MANKATO — In the first half of a Valley Division girls basketball game on Tuesday, Nicollet’s Jazmyn Goettlicher exploded for 25 first-half points as the Raiders took a 52-25 halftime lead over Mankato Loyola. While Goettlicher added just 2 more points in the second half, her first-half ...

NEW ULM — A first-half defensive slog turned into a 17-point Minnesota Valley Lutheran victory as the Chargers defeated Le Sueur-Henderson 73-56 in a South Central Conference boys basketball game on Monday. The Chargers held a 29-23 halftime advantage, but the offense’s wheels got ...

NEW ULM — With a team that can and did hit from the 3-point line like Redwood Valley on Monday night, the New Ulm Eagles were able to counter that with a pesky defense and an offensive focus inside the paint. The Eagles ended up using that approach to take down the Cardinals 78-67 in a Big ...

NEW ULM — In the first half of their game against New Ulm Cathedral, the Wabasso Rabbits had already placed four players in double figures and had a 60-32 lead over the Greyhounds. That balanced scoring led to a dominating 97-54 win over the Greyhounds in a Tomahawk Division boys ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL Cedar Mountain 72, Sleepy Eye 45 SLEEPY EYE — Aubrey Steffl set the Cedar Mountain school record for career assists on Friday as the Cougars cruised to a 72-45 win over Sleepy Eye in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game. Steffl passed her older brother, Blake, in ...

NEW ULM — With extra attention on Shay Wilfahrt and Jayde Altermatt, Margo Finstad had to remind everyone what she’s capable of. Finstad did that with a career-high 24 points as she led the New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds to a 57-43 win over the Wabasso Rabbits in a Tomahawk Division girls ...