Crookston Baseball Through the Years

Crookston Champs in the Northern League (from Legendary Locals of Crookston)
In the late 1920s and 1930s, Minor League Baseball’s Northern League had the following teams: Crookston Pirates, Winnipeg Maroons, Grand Forks Chiefs, Fargo-Moorhead Twins, Duluth Dukes, Superior Blues, Eau Claire Bears, and the Wausau Lumberjacks. The 1928-1929 Crookston champs are, from left to right, (sitting) Arthur Leonard, “2-Bagger Andy” Anderson, pitcher Beryl Millet, Paul Dudley (Red Owl Store Manager), Pete Tulley, and Mr. Feller; (standing) Clarence Peltier, Vernon Peltier, Karsten Roisum, Maynard Stargid, Sid Parnus, Milton “Skip” Hendrickson, and Ed Vinje.

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Front Row L to R - John Schaefer, Gaylord Anderson, Glen House (Batboy), Walter Barnes, James Firrell

2nd Row L to R - Frank Laughtner, Julian Johnson, Lute Boone (Mgr.), Norman Masters, Arve Mortrud, Fremont Phillips

3rd Row L ro R - Curtis (Steve) Klim, George Treadwell, Theodore Klark, Earl Stratton, Ray Nick Olson

1972 Crookston Pirates 3rd Place - Class B

1974 Crookston Reds with a Draftee from the Crookston Pirates

Front Row L to R - 

Back Row L to R - Jim Karn, 

1975 Crookston Pirates with two draftees from Crookston Reds

1976 - Crookston Reds 3rd Place 

Front Row L to R - 

Back Row L to R - Jim Karn (Middle)

1979 Crookston Blues with three draftees from the Crookston Reds

1982 Crookston Blues with two draftees from Crookston Reds

Front Row L to R - 

Back Row L to R - Jim Karn (Far Right)

1983 - Crookston Reds

Front Row L to R - 

Back Row L to R - Brent Stahlecker (4th), Jim Karn (6th)

1984 - Crookston Reds

Front Row L to R - 

Back Row L to R - Brent Stahlecker (6th), Jim Karn (Far Right)

1985 Crookston Reds

Front Row L to R - Brent Stahlecker (Far Right)

Back Row L to R - Jim Karn (5th)

1990 Crookston Reds (Reds wore the old Blues uniforms during several lean years when unable to afford new uniforms)

Front Row L to R - 

Back Row L to R - Jim Karn (Far Right)

1992 - Crookston Reds (Reds wore the old Blues uniforms during several lean years when unable to afford new uniforms)

Front Row L to R - 

Back Row L to R - Jim Karn (2nd), Brent Stahlecker (5th)

1994 Crookston Reds

Front Row L to R - 

Back Row L to R - Brent Stahlecker (4th), Jim Karn (6th), Keith Hanson (Draftee Ada), Jim Hanson (Draftee Ada)

1995 Crookston Reds

Front Row L to R - Jim Hanson (Draftee Ada)

Back Row L to R - Jim Karn (1st), Brent Stahlecker (3rd), Keith Hanson (Draftee Ada - Far Right)

1999 Crookston Reds - Starting with 2000, Crookston baseball went on it's longest State Tournament drought lasting until 2017.

Front Row L to R - 

Back Row L to R - Jim Karn (1st), Brent Stahlecker (3rd)

2018 Crookston Reds

Front L to R: Jackson Seibel, Bailey Schmitz, Blake Kawlewski, Alex LaFrance, Noah Zimmerman, Sean Minder

Back L to R: Rob Silvers, Cody Wardner, Lars Brevik, Cody Magsam, Taylor Kenfield, Mikey Hajostek