The following summaries are local sporting events on Sept. 17, compiled by Nick Tabatt. Volleyball Little Falls Flyers loses to St. Cloud Cathedral 0-3 (22-25, 12-25, 15-25). Swanville Bulldogs beats Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 3-1 (23-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-17). Soccer ...

The following are local sporting events on Monday, Sept. 16 Cross Country The Pierz Pioneers cross country boys and girls hosted the Rey Zimney Pioneer Stampede meet at the Pierz Golf Course Monday, Sept. 16th. The Little Falls Flyers and the Royalton Royals were also at the meet. The Pioneers girls varsity team finished in sixth place and the boys in seventh. ...

Monday, Sept. 16 was the night for crowing the 2024 Little Falls Community High School homecoming king and queen. Through the process of voting by the LFCHS student body, Alayna Neu and Joey Welinski were selected homecoming king and queen and crowned in a coronation ceremony held Monday, Sept. 16 in the high school auditorium. The homecoming court is: Elise Ballou, Molly Petrowitz, Faith Krawiecki, Claire Anderson, Carter Ghost, Mason Tschida, Peter Knock, Bobby Tours, and Queen Alayna New and King Joey Welinski.

The Midwest Gamebirds Shooting Preserve in Pierz opened up for another season Saturday, Sept. 7. Multiple groups of hunters went out into the fields of tall and thick grass to hunt pheasants. Even though pheasant season in Minnesota doesn’t start until Thursday, Oct. 12, The 120-acre game farm allows hunters to shoot pheasants early, with no licenses required. It’s family owned by Mike Kaluschke and Kristy Long, raises two types of birds: pheasants and chukar partridges. Despite the birds not being in the wild, Kaluschke...

The Pierz Pioneers tennis team traveled to Mora Tuesday, Sept. 10, winning 4-3. They won two of the singles matches, starting with Sam Hoheisel winning two sets (6-0, 6-2) along with Adi Tomala (6-0, 6-0). In the doubles matches, Abbie Virnig and Evalie Gall won 7-5 in the first set and 6-2 in the second set. Evalie Gall and McKenna Hoheisel won their match with the same score. The Pioneers...

The Little Falls Flyers football team hosted East Grand Forks Friday, Sept. 6. The Flyers lost, being shut out 14-0. No points were scored until East Grand Forks scored a touchdown in the second quarter. They would have scored later in the first half was stopped by an interception from the Flyers’ Alex Thoma. In the Second half, East Grand Forks scored a defensive touchdown after blocking a punt from the Joey Welinski in the third quarter. ...

The Little Falls Flyers boys soccer team had a tough loss against St. Cloud Cathedral at home Tuesday, Sept. 10. St. Cloud Cathedral scored six goals against in the first half and capped it off with two more in the second. They also outshot the Flyers 16-4 and had a 50% conversion rate. The Flyers’ goalie Isaac Bell made seven shots in the game along with Anthony Morelos having one. ...

The Little Falls Flyers girls soccer team went 1-2 during the week, but had a phenomenal performance in a home game against Willmar Saturday, Sept. 7, winning 6-1. Thompson was the first to score six minutes into the game. She scored again 12 minutes later to end the first half 2-0. Thompson made a hat trick four minutes in the second half with the assist from Brooklyn VonBerge. Five minutes...

The following are summaries of local football games on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, compiled by Nick Tabatt. Patriots sweep Pine River-Backus The Upsala/Swanville Area Patriots football team started the season dominating Pine River-Backus 41-6 Friday, Aug. 30. The Patriots’ Frank Meagher completed 12 out of 14 pass attempts for 185 yards and four touchdowns. Jack...

The following are are summaries of local sporting events on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2024, compiled by Nick Tabatt Volleyball Little Falls Flyers loses to Pequot Lakes 0-3 (10-25, 7-25, 11-25) Royalton Royals beats Eden Valley Watkins 3-1 (25-22, 20-25, 25-12) ...

