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Three Eagles girls basketball players honored by BSC

The Big South Conference announced its Girls Basketball All-Conference Team this past weekend, with three Eagles represented. New Ulm senior guard Brooklyn Lewis made the team, as did sophomore guard/forward Maggie Joyce and freshman forward Leah Brustad. Conference-champion Marshall led the way with five total selections.

Girls basketball numbers declining, looking for rebound

Last season, the New Ulm Eagles girls basketball team had a combined 17 players for the varsity and B-squad teams. Of those 17 girls, five were seniors, leaving 12 players who can return next year. And because of low numbers, for the first time New Ulm High School could not field a C-squad team — a feeder system for both upper-level teams. “Our middle school had a good number of girls out for basketball,” New Ulm High School head girls basketball coach Mitch Lewis said. “We had 23 girls out for basketball there and I do not know how many of them are going to continue to ...

Local riders honored at flat track awards banquet

Submitted photo/information Local riders were honored at the 2025 D23 Flat Track awards banquet on Feb. 28. Many riders earned top honors in several disciplines. Front row (l-r): Jacob Howk, Brody Stadick, Raymond Schwab and Dominick Schwab. Back row (l-r): Jaxson Reinhart, Mason Krohn, ...

Rolling Thunder girls strong at MN/USA state wrestling

ROCHESTER — New Ulm Rolling Thunder Wrestling girls wrestlers Hazley Hoffmann, Karlie Horner and Anna Pollard all finished top five in their brackets at the Minnesota/USA Wrestling State Folkstyle Championships on Friday at RCTC Fieldhouse. Hoffmann finished 3-1 at the tournament for a ...

Knights notch 1st state title

MINNEAPOLIS — Usually, if Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Morgan Mathiowetz were to foul out of a game against a tough opponent, it would be a significant blow for the Knights. But it was all smiles for Mathiowetz as she headed to the bench with just over a minute to play in the Class A State ...

My, my, Mathiowetz!

MINNEAPOLIS — Second-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s started off its 2026 Class A State Girls Basketball Tournament trip with a bang, sending home seventh-seeded Mayer Lutheran 72-57 in the quarterfinals round at Maturi Pavilion. Morgan Mathiowetz captained the Knights to the tune of 41 ...