah Nelson; row two- Coach Huot, Coach Poole, Khloe Lund, Hannah Magnusson, Marryn Dalager,Coach Johnson, Coach Schwab; row three - Gabriella Steele, Rachel Georgeson,
Breanna Lee, Dakota Klosterman, Tia Petrescue, Bela Nelson, Katie Nelson, FaithPorter; back row - Mady Anderson, Lexi Huot, Dani Neibuhr, Jenae Johnson, KiaMcGlynn, Ava Sturgeon, Haylie Rogalla, Shelby Breiland, Bella Amiot. (Photo byThoele Photography)
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A large group
of people gath
ered in front o
f the Ralph En
gelstad Arena
in Thief River
Falls on
Saturday for a T
EA or Taxed En
ough Already d
emonstration. Many of t
he 100 to 150 p
eople carried
signs protestin
g such things a
s excessive spe
nding and bailo
uts.
Voicesheardat TEAParty
Area residents w
ho may believe
their government
is not listening to
them, had an opp
ortunity in Thief
River Falls Sat
urday to express
their anger and f
rustration and be
heard at a peacef
ul demonstration
.
About 100 to 1
50 area residents
turned out for th
e TEA or Taxed
Enough Already
party at the Ralp
h
Engelstad Arena
in Thief Rive
r
Falls Saturday aft
ernoon.
Most similar TEA
party protests
took place on Apr
il 15, but that did-
n’t diminish the
enthusiasm are
a
residents had for
the event in Thie
f
River Falls. Som
e of the partici-
pants would tur
n and wave thei
r
signs to cars pass
ing in front of the
arena.Generall
y believed to
be a
protest against ta
xes, participants
in
Thief River Falls
reflected a wide
variety of concern
s, including a dis
-
satisfaction wit
h representation
.
Signs expressing
a dislike of taxes
were present, but
so too were signs
that expressing co
ncerns about gun
laws, and spendin
g habits that sad-
dle future genera
tions with a signi
f-
icant debt.
Participants were
also given an
opportunity to sp
eak. Subjects dis
-
cussed included
the fairness
ATV drivers
will pay to
drive in TRF
by April Scheinoha
Reporter
All-terrain vehic
le drivers will
have to pay a fe
e if they want to
drive in the cit
y of Thief Rive
r
Falls. The Thief
River Falls City
Council approved
a $15 annual per-
mit fee for ATV rid
ers at its April 21
meeting.M a y o r
S t e v e “ B e a
v e r ”
Nordhagen, Pol
ice Chief Kim
Murphy and Phil
Morud, an Arctic
Cat employee an
d ATV enthusiast
,
will determine ho
w police will be
able to tell that a
permit has been
purchased. A stick
er, a key chain or
some other recog
nizable item may
be placed on the
ATV to let polic
e
officers know th
at the driver has
a
permit to drive th
e ATV in the city.
This was the seco
nd time that the
council amended
the ATV ordi-
nance. Two week
s earlier, it amend
-
ed the ordinance
to indicate tha
t
rear-facing brake
lights are required
for ATVs operate
d within the city
limits. ATVs conti
nue to be restrict-
ed in the downtow
n business district
except during an
emergency.
After the ordinan
ce was amend-
ed April 7, Murph
y found that ATVs
are restricted to
daylight hours,
according to Ci
ty Attorney Pau
l
Ihle. Ihle added
that Murphy also
found that ATVs
aren’t supposed t
o
be used in inclem
ent weather. Ihle
said that ATVs a
re restricted from
Highways 59 and
32; however, ATV
drivers may cross
those highways at
a 90-degree angle
.
State law also req
uires an ATV
permit. The perm
it holder needs to
be at least 16 yea
rs old and hold a
valid driver’s lic
ense. If the drive
r
needs training, th
e person will hav
e
to provide a ce
rtificate from the
Minnesota Depa
rtment of Natura
l
Resources. The p
ermit holder also
needs to provide
evidence of insu
r-
ance. Permit hold
ers have to apply
for the permit on
an annual basis.
City Council approved moni-
toring and regulating the city’s
financial expenditures. With this
approval, City A
dministrator Jodie
Torkelson said th
at council put in
resolution form
what the council
has already sug
gested to divisio
n
County could
be on board with
airport authority
by Scott DCamp
Reporter
Last week, Penn
ington County
commissioners
appeared to be
receptive to the c
ity of Thief River
Falls’ proposal to
create an airport
authority that w
ould operate th
e
Thief River Falls
Regional Airport
.
An informal, jo
int meeting to
discuss the poten
tial creation of an
airport authority
was held between
city and county
officials at Thief
River Falls Cit
y Hall Thursda
y
(April 23). Al
so appearing a
t
Thursday’s meetin
g to describe how
important the T
hief River Falls
Regional Airport
is to local busi-
nesses were A
rctic Cat Vice
President Ron R
ay and Digi-Key
President Mark L
arson.
