By Chad Koenen Publisher The third ranked Henning Hornets improved to 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the Park Region Conference with a pair of wins last week. On Tuesday night the Hornets came away with a commanding 84-42 win over the Menahga Braves, before edging out Pillager on Friday night by a narrow 60-52 margin.  This week the… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Kayteana Lopez-Moen improved to 5-1 on the season with a first place finish at the Grant County Invite on Saturday.  Lopez-Moen picked up three wins in the tournament, all by a fall, to capture first place. In the championship match she was able to secure a second period pin over teammate Grace Thorpe… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Tayden Soma placed third and Peter Newark took fourth place at the annual Grant County Invite on Saturday.  Soma took third place at 145 lbs. after he secured a first round win over Louie Tensen of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa by a fall at 3:36. He fell to Gunner Hennessy of Border West by a tech… Read More

The Henning girls basketball team only had one game this past week and that allowed the team to get some better practice time as they search for their first victory with this young squad. On Thursday the Hornets hosted Pillager in a Park Region Conference game and were down three girls with two out with… Read More

The Henning girls basketball team had a three game week last week and played three good opponents and went 0-3.  Again, the Hornets have a group of young ladies getting used to the varsity level and are learning with each and every game.   These three losses bring Henning’s overall record to 0-5.   This week the… Read More

Four OTC wrestlers place at WDC tournament By Chad Koenen Publisher The Otter Tail Central Bulldogs wasted little time getting into the thick of their schedule last week as the wrestlers participated in a pair of triangulars and a large 10-team tournament over the weekend at Wadena-Deer Creek. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs dropped each of their four… Read More

Bjerke scores 1,000th career point By Chad Koenen Publisher Henning High School senior Teigan Bjerke etched his name in Henning history on Thursday night as he scored his 1,000th career point. Bjerke tied fellow senior Logan Kostelecky with a team-high 17 points as the third ranked Hornets defeated Bertha-Hewitt by a score of 61-29.  “Congrats to Teigan Bjerke… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The fourth ranked Henning Hornets opened their season with a 74-48 win over Lake Park-Audubon on Saturday afternoon. In a game that was closer than the final score may have indicated, at least in the first half, the Hornets shot an impressive 52 percent from the field and went 10-19 from behind… Read More

Hornets to host LP-A on Saturday afternoon in regular season opener By Chad Koenen Publisher The Henning boys basketball team will have experience on their side when they kick off the 2024-25 regular season on Saturday afternoon. The Hornets will host Lake Park-Audubon in a non-conference game on Saturday afternoon over the Thanksgiving break.  The Hornets return six… Read More

Photo by Chad Koenen Otter Tail Central junior Peter Newark placed seventh at the section cross country meet in Wadena last week to qualify for the state meet. Newark, who attends Battle Lake, will compete at the state meet on Saturday at University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course.