Sports
There will be all new faces patroling the sideline and on the bench when the volleyball season gets underway this week at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle. The Thunder welcome in Bridget Bednar as head coach, and Elizabeth Pettis and Kim Crosby as assistants.
Bednar is a 2014 graduate of Pierz High School...
The summer offers student-athletes an opportunity to get a break from the classroom or playing field. That time off also builds anticipation for the new school year, and the new fall sports season.
For the sport of girls tennis, there isn’t a whole lot of time for anticipation, as the preseason...
The Tiger volleyball season is underway. The Tigers began practice on August 12 with 31 athletes in grades 7-12. Two-a-day practices are rigorous. The girls have been responding well. A majority of the players put in some extra work this summer and it shows. Our focus has been communicating and...
More than 330 high school teams and over 8,300 student-athletes competed at the 2019 Trap Shooting Championship from June 10-18 at the Alexandria Shooting Park.
Each team was assigned a tournament day as determined by their class and conference designation to allow all teams to complete their...
The Predators made the trip south on Highway-71 over the weekend to compete in a tournament hosted in Elrosa. Long Prairie opened up the tournament squaring off against Crookston, and a big opening inning by the Reds fueled them to a 6-2 win.
The opening inning saw the Preds take a lead as Duane...
The Upsala Blue Jays had a light weekend with just one game, but they made it a fun one. Upsala got a two home run game from Justin Lampert, and a complete game one-hitter from John Fuchs to fly by Flensburg in a 17-0 home win in Victory League West play.
Lampert jump started the Blue Jays’ offense...
Swanville played host to a split doubleheader last Saturday. The Swans fell 10-4 to the Royalton Riverdogs to open the day.
Royalton belted out 16 hits while taking advantage of three errors by the home team, and limited Swanville to just six hits.
Jordan Sales had a good day at the plate for the...
Long Prairie and Sauk Centre battled through some soggy field conditions and a brief rain delay when they squared off for Resorters League baseball last Saturday night. The Titans were able to limit the Predators offensively and ended up sneaking out of town with a 4-2 victory.
Sauk Centre strung...
The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Post 12 Legion baseball squad opened up its season last Thursday with a home game against Pillager. The visiting Huskies put crooked numbers on the board in the first two innings and added a big inning late to grab a 15-7 win.
Pillager scored three runs in the first on...
Upsala got back on track after suffering its first loss of the month when it grabbed a 6-3 road win at Flensburg last Saturday.
John Fuchs pitched seven quality innings, scattering seven hits and two walks while allowing three runs and striking out seven to pick up the win. Matt Swanson came in and...
