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The third period has not been on the Blue Devils’ side the past two games as the team suffered a 4-2 loss to Fergus Falls last Thursday night. Kenzie Christianson put Prairie Centre up 1-0 with a first period goal off an assist from Ally Ecker. The Otters came back in the second period scoring a...
Josh Connor
Throughout this winter season, the Leader will be doing a spotlight on the players of this season’s boys basketball team at LPGE. This week’s spotlight will be on senior guard Josh Connor. Hobbies: Hunting and fishing Favorite food: Steak Favorite music group/singer: Florida Georgia Line Favorite...
Swanville High School is pleased to announce its October Athletes of the Month:  Troy Evans for football and Haileigh Sales for volleyball. “Haileigh Sales is October’s Female Athlete of the Month.  Haileigh has been chosen for her leadership on the volleyball court.  She is a senior captain,...
Kenzie Christianson fought for control of the puck during the Blue Devils’ game against LDC last Thursday. The junior forward scored the lone goal for Prairie Centre against LDC after putting two in the net against Morris/Benson.
The Blue Devils girls hockey team continued its success against Morris/Benson last Tuesday night by picking up a 6-1 win on the road to open the season. The win pushed their winning streak over the Storm to 11 games and the girls have outscored them 63-13 during that stretch. Morris/Benson actually...
Thunder head coach Brandon Puck talked to his team during a timeout at last Saturday’s scrimmage in Sauk Centre.
Replacing a graduating class that filled the roster would be a challenge for any team. Replacing a roster that accounted for 96.7 percent of the scoring and went 20-6 last season is an even bigger challenge. That is what the Thunder boys basketball team will be tasked with entering the season, but...
Junior guard Bryce Irsfeld worked on a defensive drill during a practice last week. Irsfeld was the team’s leading scorer in 2014-15.
The fall sports season has come to a close, but Tiger town is still abuzz about sports as the boys basketball team got their season started with the first week of practice last week.  The team is coming off a season where they finished 19-10, but fell short in the subsection championship game,...
The large group of kids who turned out for the final soccer class on Oct. 27 posed for a photo before beginning the class.
The Community Education events at LPGE have seen some nice turnouts in the past, but no one could have predicted how much participation there would be for this fall’s soccer class. While they originally expected around 15-20 kids to sign up for the class, that number was just a bit off as the...
A valiant comeback attempt fell just short for the Browerville/Eagle Valley volleyball team as they fell 3-1 to Verndale in the subsection championship hosted in Pierz last Thursday. The Tigers came out ready to play and it showed as they held a 17-13 lead in the first set. However, the Pirates...
Several area athletes have moved on to compete at the collegiate level and this week will be an update on how athletes competing in the fall season have been doing. Derek Warner, a 2014 graduate of Long Prairie-Grey Eagle High School, is a member of the North Dakota State University cross country...
Senior goaltender Angela Hanson deflected a shot during a drill at last Friday’s practice. This will be Hanson’s fifth season in the net for the Blue Devils.
It may be hard to believe, but the winter season is well underway and the newly formed girls hockey cooperative Prairie Centre has already put in one week of practice. The new coop consists of Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Sauk Centre, Wadena-Deer Creek, and Browerville. With the newly formed team comes...

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