Former Brainerd Mighty Gulls coaches Kyle Crookes and Jason Huskey, along with Shaun Edmondson, have led the Hutchinson Community College (Kan.) baseball team to the JUCO World...

Brainerd Mighty Gulls head coach Kyle Crookes will be entering new and familiar territory when the team opens its season 7:05 p.m. Friday against the St. Cloud River Bats...

Brainerd Mighty Gulls head coach Kyle Crookes wants one thing to be apparent when the team opens its...Brad Walski (Chico State). Coaching staff -- Kyle Crookes (Hutchinson, Kan., CC), Jason Huskey (Missouri...

Brainerd Mighty Gulls head coach Kyle Crookes was a bundle of nerves heading into his team's home opener against the St. Cloud River Bats Friday night. Photos Back | Next...

The Brainerd Mighty Gulls of the Northwoods League announced Wednesday the hiring of Kyle Crookes as the team's new field manager for 2002. Crookes was an assistant coach with the Mighty Gulls last year. He is currently assistant...

...Northwoods League, and after having made the playoffs the last three years, the Brainerd Mighty Gulls and field manager Kyle Crookes were looking for ways to improve upon the team's success. This season, they've shot through the roof. Not only...

...Brainerd's spot in the Northwoods League Championship Series by pitching seven perfect innings, Mighty Gulls field manager Kyle Crookes was contemplating a way to save Goodman's arm for another possible outing. Not that Crookes was attempting to pull...

...changes for Brainerd Mighty Gulls' John Purdom to lead the league in home runs and runs batted in. Brainerd head coach Kyle Crookes suggested a couple of changes to Purdom's stance and swing, and Purdom has been tormenting opposing pitchers ever...

...Wednesday night at Mills Field. When they jumped out 6-2 after the fourth inning by playing small ball, Gulls head coach Kyle Crookes opened the floodgates as Brainerd recorded an 11-2 victory, snapping a three-game skid. "We've been able to...

...in a tie with Mankato for the Northwoods League North Division lead. It was a welcome sight for Brainerd head coach Kyle Crookes, who saw his team get swept 3-0 early in the season by Mankato. "For morale, it was huge," Crookes said...