Category Archives: Sports

Knights Trounce Eagles

By Skip Hunter – When the Eagles traveled to Marshall last Saturday morning they knew that not just the weather and roads were going to give them a tough time that day, they also knew that the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights were

Vikings end Eagles season

By Skip Hunter – And the dream died. It was not a red ribbon and a runner-up plaque that brought the SWC girls’ basketball team to Marshall last Friday night, but that is what they came home with. It was

EPS Boys End Season in Tracy

By Mike Drooger – There was good news for both teams Thursday night, March 2, at Tracy, and there was bad news for both teams when the Edgerton Flying Dutchmen battled the Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Panthers in the play-in (or pigtail) game

Eagles Overcome Dutchmen

By Mike Drooger and Skip Hunter –  Last Friday night a good portion of Edgerton and the surrounding environs made its way north to the RA Facility on the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University. The Edgerton High School Flying

EPS Boys Halted in Hills

By Mike Drooger – “The Wheels on the Bus” is an American folk song written by Verna Hills.  The lyrics “the wheels on the bus go round and round” are popular with children.  It’s appropriate a person with the last

EPS Boys Struggle vs. RRC

By Mike Drooger – On Tuesday night, February 7, the Red Rock Central Falcons boys’ basketball team made the long journey to Edgerton from the Sanborn, Lamberton, Storden, and Jeffers area to take on the Flying Dutchmen. The Falcons entered

EPS Volleyball Falls to WWG

By Mike Drooger – The average height of the girls on the Westbrook-Walnut Grove volleyball team is 5’7”.  They do have some at 5’8” and one is listed at 5”10” but some girls at 5’5” bring the average down to

SWC/E Cross Country Competes in Montevideo

By Becca Van Schepen – There was a pleasant greeting for the Eagle cross country team as they arrived at their meet in Montevideo on Tuesday, October 4.  For the first time this season, the Eagles were welcomed to the

Rebels Beat Eagles

By Skip Hunter – After wins in Lamberton and Adrian last week, the SWC volleyball team hoped that home cooking would help them with continued success. In game one against Murray County Central, the Eagles flew high to a 25-14

Dutchmen Sweep Patriots

By Mike Drooger – The Edgerton Flying Dutchmen and Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball teams should know each other very well. They played nine sets against each other, all in September. They dueled in the Luverne tournament on the 10th. On Friday