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Eagles boys earn first win of season

The New Ulm Eagles boys basketball team picked up a big early-season road win Friday with an 86-71 win at Waseca in a Big South Conference game. “It was a fast-paced game,” New Ulm first year head coach Michael Poncelet said. “Waseca has an unbelievable scorer in Deron Russell who put ...

Knights stay hot, roll Greyhounds

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s continued its hot start to the season with a 90-54 win over New Ulm Cathedral in a Tomahawk Division boys basketball game on Monday. With the win, St. Mary’s improves to 3-0 and 1-0 in conference play, winning its games by an average of 27.3 points. ...

NUA wins Don Hall Invitational for 1st time

GLENCOE — The New Ulm Area wrestling team turned in a dominant performance at the Don Hall Invitational on Saturday, winning the invite for the first time in the program’s 15 years of competing in it. NUA finished first with 201 team points ahead of Zumbrota-Mazeppa, which took second ...

Greyhounds get past Indians

By Brady Dennis sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — The New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds battled Sleepy Eye on Friday night, earning a 51-46 victory in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game at Cathedral High School. Ashlyn Hillesheim and Jayde Altermatt both led the Greyhounds in the win ...

Morris’ career game lifts Knights to season-high rout

NEW ULM — Behind a career-high 32 points from Mya Morris, the Martin Luther College Knights scored a season high in points with a 91-33 rout of Maranatha Baptist on Saturday afternoon in a nonconference women’s basketball game. Morris, who has had some trouble finding her 3-point shot ...

Area roundup: Steffl hits school record, Firchau surpasses 1,000

GIRLS BASKETBALL Cedar Mountain 85, Lester Prairie 45 MORGAN — Aubrey Steffl surpassed Tyler Pendleton for the overall Cedar Mountain scoring record as she helped lead the Cougars to an 85-45 victory over Lester Prairie on Friday in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game. Steffl ...