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Area roundup: Eagles boys clinch 2AA finals trip

BOYS SOCCER New Ulm 3, Westonka 2 MINNETRISTA — No. 3 New Ulm came away with a 3-2 victory over Westonka in the Section 2AA Boys Soccer Tournament Semifinals to advance to the championship game against No. 4 Worthington on Tuesday. After a scoreless first half and a one-hour lightning ...

Firebirds steamroll Blackhawks

By Brady Dennis sports@nujournal.com GIBBON — The Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Firebirds started the game picking up their own kickoff and didn’t look back, taking down the Blackhawks and holding them to only 9 yards of offense on the way to a 62-8 win. Matthew Lee led the Firebirds ...

Mustangs sweep Greyhounds, clinch Tomahawk

NEW ULM — With the Tomahawk Division on the line, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart came away with a strong 25-12, 25-16, 25-14 sweep of New Ulm Cathedral Thursday in the final Tomahawk Division girls volleyball match of the season. “It means a great deal for our team,” BLHS head coach Aaron ...

Aerial onslaught lifts Tigers by RTR

SPRINGFIELD — After a slow start to the first half of their game last week on the road against Sleepy Eye United, the Springfield Tigers had two key things in mind for their Week 7 home matchup with Russell-Tyler-Ruthton: get going early and spread the ball around. The Tigers did that to ...

Eagles look to upset White Hawks in 2AA tourney

MINNETRISTA — When the Section 2AA Boys Soccer Tournament seedings came out, eyes were surely on who would claim the No. 2 seed between New Ulm and Westonka. Both programs had just one loss in the section, with New Ulm holding a 6-1 record and Westonka going 4-1. Both schools also had ...

GETTING TO KNOW Shay Wilfahrt

Interview by Travis Rosenau Wilfahrt passed 1,000 kills for her career and set a single-season school record at New Ulm Cathedral also on Tuesday in a three-set win at Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop. Wilfahrt had 21 kills in the match and now sits at 416 on the season. Q: What is your favorite ...