The following summaries are local sporting events on Sept. 24, compiled by Nick Tabatt. Volleyball Swanville Bulldogs lost to Maple Lake on the road 0-3 (23-25, 13-25, 19-25). Pierz Pioneers lost to Pequot Lakes 0-3 (17-25, 12-25, 20-25). Little Falls...

The following summaries are local sporting events on Sept. 23, compiled by Nick Tabatt. Soccer The Little Falls Flyers girls soccer team hosted Zimmerman, losing 1-6. Tennis The Pierz Pioneers tennis team out scored Wadena-Deer Creek 4-3. Volleyball Royalton lost a road match to Foley, losing 2-3 (18-25, 23-25, 25-6, 25-19, 12-15).

The following summaries are local sporting events on Sept. 21, compiled by Nick Tabatt. Volleyball The Pierz Pioneers hosted the 30th annual Pioneer Classic tournament, placing fifth out of eight teams. They lost to Maple Lake in the first match (12-25, 11-25), but beat Mora in a lengthy two sets (32-30, 25-18). The Pioneers fell to Braham in the last match (18-25, 21-25). ...

The following summaries are local sporting events on Sept. 20, compiled by Nick Tabatt. Football Little Falls Flyers beat Perham 35-13. Royalton Royals loses to Kimball 6-56. Pierz Pioneers loses to Albany 12-34 Upsala/Swanville Area Patriots upset Browerville-Eagle Valley 20-0

It was Royals domination over the Maple Lake Irish Friday, 13, as the Royalton football team won 44-6 in its first home victory of the 2024 season. All the Royals’ gained yards came from rushing plays. They had one incomplete pass. Head Coach Jamie Morford said the team was talking about the word “compete” during the week and how each player needed to put it into action everyday and on every play without being complacent. Morford emphasized how it showed in the Royals’ performance against...

Little Falls tennis defeated Mora 5-2 at home Tuesday, Sept. 17 as three players achieved victory milestones. Winners in singles matches include Olivia Litke (6-4, 6-3), Elise Ballou (6-3, 7-5) and Addie Ranta (6-0, 6-1). In the doubles action, Aylah Iverson and Mya Ballou won both of their sets 6-1. Danika Holmberg and Ellie Abbott won 6-0 and 6-2. Mya Ballou achieved her 30th career win while Homberg and Abbott...

Little Falls found the net five times as the Flyers dominated Melrose for a 5-1 victory Tuesday, Sept. 17 at Melrose in a game that featured a Richelle Thompson brace and two Flyers scoring their first career goals. Desiree Kuhl scored her first career goal 16 minutes into the game, netting a rebound of a Richelle Thompson shot that ricocheted off the goal post. Kuhl then earned an assist on a Reese Becker goal at the 30 minute mark. ...

The Little Falls Flyers boys soccer team had a strong start against the Melrose Dutchmen Tuesday, Sept. 17, but eventually struggled as they fell 4-2. The Flyers had possession of the ball for most of the first half of the game. The Flyers’ Cayden Neisen scored his team’s first goal on a penalty kick at the 10 minute mark to take a 1-0 lead. Melrose answered with its first goal to tie the game with three minutes left in the first half. ...

The following summaries are local sporting events on Sept. 19, compiled by Nick Tabatt Volleyball Swanville Bulldogs beat Osakis 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-21) Pierz Pioneers loses to Foley 1-3 (20-25, 26-24, 21-25, 22-25) Royalton Royals loses to Paynesville Area 2-3...

The Swanville Bulldogs upset the neighboring Upsala Cardinals in three sets Thursday, Sept. 12 (25-8, 26-24, 25-13) in high school volleyball action. The Bulldogs’ Lily Peterson had eight kills and 13 assists, along with Allie Bernadot’s seven kills and Reese Jackson’s 12 assists. Avery Douglas went 10 for 10 in serving, while Delaney Chuba went 11 for 12. Addison Hudalla had four kills and one block on defense. Douglas had 17 digs and Morgan VanHeel came up with four. Individual results from the Cardinals were not made to the Record by press time. The Bulldogs hosted Osakis Thursday, Sept. 19 while the Cardinals traveled to Long Prairie-Grey Eagle. The Cardinals go on the road Tuesday, Sept. 24 to take on Maple Lake. The Cardinals will also be on the road against Braham.

The following are local sporting events on Sept. 14, compiled by Nick Tabatt. Volleyball The Swanville Bulldogs competed at a tournament at Crosby Ironton. They beat Staples-Motley and Crosby-Ironton 2-0. They fell to Belgrade-Brooten Elrosa in the championship round 0-2. The Upsala Cardinals were also at the Crosby-Ironton tournament. They lost to Pine River Backus 0-2. They won their next three matches 2-1 aganst Barnum, East Central, and Mille Lacs. They lost their last match to White Bear Lake 0-2 The Royalton Royals traveled to a tournament in Walker Hackensack-Ackeley. They beat the hosting team 2-0, beat Lake Park-Audubon 2-1 and fell to Fertile Beltrami 1-2. They won theeir last match against Park Rapids 2-1.

The following are local sporting events on Monday, Sept. 12, compiled by Nick Tabatt. Cross Country The Flyers hosted a meet of their own at the Little Falls Golf Course Thursday, Sept. 12. The Flyers girls team took fifth, scoring 166. The boys team placed 20th, scoring 483. The Flyers’ Malin Youngberg was one of...

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...