Sports
The hunt for the state tournament began for the Predators last weekend when they kicked off the Resorters East league playoffs. The top two teams in the five-team tournament earn seeds in the Region 16C tournament, which determine who moves on to state, and Long Prairie took care of business in...
When Ben Peterson graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in architecture, the two-time collegiate national champion wrestler and two-time Olympic medalist was excited to begin his passion of constructing buildings.
While he continued to be a part of coaching wrestling even after winning...
A Region 8C berth was on the line last Saturday when Upsala hosted Randall during the Victory League tournament. A quality start from Matt Swanson and a three-run homer off the bat of Justin Lampert helped boost the Blue Jays to a 5-3 win.
The Cubs held a 1-0 lead after four and a half innings...
The LPGE Babe Ruth team’s summer season came to a close last week when they competed in an eight-team double elimination tournament hosted in Farming.
Under the hot sun, LPGE dropped its two games to face an early exit from the tournament.
They were the first game of the day as they took on Sauk...
The annual rules meeting for all athletes and parents at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle is just around the corner.
It is set to be held on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 6 p.m., and will be held in the high school auditorium. All parents and athletes are invited to come.
There will be eligibility forms as well as...
The PAC meeting for Browerville-Eagle Valley public schools is set for Thursday, Aug. 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the Browerville commons.
All students in grades 7-12 and parents of any students planning to participate in any sport for the 2016-17 school year, not just fall, must attend.
They will go over...
A few players from the LPGE Legion team played their second extra inning game in as many days last Wednesday as they hosted Kimball in sub district playoff action. After playing a 12 inning Babe Ruth game the day before, the Legion team then needed 10 innings to determine a winner against Kimball,...
It was a long day of baseball under the sun last Tuesday as the LPGE and Browerville Babe Ruth teams got locked into a three and a half hour long marathon game. Five extra innings were needed to decide a winner as the visiting Tigers were able to escape with a 8-7 win in 12 innings.
It looked good...
The Predators wrapped up regular season play on a high note last Friday night when they crushed Sauk Centre 14-0.
Logan Riedel surrendered just a pair of hits and only allowed two baserunners in the final five innings of play. He struck out eight batters in his complete game shutout victory....
The Predators were busy last week, playing five games with the regular season winding down and postponed games needing to be played.
Predators 2, Carlos 7
After being forced to forfeit against Urbank on July 2 due to lack of players, the Predators came back on July 3 with a home game against...