Sports
The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle girls hoops team ended a lengthy skid in its matchup with Osakis last Tuesday night. A lockdown defensive effort helped spark the Thunder to a 48-37 win over the Silverstreaks in the regular season finale.
The win snapped a 16-game losing streak in the matchup, with LPGE...
The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle boys made the trip to Glenwood for a non-conference meeting with Minnewaska last Tuesday night. The Thunder dug themselves into too much of a hole to climb out of as the Lakers were able to pick up a 61-50 win.
Minnewaska slowly built its lead throughout the first half,...
The Upsala boys caught fire and blew by Swanville, 91-45, in an offensive explosion last Monday night.
The Cardinals put up an eye popping 51 points in the opening half to jump out to a 28-point lead. They then limited the Bulldogs to 22 points in the second half.
11 players found the scoring...
The wrestling team for Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville matched their success from last year’s Section 5A individual tournament, qualifying five for state, and ending with all 14 weights as placewinners at the tournament hosted at Minnewaska last Saturday.
Mason Gode and Caleb Pesta both claimed...
It’s been a long drought of conference titles for the Swanville girls’ sports programs over the years. That drought came to a close last Friday night when the lady Bulldogs capped off the Prairie Conference season with a win in Browerville to secure a first place finish for the first time since...
The Browerville/Eagle Valley boys found themselves in a road battle at Swanville last Thursday night. The Tigers ended up needing overtime to escape with a 63-61 win over their Prairie Conference foe.
The defense came to play in the first half as B/EV allowed just nine points over the first nine...
If Sam Byers had been asked a few years ago if he saw himself playing football after high school, he would have likely said no. However, after developing a love for the game during his junior and senior years at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, playing at the next level became a dream and goal.
That dream...
An inspired second half effort helped the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle girls basketball squad claw back into the game and force overtime last Tuesday against Verndale, but the Pirates ended up winning overtime to escape Long Prairie with a 57-55 non-conference win.
A back and forth first half saw...
A big second half run by Section 8, Class 2A foe — Park Rapids — helped lift the Panthers to a 58-48 win over the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle boys last Tuesday night.
The Thunder jumped out to a quick 8-3 lead early in the first before Park Rapids rallied with a 9-2 run. LPGE came back to grab a five-...
The No. 7 seed Prairie Centre boys skated into a tough matchup against No. 2 Sartell-St. Stephen in the Section 6A playoffs last Tuesday. The Sabres scored three times in each of the first two periods to advance with an 8-2 win over the North Stars.
Sartell-St. Stephen wasted little time getting on...
