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The Thunder boys may have played their best basketball of the season when they hosted Swanville in the night cap of the boys/girls doubleheader last Thursday.
After escaping with a 50-48 win over the Bulldogs back on Dec. 8, LPGE didn’t leave anyone biting their nails in this one as they...
It was a back and forth game when the Swanville girls and Ashby took the court last Tuesday night. The lady Bulldogs were able to put together one final push to erase a second half deficit and pick up a 50-47 win.
Swanville was able to jump out to a 27-21 at halftime, but the Arrows made it rain in...
The Prairie Centre girls captured their first ever Mid-State Conference championship last Thursday in dramatic fashion after pulling off a 4-3 comeback victory in overtime. Senior goaltender Angela Hanson also set a career milestone by picking up her 3,000th save in her final regular season game in...
Thunder girls basketball head coach Jonathan Young knows he possesses excellent shooters on his team as he sees them everyday in practice routinely knocking down outside shots. That’s why it came as no surprise to him when two of his players set the single game school record for made three-pointers...
The Prairie Centre boys fell to Park Rapids 7-0 in Mid-State play last Tuesday night in Long Prairie.
The North Stars put together a good first period, outshooting the Panthers 14-9, but came away empty as each team went scoreless.
Park Rapids turned it on in the second and third periods, scoring...
The Thunder’s offense dried up in a game against Section 6AA foe Sauk Centre last Tuesday night. LPGE shot just 19 percent from the field which spoiled an excellent defensive performance in the 40-25 loss to the Mainstreeters.
The first half saw both teams get locked into a low scoring affair with...
The Upsala High School Athletic Hall of Fame proudly welcomed two new inductees, Jackie (Johnson) Fuchs and Ken Solarz, at the Fourth Annual Induction Ceremony held between the boys and girls varsity basketball games on Saturday, January 23.
Fuchs (Class of 1978) was a pioneer in Upsala girls’...
The Tiger boys kicked off a three-game week with a Tuesday game against Parkers Prairie in Clarissa. Solid play down the final stretch helped lift Browerville/Eagle Valley to an 81-66 non conference win.
The game opened up with the Tigers quickly jumping out to a 10-2 lead before the Panthers’...
The Cardinal boys hoops team grabbed its second Prairie Conference win of the season last Thursday in Royalton. After narrowly getting by the Royals with a 50-46 win back on Dec. 8, Upsala pulled away with a 55-42 victory on the road.
It wasn’t the greatest night shooting the ball for Upsala,...
Four players hit double figures in the scoring column as Swanville put up its highest point total of the season in a 97-43 rout of Isle last Tuesday night.
The game was over early on as the Bulldogs jumped out to a 57-26 lead at halftime and then held the Huskies to just 17 points in the second...
