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Knights roll to Tomahawk-Valley title repeat

NICOLLET — Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s left no doubt Tuesday as the Knights repeated as Tomahawk-Valley Conference girls basketball champions with an 82-35 win over Nicollet. “It feels great,” St. Mary’s senior Natalie Fischer said. “We set our expectations super high at the start of ...

Eagles overcome poor shooting to top Raiders

NEW ULM — Brooklyn Lewis paced four Eagles in double figures with 21 points as New Ulm downed Central 70-61 Monday night in a non-conference girls basketball game. Maggie Joyce added 15, Riley Wilson 12 and Leah Brustad 10 as the Eagles improved to 17-8 on the season. Brooklyn Lewis is ...

Firebirds hold off Wolverines on new Gibbon home floor

By Ari Selvey aselvey@nujournal.com GIBBON — In the debut of the new Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop gym of the new high school in Gibbon, the Firebirds started things off right with a 54-44 win over Sibley East in a nonconference girls basketball game on Monday. “That was one of the first ...

New Ulm gymnastics season ends at 2A meet

MANKATO — New Ulm placed fifth out of eight teams at the Section 2A Gymnastics Meet on Friday. Sophia Berger led New Ulm in all-around score with a 32.725, good for 13th. Berger placed 11th on beam (8.55), while Alaina Blomberg placed 14th on beam (8.3). Karli Schwab and Ainsley Tess tied ...

Area roundup: Erickson passes 1,000 career points in Cougars’ win

GIRLS BASKETBALL Cedar Mountain 86, Lester Prairie 38 MORGAN — Cedar Mountain cruised by Lester Prairie 86-38 in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game on Friday. Kendra Erickson recorded her 1,000th career point in the game, leading the Cougars with 32 points and four rebounds. ...

Party like it’s 1999

FAIRMONT — After knocking on the door to a team state tournament berth the prior two seasons, the New Ulm Area Eagles wrestling team will finally be able to once again party like it’s 1999. With a 31-23 win over the Marshall Tigers on Saturday at Fairmont High School, the Eagles captured ...