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Blackhawks rally by Firebirds

GIBBON — In a dual between two of the area’s top scorers in Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop’s Cole Jacobson and Madelia’s Kaydon Firchau, both players put on a show Friday night in the new GFW High School gymnasium. But between the two players’ combined 68 points in the game, neither ...

Lewis hits 2,000

NEW ULM — Needing 18 points to reach 2,000 for her career, New Ulm’s Brooklyn Lewis couldn’t have asked for a stronger start to the game as the Eagles faced off against Coon Rapids in a nonconference girls basketball game on Friday. Lewis scored 15 of the first 17 points for the ...

GETTING TO KNOW Taylor Berkner

Interview by Travis Rosenau Berkner led the Sleepy Eye girls basketball team to a dominant 80-55 win over Cleveland on Monday in the team’s regular season finale, finishing with 31 points, six rebounds, four steals and three assists. Q: What is your favorite restaurant? A: My favorite ...

Anderson joins 1,000-point club; Lewis shooting for 2,000

Some basketball history was made Tuesday night and more high school basketball history may be made Friday on the local scene. Tuesday night, New Ulm Cathedral’s Eli Anderson became the 61st player to score 1,000 career points when he scored 29 for the Greyhounds in a road game at Cleveland ...

GETTING TO KNOW Carson Kettner

Interview by Travis Rosenau Kettner, who joined the 1,000-point club for his career at Nicollet High School this past January, also helped his Raiders defeat Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 85-65 this past Monday in a Tomahawk-Valley Conference crossover boys basketball game. During the win over St. ...