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Knights softball swept in BVU doubleheader

STORM LAKE, IOWA — Martin Luther College lost 6-1 and 2-1 in a nonconference softball doubleheader against Buena Vista University on Monday. GAME 1 Kieghtan Rank took the loss for MLC in the first game, allowing six runs, two earned, on 11 hits with three strikeouts in seven innings of work. At the plate, Sarah Yonkovich was 2 for 3 with an RBI, while Chloe Berg and Kaylee Pickering were both 2 for 4. Rank had a hit and a run scored. GAME 2 Rank took the loss in the second game for the Knights as well, pitching 6 1/3 innings and striking out three while allowing two runs, one ...

Eagles begin season at Old SCC Meet

MANKATO — New Ulm competed in its first track and field meet of the year at the Old SCC Indoor Track Meet on Friday, with several Eagles placing in the meet at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The New Ulm boys team placed fourth out of five teams with a score of 44.5, while the ...

Low-number Knights look to be bold in 2026

NEW ULM — A lack of players doesn’t always make for a lack of goals or expectations. That much is clear for Becca Kvam as she enters her fourth season as the Martin Luther College Knights head softball coach with just 12 players on her roster. While the Knights do have some talented ...

New role, no problem

SLEEPY EYE — She may not have shown up at the top of box scores in the scoring department the last two seasons, but Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s senior Natalie Fischer showed up in more ways than one for her team. The senior did her share of scoring earlier on in her varsity career, which ...

Mathiowetz, Lewis headline 2025-26 All-Journal Girls Basketball

First Team Morgan Mathiowetz, Jr., G, St. Mary’s Mathiowetz continues her historic career as she earns her fourth All-Conference selection and second Tomahawk Division Player of the Year and All-State selection. Mathiowetz surpassed 3,000 career points and sits at 3,628 10th in the history of girls basketball in Minnesota. This year, Mathiowetz averaged 33.8 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 6 steals per game as she led St. Mary’s to its first-ever state championship, where she was on the All-Tournament team. Her 1,114 points this season comes in at sixth-most all time for ...

Mathiowetz has championship junior year

SLEEPY EYE — After coming up short in the Class A State Girls Basketball Tournament last season, Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Morgan Mathiowetz worked to make sure she got her chance to get to that stage once more. Mathiowetz was one of the top players in Class A this year, and one would be ...