Sports
The Swanville Bulldogs pulled an unenviable position in this year’s Section 6A Softball Tournament.
Initially given the No. 6 seed in the tournament, the Bulldogs were sure to face some stiff competition from the onset.
Swanville 11
NYM 3
Tuesday, the Bulldogs hit the road for their first playoff...
The Upsala Cardinals began their romp through the Section 6A softball playoffs with three sold wins.
Upsala 4
LPGE 3
Tuesday the Cardinals hosted the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder in a first-round matchup at home.
The Cards took a 3-0 after the first three innings of play, but LPGE responded with...
The Upsala/Swanville Area Patriots had a busy final week of the regular season with four games. The Patriots took three of those games as wins as they look to begin their playoff run.
USA 13
Benson 3
The Patriots didn’t waste any time Monday when they faced off against Benson taking a 6-2 lead...
The Upsala/Swanville Area Patriots Track and Field team recently competed in the 5A west sub section track meet.
The Patriots will be sending a number of athletes to the Section 5A meet including: Nick Guthrie won the discus and advanced in the triple jump.
Joe Guthrie won the high jump and got...
The Osakis Silverstreaks called it a season after last week’s first round loss in the Section 6AA Softball Tournament.
Osakis 1
Pillager 7
Monday, the Streaks hit the road to face off against the Huskies.
Osakis did a nice job of limiting Pillager’s offense, only allowing six runs over the first...
The Osakis Silverstreaks closed out their regular season schedule with a busy week on the diamond.
Osakis 3
Parkers Prairie 12
Monday the Streaks took on Parkers Prairie and struggled to keep pace with Parker’s run production despite two dingers from Ben Berger and Grant Mages.
Tyson Hagedon...
The Osakis Silverstreaks advanced a number of athletes to the Section 6A meet next week at Pelican Rapids after Thursday’s subsection meet in Barnesville.
Girls
Kiana Kendall-200-meter dash.
Kaia Fiskness- 400-meter dash.
Addison Wildman-100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles.
4x100 relay team of...
The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder track and field teams participated in last week’s Prairie Conference Championships at St. John’s Prep.
While the Thunder didn’t get the results they would have wanted as a team, they did enjoy a good deal of success on the individual level, which shows promise...
After a week of incredible run production, the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder baseball team hit a bit of a dry spell last week over the course of their three games.
LPGE 0
Melrose 4
Monday, the Thunder took on Melrose. Melrose jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead after the first inning of play.
While...
The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder softball team closed out their regular season with a busy week on the diamond.
LPGE 6
Ashby 7
Monday, the Thunder traveled to Ashby to take on the Arrows.
Ashby took a quick 4-1 lead over the Thunder after the first inning, but the Thunder evened things out in...