Virginia, MN

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

I think he means my Dad.

You're dad is Kevin McHale?

Oh man - I'm sorry about that.

 

[Rough Mix]

Saw McHale get EATEN ALIVE in the MN high school state basketball tournament when he was a senior. Never thought he do as well as he did.

 

[Fly]

Saw McHale get EATEN ALIVE in the MN high school state basketball tournament when he was a senior. Never thought he do as well as he did.

I thought Dahmer was from Wisco.

 

[Rough Mix]

Not that night.

 

[ServeItUp]

No, the well-known folk singer Robert Zimmerman. Graduated from high school in Hibbing with my high school swim coach.

Anyway, Virginia's teams are nicknamed the Blue Jackets, I believe. That's all I got.

 

[Rough Mix]

Hibbing Blue Jackets

Virginia Blue Devils

Edit: Still my Dad

 

[ServeItUp]

Mea culpa.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Moorhead Spuds.
Thief River Falls Prowlers.

 

[Rough Mix]

You dated girls from there, too!?!?

 

[Kato]

Virginia Blue Devils, Hibbing Blue Jackets, Chisholm Blue Streaks. ... Not sure what the deal with blue is on Da Range.

 

[Rough Mix]

Not to piggy-back too much on JJ's request, but here's something I'd like to know (since part of my research has taken me to that area, as well, although for far different reasons):

Why is that region now universally called the "Mesabi Iron Range" when nearly every contemporary reference I can find from the late 19th century to about the mid-20th century refers to it as the "Mesaba Iron Range"? When and why did that change?

I don't know when or why it changed. I have pieces of iron ore mounted on acrylic stands that have "Mesaba" in the inscription. They date back to the 50s. I'll ask a couple of people who lived there and see what they say.

Edit: Might be something in the IRRC archives. http://www.ironrangeresearchcenter.org/

 

[Small Town Guy]

Saw McHale get EATEN ALIVE in the MN high school state basketball tournament when he was a senior. Never thought he do as well as he did.

Neither did Steve Lingenfelter.

Cullen was born in Virginia, but I think he was pretty much a Moorhead boy. That's where he was a high school legend anyway, not sure when the family - dad coached - moved there.

 

[Rough Mix]

Saw McHale get EATEN ALIVE in the MN high school state basketball tournament when he was a senior. Never thought he do as well as he did.

Neither did Steve Lingenfelter.

Thought Lingenfelter would do better at the U than McHale.

 

[Small Town Guy]

Saw McHale get EATEN ALIVE in the MN high school state basketball tournament when he was a senior. Never thought he do as well as he did.

Neither did Steve Lingenfelter.

Thought Lingenfelter would do better at the U than McHale.

Yeah, the weird thing with McHale is that he's obviously the best NBA player ever from Minnesota, but was nowhere near being one the best high school players in the state's history. Not even the best high school big man: Breuer, Olberding, Przybilla and others (my dad's all-time favorite, Arvid Kramer) were much more dominant, not to mention Lingenfelter.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

You dated girls from there, too!?!?

Nope.
Wrote about hockey in that league, once.

 

[Rough Mix]

STG, Remember that game? McHale couldn't stop Lingenfelter.

OK, who is Arvid Kramer?

 

[Rough Mix]

You dated girls from there, too!?!?

Nope.
Wrote about hockey in that league, once.

I think you've reached the point where you could claim residency.

 

[Small Town Guy]

STG, Remember that game? McHale couldn't stop Lingenfelter.

OK, who is Arvid Kramer?

To most people he's probably known as the answer to one of the all-time great trivia questions. He was the No. 1 pick by the Miami Heat in the 1988 expansion draft (it was weird roster reasons that led them to do it). He was also drafted by the Mavericks in the 1980 expansion draft.

He hardly played any games in the NBA - none for the Heat or Mavs - but his carer high came against the Lakers. He's from my dad's hometown of Fulda and was a 6-9 star center on their 1975 state tourney team, which was one of the best in the state, although it was 2 classes by then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvid_Kramer

 

[Rough Mix]

I looked him up on Google. He's one I should know. Guess I've killed off too much grey matter over the years..

 

[Rough Mix]

You know, I think the 1976-1977 Minnesota Golden Gopher basketball team --which McHale was a member of -- was pretty damn good. Too bad they didn't get a chance to compete for...