NEW ULM — Needing 18 points to reach 2,000 for her career, New Ulm’s Brooklyn Lewis couldn’t have asked for a stronger start to the game as the Eagles faced off against Coon Rapids in a nonconference girls basketball game on Friday. Lewis scored 15 of the first 17 points for the ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Mary’s 85, NRHEG 71 Fourth-ranked Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s overcame third-ranked New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva 85-71 in a nonconference girls basketball game on Thursday. Morgan Mathiowetz led the Knights with 47 points, nine rebounds, five assists and ...

LE SUEUR — While Minnesota River’s game-tying goal late in the third period from Eian O’Keefe was a bit of a gut punch for New Ulm, Eagles junior defenseman Mason Buegler gave his team the answer it needed just in time. Buegler’s goal with 38 seconds left in the game broke a 1-all ...

SLEEPY EYE — Madelia took a narrow 59-58 lead late in a nonconference boys basketball game against Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s and went on a 12-4 run to close with a 72-62 win on Thursday. “We knew coming in here it’s a different atmosphere,” Madelia head coach Jeff Van Hee said. “[St. ...

MADELIA — The Madelia girls basketball team got over the hump Tuesday and into the win column with a 69-21 nonconference win over the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. Alicia Lugo led the Blackhawks in the win with 17 points, while Adrianne Missling had 13 points and Grace Tatro had 10. ...