By Jake Olson jolson@fairmontsentinel.com SHERBURN – Nicollet’s interior scoring and defensive pressure were too much for Martin County West on Monday night as the Raiders avoided a late second-half surge and topped the Mavericks 59-51 in a Valley Division girls basketball ...

HOPKINS — New Ulm Area’s Ellie Dake took home first place at 170 at the Hopkins Athena Invitational on Saturday. Dake pinned Forest Lake’s Savana Stans in 36 seconds before winning by fall over Hastings’ Lily Watts in 1 minute. In the championship match, Dake won by fall over ...

Submitted information The New Ulm Cathedral Sonics kicked off their competition season with a strong showing at their first event of the year on Saturday, Dec. 13. The competition, hosted by St. James. The Sonics delivered impressive performances, proudly taking home 2nd place in Varsity ...

NEW ULM — Down 33-20 at halftime and trailing throughout much of the Tuesday night’s game, the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers just needed something to bounce in their favor. They got that bounce — or a few of them — off the hands of junior Owen Birkholz. Birkholz’s long 3 near ...

I was made aware that the list of the top 50 scorers in the New Ulm area, printed in The Journal’s 2025 Winter Preview, was missing a significant player. Winthrop’s Nancy Trebbensee, who graduated from Winthrop High School in 1980, not only qualifies for the list, but scored 2,446 career ...

NEW ULM — New Ulm held a 41-40 lead over second-ranked Class AA Belle Plaine at halftime but fell 92-80 by the final buzzer Tuesday in a Big South Conference boys basketball game on Tuesday. The Eagles went up by as much as 9 points in the second half, but a late surge by the Tigers gave ...