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Lakers, Cubs begin amateur season ranked

When the Class C amateur baseball rankings came out this year, two Tomahawk East League teams — the Hanska Lakers and the Courtland Cubs — found themselves in the top 10. The Lakers, after falling in the semifinals last year, are ranked No. 1 after the two teams that made last year’s ...

Degner works to start legion program in Nicollet

NEW ULM — In an effort to build the Minnesota Valley Lutheran baseball program, Chargers head baseball coach Micah Degner said that starting a DII American Legion baseball team that will have a home base in Nicollet is a way to get his Chargers players to play summer baseball together. “This is a way to get a lot of our players — who currently are not playing any summer baseball — to figure out a way to play together.” Degner said. “Some of the players who do play summer baseball are scattered around and playing in different places. So in order to build a program and give ...

Morton comes home, joins Gophers wrestling team

When Drayden Morton graduated Sibley East High School as a three-time state individual wrestling champion in 2022, he had his eyes set on more gold. That gold was the continuation of his wrestling career with the Minnesota Golden Gophers. But Morton’s faith and a conversation with ...

MVL/NUC dominates at subsections

ARLINGTON — Minnesota Valley Lutheran/New Ulm Cathedral had the high scores on both sides of the Section 2A, North Subsection Track and Field Meet on Thursday. The top eight placers in each event advance to the Section 2A Track and Field Meet on May 30 at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton. The MVL/NUC boys won the meet with a 114, followed by Sibley East (111), St. Clair/Immanuel Lutheran (109), Loyola/Cleveland/Minnesota Christian Academy (85), Glencoe-Silver Lake (61), River Valley (58), Central Public Schools (43), Mayer Lutheran (35), Lester Prairie (32), Le Sueur-Henderson (31) and ...

Kral advances in section tournament

BUFFALO LAKE — New Ulm’s Lillian Kral qualified to advance to the second day of the Section 3AA tournament after shooting a 100 in the first day at Oakdale Golf Club on Wednesday. The top five teams and the next 14 individuals not on the top five teams advance to the second day. Also from New Ulm, Brogan Thordson shot a 113, while Maddy Wellmann shot a 116. Lydia Osborne shot a 121, while Chloe Kelly shot a 142. Minnesota Valley Lutheran’s Kara Hinrichsen shot a 104 on the day, missing the qualifying cutoff by three strokes. Also for the Chargers, Eden Grubbs shot a 109, while ...

Greyhounds advance to section quarterfinals

NEW ULM — While New Ulm Cathedral only scored in one inning, that was all the scoring the third-seeded Greyhounds needed as they came away with an 8-2 victory over sixth-seeded Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey in the second round of the Section 2A Softball Tournament on Thursday. Cathedral put ...