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 — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW ULM — The No. 4-ranked New Ulm Area Eagles wrestling team will host the Martin County Red Bulls and Dawson-Boyd/Lac Qui Parle Valley/Montevideo United in a prep wrestling triangular on Tuesday evening on Mental Health Night. The pep band will also be playing and the evening will kick ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Mary’s 87, GFW 24 WINTHROP — Morgan Mathiowetz dropped 40 points for Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s on Monday night in an 87-24 win over Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game. Mathiowetz also had four rebounds and six steals in the win, while ...