The city of Thief
River Falls has
sought the partners
hip of
Pennington Coun
ty to operate the
airport for many
years, with little
formal discussion
. Thief River Fall
s
formally pitched
the idea of a 50-5
0
partnership to co
mmissioners dur
-
ing a joint meeting
in June 2007. At
that time, the Min
nesota Senate was
considering a bill
that would author
-
ize the creation of
airport authoritie
s
for acquiring, es
tablishing, con-
structing, mainta
ining, improving
and operating reg
ional airports. The
bill was eventual
ly approved during
the 2008 legislati
ve session.
At the time of the c
ity’s first for-
mal pitch, the P
ennington Count
y
Board collective
ly felt that any
action would ha
ve to wait until
2008 at the earli
est, so that the
county could app
ropriately budget
.
Since then, the cit
y and county hav
e
continued to disc
uss a potential air
-
port partnership
or airport authori
-
ty. But the two en
tities’ relationship
has at times bee
n strained due to
heated negotiatio
ns with regard to
payment of the ci
ty’s share of public
safety radios; the
Oakland Park for
City Auditorium
and Old Aren
a
Business award
winners named
For over 20 ye
ars, the Thief
River Falls Cham
ber of Commerce
has recognized o
utstanding small
business owners
for their persona
l
achievements and
contributions to
our community’s e
conomy.
This year, the
Chamber of
Commerce hono
rs Joel Hallstrom,
owner of Black C
at Sports Bar, and
Grill, as Small Bu
siness of the Year
,
and Steven L. Keogh
as
Entrepreneur of t
he Year.
The Chamber of
Commerce will
also be recognizin
g eight businesses
for the many co
ntributions they
have made to
the community
through the Thi
ef River Falls
Business Gives P
rogram. The Thie
f
River Falls Busin
ess Gives program
recognizes busin
esses for giving
cash and/or in-kin
d contributions to
charitable organi
zations amounting
to 2 percent or m
ore of their preta
x
earnings. This
year’s Business
Gives recipients
include House o
f
Hair, Edward Jon
es - Jerod Kolden
,
Genereux Realty,
Northwest
Beverage Inc., P
ennington Square
Inc., Purdy’s Sho
e Store, Sjoberg’
s
Inc., and Thief R
iver Ford.
The small Busin
ess Awards of
Excellence Brea
kfast gives the
Chamber of Co
mmerce and its
members an opp
ortunity to show
-
case and recogniz
e some of the bes
t
and brightest of
those successful
entrepreneurs in
the community
.
Please join the Ch
amber in the cele-
bration at 8 a.m.
on Tuesday, May
19, at the Black C
at Sports Bar and
Grill. The cost o
f the breakfast is
$12, and reserv
ations should b
e
made with the
Chamber of
Commerce prior
to May 8 by call-
ing 681-3720. Th
e public is invited
to attend.
Sponsors of the S
mall Business
Week Breakfast a
re the Thief River
Falls Chamber o
f Commerce and
Jobs Inc.
NCTC to host
tech fair on May 4
The students of
the Electronics
Technology/ Aut
omated Systems
program at Nort
hland Communit
y
and Technical Co
llege will hold an
Electronics Tech
nology Fair on
Monday, May 4
, from noon to 3
p.m. in the Gund
erson Commons a
t
NCTC – TRF cam
pus.
Area middle sc
hool and high
school students a
long with the gen
-
eral public are in
vited to the Thie
f
River Falls campu
s to see several of
the student projec
ts related to elec-
tronics and automat
ion. The
Electronics Tech
nology Fair is fre
e
of charge and re
freshments will b
e
served.
According to Inst
ructor Andrew
Dahlen, “This y
ear’s projects
demonstrate a va
riety of technolo
-
gies. Remote co
ntrolled robots,
motion control,
sensors, security
systems, metal de
tector, and a nixie
clock are just a
few projects that
will be on displ
ay. Also look fo
r
projects that sho
wcase industrial
automation. First
and second yea
r
students have b
een working on
these projects as p
art of the course-
work for New
and Emerging
Technology and
the Intro to
Microcontrollers
class.”
The Electronic
s Technology/
Automated Syste
ms program pre
-
pares students fo
r technical level
positions in busi
ness and industry
such as manufac
turing technician
,
robotic technicia
n, quality techni
-
cian, technical le
ad, systems inte-
gration, or manuf
acturing engineer
-
ing technician. S
tudents receive
a
diversified educat
ion in automated
systems specializ
ing in electronics
.
