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Fourteen Knights named UMAC Indoor Track & Field All-Conference

Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD ST. PAUL — The 2026 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field awards were officially released on Wednesday, and Martin Luther College had 10 athletes named All-UMAC for their performance last weekend at the Indoor Championships. There, the Knights totaled 206 points, which was only behind the host school, UW-Superior, which scored 264 points. Jeremiah Stanton was the top scoring athlete of the meet, finishing in the top six in five separate events, including the 60m hurdles (3rd, 8.92 seconds), 400m (3rd, ...

No. 2 Blackhawks balanced in win over No. 7 Firebirds

ARLINGTON — When a player gets hot, they’re hard to stop. When an entire starting lineup gets hot, it’s a whole new game. The No. 2 Madelia Blackhawks showed that Thursday night with five players in double figures to hold off Cole Jacobson and the No. 7 Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop ...

Raiders reach 2A semifinals

ST. PETER — Not only did No. 5 Nicollet advance to the Section 2A Boys Basketball Tournament semifinals with a 74-68 win over No. 4 Mayer Lutheran on Thursday, but it also set the school record for wins as it improved to a 23-6 record. “We were [0-25] two years ago, and now we’re ...

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 ...

Area roundup: GFW tops Sleepy Eye in 2A playoffs

BOYS BASKETBALL GFW 76, Sleepy Eye 65 GIBBON — No. 7 Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop topped No. 10 Sleepy Eye 76-65 in the Section 2A Boys Basketball Tournament on Tuesday. Cole Jacobson scored 43 points for the Firebirds, while Owen Swenson had 9 and Kaden Rieke had 8. Robert Romberg led the ...

Coach Briggs reflects on Eagles’ state wrestling run

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Area Eagles wrestling team did a lot more this season than make the state wrestling tournament for the first time since 1999. While winning a lot of matches this season and going on to make state was a crowning achievement, the Eagles also won the interest of ...