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Knights hold off BOLD, advance to state

MANKATO – Top-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary's Knights survived a back-and-forth Section 2A girls basketball title game with second-seeded BOLD Friday night at Minnesota State University, Mankato, winning 57-54 to advance to the state tournament for the first time since 2021. The Warriors led ...

GETTING TO KNOW Blake Steffl

Interview conducted by Travis Rosenau Steffl set the Cedar Mountain all-time assists record Tuesday in a home playoff win against Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey. He finished the game with 15 assists and now sits at 586 for his career. Q: Who is your favorite basketball player? A: Ant ...

Blackhawks handle Knights in Section 2A quarterfinals

ST. PETER — Fourth-seeded Madelia pulled away for an impressive 83-46 win over 12th-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s in the Section 2A Boys Basketball Tournament quarterfinals Thursday, going up 20 early in the second half and never looking back. “We play great as a team,” Madelia’s ...

MLC’s Morris, Dorn, Gawrisch get All-Conference recognition

Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID ST. PAUL — The Martin Luther College women’s basketball added some additional achievements to their 2024-25 season as the UMAC Women’s basketball postseason awards were announced on Wednesday. Mya Morris transferred in from Crown this season and the ...

No. 1 Springfield powers by No. 8 ACGC

By Ari Selvey aselvey@nujournal.com ST. PETER — Top-seeded Springfield pulled away late for a 21-point win over eighth-seeded Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City in the Section 2A Boys Basketball Tournament quarterfinals, defeating the Falcons 74-53 on Thursday. Brayden Stum led the Tigers with 21 ...

Eagles fall to Tigers in 2AAA title game

ST. PETER — While at times surpassing Marshall’s intensity in the first half, the New Ulm Eagles were unable to pull off another comeback as the Tigers controlled the second half of Wednesday’s Section 2AAA Girls Basketball Tournament championship game. With a dominant effort in the ...