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A balanced scoring attack and second half adjustments on defense helped lift the Thunder girls to a 52-40 non-conference win at Verndale last Monday night. After trailing by one at halftime, LPGE settled in defensively and was able to grind out a win by holding the Pirates to just 16 second half...
Stingy defense from both teams made it a low scoring affair when the Upsala girls hosted Browerville/Eagle Valley on Friday night. That defense helped the Cardinals hang around to the very end to set up a go ahead three-pointer from sophomore Laura Lange with 12 seconds left to lift them to a 32-30...
It was a quiet week for the lady Bulldogs, but they made the most of it, winning their lone game. Swanville went on the road to take on Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg last Friday, and brought home a 58-45 non-conference win over the Fighting Saints. The Bulldogs held KMS to just 20 first half points to...
The LPGE/BEV wrestlers picked up another tournament title last weekend. This one was the Park Region Conference tournament hosted at Royalton.
The Wolves wrestlers continued their strong season last Saturday when they won the Park Region Conference tournament hosted at Royalton. No. 7 ranked LPGE/BEV, who was missing one of its top wrestlers, Justin Crandall, was able to edge out No. 5 West Central Area/Ashby/Brandon-Evansville 191.5-182...
The Wolves gymnasts wrapped up their dual meet schedule last Thursday when they traveled to Melrose. The Dutchmen finished the night on top, besting the Wolves 140.625-123.75. There were five top-five finishes in the four events, with the seniors Tristen Marcyes and Reanne Warwick leading the way....
 Austin Lemke reacts after the final buzzer sounded in Thursday’s wild comeback win over Royalton.
The Swanville boys fell in overtime, 63-55, at Bertha-Hewitt last Tuesday night. After a low scoring game saw the Bears lead 22-19 at halftime, the Bulldogs managed to fight back and force overtime by scoring 34 second half points. However, they would score just two points in overtime as B-H was...
LPGE’s Emma Liebsch (R) drove by Swanville freshman Rebekah Muhlenkamp (L) last Friday. The Thunder junior poured in a career high 22 points in the win.
A balanced scoring attack helped lift the LPGE girls hoops squad to a 69-48 Prairie Conference home win over Browerville/Eagle Valley last Tuesday night. The Thunder wasted little time building a quick lead, nearly doubling up the Tigers at halftime, 39-20. Senior forward Taylor Kingston piled on...
Junior goaltender Mackenzie Och (M) got some assistance from junior defenseman Kylee Hopp (L) on a shot attempt by Minneapolis’s Julia Offerdahl (R).
The regular season came to a close for the Prairie Centre girls when they hosted Minneapolis in Sauk Centre. Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, the finale ended in a 3-1 loss as Erica Lieske scored all of her team’s goals to grab a hat trick and play spoiler. MPLS took advantage of one of Prairie...
Swanville senior Brooklyn Thieschafer got squared up for a three-pointer during one of the Bulldogs’ three games last week.
Swanville and Upsala got locked into a close battle last Tuesday when they squared off in Prairie Conference play. The Cardinals forced overtime, but it was the Bulldogs that came through, outscoring their opponent 9-2 to pick up the 63-56 win. Upsala held a one-point lead at halftime, but needed a...
Prairie Centre started off a busy week with a wild comeback to force overtime against Mid-State Conference foe Park Rapids last Tuesday. The North Stars erased a three-score deficit to force overtime where the two teams went scoreless to finish tied at 3-3 at the end of the night. The Panthers...

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