The program has
been developed in
concert with busin
ess and industry
partners.The eve
nt is co-sponsor
ed by
Their own style
Hailey Bayne an
d Andrew Miller sho
wed off their ow
n personal
style Saturday
during the gra
nd march of the 200
9 Lincoln High
School Prom.
A participant
in the Behind
the Mask welding competition
at
Northland Com
munity and Tech
nical College in
Thief River Fal
ls
welds metal together d
uring the competition
, which took plac
e
on Thursday, A
pril 23. During
the competition
, welders competed
in two welding processe
s, gas metal arc
welding, and shi
elded
metal arc welding.
Behind the Mask
competition at NCT
C
The third time wa
s the charm for
the Behind the M
ask welding com-
petition at North
land Community
and Technical Co
llege, Thief River
Falls.Welding
Instructor Joel
Ziegler
noted that the e
vent had twice
before been post
poned because o
f
the weather. On T
hursday, April 23
,
the event finally
went off without
a
hitch.High sch
ools and colleges
from
around the region
had welding stu-
dents at NCTC for
the chance to win
prizes and hono
rs for the best
welder in our area
.
The Competition
is for the AWS
(American Welding
Society)
Northern Plains
Section, and was
open only to hig
h school and col
-
lege students. It w
as sponsored by
the Northern Pla
ins Section of th
e
AWS and is held
annually, with th
e
location rotating
between NCTC
East Grand For
ks, NCTC Thief
River Falls, Ale
xandria Technica
l
College, Wahpeto
n State School of
Science, and the F
argo Skill Center
.
At the competi
tion, welders
competed in two
welding processe
s,
GMAW (Gas Me
tal Arc Welding),
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on
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PROWLER WRESTLING
Thief River Falls wrestlers are pictured from left to right: front row - Nick Svir,Brady Kasprick, Jackson Ingram, Jolson Sargent, Kehan Nelson, Kale Geiser; mid-dle row - Coach Ben Poissant, Coach Brian Kasprick, Griffin Lundeen, Cole Johnson,Bowen Miller, Cody Wienen, Brandon Zuniga, Josh Herrera, Arslyn Ovezov, Jake
Davis, Coach Mark Davis; back row - Head Coach Kenny Geiser, Dakota Fellman,Mason Iverson, Carter Engebretson, Kirby Kilen, Aaron Bruggeman, CollinBruggeman, Ethan Lane, Coach Dale Rystad. (Photo by Thoele Photography)
Eight full seasons havecome and gone since ThiefRiver Falls last won a teamsection championship inwrestling. In 2011, Thief River Fallswon its second consecutivesection championship andthird in the previous fiveseasons. It was part of animpressive run of sectionchampionship matchappearances that ran for sixconsecutive seasons from2006 through 2011.
The run ended in 2012.Thief River Falls hasreached the section semifi-nal round in each of theeight seasons since 2011 – astreak that goes back to2006 – but the team is 0-8 inits last eight section semifi-nal duals. A big reason for ThiefRiver Falls section finalsdrought is the resurgence ofthe Perham wrestling pro-gram and the emergence ofthe Detroit Lakes program. Perham was a little downby its standards in 2010 and2011. The Yellowjacketswere eliminated by theProwlers in both 2010 and2011, but won section titlesin 2012 and 2013. Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus won the section titlein 2014 and it is the onlyteam not named Perham orThief River Falls to win thesection since Hibbing, nowin Section 7AA, won the titlein 2006. Perham reclaimed thetitle in 2015 and has won thepast five section team titles,with finishes of fifth, fifth,fifth, fourth and third atstate in those five seasons. Detroit Lakes won sectiontitles in 2004 and 2005, and
remained an above averageteam for the next 10 or soseasons, before returning toform in 2014 with a trip tothe section finals. TheLakers have reached the sec-tion championship matchfour times in the past sixyears, including a 32-27 lossto Perham in 2018 that camedown to the heavyweightmatch. The question is, doesDetroit Lakes or Thief RiverFalls have what it takes toend Perham’s streak. Perham graduated a lot offirepower from its 2019 teamthat finished third in thestate. The Yellowjacketsaren’t as deep in 2020, butthey have still found ways towin dual meets and are cur-rently ranked fifth, which isthe highest ranking amongthe Section 8AA contenders. Detroit Lakes was consid-ered the front runner beforethe season began, but theloss of two-time state cham-pion Isaiah Thompson – to aknee injury suffered duringthe football season – hasweakened the Lakers’chances of contending thisyear. Still the Lakers arevery much in the race aftertying Perham 26-26 at the
Rick Lee Duals. Perham wonthe match on tiebreaker cri-teria. Thief River Falls lost toPerham 39-33 on openingnight, and it should have abetter idea of how it matchesup with Detroit Lakes afterthe teams meet Jan. 30 inThief River Falls. Much like previous ThiefRiver Falls wrestling teams,including the state teams in2007, 2010 and 2011, the2020 Thief River Falls teamfeatures a mix of strong sea-soned veterans and inexperi-enced underclassmen thatwill need to step up for theteam to contend for a statetournament berth. “We have to get better atnot giving up bonus points,”said Thief River Falls HeadWrestling Coach KennyGeiser. “That’s what thegood teams do, limit thedamage in their losses. Wealso need to get healthy, hav-ing our full line-up is a mustto win the section.” Individually, the Prowlersare led by returning statequalifiers Jake Davis andCole Johnson. Kale Geiser,Griffin Lundeen, CodyWienen, Brandon Zunigaand Mason Iverson are
returning section place win-ners who are looking to takethe next step in 2020. TheProwlers are also getting abig push from BradyKasprick, who was on paceto push for a top-two finishin the section last yearbefore injuries ended hisseason. “Brandon Zuniga hasimproved a lot, he’s wonsome big matches for us,”Geiser said. “GriffinLundeen has done amazing,jumping up a few weight
classes – he has such matu-rity for such a youngwrestler. Mason Iverson ishaving a dominant season,and has sealed some dualsfor us up top. Jake Davis,Cole Johnson, and BradyKasprick have been verydominant and are verytough outs for any team.Kale Geiser and CodyWienen are also having niceseasons, and have providedsome firepower as well.”
