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Knights serve five-set comeback win to Chargers

NEW ULM — After dropping the first two sets of a South Central Conference volleyball match at Minnesota Valley Lutheran on Thursday, Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial had a big hole to dig out of. But dig out of it the Knights did, taking the final three sets to win 25-27, 13-25, 27-25, ...

Backer the Bulldog, NUHS senior chooses UMD

NEW ULM — New Ulm High School’s Tanner Backer has committed to play baseball next season at DII University of Minnesota Duluth. Backer, a senior at New Ulm High School, said that his decision to choose to play with the UMD Bulldogs came from past visits. “We have had team football ...

Skoglund scores 3, Eagles top Tigers

NEW ULM — Jesalyn Skoglund remembered the last time the Marshall Tigers were on the New Ulm Eagles soccer field before Thursday’s matchup, and she wasn’t interested in seeing a repeat of that. Behind the senior forward’s hat trick, the Eagles took down the Tigers 5-3 in a Big South ...

Area roundup: Blackhawks best Raiders in 4

THURSDAY PREP VOLLEYBALL MADELIA 3, NICOLLET 1 MADELIA — The Madelia Blackhawks picked up their first home win of the season with a four-set win over the Nicollet Raiders on Thursday, winning 25-17, 25-20, 15-25, 25-20 in a Valley Division volleyball match. Madelia was led by Grace Tatro, who had eight kills and two blocks, while Kendall Pietsch had eight kills and Carissa Sorenson had six kills and seven blocks. Addie Odegard added five kills and three blocks for Madelia, while Avery Tatro had 29 set assists, Emmy Johnson had 18 digs and Madelyn Lehman had 11 digs. Nicollet ...

Week 3: Eagles look to build off shutout win

Week 3 of the local high school football season sees all three New Ulm teams coming off home wins in the second week of the season. This week just one team — the New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds — play at home on Friday when they host Cedar Mountain in a Nine-Man South District, West Subdistrict game. New Ulm High School heads to Albert Lea for a Southeast District, Red Subdistrict contest, while the Chargers of Minnesota Valley Lutheran travels to Pipestone for a Mid-South District, Brown Subdistrict clash. All games have 7 p.m. kickoffs NEW ULM HIGH SCHOOL (2-0) AT ALBERT LEA ...

Area roundup: Goblirsch lifts New Ulm boys by St. Peter

TUESDAY BOYS SOCCER NEW ULM 3, ST. PETER 2 ST. PETER — Logan Goblirsch got to play the hero on Tuesday night when his goal with 4:37 left in the game lifted the New Ulm Eagles to a 3-2 win over St. Peter in a Big South Conference boys soccer game. Levi Johnson set up Goblirsch’s ...