Sports Moments & Memories with Craig Olson

In honor of the Pelican Rapids court dedication taking place this Saturday for longtime coach Rex Haugen, Craig takes time to focus on the 1977 Pelican Rapids Boys Basketball team state appearance. 
Join former players Mike Martin, Jim Knutson and Rex himself as they share memories from that special 1977 season.  We also dug out some archived play by play- audio featuring Oats Legrand on that nail biting game with Verndale in 1977.

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Craig kicks off this episode with State Bound Fergus Falls Otter Gymnasts, Mayah Fear and Mashayla Mau.

Pelican Rapids will have a court dedication this Saturday for longtime coach Rex Haugen.  Get the details on this special event and listen in all week for interviews with Rex himself, and many of his former players as they go over highlights of Rex's impressive career.  This episode features interviews with Rex, Jim Knutson and Brian Korf.

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2 Gymnasts from Fergus Falls and 2 Gymnasts from Perham qualified for the State Class A Competition over the weekend!  Find out more details as Craig goes over the exciting gymnastics event.
Start your week off with Craig as he goes over what lies ahead in the post season for local sports teams.

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An historic night for the Underwood Rockets Girls Basketball team.  Liz Lukken scored her 2,000th point, and joins Craig to go over the game.  Head Coach, Brian Hovland, also sits in on the podcast to go over what's up next for the Rockets.

The Fergus Falls Boys Otter Nordic Ski Team finished 14th in the state at yesterdays meet.  Skier David Ronnevik finished 10th in the Individual Pursuit Race and was also named an All State Skier.  Craig interviews David on how the meet went for him and where he plans to go from here.

Also, updates on all the activities in local sports.

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The M State Lady Spartan Basketball team has qualified for the Region Tournament.  The M State Mens team, still has a chance.  Craig goes through what needs to happen for the Spartan Men's Basketball team to make to the Region Tournament. 
Also, an update from the 1st day of the Nordic Ski Competion.

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The Fergus Falls Otter Girls Hockey team is headed to State!  Head Coach, Tim Lill,  joins the podcast to talk about the team capturing the Section 6A Title last night, and what lies ahead at the State tournament. 
Also, let Craig walk you through another busy night in local sports!

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Another busy night in local sports!  Get in on all the action with Craig's recap.
Also M State Men's Basketball player, Belind Alemadi, earns "Player of the Week" for the MCAC Southern Division.  Craig goes through Belind's impressive numbers.

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Craig starts the week off with a recap of the Central Lakes Conference Swim Meet.  Otter Boys Swimming and Diving Coach, Randy Hansen, goes over the meet and highlights the 3 swimmers that made the All Conference Honorable Mention.  Also, get Craig's take on the Super Bowl!

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Craig recaps a busy night in local sports. 
Join Craig as he interviews Fergus Falls Otters Nordic Ski Team Head Coach, Josh Scharnberg and skier Tommy Erickson, as they talk about the exciting meet that brought the Otter Boys to a spot at State.

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Craig kicks things off with Underwood Rockets Senior, Kale Rich, who signed a letter of intent to play football with Bemidji State.
Craig interviews Fergus Falls Nordic Skier, Alexis Wellman, who made it as an individual to the State Meet.
The Otter Boys Nordic Ski team has also qualified for state.  Craig chats with David Ronnevik (who also qualified for state as an individual), about yesterday's meet and how the team plans to prepare for state.

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