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Freshman Taylor Hamilton (M) celebrates with teammates Allison Asfeld (L) and Olivia Irsfeld (R) after scoring a point during B/EV’s comeback win over Swanville.
It was an up and down week of volleyball for the Tigers as they competed in three matches. The week began with a Monday night road match against Pillager. It was back and forth throughout as it took five sets, but the Browerville/Eagle Valley girls got it done in a 3-2 non conference win. The...
Junior fullback Will Koetters attempted to shake off a UNC tackler after catching a pass.
Usually when a team is missing its lead running back, some offensive struggles are expected. That wasn’t the case for United North Central last Friday night as quarterback James Clark carried the load and exploded for six touchdowns as the Warriors downed the Thunder 42-0 on homecoming. Despite...
Ally Ecker picked up another two wins last week, giving her a team high 19 for the season.
Rain interrupted the Thunder tennis team’s match last Tuesday, but the girls were able to resume play on Thursday and picked up a 5-2 conference win over Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa. Both teams were without a few key players in the match which led to some shifting of lineups.  Thunder freshman Tanya...
The Thunder cross country runners made the trip south to Paynesville last Tuesday afternoon for an 11-team meet. Both the boys and girls teams ended in eighth place in the standings at the end of the day. Some race times took slight steps backward from the previous week’s results, but the top...
Tiger senior Quinn Kircher (R) went for a tip against LPGE’s Tristen Marcyes (L).
Browerville/Eagle Valley and LPGE kicked off the start of the back end of the Prairie Conference schedule when they squared off in Tiger town last Tuesday night. In an evenly fought match, the Tigers were able to prevail 3-1 to split the season series. This match looked similar to when the two...
Dalton Louden broke free for a 39-yard run to set up USA’s second quarter touchdown.
Following their big district win against Browerville/Eagle Valley a week earlier, the Upsala/Swanville Area football team returned to action with a day homecoming game against a surprisingly resilient Kimball team. The winless Cubs gave the Patriots a challenge, but USA prevailed 17-7. The first...
Swanville sophomore Emily Beseman (R) was able to get an attack past the block of LPGE’s Gabby Becker (L) and Emma Liebsch (M).
After struggling in a loss to Upsala on Tuesday, the Swanville volleyball team came back in a big way when they posted a shutout against LPGE last Thursday night. The Bulldogs took advantage of some sloppy play by the Thunder in the first set to quickly take a 16-8 lead before closing out the set...
Tiger football had their hands full when they hosted their homecoming game last Friday night against undefeated Royalton. While the Browerville/Eagle Valley defense put in a valiant effort, the No. 8 ranked team in Class 2A proved to be too much for them to handle as the Royals moved to 5-0 with a...
Left: Megan Och led the Thunder in the meet at Melrose and was the team’s second runner at Milaca.
The LPGE cross country teams traveled to Melrose last Tuesday for a five-team meet. The boys finished fourth in the field and the girls placed third. Junior Cameron Larson once again was the lead runner for the boys, turning in a fifth place finish with a time of 18:27. Freshman Ted Stacey broke...
Senior Moriah Cebulla made a play at the net during her match last Thursday.
There were some good battles on the courts when the Thunder tennis girls traveled to Little Falls last Monday. The Thunder were able to pick up three wins on the day, but had two close matches end in defeat as they fell 4-3 to the Flyers. Senior Abby Ecker grabbed a straight set win at first...

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