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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 ...

Dake qualifies for state tourney

REDWOOD FALLS — New Ulm Area’s Ellie Dake returns to the Individual State Wrestling Tournament after winning the 170 division of the Section 3A Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday. Dake defeated Jackson County Central’s Riley Peterson by fall in 1:18 before winning by fall again ...

Eagles fall to Marshall 7-1 in section semifinals 

By Samantha Davis  MARSHALL — The No. 4 New Ulm girls hockey team’s season came to an end after coming up short 7-1 to top-seeded Marshall in the Section 3A semifinals Saturday afternoon.  Although facing just a 2-1 deficit after the first period, the Tigers took control the rest of ...

Lake Heron man takes Golden Gate Hillclimb drag race

For the first time since 2023, the River Valley Dutchmen Snowmobile Club held its Hillclimb Side by Side Drag Races at Golden Gate Campground, located near New Ulm, on Saturday. Races began at 10 a.m. and continued throughout the day. One of the earlier events, the Fossil Division, saw Heron ...

Eagles swarmed by Tigers in loss

NEW ULM — When Brooklyn Lewis turned a Marshall turnover into a basket, it cut the Tigers’ lead to 26-19 midway through the first half. But that was the closest the Eagles got the rest of the game. Marshall followed up that basket with a 19-0 run en route to a 85-45 win over the ...

Area roundup: Jacobson sets single-game record for GFW in win

BOYS BASKETBALL GFW 65, Cedar Mountain 51 MORGAN — Cole Jacobson set a single-game school record for Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop by scoring 48 points during a 65-51 win over Cedar Mountain in a Tomahawk Division boys basketball game on Thursday. Owen Swenson and Luke Bastian both added 5 ...