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Weekend area roundup: Dake qualifies for girls state wrestling

GIRLS WRESTLING Dake wins girls 3A 170-pound title REDWOOD FALLS — New Ulm Area’s Ellie Dake returns to the Individual State Wrestling Tournament after winning the 170 division of the Section 3A Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday. Dake defeated Jackson County Central’s ...

Greyhounds down Firebirds

By Jeff Meder sports@nujournal.com NEW ULM — New Ulm Cathedral defeated Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 69-43 on Monday in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game. It was a contest that featured some good defense and rebounding but costly turnovers by both teams. The Greyhounds were able to ...

Knights rally, spoil Jacobson’s record night

SLEEPY EYE — Down 40-26 in the second half of a Tomahawk Division boys basketball game against Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s needed something big to stay in the game. That something came as the team caught fire from 3-point range. Eli Christensen started it off with a ...

Hammer sisters lead MVL behind season highs

NEW ULM — Excited to finally share the varsity floor this season, Minnesota Valley Lutheran junior Olivia Hammer and her freshman sister, Violet Hammer, each turned in their best games yet this season when the Chargers needed it most. Against a Cedar Mountain team that entered Monday’s ...

MLC roundup: Balge reaches 1,000 points

Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID MEN’S BASKETBALL UW-Superior 79, MLC 60 NEW ULM — The Martin Luther College men’s basketball team took on UW-Superior for the second time this season on Parents’ Day Saturday afternoon. The Yellowjackets made it hard for MLC to get much going ...

Eagles fall to Marshall 7-1 in section semifinals 

By Samantha Davis  MARSHALL — The No. 4 New Ulm girls hockey team’s season came to an end after coming up short 7-1 to top-seeded Marshall in the Section 3A semifinals Saturday afternoon.  Although facing just a 2-1 deficit after the first period, the Tigers took control the rest of ...