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Young boys swimming team looks for improvement The Thief River Falls boysswimming team is veryyoung, with just one senior,three juniors and just onesophomore on its roster. Comparitively, the rosterincludes six freshmen, noeighth graders, three sev-
enth graders and four sixthgraders who practice withthe team but can’t competein varsity or JV events. “We do still have a prettyyoung team, with the ninthgrade class being our largestgroup,” said Head CoachDanielle Spiten. “I alwaysthink having a young teamis really exciting. It givesyou time to work with them,to develop great team cul-ture and ultimately it meanswe have a strong future out-look.” Nolan Smith, the team’slone senior, swims 50- and100-yard freestyle races. “Nolan has only been withus for two years, and theyhave been a great twoyears,” Spiten said. “He hasbeen working incrediblyhard and the kids really lookup to him. He has lost anincredible amount of time inboth the 50 and 100freestyle. His goals are tocontinue to lose time over
the season, and it is entirelypossible for him to place top16 this year at sections.” Joining Smith as teamcaptain is junior PaulKoppenhaver. Both swim-mers are a part of the 200and 400 freestyle relay racesand are joined by freshmenDrew Casavan and LealandVettleson. “Drew and Lealand areboth working pretty heavilyon some technique overhaulsthis season with our assis-tant coach Tim Cutler andare responding to that reallywell,” Spiten said. “Theyboth have been getting theirbest times this season.Lealand has the fastestsprint freestyle times so farthis season, so we have beenworking with him on hisendurance as well. PaulKoppenhaver ended last sea-son with great endurance,but really needed to work onhis kick. He worked a lotover the summer and this
season to perfect this andhas improved so much. Weare really proud of the fourboys in those two relays.” Spiten said another fresh-man who has shownimprovement this year isGavin Smith in the 200 IMand 100 freestyle. “Gavinstill has a lot to work on, buthis work ethic and techniquehas really improved this sea-son.” The boys swimming ros-ter includes: • Sixth grade - AndyDagg, Kaleb Funk, DracenHarding and Aaron Collins. • Seventh grade - LeviGerman: no specific event;Ethan Eidelbes: no specificevents. • Ninth grade - MathiasCarlson: No specific eventsyet; Gavin Smith: 200IMand 100 Free; Alex Krein:No specific events yet; RidgeFisher: 200 and 500freestyle; Jarek Martinsen:100 backstroke; Charlie
Berry: 200 freestyle; DrewCasavan: 50 freestyle and100 breaststroke. • 10th grade - RichardPhilipp: 100 Breaststrokeand 200 Freestyle. • 11th grade - GerritBjornstad: No specificevents; Isaiah German: 50
and 100 freestyle; PaulKoppenhaver: 50 and 100freestyle. • 12th grade - NolanSmith: 50 and 100 freestyle.
