Travis Rosenau (Journal Sports Editor): As a proud but often foolishly optimistic Minnesota Vikings fan, seeing former Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold sign with a new team and proceed to make the Super Bowl the very next season after his time in Minnesota brings mixed feelings. A part of me ...

BOYS BASKETBALL Sleepy Eye 72, GFW 70 WINTHROP — Sleepy Eye eked out a 72-70 win over Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in a Tomahawk Division boys basketball game on Friday. Braylon Nelson led the Indians with 22 points and three rebounds, while Chase Zufall had 20 points and seven rebounds. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Eagles managed to keep the red-hot Fairmont Cardinals in check throughout much of Friday night’s Big South Conference boys basketball crossover game, but too many empty possessions and turnovers had the Eagles on the wrong side of the things in the end. A late ...