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MLC men’s tennis, track and field teams receive All-Conference awards

Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID ST. PAUL — The 2026 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference women's tennis awards were released on Tuesday, and Martin Luther College had two of its players named with All-UMAC honors. Britney Prahl was voted First Team All-Conference, while Emily Gronholz earned Second Team recognition. Prahl was the No. 1 singles player and led MLC with eight singles victories in her final season with the Knights. Prahl and Gronholz were the No. 1 doubles tandem on MLC's squad and also led the Knights in doubles victories (7). Gronholz recorded three wins for MLC in ...

Johnson Park video scoreboard coming soon

NEW ULM — The new video scoreboard at Johnson Park is close at hand — or maybe you should say glove. Members of AIM Electronics, Daktronics, Hunt Electric (Paul’s Electric), the New Ulm Baseball Association and the City of New Ulm met on Thursday at Johnson Park to discuss the new video scoreboard. Installation of the video board is scheduled for the week of May 18 with the projected first game on Monday, May 25 when the New Ulm Brewers host Courtland at 5 p.m. in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game. John Grabow, co-owner of AIM Electronics, said that the new scoreboard ...

GETTING TO KNOW Lauren Schmiesing

Schmiesing has been a cornerstone of the Eagles softball team for the past four seasons at shortstop. She recently committed to continue her softball career at Southwest Minnesota State University. Q: What is your favorite band/musical artist? A: My favorite artists are Rihanna or the ...

Arndt leads Eagles in 2nd week of clay target season

Arndt leads Eagles in 2nd week of clay target season Charlie Arndt hit 45 out of 50 targets for both the trap and skeet shooting teams for the New Ulm Clay Target team in their second week of competition. Also on the trap team, Isaac Beranek, Ethan Cunningham, Tilken Fruhwirth and Ian Lee all hit 44/50 targets. On the skeet team, Fruhwirth, Lee and John Sondag hit 40/50 targets.

Greyhounds power past Indians

NEW ULM — In the bottom of the fifth inning of a Tomahawk Division softball game, New Ulm Cathedral’s Abbey Hillesheim connected hard on a pitch from Sleepy Eye’s Taylor Berkner, sending it over the left-field fence at Harman Park for a home run. That two-run homer put the Greyhounds ...

Area roundup: Springfield girls increase lead in conference tourney

GIRLS GOLF LIPETZKY LEADS SPRINGFIELD IN 2ND LEG BUFFALO LAKE — Springfield’s Ava Lipetzky was the medalist and helped lead the Tigers to a first-place finish in the second leg of the Tomahawk-Valley Conference Girls Golf Tournament Monday at Oakdale Golf Club. Springfield scored a 390 on the day, followed by Sleepy Eye United (413), St. James/Madelia (435), Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (441), Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther (447), Cedar Mountain (453), Alden-Conger (454), Wabasso (463), New Ulm Cathedral (476) and Martin County West (475). Buffalo ...