Sports
Last season’s North Central Basketball All Star Games was a memorable event for LPGE after head coach Jonathan Young and then senior Maddie Zastrow earned trips, with the latter earning the Most Outstanding Player award as well as placing third in the three-point contest.
There’s hope for more...
Spring is here and that means track athletes have been preparing anyway they can, despite the weather, to get ready for the upcoming season. At Upsala/Swanville Area, hopes are high after bringing back several athletes who competed in the section meet last year.
The boys team will have plenty of...
This spring will mark the beginning of a new pitch count policy for baseball in the Minnesota State High School League.
At the varsity level, pitchers may throw 1-30 pitches and pitch the following day. 31-50 pitches requires one day of rest, 51-75 two days, and 76-105 three days. 105 is the daily...
The entire starting lineup for the Thunder girls basketball team earned some Prairie Conference accolades when the awards list was released.
LPGE senior Carolyn Dinkel, and juniors Taylor Kingston and Rachel Middendorf earned All-Conference honors after finishing second in league play with a record...
Last season’s LPGE softball team went on one of the best runs in recent years. The Thunder won 14 of 15 games to close out the regular season, and that carried over to them making a postseason run to a final four finish in section play.
While that run was fueled in part by a group of four senior...
After a strong start to the season in 2016, the Swanville softball team comes back once again packed with a young roster looking to forget a skid down the stretch.
The Bulldogs bring in new head coach Erin Sabyan to take over the youthful roster. She has spent the preseason figuring out what...
The LPGE track and field teams got their first taste of competition this spring when they competed at the Prairie Conference indoor meet last Friday.
The girls team placed third with 66 points while the boys took fifth with 23 points.
Kaitlyn Proell had the lone first place finish of the day for...
The Long Prairie Predators have released their schedule for the upcoming 2017 season.
They will once again open the season with a scrimmage at Sobieski on Apr. 15 and the official opener will be on the road against Resorters League cross division opponent Millerville on Apr. 30.
The Resorters...
The preseason for softball is upon us and the squad in Upsala is one of many area teams coming out of hibernation from the cold winter weather as they prepare for the upcoming spring season.
The Cardinals will look to get back on track after finishing with one win in each of the past two seasons....
One of the best things about March Madness is finding yourself rooting for a Cinderella story team. There have been a few good storylines in the national basketball tournament in the first two weeks of play, most notably No. 11 seed Xavier making a run to the Elite Eight, and No. 7 South Carolina...
