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Five area wrestlers win 1st matches at state individuals

ST. PAUL — Five area wrestlers won their first match of the State Individual Wrestling Tournament on Thursday at Grand Casino Arena. In Class AA, New Ulm Area’s Elijah Rieser defeated Pierz’s Carter Young by a 6-2 decision at 139, while NUA’s Alex Portner earned a 16-1 technical fall over South St. Paul’s Lucas Leisering. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial’s Mason Adams pinned Totino-Grace’s Fua Taumalolo in 3:55 to advance at 285. For the girls, NUA’s Ellie Dake earned a win by fall in 3:17 against Mound-Westonka’s Delaney Parker at 170. Also from the area, NUA’s ...

Area roundup: Nicollet, Cedar Mountain girls advance in 2A

GIRLS BASKETBALL Nicollet 55, MLA/C 54 ST. PETER — Fourth-seeded Nicollet held off fifth-seeded Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey on Thursday in a down-to-the-wire Section 2A Girls Basketball Tournament quarterfinals game, winning 55-54. After Jazmyn Goettlicher sank the go-ahead free throws for Nicollet, she came up with a big block to end the game. MLA/C had a chance to tie it after getting the foul line with less than four seconds to play, but after missing both free throws and getting an offensive rebound, a 3 was put up but blocked by Goettlicher to end the game. Goettlicher led ...

Rieser, Dake, Adams advance to state semis

ST. PAUL -- New Ulm Area’s Elijah Rieser, NUA’s Ellie Dake and Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial’s Mason Adams all won their quarterfinals matches on Friday at Grand Casino Arena and will wrestle in the State Individual Wrestling Tournament Semifinals later in the day. Rieser, who was ...

Mr. Double-Double

WABASSO — For a farm boy from Clements, Wabasso High School junior Caden Frericks knows how to put his hands to good use. Whether helping around the farm or dominating on the basketball court, where he routinely scores under the hoop or hauls in rebounds over often-taller opponents, ...

GETTING TO KNOW Emerson Johnson

Interview by Travis Rosenau Heavyweight Emerson Johnson, a Sleepy Eye High School senior, went 2-0 for the Eagles on Wednesday, earning pins in both the state quarterfinals and semifinals. Q: What is your favorite food? A: Oh, gosh, I’m a heavyweight, I eat everything, so I don’t ...

Olson named All-Big South Conference girls hockey player

NEW ULM -- New Ulm Eagles senior Madalynn Olson was named to the Big South Conference Girls Hockey All-Conference Team on Wednesday. Olson had 13 goals and 10 assists in 27 games this year for the Eagles.