NEW ULM — New Ulm didn’t see immediate success from its full-court press on Friday night. The Eagles sure reaped the benefits from it in the second half, however. Wearing the St. Peter Saints down with the press in the second half, the Eagles turned multiple takeaways into a quick 14-0 ...

BOYS BASKETBALL Wabasso 84, Sleepy Eye 81 SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye’s Landon Wendinger scored 17 points to surpass 1,000 career points on Friday. However, the Rabbits were able to secure a 84-84 win in the Tomahawk-Valley Conference, Tomahawk Division boys basketball game. Caden Frericks ...

NEW ULM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran’s Avery Freier scored 23 points in the first half on the way to a career-high 31 in a 74-55 win over Medford in a nonconference girls basketball game on Thursday. Freier’s scoring was kickstarted by her defense, with seven steals helping the sophomore ...

GIRLS HOCKEY Luverne 4, New Ulm 2 NEW ULM — Luverne defeated New Ulm 4-2 in a Big South Conference girls hockey game on Thursday. Despite the loss, Eagles goalie Ava Brennan had a big night in the net with 50 saves, passing 3,000 saves for her career. Jersey Haugen and Abby Forstner ...

NEW ULM — With just one loss on the season, the New Ulm Area wrestling team clearly hasn’t needed home mat advantage to win. That didn’t stop the No. 10-ranked Class AA Eagles from issuing its home crowd a warm welcome for the first time all season at New Ulm High School. The Eagles ...

NEW ULM — Early in the second half of the Mayer Lutheran-New Ulm Cathedral boys basketball game, Mayer Lutheran — who had already built up a 40-27 halftime lead — increased that lead to 47-30. But Cathedral staged a second-half comeback that saw the Greyhounds tie the game at 64-64 ...