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Area roundup: Cougars win bracket title in Chaska

SATURDAY PREP VOLLEYBALL CEDAR MOUNTAIN GOES 3-1 IN CHASKA TOURNEY CHASKA — Cedar Mountain fell to Mayer Lutheran 25-16, 22-25, 15-23 but defeated Cotter 25-19, 25-17, Bemidji 2-0 and Hopkins 25-22, 25-20 to win their bracket's championship in a prep volleyball tournament on Saturday. Kendra Erickson totaled 33 kills, 42 set assists and 40 digs, while Reagyn Kleinschmidt had 43 kills and 34 set assists. Aubrey Steffl had 21 kills and 21 digs. Cedar Mountain (20-7) hosts Red Rock Central on Thursday. WEDNESDAY PREP FOOTBALL PIPESTONE AREA 42, SIBLEY EAST 22 PIPESTONE — ...

Knights earn first win of season at Morris

Courtesy of Jordan King/MLC SID MORRIS — Martin Luther College overcame a turnover deficit, finding a way to grind out a 24-21 road win, its first of the season on Saturday at Minnesota Morris in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football game. The Knights led by as many as 14 before seeing their advantage slip away in the fourth quarter. They then went on a 12-play, 70-yard drive that resulted in a 20-yard Gabriel Nottling field goal with just five seconds remaining. The game-winning drive featured three key passing plays. The first was a pass interference on second-and-10, ...

Area roundup: Sibley East boys cross-country team wins SCC title

MONDAY PREP CROSS-COUNTRY SIBLEY EAST, MVL BOYS STRONG AT SCC MEET MAPLETON — The Sibley East boys took home the South Central Conference Boys Cross-Country title on Monday at Daly Park and Campground, finishing ahead of Minnesota Valley Lutheran (55), LeSueur-Henderson (86), Maple River (100) and Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet (116). Individually, Sibley East’s Gage Horstman won with a time of 15:52.7, with teammate Julio Alejandro taking second (16:24.7). MVL’s Titus Kohls placed third (17:21.3), Sibley East’s Ellyott Allen took fourth (17:32.9) and Sibley ...

First-time drive from 45

NEW ULM — Down 30-29 with 55 seconds to play in a Nine-Player South District, West Subdistrict football game against Edgerton, New Ulm Cathedral faced a 4th-and-medium from the Edgerton 32-yard line. “I had a pass called first after that timeout,” New Ulm head coach Denny Lux said. ...

Area roundup: Greyhounds down Blackhawks in 4

TUESDAY PREP VOLLEYBALL CATHEDRAL 3, MADELIA 1 MADELIA — New Ulm Cathedral defeated Madelia 25-23, 18-25, 25-23, 26-24 in a nonconference volleyball match on Tuesday. Jayde Altermatt had 10 kills and 10 digs with two blocks for the Greyhounds, while Maddy Hazuka had eight kills and nine digs with six aces. Isabelle Sprenger had six kills and 19 digs, and Leah Wilson had 17 set assist sand four digs with eight aces. Kinley Berdan had nine set assist sand six digs. Grace Tatro had 12 kills and nine digs for the Blackhawks, while Carissa Sorenson had seven kills and five digs ...

Area football roundup: Tigers, Rabbits finish regular season undefeated

TUESDAY PREP FOOTBALL SPRINGFIELD 64, GFW 0 GIBBON — Springfield rolled Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 64-0 in a nondistrict football game on Tuesday. Parker Kuehn had 142 yards and three touchdowns passing, while Aiden Moriarty had three receptions for 59 yards. Conner Schmitt had 121 yards rushing with two touchdowns. Defensively, Braxton Brown had an interception return for a touchdown, Tayte Hall had an interception, and Colten Sell and Leyton Anderson each had a fumble recovery. No statistics were available for GFW. Springfield (8-0) and GFW (2-6) await playoff seeding for ...