Henning to host Pillager on Friday By Chad Koenen Publisher The Henning Hornets outscored their opponents by a combined 157-60 margin last week in a pair of lopsided wins over Battle Lake and Bertha-Hewitt. After defeating Battle Lake by a score of 71-34 in non-conference action on Tuesday, the Hornets made the trek to Bertha-Hewitt on… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The girls basketball team went through an early season gauntlet of three tough road games against some of the top teams in not only the conference, but the section last week. After securing a 61-58 come-from-behind win over Bertha-Hewitt on Tuesday night, the Hornets fell to Underwood 67-43 on Thursday and Menahga 86-36… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The Otter Tail Central wrestlers got their season kicked off with a triangular in Underwood, before heading to Pelican Rapids for another triangular on Thursday. The week came to a close with the annual Dennis Kaatz Memorial wrestling tournament on Saturday at Wadena-Deer Creek. The Bulldogs placed eighth out of 10 teams competing in… Read More

Fosse takes second at WDC wrestling tournament By Chad Koenen Publisher Ava Rousu took first and Jolene Fosse placed second at the annual Dennis Kaatz Memorial tournament at Wadena-Deer Creek on Saturday.  Rousu captured first in the 155A tournament after securing a win over Chloe Hammes of Wadena-Deer Creek and a pin over Daphne Lundberg-Cam of Thief… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Kale Misegades recorded a triple-double and scored a school record 49 points as the Henning Hornets defeated Lake Park-Audubon 86-57 on Saturday afternoon. Misegades shot lights out by hitting 18-26 shots from the floor, including 5-8 from behind the 3-point line. He also registered 10 assists and pulled down a team-high 13… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The Henning Hornets had a chance to pick up their second win of the season on Monday night, but ultimately the Ashby Arrows pulled away late in the second half to come away with a 55-46 win over the Hornets. After trailing 27-22 at halftime, the Hornets were able to tie the game… Read More

Emter hits four 3-pointers in home opener By Chad Koenen Publisher Henning jumped out to an early lead and never looked back as the Hornets defeated Browerville 48-27 in Friday’s regular season opener at home. The Hornets’ defense kept the Tigers off-balanced throughout the night as they held a 30-12 lead at halftime.  Browerville was able to… Read More

Photos by Chad Koenen Members of the Henning third and fourth grade girls basketball teams took to the court on Friday night and played at halftime of the varsity girls basketball game. Prior to taking the court the team was introduced in front of the large crowd of fans. 

By Chad Koenen Publisher Otter Tail Central senior Peter Newark finished in 18th place at the Class A state track and field meet on Saturday. The senior finished his cross country career with a time of 16:32.8, which was less-than a second behind Isaac Rasmussen from LA/RP/H who finished in 17th place. Newark was the lone runner… Read More

Bulldogs fall to Cowboys 35-0 in section semi-finals By Chad Koenen Publisher Otter Tail Central running back William Schwartz eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards for the season as the Bulldogs defeated Pine River-Backus 20-6 on Tuesday night. Unfortunately, OTC’s season came to an end on Saturday when the Bulldogs fell top seeded Breckenridge 35-0 to end their… Read More