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Pictured from left to right are members of the Thief RIver Falls Boys SwimmingTeam: front row - Mason Haugen, Andy Dagg, Kaleb Funk, Dracen Harding andAaron Collins; middle row - Richard Philipp, Mathias Carlson, Gavin Smith, AlexKrein, Nolan Smith, Gerrit Bjornstad, Ridge Fisher, Jarek Martinsen, Gwen
Ellingson; back row - Danielle Spiten, Olivia Schmidt, Levi German, Isaiah German,Charlie Berry, Drew Casavan, Paul Koppenhaver, Ethan Eidelbeis, Molly Halsa.(Photo by Thoele Photography)
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Pictured from left to right are members of the Northland wrestling team: front row- Austin Thompson, Rashidi Kikopa, Nick Harris, Isaiah Arredondo, Robert Norman,Tyrese Hicks; middle row - Shawn Rodriguez, Beau Peterson, Jerimiah Pierre,
Andre Baguma, Payton Jackson, Ben Stephens; back row - Coach Craig Williams,Dale Grindahl, Kaven Blazek, Raul Chavarry, Micah Butler, Quantay Person, HeadCoach Scott DCamp. (Photo by Northland Communications)
The Northland wrestlingprogram has experiencedseveral firsts during the2019-20 season – its seventhsince the program was rein-stated in fall of 2013 – andnone of them have been big-ger than the team’s invita-tion to participate in the jun-ior college division at theNWCA Multi-DivisonNational Duals. “We were only invited toparticipate one other time inprogram history – in August2015 – and we had alreadycommitted to wrestle in theLong Island Open that sameseason,” said NorthlandHead Coach Scott DCamp.“Getting invited is an honorand we always planned toaccept the invitation if wewere invited again.”
In previous seasons, theNWCA would invite the top16 teams from the previousnational tournament,regardless of whether theteams were scholarship ornon-scholarship. North-land’s best overall finish atnationals is 24th place in2015, but it has finished ashigh as sixth place amongnon-scholarship teams inthe tournament. This year, the NJCAALeadership Committee rec-ommended to the NWCAthat it invite only non-schol-arship teams to its nationalduals event. NortheasternOklahoma offered to host aseparate event for NJCAAscholarship teams on itscampus to allow for theNWCA to host a non-schol-arship tournament as part ofits Multi-Divison NationalDuals. Northland accepted theinvitation to attend nationalduals. The tournament wasslated to be held Jan. 10-11in Louisville, Ky. The only negative ofaccepting the invitation tonational duals was theMCAC dual meet schedule,which had been changedfrom a traditional schedule –that included two homeduals and two away dualsfor each team – to a one-daydual meet round-robbintournament set for Jan. 15in Rochester. “We knew that the dual
meet schedule would be agrind with back-to-back longtrips to Louisville andRochester in a one-weekspan,” DCamp said. “Still,the chance to wrestle sevenduals against teams fromour own division was toorare of an opportunity topass up.” The Northland wrestlingteam departed for Kentuckyafter practice on Tuesday,Jan. 7 and stopped for thenight in Rochester. The fol-lowing morning, the teamworked out at RochesterCommunity & TechnicalCollege and shared a buswith the RCTC wrestlingteam for the remainder ofthe 16-hour trip. Both teams practiced atthe Kentucky ExpositionCenter on Thursday, Jan. 9to prepare for Friday’s com-petiton. Northland fell to top-seeded Niagara CountyCommunity College 36-18 inthe opening round Fridaymorning. The followingmorning, Northlandknocked off JolietCommunity College 30-22 toadvance to the consolationchampionship match.Rowan College at GlousterCounty won nine of 10matches to defeat Northland47-6 in the consolationchampionship match. Northland’s travel part-ner, RCTC, defeated RowanCollege and Harper
Community College on dayone, but fell to NassauCommunity College in thechampionship match. Both teams returned toRochester at the conclusionof wrestling Saturday andthe Pioneers returned toThief River Falls earlySunday morning. Three days later, thePioneers were back on theroad for the MCAC duals onJan. 15. Northland opened thecompetition with a 48-9 winover Ridgewater, which isstruggling with low num-bers this season. Northland defeatedItasca for the second time in2019-20 in round two. ThePioneers claimed a 37-18win over the Vikings whenthe teams met for a non-con-ference dual Dec. 12 inGrand Rapids. Northlandclaimed the rematch 34-16. Next up was anotherrematch from the non-con-ference portion of the sched-ule. Northland opened itsdual meet season againstMinnesota West Nov. 15 inThief River Falls, and thevisiting Blue Jays tookadvantage of a shorthandedNorthland lineup to claim a36-21 win. In the rematch, it wasNorthland who had the fulllineup, as the Pioneers woneight of the 10 weight class-es in a 46-8 triumph over theBlue Jays.
Northland’s final oppo-nent in the round robbinwas tournament host RCTC.The Yellowjackets hadalready shut out the otherthree teams it faced on theday. The Pioneers didn’t faremuch better, falling 55-0 tothe Yellowjackets in thechampionship match. “This is one of thestrongest teams RCTC hasfielded since we have had aprogram at Northland,”DCamp said. “We led somematches early but didn’t doenough to get wins. We haveour work cut out for us atthe MCAC individual tour-nament next month.” The 2019-20 seasonmarks the fourth time inseven seasons that
Northland has finished inthe runner-up spot in theconference dual standings. The Pioneers’ regular sea-son winds down with a trioof open tournaments, includ-ing the inaugural NorthlandOpen on Saturday, Feb. 1.Due to a gym schedulingconflict, the open will beheld at Lincoln High Schoolin Thief River Falls. Confirmed participantsinclude wrestlers fromNorthland, Itasca,Ridgewater, ConcordiaCollege, University ofJamestown and MinnesotaState University Moorhead.Wrestling is set to begin at10:30 a.m.
