GIRLS BASKETBALL Nicollet 55, MLA/C 54 ST. PETER — Fourth-seeded Nicollet held off fifth-seeded Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey on Thursday in a down-to-the-wire Section 2A Girls Basketball Tournament quarterfinals game, winning 55-54. After Jazmyn Goettlicher sank the go-ahead free throws for ...

ST. PAUL — Five area wrestlers won their first match of the State Individual Wrestling Tournament on Thursday at Grand Casino Arena. In Class AA, New Ulm Area’s Elijah Rieser defeated Pierz’s Carter Young by a 6-2 decision at 139, while NUA’s Alex Portner earned a 16-1 technical fall ...

NEW ULM — New Ulm Eagles head boys hockey coach Ryan Neuman said that he felt that his team had a good season for a young team. “We saw a lot of guys develop as the season went along,” Neuman said of his team that ended with a 15-12 record after an 8-2 loss to Luverne in the Section 3A ...

Interview by Travis Rosenau Heavyweight Emerson Johnson, a Sleepy Eye High School senior, went 2-0 for the Eagles on Wednesday, earning pins in both the state quarterfinals and semifinals. Q: What is your favorite food? A: Oh, gosh, I’m a heavyweight, I eat everything, so I don’t ...

NEW ULM -- New Ulm Eagles senior Madalynn Olson was named to the Big South Conference Girls Hockey All-Conference Team on Wednesday. Olson had 13 goals and 10 assists in 27 games this year for the Eagles.

ST. PETER — The Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Knights have scored a total of 207 points in their first two games of the Section 2A Girls Basketball Tournament. After defeating Madelia 111-20 in the first round of playoffs Monday, the Knights rolled the Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin ...