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Area roundup: Cougars sweep Firebirds

THURSDAY PREP VOLLEYBALL CEDAR MOUNTAIN 3, GFW 0 GIBBON — Cedar Mountain swept Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 25-15, 25-15, 25-16 in a Tomahawk Division volleyball match on Thursday. Kendra Erickson led the Cougars with 12 kills, nine assists and seven digs, while Reagyn Kleinschmidt had nine kills and 19 set assists. Aubrey Steffl had nine kills and nine digs. Kora Schwarzrock had eight kills and six digs with a block for GFW, while Lauren Schafer had five kills and a block. Maren Kemkes had 13 set assists. Cedar Mountain (10-3, 4-0) hosts Cedar Mountain on Tuesday, while GFW (2-5, ...

GETTING TO KNOW Jesalyn Skoglund

Interview by Travis Rosenau Despite missing the first two weeks of the girls soccer season with a quad injury, Skoglund has been on her game since her return for the New Ulm Eagles. She scored three goals in a home win over Marshall last Thursday and added four more goals in a road win at ...

SEU silences TMB in 2nd half

SLEEPY EYE — After Tracy-Milroy-Balaton was able to make some noise in the first half of Friday night’s Mid-South District, Purple Subdistrict football game, Sleepy Eye United made it a quiet second half for the Panthers. With 33 unanswered points in that second half, SEU was able to ...

Eagles bounce back for Homecoming thriller

NEW ULM — With just 1:13 to play in New Ulm’s Homecoming football game against Belle Plaine on Friday, the Eagles defense suffered a blow, allowing a 40-yard touchdown from quarterback Reed Creighton to wideout Evan Cahalan to cut the New Ulm lead to 14-12. But just as they had done ...

Area football roundup: Chagers win 3rd straight

FRIDAY PREP FOOTBALL MVL 35, WINDOM AREA 0 WINDOM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran rolled Windom Area 35-0 in a Mid-South District, Brown Subdistrict football game on Friday. Ben Riesgraf led the Chargers with 169 yards and three touchdowns rushing, while Chase Tweit had 10 yards and a score on the ground. Eli Schauland added a touchdown rushing. Defensively, Brecken Smith had an interception, and Emmanuel Edwards blocked a punt. MVL (3-1, 3-0) hosts Jackson County Central on Friday. SPRINGFIELD 21, DAWSON-BOYD 10 DAWSON — Springfield defeated Dawson-Boyd 21-10 in a ...

Week 4: Eagles look to defend turf on Homecoming

Two New Ulm teams — the New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds and the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers — are coming off wins last week while the Eagles of New Ulm High School will look to rebound from a disappointing road loss in the fourth week of high school football. The marquee matchup happens when unbeaten New Ulm Cathedral travels to unbeaten Wabasso for a Nine-Player South District, West Subdistrict game at 3 p.m. on Saturday. On Friday night, the MVL Chargers look to extend their winning streak to three games as they hop on the bus to Windom Area for a 7 p.m. Mid-South District, ...