It’s been nearly half a century since Lois Merchant-Stumpf and Susan Maloney last saw each other in person. But when the two women recently reconnected, it was as if no time had passed at all. “We just had so much catching up to do,” Maloney said. “We get started on a story, and then it’s like, ‘Oh, I remember that. I do remember that we did that.’” Merchant-Stumpf and Maloney...

The following are summaries of local Cross Country meets during the week of Aug. 30, 2024, compiled by Nick Tabatt. Royals CC boys place eighth at Maple Lake The Royalton Royals boys and girls cross country teams competed at the Maple Lake Invitational meet Thursday, Aug. 30. The boys placed eighth out of 11 teams. The boys runners finished fairly close within each other, starting with Cody Bieniek taking 36th, finishing in 20:33. Lane Olson came in 38th place (20:39.1) and Trace Ratke in 39th (20:39.2). Despite the girls not being able to compete with a full team, they still made some respectable performances. Chloe Reedy was the Royals girls’ top runner, placing sixth with a time of 21:49.07. Kaylee Hoheisel finished in 37th place with a time of 25:11.9.

The Pierz Pioneers had a tough match against Osakis Tuesday, Sept. 3, just falling short 3-4. The Pioneers had their best performance in the doubles matches, starting with Madelyn Kessler and Clara Tax winning in two sets (6-2, 7-5). Olivia Thielen and Kansas Block won their match 6-3 and 6-2. Brooke Athman and McKenna Hoheisel capped off the doubles matches with 6-1 and 6-3. Adi Tomala won her singles match in three sets (6-3, 1-6, 10-5). ...

The following summaries of local Victory League games in Class C State Tournament between Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, compiled by Nick Tabatt. Billygoats fall to Jordan in semifinals The Buckman Billygoats season comes to an end after losing to Jordan 8-2 in the semifinals of the Class C State Tournament Sunday, Sept. 1. The...

The following summaries are local volleyball games between Aug. 29 and Sept. 3, compiled by Nick Tabatt. Bulldogs victorious after long battle against Osakis The Swanville Bulldogs had a long game against Osakis Tuesday, Sept. 3. The Bulldogs lost the first two sets (23-25,19-25), But came back, winning three sets (27-25, 25-21, 15-10), beating Osakis 3-2. ...

The Pierz Pioneers and the Little Falls Flyers football team kicked off the season with a toe-to-toe battle Friday, Aug. 30. The Pioneers won 36-30. The Flyers started out strong in the first half, beginning with a three-yard rushing touchdown by Joey Welinski along with an extra point from Derrick Young to make the score 7-0. The Pioneers answered with a rushing touchdown of their own, with Aiden Jones scurrying for one yard. A successful two-point conversion, involving a pass from Jaxsen Hardy to Bo...

The Little Falls Flyers boys soccer team hosted Minnewaska Area Lakers Tuesday, Sept. 3, winning 4-1. Minnewaska started the game with their only goal at 25:06 in the half. The Flyers’ first goal was made by Cayden Neisen over four minutes in the second half, assisted by Marvin Esquivel. Neisen scored again six minutes later, but this time was helped by Adrian Ambriz. At 17:29 in the game Niesen would...

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The following summaries are local sporting events on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2024, compiled by Nick Tabatt. Volleyball Upsala Cardinals lose to Pillager 0-3 (21-25, 20-25, 21-25). Swanville Bulldogs beat Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-18) Tennis Pierz Pioneers tennis team beats St. John's Prep 7-0. Singles Olivia Thielen (7-6, 6-0), Evalie Gall (3-6, 7-5, 10-2). Sam Hoheisel (6-2, 6-0) and Adi Tomala (6-0, 6-1), Doubles: Madelyn Kessler/Clara Tax (6-1, 6-1), Kansas Block/Addie Thielen (6-1, 6-0) and Laura Young/McKenna Hohiesel (6-0, 6-3)