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Area cross-country roundup: Wolverine boys on to state

PREP CROSS-COUNTRY WOLVERINES WIN 2A MEET NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA – The Sibley East boys cross-country team placed first in the Section 2A Boys Cross-Country Meet on Thursday, qualifying as a team to advance to the Class A State Cross-Country Meet. Gage Horstman led the Wolverines, placing first in the meet with a time of 15:30.3. Julio Alejandro placed third (16:32.9), while Aiden Christenson placed sixth (16:47.7). Jackson Pomplun placed eighth (16:49.5), and Jesse Ballalatak (17:09.2) and Elliott Allen (17:12.7) took 15th and 16th, respectively. Also in the boys race advancing as ...

Knights fall to Cougars in UMAC match

NEW ULM – The University of Minnesota Morris swept Martin Luther College 25-11, 25-16, 25-17 Friday in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball match. Kenzie Loberger led the Knights with seven kills and two digs with an ace, while Elsa Brauer had five kills and two digs. Kourtney ...

Eagles look to build on improved season

NEW ULM — New Ulm Eagles head football coach Derek Lieser said that his team left some wins on the field this season after the Eagles season came to a close with a 35-0 loss to Hutchinson in a Section 2AAAA playoff game Tuesday. “But when I look through the lens as a head coach and you ...

Amped-up Knights sweep Cougars in quarterfinals

SLEEPY EYE – For a pair of teams focused on getting each other out of system Thursday night in a Section 2A Volleyball Tournament quarterfinals match, the Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Knights and Cedar Mountain Cougars both did a good job of doing that. But after eking out a pair of ...

LCWM serves up four-set loss to TCU in 2AA tourney

LAKE CRYSTAL — Down 10-16 in the first set of a Section 2AA Volleyball Tournament match against fifth-seeded Tri-City United on Thursday, Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial called a timeout to regroup. The Knights came out of that timeout with a 5-0 run, including three consecutive aces by libero Gretta Munson, to take an 11-10 lead. The Knights continued to pressure the Titans with the serve for the rest of the match, riding the momentum to a 25-23, 25-18, 17-25, 25-22 victory. “It means a lot,” LCWM head coach Kim Thorson said. “The girls have worked a lot all season to get ...

Area roundup: Chargers end season with loss to SW Christian

THURSDAY PREP VOLLEYBALL SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN 3, MVL 0 CHASKA — Top-seeded Southwest Christian swept ninth-seeded Minnesota Valley Lutheran 25-9, 25-18, 25-12 in a Section 2AA Volleyball Tournament match on Thursday.  Jenna Bates had six kills and a block for MVL, while Olivia Hammer had ...