Sports
An injury plagued young Tigers volleyball squad played a pair of Prairie Conference matches last week. The first match came on Tuesday with Osakis grabbing a 3-1 home win over Browerville/Eagle Valley.
The Silverstreaks scored 10 more points in four games than the Tigers.
Already down one starter,...
The members of the LPGE football team have shifted from the weight room to the practice field with the first preseason practice of the fall sports season beginning last Monday.
The coaching staff has seen a very encouraging offseason which has given them higher hopes for a team that finished...
There will be a mixture of familiar faces as well as a few newcomers for Thunder volleyball this season.
A good group of upperclassmen are poised to lead LPGE this fall, while the offseason work has given them a jump start this preseason.
“We were ready to jump into the first practice and didn’t...
The fall sports season is upon us as athletes reported to preseason practices last Monday morning. For the Thunder cross country team, it meant putting miles on their young legs as they prepare for their first meet on Aug. 28.
It is anticipated that LPGE will have similar numbers on their team as...
The Predators were bumped to the loser’s bracket of the Region 16C tournament last Saturday night with an ugly 11-0 loss to Fergus Falls.
The game started out well for Long Prairie, as they held the Hurricanes scoreless through two innings, thanks to an inning ending 6-4-3 double play turned in the...
Believe it or not, the fall sports season for area prep sports is upon us with preseason practices for volleyball, football, tennis, and cross country kicking off on Monday, August 14. Following is the sports schedule for area teams. Dates and times are subject to change.
LPGE Football
LPGE at New...
The Blue Jays were able to soar to a 7-4 victory in a win or go home game against Randall last Saturday afternoon.
Upsala held off a late rally by the Cubs to pick up the win and punch their ticket to the Region 8C tournament.
After scoring a run on a Justin Lampert sacrifice fly in the opening...
The LPGE trap shooting team closed out their season this spring by competing in their conference and state shoots.
The Thunder competed in Conference 2A, which consisted of 47 schools. The novice team placed seventh out of 25, junior varsity team placed 16th out of 25, and the varsity team took...
The Predators kicked off their weekend with a tournament game against Alexandria last Friday night. Good pitching and some late inning runs helped fuel them past the Black Sox 4-1.
Alexandria struck first by scoring their lone run in the top of the fourth.
Long Prairie answered in the bottom half...
It takes playing clean baseball in the field to advance in the postseason and LPGE learned that the hard way last Monday when they traveled to Avon to play Albany in the opening round. Five errors led to eight unearned runs while the Huskies played flawless defense to cruise to a 10-3 win.
The...
