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Girls basketball numbers declining, looking for rebound

Last season, the New Ulm Eagles girls basketball team had a combined 17 players for the varsity and B-squad teams. Of those 17 girls, five were seniors, leaving 12 players who can return next year. And because of low numbers, for the first time New Ulm High School could not field a C-squad ...

Knights state title game bound

MINNEAPOLIS — With under a minute to play in the Class A State Girls Basketball Tournament semifinals, second-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Morgan Mathiowetz pulled up from the right wing and drained a 3-pointer. That shot put the Knights up 53-47 over sixth-seeded Central Minnesota ...

Guetter earns Tomahawk Boys Basketball POTY

The Tomahawk-Valley Conference, All-Tomahawk Division Boys Basketball Team was announced Wednesday night, with Wabasso’s Brayden Guetter earning the Tomahawk Division Boys Basketball Player of the Year award. The senior was joined on the All-Tomahawk team by junior teammate Caden Frericks ...

MLC softball falls to Penn State schools on Day 4

By Adam Hussman/MLC SID LITTLE RIVER, S.C. — On the fourth day of Martin Luther College softball's spring break trip, the Knights fell to Penn State-Schuylkill 10-5 and Penn State-Altoona 10-7 on Wednesday in nonconference softball action. PSU-Schuylkill 10, MLC 5 (Game 1) The Knights ...

Poncelet sees bright future; New Ulm 12U girls ready for state

New Ulm Eagles head boys basketball coach Micheal Poncelet said that Saturday’s 85-45 loss to Mankato East in a Section 2AAA playoff game was a case of the top-ranked and heavily-favored Cougars jumping on the Eagles from the opening tip. “They jumped on us from the start and they kept on ...

My, my, Mathiowetz!

MINNEAPOLIS — Second-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s started off its 2026 Class A State Girls Basketball Tournament trip with a bang, sending home seventh-seeded Mayer Lutheran 72-57 in the quarterfinals round at Maturi Pavilion. Morgan Mathiowetz captained the Knights to the tune of 41 ...