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Second-half woes slow Chargers in loss to Knights

NEW ULM — Against a powerful Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial football team on a five-game winning streak entering Wednesday night, Minnesota Valley Lutheran matched up with the Knights’ physicality well enough to take a 7-7 tie into halftime. The Knights continued to wear away at the ...

Slow start, missed tackles hurt Eagles in loss

ST. PETER — While New Ulm was able to find some success on offense in the second half of a Southeast District, Red Subdistrict football game against St. Peter, the Eagles were unable to overcome a 21-8 halftime deficit, falling to the Saints 31-21 on Wednesday. The Eagles were without ...

Area football roundup: Tigers rout RTR

WEDNESDAY PREP FOOTBALL SPRINGFIELD 41, RTR 0 TYLER — Springfield rolled Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 41-0 in a Mid-South District, Purple Subdistrict football game on Wednesday. Parker Kuehn had 243 yards and three touchdowns passing and added 28 yards and two touchdowns rushing for the ...

Red’s recap: Greyhounds celebrate record-high scoring night

The 71 points scored by the New Ulm Cathedral football team Friday night in a 71-7 win over Mountain Lake Area was a new school record. The previous record was 69 scored in 2011 in Heron Lake-Okabena. “We had eight different players score touchdowns in the game,” Cathedral head coach Denny Lux said. “And offensively we played just about perfect in the first half (leading 58-0). With our offensive line it did not matter who was carrying the ball and defensively we really swung to the ball — we set the tone early in the game.” Lux said with the big lead at halftime, he was ...

MLC roundup: Pearson, Martin lead MLC men’s golf at UMAC Championship

Courtesy of Jordan King/MLC SID MEN’S GOLF MLC TAKES 6TH AT UMAC CHAMPIONSHIP BECKER — Benjamin Pearson and John Martin battled tough weekend conditions to earn top-10 finishes for the Martin Luther College men’s golf team at the UMAC Golf Championship at Pebble Creek Golf Club. Martin carded a team-best 7-over 79 in the final round and Pearson was a stroke behind with an 80. Pearson finished 19-over for the tournament, good for a tie for fifth. He made finished the weekend with a team-high 34 pars. Martin finished 20-over and tied for eighth, making a team-high six birdies ...

Week 7: Chargers host rolling Knights

The seventh week of the local high school football season means it is a short week for games because of MEA Week with games on Wednesday. Minnesota Valley Lutheran is the lone school at home when they host Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial at 7 p.m. at Johnson Field. New Ulm High School heads to St. Peter while New Ulm Cathedral is at Renville County West with 7 p.m. kickoffs. LAKE CRYSTAL WELLCOME MEMORIAL (5-1) AT MINNESOTA VALLEY LUTHERAN (3-3), WEDNESDAY, 7 P.M., JOHNSON FIELD It is another tough matchup for the Chargers, who host a Knights team that is averaging 36 points per ...