Category Archives: Sports
Eagles Fall To Vikings
By Skip Hunter – Due to the restrictions placed on high school sports scheduling, the SWC Eagle girls’ basketball team have not been able to play as many non-league contests as they would wish. So last Tuesday’s matchup between the
Eagles Withstand Patriots Comeback
By Skip Hunter – The high school basketball season continued last Thursday as the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots came to town to take on the Southwest Minnesota Christian Eagles in boys action. While the Eagles defeated the Patriots by 8 early
An All-Time Great Win For EHS Girls
By Mike Drooger – Okay, those of you with Flying Dutchmen girls’ basketball knowledge, where do you rank February 23rd’s huge win over the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots in the history of EHS all-time great games? It’s a matter of opinion
Eagles Throttle Dragons
By Skip Hunter – The final game last week for the SWC girls’ basketball team was against the Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons. The Dragons sported a 5-3 record, good for fifth in the conference. However, the Dragons had given up more points
Dutchmen Girls Cruise To Win Number Five
By Mike Drooger – What a difference a year makes. Ten games into the 2021 girls’ basketball schedule the Edgerton Flying Dutchmen are .500 with a 5-5 mark. That won’t sound like such a big deal if you are unaware
Second Half Troublesome For Dutchmen
By Mike Drooger Edgerton Flying Dutchmen players, coaches, and fans were cautiously optimistic at halftime on February 19 when they led the Chargers of Westbrook-Walnut Grove 27-23. The Dutchmen had played about as well as they could. They led 8-2,
Coyotes End Eagles’ Unbeaten Ways
By Skip Hunter – The SWC boys ended their week in Okabena. Their winning streak which stretched back to the beginning of last year’s campaign also ended as they went down to defeat against the Coyotes of Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda. The
Coyotes Rain 3s On Dutchmen
By Mike Drooger – Tom Cotter—a 1984 Brewster High School graduate and current owner of TC’s Tavern in Brewster—was the final Bulldog to surpass the 1,000-point plateau before Brewster joined with Sioux Valley and Round Lake. He was at the
SWC Eagles Soar Over RRC Falcons
By Skip Hunter – There were rumors that there might be a good game at the SWC gym last Tuesday night. After all both girls’ teams, the SWC Eagles and the RRC Falcons, were tied for second in the Red
EHS Girls Gain Revenge
By Mike Drooger – There’s an old proverb that goes like this: “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” It ex-presses the notion that vengeance is more satisfying when enacted some time after the harm that instigated it. On January