Coach: Scott DCamp
wrestling scheduledate Opponent site timeOct 18 legends dual home 6:30nov 2 Jimmie Open Away 10:00nov 15 Minnesota west ctc home 3:00nov 16 Finn grinaker Open Away 9:00dec 8 dragon Open Away 11:00dec 12 itasca community college Away 6:00Jan 10-11 nwcA Multi-div nat duals Away tBAJan 15 McAc duals Away 3:00Jan 25 north country Open Away 9:00 Feb 1 northland Open home 10:00Feb 8 uw eau claire Open Away 9:00Feb 23 nJcAA north district Away 10:00Mar 6-7 nJcAA national championships Away tBA
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Pictured from left to right are members of the Northland men’s basketball team:front row - Ibrahim Nasir, Bakri Gubara, Tyrell Tellis-Martin, Head Coach RickNikunen, Brenson Alteme, Neal Garcia, Adrian Scott; back row - Kasch Blackstone,
Evan Lee, Kenny Placide, Zack Meyer, Deng Kuor, Isaiah Williams, Quincy Leday.(Photo by Northland Communications)
The Northland Men’sBasketball Team is in thehunt for an MCAC NorthernDivision championship in2020. The Pioneers current-ly sit at 10-6 overall and 4-1in the MCAC Northern
Division after winning six oftheir last seven contests. Through 16 games, thePioneers have showcased abalanced but also explosiveoffense. They’ve hit tripledigits twice and the teamhas scored at least 70 pointsin 14 of its 16 games. The Pioneers returnedthree starters from the 2019team that snuck into thepost season as the numberfour seed from the north,before being eliminated bytop-seeded Riverland 70-61in the first round of theRegion 13 Tournament. Back from the 2018-19team are sophomore return-ing starters: BrensonAlteme, a 6-2 guard fromPort St. Lucie, Fla.; IbrahimNasir, a 5-11 guard fromNashville, Tenn.; and BakriGubara, a 5-10 guard, alsofrom Nashville, Tenn. In 13 games, Alteme isaveraging 13.6 points, 5.4
rebounds and 2.2 assists.Nasir is averaging 8.5points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.1assists per game in 14appearances; and Gubarahas averaged 17.8 points, 5.8rebounds and 2.8 assitswhile appearing in all 16games for the Pioneers. Also making big contribu-tions for the Pioneers arenewcomers who have a yearof college under their belts, –Zach Meyer, a 6-4 forwardfrom Spring Hill, Fla., whoplayed football at a four-yearschool, before transferring toNorthland this year, andQuincy Leday, a 6-4 guardfrom Opelousas, La., whoplayed basketball for a fewgames at a junior college inLouisiana, but suffered aseason-ending injury duringhis true freshman campaign.Meyer is averaging 9.4points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.5assists per game as aPioneer; and Leday is aver-
aging 4.8 points, 6.5rebounds and 2.0 assistssince entering the lineup. The Pioneers have alsogotten good production fromtrue freshmen: Neal Garcia,Las Vegas, Nev., 10.5 points,4.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists; Isaiah Williams, DaytonaBeach, Fla., 8.7 points, 5.6rebounds and 0.4 assists;Adrian Scott, St. Louis, Mo.,7.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and1.7 assists; and KennyPlacide, Vero Beach, Fla., 5.0points, 4.1 rebounds. Through two weeks ofconference play, the Pioneersare ranked second in theMCAC Northern Divisonwith a 5-1 record. CentralLakes leads the way with a6-0 mark and Rainy River iscurrently third at 5-2.
