Sports
After battling in a marathon game filled with walks and beaned batters in their first meeting, the Thunder and Tiger softball teams competed in a much cleaner contest when they met in Browerville last Thursday afternoon.
The Tigers led for much of the game and were able to hold off a late Thunder...
LPGE competed at a five-team track meet in Osakis last Tuesday afternoon. The hosting Silverstreaks picked up first place finishes for both the boys and girls teams. The Thunder girls placed second with 62.6 points and the boys team placed fifth with 31.
The LPGE girls were fueled by three first...
After losing to Osakis 8-1 on Tuesday and defeating Isle 11-3 on Thursday, the Cardinals hosted Royalton on Friday. The Royals jumped out to a 6-0 lead after three, and 9-0 after four before Upsala began to mount a rally. Some errors in the field by Royalton combined with some clutch hitting helped...
Eight track teams braved the cold and windy conditions to compete at the invitational hosted in Long Prairie last Tuesday. It was the first time in three years LPGE was able to host the event after weather forced them to cancel it the last two seasons.
The Thunder girls put up 148 points on the day...
The air was cold and the wind was blowing, but the Thunder bats were hot when the softball team hosted Upsala last Tuesday afternoon.
A big fifth inning broke the game open as LPGE grabbed a 13-5 Prairie Conference win over the Cardinals.
Upsala got on the board in the first when Katlin Welinski...
The air was a bit chilly but the sun was shining brightly at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud for last Friday’s Prairie Conference matchup between LPGE and Upsala/Swanville Area.
It was a low-scoring, back-and-forth battle that came down to the final inning as Riley Tabatt came up with a clutch game...
The weather wasn’t ideal for track last Tuesday, but eight teams still bundled up and braved the cold for a meet at Long Prairie. The Upsala/Swanville Area boys ended up placing fourth with 100 points, 22.5 behind Melrose which finished first at the event. The USA girls scored 47 points on the day...
The Wolves wrestlers officially closed their season when they held their annual awards banquet, this year hosted at Thunder Lodge in Long Prairie.
The team finished 2016-17 with a 11-12 record in dual meets, and made another appearance in the Section 5A semifinals, coming up one point shy of making...
Tiger baseball kicked off its week by edging state-ranked New York Mills 3-2 last Monday.
Junior southpaw Nate Petermeier tossed six solid innings, allowing six hits and one walk while striking out six and surrendering zero earned runs.
The Browerville/Eagle Valley offense got going in the first...
Abby Ecker knew that after she graduated from Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, she would be playing hockey in college. It wasn’t an if, but a matter of where.
The three-sport standout recently had her dream come true when she was offered a spot on the Bemidji State University women’s hockey team.
It wasn’...
