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Knights clean up, bounce back in victory

NEW ULM — The Martin Luther College Knights saw on Tuesday night what was capable when they combined finding the open look with taking care of the ball. Hitting at a similar clip to what they did last Friday in a season-opening loss at home to Augsburg, the Knights committed six fewer ...

Knights struggle to stop UMAC-leading Eagles’ attack

NEW ULM — Despite the highs of a five-set victory Friday night, the Martin Luther College Knights were unable to carry that momentum into Saturday afternoon’s Upper Midwest Athletic Conference game against the hard-hitting University of Northwestern Eagles. The Eagles finished their ...

Eagles girls blanked by Waconia in opener

WACONIA — The New Ulm Eagles girls hockey team was shut out 5-0 by Waconia on Friday night in a nonconference girls hockey opener at the Waconia City Ice Arena. Waconia scored two goals in the first period before upping the lead to 4-0 in the second and tacking on the fifth goal at 3:47 of ...

Turnovers, last-second Semanko 3 doom Knights

NBy Travis Rosenau trosenau@nujournal.com NEW ULM — The Martin Luther College Knights put together a strong shooting night and controlled the boards, but one too many turnovers and a clutch 3 in the last second spoiled their home opener Friday night. With a clutch 3 from the corner by ...

Falcons fall to fast, physical Patriots

By Ari Selvey aselvey@nujournal.com MARSHALL — Top-seeded Hills-Beaver Creek controlled the game from wire to wire as the Patriots defeated fourth-seeded Red Rock Central 44-14 in the opening round of the Nine-Player State Football Tournament Thursday at Southwest Minnesota State ...

Four MLC XC runners make All-Conference

Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID ST. PAUL — The 2025 Men’s and Women’s Cross Country All-UMAC awards were officially announced on Wednesday and the Knights earned four selections to the All-Conference teams. Eliott Heiderich was the top finisher for the MLC men and took eighth overall ...