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Portner joins elite New Ulm rushing list

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When New Ulm Cathedral’s Alex Portner broke off a 17-yard run in the second quarter of the Greyhounds’ 54-13 win over Buffalo Lake-Hector/Stewart last Saturday, it moved Portner over 3,000 career rushing yards as he became the first high school football player in New Ulm to crack the 3,000-yard rushing barrier for his career. Portner, who came into Saturday’s 2A, Nine-Man playoff game with 2,899 yards, ended the win with 189 yards and now has 3,088 career yards going into Friday’s Section 2A, Nine-Man title game against Wabasso. Here is the list of the top 11 career rushing ...

Major League Baseball proposes delaying salary cap start

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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK — Major League Baseball proposed delaying the start of a salary cap until 2028, saying teams have too many commitments for next season that wouldn't allow them to reduce spending quickly enough. A day after the start of free agent negotiations for the 2026-27 offseason, owners on Tuesday proposed to players the sport adopt a hard cap of $258.2 million for 2028 and a floor of $180.2 million, using luxury tax payrolls with average annual values. A team would be allowed to remain as low as 90% of the floor in 2028, which would be $162.18 ...

Huebner earns national, conference honors

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Courtesy of Jordan King/MLC SID NEW ULM – Martin Luther College's Noah Huebner has been named to the D3football.com team of the week, the publication announced on Tuesday, as well as the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Offensive Football Player of the Week. Huebner was selected as a slot receiver for his record-breaking stat line against Westminster. The sophomore caught eight passes for 165 yards and a program-record five touchdowns in the 42-14 win. Over the past two weeks, Huebner has now caught 19 passes for 342 yards and eight TDs. He now leads the UMAC in receiving yards ...

UMAC announces All-Conference cross-country teams

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Courtesy of Jordan King/MLC SID ST. PAUL - Martin Luther college freshman Logan Korthals and coach Mark Weinkauf headlined the 2026 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference men's cross country all-conference teams as announced by the conference on Tuesday afternoon. Korthals, the 2026 individual UMAC champion, was unsurprisingly named Rookie of the Year to go along with his individual title. Korthals won the race with a time of 25:47.9, which is the third-fastest time at the championships since at least 2005. It is also the second-fastest time in MLC history. Weinkauf was named coach of ...

MVL sets new standard, looks to reach higher

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NEW ULM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran head football coach Jim Buboltz felt that the past season was a step in the right direction. “To go from one win last year to five wins this season, plus four is definitely a positive step,” Buboltz said “I think that we were able to win some games ...