Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Area’s Nick Slater becomes the third Nicollet wrestler to win a state championship, coming in first at 189 pounds while helping his team to a third-place finish in the 2025 team state tournament.

On Jan. 17, 2025, Cedar Mountain’s Aubrey Steffl scored 22 points to surpass Shannon Dallenbach’s career points record for Cedar Mountain girls basketball, a record that has stood since 1991. Steffl added to that point total in the 2025-26 season to surpass Tyler Pendleton for the overall school scoring record. Other record breakers include Sleepy Eye’s Landon Wendinger who set a plethora of school records including career rebounds (1,126), career blocks (444), single-season rebounds (487), single-season blocks (169), single-season field goals made (249), blocks in a game (10) and rebounds in a game (29).

Also during the 2024-25 winter season, the Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s girls basketball team, led

by state-scoring leader Morgan Mathiowetz, advanced to the 2025 state tournament, where the

Sleepy Eye’s Landon Wendinger, photo by Travis Rosenau, set a plethora of school records including career rebounds (1,126), career blocks (444), single-season rebounds (487), single-season blocks (169), single-season field goals made (249), blocks in a game(10) and rebounds in a game (29).

Knights won its first-round matchup against Sacred Heart in a wire-to-wire thriller. St. Mary’s

eventually finished fourth in the tournament. The New Ulm girls basketball team and the Madelia

boys basketball team also advanced to their respective section finals matchups, but fell just short

of making the state tournament.

So far already this season, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart’s Lily Hubin has surpassed 2,000

On Jan. 17, 2025, Cedar Mountain’s Aubrey Steffl, photo by Ari Selvey, scored 22 points to surpass Shannon Dallenbach’s career points record for Cedar Mountain girlsbasketball, a record that has stood since 1991. Steffl added to that point total in the 2025-26 season to surpass Tyler Pendleton for the overall school scoring record.

career points and broke the overall school scoring record in her senior season with plenty of games

yet to play, while New Ulm’s Brooklyn Lewis broke the single-game school scoring record twice,

with a 41-point game against St. Peter on Dec. 12 and a 43-point game against Worthington on

Dec. 19.

SPRING

The Spring season held plenty of excitement as well. Photo by Travis Rosenau, the New Ulm Cathedral baseball team not only won the first-ever Tomahawk-Valley Conference Baseball Championship, but they also finished as state runners-up in the Class A State Baseball tournament.

The Spring season held plenty of excitement as well. The New Ulm Cathedral baseball team not only won the first-ever Tomahawk-Valley Conference Baseball Championship, but they also finished as state runners-up in the Class A State Baseball tournament. The New Ulm boys track and field team broke three school records and qualified two relay teams to the state meet after a strong showing at the Section 2AA Boys Track and Field Championships at Gustavus Adolphus College. Below right, Sleepy Eye

United’s Sam Price won her third consecutive All-Journal Girls Golfer of the year and helped SEU advance to the state tournament for the fourth consecutive season. The Wabasso softball team also captured the Section 3A title to advance to the state tournament, while New Ulm softbal finished as section runners-up.

FALL

The 2025 Fall season saw more school records set. Cathedral outside hitter Shay Wilfahrt earned the

All-Journal Volleyball Player of the year after setting the school record for kills in a season with

The New Ulm boys track and field team, in a file photo by Ari Selvey, broke three school records and qualified two relay teams to the state meet after astrong showing at the Section 2AA Boys Track and Field Championships at Gustavus Adolphus College.

469 and finished second in school history in career kills with 1,067.

Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Josie Helget broke the school sets record and finished her career with 2,406. Wabasso also saw two record breakers in Audrey Johnson, who set the school digs record with 1,653 career digs, and Sara Carlson, who broke the school sets record with 2,321. Cedar Mountain’s Carson

Schiller set the mark for career passing yards, surpassing 4,000 in a blowout win over Buffalo

Lake-Hector Stewart, and finally, Minnesota Valley Lutheran’s Natalie Matzke set the school record

for girls cross-country with a time of 19:34.52 at the Section 2A Cross-Country Championships at

Sleepy Eye United’s Sam Price, photo by Ari Selvey, won her third consecutive All-Journal Girls Golfer of the year and helped SEU advance to the state tournament for the fourth consecutive season.

Baylor Park in Norwood Young America.

The New Ulm Boys soccer team made their first-ever state tournament with a 2-1 win

over Worthington on October 14. While New Ulm fell in the first round to St. Paul Como Park, the

tournament marked a piece of history for the players and for the school.

Photo by Ari Selvey. The New Ulm Boys soccer team made their first-everstate tournament with a 2-1 win over Worthington on October14. While New Ulm fell in the first round to St. Paul Como Park, the tournament marked a piece of history for the players and for theschool.

The 2025 Fall season saw more school records set. Photo by Travis Rosenau, Cathedral outside hitter Shay Wilfahrt earned the All-Journal Volleyball Player of the year after setting the school record for kills in a season with 469 and finished second in school history in career kills with 1,067.