Coach: Rick Nikunen
basketball scheduledate Opponent site timeNov 9 univ. of Jamestown JV away 8:00Nov 10 lake Region state college away 8:00 Nov 15 Minnesota state ctc home 7:00Nov 20 Mayville state univ JV home 7:00 Nov 26 Minnesota state ctc away 7:00dec 3 lake Region state college home 7:30dec 6 MN West ctc away 7:30dec. 7 Ridgewater college away 3:00dec 13 Rochester ctc home 7:00 dec 14 Western technical college home 3:00dec 20 Vermilion cc away 7:30 dec 21 Mesabi Range college away 3:00 Jan 3 dakota college bottineau home 3:30Jan 5 canadian Mennonite univ. home 7:00Jan 8 central lakes college home 7:30 Jan 11 Itasca community college away 3:00 Jan 15 hibbing cc home 7:30 Jan 18 lake superior college away 3:00 Jan 22 Rainy River ctc away 7:30 Jan 25 Fond du lac tribal & cc home 3:00 Jan 29 central lakes college away 7:30 Feb 1 Vermilion cc home 5:00 Feb 5 Itasca cc home 7:30 Feb 7 Fond du lac tribal & cc away 7:30 Feb 8 hibbing cc away 3:00 Feb 12 Rainy River cc home 7:30 Feb 15 Mesabi Range college home 3:00 Feb 22 lake superior college home 3:00
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Pictured from left to right are players and coaches of the Northland women’s bas-ketball team: front row - Macy Skyberg, Emma Waling, Janie Wunderlich, EmmaDuden, Bailey Greene, Jozi Halvorson; back row - Coach Beth Tvedt, Coach Alicia
Backer, Carly Mekash, Alex Syverson, Holly Steer, Leah Sip, Tessani Peterson, HeadCoach Shannon Nelson. (Photo by Northland Communications)
The Northland women’sbasketball team is used towinning games, winning theMCAC Northern Divison,winning the Region 13BTournament and advancingto the NJCAA Divison IIINational Tournament. Last year, the Pioneerswere seeking their fifth con-secutive Region 13B champi-onship, but those plans were
thwarted by the HibbingCardinals. The Pioneers andCardinals were responsiblefor the lone loss on eachteam’s conference record.Hibbing won the rights tohost the region tournamentvia a coin toss and claimedthe rubber match 67-62. The Pioneers return fivesophomores from last year’sregion runner-up squad.They include: forwards HollySteer, 5-11, Warren; BaileyGreene, 5-9, Thief RiverFalls; and Carly Mekash, 5-9, Greenbush; and guardsJanie Wunderlich, 5-6,Perham; and JoziHalvorson, 5-4, Red LakeFalls. Newcomers include fresh-men Emma Waling, 5-6,Roseau; Macy Skyberg, 5-7,East Grand Forks; AlexSyverson, 5-11, Bagley; andTessani Peterson, 5-9,Middle River. Missing from the lineup isa big post player. Everyyear since 2014, a Northlandpost player has been namedan All-American. Among thepost players to receive All-
American accolades onNorthland Head CoachShannon Nelson’s watch areBrooke Heggie, MeganSwedberg, ShaRon Millerand Crystal Amundson. Heading into the season,Nelson viewed the lack of abig post player as a chal-lenge to be overcome. “We are changing theplays that we run,” Nelsonadded. “We are changing ourdefenses, our style of play –we want to get a shot off inthe first 15 seconds – wewant to get the ball downthe floor and attack becauseour speed is our strengthand we need to play to that.” Northland’s speed-based,up tempo offense struggledagainst bigger teams earlyin the season. While theoffense was still getting insync, the Pioneers droppedfour consecutive games toscholarship programs:University of Jamestown JV,Lake Region State College,North Dakota State Collegeof Science, and a secondgame to Lake Region StateCollege.
Following the 0-4 start,the Pioneers reeled off 10consecutive wins to improveto 10-4. The Pioneers havepicked up wins overMinnesota West,Ridgewater, Western Tech,Dakota College atBottineau, CanadianMennonite, Central Lakes,Itasca, Mesabi Range,Vermilion and defendingRegion 13B championHibbing. Mekash, 18.6 points pergame, 11 rebounds pergame; Wunderlich, 15.3 ppg,6.1 rpg; and Macy Skyberg,9.1 ppg, 6.3 rpg, are theteam’s top scorers andrebounders. Greene leadsthe team in assists, with 44. Northland’s winningstreak was snapped lastweek in a 64-41 setback atRainy River, and thePioneers now trail theVoyageurs by one game inthe MCAC Northern Divisonstandings.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULEDate Opponent Site TimeNov 12 Univ. of Jamestown JV Home 6:00Nov 19 Lake Region State College Away 6:30Nov 21 NDSCS Home 5:30Dec 3 Lake Region State College Home 5:30Dec 6 MN West State CTC Away 5:30Dec 7 Ridgewater College Away 1:00Dec 14 Western Technical College Home 1:00Dec 20 Vermilion CC Away 5:30Dec 21 Mesabi Range College Away 1:00Jan 3 Dakota College Bottineau Home 5:30Jan 5 Canadian Mennonite Univ. Home 1:30Jan 8 Central Lakes College Home 5:30Jan 11 Itasca CC Away 1:00Jan 15 Hibbing CC Home 5:30Jan 18 Lake Superior College Away 1:00Jan 22 Rainy River CC Away 5:30Jan 25 Fond du Lac Tribal & CC Home 1:00Jan 29 Central Lakes College Away 5:30Feb 1 Vermilion CC Home 3:00Feb 5 Itasca CC Home 5:30 Feb 7 Fond du Lac Tribal & CC Away 5:30Feb 8 Hibbing CC Away 1:00Feb 12 Rainy River CC Home 5:30Feb 15 Mesabi Range College Home 1:00Feb 22 Lake Superior College Home 1:00
