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Area roundup: Cougars win season opener

PREP VOLLEYBALL CEDAR MOUNTAIN 3, ACGC 1 GROVE CITY — Cedar Mountain opened its season with a 35-16, 20-25, 25-19, 25-18 win over Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City in a nonconference volleyball game on Monday. Kendra Erickson led the Cougars with 14 kills, 15 set assists and 12 digs, while Reagyn Kleinschmidt had 10 kills and 16 assists. Aubrey Steffl and Grace Guetter each had eight digs, with Steffl adding six kills. Cedar Mountain plays at Madelia on Thursday. GIRLS TENNIS HUTCHINSON 7, NEW ULM 0 HUTCHINSON — Hutchinson swept New Ulm 7-0 in a nonconference girls tennis ...

Hanska hits back, rallies by Atwater

JORDAN – It wasn’t a matter of if the Hanska Lakers would find an offensive rhythm, it was a matter of when. That when came in the fifth inning as Hanska erased a 3-0 deficit with a five-run rally. Chris Knowles’ 13th homer of the season gave the Lakers two more runs in the seventh as ...

Vikings should retain Jacob Thomas, Da’Veawn Armstead for 2026

This year’s training camp has been one of the most intriguing for years for the Minnesota Vikings, with a real quarterback battle for the first time since Matt Cassell and Christian Ponder duked it out before the 2013 season. With all the attention on the quarterbacks, fewer eyes have been turned towards the other position battles, meaning that constructing a 53-man roster is more difficult to parse out for someone like me who did not attend any of training camp. That being said, I’ve watched portions of both preseason games and have done my best to look at what evaluation other ...

Area roundup: Chargers open volleyball season with two wins

PREP VOLLEYBALL MVL 3, BEA 1 BLUE EARTH — The Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers moved to 2-0 on the season with a four-set win over Blue Earth Area, winning 25-19, 23-25, 25-22, 25-17 in a nonconference volleyball match. Olivia Hammer led the Chargers with 16 kills and 13 digs, while Jenna Bates had 12 kills, 13 digs, five aces and a block and Graysie Black had 37 set assists, six kills and two aces. Kam Davey added four kills and three blocks, while Taryn Gunderson had 11 digs. MVL hosts Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s on Tuesday night. THURSDAY MVL 3, St. James 0 ST. JAMES — ...

Johnson, Amoah lift Eagles to comeback victory

NEW ULM — Down 2-0 with 20 minutes left in Friday night’s nonconference boys soccer game with the Hutchinson Tigers, the New Ulm Eagles needed to find an answer fast. They found that answer from the senior duo of Methodius Amoah and Levi Johnson. First was Amoah’s sneaky goal in the ...

United comes back but falls late to NRHEG

SLEEPY EYE — Down by 21 in the third quarter of a nondistrict football game against New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva at Sleepy Eye High School, Sleepy Eye United made a comeback to take a 37-36 lead with under six minutes to play in the game. But NRHEG was able to march down and ...