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Area roundup: Knights clinch perfect division record

TUESDAY PREP VOLLEYBALL ST. MARY’S 3, CATHEDRAL 0 NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s clinched a perfect conference record with a 25-18, 25-5, 25-17 sweep of New Ulm Cathedral in a Tomahawk Division volleyball match on Tuesday. St. Mary’s (20-3-1, 8-0) will travel to play Cleveland in the Tomahawk-Valley Conference volleyball championship match on Monday. Morgan Mathiowetz led the Knights with 15 kills, eight digs and five aces, while Audra Hoffmann had nine kills, 10 digs and five aces. Nell Weiss had four kills and four aces, while Brynne Ibberson had 29 set assists and ...

Red’s recap: Greyhounds celebrate record-high scoring night

The 71 points scored by the New Ulm Cathedral football team Friday night in a 71-7 win over Mountain Lake Area was a new school record. The previous record was 69 scored in 2011 in Heron Lake-Okabena. “We had eight different players score touchdowns in the game,” Cathedral head coach Denny Lux said. “And offensively we played just about perfect in the first half (leading 58-0). With our offensive line it did not matter who was carrying the ball and defensively we really swung to the ball — we set the tone early in the game.” Lux said with the big lead at halftime, he was ...

MLC roundup: Pearson, Martin lead MLC men’s golf at UMAC Championship

Courtesy of Jordan King/MLC SID MEN’S GOLF MLC TAKES 6TH AT UMAC CHAMPIONSHIP BECKER — Benjamin Pearson and John Martin battled tough weekend conditions to earn top-10 finishes for the Martin Luther College men’s golf team at the UMAC Golf Championship at Pebble Creek Golf Club. Martin carded a team-best 7-over 79 in the final round and Pearson was a stroke behind with an 80. Pearson finished 19-over for the tournament, good for a tie for fifth. He made finished the weekend with a team-high 34 pars. Martin finished 20-over and tied for eighth, making a team-high six birdies ...

Week 7: Chargers host rolling Knights

The seventh week of the local high school football season means it is a short week for games because of MEA Week with games on Wednesday. Minnesota Valley Lutheran is the lone school at home when they host Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial at 7 p.m. at Johnson Field. New Ulm High School heads to St. Peter while New Ulm Cathedral is at Renville County West with 7 p.m. kickoffs. LAKE CRYSTAL WELLCOME MEMORIAL (5-1) AT MINNESOTA VALLEY LUTHERAN (3-3), WEDNESDAY, 7 P.M., JOHNSON FIELD It is another tough matchup for the Chargers, who host a Knights team that is averaging 36 points per ...

Eagles power past Trojans in opening round

NEW ULM ­– After lightning delayed the start of the game and caused another delay late in the first half, the New Ulm Eagles were lightning quick in return to put Tuesday’s Section 2AA Girls Soccer Tournament game out of reach. It took less than 20 minutes to build a 5-0 lead as the ...

Chargers down Wolverines for Senior Night

NEW ULM — After taking the first two games of a South Central Conference volleyball match against Sibley East, Minnesota Valley Lutheran suffered a setback as it dropped the third set. But the Chargers stayed strong, going on a 9-0 run early in the next set to win the match in four, defeating the Wolverines 25-17, 25-21, 21-25, 25-17 on Tuesday. “Just a reminder to them that this is all within your control,” MVL head coach Johanna Kelly said. “Minimize errors, execute where you can and don’t let off the gas pedal. That was the conversation between sets three and ...