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Area roundup: St. Mary’s girls hit century mark in playoff opener

GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Mary’s 111, Madelia 33 SLEEPY EYE — Top-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s started the Section 2A Girls Basketball Tournament with a 111-20 win over No. 16 Madelia on Monday. Morgan Mathiowetz led the Knights with 33 points, 11 assists and six steals, while Olivia ...

New Ulm girls start playoffs strong, rout Hutchinson

NEW ULM — In the first half of their Section 2AAA girls basketball quarterfinals playoff game with the New Ulm Eagles, the Hutchinson Tigers had scored 26 points. In that same time span, New Ulm’s Brooklyn Lewis had already scored 27 points. She ended with a game-high 38 points as ...

Rabbits bounce Raiders for conference crown

WABASSO — The Wabasso Rabbits wanted to make a statement on Tuesday that they deserved to be at the top of the Tomahawk-Valley Conference. They made that statement in a big way at the expense of a tough Nicollet Raiders team as the Rabbits racked up a season high in points scored with a ...

Anderson resigns as New Ulm Eagles head baseball coach

NEW ULM — Mike Anderson, who has been the head baseball coach at New Ulm High School for the past two seasons, resigned from that position Friday. Anderson said that his resignation was 100 percent work-related. “I got thrown a curveball by my work and my area requires more travel and ...

Raiders rout Clippers in 2A playoff opener

NICOLLET — Nicollet was overwhelming both on defense and from the 3-point line as the No. 4 Raiders topped No. 13 Cleveland 63-46 in the first round of the Section 2A Girls Basketball tournament on Monday. “We preach defense every day and spend a lot of time on that,” Nicollet head ...

Cold shooting night ends Chargers’ season

NEW ULM — Despite Minnesota Valley Lutheran’s early defensive success, it wasn’t enough to offset a cold night of shooting when its opponent got hot. The 10th-seeded Tri-City United Titans turned an early 14-point deficit into a lead at halftime and then ran away from the ...