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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 ...

Portner rushes into Greyhounds record book

NEW ULM — Last Wednesday in a 57-6 road win over Renville County West, two new chapters were written in the New Ulm Cathedral football record books when Alex Portner rushed for 242 yards and six touchdowns in the Nine-Player South District, West Subdistrict game. Portner’s 242 yards ...

Chargers challenge Giants but fall in 4

NEW ULM — For three sets on Monday night, the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers made the LeSueur-Henderson Giants work for every point in their South Central Conference volleyball match. But the Giants did enough in the second and third sets and figured things out in the fourth to ...

Knights fall, Clippers sweep to repeat

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Clippers were able to repeat as Tomahawk-Valley Conference Volleyball Champions after a strong 25-16, 28-26, 25-22 win over Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s on Monday. “It means a lot,” Cleveland head coach Dave Nixon said. “When we won it last year, we didn’t ...