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Area roundup: Steffl passes 2,000 career points for Cougars

GIRLS BASKETBALL Cedar Mountain 70, Cathedral 37 MORGAN — Cedar Mountain’s Aubrey Steffl became the 19th Journal area basketball player to score 2,000 career points with a 15-point performance against New Ulm Cathedral Tuesday in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game. Steffl added ...

New Ulm boys fall short to speedy Waseca

NEW ULM — The Waseca Bluejays scored four unanswered goals to erase a 2-1 first period lead and went on to a 6-4 win over New Ulm in a Big South Conference boys hockey game at the New Ulm Civic Center. Griffin Storey had two goals for the 20th ranked team in Class A as they improved to ...

Sabres writer’s roots trace back to New Ulm

One of the first sports writers for The Journal who covered the New Ulm High School boys hockey team in its infancy back in the late 70s was Kevin Oklobzija, who now covers the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL. “I was a senior in high school for the 1977-78 school year,” said Oklobzija now ...

Area roundup: Mathiowetz scores 40 in St. Mary’s win

GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Mary’s 87, GFW 24 WINTHROP — Morgan Mathiowetz dropped 40 points for Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s on Monday night in an 87-24 win over Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game. Mathiowetz also had four rebounds and six steals in the win, while ...

Eagles to host Red Bulls, United on Mental Health Night

NEW ULM — The No. 4-ranked New Ulm Area Eagles wrestling team will host the Martin County Red Bulls and Dawson-Boyd/Lac Qui Parle Valley/Montevideo United in a prep wrestling triangular on Tuesday evening on Mental Health Night. The pep band will also be playing and the evening will kick ...

Forst’s career high helps Greyhounds defeat Cougars

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds knew what they’d get out of leader Eli Anderson on Tuesday night, but they were happy to find out another senior came ready to lead and make an impact as well. Quinten Forst provided that extra leadership with a career-high 21 points and eight ...