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Turnovers plagued the Upsala girls last Friday and it resulted in Hinckley-Finlayson sending the Cardinals home with a 55-51 non-conference loss.
Both teams were knotted at 23 at halftime before each team upped their offense after the break, with the Jaguars putting up 32 in the second half.
Upsala...
The final Mid-State Conference game of the season was a no doubter for the Blue Devils as they skated all over Park Rapids in a 7-1 win. The Prairie Centre girls finish with a 5-1 record in league play, tied for first with Northern Lakes to share the title. The last conference title for the Blue...
The top-ranked Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville wrestling team faced its toughest stretch of the season last week, competing in six duals with a number of them coming against ranked opponents.
The Wolves opened up the week by hosting a quad in Long Prairie. They cruised to an 80-0 win over ...
The Swanville girls always knew they had a chance at competing for a Prairie Conference title this year, and they took a big step toward achieving that last Tuesday when they handed Royalton its first conference loss of the season in a 61-41 home win.
The Bulldogs maintained control for the...
The Biniek sisters played a big role in Upsala’s 46-43 overtime win over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle last Friday afternoon.
Freshman Kris Biniek helped keep the lady Cardinals in the game with a trio of second half three-pointers, and junior Amber Biniek made the biggest shot of the game, a triple that...
The North Stars picked up their second win over Northern Lakes this season with a 3-0 road shutout last Tuesday night.
Brady Miller found the net twice in the first period, one coming on a power play, and Eli Fletcher scored in the third for added insurance.
The extra goals proved to be unnecessary...
A run early in the second half helped Breckenridge pull away from Long Prairie-Grey Eagle in a 76-49 win in a battle of Section 8AA foes.
The Cowboys held an 11-point lead at halftime, but quickly pushed that out to 16 points over the first couple of minutes of the second half.
The Thunder were...
In a back and forth game that could have gone either way, it ended up being Upsala defending its home court in a narrow 62-60 win over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle in boys basketball action last Thursday night.
The Thunder held a narrow advantage for much of the first half, taking a 16-9 lead before the...
The Tiger boys held Staples-Motley in check from start to finish in a 65-33 home rout last Tuesday night.
The Browerville/Eagle Valley defense forced 25 turnovers while limiting the Cardinals to just 23 percent shooting for the night.
Brian Kunerth scored two of the first three baskets with John...
By Taylor Lunemann,
Staff Writer
There is a reason teams in any sport spend much of the preseason on conditioning. The Prairie Centre girls learned that all those drills do pay off during last Thursday’s home and season opener against Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato.
The Blue Devils managed to weather a...
