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GETTING TO KNOW Candon Briggs

Interview by Ari Selvey Candon Briggs went 2-0 at a home triangular on Tuesday, defeating United’s Alex Perez and Martin County’s Austin Newcomb, both by pin, at 172. Q: What is your go-to fast food place? A: Chipotle. Q: What is your favorite drill? A: Buddy Carries. Q: What ...

Knights face adversity, fall short in OT

NEW ULM — The Martin Luther College Knights battled through foul trouble, injury and overtime on Wednesday night but were unable to get past the University of Minnesota Morris in the end. The Cougars had a couple of key buckets late in overtime to hold off the Knights for an 80-75 win in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MLC struggles to stop Pieper, falls to UMM

NEW ULM — Behind a dominant, career-high scoring performance from the University of Minnesota Morris Cougars’ Kaden Pieper, the Martin Luther College Knights couldn’t afford to have many slip-ups on Wednesday night in their Upper Midwest Athletic Conference men’s basketball ...