Photo by Dani Koenen Alivia Gunderson attempts to steal the ball during last week’s game against Brandon-Evansville. The Hornets dropped the game by a score of 51-43, but were able to end the 2023 portion of their schedule on a high note as they defeated Lake Park-Audubon by a score of 59-43. The Hornets are 5-4… Read More

Henning to host Chargers Tuesday night as part of boys-girls doubleheader The Henning girls basketball team has had a couple busy weeks and have come away with several nice wins to get their overall record to 4-3 on the season. Tuesday, Dec. 5 at Menahga 74-27 loss On Tuesday, Dec. 5 the Hornets traveled to Menahga for their… Read More

Henning improves to 5-0 with three wins By Chad Koenen Publisher The seventh ranked Henning Hornets improved to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the Park Region Conference with three wins last week, including a 70-38 win over Lake Park-Audubon in the Cobber Classic on Saturday at Concordia College in Moorhead. The Hornets also secured a 67-57 win over… Read More

OTC to host Border West in Henning By Chad Koenen Publisher Kale Rich placed sixth at the annual Jackhammer Invitational in Pequot Lakes over the weekend. Rich advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament with a pin over Trajan Mussehl of Big Lake in just 18 seconds at 285 lbs. Unfortunately, he fell to Riley Peters… Read More

Five Bulldogs compete in girls wrestling tournament By Chad Koenen Publisher Kayetana Lopez-Moen captured first place at the Bemidji Blue Ox girls wrestling tournament on Saturday.  Lopez-Moen was one of six girls competing in the tournament for Otter Tail Central in a tournament that featured 26 teams from across the state. Lopez-Moen opened the tournaemnt with a pin… Read More

Photo by Dani Koenen The Henning fourth grade girls basketball team took third place at the West Central Area Tournament on Saturday in Elbow Lake. The Hornets finished with a record of 2-2 in the tournament. The team defeated West Central Area and Battle Lake, while dropping close games to Morris Area and Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley. Team members… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The Otter Tail Central wrestlers wrapped up a busy week of action at the Grant County Invite at West Central Area on Saturday.  Mason Christianson finished in fifth place at 145 lbs., while Will Schwartz took sixth place at 189 lbs.  The tournament came on the heels of a triangular against Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie and… Read More

Henning to face LP-A in Cobber Classic By Chad Koenen Publisher The defending Section 6A runner up Henning Hornets got their season off to a fast start last week as the Hornets picked up a pair of wins over Rothsay and Menahga. On Tuesday night the Hornets hit the road and traveled to Rothsay for a non-conference… Read More

Photo courtesy of Jason Groth The Henning Hornets improved to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the Park Region Conference after splitting a pair of games in conference action last week. On Tuesday night the Hornets fell to Menahga by a score of 74-27 on the road, before edging Pillager by a score of 45-39 on Friday… Read More

Chill Fishing Report Cody Hill Dust off the ice gear, ice fishing season has officially begun. In Becker and Otter Tail Counties each lake froze over at different times so ice thickness can vary greatly from lake to lake. I have noticed that it can vary from place to place on bigger lakes. This time of the… Read More