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Two Knights earn POTW honors

Courtesy of Jordan King/MLC SID ST. PAUL — Two Martin Luther College athletes were named Upper Midwest Athletic Conference of the Week this past week in Gabriel Nottling and Katie Schoeneck. GABRIEL NOTTLING The left leg of freshman Gabriel Nottling continues to be a weapon for MLC when called upon in the punting and kicking game. Nottling's performance at Concordia (Wis.) on Saturday earned him the UMAC special teams athlete of the week award. Of his six punts on the day, four of them went for 50-plus yards, including a long of 54. He also pinned the Falcon offense inside its ...

Chargers held off by Cyclones in 4

NEW ULM — The Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers needed all facets of their game to click Tuesday night if they wanted to handle what the St. Clair Cyclones threw at them. They were able to figure some things out after a rough first set but were unable to complete a comeback in the end as ...

Barie sparks Eagles comeback

NEW ULM — In New Ulm’s first 12 shots on goal on the day, none were able to crack through St. Peter goaltender Morgan Rogers’ guard as the Eagles sat at a 1-0 deficit against the Saints with 15 minutes to play in a Big South Conference girls soccer match on Tuesday. But the final three ...

Eagles stifled by Scarlets

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Eagles have done a lot of things well early on this season, but good teams have paid attention to that. The Mankato West Scarlets had the Eagles’ number on Monday night, shutting them down in the second half to run away with a 6-1 win in a nonconference boys soccer ...

Area roundup: St. Mary’s wins tourney

PREP VOLLEYBALL ST. MARY’S TAKES FIRST, MVL TAKES THIRD AT SLEEPY EYE TOURNEY SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s won the Sleepy Eye Volleyball Tournanment on Saturday, winning five matches over the course of the tournament. St. Mary’s defeated Granada-Huntley-East ...

Chargers stuff Knights in four

NEW ULM — The Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers made an early-season statement with a 25-22, 26-24, 21-25, 25-18 win over Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s in Monday's nonconference volleyball match. “We were really excited to play this team,” MVL’s Ellie Kaesermann said. “I think just the ...