Sports Moments & Memories with Craig Olson

MN State Lady Spartans Basketball Head Coach, Jodi Holleman joins the podcast and talks post season play.  Jodi and Craig also talk about players, Jayna Gronewold ,and Itzel Salazar as they were named part of the MCAC All Conference Team. Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

Updates on the section 6A Girls Basketball pairings, and an interview with MN State Community and Tech college Men's Baseball Head Coach, Grant Harding.  Pre-Season talk, and a trip to Florida. Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

Craig brings in Fergus Falls Otters Swimming and Diving head coach, Randy Hansen to talk about the upcoming State Meet. Also, joining Craig on this episode is Ashby-Brandon-Evansville Knights Wrestling Head Coach, Brandon Gruchow.  He talks about the individuals that are gearing up for the Wrestling State Meet this next week. Stay up to date on local sports post season action! Sponsored by Pembert...

The 1993 Pelican Rapids Boys Basketball team is highlighted in this episode.  Craig interviews former players, Brian Hovland and Brian Korf, as well as former Head Coach Rex Haugen.  Tune in and hear about the "Iron 5" and their magical season.  Craig recaps some post season local sports. Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

Craig starts this episode off with an update on the Fergus Falls Otter Girls Hockey team's state tournament progress. Craig continues his coverage of highlighting retired Pelican Rapids Boys Basketball coach Rex Haugen's impressive career.  Today, the focus is on the 1984 State Championship team.  Former players, Tim Rogelstad and Pat Westby take a look back at that amazing season, the s...

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...

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 feature...

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. Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

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 R...

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. Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

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! Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

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. Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

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! Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

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. Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

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&a...

It was a historic night in local high school girl's basketball, with three players reaching their 1,000th career point.  If that isn't impressive enough, Perham Yellowjackets Girls Basketball player, Willow Thiel, scored her 2,000th career point as well as her 1,000th career rebound!  Craig had a chance to interview Willow, and Head Coach TJ Super regarding this amazing feat. Sponsored b...

Craig talks Otter Wrestling, Nordic Skiing and the upcoming Otter Girls Hockey post season play.  He also highlights some of the happenings in MN professional sports! Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

M State Lady Spartan history was made this weekend as Sophomore Jayna Gronewold became the all-time scoring leader with her 1,020th career point! Craig interviews Jayna on this amazing accomplishment and brings in Lady Spartan Head Coach, Jodi Holleman, to talk about what's next for the team. Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

A "Milestone Night" for local sports!  Craig packs this episode with four guests: - Fergus Falls Otter Wrestler, Freshman Caleb Fronning, locks in his 100th career win!  Head Coach Adam Schlepp highlights the career defining night. - Fergus Falls Otter Boys Basketball Junior, Henry Bethel, scores his 1,000th career point against Sartel in last night's match up.  Head Coach Matt John...

Craig brings in the Otter Nordic Skiers Head Coach, Josh Scharnberg, to go over the Central Lakes Conference Championship Meet at Powder Ridge in Kimball, where both the boys and girls had a great showing!  Also, hear a recap of the M-State Lady and Men's Spartans basketball game that took place last night. Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

Another busy night of sports in the area.   Craig recaps the Fergus Falls Otter Girls Gymnastics final meet of the season and he also brings in three guests for this episode: -Fergus Falls Otters Nordic Ski team coach, Josh Scharnberg. - Fergus Falls Otters Girls Basketball Head Coach, Josh Steer, goes over last nights game in Moorhead. - Battle Lake Basketball Boys Head Coach, Brady Cameron, talk...

Otter Hockey Boys Senior, Kellen Stenstrom,  joins Craig as they recap his record breaking 5-goal game last weekend.  Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

Kick off the week with Craig's recap of the NFL games and weekend highlights of the Otter Hockey Boys and Otter Wrestling Team.  Craig also previews the next "Sports Memory" feature podcast, which will see a release in mid-February! Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

Craig highlights another active night in local sports.  Catch up on the latest in basketball, Fergus Falls Otter Swimming and Diving and the Fergus Falls Nordic Ski Team's showing in Mora at the Vasaloppet. Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show

Craig starts off this episode recapping the Lady Spartans game, and more specifically the potential record-breaking journey that Jayna Gronewold is on.  Craig also chats with Fergus Falls Otters Swimming and Diving Team Coach Randy Hansen, as his team prepares for "Senior Night". Sponsored by Pemberton Law Sponsored by Lake Area Docks and Lifts Support the show