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Greyhounds down Firebirds

By Jeff Meder sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — New Ulm Cathedral defeated Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 69-43 on Monday in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game. It was a contest that featured some good defense and rebounding but costly turnovers by both teams. The Greyhounds were able to ...

MLC roundup: Balge reaches 1,000 points

Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID MEN’S BASKETBALL UW-Superior 79, MLC 60 NEW ULM — The Martin Luther College men’s basketball team took on UW-Superior for the second time this season on Parents’ Day Saturday afternoon. The Yellowjackets made it hard for MLC to get much going ...

Knights rally, spoil Jacobson’s record night

SLEEPY EYE — Down 40-26 in the second half of a Tomahawk Division boys basketball game against Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s needed something big to stay in the game. That something came as the team caught fire from 3-point range. Eli Christensen started it off with a ...

Hammer sisters lead MVL behind season highs

NEW ULM — Excited to finally share the varsity floor this season, Minnesota Valley Lutheran junior Olivia Hammer and her freshman sister, Violet Hammer, each turned in their best games yet this season when the Chargers needed it most. Against a Cedar Mountain team that entered Monday’s ...

Area roundup: Sleepy Eye holds off GFW

BOYS BASKETBALL Sleepy Eye 72, GFW 70 WINTHROP — Sleepy Eye eked out a 72-70 win over Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in a Tomahawk Division boys basketball game on Friday. Braylon Nelson led the Indians with 22 points and three rebounds, while Chase Zufall had 20 points and seven rebounds. ...

Eagles girls look to upset No. 1 Marshall

By Jake McNeill sports@nujournal.com MARSHALL — Looking to earn its third consecutive section championship game appearance, the top-seeded Marshall girls hockey team opens its postseason run by hosting the No. 4 New Ulm Eagles in the Section 3A semifinals Saturday at Red Baron Arena at 3 ...