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Eagles take out Scarlets

MANKATO — No. 5 New Ulm used a hot start and a strong finish to take down No. 4 Mankato West 61-56 in a Section 2AAA Boys Basketball Tournament quarterfinals game Tuesday. West was the team that took out New Ulm in last year’s section tournament, and New Ulm was able to flip the script ...

Cedar Mountain boys fall to Jaguars in playoffs

GRANADA — The No. 17-seeded Cedar Mountain boys basketball team fell 72-62 to 16th-seeded Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther on Friday in the first round of the Section 2A boys basketball playoffs. The loss ended the Cougars’ season with a 5-21 mark, while the Jaguars advance ...

NUA cleans up BSC wrestling honors

The Big South Conference released its All-Conference Wrestling Team, with 10 New Ulm Area wrestlers represented. Chase Wilson, Regan Johnson, Alex Portner, Kane Johnson, Tegan Kral, Elijah Rieser, Lane Ruch, Candon Briggs, Ellie Dake and Karli Horner were all selected to the team from NUA. ...

Cougars overpowered by BOLD in semifinals

ST. PETER — Cedar Mountain’s season came to an end as the third-seeded Cougars fell to second-seeded and eighth-ranked BOLD 80-47 in the Section 2A Girls Basketball Tournament semifinals Monday at Gustavus Adolphus College. “Their physicality and just as strong as they are — their ...

Knights race by Raiders in semis

ST. PETER — The time and place may have changed, but the intensity the Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Knights brought on Monday didn’t. After defeating Nicollet 82-35 in the Tomahawk-Valley Conference title game at Nicollet High School on Feb. 17, the No. 1-seeded Knights topped the ...

Eagles fall short to Jordan in 2AAA semis

Courtesy of Jake McNeill sports@marshallindependent.com ST. PETER — Despite some big scoring performances from Maggie Joyce and Brooklyn Lewis, the No. 3 New Ulm girls basketball team wasn’t able to come out on top in its Section 2AAA semifinals matchup against No. 2 Jordan, Saturday at ...