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When New Ulm Cathedral's Alex Portner broke off a 17-yard run in the second quarter of the Greyhounds' 54-13 win over Buffalo Lake-Hector/Stewart last Saturday, it moved Portner over 3,000 career rushing yards as he became the first high school football player in New Ulm to crack the 3,000-yard rushing barrier for his career.
Portner, who came into Saturday's 2A, Nine-Man playoff game with 2,899 yards, ended the win with 189 yards and now has 3,088 career yards going into Friday's Section 2A, Nine-Man title game against Wabasso.
Here is the list of the top 11 career rushing leaders for New Ulm schools.
1) ALEX PORTNER, CHS, 3088 (still active)
2) RYAN TIMM, MVL, 2,734
3) ERIC OLSON, CHS, 2,727
4) MICAH NEIDECKER, NUHS, 2,685
5) JEFF SCHNOBRICH, CHS, 2,487
6) BEN PRICE, MVL, 2,309
7) ABE ENTER, MVL, 2,148
8) WARREN SONDAG, NUHS, 2,104
9) LARRY ZIMMERMANN, NUHS, 1,968
10) MIKE PORTNER, CHS, 1,891
11) RYAN ALTMANN, NUHS, 1,666
A couple of notes, Warren Sondag's total of 2,104 yards happened 72 years ago in the 1952, 1953 and 1954 seasons.
Mike Portner is Alex Portner's uncle.
Neidecker holds the NUHS single-game record of 270 yards back in 2000 against Blue Earth Area High School.
Tyler Evans of McLeod West is the career high school rushing leader in Minnesota with 7,503 yards in 1999-2001, with Carter Therkilsen of Red Rock Central third with 7,286 from 2021-25.