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Week 6: Chargers face tough road test at Luverne

Week 6 of the local high school football season has both the New Ulm Eagles and the Greyhounds of New Ulm Cathedral at 4-1, with the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers at 3-2 as teams prepare for the tail end of the regular season. Both MVL and Cathedral have road games at Luverne and Mountain Lake, respectively, while the Eagles host Tri-City United. MINNESOTA VALLEY LUTHERAN (3-2) AT LUVERNE (5-0), 7 P.M., FRIDAY, LUVERNE Last week the Chargers faced an unbeaten Jackson County Central team and this week they face another unbeaten squad at Luverne. The Cardinals come into their ...

MLC roundup: Women’s soccer beats BLC for 1st time since 2019

Courtesy of Jordan King/MLC SID WOMEN'S SOCCER MLC 2, BLC 1 MANKATO – The Martin Luther College Knights trailed for just 2:29 before equalizing and going on to win 2-1 at Bethany Lutheran College on Tuesday afternoon in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference women's soccer game. The win snapped a 12-match winless streak against Bethany, during which the Knights lost 11 matches and tied one. The Vikings scored in the 16th minute and the Knights found a response in the 19th minute when Katie Schoeneck found Anna Kramer on a through ball. Kramer calmly guided the ball into the ...

Red’s recap: Lieser happy with Eagles’ shutout

Before the New Ulm Eagles host a 4-1 Tri-City United Titans football team on Friday, Eagles head football coach Derek Lieser had many reasons to be happy with how last Friday went. He said that his team’s performance in a 37-0 road shutout over Worthington last Friday night was comparable to the Eagles 30-0 blanking of Fairmont earlier in the season. “We controlled all three phases,” he said. “Offensively we were the most balanced as far as running and passing the ball. We had four different players with catches. We had a 42-yard field goal from our kicker Kaden Stueber and ...

Kohls takes 2nd, Peters 7th at XC meet

SLEEPY EYE – Senior Titus Kohls and junior Faith Peters represented Minnesota Valley Lutheran well on Thursday at Allison Park as the two finished second and seventh, respectively, in a cross-country invite hosted by Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s/Sleepy Eye/New Ulm Cathedral. SM/SE/NUC also ...

Chargers sweep Greyhounds, Black celebrates 1K set assists

NEW ULM — A few days after passing 1,000 career set assists, Minnesota Valley Lutheran’s Graysie Black was able to celebrate that achievement with a 25-17, 25-11, 25-11 sweep of New Ulm Cathedral in a nonconference volleyball match Thursday at MVL High School. “Our passing really helped,” Black said of the win. “And our blocking and covering the ball. My hitters were really strong today and they found where the open spots were on the floor.” Black, a sophomore, surpassed the 1,000 career mark in a four-set loss at Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial on Tuesday, but was able to ...

Tigers hang on, hold off SEU

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Tigers got some big plays in the first half of Thursday night’s Mid-South District, Purple Subdistrict football game against Sleepy Eye United, but SEU was right there to match those big plays. Despite SEU’s valiant effort and getting into the half with a ...