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A goal late into overtime spoiled the Prairie Centre girls’ season opener last Tuesday evening as they fell 3-2 to St. Cloud at the MAC. It was a Class 2A vs. Class 1A battle and an early test for the Blue Devils as it pitted the Icebreakers, a cooperative of St. Cloud Tech, Apollo, Cathedral, and...
Pictured from left: Cebulla, Ally Ecker, Levin, Abby Ecker, Gugglberger, Mora, and Thunder head coach Curt Hatfield.
The 2016 tennis season came to a close when the Thunder announced this year’s conference award winners. Senior Abby Ecker was named the Prairie Conference Most Valuable Player. Sophomore Ally Ecker received All-Conference. Senior Kalley Levin and juniors Lupita Mora and Alison Gugglberger earned...
Upsala/Swanville Area football officially wrapped up its season by hosting an awards banquet on Sunday. The Patriots finished the season 8-2 overall, and 6-1 in Mid State District (Sub 3) play, and shared the league title with Royalton. Players voted to the All-District team included: Dylan Graves...
The players were fired up and did the Tiger battle cry for the fans following their 40-28 win over Mahnomen in the Class 1A state quarterfinals last Saturday night.
If someone would have asked a month ago if there would be practices late into November for Tiger football, the response from most people would probably be a resounding “no.” Apparently, the players for Browerville/Eagle Valley didn’t receive the memo that they should be trading in their pads to hit...
Wolves senior wrestler Remington Meagher signed his National Letter of Intent last Wednesday to wrestle at MSUM next winter. His mother, Dr. Jennifer Meagher seated to his right, was in attendance. Back row from left: head coach Jacob Lorentz, Remington’s father, Mark Meagher, and LPGE Activities Dan Zetah were also at the signing.
“Score points, win, and pin.” Remington Meagher’s plan for the upcoming wrestling season is a simple one. And while the Wolves wrestling program hopes to see plenty of that from him on the mats this winter, the coaches at Minnesota State University Moorhead have high hopes for him as well as the...
Sophomore goaltender Mackenzie Och (R) got set up to deflect a shot from senior Abby Ecker (L) during last Thursday’s intersquad scrimmage. Och will have an important role this season, taking over for five-year starter Angela Hanson.
  The Prairie Centre girls hockey has been gradually trending upward for several years now, and last season’s 13-12 overall record was the program’s best since the 2008 season. The Blue Devils also picked up a share of the Mid-State Conference title and a playoff win. With all but two players back...
Junior Tristen Marcyes was nominated as LPGE’s ExCEL Award representative.
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle High School has nominated Tristen Marcyes for the ExCEL (Excellence in Community, Education, and Leadership Award). Sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League. ExCEL is a unique recognition program designed exclusively for Minnesota high school juniors. Students who...
Minnesota firearms hunters registered 68,958 deer during the first two days of firearms deer season, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.  Preliminary numbers from opening weekend show that the number of deer registered fell 3 percent from 2015. Of the deer harvested, 67...
The No. 4 seed Browerville/Eagle Valley Tigers defended their Section 6A title with a 21-14 win over No. 3 seed Parkers Prairie last Friday.
  No one knew quite what to expect out of the Tigers football team coming into the season. Fresh off a 10-1 year where they reached the state tournament, they had several skill players back, but needed to replace 12 linemen with players who had zero experience even at the junior varsity level. Not...
Junior outside hitter Olivia Irsfeld went for an attack during last Tuesday’s playoff game against KMS.
The season came to a close for the Browerville/Eagle Valley volleyball team when they were swept by Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg in the Section 5A quarterfinals. The first game of the match ended up being a back and forth battle as the Tigers held a 19-18 lead late in the set before the Fighting...

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