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Rieser rises in senior season

NEW ULM — On paper, New Ulm Area senior Elijah Rieser’s wins and loss record this season was similar to his junior campaign. Regardless of the multiple wins he had for the second year in a row, however, Rieser worked hard during the offseason to not only put himself in a better spot but ...

Coach Briggs reflects on Eagles’ state wrestling run

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Area Eagles wrestling team did a lot more this season than make the state wrestling tournament for the first time since 1999. While winning a lot of matches this season and going on to make state was a crowning achievement, the Eagles also won the interest of several ...

Area roundup: GFW tops Sleepy Eye in 2A playoffs

BOYS BASKETBALL GFW 76, Sleepy Eye 65 GIBBON — No. 7 Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop topped No. 10 Sleepy Eye 76-65 in the Section 2A Boys Basketball Tournament on Tuesday. Cole Jacobson scored 43 points for the Firebirds, while Owen Swenson had 9 and Kaden Rieke had 8. Robert Romberg led the ...

New Ulm-Sleepy Eye 12UB girls hockey team punches state ticket

Submitted photo/information The New Ulm-Sleepy Eye 12UB girls hockey team qualified for this year’a state tournament and is seeded second in the South Region. Their first state game is 4 p.m. on Friday, March 13, in Minnetonka. Front row (l-r): Kailee Kloeckl, Kaybree Schwab. Middle row ...

KOC Region 2 Free Throw Championship sees 12 winners

Submitted photos/information The Knights of Columbus Region 2 Free Throw Championship was held in New Ulm on Sunday, March 1. Competitors from New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Wabasso, Sanborn, Lucan and Redwood Falls each attempted 25 shots. Winners will be proceeding to the State Championship in ...

NU-Sleepy Eye boys Squirt B Purple wins District Championship

Submitted photo/information New Ulm - Sleepy Eye Squirt B2 Boys hockey won the District 4 end-of-year tournament championship against No. 1 seed Windom on Sunday, Feb. 22 in Luverne. The Eagles defeated Windom 3-2 with two goals from Marvin Neidecker and one from Reese Braun. Windom was ...