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Amendment to the top-50 scorers list

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I was made aware that the list of the top 50 scorers in the New Ulm area, printed in The Journal’s 2025 Winter Preview, was missing a significant player. Winthrop’s Nancy Trebbensee, who graduated from Winthrop High School in 1980, not only qualifies for the list, but scored 2,446 career ...

Dreckman ends 22-month setback, returns to the court

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When Daviney Dreckman stepped onto the court for the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team on Nov. 14 in a nonconference game against Dickinson State, it marked 22 months since Dreckman, a redshirt freshman from New Ulm High School, had played a competitive basketball. Dreckman, ...

Firebirds fly by Warriors

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WINTHROP — Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop took a 29-24 lead at halftime and took that to a 66-42 win over BOLD in a nonconference boys basketball game on Monday. “Defensively in the half court I think our guys really picked it up,” GFW head coach Ryan Jacobson said. “I think we started the ...

Chargers hold off late Bucs rally

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NEW ULM — A pretty start to the second half turned ugly for the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers on Monday night, but they were able to get the job done in the end. After seeing a 24-point lead chiseled down to 3 late, the Chargers held off the Blue Earth Area Buccaneers 66-61 in a ...

Dake takes 1st at Hopkins Athena Invitational

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HOPKINS — New Ulm Area’s Ellie Dake took home first place at 170 at the Hopkins Athena Invitational on Saturday. Dake pinned Forest Lake’s Savana Stans in 36 seconds before winning by fall over Hastings’ Lily Watts in 1 minute. In the championship match, Dake won by fall over ...

Raiders hold off Mavs rally

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By Jake Olson jolson@fairmontsentinel.com SHERBURN – Nicollet’s interior scoring and defensive pressure were too much for Martin County West on Monday night as the Raiders avoided a late second-half surge and topped the Mavericks 59-51 in a Valley Division girls basketball ...