GIBBON — Years before he was setting school records at Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop High School, Cole Jacobson was a whole different basketball player. Skill-wise and comfortability-wise. But the growth he’s had from his freshman year — and not just in height — has helped him take his ...

NEW ULM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran had no problem getting its bats going in its season opener against Madelia Thursday, but the Chargers’ 14 hits weren’t enough to offset the damage the Blackhawks did with free passes and MVL errors. The Blackhawks (1-1) drew 11 walks and took ...

MANKATO — Minnesota Valley Lutheran/New Ulm Cathedral placed first on the boys side and on the girls side of a prep indoor track and field meet at Minnesota State University on Tuesday to open its season on Monday. The MVL/NUC boys scored 98 points to lead the meet, followed by New ...

NEW ULM — New Ulm will look to its strong senior leadership to help them have a strong spring tennis season, with its top three singles players returning from last year. Charlie Weidman, Dan Brownfield and Isaac Dittmer manned the number one, two and three singles spots, respectively, and ...

MANKATO — Martin Luther College opened the conference basketball season with a trio of losses to Bethany Lutheran College, losing 13-1 in six innings and 10-2 on Saturday and 11-3 on Sunday. GAME 1 Connor Heckendorf took the loss for MLC in Game 1, striking out three while allowing eight ...

STORM LAKE, IOWA — Martin Luther College lost 6-1 and 2-1 in a nonconference softball doubleheader against Buena Vista University on Monday. GAME 1 Kieghtan Rank took the loss for MLC in the first game, allowing six runs, two earned, on 11 hits with three strikeouts in seven innings of ...