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Area roundup: Berkner scores 32 in Sleepy Eye win

GIRLS BASKETBALL Sleepy Eye 68, GHEC/T/ML 49 SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye downed Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther 68-59 in a nonconference girls basketball game on Thursday. Taylor Berkner scored a career-high 32 points for the Indians and added six rebounds, four assists ...

NUA dominates Scott West

NEW ULM — Against a quality opponent in the Scott West Panthers on Thursday night, the New Ulm Area Eagles wrestling team showed they were on another level. Getting a quick start right out of the gate, the No. 11-ranked Eagles collected six wins by fall on the way to a 46-14 win in a prep ...

Balanced Chargers down Greyhounds

NEW ULM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran used a balanced scoring attack and a 22-10 run to close out the game as the Chargers moved to 2-1 in the season with a 67-45 win over New Ulm Cathedral Thursday night in a nonconference boys basketball game. Pierson Brau led the Chargers with 15 points, ...

Eagles, Cardinals fly to tie

NEW ULM — New Ulm tied up a Big South Conference girls hockey game in the third period with a goal by Madalyn Olson and held on for a 2-2 draw against Fairmont Thursday at the New Ulm Civic Center. “I think overall we’ve had a pretty positive attitude,” New Ulm head coach Derek ...

Weiland praises Backer’s 1st-year efforts at Central

PELLA, Iowa — Central College head women’s basketball coach Justin Weiland said that 2025 New Ulm High School grad Maddie Backer has been a hard-working player during her first year of college basketball with the Dutch. “She is super coachable and since she stepped onto campus, she ...

GETTING TO KNOW Braxton Kiecker

Interview by Travis Rosenau Braxton Kiecker went 3-1 with a pair of pins on Saturday in Glencoe at the Don Hall Invitational, taking second individually in the 160-pound bracket and helping the New Ulm Area wrestling team take first as a team. Q: What is your favorite food? A: Steak, ...