Blue Devils will rely on youth movement
Youth will be both a strength and weakness this season for the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Wadena-Deer Creek Blue Devils.
RELATED CONTENTA spotty year for deer hunters
You did not get a deer? You did not fire a shot? Hey, this was the kind of year where you had plenty of company.
RELATED CONTENTCorrection on state tournament story
Marshall rallied from a 21-18 deficit with seven straight points to win the second game of their Class AA state quarterfinal match with Wadena-Deer Creek.
RELATED CONTENTVerndale falls to CGB, 46-8
A clipboard went flying on the Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley sideline as Amos Schmidt broke into the open field and scored the game’s first touchdown from 46 yards out.
RELATED CONTENTClass AA MN State Girls’ Volleyball All-Tournament Team
Class AA Minnesota State Girls’ Volleyball All-Tournament Team
RELATED CONTENTHead-turning times while hunting, fishing
In the gathering darkness last Sunday as I was driving past our farm I looked up on a hillside and saw two survivors of the 2009 Firearms Deer Hunting Season standing in a picked soybean field. I cheered.
RELATED CONTENTWolverines are state consolation champs
The Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines capped one of their finest seasons last Saturday by taking consolation honors in the Class AA state volleyball tournament.
RELATED CONTENTSpirited State send-off for WDC volleyball players
Wadena-Deer Creek volleyball players left at noon Wednesday for the Xcel Energy Center with a proper send-off, thanks to high school and elementary students, staff, players’ families and community members, who cheered on the Wolverines with a pep fest and a send-off from the high school gymnasium.
RELATED CONTENTSection champs again, Wolverines set out for St. Paul
Victory was just as sweet the second time last Saturday night as the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines repeated as Section 8AA volleyball champions.
RELATED CONTENTBears claw at Pirates, but Verndale prevails
If Mike Mahlen’s Verndale Pirates needed any toughening for Friday’s Class Nine-man quarterfinal showdown, they certainly got it from Bertha-Hewitt.
RELATED CONTENTWrestling meeting set for Nov. 17
The WDC Wrestling team’s annual chili dinner and parent meeting will be held Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the high school commons. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. with the meeting to follow. RSVP to Curt Leeseberg at (218) 631-7000.
Football banquet moved to Nov. 19
The 2009 Wadena-Deer Creek Football Banquet has been rescheduled for 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Pizza Ranch.
