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Area roundup: Boys soccer keeps rolling

BOYS SOCCER NEW ULM 8, WINGS UNITED 0 WINDOM — New Ulm cruised by Wings United 8-0 in a nonconference boys soccer match on Thursday. Logan Gorblirsch had a hat trick in the game, along with an assist, while Levi Johnson and Methodious Amoah each had two goals. The final goal was an own-goal credited to Aaron Sanabria, who had an assist in the game as well. Oliver Schuch, John Hoffmann, Luis Ramirez and Owen Manthe each had an assist. New Ulm (4-0) hosts Jordan on Saturday. PREP VOLLEYBALL CEDAR MOUNTAIN 3, MADELIA 0 MADELIA — Cedar Mountain swept Madelia 25-21, 25-13, ...

Eagles pour on offense against Wings

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Eagles offense was relentless Thursday in a nonconference girls soccer match, downing Wings United 9-1 with six different New Ulm players scoring a goal during the match. Morgan Zimanski was the only Eagles player to score twice, while Semira Dorschner, Molly Johnson, ...

Crazy 80

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Tigers couldn’t have asked for a better season opener on Thursday night. And after scoring a single-game school record 80 points, it’s not hard to see why. Behind their record-setting night, the Tigers cruised to an 80-19 win over the Canby Lancers in a ...

Steinbach honored by plaque at Johnson Park

NEW ULM — New Ulm native Terry Steinbach said that having a permanent plaque installed at Johnson Park was very humbling. The plaque was installed last week by New Ulm’s Leon Kral and Brad Kral, who donated their time and efforts for the project. “When you go down to Johnson Park ...

Chargers, Greyhounds, Eagles open Week 1 on road

The 136th year of high school football in Minnesota starts this Thursday locally with the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers and the New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds opening with 7 p.m. kickoffs at Minneota and Red Rock Central, respectively. On Friday, the New Ulm Eagles hit the road for a nonconference contest against Big Nine Conference opponent Austin, with a 7 p.m. kickoff. MVL MARCHES TO MINNEOTA The Chargers meet the 11-time state champion Vikings in what Minneota head football coach Chad Johnston said is veteran in some skilled positions. “But we lost a lot on our offensive ...

Young drivers excite at Arlington Raceway

Courtesy of Arlington Raceway ARLINGTON — Young rookie drivers finding victory lane for the first time always make for exciting races for the fans in the stands, as was the case Saturday at Arlington Raceway. A first-lap crash during the Coors Light IMCA Sport Compact saw rookie driver Mason Berger get a little too close to the infield pond when contact was made at the start and cars went scattering everywhere. Unfortunately, he was out of the race. On the restart, Jerry Coopman took the lead, with the 54A of Gavin Allen behind him, lap by lap, Allen zoned in on the top spot and by ...