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Legend-ary racing career in the making

NEW ULM — On September 12, 6-year-old New Ulmite Legend Future Pennant overcame a last-place start to place second during a race at Stockholm Karting Center in Cokato. The high finish is no surprise for Legend Pennant, who despite often racing against competitors several years older than ...

SEU silences TMB in 2nd half

SLEEPY EYE — After Tracy-Milroy-Balaton was able to make some noise in the first half of Friday night’s Mid-South District, Purple Subdistrict football game, Sleepy Eye United made it a quiet second half for the Panthers. With 33 unanswered points in that second half, SEU was able to ...

Area football roundup: Chagers win 3rd straight

FRIDAY PREP FOOTBALL MVL 35, WINDOM AREA 0 WINDOM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran rolled Windom Area 35-0 in a Mid-South District, Brown Subdistrict football game on Friday. Ben Riesgraf led the Chargers with 169 yards and three touchdowns rushing, while Chase Tweit had 10 yards and a score on the ground. Eli Schauland added a touchdown rushing. Defensively, Brecken Smith had an interception, and Emmanuel Edwards blocked a punt. MVL (3-1, 3-0) hosts Jackson County Central on Friday. SPRINGFIELD 21, DAWSON-BOYD 10 DAWSON — Springfield defeated Dawson-Boyd 21-10 in a ...

Eagles bounce back for Homecoming thriller

NEW ULM — With just 1:13 to play in New Ulm’s Homecoming football game against Belle Plaine on Friday, the Eagles defense suffered a blow, allowing a 40-yard touchdown from quarterback Reed Creighton to wideout Evan Cahalan to cut the New Ulm lead to 14-12. But just as they had done ...

GETTING TO KNOW Jesalyn Skoglund

Interview by Travis Rosenau Despite missing the first two weeks of the girls soccer season with a quad injury, Skoglund has been on her game since her return for the New Ulm Eagles. She scored three goals in a home win over Marshall last Thursday and added four more goals in a road win at ...

MLC roundup: Women’s soccer team bests UMM

Courtesy of Jordan King/MLC SID TUESDAY WOMEN’S SOCCER MLC 1, UMM 0 MORRIS — For the second time in less than a week, Heather Wendt scored an important, late goal for Martin Luther College women's soccer to run its unbeaten run to five matches. After scoring in the final minute of last week's draw vs. Crown, Wendt scored the Knight's goal in a 1-0 win at the University of Minnesota Morris on Tuesday afternoon. In the 78th minute, Morris goalkeeper CJ Frear-Boerner saved Wendt's original shot from the left side, but she was able to convert the rebound. “Heather was very ...