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MVL/NUC girls take third in section meet

JANESVILLE — The Minnesota Valley Lutheran/New Ulm Cathedral girls track and field team placed third out of 14 teams during the Section 2A True Team meet on Tuesday, while the boys team placed fifth. St. Clair/Immanuel Lutheran won the girls side of the meet with a score of 719, followed by Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton/Waterville-Elysian-Morristown (707.5), MVL/NUC (702.5), Loyola/Cleveland/Mankato Christian Academy (602) and Sibley East (576.5). Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet took sixth (535.5) and River Valley placed eighth (477.5). On the boys side, LCWM/N placed first ...

Schmiesing brings talents to SMSU softball

NEW ULM – After starring on the New Ulm Eagles softball team, senior shortstop Lauren Schmiesing is taking her talents to Southwest Minnesota State University for next season. “I’ve always wanted to go somewhere for college [for softball] ever since I was little,” Schmiesing said. ...

Area roundup: Wolverines top Knights despite Sanderson’s 14 K’s

LATE TUESDAY PREP BASEBALL SIBLEY EAST 5, LCWM 4 GAYLORD — Sibley East edged by Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial 5-4 in a South Central Conference baseball game on Tuesday. Ben Friedrichs earned the win for the Wolverines, striking out one and allowing two runs on four hits in 1 2/3 innings. Nathan Schauer pitched 5 1/3 innings, striking out five and allowing two runs, on earned, on two hits and seven walks. At the plate for Sibley East, Carson Schmidt was 2 for 4, while Schauer had a hit and an RBI. Griffin Larson took the loss for LCWM, striking out one and allowing one run ...

Eagles power past Trojans for 7th consecutive win

NEW ULM — New Ulm picked up its seventh win in a row Thursday, but luck had nothing to do with it. Four consecutive doubles and 14 total hits did, however, have something to do with it. Hitting was contagious for the Eagles as they came back from a 3-2 deficit early on and routed ...

Knights use two-out rallies to top Indians

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s scored in just two innings during the first game of a Tomahawk Division baseball doubleheader against Sleepy Eye, and never scored a run with fewer than two outs in the inning. But the Knights were able to use those two-out rallies to put up nine runs to ...

New Ulm avenges early loss, downs Belle Plaine

NEW ULM — Candon Briggs scattered five hits and the New Ulm Eagles baseball team turned a key fourth-inning double play as they avenged an earlier loss to Belle Plaine with a 5-2 win Tuesday in a Big South Conference game at Johnson Park. Briggs struck out two as New Ulm improved to 10-3 ...