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Area roundup: Chargers open volleyball season with two wins

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PREP VOLLEYBALL MVL 3, BEA 1 BLUE EARTH — The Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers moved to 2-0 on the season with a four-set win over Blue Earth Area, winning 25-19, 23-25, 25-22, 25-17 in a nonconference volleyball match. Olivia Hammer led the Chargers with 16 kills and 13 digs, while Jenna Bates had 12 kills, 13 digs, five aces and a block and Graysie Black had 37 set assists, six kills and two aces. Kam Davey added four kills and three blocks, while Taryn Gunderson had 11 digs. MVL hosts Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s on Tuesday night. THURSDAY MVL 3, St. James 0 ST. JAMES — ...

Vikings should retain Jacob Thomas, Da’Veawn Armstead for 2026

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This year’s training camp has been one of the most intriguing for years for the Minnesota Vikings, with a real quarterback battle for the first time since Matt Cassell and Christian Ponder duked it out before the 2013 season. With all the attention on the quarterbacks, fewer eyes have been turned towards the other position battles, meaning that constructing a 53-man roster is more difficult to parse out for someone like me who did not attend any of training camp. That being said, I’ve watched portions of both preseason games and have done my best to look at what evaluation other ...

United comes back but falls late to NRHEG

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SLEEPY EYE — Down by 21 in the third quarter of a nondistrict football game against New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva at Sleepy Eye High School, Sleepy Eye United made a comeback to take a 37-36 lead with under six minutes to play in the game. But NRHEG was able to march down and ...

MVL boys win cross-country opener Friday

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SPRINGFIELD — The Minnesota Valley Lutheran boys won a cross-country opener in Springfield on Friday with 40 points, edging out the win over Mankato Loyola/Cleveland/St. Clair, who finished second with 42 points. Martin County West/Butterfield-Odin took third (79), while Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s/Sleepy Eye/New Ulm Cathedral took fourth (80) and Springfield/Cedar Mountain took fifth (128). The girls side was won by Loyola/Cleveland/St. Clair (19), while Springfield/CM took second (60), Wabasso took third (73) and MVL took fourth (88). Rollie Matejcek of Loyola/Cleveland/St. Clair won ...

Johnson, Amoah lift Eagles to comeback victory

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NEW ULM — Down 2-0 with 20 minutes left in Friday night’s nonconference boys soccer game with the Hutchinson Tigers, the New Ulm Eagles needed to find an answer fast. They found that answer from the senior duo of Methodius Amoah and Levi Johnson. First was Amoah’s sneaky goal in the ...

Timberwolves to sign Kuminga to fill power forward void

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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves agreed to terms with power forward Jonathan Kuminga on a two-year, $12.4 million contract on Wednesday, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of ...