Local Sports

Freyberg, Turgeon, McCue stand out at state

ST. MICHAEL — The State Track and Field Championships began on Thursday at St. Michael-Albertville High School, with a handful of medals already being earned by some of the area’s top athletes. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet took home four field medals on Thursday, while Sibley East grabbed one field medal. Thursday featured all Class A preliminary events, along with the boys 3,200 finals and a handful of field event finals. All remaining Class A finals will take place Friday. FREYBERG FLIES FOR LCWM/N For Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet, junior Levi Freyberg ...

Madelia ends 35-year drought, on to state

SLEEPY EYE — For the first time since 1991, Madelia is headed to the state baseball tournament. After falling 7-3 to third-seeded Sleepy Eye in the first game of the Section 2A Baseball Tournament championship Thursday at Sleepy Eye Ballpark, top-seeded Madelia bounced back, capturing a ...

New Ulm River Rats 12AA Black win Stillwater tourney

Indians top Crusaders, advance to title game

SLEEPY EYE — Third-seeded Sleepy Eye put up four runs in the sixth inning of the Section 2A Baseball Tournament elimination bracket finals against fourth-seeded Mankato Loyola/Immanuel Lutheran. Those runs gave them the final lead of a back-and-forth game to win 8-6 Tuesday at Sleepy Eye ...

State track and field preview: Eagles eye state success, Chargers stay energized

ST. MICHAEL — After last year’s school-record successes in boys relay events, the New Ulm Eagles were going to have a hard time replicating that a year later. Last season, the New Ulm boys set school records in the boys 4x100-, 4x200- and 4x400-meter relay races last season. While the ...

Berkner named All-Tomahawk Softball Player of the Year

Sleepy Eye senior Taylor Berkner was announced the All-Tomahawk Division Softball Player of the Year on Monday. Berkner was also a unanimously selected player for the All-Tomahawk team and was selected for the third time. Berkner was joined on the team by teammate and unanimous selection Callie Evers, while teammate Jaelynn Schauman was also chosen to the team. New Ulm Cathedral had Jayde Altermatt, Leah Wilson and Ava Schmid earn unanimous selections to the team, while Abbey Hillesheim also made the team. Wabasso had two unanimous team members in Aylah Jenniges and Audrey Johnson, ...