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Pictured from left to right are players, coaches and managers of the Thief RiverFalls Boys Hockey Team: front row - Managers Kaitlyn Sanden, Mattea Erickson,Kinzie Homme, Hailie Reed; second row - Gannon Kempert, Zach Dalzell, AydenLeake, Tucker Skime, Noah Rupprecht, Evan Bushy, Grant Hartmann, BrockMasseth, Tylan Johnson; third row - Josh Berzinski, Scott Bergland, Dylan Philipp,
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Thief River Falls is onceagain in the mix in a deepSection 8A boys hockey fieldthat also includes steadilyimproving Kittson Central,defending section championEast Grand Forks andWarroad, which is 16-1 with
seven games left to play. Warroad has been rankedas high as number one over-all in Class A earlier thisyear and the Warriors cur-rently ranked third in thelatest Let’s Play Hockey poll. Warroad swept ThiefRiver Falls in the squads’two regular season meet-ings. Both games went intoovertime, with the Warriorsclaiming the first meeting bya 2-1 score Dec. 12 inWarroad, and the secondmeeting by a 4-3 score inThief River Falls. Warroad defeated EastGrand Forks 6-4 in theteams’ first head-to-headmeeting Dec. 20 in EastGrand Forks. The teams areslated to meet again Feb. 4in Warroad. East Grand Forks, 11-3-2,is still eye-balling the topseed in the section and itcurrently has the insidetrack on the section’s num-ber two seed after shuttingout Thief River Falls 3-0Jan. 11.
Thief River Falls, 9-7-1,still has a shot at the two-seed if it can pick up a win atEast Grand Forks Feb. 11. Section play begins Feb.18, with the play-in round,followed by quarterfinals onFeb. 20, both at high seeds.Thief River Falls hosts thesemifinal round Feb. 22 andsection championship gameFeb. 27. Through 17 games, theProwlers’ top scorers areTucker Skime, Evan Bushyand Brock Masseth with 26,24 and 18 points, respective-ly. Skime is the team’s topgoal-scorer with 11, followedby Masseth with nine,Bushy with eight and KadenBakken with seven. Bushy leads the team inassists with 16, followed bySkime with 15, Masseth andBrendan Bottem with nineeach, and Blake Biermaierwith eight. Much like its road to astrong defense and superbgoaltending to a 15-9-3 mark
in 2018-19, the 2019-20 ver-sion of the Thief River FallsBoys Hockey Team relies onstrong defense and timelyscoring to win games. Excluding its 2-2 tieagainst Little Falls, ThiefRiver Falls has played sixgames that have been decid-ed by a single goal, with a 3-3 record overall, and 1-2overtime mark, in thosegames. “It seems like we play alot of overtime games andlimiting our mental mis-takes will be key to winninggames in the playoffs,” saidThief River Falls HeadCoach Tim Bergland. “It willbe a tough road with a lot oftalent in the section. EGF isvery good as well so to winthe section we will have tobe playing our best hockey inFebruary.”
Coach: Tim Bergland
BOYS’ HOCKEY SCHEDULEDate Opponent Site TimeNov 22 Gentry Academy Home 5:15Nov 23 Mounds View Home 2:00Nov 26 Roseau Home 5:00Nov 29 Little Falls Home 2:00Nov 30 St. Paul Johnson Home 1:00Dec 6 Tartan Senior Away 5:15Dec 7 St. Cloud Cathedral MAC 12:25Dec 10 Bemidji Home 5:15Dec 12 Warroad Away 5:15Dec 19 Crookston Away 5:30Dec 27-28 TRF Tournament Home 1:00Jan 3 Rogers Home 4:00Jan 7 Park Rapids Away 5:15Jan 11 EGF Home 5:00Jan 14 Kittson Central Away 5:30Jan 16 Warroad Home 5:15Jan 24 Denfeld Away 5:00Jan 25 Hibbing Away 1:00Jan 28 Lake of the Woods Home 7:00Jan 30 Crookston Home 5:15Feb 4 Roseau Away 5:00Feb 6 Red Lake Falls Home 7:00Feb 11 EGF Away 5:15Feb 13 Bemidji Away 5:15Feb 18 Section Play-in Round Home 7:00Feb 20 Section Quarters Home 7:00Feb 22 Section Semis Home 6:00Feb 27 Section Finals Home 7:00Mar 4 State Tournament Away TBD
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